The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1844.

a malicious prosecutor.—(Cheers.) Could they only hope to ob.
fain a conviction by having a jury of Tories, Anti Repeaters, and
Protestants. It was an injustice to the jurymen themselves. If
they returned a ♦erdict of guilty, the verdict would lose all moral
effect ; if they returned a verdict of not guilty, they would be at.
tacked by their own party.—(Cheers) He was not surprised at
the conduct of the Government. It was what he had expected from
them. He had never entertained those expectations of fair-dealing
from the Tories, which others had.—(Cheers.) They were un-
changrd and unchangeable, and there was no hope of justice from
them for the Catholics of Ireland.—( Cheers.) When Etnancipa.
tion passed, the gratitude of the Catholics was unlimited ; but the
moment they proclaimed that Protestant ascendancy was to be the
basis of the Government, that moment of course they lost the con-
fidence of the Catholics, and justly lost it.—(Cheers.) The dccla.
ration made in Parliament by one of her Majesty's Ministers, that
conciliation had gone to its utmost limits, Was not likely to conci-
liate the Catholics of Ireland. Her Majesty declared in her answer
to the address of the Dublin Corporation, that the just demands of
her people would be listened to. Yes, they knew to

whom they were, and ought to be grateful—to him

who sttuggled for them when it was thought Emanci.
pation was unattainable.—(Loud cheers.) Yes, they ought
to be grateful to the Catholics of Ireland, and they ought to be
grateful, above all, to Daniel O'Connell.—(Loud cheers and .vaving
of hats.) The Chairman then read an cx ract from the Dublin
Review, in answer to a publication which called him a gross and
clumsy deceiver :
" For forty years has this ' gross, clumsy, open, impudent de-
ceiver ' been living among them, mingling in their festivities, pre-
...

siding at their assemblies, kneeling at their altars; instructing,

advising, guiding, impelling, restraining; standing upon an emi-
nence, with the searching gaze of a mighty empire fixed for ever

upon him ; every word and every gesture, every action and

every omission recordel and canvassed, In the high courts of law,
in the high court of Parliament, in the high court of public opinion,
in the high court of the press, the most powerful press in the world,
by eloquent men, by learned men, by acute men; by the lower
orders of society, by the middle orders, by the upper orders; by
artisans, by merchants, by lawyers, by parsons, by proud barons, by
mighty kings ; in all these, by all these, has this being been accused
and tried. For fiery years has this trial been going on, and the first
generation of accusers, and witnesses, and judges has passed away,
and left room for another and another ; and, after all this, the
conviction is yet to come. His bitterest enemies have borne testi-

moo, in his favour; and they who would grind him as wheat, or
burn him in a furnace, have admitted and maintained that he is a
Sincere man, an honest man, and all—all proclaim that he is a great
man. They who know him best, whose interests are chiefly
identified with his corruptible virtue, one of the purest
hierarchies in the world one of the most labori-
ous, virtuous, simple-minded priesthood, in the world,
and seven millions of the Irish people, have placed in his hands,
without a shadow of misgiving, their dearest earthly hopes. Nor
have they done so precipitately, blindly. They have tried him long,
they have trusted him long, and he has never once betrayed them,
and therefore they trust him again. He has the blessing of the
Church, he has the prayers of the people, he has the confidence of
both. Profane history has no example of this kind."
He knew not the individual who composed this passage, but he
envied him his eloquence, and the justness of his praise, When
there was a hint to endow :he Catholic clergy, the Catholic hier-
archy repudiated the offer. He, for one, agreed with them in that
refusal—(Hear, hear)—and he would use all his exertions in Parlia-
ment to prevent such an endowment, if it was attempted. This was a
meeting of sympathy with the Irish Catholics, and he was glad that
their English brethren came forward in such a manner. For him-
self, he hoped he would be always found at his post.—(Cheers.)

Lord STOURTON was called on to propose the first resolution.
He said he was almost a jubilarian in the service of his
Roman Catholic brethren.—(Cheers.) He saw these who had assisted
them one by one decay, but he, though old, was a living witness

