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of it. In 1828, when he acted as assessor of the county r said he did not think the members of ene religious sect
ot Clare, it was by his decision that Mr. O'Connell were fit to appoint the pastors of another. How did the
was declared returned. He did not object to the man, Right Hon. Gentleman apply that to the presene,Bill?
but he did object to putting men upon the board from The Right Hon. Gentleman said that Dr. Everhard had
whom the profession of Protestantism was required as founded a college, and he had dwelt upon the circum-
the condition of their holding their offices. The Right stances of that case. The question was, should they
Hon. Baronet had not given a reason for not consulting have an exclusively ecclesiastical authority to decide
a single Roman Catholic Prelate with regard to the Bill.. legal questions ? Suppose the Roman Catholics were
This was an ecclesiastical measure, relating to property recognised, protected, and endowed in Ireland, and a
to be applied to ecclesiastical uses. It touched the doe- case arose where one person sued another for a charit-
trine and constitution of the Roman Catholic Church. : able or religious foundation as a Roman Catholic foun-
His Right Hon. Friend was mistaken in his view as to . dation. To whom did the Right Hon. Gentleman say
the extent to which questions would arise under it con- ! they must refer a question involving not spiritual juris-
fleeted with the views of that Church. In the face of the , diction, but temporal payments, the payment of money,
Bill, the Government had stamped its own conviction , the receipt of a salary, the right to receive as a profess
that those questions would arise; then why, in the name son, in a particular body, a certain amount of
of common consistency, did they not consult a single Ro- ' stipend ? Did he say they. should refer to the
man Catholic Prelate ? He was willing to believe that Church of Rome ? Why, that at once claimed
they acted from the purest motives, and he did not im- , for the Church of Rome the recognition, the
puce to them any sinister intent in that omission, but it protection, and the authority of the law, provided it were
would place them in a great embarassment- He would ' always upon its side, while for the maintenance of these
tell them frankly that he did not think any Protestant rights it refused to abide by its decision.--(Hear, hear.)
could enter into the feelings of a Roman Catholic on That was a very large and important question. He would
such a question as this. lie could not appreciate their like to know whethr there was any religions persuasion
motives—he could not understand their feelings, or, if ,in this or any other country which claimed that exclus
they would, their prejudices and jealousies. He would sive right?—(Hear, hear.) He was speaking of tem-
et once tell them that he would not trust a Protestant poral stipends and salaries, received qua professor of a
to legislate on a matter in which the doctrine and dis- particular university, and not of the appointment of a
cipliue of the Roman Catholic Church was concerned; professor, if that professor should have been appointed.
not that he had any suspicion of their integrity, but Mr. SHEIL—By the Protestant majority.
because they could not enter into the feelings and pas- i Lord STANLEY said there was no appointment by
sions, which must be borne in mind by those who legis- 1 the Commission. It was intended to see that property
lated upon such „a topic. If the Right Hon. Baronet I was applied to the purposes be they Protestant or be
had consulted any Roman Catholic Prelate he would ' they Roman Catholic, for which- the founder intended
have avoided all this. Let them not suppose that he was i it.—(Hear, hear.) If, the Roman Catholic professorship
opposing them in the spirit of faction. He had received' of theology in Maynooth were recognised by the law,
a letter from a Roman Catholic Archbishop, dis- 1 the ultimate resort, in case of any dispute, must be to
tinguished for his_ learning and his moderation, and ! the Lord Chancellor. But if the Hon. Gentleman said
who had never been an impediment in the way of the 1 it was a matter of discipline in the Roman Catholic
Right Honourable Gentleman, and he felt it his duty j Church not to entrust these matters -to laymen, he
to express his conviction that the Roman Catholic I begged to say there was nothing to prevent the appoint-
Church could not acquiesce in a Bill by which authority j went of a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, or of any number
over the church was given to laymen. Why could not lof Roman Catholic ecclesiastics. There was nothing to
the Government take the same course as was adopted in I declare by law that these legal questions should be de-
-1800 by Mr. Pitt, with respect to the visiting board of tided by an ecclesiastical tribunal, and he confessed he
the College of Maynooth, by which all matters which should think it most unwise in the British Par-
related to the doctrine and discipline of the Roman Ca- 'lament to give that power to any Church, be it
tholic Church were to be regulated by such members of' Protestant or be it Roman Catholic. In confining
the board as were Roman Catholics ? In the case of I exclusively Protestant charities to exclusively Protestant
vacancy by death the survivors had the power of electing ; Commissioners, and exclusively Catholic charities to ex-
their successors. By adopting this course they would i elusively Catholic Commissioners, they were doing all in
at once rid themselves of the difficulty which would arise their power to plade the different religious denominations
on proceeding to the election of the board. The same on a footing of perfect and entire equality. They had
difficulty was seen by a greater man than Mr. Pitt—Ed- sought to do away with the religious jealousies of either
ward Burke who appeared thoroughly to understand the party by confining to the care of each the religious cha-
state of public feeling, and the difficulty of giying the cities which belonged to that particular denomination.
