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LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE, (, 1844.

The Lords did not sit yesterday.
Its the Commons, a great number r,f petitions was
pressmted relative to the Dissentcris. Chapels Bill.
The majority certainly were against t' e Bill, and
these consisted of petitions from Dissent, rs as well as
Chirchmeu. It will be a curious (lisp" ly of Minis-
teri4l power if this Bill, which is op3s) by so many
sects of religionists, should Le
laz:,.ed.
Several questions were put to Sir J. GRAIIA24 relit-

tive to the business of the session, but they were of
the most vague description. It would appear that the
Government evidently are waiting for the dog-days
to pass all the objectionable Bills of the session in a
lump. The Tories used to boast of their superior skill
in managing Parliamentary business. Can they do
so now ? We know what has been done, but neither
Sir ROBERT PEEL nor Sir JAMES GRAHAM can give
us the least intimation what they int%nd to do.
Lord WORSLEY moved the committal, pro forma,
of the Commons Inclosure Bill, and wished it to be
postponed, as he had received an intimation from the
Government that material alteration must take place
before they could agree to it.
Colonel SIBTUORP, in his usual honest and straight-
forward manner, condemned the Bill, and said there
were forty-six clauses in the Bill on which he would
divide the Committee. This is a very hopeful pros-
pect for Lord WoasLEY, and he may depend upon it
Colonel Smnour will keep his word.
After some remarks from Mr. Humn, Lord SAN-
DON, and others, the Bill was committed, and the

House resumed.
The County Coroners' Bill went through Com-
mittee.

The House then adjourned at a Quarter past Seven.

A short discussion took place last night, in the
House of Commons, on the subject of Lord \Volts-
LEY'S Inclosure Bill. In proposing the committal
of the Bill, pro forma, his Lordship observed that he
had that day had a communication with the Govern-
ment respecting it, when be found that, though
favourable to it generally, Ministers were, never-
theless, desirous that it should be very materially
altered. The measure does, indeed, require a con-
siderable degree of alteration, and it is absolutely
necessary that it should be watched with the utmost
vigilance, not unmingled with a wholesome distrust,
for, as it at present stands, it is exceedingly arbitrary
in its character, being calculated, as Mr. HuME
justly observed, to deprive a large portion of the
poorer classes of the community of those few
uninclosed lands which still remain to them as their
property is common—lands which have hitherto
enabled so many of them to keep pigs, and cows, and
geese ; over which they have exercised an undis-
turbed right of pasturage for ages; and on which
they have indulged in those manly sports which
afford such infinite recreation. A measure which
proposes, no matter in how indirect and circuitous a
manner, to trench upon these privileges of the poor,
cannot be watched with too much keenness and
jealousy, more especially when it is borne in mind
that the majority of the House of Commons are by
no means very solicitous to promote the welfare of the
labouring classes of the community, but consider only,
both in their speeches and votes, how they may best
adapt themselves to the views of their lord and master,
Sir ROBERT PEEL. In its present shape we must
confess that we cannot at all bring ourselves to
approve of Lord WORSLEY'S Inclosure Bill. Doubt-
less it was framed with the best intentions, and the
sincerest desire to benefit the interests of the poor ;
but, unfortunately, those interests are left wholly at
the mercy of a Commission which is armed with the
fullest and most inquisitorial power, and whose
responsibility—if we remember rightly, for we have
not the Bill just now before us—is not sufficiently
defined. Those, too, whose rights—the prescriptive
rights of ages—it is proposed to interfere with,
have little or no power given them to obtain redress ;
they must perforce obey the sovereign behests of the
Commission, however reluctant they may be to do so,
and however firmly convinced they may be that those
behests are injurious to their interests ; and as to the
hints about compensation thrown out to them, these—
so far as our recollection serves us—are the vaguest and
most jesuitical portions of the Bill. Assuredly, on
the first blush of the thing, it seems a just and proper
scheme to bring as much uncultivated land as possi-
ble under tillage, and so increase the agricultural
wealth of the country ; but there are large tracts of
land in many districts which we could mention,
which, however uncultivated they may be, are of
infinite value to the poor who reside in their im-
mediate neighbourhood, and these should not be
interfered with, except with the ready and cordial
consent of all parties interested in the matter. It
is not the squirearchy only who should be con-
sulted on the question, for the inclosure system is to
them a mere increase of gain, whereas to the hard-
worked, ill-fed, scantily-remunerated labourer, it is
an affair of life or death. Deprive such a man of his
right to feed his pigs and his geese on the adjacent
common, and 'you deprive him of one of his surest
means of livelihood; if he can scarcely keep his head
above water even with the aid of this privilege, he
can scarcely be expected to do so without it; and the
odds are, that he is very soon compelled to
sue as a pauper for admission into a union
workhouse. Justly remarked Mr. HumE, " such a
measure as this of Lord WortsLEy's, ought to be a
Government measure. It was a Bill that would affect
the whole country ; and if passed, it would be a great
injustice to the labouring classes. Already had two
thousand Inclosure Bills been passed, and the only
effect of them had been to give an additional quantity
of land to the squirearchy of the country. He could
assure the Noble Lord that the labouring poor through-
out the country looked upon his scheme with