to refute the calumny that Catholies were not to be bound by their
oaths.—(Cheers.) His late excellent friend the Duke of Norfolk
would not pass the rail by which he might enter Parliament, and
he cast his staff upon the ground rather than enter
that place, because he would not take a certain oath,
He would not enter it himself, because there was an oath upon
it.—(Cheers.) They would not endure to have their privileges
abridged in the House of Parliament, because they were
Catholics. If they could not vote upon every measure that
came before them, he would consider it a dishonour
and not an honour, to be a Member of the House of Peers.
Such was the opinion of the first Peer of the realm, the late Duke
of Norfolk. If he abstained from voting on questions relating to
the Established Church, he did so from delicacy, but not in conse-
.quence of any oath he had taken. He would never submit to be
inferior to any other member of the House of Peers. He
would, as Lord Grey said, stand by his order. The
Chairman, in his able and clear remarks, t• ad anticipated all that he
intended to say. He would now proceed to state with pain the
consequences of the doctrine that Catholics were not to be believed
on their oaths. If it were true that the Catholics were not bound
by an oath, then were the foundations of their holy religion de-
stroyed. It would sap their belief in Christianity itself. Such
an opinion might indeed proceed from the temple of reason, but
not from the temple of Christianity. He would say, as Mr. Shaw
said, with regard to the Bible—Trust not our oaths, or, " to your
tents, 0 Israel."—(Cheers.) The Catholic religion was spread over
the world, and if it were true that Catholics were not to be-
lieved on their oaths, then they were perjurers over the whole
world. Let Catholics and Protestants quarrel with each other on
the point, but let them not weaken the foundations of their corn:
anon religion, and their common belief in the sacred volume. Let
them call on her Majesty to protect not their, but her and their
common Christianity. The Noble Lord concluded amid
loud cheers, and proposed the resolution, which was read by the
Secretary.

The SECRETARY read the resolutit n, which was as follows :
"That the abolition of civil distinctions on actmunt of religion,
was the avowed object of those who introduced and understood the
principle of the Azt for the Emancipation of the Roman Catholics."
The Reverend Mr. HARRINGTON then addressed the meeting.
He paid a high compliment to the past and prcsent exer-
tions of Lord Stourton, and expressed his satisfaction at
seeing so many assembled on the present occasion. He alluded to
the hopes that were entertained at the time the Emancipation
Act was passed ; the gates of the Lords and Commons were pre.
viously closed, but one man with a strong arm came to
them and broke open the portal—that man was Daniel O'Con.
nelll—(lmmense cheering, the whole assembly rising en masse.)
They were now open, but still there was a barrier; they might be
Privy Councillors, or Member s of the House of Commons, but they
could not be Jurors. He noticed the conduct of the Irish Attor.
ney.General in severe terms; he seemed to have undertaken to
teach the young counsel of the Irish bar, " how to shoot"—
(Gatighter.)—A Catholic Juryman would have been justified
in asking if the Attorney-General's pistol was rrgistered.
—Laughter.)—For Trial by Jury, he had done his best to
substitute the trial by battle.—( Hear, hear.) He concluded by
saying, that if a juryman was not to be believed on his oath, neither
was e witness ; it was their duty to come forward unanimously to
repel the accusation. He seconded the resolution.
The resolution was put from the chair and carried.
After several other resolutions were put and carried, the meet-
ing separated.

COMPLETION OF THE SOUTH-
EASTERN RAILWAY TO DOVER.

DOTER, FEB. 6. A communication having been received here
last week, that the Directors would open this railway to its ter.
minus at Dover this day, agreeably to resolutions come to in
Common-hall assembled, the inhabitants, with the Mayor and cor-
poration at their head, got up a grand demonstration in celebration
of the event; and, in order to cement the bonds of friendship be-
tween England, France, and Belgium, invitations were sent to the
authorities of Ostend, Calais, and Boulogne, to join them in the
festivities. Invitations were also sent to the authorities and other
inhabitants of Deal, Folkestone, and the other neighbouring towns,
and many of our neighbours on either side of the Channel were in
attendance.

Yesterday afternoon the Deputy Mayor of Calais, and about a
dozen of the leading men of that place, together with the excellent
band of the National Guard of Calais, 31 in number, dressed in
military uniform, arrived by her Majesty's packet the Beater; and
this morning parties of visitors from east, west, north, and south,
flocked into our ancient town. The fine band of the Ist or King's
Dragoon Guards, stationed at Canterbury, were also present to
give eclat to the scene.

At 2 o'clock, the inhabitants and visitors began to assemble at
the rallying point—the New Bridge—to form themselves in the
order of procession ; and at 3, they moved off to the railway ter.
minus, the bands of music playing favourite airs. The procession
reached the terminus about half past 3 o'clock, when the immense
multitude, by this time about 6,000 strong, were arranged on each
side of the rails at the temporary station, French and English
mingling together in the utmost friendship, while the music struck
up merrily to beguile the half hour.

According to arrangement, exactly at four o'clock the shrill
whistle of the engine was heard, and on the instant the" Mak.
spcare" engine and four carriages, with the Chairman and Direc-
tors, came home to the terminus in gallant style, amid the cheers
of the multitude, and under a royal salute from Archclifr Fort.
On leaving the carriages the Directors were met by the authori-
ties, when the Mayor of
,Dover presented Mr. Baxcndale, the
Chairman of the Company, with an appropriate address of congratu.
lation.

Mr. BAXENDALE having returned thanks, the procession, after
the respective guests had been added to it, was re-formed, and
moved off to the theatre, where a banquet was prepared for the
company.

