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LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1844.

consideration of the report be postponed for a week.
On this amendment a division took place, when there
were—for the original resolution, 200 ; and for
Colonel SIBTHORP'S amendment, 3.

Captain BERNAL gave notice, that on bringing up
the report of the army estimates, he should move
for a copy of the letter from the Secretary at War to
the widow of Colonel FAWCETT, stating that a pension
would not be granted to her in consequence of the
way in which her husband had met his death.
After several notices of motions of little interest,
Sir JAMBS GRAHAM said, until the House had gone
into tne Factories Bill, he could not fix a day for
going into Committee on the New Poor-law Bill.
Sir ROBERT PEEL, in answer to a question from
Mr. O'CortNELL, said, that her Majesty's Government
would be prepared, in the course of the session, to
bring in a Bill to amend the law with respect to Ro-
man Catholic charities.

In the House of Lords the Marquis of WEST-
MEATH made some remarks' about the expressed opi-
nions of the Catholic, clergy in Ireland on the question
of repeal, which were replied to 'by Lord NOR..
MANBY. The subject was of no public interest and
led to no result.
Lord BROUGHAM ''presented a petition from Sir
AUGUSTUS D:Es, la, praying that the Standing Order
No. 120 of the House might be suspended, in order
that the evidence of Baron BUNSEN, the Prussian
Minister, might be taken with regard to his claims
for the Sussex Peerage before that distinguished fo-
reigner left the country.
The Noble Lord laid on the table a Bill for im-
proving the Judicial Cotnmittee of the Privy Council.
He then called the attention Of the House to the deci-
sion of the Criminal- Court of Louisiana, by which a
man had been condemned to death for aiding in the
escape of a slave. He believed such was the law of
that State, but at the same time trusted that advantage
would be taken of the interval between the sentence
and the day fixed for execution (the 26th of April)
for the sacred purpose of extending mercy to the un-
fortunate individual. (The blasphemous remarks of
the judge in sentencing this man to death appeared in
The" Sun some clays ago.)
The Marquis of CLANEICABDE gave notice that he
should KO a question to the Earl of DEVON relative to
the real s.rope and object of the Landlord and Tenant
CommissiOn in Ireland.

The Maiquis of NORMANBY presented a petition
from JOB/V and ELIZABETR RYAN, complaining that
the interest of 2004 the legacy of a former rector of
the parish' of Ballysacki had been stopped by the Board
of Chaxitabie-Bequests iii consequence of the national
system of csi-ucation being introduced into that parish.
His object in bringing forward the motion was to
restrain the sectarian manifestations which look place
in Ireland.

A brief discussion took place, when the petition
was laid on the table, and the House adjourned at a
Quarter to Bight o'Clock.
In the House of Commons, after the presentation
of petitions, and some conversation relative to the
Great Western extension Railway Bill, and the
South Devon Rail way Bill, which was read a second
time,

In answer to a question from Sir R. FERGUSON,
Sir J. GRAHAM said, in case the House of Lords
should confirm the decision of the Irish Judges with
respect to Irish Presbyterian marriages, legislation
on the subject would be indispensable.
On the motion for going into Committee of Supply,
Mr. WILLIAMS moved that the estimates be referred
to a Select Committee, but, after a few words from
Sir H. HARDINGE, the motion was withdrawn.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD then moved—" That the
large amount of the standing army now kept up for
the public service is contrary to constitutional liberty
and dangerous to the rights of the people." Dr.
BOWEING seconded the resolution, which was sup-
ported by Mr. FIBLDEN. On a division the motion
was negatived by a majority of 79.
Sir H. HARDINGE then brought forward the army
estimates, and moved that 100,295 men should be
fixed as the standing army for this year. Mr.
WILLIAMS moved that the number should be reduced
by 20,000. On a division the original motion was
carried by a majority of 102.
Several votes were then, after some discussion,
agreed to; the House resumed, and adjourned at a
Quarter-past Twelve o'Clock.

his hotel, opened all his trunks, rifled his papers, stole
his money, and then sealed up his empty boxes, al-
leging that they had removed nothing. He suc-
ceeded, however, in recovering his property, and after
having obtained a passport with some difficulty, was
glad to escape from the country. The Cortes, which
had assembled merely to prolong the powers granted
to the Ministry for suppressing the insurrection, had
been adjourned till the 23d April, and it is not at all
improbable that by that time COSTA CABRAL and his
party may follow the example of NARVANZ and
GONZALES BRAVO, and suspend them to an indefinite
period.

