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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1844.

Admiral BOWLES took the oaths and his seat for
the borough of Launceston, in room of Sir HENRY
lIARDINGE.

A vast number of petitions was presented against
the Dissenters' Chapels Bill.
Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from a man
named LUNDY, at Hull, complaining that Mr. Hum;
the Chairman of the Smuggling Committee, had re-
fused to pay his expenses fur coming up to give
evidence.

Mr. HUME said the man claimed 171.—be gave him
51. for nothing.
Mr. DARBY said it was the general opinion of the
Committee that the Hon. Member for Montrose had
been done for the first time in his life. The un-
doubted fact of a Yorkshireman doing a Scotchman
excited much laughter.
Sir J. GRAHAM gave notice that on the first day
after the recess, he would move for a Select Com-
mittee on the Tenth Report of the Poor-law Com-

missioners.

A brief and rather amusing discussion ensued
on the order of the Home Secretary for putting
down gambling at the Epsom races. The dis-
cussion arose from a question put by Mr.
CRAVEN BERKELEY, whether the police had the right
to prevent people from throwing sticks, as they had
been accustomed to do.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM gave one of those answers
which mean nothing. He said if throwing sticks
were included in the existing law, it would be carried
into effect.

In answer to a question from Mr. MILNES, the Earl
of LINCOLN said the dinner to the Greenwich Pen-
sioners in Trafalgar-square had been prevented, be-
cause the pavement was not complete, and great in-
convenience would result from such a dinner being
held in the centre of the town.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER announced
that on the day after the recess he would name the
day fur the second reading of the Bank Charter Bill.
_ _ _

On the motion of Mr. NYSE, a Select Committee
was appointed to inquire and report on art-unions.
Sir 11. PEEL said he could not fix any time for the
Irish Registration Bill.
On the motion that the House resolve itself into
a Committee of Supply, Mr. HUME asked Lord
STANLEY what sort of Government had been formed
in Canada.

Lord STANLEY said the administration had been
planned on the principles recommended by Lord
SYDENMAM ; some of the places had been filled up,
and he expected it would in a short time be com-
pleted.
The House then went into Committee, and a
number of votes, after some opposition on the part
of Mr. HUME, ➢lr. WILLIAMS, and Captain P.SCRELL,
were agreed to.
The House resumed, disposed of the remaining
business on the paper, and adjourned at Half-piatl
Twelve.

A despotic and unwise interference wit le amuse-
ments of the middleand- lower :classes has, for a
number of years; been:displayed in both Housea,4l,
Parliament. At one time it was i3ericitisly proposed,
are:lithe motion was .seriouslTentertainedi to prevent
all Sunday travelling, to chain up the poor mechanic
in his house on the only one day of the weekie which-
he could have recreation. He was not to be allowed to
travel by coach, railway, or steam-vessel to the out-
skirts of any town, but was to be immured in his
dwelling, and if he ventured to walk out at certain
periods, he was to be denied anything in the shape of
refreshment. Bread, ale, and cheese, and whatever
the hardy artisans of this great country, who do her
so much honour, might have an appetite for, were to
be forbidden. Fortunately common sense prevailed
for once over nonsense, and all the wild schemes of
Sir ANDREW AGNEW fell to the ground ; but the
public have not yet got rid of the incubus. There is
a constant pressure upon the amusements of certain
classes, and the Legislature selfishly take care to
exempt themselves and all their brotherhood from its
effects. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, some three years ago,
summoned the police force of the metropolis, and
also some of the royal troops, to put down a Chartist
meeting at Kennington-common. The most wanton
outrages were committed on the unoffending people;
they were trampled upon, struck with bludgeons, and
chased from the common like wild beasts because
they presumed to meet there to represent their griev-
ances. The same system is still continued. All the
amusements at Epsom have been put down by the
same arbitrary authority. We say nothing in defence
of gambling ; on the contrary, we regard it as a great
vice ; but what will the public think of a Govern-
ment which, instead of correcting the abuses that pre-
vail among the amusements of the lower and middle
classes, abolish their amusements altogether, while
they leave the gambling clubs in St. James's sacred ?
Possibly there were unfair dice in the lower hells ;
but are there none in the higher ? A nobleman,
with his long nail, cut in a peculiar fashion, could
mark a card, rob his friend, and even compel
an Honourable Baronet, a Member of Parliament, to
join with him in the game, from the fear of being
pitched out of the window. But did any policemen
ever enter these dens of infamy, which have ruined so
many of the higher classes, and have compelled not a
few of the aristocrats of the land to resort to Rome
and Naples to obtain a livelihood ? No ; the Legisla-
lature cares only for the poor. The Bishop of LON-
DON, while these great crimes are committed in the
precincts of St. James's-square, thinks only of put-
ing a stop to boat-rowing on Sunday, and the game
of skittles on Monday. We want to see something
like justice and impartiality. It is impossible to put
down gambling, but it is possible to correct its abuses.
' The gambling booths at Epsom and Ascot are bad,
but they are only once a-year. The elubs, whereperennial,
thousands of pounds are lost every night, are
and they are left untouched—because they belong to
the aristocracy. These amusements or vices, at race- '
courses have long been encouraged—they had the
sanction of the Sovereign ; the owners of
the booths were regularly charged so much
fur the ground occupied, and it is a most despotic
stretch of authority to send a strong police force to