At five o'clock about 300 gentlemen sat down to a sumptuous
dinner at the theatre, which had been completely stripped of its
scenery, machinery, &c., to make room for the banquet, and which
was neatly fitted up for the purpose. The pit was floored over, the
lower boxes were converted into tables, and galleries were raised on
either side of the stage containing dining-tables. .Tho one.shilling
gallery was appropriated to the ladies, and it was completely
crammed, while the side slips were occupied by the respective
bands. At the back of the stage sat the Chairman (the Mayor of
Dover).
The Directors and other officers of the Company, and other die.
tinguished guests, sat near the Chairman. Among those present
we noticed Messrs. John Baxendale, W. P. Richards, E. Cardwell,
L. Cubitt, R. Davis, G. Hankey, General Hodgson, F. Mills, H.
L. Smale, E. Sturt, Captain Tyndale, \V. Cubitt, IP. W. Barlowe,
J. I'. ',carol], J. Whitehead, B. Cubitt, J. Cubitt, S. M. Latham,
H. Latham, J. B. Knocker, G. W. Ledger, J. Marsh, E. Knocker,
Rev. J. Puckle, M. Rennett, and Wilcox ; a number of the
officers of the Ist Dragoons, Colonel R Jone , Major Eyre, Colonel
King, Captain Egerton, Captain Charlewood, Lieutenant Merritt,
M. Le Gros Divot, Mayor of Calais, and the following authorities
of the same place :—M. Le Maine, M. Quillecq, M. 11. Dupent,
President of the Chamber of Commerce; M. Gullibert, Comman-
dant of the National Guard; M. Nehon, principal engineer; M.
Vogue, member of the Chamber of Commerce ; M. De Rheims,
officer of the National Guard ; M. Derain, member of the Chamber
of Commerce; DI. Bauchol, civil engineer; M. Spiers, member of
the Agricultural Society, &c. M. Adam, the Mayor of Boulogne,
was unavoidably absent through severe illness, but the deputy-mayor
and therest of the authorities of that place were present.
On the removal of the cloth, the CirstabraN gave " The
Queen," " the Queen-Dijeager," " Prince Albert and the Royal
Family," " King Louis. " the Archlysliop of Canter-
bury," all of which toasts were enthusiastically responded to.
Mr. E. It. Rice, M.P., for Dover, gave the toast of the even-
ing—namely, " the Chairman and Directors of the South.
Eastern Railway Company," introducing the same by a suitable
preface. This toast was received with all the honours it N% as pos.
Bible to bestow by the company.
Mr. BAXENDALIC returned thanks in a most businesslike man-
ner, and went into the history of the railway from its commence.
merit to its terminus that day at Dover; he adverted to the
difficulties with which the Directors and Engineers had had to
contend ; he had, however, always considered Dover the highway
to continental nations, arid he had never despaired.
Mr. Wilcox gave " Mr. Cubitt, the engineer-in-chief.".
Mr. CUBITT returned thanks.
Mr. LEDGER—" The Secretary and other officers of the South
Eastern Railway Company. "

Mr. H. LATHAM gare " The Mayor arid authorities of the foreign
ports who had honoured them by their presence."
The " Healths of the Representatives of Dover," " The Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports," and other toasts, followed, and the
evening passed off most enthusiastically.
The festivities were kept up till a late heur, assisted by the vocal
talents of Mr. Mcody, and the members of the choir from Can-
terbury.

Admiralty, " Th 3 General steam Navigation Company v.
Tonkin.