Crown any power over the doctrine and discipline of the Further than this by law he thought it would be unwise
Catholic Church. (The Hon. and Learned Gentleman to go. They were ready in Committee to consider the
then read a passage from Mr. Burke's pamphlet on the objections to the details which any party might make.—
Penal Code, as directed against Roman Catholics, in ( Hear, hear.) They had anxiously considered the ob-
were not about to appoint pastors, perhaps, but they jections which were raised in 1829 by Mr.
which he stated that the members ofone religious sect would O'Connell, the great lay leader of the Ca-
never allow one of another sect to appoint their pastors.) tholics ; they had anxiously considered the pro-
Tiiey eertainly were about to appoint those who would con- positions which in 1834 were assented to by Dr.
trol them. His Right Hon. Friend did not see how the Murray, ono of the most estimable of the Roman Ca-
question of the doctrines of the Church could arise under tholic prelates ; they had sought to shape their flat-ti-
the Bill. But he could show him that question could sure so as, without giving ascendancy to either party,
arise. He stated the case of the Roman Catholic College to do justice to both, and to unite both in th&common
founded in Cashel by Dr. Everhard, the Roman Catholic work of charity; and he should deeply regret if the mea-
Archbishop of the district. Supposing one of the pro- sure should be rejected on its second reading on the
towers of this college embraced Jansenist doctrine, would principle introduced ; and if, even on the discussion of
riot the question between the college and the visiting board? the details, it should be met either by Protestants or
They did not wish to have the education of the people Roman Catholics with a sectarian feeling, which was
under the control of the laity. But it was said the the farthest of all from the motives by which her Ma-
question of whether the doctrine was Catholic, or whe- jesty's Government had been actuated.
ther it was even Christian, did not arise here. It was Mr. 13ELLEIV explained.
said that they were over-sensitive. Well, then, let three Mn. WYSE said that no person who had considered
or four dignitaries of the Roman Catholic Church be ap- with any attention the principles on which the existing
pointed ; let some Roman Catholic laymen of high rank board. was founded, could fail to admit that it was to
be appointed, and there would be an end of all objection. tally unfit to carry out this object. It was of the highest
--(Hear, hear.) There was another part of the subject, importance that in the present position of Ireland they
namely, the disposition of a person's property three should have the amplest security for the proper
months before his death. That was confined to land, for carrying out ot charitable intentions.—(Hear, hear.)
a person in at, ;cull niertic might leave personal property. The board was intended to undermine the Ca-
He did not think there would be any objection to the tholic religion, and the question before the House
Bill on this ground. He might be much mistaken in the was, whether the measure before the House provided a
views he had taken on this question. He gave the Right sufficient remedy? He admitted, fully, that the ques-
-I.Thii. Gentleman credit for the most honourable motives tion of temporalities was a question of property, but
in introducing this Bill—(Hear, hear)—he said it was they often became mixed up with spiritual matters.
conceived in a spirit of peace, and that it would be so 'The State should not go beyond its legitimate sphere
received. A great man had said, that he hated little wars. and interfere with what was spiritual.—(Hear, hear.)
He would say the same of little boons, when there was a Bequests and donations to hospitals and institutions of a
necessity for a general amnesty and complete oblivion.— similar nature, fairly came under the influence of a
(Hear, hear.) 'The Government acted on such feelings mixed Commission, but there were other charities which,
with regard to the Dissenters' Chapels Bill. On such being strictly of a spiritual character, should not be sub-
feelings they acted when the Right Hon. Gentleman mitted to the same influence. There was no jealousy on
,said that Maynooth required revision. There was a , the part of the people of Ireland against a board for the
boldness and a courage that was almost superior to administration of general charities, but they were jealous
virk`ue. Let the same course he taken with regard to this of interference with spiritual matters, and the question
messetre. Let it be made a comprehensive and perma- was, whether this. Bill provided for the removal
nent 'treasure, and it would be satisfactory.—(Hear.) of jealousies of that nature. He wished to see
There \vas one portion of the Right Hon. Baronet's one ecclesiastic at least on the board.—(Hear.)