ride them down without any notice. Had due notice
been given, no one would have objected to such a
measure for preserving the morality of the unrepre-
sented classes, though many would say that abuses
might be removed without resorting to extreme mea-
sures, that may materially interfere with national
sports.

The nomination of the candidates for South Lan-
cashire took place on Thursday last at Newton.
Upwards of five thousand persons were present on
the occasion, and the greatest enthusiasm was mani-
fested in behalf of Mr. BROWN, whose claims are
warmly espoused by the Anti-Corn-law League•
From all we can learn, there seems to be little doubt
of this gentleman's success, notwithstanding the
corrupt influences exerted by the monopolist party
against MIR, who—as might have been anticipated—
have been utterly unscrupulous in their proceed-
ings, and, by way of damaging their formidable
free-trade opponent, have had recourse to
such unblushing calumnies as that he is a
Socinian, and a decided enemy to a religious
establishment, whereas it is well known that he is a
zealous member of the Church of England; and--as
his proposer, Mr. GARDNER, justly remarked—" has
contributed more to the building of churches in Man-
chester than any other individual of his class." Com-
pelled to abandon this party slander, the Monopolists
next endeavoured to raise a vulgar prejudice against
Mr. BROWN, on the score that he was an American ;
but this assertion, too, they were under the humi-
liating necessity of retracting, for it was proved,
beyond the possibility of contradiction, that he
was ".an Irishman, and a man of business and in-
tegrity in every respect, who fur a long series of
years had stood at the head of the trade of Liverpool."
If we notice these absurd calumnies, it is not from any
importance they possess—for they are so utterly con-
_temptible that it was scarcely worth Mr. GARDNER'S
while to attempt their refutation—but because they
are characteristic of the Conservative nature, because
they show to what low, petty devices this degraded
party will have recourse, in order to accomplish any
end which it may have much at heart. But, despite
all its electioneering chicanery, truth, and justice, and
common sense Will prevail, and Mr. Baowx will be
returned the free-trade Member for South Lanca-
shire. In proposing the monopolist candidate,
Mr. ENTWISLE, Colonel TEMPEST observed that
" he was a gentleman of sound, constitutional princi-
ples, who had greatly distinguished himself at the
University—a sure presage that he would be en-
abled properly to represent their great and important
interests in Parliament." Of all the egregious non
sequiturs we ever heard, this is, without exception, the
richest and most ridiculous. 'What has the classical
and mathematical knowledge, which is almost exclu-
sively in request at our Universities, to do with the
commercial, matter-of-fact knowledge indispensable to
a man who aspires to represent the most mercantile
community in the empire ? Does it follow, as a
necessary consequence, that because Mr. ENT-
WISTLE may have been a first class man
at Oxford, or a senior wrangler at Cambridge,
he should fully understand all the complicated details
of trade, and be able to give adequate expression in
Parliament to the wants and wishes of that important
manufacturing district for which it is the object of his
ambition to be returned ? 'Will his familiar acquain-
tance with the tongues of Greece and Rome furnish
him with arguments on the subject of the Import or
Export Duties; or his knowledge of Euclid and
Algebra enable him successfully to reply'to a speech
of Messrs. COBDEN and BRIGHT on the Sugar Ques-
tion ? With quite as much propriety Colonel
TEMPEST might have inferred that Mr. DISRAELI
would make the best possible representative for south
Lancashire, because he has just honourably distin-
uished himself in the world of letters by his brilliant
tale of " Coningsby !" Mr. ENTWISLE, who, unlike
the rival candidate, seemed sadly at a loss for some-
thing to say worth listening to, praised the present
.viinisters in a style that bore all the appearance of
the most cutting irony; and, among other financial
ichievements on which he congratulated them, spe-
!jelly pointed out that delectable impost, the income-
ax. "No doubt," he said, " they had resorted to
an income-tax, but urgent cases required severe
remedies, and he was ready to contend that
that tax was a good one, urgently called for
Iv the necessities of the times." Of course, as Mr.
ENTWISLD is such a decided advocate for this light
md delicate impost, he will—upon the principle that
one cannot have too much of a good thing—vote for
its continuance when the three years for which it was
to be in existence have expired ; and we, therefore,
warn betimes the electors of South Lancashire how
hey return to Parliament a man who openly and de-
liberately professes his admiration'of a tax which is
inquisitorial in its nature—unjust and partial in its
operation—and utterly indefensible in every respect.