The Queen's Advocate and Mr. Platt, Queen's Counsel,
were heard for the respondent. Judgment was deferred.
The Solicitor-General was heard (ex parte), " Thomas Le
Breton r. James Ennis," from Jersey.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in
town yesterday from his residence at Kew.
The Secretary at War transacted business yesterday at the
Home-office.
Sir James Graham and other Cabinet Ministers had inter-
views with Sir R. Peol yesterday.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office,
from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-
office, for the Governor of Hong-Kong.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
ERRATUM in the list of Sheriffs appointed by her Majesty
in Council, for the year 1844, published in the Second Sup-
plement to the Gazette of the 30th of January last. Surrey—
For " William Straeham, of Ashurst, Esq.," read " William
Strahan, of Ashurst, Esq."
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 3, 1844.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Stephen
Binney, as Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for his Majesty the
King of_Prussia.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 30.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Fogg. of Dary-
hulme, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Ex-
traordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 1.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry William Litler,
of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
HENRY TISOE, carpenter, Hertford, to surrender Feb.
13, at half-past one, and March 15, at half-past twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Thompson,
Field, and Debenham, Salter's-ball; London ; Nicholson and
Longmore, Hertford.
FRANCIS HILLAM, ale merchant, Cambridge-terrace,
Edgeware-road, Feb. 20 and March 26, at eleven, at the Couri
of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ;
pleton, Fenchurch-buildings.
NOEL THOMAS SMITH, jun., shipowner, Lime-street,
Feb 20, at twelve, and March 19, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Clayton and Cookson, New-square, Lincoln's Inn.
THOMAS LANGRIDGE, auctioneer, Tonhridge-wells,
Feb. 13, at one, and March 20, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Man-
Ling, Craven-street, Strand.
THOMAS WHITE, lace dealer, Regent-street, Feb. 13,
at half-past eleven, and March 20, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Lackington, Coleman-street-buildings, official
assignee ; Ashurst, Cheapside.
ROBERT HONE, stationer, Hatton-garden, Feb. 15, at
half-past one, and March 15, at twelve, at the Court. of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, official as-
signee ; Cattlin, Ely-place, Holborn.
JOHN HA RDLEY miller, Newport, Feb. 15, and March
19, at eleven, at the dourt of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official
assignee, Birchin-lane ; M'Leod and Stenning, London-street,
Fenchurch-street.
CHARLES SUTTON, grocer, Southampton, Feb. 13, at
eleven, and March 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee ; Oldershaw, King's Arms-yard,
Moorgate-street.
MARY OGS TON, watch-maker, Berkeley-square, Feb. 16,
at half-past eleven, and March 21, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ;
Ashurst, Cheapside.
JOSEPH MOORE, draper, Tamworth, Warwickshire,
Feb. 16, at one, and March 26, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Ashurst, Cheapside.
THOMAS GREGORY, miller, Poulshot, Wiltshire, Feb.
23, at half-past eleven, and March 20, at eleven, at the Bristol
District Court. Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Austie,
Devizes.
CHARLES REES BY, miller, Stamford, Lincolnshire,
Feb. 14, and March 20, at one, at the Birmingham District
Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham ; Jackson, Stam-
ford ; Smith, Birmingham.
RICHARD CHAPMAN, innkeeper, Scorton, Yorkshire,
Feb. 20, and March 26, at eieven, at the Leeds District Court.
Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Close, Furnival's Inn, London ;
Hunton, Richmond ; Teale, Leeds.
JOHN EWART and GEORGE EWART, auctioneers,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 19, at eleven, and March 21, at
twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker,
official assignee, Newcastle-upon-1 yne ; Brooksbank and Farn,
Gray's Inn-square, London ; Brown, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
GEORGE WALTON, wine-merchant, Stockton-on-Tees,
Feb. 19, and March 18, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne ; Dimmock and Burbey, Sise-lane, London; Steavenson,
London.
SAMUEL BILLING TON, tailor, Birkenhead, Cheshire,
Feb. 20, at half-past eleven, and March 19, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liver-
pool ; Minahull, Liverpool ; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple,
London.
MATTHEW TILDESLEY, timber dealer, Porto Bello,
Wolverhampton, Feb. 13, and March 15, at one, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birming-
ham; Philips and Bolton, Wolverhampton.
NOTICES OF INSOLVENCY.
W. Padley, beer seller, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire.
R. Ward, Lydney, Gloucestershire.
M. Gill, farmer. Rotors, Leicestershire.
J. Lobley, cloth dresser, Huddersfield, Yorkshire.
JG..pCarhuasp,pgerlos,cesrtonTermafaalsgoanr,-Hustrededte,risfivaerw, oYrtohr.k shire.
J. Nott, lace dealer, Hemingford.terrace, Islington.
S. Wilson, house agent, Streatham, Surrey.
T. Orrisby, glass agent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
W. Nilson, tailor, St. Margaret's, Leicestershire.
W. Claydon, jun., boot maker, Rochford, Essex.
J. Pitt, victualler, Liverpool.
J. Blunt, Church-street, St. Mary, Newington.
G. S. Peacock, master mariner, Turner-street, Commercial.
road East.
Z. Radcliffe, wheelwright, Braithwell, Yorkshire.
G. Edwards, builder, Ipswich.
C. Wood, bookbinder, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road.
J. Cowsill, builder, Lymm, Cheshire.
J. Marston, sen., watch maker, Castle-street, Leicester-square.
T. Haw, woollen salesman, Leeds.
T. Sturgess, baker, Great Saffron-hill, St. Andrew's, Holborn.
G. Woods, butcher, High-street, Stoke Newington.
T. W. T. Prescott, Duke-street, Manchester-square.
W. Baird, grocer, Cheltenham.
W. Cauty, eelwood.terracei Old Brompton.
H. N. (linden, jun., warehouseman' Compton-st. , Ball's-pond.
H. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham.
W. Hemming, coachman, Birmingham.
G. Terry, saddler, Maidstone, Kent.
C. Brown, miller, South Shields, Durham.
J. Young, innkeeper, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
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S. Seabrook, police-officer, Rochford, Essex.
M. Bennett, milliner, Albert-street, Pimlico.
R. Bacon and R. Wayman, wire workers, Barbican.
J. Roberts, butcher. Hartlepool, Durham.
T. Swale, surgeon, York.
R. Lord, Lindley, Yorkshire.
J. Newsome, wool comber, Shipley, Yorkshire.
J. Hemsworth, farmer, Micklefield, Yorkshire.
B. Sigrist, tin plate worker, Great St. Thomas Apostle, City.
J. Bailey' farmer, Cullingworth, Yorkshire.
H. G. Cramer, Regent-street, Lambeth.
M. H. Russell, plumber, Union-street, Borough.
W. Plowright, publican, Pinchboch, Lincolnshire.
G. Chidlow, licensed victualler, Wem, Shropshire.
G. R. Grove, Oxford.
R. Steward, licensed victualler, Wych-street, Drury-lane.
J. C. Leppoc, man milliner, Baynes-row, Cold Bath-fields.
W. Pass, Jun., colliery everlooker, Sheffield.
T. Crane, brewer, Greek-street, Soho.
H. Jones, landing-waiter, Robinson's-row, Kingsland-road.
W. H. Johnson, pork butcher, Parker's-row, Bermondsey.
J. Simpson, tailor, Manchester.
J. Wilson, parish overseer, Macclesfield, Cheshire.
SECOND NOTICES.
W. White, carpenter, Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire, Feb. 12, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee.
J. Wilston, vtheelwrignt, Welwyn, Hertfordshire Feb. 12,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
G. Wolley, van guard, Trinity-court, Aldersgate-street,
Feb. 11, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee.
W. Parsons, Tottenham-court-road, Feb. 12, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee.
S. Harper, attorney, Putney, Feb. 27, at half-past eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee.
J. Whitfield, grocer, Teoley-street, Borough, Feb. 27, at
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, officialassignee.
J. E. Oliver, organist, Queen's-road, Bayswater, Feb. 28,
at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson,
official assignee.
NV. Hughes, tailor, Cook's-court, Cursitor-street, Chancery-
lane, Feb. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John-
son, official assignee.
j. R. Smith, silk printer, Merton, Surrey, Feb. 28, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
R. Burge, cabinet maker, Lamb's Conduit-passage, Red
Lion-square, Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee.
C. K. Nicholls, clerk, Bride-road, Lambeth, Feb. 10, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee.
P. Robinson, commercial traveller, Warrington, Lancashire,
Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee.
T. Wroe, grocer, Dudley, Worcestershire, Feb. 10, at half-
past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston,
official assignee.
S. Adams, veterinary surgeon, Aston, Warwickshire, Feb.
10, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie,
official assignee.
P. M'Elroy, silk dresser, Salford, Lancashire, Feb. 15, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official
assignee.