speech for which he most sincerely thanked him—that The question which the board would have to decide
portion in which he intimated that the Sovereign would would be the proper application of a fund left for- re.-
plait her throne in the west. If she did so, he trusted ligious purposes, and that question must be decided-by
she would *end there a devoted, a gallant, a loyal—still, a reference to doctrines. The Noble Lord said that in
still a loyal—people, and that she would bear with her the case of a professorship there would be an appeal to
there that "mercy which seasons justice."—(Cheers.) 'the Lord Chancellor. But the Lord Chancellor must
Lord STANLEY said that the Right Hon. Gentle- refer to the Commission for their opinion. Would it not
man had done justice as to the views and intentions be much better to nominate a bishop on the board who,
with which the Government were actuated in proposing 'in limine, could decide whether certain doctrines were or
:We remedial measure, for such it was, as compared with were not in accordance with those of the Church ? His
the existing law, The objections made to the measure principal objection to the Bill was, that its object being
were ,such as it would be competent for the Right Hon. to conciliate the people of Ireland, the Government did
tient-leen= to introduce in the Committee on the Bill, not take the precaution to ascertain the opinion of the
nod it would be quite consistent with the principle of it Catholic prelates, and that the Government had not
If the Government assented to the amendments he sug- shown sufficient regard for their position or character ;
gested, f_iiit the Right Hon. Gentleman was mistaken and he thought it would be a wiser course to make the
pl the views which lie attributed to the Go-with regard'Bill acceptable at once, than to leave it to be amended
vernment in introducing the measure.—(Hear, hear.) nt a future time.
Her Majesty:4 Government were actuated by no Mr. FIUME believed the Bill had been brought for-
political or religious views, hut they saw that the ward in the spirit of peace, and all that he wished was
present law required amendment, and they resolved that every measure connected with Ireland should be
to introduce a Bill which would place charitable bequests brought forward in the same spirit. He gave the Go-
of all denominations, Protestant and Roman Catholic, vernment the ,e.reatest credit for what they had done,
on the same footing, under the superintendence of a and he did not think that the objections that had been
board„which would have the confidence of all, and which taken to the measure would do any good for Ireland.
-would do justice to all. The question should be viewed
Colonel RAWDON thought there was great necessity
as a question of property, and not as one of religion, for the measure, and he should therefore give it his sup
which he Was sorry to see introduced into the discussion
at all. Would it be denied that lawyers should not be port. He believed it had been brought forward in a good
on such a board ? An objection was taken that the and kind spirit.
highest legal authority, who must necessarily be a Pro-
Mr. D. BROWNE deprecated a measure of such int-
testant, was to be a member of the board. That was a portance being brought forward at so late a period o:
.thing from which they could not escape, for such was the the session. He believed the measure would not be
satisfactory to the people of Ireland ; sod he thought
lt, w, and ho did not think that any person could doubt of
the, justeiess of the decisions of the present Lord Chan-
the Government ought to postpone the further consi-
deratioa of the measure to another session. If the Go-
celk it-. %Yid' regard to the other two judges who were
vernment attempted to force the measure through the
Lo Ins on the ,board, they selected two of the judges not
for th..ir religion or creed—viz., the Master of the Rolls House during the present session, they would greatly
and Chief Berme, both of whom had lately been Roman outrage the feelings of the people of Ireland.
Catholics. They ,also selected the Judge of the Pre Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, when there
m.
a ared—
the Hon. Baronet the Member for I/Pe
gative Court, whom' For the second reading 7l
Waterford had himself pointed out as a suitable person.
Against it
prestrl
He must also be a Protestant, and the judge who now
Majority . . ----66
' cal in the Prerogative Court was a person
On entering the gallery we found,
as whose decision the utmost confidence could be placed
kovl who. on one occasion
had given, as counsel,' .r. . s Mr. MORGAN O'CO*NNELL protesting against the
„ • opinion against his political friends and his provisions of the Bill. Why should not the clergy of a
ea. religionists. Ho did not see how th ey could higher order be termed . bishops and archbishops ? the
app, aint ,Roman Catholic judges ex vi termini. The question had been repeatedly asked, and had been yet
Eigie t sllon. Gentleman complained that they had not unanswered. Neither had there been any satisfactory
c3nati i
't
. i any of the Roman Catholic Prelates. Why, reason given why the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland had
teev l
t 1 .e .4 . •
'not consulted any of the Protestant Prelates, not been
ofconsulted. the
i e words clergy of the higher order," it
He had moved an amendment that
"
and fur this reason, that they did not consider this ques• instead o
tee, a "lige, ms question, hut a question of property. should
be, t"
bishops and archbishops." On the Dissenters'
They
merely .I.'
. lefeed to the existing law, and they found Chapels Bill the Government acknowledged th at they had
teat it gave just . sus:sic...one to the Roman Catholics, but consulted the Dissenting clergy, buttheydisdained to treat
they had some gm unads for knowing what were the opi- the Catholic clergy in the same
.'manner. The Govern-
s es some ,of the most' honourable and most meat gave notice of their intention to bring in this Bill
amiable--
- of thy' Prelates, Prelates, and they had rea- in February, and brought it forward in the month of
.0,2 to ,„Rose , that _a hoard, would net ex- June, and `introduced a clause by which a lay Gimmis-
ii,e the suspicious .of the Roman Latheacs; which did sion would have power over the doctrines and discipline
4:I
ot contain Roman Getholiceeclesiasties. The present of the Church of Rome. To this he in the strongest
manner objected. The only consolation Roman Catho-
elcard Was composed not only of one denomination, but,
es was partly an ecelesialstical board of one denomination. lies would have was, that the Bill was not compulsory.
see, was composed of the Lord Chancellor, the Judge of The Bill was then ordered to be committed on Thurs-
the Judges, the Provcst ie' day next.