The following telegraphic dispatch from Bayonne
was received on Thursday by the French Govern-
ment:—

" BAYONNE, MAY 23.

" The two Queens and the Infanta left Madrid for
Barcelona on the morning of the 20th. General
NARVAEZ accompanies them."
We find by the Madrid papers of the 17th, the
Spanish Three per Cents. had risen nearly two per
.cent., owing to some statements put forth by the new
If
Finance :Minister, in which he gives assurances that
•he-will use every exertion to restore public credit,
x.:02
in4ipy the next dividend
_with. the :utmost
_punc-
tuality. It appears, also, that he had received an ad-
liaiiee of cash from the Bank of St- Ferdinand at sixsiX
per cent. interest.
On the .17th the Three per Cents. were quoted at
29i for cash, and. 30 at 60 days ; and the Five per
Cents. at 20* for cash, and 20 et 60 days.

The pamphlet of the Prince DE JOINVILLE forms
the only topic of the slightest interest in the Paris
journals. The Constitutionnel, the Presse, the Com-
merce, and several other papers, reply in rather bitter
terms to the article in the Journal des Dobats on the
subject, but we find nothing in this war of words
which can attract public attention here. It appears
' from private letters that the Prince has taken great
offence at the remarks made by the Government, and
had even complained of them to the KING. His
MAJESTY, however, did not seem inclined to grant
any redress. Some altercation took place as to the
expediency and prudence of publishing such a work,
and ended by the Prince declaring that he would
absent himself for a time from Neuilly : indeed it
is officially announced that he left Paris on Wednes-
day for Compiegne.
The Special Committee appointed by the Chamber
of Deputies to examine the demand for an extra-
ordinary credit relative to Algeria, has just had its
report distributed to the Chamber. The Committee,
in conformity with the decision of the Chamber last
year, approves of the system of occupation proposed by
Marshal SOULT in the preceding session. This system
consists in taking as a permanent military line the cen-
tral line of the Tel, starting from Tlemcen and pro-
ceeding by Mascara, the valley of the Cheliff, Miliana,
Medeah, Setif, and Constantine. The Committee,
however, expressed its regret at seeing this line of oc-
cupaiion extended, by the creation of permanent ports
established on the skirts of the little desert, at Boghar,
Teniet-el-Had, Tiaret, Saida, and Sabdou, which the
Governor-General desires to make centres of Euro-
pean civilisation, and in consequence it proposes to
the Chamber a reduction of 10,000 francs on the sum
required for the establishment of those new posts.
The French Funds have again advanced. On
Thursday, the Three per Cents. closed at 84f. 85c.,
and the Fives at 122 f. 25c.

just been opened here. The Archduke Palatine, the autho-
rities, and a number of clergymen of all persuasions, were
present cal the occasion. The premises were given to the
Jewish community of Presburg by Baron Seria, of Vienna,
the banker, who is of the Christian persuasion. Amongst the
other benefactors, Baron de Rothschild, of Vienna, has given
30,000 florins (75,000 francs), and M. Todeco, of the same
place, 20,000 florins."
TILE BOURSE—THURSDAY, MAY 23.

First Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents i22 05 .. 122 10 .. 122 .. 122 10
Three per Cents B4 75 84 75 .. 84 70 .• 84 70
Bank of France••• •.••• 3095 ..3095 . 3090 .•3090
Belgian Fires, 1831....
1840
1842 •• •••• 1081
..
1081 .. 10E1 108 i
Spanish Threes •• •• ..... ••• 35f .. 351 .. 35; ••

Neapolitan•:•• •• ...... • •• 102:50 .. 102-75 .. 102-50 .. 102:75

Ronan. Qa div••
RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles,R.R
L. 13••• •••• •••• •• 243 75 .. 250 .. 243 75 .. 250
Rouen •••• •• •••• ...... •• 997 50 —.997 50 .. 996 26 .. 997 50