We did the GREAT NATIONAL ANTI-LEAGUE DE-
MONSTRATION, which held its first meeting at the
Great Hall of Freemasons' Tavern, gross injustice in
our remarks yesterday. Or perhaps, more correctly,
we ought to say that we did Tom THUMB injustice,
when we opined that the National Anti-League
would resemble in dwarfishness of stature that illus-
trious General. For, at all events, the little Ameri-
can stands straight and erect, whilst the Great Na-
tional Anti-League Demonstration could neither
stand, sit, nor walk, but fell down on the ground at
its first GREAT attempt, amidst the jeers and laughter
of the assembled multitude. And yet, again, we are
wrong, for there was no multitude at all ; for the
Great National Demonstration, in the Great Hall of
Freemasons' Tavern, consisted of about a hundred
and forty men, three women in the gallery, and four
in the body of the Hall.
And this was the great meeting convened to put
down the Anti-Corn-law League, to overthrow the
fallacies of the free-traders, and to place COBDEN and
BRIGHT in the shade. Alas, that such doom should
have been threatened, and that such an impotent
conclusion should have resulted. Fatal presage for
the operations of the monopolists ; most unlucky omen
for their future success. And yet, what better could
they expect ? what better did they deserve ? To call, or
attempt to call, a meeting of people in this metropolis,
in support of the corn-laws, must have been the
scheme of madmen. Why, at a time when the prin-
ciples of free trade have taken such deep hold upon
the minds and feelings of all classes—when the entire
people of England and Ireland are sick of that class
legislation which impoverishes all for the sole benefit
of one—who could expect that Englishmen were such
fools as to support any demonstration such as the
National Anti-League sought to make ? None but
Sir RICHARD JODDRELL and Mr. N. DORAN
MAILLARD.

Mr. GLADSTONE moved the proposition of which
he had given notice, with respect to Railway Bills.
The Select Committee, he said, had determined to
recommend the House to depart from the general
rule with - respect to the appointment of
Committees on Railway Bills. They felt that
the number of Members connected with the local
interests should be materially restricted; they con-
sidered that the local interests should be made sub-
servient to the public interests; and he therefore
proposed that the Comtnittee on any Bill should be
composed of five gentlemen totally unconnected with
the local inter( sts of the places through • which the
line passed. He would, therefore, conclude by
moving a resolution to the effect that, when any Bills
were brought in to authori,e the establishment of
two lines to one point, the matter should be referred
to one Committee. Mr. LABOUCHERE, 31r. EWART,
Mr. WALLACE; Mr. GREENE, and several other
Members, generally approved of the prin liple laid
down by the President of the Board of Trade.
Colonel S IBTEORP, however, differed from the g‘neral
feeling of the House, and moved that the further