It, e Preroeative Court, . 7.
College, the Dean of St. -Patrick, and the ‘ 'ear. Sir J. GRAHAM moved the order of the day for the
Tri city
Geo,vul of Dublin. Five of those constituted a quorum, House going into Committee on the Marriages (Ireland)
but 1... t' ifi'ese
five an Archbishop or Bishop should Bill.
be on'e, and power was given- to them to ap- The Bill then went through Committee pro forma.
donations or bequests, according The Report on the Savings' Bank Bill was then
ply cAarita ble
eo the intentiosos of the donor; and in case it was exp. I brought up.
Wcnt or rinlae.rfal to apply the same according to the in- The Fisheries (Ireland) Bill passed through Commit
teetee, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow
eiene of theeloe,:r then to apply them to such par-
pO,CI ; they c. insidered nearest to the wishes of the PRIVY COUNCIL BILL.
' 'Hear, hear.) The present Act was a great The report on this Bill was brought up.
teem •.—t , •
grievance end it A 'as felt as such ; and now when they came Mr. ELPHINSTONE proposed that the following
for the first time with a remedy, complaints were made clause should be added to the Bill :—" And be it en-
an t., the meiassire which they brought forward. What , acted, that in all causes of appeal to her Majesty in
• • OMr O'Connell, given before the Corn-
was the opinion 6., ... • 1 Council from Ecclesiastical Courts; and from Admiralty
mittee seetich set is :i 829, on this subject? He stated, or Vice-Admiralty Courts, which now are or may here enswM.• to a . qteestimi which had been put to him, that, after be depending, in which any person duly monished
"the Rone4-1 Catholics had no confidence in the board, or cited or requested to comply with any lawful order
eeeertained apprehensions as to
and that they or decree of her Majesty in Conncil, or of the Judicial
what the ieltimate application of the charitable Committee of the Pavy Council or their surrogates,
Romen Catholics would be, and
bequests mac le by, made before or after the passing of this Act, shall have
as long as tee commission remained in its present neglected or refused, or shall- neglect or refuse, to pay
state that app. tehension would continue. He was then obedience to such lawful order or decree, or shall have
.asked what w 0 old be the object of a Commission CM" committed or shall commit any contempt of the process
Nosed partly of - Catholics and partly of Protestants ? He under the seal of her Majesty in ecclesiastical and mari-
easwered that te at would mitigate a great deal ; and he time causes, it shall be lawful for the said Jndicial Com-
would go farther and say this, that if the Commissioners mittee or their surrogates to pronounce such person to
were &imposed of ' two or three Roman Catholics out of be contumacious and in contempt, and after he or she
nine or tea, one g neat objection would be removed.— Ishall have been so pronounced contumacious and in con
Stich is the opinion of Mr. O'Connell in 1829; and in the tempt, to cause process of sequestration to issue under the
present Bill, five oul ' of the ten Commissioners would of said seal of her Majesty agamat the real and personal es-
necessity be Roman ',Catholics, an'd five would be Protest- tate, goods, chattels, and effects, wheresoever lying, within
ants. There was no jealousy bet.tmen the Protestants , the dominions of her Majesty, of the person against or
and Presbyteiiams, or between the Protestants or Wes-
upon whom such order or decree shall have been made,
leyane, but th a Church of Rome singly and alone re- lin order to enforce obedience to the same, and pkyment SINKING OF THE "STARLIGHT" IRON STEAM BOAT.
ceiveel five out; of ten of the Commissioners from her own I of the expenses attending such sequestration, and all —An accident, providentially unaccompanied with loss of life,
Church; and hss thought itmost indecent. unwise, to suggest proceedings consequent thereon, and to make such fur-'.occurred at Westminster-bride at nine on Suuday night to
' that a legal an echority of whatever denomination would , ther order in respect of, or consequent on, such segues- theltartght steam-boat, which plies between Chelsea
haineg
mot perform h'is ~ functions justly and fairly, without re- ' tration, and in respect to such real and personal estate,
time she- wriasgcero. wdeld with a sass
sage en from Chelsea,
ranat w
finil of the
ferenco to ele religion ot the parties who came before I
, goods, chattels, and effects sequestrated tfiereby, as may bridge, and received such in ones as caused her to leak so ra-
hiiii. If they th row out a suspicion that Roman Catholic ! be necessary, or for payment of moneys arising from the . pidly, that before she could be got to near the pier by several
judges would .uo t administer justice fairly, because they 1 same, to the person to whom the same may be due, or feet she sunk; but it being nearly low water at time time,
might be of the , same re von. with one of the claimants into the registry of the High Court of Admiralty and ' she was not completely covered with water. By the time
before them, it , could be said that they insulted the ' Appeals, for the benefit of those who may be ultimately she went down all the passengers had, through the timely
Roman Cathoreess: He lamented the necessity of stipu- entitled thereto."—The clause was passed, and the report aid of the persons on the pier, the captain of the boat, and by
lating that a certs ,in proportion of the board should be d the use of planks, succeeded in leaving it. Had it been high
of one religion ; leti 't he it most unwise to dis_ agree to.