Rouen to Havre . ~ 778 75785
.. 778 75 785
Orleans .•• •• •••• •••• •• ••••1017 50 ..1017 50 ..1016 25 ..1017 50
Strasburg to 1.1 ale•• •••• •• •• 261 25 .. 261 25 .. 260 .. 261 25
Avignon to Marseilles.. 765 775 765 775
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
Versailles, U.ll. • • • 3BO .. 382 50 .. 380 382 70
243 75 .. 251 25 .. 242 50 .. 270
Rouen lOOO "1000 997 50 • 998 75
Rouen to Havre•• ••••• ••. • 778 75 .. 785 .. 778 75 .. 785
Orleans .1020 —lO2O ..1017 50 ..1018 75

Strasburg to Bale •• •• •• •• 261 25 .. 262 50 :2() .. 261 25
Avignon to 31arkilles•• •• • • 767 50 • • 780 • • 767 50 780

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

GOODWOOD RACES.—We are requested to state
that the Goodwood Cup, the Goodwood Stakes, and
the Maidstone Stakes, gentlemen riders, weights fur
age, the winner to be sold for 5001., all close on
Tuesday next.

Mr. Crockford expired between nine and ten
o'clock last night. His death will add to the diffi-
culties of the settling on the Derby.

Sir Robert ..Peel left town at an early hour this
morning for his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire.
The Right Hon. Baronet is shortly expected to return
to town.

CHICHESTER ELECTION.
(BY EXPRESS.)

CHICHESTER, ,SATURDAY, MAY 25.

The nomination for phis City is appointed to take place on
Monday, next, when Lord Arthur Lennox, the recently ap-
pointed Lord of the Treasury, will be re-elected without
opposition.

THE STATE TRIALS.
(From a Third Edition of the Times.)

We subjoin a lengthy abstract of proceedings in the Court
of Queen's Bench, Dublin, yesterday, of which a summary
only appears in our Second Edition.

Our dispatch left Kingstown last evening at half•past seven
o'clock, and reached our office at half•past twelve o'clock
to-day.

The Judges took their seats on the bench this morning
shortly after 11 o'clock, having been in consultation for some
time previously.

The Court at this time was much crowded, particularly by
members of the bar, who seemed tojake great interest in
their Lordships' judgments. The principal counsel for the
Crown and traversers, and amongst the latter Messrs. Sheil
and Pigot, were present during the day.
The Court being divided, Mr. Justice PERRIN, as junior Of
the puisne members of the Court, first delivered his judgment.
Having stated the general character of the prosecution, the
several charges of the indictment, the verdict and the object
of the motion, he went through the grounds, twelve
in number, on which the verdict was sought to
be set aside and a new trial granted. As regarded two
of the traversers, he was of opinion that the motion should be
complied with. Several of the speeches of Mr. O'Connell, as
they appeared in the Freeman's Journal and Pilot, had been
submitted to the jury as having been made by him, although
no other evidence had been given that they were actually
spoken than the fact, of their having thus appeared and been
published by the traversers, Messrs. Gray and Barrett.
In so submitting them Mr. Justice Perrin thought the Court
had misdirected the jury. He also conceived that the charge
with respect to Mr. Tierney had not been sufficiently precise,
and that, therefor% there should be a new trial. This is the
result of his judgment; which it may be well to state before
noticing it a little:more in detail.

The first objection was, that there was no proof of the eom-
mission of any overt act of conspiracy in the county of the
city of Dublin. The answer to it was, that the news-
papers charged as overt acts wore proved to have been pub-
lished there.

Second. It was said that Mr. Rigby's name was not on
the panel. But he was known, and summoned, and em-
panelled by the name of John Rigby, and not of John Jason
Rigby, and moreover he was so by the consent of the Crown,
and at the desire of the frowners.
Third. It was objected that the term had been ex-
tended in a way not authorised by the statute. But although
this question appeared On the record, the trayersers' counsel
declined to argue the subject, or make formal objection when
the application was made by the Crown.
Fourthly. It was objected that the jury had been per-
mitted to separate every night, but this was done with the
deliberate consent of the traversers, and was the necessary
consequence of the length of the trial.