The Herald, with its usual sagacity, has discovered
that Sir ROBERT PEEL is so enthusiastic and disin-
terested in his zeal for the Protestant Establish-
ment, that he would infinitely rather undergo the
ugly operation of martyrdom than that a single lock
of a Bishop's wig should be injured. Were he even
called on, like St. LAWRENCE, to prove his devotion
to the priesthood by reclining full length on a grid-
iron, and being done to a turn over a slow fire, he
would consent to the broil without a moment's hesita-
tion. It is now some days since our Contemporary
made this extraordinary discovery respecting the
Premier's readiness to become a martyr on an emer-
gency; and so enamoured is he of it, that he this
morning repeats it, and, if possible, with increased
unction and emphasis :—" We believe," quoth the
Herald, "that Sir ROBERT PEEL is a sincere Pro-
testant, and we see that ho adorns his religious
profession by an honourable and useful public
career, and by a private life of perfect purity
and of great benevolence ; and seeing this, we
cannot doubt that he would perish at the stake
rather than assist in the injury of the Church to which
he belongs." Ilow thankful ought not Protestant
England to be that she possesses a Prime Minister
who is perfectly ready to be roasted at Smithfield or
elsewhere.,.in the august cause of the Establishment!
After this, what need have we to' fear the ut-
most efforts of the PorE and his agents to turn us
all into Roman Catholics ? The Pontiff may--if it so
pleases him—come over, with his whole college of
.cardinals and a select cargo of faggots, in a fishing-smack
to Dover ; but he will "take nothing by his motion,"
to use a Parliamentary phrase ; not a single convert of
eminence will-he-make, for the Premier of Great
Britain will bC the.first to show his readiness to be-
come a martyr in defence of Protestantism, and all
respectable people will, of course, be proud to follow
so beautiful an example of conscientiousness. Sir
ROBERT PEEL a martyr ! The idea is an ennobling
one, and the imagination dwells on it with
fondness and veneration, not unmingled with a sort of
pleasing terror. Imagine him, with that inimitable
face of his, so smiling and innocent in-its serenity,
bearing testimony to the Faith among the sheep-pens
of Smithfield, stuck bolt-upright against a post, and
repeating the Thirty-nine Articles, by way of a deli-
cate hint to his persecutors, while the " devouring
element" is making more free than welcome with his
person ! Of course, as the Premier's will is law with
his Ministerial colleagues, they could not do less than
follow the example set by their conscientious Chief;
and thus our Protestant eyes might be gratified by
the cheering spectacle of a whole Cabinet roasting
together at Smithfield, in defence of that
Establishment so dear to our Protestant hearts !
Possibly our Contemporary himself, in his zeal
for the true Faith, might not object to make
one among the party; and if so, nothing
would be wanting to render the exhibition perfect,
and convince the PorE how utterly hopeless would
be the attempt to convert England to Catholicism.
But to be serious—if it be possible to be serious on so
ludicrous a theme—Sir ROBERT PEEL has about as
little of the martyr in his composition as any
public man we ever remember to have read
of. Others may go to the stake for their religion,
or make vast personal sacrifices, in order to promote
the political welfare of their country; but he is not
one of these disinterested few. A sense of public
principle will never stand in the way of his ambition.
A regard for consistency will never interpose be-
tween him and the .sunshine of office. If ex-
pediency require the surrender of this or
that opinion, the surrender will be made with-
out hesitation ; and though he is now the
avowed Minister of the Monopolists, we do not des-
pair of living to see the day when the Premier will
be the avowed Minister of the Free .trade party. It
is only necessary that the League should squeeze him
a _little more vigorously than it has yet done, to
squeeze out of him a consent to all its demands.

By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Paella, Captain WILSON, we have accounts from
Lisbon to the 29th of February, but tbcy possess
no interest. The journals contain no authentic in-

The discussion in the French Chamber of Depu-
ties, on the Paris fortifications, commenced on Sa-
turday. The Opposition expected great things from
this affair, but were again disappointed. The dis-
cussion caused no excitement, and led to no result.
The principal charges against the Government were,
that it had exceeded the letter of the Act passed in
1841, and that these fortifications were intended to
put down the Parisians in case of a revolt, rather
than protect the capital against a foreign enemy.
Marshal SOULT denied both the assertions. The Act,
he said, had been strictly complied with, and the
fortifications were constructed in such a manner that
they could not disturb Paris. General PAIXHANS
took the same view ; and so little interest did the
Chamber take in the subject, that even M. DE LAMAR-
TINE, with all his eloquence, could not attract attention.
M. ARAGO and M. ALLARD who had drawn up a
report on the works, intended to speak, but, owing to
the lateness of the hour, the debate was adjourned for
a week. LOUIS PHILIPPE is a most fortunate man.
These bastiles are generally attributed entirely to
him ; they have been justly attacked by a large por-
tion of the Liberal press ; they have called for the nu-
merous petitions from the provinces as well as the
capital; and while aperfecthurricane is excited in the
Chamber about some trifle, such as the visit of the
Legitimatist pilgrims to London, or a miserable island
in the Pacific, works that are intended to overawe the
capital and repress liberty, scarcely even excite the