H. Smith, silk manufacturers, Steward-street, Spitalfields—T.
and J. Crook, linen drapers, Cannon•street-road, St. George's
—Chattaway, Ashwin, Russell, and Co., wine merchants,
Stratford-upon-Avon (so far as regards J. Russell, jun.—.J.
and T. Kidney, draper!, Portsea, Hampshire—H. Rice and C.
Cowdery, attorneys-at-law, Newport, Isle sof Wight—G.
Thornton, H. Peck, and J. Young, slaters, Hull—E. Blacker.
and A. Chamberlain, breviers, Midsomer Norton, Somerset-
shire—J. A. and H. J. Lee, brick makers, Northfleet, Kent
—R. Overton and R. 31arshall, hosiery manufacturers, Lei-
cester—H. Graves and .1. Warmsley, printsellcrs, Pall-mall—
G. W. Umpleby and W. Palmer, woollen drapers, Holborn-
hill—T. Bogue and T. Turves, drapers, Berwick-upon-Tweed
—J. Chap and C. Josset, professors of dancing, Liverpool—l.
Owen and J. Titterton, attorneys-at-law, Liverpool—C. Be,.
dells and A. Turner, fancy hosiery manufacturers, Leicester—
J. S. Ellis and D. Gideon, slopsellers, Union-row, Tower-hill
—J. E. H. Kampf and J. H. Hornfeck, tailors, South Al-
bany-street, Grosvenor-square—W. and J. Sutcliffe, worsted
spinners, North I3rierlt'y, Yorkshire—J. S. Holmes and J. G.
Hutchinson. ship brokers. Liverpool—J. Strong and T. Hall,
Upper Thamzs-street—T. and W. Boyne, tobacco manufac-
turers, Leeds—G. H. Heron and E. Benham, merchants, Ux-
bridge—C. L. Mendez and H. Season, merchants, Liverpool
and Maranham.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
ROBERT PRATT MtIIRAIR and DAVID JOHN-
STONE, ship owners, Glasgow, Feb. 9 and March 1, at two,
at Mein and Johnstone's, GlaTow.
ALEXANDER OPPENHEIM, looking-glass manufac-
turer, Edinburgh, Feb. 9 and March 1, at two, at the Old
Signet •hall, Edinburgh.
ROBERT KERR, tanner, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, Feb.
13 and March 2, at one, at K. M`Kinnel's, innkeeper, Thornhill.
GEORGE FREDERICK ROBERTSON, merchant,
Glasgow, Feb. 13 and March 12, at twelve, at Alelvin's Coffee-
house, Greenock.