Fifthly. It was said that the jury list had been fraudulently
dealt with to the prejudice of the traversers. This the
Learned Judge thought was ground of challenge and of chal-
lenge only. •
The Sixth objection was to the admission of the ballad sold
and circulated at Mullaghmast when Mr. O'Connell was
speaking. He had given his opinion on this subject at the
trial, and by that he was prepared to abide, that opinion
being that it was admissible evidence.
The Seventh objection Caine under the head of misdirec-
tions to the jury. In answer to this the Learned Justice
stated the substance of the charge which, in his opinion, con-
stituted a proper direction in point of law. In the course of
his observations he said, that to conspire to effect changes in
the law by force was a conspiracy to levy war. To conspire
to effect those changes by intimidation, consequent on the
theeith allegedeeither
secrecy misdirection
no r treachery it wasiin
display of force, was a crime second, and only second, to the
conspiracy to levy war.
the confederacy, therefore there was no conspiracy. But the
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publicity which was so ostentatiously used was itself evidence
of the intimidation by the display of force. Display was the
object, as the means of inspiring terror, and the non-existence
of thisAject w4a cer.lailAly not proved:by showing the absence
.9f secieg,
• That in the Ninth place it was objected that 'the Court
gave its oolien on the facts- • They,did so, and many judges
„had,done so, and all had a right to do so if they thought
proper. He (Judge Perrin) wasalot in the habit of doing so,
but his custom was not a rule tor others, still less a ground-
dn. which he should set aside the verdict. The jury
:were„ certainly told that the questions of fact were for
them to decide, but they were not. controlled ; they had
not been misled, nor was it charged that they had. The
Learned Judge then came at this stage of the argument to the
objection which had weight with him to induce him to give
his judgment for setting aside the verdict as regarded Mr.
O'Connell. It was that the speeches of Mr. O'Connell were
not proved to be his by putting in as evidence the news-
papers containing them, or what purported to be his speeches.
He thought that the declaration, required by the statute
to be transmitted to ,the Stamp-office, with a copy
of each publication, was sufficient evidence for all.purposes
of that publication, not only to affect Mr. Barrett
or Dr. Gray, but all persons who could be effected
by their acts. He thought also that the speeches thus proved
to be in thoie papers were evidence against Barrett and
Gray, as acts of theirs in furtherance of the conspiracy, and
against O'Connell as their acts ; but they were not evidence
against O'Connell as O'Connell's speeches. The charge of
the Court to the jury had not pointed the attention of the
jury to this distinction, and so far he thought it was defec-
tive, for the speeches were read and commented upon, as if
they had been spoken by Mr. O'Connell.
It was said, that it was now too late to make or to enter-
tain the objection, but he thought, although the objection had
not been made by counsel when the charge was delivered,
the Court should not allow a verdict to stand which might
have been consequent merely on this misdirection.
But it was said, and he thought truly said, that the case was
proved withotit this evidence. Still in a civil case, if evidence
were improperly received after formal objection, the
Court would set the verdict aside, without regard to the ten-
dency or efficacy of thii other evidence, however strong or
unceptionable. He thought in this case the same course
should be pursued, for Mr. O'Connell had substantially made
the objection in his speech to the jury. The first duty of the
Court was to endeavour to avoid error, their second to cor-
rect it. But it was next objected that the Court had not
sufficiently dwelt on the evidence for the defence. Mr.
O'Connell 's speeches of 1109 and 1810 showed, if it were ne-
cessary, that he was sincere; but no one denied that. It was
proved that the people were obedient and peaceable; but this
did not disprove the conspiracy ; on the contrary, it
showed that Mr. O'Connell could keep them well in hand,
and in his (Judge Perrin's) mind that it might be a
part of the conspiracy to intimidate by physical force.
The last point he should notice was connected with the case
of Tierney. lie had not joined the conspiracy till the 3d of
October, and on that day he handed in money, and made a
rash and reprehensible speech, most unbecoming his sacred
character. lint he might not on that day have joined the con-
spiracy, nor have known of its existence. The jury should have
been asked if he did, because coincidence of sentiment did not
necessarily prove conspiracy, and in that respect the charge
was too vague and general. Indeed it was the Judge's duty
to have warned the jury, that unless they were satisfied
as to the existence of confederacy they should not convict,
for conspiracy was a fact to be found, not an inference
to be drawn. It was stated in the charge that there
was a curious coincidence between the subjects of Mr.
Tierney's speech and those of the repeal cards; but that was
at most a proof of membership with a body which was not
illegal. He did not think there was any evidence to war-
rant the inference that that speech had been made in pur-
suance of confederacy, nor did he believe that this point had
been properly .left with the jury. On these grounds, in his
opinion, the verdict ought to be set aside.
Mr. Justice CRAMMON followed and read an elaboratejudg-
ment on every point that had been discussed. He was not
satisfied with the verdict as to Mr. Tierney. He would
not say there had been misdirection, but he thought
and hoped I hat the jury would have acquitted him.
His speech was criminal and seditious, but be might have
made it without knowing of any conspiracy. If a nolle pro-
sequi were entered as to him, he would refuse the motion
for a new trial, but if that was not done, he would, regard-
less of consequences to the public, do justice to the indivi-
dual, and grant a new trial to him, though it should have the
effect of awarding a new trial to all. But the newspapers con-
taining Mr. O'Connell's speeches, were he (Judge Crampton)
thought as much evidence against him as if he had written
every line of them. They had been read withow, objection
—they had been read on behalf of the other traversers,
though not of Mr. O'Connell—they had been commented on
by counsel, including Mr. O'Connell. The Solicitor-General
had been suffered to observe on them, and the Chief Justice
had done so without objection. But, independent of this, he
thought them evidence, because the' conspiracy had been pre-
viously proved, and even, if every speech or fact therein stated
were false, be held that Mr. C/C9pAell was plainly