common attention of the Members. The Commerce,

which has vigorously opposed the bastiles, is
naturally much annoyed at this apathy, and vents its
rage on Marshal SOULT, who now defends plans
which he formerly declared were of no use for what
they were ostensibly formed. In his remarks the
Marshal said no one could accuse him of having
neglected his duties. On this the Commerce says,
" Alas ! it was, therefore, a duty ambitiously to pursue
at Cporto the Crown of Portugal ? It was a duty to
plunder Andalusia, and by such robberies to render.
the French name odious there ? It was a duty to
persecute, in 1814, the EMPEROR'S soldiers, and to
place oneself again at their head in 1815 ? It was al
duty to call NAPOLEON a traitor and tyrant in the
month of March, and to proclaim him a hero on the
Ist of the following month of June ? When should
we stop if we exhausted the catalogue of Marshal
SOULT'S duties !' "

The affair of Otaheite has ceased to be the topic of
conversation, and the Parisians are now looking out
for a new "passion."
The funds continue very firm. At TORTONI'S, on
Sunday, the Three per Cents. were quoted at 82f. 80c.

The Madrid mail of the 26th had not reached Paris
at the hour of post.

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY,QUIIRTKR TO THREE.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 3,000
bales, at former prices. The market was quiet. 70 bags
Egyptian brought 71d., 200 Surat from 4d. to 44d., and the
rest American, at 51d. to 64d.—There was no hange in
Railway Shares. Manchester and Birmingham were in
more request. Eastern Counties were 1c1; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 59 ; South-Western, Eighths, 3i ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 401 to 41 ; Paris and Rouen, 323.
The accounts received from Peru are exceedingly bad, and
we fear a long time will elapse before the foreign creditors'
of that republic will receive a farthing of their dividends.'
Divisions exist in all quarters, and the President himself
had been, in an attack made by him, defeated by the rebel
chief. Three parties were trying to obtain the ascendancy,
and the consequence was, that trade and commerce•was
almost entirely suspended; the expectation being that the
capital of the republic would, before long, be invested by
the rebels.

The Funds to-day have been firm, though quiet. Consols
for immediate transfer realise 974 to 974, and for Account,'
97A 4. Exchequer Bills are at 695. premium. The Commis-
sioners for the Savings' Banks and the Debt have taken
Consols at 974. The New Three and-a-Half per Cents. are
worth 102• to 102*. South Sea Stock is at 110.
In the Foreignlarket there is a slight improvement in'
Spanish, but with very little doing. The Actives are 25 to
254, and the Three per Cents., 35 to 353. Portuguese Con-
verted have been supported at 46. Mexican Bonds have
been steady at 344, and the Deferred at 134 to 134. Colom-
bian Stock has been 15 to 154, and Brazilian, 81. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. bring 554 to 553.
The Railway Shares have been rather better in several in-
stances, as the subjoined quotations will show :

BRITISH FUNDS THIS D. AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the (Masi List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols. Annuities inSli
334 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lO3
New 33¢ per Cent. Annuities 102%1i
Long Annuities, Expire ith Jan. 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. Ib60.
South Sea Stock ........
Consols for Account ... ..... .... .........
Ex chequer Bills, 1%41. 136 d
1,0001.