great suspicion." For our own part, we shall
watch the progress of Lord WORSLEY'S Bill with the
utmost care and jealousy, for, after the late discreditable

course pursued by the Conservative majority of the
House of Commons on the subject of the Factory
question, we have lost all faith in their sense of prin-
ciple and consistency; and most firmly believe that
they would even sanction a measure for transporting
every tenth poor man in the country, provided that it
met with the approbation of Sir ROI3EIIT PEEL. The
very term " Conservative" is hateful to us. It is a
synonyme for political sycophancy, time-serving, and
trickery of the basest and most bare-faced character.

The intelligence from Madrid is to the 29th ult.
The state of the young QUEEN'S health excites some
apprehension. Her MAJESTY is at Barcelona, from
whence an express has been dispatched to Madrid, to
summon Dr. CASTILLO, -who has been the medical
attendant of ISABELLA from her infancy.
The publication of a decree, dissolving the Cortes,
is daily expected at Madrid.
The new Ministry is about to rescind the Tobacco
Contract. The subject of the official intimation re-
ceived from M. MoN, by the Dire 3 tors of the Tobacco
Company, was that her MAJESTY felt dissatisfied that
the administration of so important a branch of the
revenue should be confided „to persons not officially
responsible, and she had, therefore, determined to
resume its control.

The Three per Cents. were done' at 28 3-16 It 3-16
28 for cash, and 28 at 60 days; the Five per Cents,
at 201 for 30 days; the Debt without interest at 6
for cash.

The Paris papers of Tuesday have been received in
the usual course.

In the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, the de-
bate on the navy was postponed till the estimates
should come regularly before the Chamber.
The Dcbats gives a long article on the Bank
Charter resolutions of Sir R. PEEL. After giving an
analysis cf the measures proposed, the adoption of
which the Debats regards as inevitable, our Contem •
porary expresses its 'approbation of the main features
which characterise them, and particularly remarks
on their tendency to the principle of centralisation—
a principle which has raised many objections, but of
which the Debats seems to approve highly.
The sentence pronounced on Mr. O'CONNELL fur-
nishes a subject of remark to several of the French
papers. The Opposition journals regard it as at once
unjust and severe, and predict that its results will
not be those anticipated by the Government. The
Globe views with some apprehension the firmness
which has been exhibited by those conducting the
prosecution.

The accounts from Algiers are exciting some un-
easiness in Paris. The report that the Emperor of
t is choen
Frenchfi r m ed,
-KaAr oDuzsite
Moaocco had joined ADD-EL
and the spirit of fanaticism being
troops may have hard work before them. "Already,"
says the Courrier Francais, " has General LAMORI-
CURE concentrated his troops on Hernecan, in order
to oppose a barrier to the threatened invasion. ADD-
EL-KADER is on his side indefatigable in training the
raw levies, and the preparation of arms, ammunition,
and warlike stores by order of the EMPEROR is in-
cessant. A son of the latter is to have the nominal
command of the troops of his father, but ADD-EL-.
KADER is to be the real leader of this new hostile

force against the French." The cause of the quarrel
seems rather doubtfql, one account stating that it had
its origin in a disputed boundary; another, that the
Emperor of MOROCCO had taken umbrage at the
French because he believed that they had intended to
take a part against him in his dispute with Spain.

M. VICTOR BOUTON has written to the National,
stating that six of the principal printers of Paris had
refused to give him the use of their presses for the
publication of a second edition of a popular bio-
graphy of JACQUES LAFFITTE with the two speeches
delivered over his tomb by Messrs. ARAGO and GAR-
NIER PAGES. " They were afraid," he says, " that
the Government would seize the brochure and prose-
cute them for publishing the speech of M. GARNIER
PAGES." M. BOU'ION states that he will sue the
printers before the Tribunal of Commerce for this in-
fraction of the liberty of the press.
The first bureau of the Chamber of Deputies,
which had been called upon to examine the election
of M. CHARLES LAFITTE at Louviers, declared on
Monday, against its validity by a majority of sixteen
to five.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse
on Tuesday at 84f. 35c. ; the Five per Cents. at 122 f.
20c. ; Spanish Actives, 31i ; Ditto Three per Cents.
35 ; and the Passives, si.