The following are additional extracts from the pa-
pers :
A vessel which left Naples on the 13th, and has arrived at
Marseilles, brims intelligence that the Government of the
two Sicilies has issued a decree prohibiting the export of corn,
in order to prevent a scarcity at home. This news has
excited very little sensation at Marseilles, as large quantities
of corn have been imported from Russia.
The Augsburg Gazette contains a letter from Athens, of
May 6, which says :—"A secret society, having for its object to
overthrow the Government, has been just discovered. It had
extensive ramifications, even in the Turkish provinces.
The oath which the members were to swear resembles that of
the Freemasons. The Greek journals publish fragments of
the statutes. The tendency of the Society was to establish
the political and religious independence of Greece. The op-
position to the Ministry becomes each day more violent, not
only in the capital but in the provinces. At Tripolitza,
Rhigos Palamedes has been received in triumph, and crowned
with laurels, becaase he is looked on as a victim of the
Ministry."
A Leipsic letter of the 17th represents the results of the
late fair in that city to have been very satisfactory. Three-
fourths of the cloths brought in were sold, and all the settle-
ments of accounts made without difficulty.
and primary school for poor Jewish children, have
A letter from Presburg, 11149, 10, says—." A house of re-
fuge

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1844.

responsible for them, it having been shown that a conspiracy
existed between him and the publisher at the time. He put
it upon the broad ground that an act done by one conspirator
in furtherance of the common object, rendered the co-conspi-
rators as responsible for that act as if it were their own ; but
remove the assumption that conspiracy previously existed,
and the case fell to the ground. In the course
of his observations, which occupied nearly four
hours in the delivery, the Learned Judge made some very
forcible remarks on the nature of the Repeal Association. It
appeared from the evidence to be a most anomalous, he had
almost said dangerous, body. It affected to be a volun-
tary body representing the public mind of Ireland ;
it had its treasury, its revenues, and its foreign supplies;
it had, it was said, millions in its service; it had its
leader and his staff of of ; it carried on its proceedings in
a Parliamentary form ; it had its debates, perhaps without
much difference of opinion ; it sat in judgment ou the
Crown Government, and individuals public and private;
it received addresses, granted supplies, had its mem-
bers, associates, wardens, and pacificators ; and thus, in
the people's eye, wearing all the appearance of sovereignty,
it was impossible not to see in it the elements of a body well
disposed to relieve the Government from any trouble in go-
verninn. Ireland, should there be any sudden emergency for
it. They professed loyalty, but that principle was not alone
attachment to the person, but to the throne and office of the
Monarch.

Mr. Justice Buirrox was of opinion that the motion should
be refused on every point to all the traversers. He took
the same views respecting the majority of the objec-
tions as had been held by the judges preceding him,
but could not agree with them as to the propriety of
conceding a new trial to Mr. Tierney, although he
had, he said, anxiously endeavoured to make his wishes en
this point coincide with his mature judgment. That rev.
gentleman had been found guilty of the count of creating
dissension between her Majesty's subjects, and he did not see
any grounds to doubt the validity of that verdict. He was
of opinion that the venire de novo should be refused, and that
the present verdict should stand.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE shortly before six o'clock pro-
ceeded to deliver his judgment. After the necessary length
of the judgments given by his brethren, it would (he
said) be his wish and indeed his duty to put
his observations into as small a compass as possible, the
more so because that coarse would be in accordance with
the principle on which he had acted during the trial. It
had, he presumed, been observed that lie had abstained
from all interference with the course of the proceedings,
nor made any observation or comment upon them, preferring.
from motives of delicacy and on grounds personal to himself,
to leave to his brethren on the bench the consideration
or correction of any error, real or imputed, committed
by him in.his charge, as organ and head of the Court. He
had, except as a listener, taken no part in the case, and those
concerned in it must do him the justice to confess, that from
him, at least, they had received no interruption. That
was all he intended to say on many parts of that motion ;
no one would be more happy than -himself to have any error
he might have committed rectified, and justice done to all.
He agreed altogether in the views taken by his brother Bur-
ton, and in the judgment delivered by him. The Learned
Chief Justice was proceeding to state the grounds of his con-
currence when our express left.
Owing to the kind and prompt facility afforded us by the
Directors of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway we were
enabled to forward the express without delay to the latter
place, from the harbour of which the Iron Duke steamer was
thereby enabled to start at half-past seven o'clock, nearly two
hours after the departure of the mail, which reaches London
at nine o'clock the following evening.