5001. ......... ........... .......
Ditto Small... ...... .... .....
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bends 5 per Cent. ... ....... ..............
Ditto for the Account.
Columbian Bonds. 15%% 15
Mexican Bonds, 1837,5 per Cent. .... 34
Ditto Deftrred Stock.... l.
Ditto Debentures
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents.
Ditto for the Account Si SD%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent. 76% 77%
. .

Did° Converted ............ . ....... .." --
Ditto for the Account
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent ll6
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 —
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds. ...... ... ..............
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Dutch 234 per Cents 5
Dutch 5 per Cents lO2 01% IC2
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE
Birmingham and Gloucester lOO -
Ditto New
Bristol and Exeter 7O 69%34 ... to
Chester and Holyhead 5 5%% ... to
Chichester and Brighton
Gravesend, Rochester, Chatham 234 234%...... to
Great Western
Ditto h, Shares ... ..... ... ...... .... 50 ......... 68%
London and Brighton ..—.— ..... ... 50
London and Guildford Junction 5
London and South Western .—.. 41% 784 to7s '77%
Ditto Eighths. ..... .. .. ...... ........ % ..... 314
Lancaster and Carlisle
Manchester and Birmingham ... 40
Midland Counties
Norwich and Brandon
Newcastle and DarlingtonJunct lB ......... 39 ...... ... to 35%
Northern and Eastern ... ......
Ditto % Shares .....„....„.,..«.. 123!
North Midland
Ditto Thirds 2lr. 13s. 4d. . ... . .... 29 ' to --
Paris and Orleans •••••••••••«•••••••• 9.
Paris and Rouen 2O ..... .... 32 ...... to
South Eastern and Dover ... .....
Ditto Scrip
York and North Midland
Ditto Scarboro' Branch ......... 234

MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE,MARCH4.—There is a
steady and firm market ; more business would have been
done, had stock been freely offered. Manchester and Bir.
mingham are much inquired for at the quotations. The fol•
lowing are the transactions ;—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 58
ex-dividend ; South Western Eighths, 31. Bs. 6d. ; Manches
ter and Birmingham, 40i to
CLOSIN
BRIT.

PRICES.
FUNDS.,
Indian Stock 279 pm.
Ditto Bonds . ..... BB pm.
Ditto Old Annuities 96%
Ditto New Annuities 96%
Ex. Bills, 1,0001. I%d 70 pm.
Ditto 5001. 69 pm.
Ditto Small 7O pm.
Bank Stock for Acct 196
India Stock for Acct 278
Consols for Acct. 97
i FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent ......... iPortuguese,s per Cent 77M
Belgian, 5 per Cent 105% Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds ... ....... ..... 80 Prussian, 5 per Cent —
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cen 4.. 37 Russian, 5 per Cent ll6
Chllian, C per Cent ...... ...... 103 Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per Cent: l5l Spanish, 6 per Cent............ 25M
Ditto, 1824 ..... .. ......... — 8 per Cent 35
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent 93 Ditto, Deferred 14%
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 18k5, 5 per Cent — I Exchange —l: —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent
Ditto, 6 per Cent., 1837....... Dutch, 2% per Cent 55%
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... 30% Ditto, 5 per Cent lO2

Bank Stock 194%
00000 •••••••••••••
3 per• Cent. Red 98%
3 per Cent. Cons.
3% per Cent. Rel lO3
New 3% per Cent 102%
New 5 per Cent. —
Long Annuities to expire
Jan. 1860............ 12
Oct. 1859 ..... -.-.. 12
Jan. 1860 l2