thought • Mr. HUTT moved the Lords' Amendments to thethe time, it is impossible to sa what catastrophe
water. at y . p
should be five against six, or six • might not have occurred; no doubt many lives would have
pute whether theare
Aliens Bill, which were agreed to.
been lost. At twelve yesterday, at which time the tide
against
seven: —(Fie; ar, hear.) But, ,it' there
Bwere any ,
for thi s pretence , by th
it -was provided for e. ill ; for, , AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. ' was running up, workmen, with the aid of the empty barges,
cf for Roman C tholic purposes
mma e sa Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN moved for leave to were still actively engaged in raising the boat, which they
where bequests were
in doing in the course of the day. Oc-
exclusivelgr in the bands of the bring in a Bill to regulate the sale of agricultural pro- will probably succeed
frequent
in
they were to 'b e placed
in the Bill. curences of the above nature are so the Thames,
board. Yet dace in Ireland.--Leave 1 d I '
the
oara. they were e an . kave was given to bring
Roman Catho,iic members of
The house then • Hif Ten , l k that means should be taken by the proper authorities to as-
TheC th 1' ouse adjourned at a , -past ococ .
told that this Bill was an insult to the Roman a o lob;
certain that the steam-boats which ply on the river are sound
holding the balm.,
Governs [mint was desirous of
to the reprehensible r -
- in every respect, and to put a atopp ac
but it was not
We fear, however, that those who
•
tice of overloading boats. .
equally, and .of doing justice to all,
__ _ BRUSSELS, JULY 26.—A violent thunder storm
to put all on the
evilwill I
of remedying the
',eery encoura i ing, when they wished . passed over our city to-day, between twelve and one o'clock,
shave the means.
insulting andan the angers to
of the subj
ect, d d
moue footing, to be told that they were it was accompanied with such torrents of rain that several ible of the imp.ortance
_.J.
sought to remove • which the public are exposed, when an immense sacrifice of
kjiiring the p Arty from whom they streets were for a time impassable. The lightning passing _
the unequal .pres ssure of the existing law. It was, next along several streets, entered the office of Messrs Wantere life has taken place.
in the hands of. Roman Ca- and Co., where ten or twelve It is understood, dd who in so shocking a
that. Da 1
objezzted thrst th ey place,'] compositors were at work, and
tholie laym en t locations . doctrine and
,assing to' the roof, threw
affecting the
,down a chimney of the next house. manner murdered his father in Cobham-park, will not be
person '
received any injury. The lightning left a strong brought from Paris in time to be put on his trial at the pre-
disciplice of the Roman cath-olic Church, and that was - 9
Hon. sulphurous smell where it passed. Hailstones of e sent assizes for the county of Bent. He will, therefore, be
xtraossie
contrary to the a sage' of that Civrch. The Right
Gentleman qp d the opinion of idattuid Burke, who ..... ny size fell on the plain of Mon Plaisir. confined in Maidstone Gaol until the next assizes.—Observer. S ar- -- .

ratter, and again brandished it. Meekness ran over, and
grasping him, strove to wrest it from him, but the pri-
soner drew it across the palm of his left hand, inflicting
a long and deep wound. Police-con,table 56 N fortu-
nately came up and secured him. The knife was in hiA
hand when the constable arrived. All th, wer..
sober.

Mr. Comm—What have you to say to the charge ?
Prisoner (who did not evince the least regr,t)—Why,
they would not let me alone, so I took this knife.
There were five or six of them against me, and I wanted
,to be a match for them with the knife.
In default of bail he was committed to the sessions.
There were an unusually large number number of " drunk
and disorderly" charges, but none of them possessed the least
interest.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Three men, named Thomas Pugh, James Day, and
Robert Fowler, and a woman named Mary Ann Swan.
were placed at the bar before Mr, Bingham, charged
with the following outrageous and unprovoked attack
upon the police :
It appeared from the evidence that a mob of disorderly
prostitutes and men, having collected at the door of a
public-house, at half-past eleven o'clock on Saturday
night, Bryant, a policeman on duty there, desired them
to move on ; the women did so willingly, but one of the
men being intoxicated, for some time refused to do so,
and Bryant saw him part of the way towards his home,
and then left him, to return and look after the others.