MONE WAND COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The Cotton market at Liverpool yesterday was quiet.
Sales 3,000 bags at previous rates, the decline of the week
being id. per lb. on American, and *d. on Egyptian and
Surat.—The only change in Shares was a decline in Great
Western. In others a moderate business was doing at steady
rates. Dublin and Cashel, 54. ; Eastern Counties Registered,
13i ; Great Western Half, 75 ; Hull and Selby, 591 ; Bir-
mingham, 224 ; Ditto Quarter, 25h ; Brighton, 46 ; Manches-
ter and Leeds Half, 43}; Midland Counties, 90; North
British, 21 ; Paris and Lyons, 3h ; Ditto and Orleans, 39 ;
Ditto and Rouen, 38i ; South-Eastern, ; Trent
Valley, 7i.
The following is a statement of the Bank of England
weekly averages for the four weeks to the 18th inst.:—
Circulation, Last time . £21,427,000
Now

Decrease 34,000
Deposits, Last time
Now.

Decrease
Securities, Last time ... 22,150,000
Now 21,786,000

Decrease ...... 364,000
Bullion, Last time
Now

Decrease

.£5,000

It is assumed from the results of the above figures that
the Bank Directors arc on their " good behaviour" now that
the Bill for the renewal of the Charter is in its progress
through the House of Commons. Good policy this, and per-
fectly safe too. The decrease in the amount of the immense
stock of bullion is too insignificant to attract attention.
Foreign grain is, however, coming in freely, and this will
require specie in liquidation to some extent, probably before
the harvest, to the extent of a million sterling or over.
A brisk market has prevailed for most of the Stocks to-
day. Consols for Money, and the Account have been at
994 i, and Reduced Annuities at 981. Bank Stock has
marked 1984 for the Account, and 198 for Money. Exche-
quer Bills are at 745. 725. premium. India Stock at 284
and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 1024 a.
A shade of improvement must be quoted in the Foreign
Market. Spanish Three per Cents. have been sold at 35u,
and the Five per Cents. at 241. The Dutch Five per Cents.
are at 1004 ; Austrian, at 1134 ; Chilian, Deferred, at 544;
and Mexican, at 359.
The principal feature in the Railway Share Market, is a
fall in the London and Birmingham to 123 premium. In the
other Shares the alterations have been slight this morning.
Santiago de Cuba Shares have receded to 414 premium ;
Bolanos Scrip has been sold at 7, the United Mexican Mines
at 4, and Union Bank of London Shares at 124, or 24 pre-
mium the share.
BRITI3H FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 193
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... ............
3 r Cent. Consols. Annuities 991,2%
3 per Cent. Annuities, MS lOl%
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
ii
ew 3% per Cent. Annuities %4(
152 g %
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 186 e......• l2 3-16%
Ditto 31 Years, Expire 10th Oct. 1959
India 80nd5,1,000....... ................
Ditto under 1,000 92
Bank Stock for Account
Consols fir Account 99% %
India Stock 295%

Exchequer Bills, 130. lYid.
1,0004 ... ***** ........" 00000 ••. 00000 ".. 42 pm.
5001
—... _. .. -- •••••••••••• 74 PM.