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Marten s.—Wind this day at noon, moderate
breeze from N. to N.E., and cloudy.
DEAL, MARCH 4.—Wind W.S.W. to S.S.E. and N.N.W.—
Ara. Cleopatra, Easby, China ; Ann Miln, Thompson, and
Reaper, Thompson, Calcutta; Vernon, Webster, Madeira.
Sid. Lady Rowena, Calcutta ; Arab, ditto; Anna Robertson
and Powders, Madras ; Ida, Bombay ; Thomas, Snook, Cape
of Good Hope; Berkeley and Planet, Jamaica; John Craig,
St. John's, New Brunswick, and the rest of the ;outward
bound, except Pleiades, for St. John's, New Brunswick.
Poirrsmount; MARcit 4.—Wind, E. to W.N.W.—SId.
Ros'er, South Seas ; Dorothea, Grenada ; Milton, Mobile.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Wind N.W.--An•d. Asia, Liver-
pool for Baltimore, with sails split, &c. British Oak, Shields
for Naples, leaky, and with loss of rudder. Put back, Cla-
rendon, for Jamaica.

FAutotrm, AlAnc 4.—Wind W.N.W. and N.W., fresh
breezes and sqtutlly.—Arrd. Lord Brougham and Vaux, Shields
for Bevrout, with loss of boat, bulwarks, &e. Off, Jean Bap-
tiste, Iloneyburne, Buenos Ayres for Antwerp.
SwANsE,k, Alaucti 3.—Arrd. Cainmore, Barbaton,Cuba.
JERSEY, MARCH 1 —A large Dutch East Indiaman, appa-
rently out of her reckoning, was seen off this on the 26th
ult., and in danger of going on the Aiingwer's Rock, assistance
being sent her, she wa3 brought to an anchor.
TEIGNMOUTH, AlAncit 2.—The Expedition, Edwards, bound
to Gloucester, got on the Polesa Bank in going out last night,
but came ofr next tide and proceeded.
llAnmErooL, Alincit 2.—The Carlisle, Rosehaugh, Feli-
city, Hope, and George, ashore near here, have been got off, and
into the harbour.
PIVI.I.HELI, MARCH, 3.—lt is blowing a gale from N.N.W.
A large log of yellow pine timber, stamped as duty paid,
marked in two places, " W.8.H." in blue paint, and appa
rently some time in the water, came ashore last week at
Porth Pistoll.

telligenee from the provinces, respecting the revolted
troops. A dispatch from Viscount FONTE NOVA was
published in the Government paper, announcing that
most of them had fled across the frontier into
Spain ; but as this was not confirmed by the tele-
graph, nor mentioned by the other Lisbon jour-
na!s, no credit was attached to the statement.
OLOZAGA has arrived in England by the steamer,
after having been shamefully treated by the Portu-
guese Government. Agents of the police broke into

SUN,
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rNE str'I4ONDON, TUESDAY =EVENING-, MARCH 5, 1844.

LAW INTELLIGENCE

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY).
The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals for the first
time during the present session. The Peers present were the
Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord Campbell.

DRUMMOND V. WOOD AND OTHERS.
Thia case came before their Lordships upon appeal from
the decision of the Court of Session.. The appellants, as
partners in the Second Fife Bank, brought an action of relief
against themselves, and the respondents as having been part-
ners in the first Fife Bank, asserting that in the former of
these capacities they had become creditors of themselves, and
the respondents in the latter capacity to the extent of
143,0001. On the action for relief being brought before the
Lord Ordinary it was dismissed, and that decision being
sustained in the Court of Session, the appellants appealed
to this House against that decision.
Mr. Stuart and Mr. Moir appeared as counsel for the
appellants, and Mr. Kelly, Mr. B. Andrews, and Mr. Anderson,
were for the respondents.
The arguments appear likely to occupy their Lordships
several days.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
The Vice-Chancellor of England did not sit to-day.

CRIMINAL COURT!-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT
CUSTOM-HOUSE FRAUDS.

The Judges Patteson and Williams took their seats in the
Old Court at a quarter-past ten, when Henry Jones was put
upon his trial forfrauds committed on her Majesty's Customs.
The Counsel for the Crown were the Attorney-General,
Mr. Jarvis, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Adolphw3, and Mr. Pollock,
jun.; and for the defendant Mr. Wilkins.