The instant he turned, however, he was met by the pri-
soner Pugh, who, without uttering a word, struck him
a violent blow on the side of his head. He instantly
seized Pugh, but the latter fought so desperately that
he was obliged to call for assistance, and Kirshaw, an-
other constable, came up ; the mom,nt he made his ap-
pearance, however, he was knocked down by Pugh, who
called upon the mob, which had collected to the num-
ber of several hundreds, to help him, and five
or six powerful fellows rushed upon the officers,
and beat and kicked them dreadfully as they lay upon
the ground. Bryant drew his staff to protect himself,
but that was seized by Pugh, who tried to wrench it
from him,and who also seized the hand of Mr. Addison,
a neighbour, who came to assist the officers, in his teeth,
and bit a piece of flesh clean out of it. The hooting,
yelling, and violence of the mob now became excessive,
and they exhibited such determination to rescue the pri-
soners, that several of the respectable inhabitants who
witnessed the peril the constables were in came volunta-
rily forward to render assistance, as also did two other
constables, Nos. 216 and 151 G, but both the latter of
whom were knocked down and kicked, 216 receiving. a
violent kick on the side of his head. Pugh was at last
captured, however, and taken up Old-street towards the
station, to very nearly the door of which they were fol-
lowed by the rascals in the mob, who pelted them with
brickbats and stones ; one of the officers being seriously
wounded by a brickbat on the head, and another con
tused on the arm by a stone, which were seen
to be thrown by Day and Fowler, they were pursued.
and, after a desperate struggle on their part, taken, and
identified as two of the men who had kicked the con-
stables in such a violent and cowardly manner while
lying on the ground. The instant the two last-named
prisoners were taken, the woman Swan rushed forward.
and made such a furious attack upon the officers, that
they were obliged to take h,r into custody likewise, and
the whole of them were then lodged in the station-house
together.
The prisoners, being called upon for their defence,
denied, the, whole of the violent conduct imputed to
them, and called two witnesses, who, so far from excul-
pating any of them, on the contrary, confirmed the
greater part of the preceding statement.
Mr. BINGHAM commented upon the prisoners' violence,
and sentenced the three male prisoners, Pugh, Fowler,
and Day, to a month's imprisonment and hard labour in
the House of Coarection, but liberated the female pri-
soner Swan, as the least guilty and responsible of the
whole, upon the payment of a trifling fine.
QUEEN-SQUARE.
Thomas Robert Bo:oring, who was described as a lawyer's
clerk, and who assumed an air of considerable importance,
was placed before Mr. Bond on the following charge:-
142 B said that about ten o'clock last night he met the
defendant at the corner of New-street, Horseferry-road. He
was drunk and disorderly. 'Witness persuaded him to go
away with his wife, who was with him, and he accepted his
advice and went away, but came back a second time and
began to abuse witness, and as he continued to create a dis-
turbance, and to turn a deaf ear to his persuasive powers, he
took him to the station-house.

The defendant admitted he was intoxicated, but intimated
that he had a counter-charge to make against the policeman,
whom he charged with striking his wife, and with exceeding
his duty, as he was at his own door at the time, when that
with which he was charged was disposed of.
The defendant was about to proceed to cross-examine the
policeman on the charge he brought against him, but he was
stopped by
Mr. BOND, who said, that if he had a charge against the
policeman he must make it to the Commissioners of Police,
'from whom it would meet with all due attention. He
could only decide upon the case before him. Persons in
his situation of life ought to set an example to those in an
inferior station of life, and not imitate their vices. He must
pay a fine of half-a-crown.
The defendant paid the fine, and having politely bowed to
the Magistrate, who, however, did not return the civility, he
left the Court with his wife, apparently under the impression
that justice had not been done to him.

A middle-aged man and a boy, whose faces were brown
with exposure to the sun, were charged with destroying their
clothes in St. Margaret's workhouse. They had, of course,
to be supplied with others.
They said their clothes were filthy, and that they could
not wear them.

Mr. BOND committed them to the House of Correction for
ourteen days.

EDINBURGH JURY COURT.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
An action for breach of promise of marriage was tried
on Wednesday before the Lord Justice-General and a
jury, in which Miss Margaret Croall was pursuer, and
Mr. Joseph Hutchinson was defender. The following was
the issue in the case :
" Issue in the cause in which Miss Margaret Croall,
daughter of Mr. John Croall, coach proprietor in Edin-
burgh, is pursuer ; and Joseph Hutchinson, Esq., re-
siding at Woodside, near Dalserf, in the County of La-
nark, is defender.
" Whether the defender, in the month of April, 1843,
promised and agreed to marry the pursuer ; and whether
the defender has wrongfully failed to perform the said
promise and agreement, to the loss, injury, and damage
of the pursuer ?"—Damages laid at 3,0001.
Mr. INGLIS, with whom was Mr. Rutherfurd, opened
the case for the pursuer. He stated that the pursuer
was the daughter of Mr. Croall, the eminent couch con-
tractor in Edinburgh, and that the defender. Mr. Hut-
chison, who was the only son of a gentleman possessed
of landed property, at Woodside, parish of Dalserf,
Lanarkshire, paid his addresses to her about the begin-
ning of last year, arid was accepted by the young lady.