JAMES WILSON, baker, Glasgow, Feb. 12 and March
4, at twelve, at Kerrs and Anderson's, Glasgow.
COLIN M'ALPINE, ship smith, Glasgow, Feb. 12 and
March 4, at two, at the chambers of Monclieffs and Paterson,
Glasgow.
JAMES HOWIE, horse dealer, Craigie, Feb. 12 and March
4, at twelve, at the George Hotel, Kilmarnock.

citing a page or two of the huge dictionary of
grievances compiled by the patriots of the last ten or
twenty years, the whole of which dictionary must,
as he showed, be gone through, according to the terms
of Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion, before a shilling
could be provided for the public service. It is re-
markable that Mr. Sharman Crawford, as well as his
supporters, Messrs. Hume, Williams, &c., all agreed
in very heartily abusing the reformed Parliament, and
in placing far above it in the scale of merit the
unreformed House of Commons —so faithfully
has been verified Sir Robert Peel's prediction,
that the time would come when he should have to de-
fend' the Reform Bill of 1832 against the Reformers
themselves. The reproach of persons like Mr. Shar-
man Crawford, Mr. Hume, Mr. Williams, &c., &c.,
however proves nothing against the Reform Bill ; it
merely shows that there are men so perverse that no-
thing will content them. The fate of Mr Crawford's
motion has been seen—it had 22 supporters.
GLOBE.—The pressure upon our columns compels
us to allude with great brevity to Mr. O'Connell's
address to the jury, which we have, of course, re-
ported at considerable length. Mr. O'Connell's cha-
racteristic, as a public speaker, consists in his marked
adaptation of the topics and style of his speeches to
the position and taste of the persons whom he
addresses. This admitted excellence in an orator
was especially, prominent throughout the ad-
dress to which we allude. Without losing sight,
fbr one moment, of the position in which he stood,
but preserving throughout the entire speech the most
marked respect both for the Court arid jury, Mr.
O'Connell maintained his legal right to do
what he had done in pursuit of the object he
sought to secure; and justified that object (the
repeal of the legis afire union of the two coun-
tries), by a historical survey of the imperfect fulfil-
ment of the engagements entered into with Ireland
as the bases of the union. The great merit of O'Con
nell's speech in the Dublin Court of Queen's Bench,
on Monday, in our view is the complete abandon-
ment of personal considerations by which it is
marked, and the strong case it makes out in vin••
dicatiun of the Repeal Association, on the grounds
we have stated. This case it becomes the Govern-
ment to answer—not by seeking to "put down
repeal," by the incarceration of O'Connell and
the leaders of the movement; but by applying them-
selves to the improvement of the country, and by re-
lieving the great mass of its population fnom the
misery which presses upon them. This, and this
alone, will "put down" agitation. This would re •
concile the people of Ireland to a union which, if
properly carried out, would be a source of prosperity,
and a bond of civil and social strength to both
countries.

MPERIAL PARLIAMENT
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at ten minutes before Four
o'Clock.

Several petitions for private Bills were presented.
The Earl of LINCOLN brought up the First Report of the
Commissioners for the Improvement of the Metropolis.
Air. S. O'BRIEN presented a petition from Donnington, in
Northamptonshire, praying for protection to the agricultural
interest.

Mr. VERNON SMITH presented a petition from the
licensed victualler4 of Northampton and Stoney Stratford.
praying that the duties :now paid by them for the shops and
warehouses in which their stock in trade was stored, might be
repealed.
NOTICES OF MOTION—SLAVE-TRADE.
Lord PALMERSTON said, that in consequence of the
unsatisfactory statement recently made in another place on
the part o f the Government, with regard to the negotiations
between this country and France on the subject of the Slave-
trade treaty, it was his intention to move on Monday, the 19h,
that an humble address he presented to her Majesty representing
to her the deep abhorrence with which the people of this coun-
try regard slavery, and beseeching her Majesty not to coment
to any alteration or modification of any of the treaties now in
force with foreign countries, which would tend to render more
easy the commission of so detestable a crime.
EDUCATION.
On the motion for the Order of the Day being read, for the
House going intoa Committee of Supply,
Mr. W YSE said he wished to ask a question of the
Right Hon. Gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home
Department. The Right Hon. Gentleman had already de-
clared that the great ignorance which privailed through-
out England could only be eradicated by education ; and
haling yesterday declared that it was not his in-
tention to add any clauses to the Factory Bill
respecting education, or to propose any measure to Parlia-
ment on the subject, he begged leave to ask whether it was the
intention of her Majesty's Government to ask, during the pre-
sent session, for any enlarged grant of money, or whether he
would adopt any other means to extend the benefits of educa-
tion.