The prisoner, who was a landing waiter, in the employ-
ment of her Majesty, having pleaded Not Guilty to the
charges stated in the indictment;
. . .

Tlie ATTORNEY-GENERAL proceeded to state the case. The
prisoner was formerly a landing waiter in the service of the
Customs, and this prosecution was brought under the au-
thority of—
Mr. Wzumrs—My Lords, as Counsel for the prisoner, I
have looked thoroughly into this case, and I find it impossible
for the prisoner to bear up against the evidence which will be
brought against him. And the prisoner has just sent to me
to express his desire to withdraw the plea put in, and to
plead guilty at once. He wishes to make every reparation
in his power for the wrongs he has done.
The Arrortxxv-GENERAL—It must be distinctly under-
stood the Crown is no party to this.
Mr. WuKncs—Certainly not.
The ArrottwEr-GENERAL,--Nor do I hold out the slightest
expectation of mercy because he has saved the Court and
the jury the trouble of hearing the case. There are other
cases as well against—

Mr. Wuaurig--I really don't understand this. It is the
first time I ever heard of a prosecutor opposing a plea of
Guilty.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL-4 do not oppose the course the
prisoner desires to pursue.
Judge PArrEsoN—You merely mean it to be understood
that you are no party to the arrangement by which the
prisoner pleaded Guilty.
Mr. WHAuxs—Not for an instant. It is the voluntary
course of the prisoner, approved by me as his Counsel.
Judge PArrEsox—Prisoners sometimes withdraw their
pleas of Not Guilty, in the hope of receiving more merciful
consideration from the Court. We will look into the de-
positions. _ _ .

Mr. WILKINS—But, my Lords, there are, no depositions.
The prisoner's guilt is proved by his own confession, and that
confession a written one. Therefore it would have been idle
in me to have attempted to defend the prisoner. '
The prisoner then pleaded Guilty to this and another in-
dictment, and was removed in custody from the dock, judg-
ment upon him being deferred.
William Christie then surrendered to take his trial on a
charge of misdemeanour, in having obtained money under false
pretence& The same counsel as in the last case appeared foil
the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson appeared for the traverser
who pleaded " Not Guilty" to the charge..
The ArroRNEY- GENERAL stated the facts of the case
which were simply that the defendant was a Custom-hods
agent, and had landed from the William Jolliffe, Calai
steamer, certain cases of clocks and other goods, and entere
them at the Customs for less than the amount which hel
charged to and received from the parties to whom they wer
consigned, and put into his own pocket the money, the diffe
rence of the duties.

Thomas Cope examined by Mr. JAuvis—l am a clerk in
the Long-room of the Custom-house. The person who gave
me the declaration now handed to me signed it " Jamesl
Christie."