It wits difficult to say whether he had ever been sincere
in his addresses; if he were, it was impossible to ascer-
tain from what cause he had been induced to break off
the match. The Learned Cousel then proceeded to
read various letters addressed by the defendant to the
pursuer, all breathing the warmest affection and attach •
ment, but most of them adverting to the fact that
his sisters were opposed to the match, and that they
were endeavouring to stir' up his father against
it, in which he was apprehensive they would succeed.
At the same time,, he declared emphatically, and in re-
peated letters, that no opposition on their part, or on.
that *of his father, would have the slightest effect in
causing him to change his purpose. His letters also
bore testimony to the fact that he kept. a race-bore—
that he was in the Lanarkshire Yeomanry—and that
he indulged in other amusements altogether Pincon-
sistent with the defence which was now set up by the
defender; that he
was so utterly poor, and dependent
for subsistence upon his friends. In Juue last year,
he paid a visit to Edinburgh, and spent ten days or a
fortnight in Mr. Croall's house, where he was received
by the family with the utmost cordiality. At that time
be went with Miss Croall and another lady to the shop
of a jeweller in town, with the intention of purchasing
for,her a diamond ring,' but when there, was induced to
change. his purpose, and buy a gold watch, with which
'he presented her. After his return home, on the 29th
June, he wrote to the pursuer, intimating that he had
bad a conversation with his lather on the subject of his
marriage, in which his father, while fully admitting the
respectability Of the pursuer's family, and the unble-
mished nature of her character, thought that his son
might have made a more advantageous match, and ob-
jected that the pursuer was beneath him in.rank. This
the defender denied. The conversation dropped, the
writer added, by the father declaring that he was un-
alterably opposed to the match, while the son declared
firmly, on the other hand, that nothing but death should
prevent him from carrying his intentions into effect.
A day or two afterwards he wrote again, in which he
repeated the substance of this conversation, and added,
that he had had a conversation with one of his sistsrs,
in which she stated that she would offer no further
opposition to his marriage ; and he congratulates the
pursuer on this' first indication of a bright change in
their circumstances. Matters remained in this state
till the 20th of August, whan a change in the style of
the defender's letter began to appear. The jury would
find in them what he (Mr. Inglis) must call a cunning
and gradually executed device to shake himself free from
his promises; and his object was to disgust Miss Croall with
her prospects of matrimonial life, and thus to induce
her to give up the engagement. On the 20th of August
he wrote that he had unpleasant news to tell her, that
his father was unalterably opposed to the marriage. He
had known this some weeks before, but he was unwilling SIGHT AND INATIINd.-39, Albemarle-street, Pim.
glasses. microscopes, &c. Patronised Ity Generals Sir
to tell her. Why, said the Learned Counsel, 'he did tell dilly. Newly-invented spectacles, telescopes. Opera-
Frederick Meister,
her so far back as the 29th June. He went on to say in
the letter that he had no prospect now of altering his Edward Paget, Sir Even Lleyd,
father's opposition. Ile could force an income from the Clayton, Galway, Grosveler, Morrison Dvott, Robert-
property that was vested in him by his mother, but not son, and Nfaishenale ; Major-Generals Sir H. Elphia
to enable them to live in the style he could wish. Under stone, P. Fyers, D. Macleod, Hamilton JulWernyss ;
these circumstances; he had been revolving many schemes Lieut.-Generals Sir Henry Bouverie, Siir J. Macdonald,
in his mind, but he had now positively resolved to cross ' Sir R. Barton, Sir T. Dallas, Lord John Hey ; Adinirals
the Atlantic -ore an; and become a cultivator of the ' George Cockburn Sir George 'Munch?, Sir G,
soil. He hoped she would not consider him cruel .Sirmartin, sir James if. whitshe _
d, Sir D. Gold, and
in asking her to accompany him. He knew the Ross. By the we of these newly•inventtel
sacrifice she would have to make in leaving fond imperfect on becomes preserynd and sireligthened,
and admiring and very aged persons are Enabled to employ their sight
parents, loving brothers and sisters,
at the most minute ocoupation, and can see with t; ose
friends, in order to share his fortune, which did not pro-
raise very brightly ; but he was determined to go, as he lenses of it inuoh less magnifying psirer, 'nor *.ip they
saw no prospect of any chingo in his circumstances, aud require the frequent changes to :fittilier hobs['; also
he trusted he did not ask too much in asking her to go nearly-invented achromatic waletO,iaripablier teleacopes
with him. This letter the Learned Counsel charso• and opera glasses. Every kind` tel Or larger
tensed as;a trick. He presented all the dark colours size with increasing powers, fir sea p4noes,
of an emigrant's life, none of the bright ones, , evi-f t- mi •al •,e4 }with
the
and, upon stands, or as rono the
dently to induce her to refuse her con,'ent. In reply to same celebrated lenses; the prnsfere treelq; the
'this letter, Miss Croall wrote. that she was mush dis- lenses so bright and brillian thlit minute Adetts4- at an
tressed by letter. That
,te go to America was out extraordinary distanee are heonght corripletelffinder the
of the question ; that she could not make up her mind eye, Sportsmen, tourists,' and se-el-Side hvisitisii will
t,. leave her pative country ; and that she was: sure her have a great treat. Their insfisible,Vc&e knnlitet4 z;ves
father. and mother would not give their consent. She immediate relief to old standing extreme 'Cloiesr- ' '
entreated him not to make up his mincla-ashly, and re- ness. Caution—Messrs. S. and B: s;•i "r [leaf-
edoptici
mind him of some_ of their acquainumees, who had and aurists, are not in any ~
emigrated to their ruin. In his reply to this letter, the of the same news .--sa-tcraneete iron
Learned• Counsel said, the defender artfully turned the in an,- their immediate, rieig , nor
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she had said of the dangers of emigration -
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nct.