THE BOURSE—TuEsDAY, JUNE 4.

First Highest Lowest Last

Price. Prico. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents 121 75 121 80 .. 121 70 .. 121 80
Four per Cents.
Three per Cents.• • •
Bank of France••' • • •• ...••3095 ..3095 .•3095 ..3095
LaMite Bank, I,ooo'f. Sharesll36 25 ..1136 25 • • 1135 ..1135
5,000 f. Sharessl22 50 ..5122 50 —5122 50 ..5122 50
Belgian Bank..
1841....
Belgian Fives, 1831.. • •
1842 lO9 .. 109 .. 109 .. 109
Spanish Threes ..•• •• ••
Active • 31i .. 311 •• 311 .. 311
Passive .. •••• • .. 51 • . 51 • . 51 .. 51
Neapolitan lO2 40 .. 102 40 .. 102 30 .. 102 35
Roman ..
RAILWAY SHARES.

St. Germain •• • • ........ 895 .. 900 895 .. 900
400 .. 400 .. 390 .. 395
L. 13.•• •• •• 256 25 .. 257 50 .• 256 25 .• 257.50
Rotten ••

Rouen to Havre • • • • • • .. .. .. 770 . • 775
Orleans .• • • • • • • • • • .. • . • . .. 957 50 ..1000

• • 770
.. 995

.; 775
"1000

_ _
S- "trasburg to Bale • ..• .... 250 .. 252 50 .. 247 50 ... 252 50
Avignon to Maraeilles••••.•• 777 50 .. 781 25 . 777 50 .. 781 25

RAILWAY SHARES FOR 15Th JUNE.

St. Germain .. • ........... 902 50 .. 905
Versailles, R. 13 . 395 .. 395
L.B • • • ......... 252 50 • . 280
Rouen • . • . • .......... ..... 985 .. 990

.. 902 50 .• 905
.• 390 •• 395
.• 252 50 .• 25S 75
. 985 .. 990

• . 775

Rouen to Ilarrs.•••
Orleans ...... ••

Strasburg to Bale .
Avignon to Marseilles• • • • • • 780 .. 785

- 247 50 .. 255
.. 777 50 .. 785

A requisition to the High Bailiff of Westminster is
now in course of signature, requesting him to call a
public meeting of the inhabitants of this city, to
express their opinion upon the conduct pursued by
the Government towards Mr. O'Connell, and to peti-
tion Parliament for an address to the Queen, that her
Majesty will graciously exercise her prerogative, and
order the release of the State prisoners, now under
sentence in Dublin. A preliminary meeting will be
held on Saturday next, at which the proceedings of
the public meeting will be arranged. From the in-
terest displayed in all quarters in this matter, we
have no doubt of an important demonstration of public
feeling.

THIS DAY S NEWS.

AMERICAN NEWS.

EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.

ONE DAY LATER FROM THE UNITED STATES.

By the fast sailing packet-ship Yorkshire, commanded
by Captain Bailey, we have received New York papers
of the 16th ult., being one day later than those received
last week, by the Hibernia steamer.
The Yorkshire has, considering, the adverse winds
which have prevailed during the last three weeks,
made a most excellent passage, and brings the
large number of fifty cabin passengers. In-
deed, the state of great perfection in the way
of comfort, safety, and convenience, latterly attained
by these packet-ships, has rendered them once more very
formidable rivals to the steamers.

The news embracing only a single day, does not ap-
pear to possess any great degree of interest.
In Philadelphia, at the latest accounts, all remained,
and was likely to continue, perfectly tranquil. Num-
bers of the Irish had, it was reported, come up to New
York.

In one of the Virginia papers we notice great com-
plaints of the scarcity of the tobacco plant. The fly is
said to be unprecedentedly destructive, and a portion of
the crop would remain unplanted.
The extensive rolling-mills and wire-works of Brown
and Elton, at Waterbury (Conn.), had been burnt to the
ground. Loss estimated at twenty thousand dollars.
The workmen employed on the Mohawk and Hudson
Railroad had struck for higher wages. Their demand
was a dollar per day.
There had been a small riot among the sailors at New
York, which was, however, speedily quelled, and the
offenders held to bail.