Sir J. GRAHAM said that he was not prepared to answer
the question of the Right Honourable Gentleman. It
was not the intention of her Majesty's Govern-
ment to ask for any increa'ed grant of money. With
regard to the Orders in Council passed on the subject of educa-
tion, there were some orders en the subject which would be
produced if the Right Hon. Gentleman choosed to move for
them.

thought there was no need for the appointment of such
a Committee, as the House was already in pos-
session of sufficient information on the sub-
ject. Regarding the second question, he was not
aware that there was at present any document which
it would be desirable to lay before the House, but the
House might rely upon it that if there were any docu-
ments which it was requisite to lay before Parliament
they would be speedily laid before their Lordships.
Regarding the renewal of the charter of the Bank of
Ireland the Noble Lord must be aware that it depended
upon entirely different circumstances from the renewal
of the charter of the Bank of England.—(" Hear, hear"
from Lord Monteagle.) It was intended that when the
charter of the Bank of Ireland was renewed it should be
renewed on the same principle as the Bank of England.
A return of the assets and liabilities of the Bank of
England, as published inthe London Gazette in the years
1842 and 1843, was then moved for.
Lord MONTEAGLE wished to know if it were the
intention of the Government to institute any inquiry re-
garding the Irish poor-laws during the present session?
The Duke of WELLINGTON said it was the in-
tention of the Government to institute such an inquiry,
but not until the Irish representatives had returned.
The Marquis of NORAIANBY presented a petition
from the Catholics of Belfast, complaining that Roman
Catholics were rejected from the jury appointed at the
State trials. He would not, however, for obvious
reasons, maly any observati sns on the subject.
• The Hoag then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 6.
COMMERCIAL TREATIES.
Mr. RICARDO gave notice- of his intention of
bringing forward a motion relative to the commercial
treaties between this and other countries.
LIGHT GOLD.
Mr. GISBORNE said he had put a question the other
day to the Right Hon. the President of the Board of
Trade, on the subject of the light coinage which had
found its way back to the Mint, and that gentleman
not being then prepared to answer it, had re-
quested that it might be repeated t.n a future
occasion. He would now ask if the Govern-
ment were in a situation to give any information to the
House, whether the gold coin which had been called in
had been deteriorated by wear and tear alone, or whether
it had been subjected to sweating, or any other illegiti
mate process ?
Mr. GLADSTON4 on the part of the Government,
begged to say that they had no direct and positive
means of ascertaining the dates of all the light sove-
reigns sent in for re-coinage. Sovereigns of all dates
had been returned, but the great mass of them were of
the reigns of George the Third and the early part of
George the Fourth. Respecting the question, of which
the lion. Member had been kind enough to give him
notice, whether or not the coin returned had been sub-
jected to the process of sweating or other illegi-
timate process, he could only say that the
Government had no means of ascertaining positively if
such were the case or not. As far, however, as a cor-
rect opinion could be founded, it was believed that the
returned coin had not been subjected to such process to
any great extent. The coin generally gave evi-
dence of very great wear, although, of course,
in particular cases, illegitimate means of causing
deterioration had been resorted to.
Mr. GISBORNE then gave notice that he would, that
day fortnight, move for a • Select Committee to in-
quire into the deterioration of the gold coinage, and
whether any measures could be adopted for preventing
the less arising therefrom from falling unjustly upon
the people.
Sir H. DOUGLAS begged to ask the Noble Lord,
the Member for Dorsetshire, whether he intended to
proceed with his motion respecting the affairs of Sinde,
on the day stated in the notice paper ?
Lord ASHLEY said it was certainly his intention to
bring forward his motion on that day.
Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN begged to ask the Right
Hon. Gentleman, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
whether he could give the House any explanation of
the discontinuance of the experiments on the Kingston
and Dalkey Atmospheric Railway in Ireland ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
the Right Hon. Gentleman was misinformed if he sup-
posed there had been anything more than a partial dis-
continuance of the experiments. It was a part of the
original agreement that a sufficient portion of the trench
which ran along the Kingston Harbour should be
covered over, for the accommodation of the public ; the
railway was completed without that condition being ful-
filled ; and it was the process of covering over a certain
portion which had caused the suspension.
IRISH REGISTRATION.
Mr. WYSE begged to ask the Right lion. Gentleman,
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at
what period it was his intention to bring forward the
Registration Bill for Ireland, and what would be the
provisions of the measure?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said he felt great pleasure
in answering the first question which the Right
Honourable Gentleman had put to him respecting
the period at which he should introduce the Bill.
It was his intention, on the part of the Government, to
move for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the law res-
pecting the registration of voters in Ireland before the
Easter recess. As to the particular provisions of the
measure, he hardly thought it could be expected of him
that he should then state what those provisions might be.
He was not aware, that under similar circumstances, it
had been expected of any Government.—(Hear, hear.)
THE RAILWAYS COMMITTEE.