It Was street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
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(From the Liverpool Albion, of Monday.)
At an early hour, yesterday morning, an appalling
murder .is alleged to have been perpetrated in Peter-
street, in this town, by a tailor, of the name of Owen
Leonard,. upon his wile. The parties occupied the
house No. 35; Peter-street, which is a narrow but
densely-populated place,. to the rear of St. Thomas's-
buildings, leading, by a circuitous route, from. White-
chapel into the lower part of Dale-street. They kept a
sort of lodgieg,house, occupying themselves the ground
and upper floors, and letting 'off the second floor to some
poor men, who gained a precarious livelihood by working
about the town. Leonard himself occasionally followed
his employment of a journeyman tailor ; but, from his
dissipated and vicious habits, he appears to have been
seldom successful in getting any work. Their principal
means of support were derived from the rents paid by.'
the lodgers, and also from- the wages of their two
daughters, grown-up young women, who were in ser-
vice at respectable gentleinee's. houses, one in Rodney-
Street, and the other, we believe, in Everton..
It was about half-past one o'clock eesterday morning
when tne dreadful occurrence took place. The lo !gees
were singing and carousing in their apartment at the
time, when suddenly Leonard rushed into their room,
and accused one of them, a lama man, with having been
on terms of more than ordinary intimacy with his. wife.
The lame man indignantly denied the charge, anti Mrs.
Leofiard offered to restore h;in a small balance of
lodging money, which was to his credit, provided he
left the house immediately, -and thus terminat-d the
dispute. An altercation between the parties ensued,
which for .a time . ended by Leonard striking his wife
and the lame- man striking Leonard in return. Leo-
nerd subsequently fastened the street door, and, in
the ,preaence of .his• son, a lad of thirteen years
of age,. mentioned .before, deliberately took out his
razor . and commenced to sharpen the edge, Mut-
tering some threats, at the same time, as to what he in-
tended. to do to his wife. In a short time Mrs. Leonard
carne down stairs, and almost immediately upon her en-
tering the apartment where he was, he struck her a blow
on the head with his clenched fist, which felled her to the
ground. He then caught hold of her by the hair, a'id,
with the razor,: partially cut her throat, first on one side
and then on.the'other.- After he had mangled her in
this brutal manner, he suddenly raised the razor arid cut.
owerful muscu-
off a part of her nose. She, being a
p
lar woman, made a desperate effort to release herself
from his grasp, and, in the struggle, he gave her another
deep cut with the razor upon the fleshy part oil her
left. leg, and also two other gashes upon her arms. :The
female screamed terrifically ; S') also did the lad, who,
as we have before stated, was present during the Oral.
section ; and in a short time the house was surreunded
by the people •of the neighbourhood. The door Was
speedily opened, but, before an entrance could be effected,
the • crowd was horrified at seeing the . unfortueate
woman, from whose neck, leg, and arms blood was
flowing profusely; either kicked or pushed by her
brutal husband down the steps and into the street,
Here she lay upon the pavement for a short time in the
greatest agony ; but at .length a stretcher was brought,
and she was removed to the letirmarv, where death
speedily terminated her stiffinings. Officer 48 ar-
rested Leonard almost upon the instant. He found
him in the act of washing the blood from his hands, and
he discovered the razor under the table. The week bed
man was immediately conveyed to Ariclovell, but, during
the whole of yesterday, we understand that he betrayed
but few symptoms of cenceen at the awful situation In
which he has placed himself. He is sixty yeaze of Age,
of rather diminutive stature, and an Irishman by birth,
His wife, also a native of the sister country, was about
the same age, and extremely eoepelent, It is said that
Leonard has before made several attempts to cut her
throat.
An inquest will be held before the Borough Coroner
to-day.

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