Ditto Small .
..... ............ 72 pm.
Ditto Advertised........
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent 113%
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent
Ditto Deterred 54
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent „•••• 35
Spanish Bonds. Five per Cent 1840 24
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds.
Ditto Three iler Cent ...... ....... ...... ....„
Ditto forte Account 55%11%
Dutch 5 per Cents ......... „... ..........
PRICES OF SHAMUS THIS DAY AT ONE.
- - RAILWAYS. PAIL PER SHARE.
Blinilhgbam and Gloucester...." 100
''Bristol and' Exeter 7O ... ..... 79% ...„. -to --; '
'• • - Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead
, Dublinand Cashel ... 2% 5% ... to .-.*
' Eastern 'Counties
Ditto New Registered 81. 6s. 1td....... 131,4
Great Western
Ditto % Shares 5O
Ditto Fifths l2 ..... .... 21%
London and Birmingham. IOO
Ditto New Thirds
London and Brighton 5O ........ 46%
Ditto Loan Notes
London and Greenwich
London and Greenwich (Preference)) 18%
London and South Western 41% •••••• .....
Ditto Eighths
l3li
London and Croydon
Manchester and Leeds '7o 104% . to
Ditto % Shares 3O •. 44
Manchester and Birmingham ... 42
Ditto Fifths.
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18 .... ..... 34%
North 211 itish 2%
South Eastern and Dover 32% ...... 37%%% to
Ditto New
Trent Valley .......... ...... .... ....... 2
York and NorthiMidland ......... 50,-. ..... .... to
Ditto Scarboro' Branch 2% ...... 17%
Paris and Orleans ........„ ........ ... 20 .... ..... 3914 U to
Paris and Rouen 2O 39% to 39
Rouen and Havre.

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Union of London

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 24.—We have had
a steady market to-day, but no material change in prices,
with the exception of Trent Valleys and Manchester and
Birmingham, which are higher. London and Birmingham,
46ti ; Midland Counties, 90 ; ditto Quarters, 22i ; Man-
chester and Birmingham Quarters, 4i to # ; Trent Valley,
7i to 84.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY).

LOXDON, MAY 25.—Light breeze from the northward, and
cloudy.
HOLYHEAD, MAY 23.—The Fortitude, Callas, from London
to St. John's, New Brunswick, with only lower part of fore-
mast standing, was spoken on
,the 10th inst. by the Irwell,
arrived here.

DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E., fresh breeze.—
Arrd. Cfesar, Addley, and Margaret Thomson, Harvey, De-
merara. Sld. Ambassador, Rio; Harrison, Quebec; Wash-
ington, Cadiz.
SOUTHAMPTON', MAY 23.—S1d. St. George, Quebec ; Lady
Mary Wood steamer, Gibraltar.
FALMOUTH; MAY 24.—Wind E., fresh breezes.—Arrd.
Champlain, Newport for Sierra Leone, leaky. Off, May-
flower, Africa ; Evergreen, New Orleans for Bremen ; Co-
lombo, Bouland, Porte-au-Prince for Harre ; Dutch ship
Batavia, for Amsterdam (125 days), under jury-masts.
DARTMOUTH, MAY 24.—Off, Martha, Sicily for Newcastle,
out 70 days, and short of provisions.
LivEnrooL, MAY 24.—Wind E.S.E., light.—Arrd. Ma-
tilda, Rowe, Calcutta; Blake, Fraser, Ichoboe ; Bytown and
Grace Brown, Charleston ; St. Mark, Butman, New York ;
Fifeshire, St. John's, New Brunswick. Ski. Barbara, Cal-
cutta ; Recorder, Bombay ; Ben Brace, Cape of Good Hope ;
Lamella, Havannah ; California, Lord Maidstone, and Ro-
mulus, New York. Off, Lightfoot (supposed). The Ellen,
Watson, from Cadiz to Newfoundland, was abandoned on
the Ist inst., in lat. 43, eon. 4, in a sink ng state, crew saved,
by the Bytown, arrived here.
WATERFORD, MAY 23.—Sid. James and Ellen, Quebec.
CORK, MAY 22.—Sid. Kingston, Quebec. Off, Ann Jeffries,
New Orleans.
Simms, MAY 23.—The Salem, hence to Archangel, which
put back to Blyth 18th inst., has been brought to this port,
and is found to be worm-eaten, and otherwise defective in
some of her timbers.
YARMOUTH, MAY 23.—Put back, Regent, for Newcastle,
with bows stove, having been in contact with a Scotch
schooner.
SWANSEA, MAY 23.—Arrd. John Hardy, Parker, Cuba.
RAMSGATE, MAT 24.—The Rapide, from Marseilles to Fal-
mouth, has been brought in here leaky, dismasted, &c., having
been on the Goodwin Sands.

The addition to the New Pavilion Hotel at Folke-
stone is proceeding with expedition ; when completed, it will
rival the best hotel in England, or on the Continent. The
addition comprises billiard• room, coffee-room, ball-room, a
large club-room, and table d'hôte ; a large balcony will run
along the front. consisting of York slabs, six feet wide; sup-
ported by large iron ornamental brackets, which have a rich
appearance.
The Marquis of Downshire, and a deputation on
West India affairs, had an interview with Sir Robert
Peel yesterday in Downing-street.'