Mr. WALLACE, seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman
the President of the Board of Trade in his place, took
that opportunity of informing him that previous to the
Right Hon. Gentleman's coming into the House he had
given notice that, on the motion for appointing the Com-
mittee on Railways, he would move a resolution to the
effect that no .director or shareholder of any railway
company should be a member of that Committee. lie
now begged to ask the Right lion. Gentleman if amongst
the Members whom he intended to appoint upon that
Committee there was any railway director or shareholder?
Mr. GLADSTONE said that he was obliged to the
Hon. Member for Greenock for having communicated to
him the notice he had given, and he had no difficulty in
giving him all the information in his power in reply to
his concluding question. The gentlemen whom he had
named for his Committee were not selected by
him, but were nominated at the suggestion of
the gentlemen who formed the previous Com-
mittee. He could say, however, than there were
some directors, and at least, as far as his know-
ledge went, one shareholder in railway companies.
The Honourable Member for Reading was Chair-
man of the Great Western Railway. The Ho-
nourable Member for Clitheroe was a Director of the
South Eastern, and two other of the gentlemen were
also railway directors. The two first-named gentlemen
were connected with what were called high fare rail-
ways, and the two last with low fare lines. There was
also the Noble Lord the Member for Totnes, who was
nominated because, as he was a Member of the
late Government, and had been upon the former Com-
mittee, it was thought right that he should be also upon
this. He believed that the Noble Lord was a director
of a new railway. He himself (Mr. Gladstone) was a
shareholder in a railway company ; but he was
not able to give the Honourable Gentleman any f'urther
information as to the constitution of the Committee.
THE RIGHT OF SEARCH.

In answer to a question from Sir C. NAPIER,
Sir ROBERT PEEL said that the whole question
of the instructions to be given to the comman-
ders of cruisers for the detection of slave ships, had
been referred to a Commission, consisting of Dr. Lush-
ington and Captain Bayne. With regard to instructions
occasioned by negotiations with the United States, he
could only say, that they were consistent with the in-
structions formerly given, but he did not think a due
regard to the public service would allow him to give a
more explicit answer.
Lord PALMERSTON wished to ask whether the
Government had come to any understanding, or made
any arrangements as to the power which the com-
manders of our vessels should have of visiting ships for
the purpose of ascertaining their nationality ?
Sir R. PEEL said the instructions which had been
given this year were the same as those which had been
issued to the officers of her Majesty's Navy in the first
instance.
FACTORIES AMEND3IENT BILL.
Sir J. GRAHAM rose to introduce a Bill for the
better regulation of, and to amend the laws relating to,
factories ; and in doing so said that the Bill was similar to
the one he had introduced during the last session, which
had been founded upon the Report of a Select Committee.
His Bill introduced several important alterations and
limitations as to ages and hours of labour. As the law
now stande, the definition of children was between the
ages of nine and thirteen years. He proposed that the
specification be somewhat altered, and that the definition
of children be fixed between the ages of eight and thir-
teen. lie proposed that children between the ages of
eight and thirteen should not be employed in any one
day for a longer period than six hours and a halt; and
that they should not 1)4 employed both in the
forenoon and the afternoon of the same day.
Respecting young persons, the definition in the
law, as it stands, was between the ages of thirteen
and eighteen years. He did not propose to make any
alteration in this definition of ages, but he should pro-
pose, as to their hours of work, that they should not be
employed in any cotton, silk, wool, or flax manufac-
tory for any portion of the twenty-four hours longer than
from half-past five to seven in summer, and from six to
eight in winter, thus making thirteen and a half hours
of work, with one hour and a half of time for rest. As
the law at present stood, all persons above the age of
eighteen were considered adults, and of their labour
there was no limitation at all. But under
the present law many persons were employed as adults
who were totally unfit fir the labour. The light Hon.
Baronet then read extracts from the report of M r. Horner,
as to the periods of work required from persons who were
considered adults, and especially from adult females.
With the best consideration that lie could give to the
reports and evidence which it had been his duty to con-
sult, he had determined to propose a limitation to the
continuous labour of females, satisfied that the
uncontrolled exercise of their industry was alike
injurious to their health and their morals.—(Hear,
hear.) He also proposed to enact a new limitation
with respect to the way in which back time was now
brought up, and which had led to great infractions of
the law. Where the power had been of a double nature
(steam-power and water-power), whenever loss of time
had accrued, the party so losing it had been made to
greatly violate the law in bringing that time up
again. lie proposed that no facilities should be
given for redeeming this lost power, excepting where
the power is water-power only—and to that, also, he
should propose a further limitation. Power also was
given to the proper authorities to notify to millowners,
wherever . and. whenever, in their opinion, -machinery,.
might be considered dangerous ; and it; after such nett-
fication, any accident should occur, it o°l4d be