H. Peet examined—l am a clerk in the Registrar's-office,l
and make out the blue books They have on the outside the
name of the ship, master, and other particulars. The book
now in my hand is made in the usual way. It is sent to the
landing waiter to examine goods, &c. In the year 1842
parties could land goods at any quay they pleased. The
officer generally kept to one quay for about a month. When,
the landing waiter has made his entry in the blue book it is'
returned again to the Registrar's-office. I know the hand-
writing of James Christie. The defendant was a Custom-
house agent, and James Christie is, I believe, his brother, and
may have acted in the capacity of his clerk.
Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—The surveyor and
landing waiter must agree in their valuation of the goods.l
In some respects the valuation is arbitrary.
George Mitchelll am a clerk in the Registrar's-office
and the blue book now produced is in my handwriting.
Thomas Noble—l am a clerk in the office of the Receiver
of the Custom-house. I received. the duty on these cases,
311. Bs. 2d. It is entered "311. Bs. 2d., W. Christie," but I
cannot tell who paid me the amount.
Williath Wilmot—l am the receiver of the grand receipt.
I received a Treasury note for the 31/. Bs. 2d.
Mr. CLARKSON submitted to the Court, that not one tittle
of the evidence hitherto adduced affected his client. The
sight-entry was not brought home to the defendant—there
was indeed nothing to implicate him in any nefarious trans-
action, supposing such transaction had occurred.
The COURT over-ruled the objection, and the " sight-
entry" was then put in and read, which 'gave the marks of
the cases " A. Z." " IL S. 6," " G. and C. No. 4," per William
Jolliffe, Captain Middleton, from Calais.
Critchley—l am' a watch"and clock-maker, and have
been in England going on for nineteen years. Germany is
my native country. I have known the defendant ever since
I have been in }!,nglan.d, and I have employed him as Cus-
tom-house agent ever since the death of his father. In the
early part of April, 1842, I received advice of a consignment
of clocks and a bill of lading. I did not preierve that bill of
lading. In April, 1842, I employed defendant to clear three
cases of clocks. The papers put into my hands are Mr. Chris-
tie's papers in reference to these cases. I saw Mr. Christie
himself about the clocks and the cleaning of them. I paid
him the money myself for so doing. I have no recollection
whether I paid him in gold or notes, but as sure as I stand
here, I paid him the money. I always received the bills re-
ceipted when I paid the bill. I did not open the cases myself,
but sent them forward to Anthony Zippel, to Mr. Bruns], and
to Mr. Gantril. Zippel lives in Oldham, Brunel in Edgbas-
ton-street, Birmingham, and Gantril in Wolverhampton.

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Cross-examined'— I never paid duties in advance to
Christie. When cases arrived for me, Christie informed me,
and I paid him duties as they were due. I left all arrange-
ments to him, because I had no reason to have any doubts
about him whatever. I cannot state the particular time of
the day it was when I paid him the money to clear those
clocks. I never had the cases in my possession. When I.
paid the money to Mr. Christie for duties, I directed him,
when they were out of oharge of the Customs, to forward
them to the carriers for conveyance to my consignees.
Anthony Zippel—l live at Oldham, and am a clock-
maker. In May, 1842, I received from Mr. Critchley
a case of clocks marked" A. Z.," and containing 305 clocks.

Ignatius Brunal—l am a clockmaker, living at Birming-
ham. In. April, 1842, I received a case of clocks from Mr.
Critchley. This was on the 11th of April, and the case was
marked " H. S., 6," .and it contained 106 clocks.

Thaddeus Gan' live at Wolverhampton. On April
the 22d, 1842, I received a case of clocks marked " G. and
C., No. 4," and containing 253 clocks.
The various official books from the Custom-house, proving
vessel, date, arrival, manifest, duties chargable, duties paid,
and other minute particulars, were here put in ; as was also
the evidence of various parties from the Custom-house, to
'prove the usual course of proceeding in that establishment.
This evidence was purely of a technical character, necessary
to maintain the chain of testimony, but of the most dry and
uninteresting character possible. With this evidence the
case for the prosecution closed.
Mr. CuaticsoN then addressed the jury for the defendant,
contending that the case of fraud was not brought home
legally to his client ; and that such was the negli-
gent way in which the landing surveyor checked
the landing waiter, and the landing waiter the Custom-house
agent, that no regular system could be looked for in any pro-
ceedings of that establishment. That there had been a fraud
he admitted; but he denied that there was any proof that
his client had defrauded either Critchley or the Crown. The
Learned Counsel having gone over the merits of the case,
then proceeded at considerable length to the law bearing upon
it, and submitted to the Bench that the obtaining of money
under false pretences—the gravamen of the charge—was not
legally substantiated.
The ArroRNEY-GENERAL replied on the law, and

Mr. Justice WILLIAMS summed up, directing the jury that
the two, first counts of the indictment were not supported by
the evidence, and that they must therefore confine their at-
tention to the other portions of the indictment, and-the evi-
dence, as they might think it affected them.
The jury, after a few minutes' consultation, found a verdict
of Guilty against the defendant.