Ole Bull, the violinist, had arrived in New York from
Philadelphia. The New York Herald says—" We have
now all the principal violinists here, with other musical
artists of eminence, and may expect a great music mania
for a long time. The congregation of so many great
musical attractions at this moment is unfortunate for
the legitimate drama, and the success of Mr. Macready's
last engagement in the United States. The great influx
of strangers, however, who are desirous to embrace the
only opportunity offered them of seeing this great tra-
gedian, make his houses well attended, which would
otherwise be thin.

A vessel had arrived at Philadelphia from Buenos
and Monte Video, bringing papers to the 23d of March
from the former, and to the 21st from the latter, but, ex-
cept a few Buenos Ayrean accounts of the defeats of
their opponents, nothing of interest had been found in
them. The siege and blockade still continued, but
with little prospect of the city capitulating, and it was
thought at Monte Video that Riveira would succeed in en-
tering and relieving the town. The French admiral had
demanded of the French residents, who were armed to
the number of three thousand in defence of the town,
that they should striko their flag and disband, but they
peremptorily refused to do so.
In the general trade of New York no change worthy
of notice had occurred. The exchange on London had
reached 109.

VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.

(Before Sir JAMES WIGRAM.)
KIRK V. EDDOWES.

His HONOUR pronounced judgment in this case. He said
he did not expect that his decision would satisfy the parties,
and in the state of the authorities he had no right to expect
much deference to it. The case was this, Henry Eddowes,
the testator in the cause, by his will gave his real and per-
sonal estate to his son, the defendant, John Henry Eddowes,
absolutely charged with an annuity of 1001. to the testator's
brother, Storor Edwards, for life, and with a capital sum of
3,0001. to his daughter, Mrs. Kirk, for her separate use, with
remainder to her children. The plaintiffs, who were children
of Mrs. Kirk, had filed their bill to recover the 3,000/. The
right to 2,5001. was admitted; but John Henry Ed-
dowes contended that the remaining 5001. had been
redeemed by an advance made by the testator after
the date of his will. Evidence in support of the de-
fendant's case had been tendered by the defendant, but as to
part of it, it was objected to by the plaintiff. if the evidence
were admissible, he thought it established that the testator
did, at Mrs. Kirk's instance and request, give her husband
500/, by giving him a note of one Warner, declaring at the
time he did so, that he gave it in part satisfaction of the share
of his property given to Mrs. Kirk by his will. The ques-
tion to be decided was, in fact, whether the gift by the will
was adeemed pro tanto by the gift of Warner's note. Where
questions similar to the present had arisen on two in-
struments in writing, - the law as to admitting evi-
dence was perfectly settled. The, question in such .cases
had been, what effect, if any, the second transaction
had in repealing the gift by the first. In the present
case, he thought the rule against admitting evidence
to prove the situation of the parties did net apply ; the ques-
tion was whether any other rule would exclude the evidence.
The defendant's evidence was not objected to, so far as it went,
only to show the gift and amount of Warner's note ; the ob-
jection referred only to the testator's declaration accompany-
ing the gift. Those declarations were the essence of the
transaction, and the truth of the transaction itself could not
be known to the Court without them. His Honour then re-
ferred to the authorities on the point, all of which, lie said,
were in favour of the admission of the evidence in a case like
that. The circumstance of the 3,000/. being given to Mrs.
Kirk absolutely for life, for her separate use, with the
remainder to her children, made no difference. The
money was given as a provision for herself and her
children, and was to be considered as a marriage portion
She requested her father to advance a part of it to her hus-
band, and, in acceding to the request, he made a declaration
as to his intention in so doing. Upon the whole, not inti-
mating an opinion that extrinsic evidence was in any case to
be admitted, to alter or vary an instrument, or to prove with
what intentions it was executed, and distinguishing between
ademption and revocation, he thought that in this case the
evidence was admissible.
The case was referred to the Master to inquire in what
manner the 2,5001. was invested.

QUEEN'S BEN CH.--(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings in Banco,)
The Court was occupied the whole morning in bearing the
arguments in the case of Scott v. Van Sandon, which, was a
rule to set aside an arbitration. None of the facts were of
any interest except to the parties concerned.

BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice IVILLIAMS.)
THE QUEEN V. MOTT AND ANOTHER.
Mr. JAMES in this case moved for a certiorari to remove
two indictments for conspiracy from the Central Criminal
Court into the Court of Queen's Bench. The application was
founded on the affidavits of the defendants, who stated that
they believed the indictments were instituted by a person
named Crow, for the purpose of extorting money, and that
they could not have the benefit of Queen's counsel at the
Central Criminal Court.
Motion granted, the defendants undertaking to try at the
sittings after the present term.