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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MOANING, FEBRtTAlair 21, 1644

The O'CoNoR DoN supported Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S
motion, and expressed his conviction that if the, House
enterefl on the state of Ireland in the proper spirit,
the condition of that country would be speedily im-
proved. The principal speakers of the evening were
Mr. GISBORNE, Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN, and Sir T.
WILDE, to whose speech we direct particular attention.
The debate was again adjourned, and the House
rose at a Quarter to Three o'Clock.

Mr. MACAULAYS speech on Monday in the House of
Commons on the question of Ireland is one of the
most masterly—the most triumphant displays of min-
gled argument and eloquence that even he has ever
made. Tracing the sad and dark history of Irish
oppression from the earliest periods down to the pre-
sent day, he showed, beyond the power of refutation,
how much just cause of complaint the sister-country
has had for centuries against England ; and how little
has been done by the PEEL Ministry—compared with
what ought to have been done—for the last three or
four years, to redress her undeniable grievances.
" As to your executive measures," said the Right
Hon. Gentleman, with indignant emphasis, " they are
all of the same sort—an increase of the number of
soldiers, and the erection of barracks." These, we
may just remark by the way, were always fa-
vourite expedients of the Tories—their panacea
for all sorts of national evils. Did the people,
goaded by famine and desperation, make loud
and fierce complaints against the Government, and
demand, as a matter of constitutional right, the at-
tention of Parliament to their case—the only satis-
faction they got from the Tory rulers of the day,
was a large increase of the standing army ? Did
they hold energetic public meetings, and express them-
selves at those meetings in a manner more remarkable
for its strength than its complaisance, they were re-
warded for their frank, plain-speaking by a barrack be-
ing instantly run up in every district where the people
had most distinguished themselves by their impassioned
sincerity ? No matter what might be the grievance,
the remedy was invariably the same. As Doctor
SANGRADO treated all maladies alike—and whether
his patients were old or young—consumptive or
plethoric—sanguine or hypochondriacal—gouty or
dyspeptic—put them all through a vigorous course of
bleeding and hot water; so our sapient Tory rulers
never resorted to any other remedial process than that
of an increase of soldiers and a multiplication of bar
racks. And just as they acted years ago, they
still continue to act—at least as regards Ireland.
She complains of misgovernment, and by way of
doing away with her cause of complaint, the Irish
Executive accommodates her with a vast increase of
troops, repairs all the old, useless forts on the banks
of the Shannon, claps an extra sentinel at the Castle
gates, and sends a military force, without their
dinner, on a hurried expedition to Waterford! And
thus acting, our sagacious rulers conceive that they
are laying the foundations of just and enlightened go-
vernment in the sister-country ! Was ever folly—
was ever infatuation equal to this ? Is it a Sir ROBERT
PEEL, or is it a doting purblind old woman that is at
the head of affairs ? We confess we are somewhat
puzzled to answer this question. The " voice is the
voice of JACOB, but the hands are the hands of ESAU."
Mr. MACAULAY went on to remark—" And now for
your future measures. With respect to your legisla-
tive ones, it is true you propose a Bill for the registra-
tion of Irish voters, coupled with an increase of the
franchise. But what the provisions of that measure are,
we cannot as yet foresee ; all we do know is, that the
subject is one on which it is impossible for you to legis-
late at once with credit toyourselves and with benefit to
the public ; all that we can say with confidence is,

that the measure must either be destructive to the re- I
presentative principle in Ireland, or to the remnant of
your own character." This phrase " remnant" is
very felicitously applied. It is indeed but a " rem-
nant"—and that a miserably meagre and tattered one
—that Ministers have left of character. And yet
Sir ROBERT PEEL once took pride to himself in the
House of Commons, for being " Clothed in the mantle
of his own integrity!" We should be sorry to hear of
him walking down Parliament-street clothed in no
more substantial raiment, for' his appearance, under
such " untoward" circumstances would approximate
rather too closely to that of ADAM before the Fall,
when he walked abroad in all the beauty of unsophis-
ticated nature. Mr. MACAULAY closed by far the
most eloquent and impressive speech that has been
delivered this session, by some allusions to the Pro-
testant Church Establishment in Ireland w hich were
conspicuous not less by their point and cogency, than
by the sincere, manly, and enlightened spirit that per-
vaded them.

By the New York packet-ship Sheridan we have
received a report of the proceedings in the Senate, on
the 24th ult., in relation to a discussion incidentally
connected with the resolution proposed by a Mr.
SEMPLE, "to give Great Britain notice that the joint
occupancy of the Oregon territory shall terminate in
twelve months." The special debate of the 24th ult.,
in Committee of•the whole House, on the state of the
Union," was on the resumed consideration of a report
made on the previous day from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, by a Mr. INGEasoLL, " declaring it
inexpedient for Congress at this time to act in any
manner on the subject." Any exhibition more un-
becoming the dignity of a deliberative body—any
expositions of principles more politically dishonest—
any aspirations at statesmanship more profoundly
contemptible than those elicited on this occasion, we
have never been called on to depmecate. The " Ore-
gon" is a question upon which if seems a canon of
Yankee patriotism that every good citizen of the
United States is hound to clement himself without
loss of time. It appears to be the touchstone of their
democratic nationality—the Shibboleth to determine
the purity of their jealous A uglophobia. In ap-
roaching- it, the plain, matter-of-fact man of business,
and the ambitious high-flying republican, equally lose
sight of all outlying considerations touching the
relations of their country with ours, ami the relative
authority, rank, and power of the two nations, on the
result of any comparison which can be instituted be.
tween them. They will challenge that comparison
spontaneously, and the amusing result they arrive at
is, that it is greatly in favour of their own federal
strength and grandeur The very terms of a notice
to such a Power as Great Britain, that the joint oc-
cupation of a certain territory by her subjects and
those of the United States, "shall terminate in twelve
months"—implying, of course, that the intentions or
views of Great Britain in such a matter would not
avail for one moment against the simple decree of
Mr. SEMPLE and his party—are a whimsical text
enough for any commentary. And, to be sure,
this absurdity was drawn out into some exquisite
fooling in the speeches of the Mr. OWEN and Mr.
WENTWORTH, who followed. But all the excitement
and vanity, the vaporing and folly (at which we
cannot but laugh in spite of our better judgment, on
account of their grotesque extravagances), do not
conceal, and are not even intended to conceal, the
rancorous hatred, the vindictive envy, the snarling
malice, with which these noisy " legislators" regard
the " supreme among the nations," from whence,
—after a fashion—their own people and institutions
have descended.

Here we have, for example, Mr. OWEN moving, by
way of amendment, the expediency of Congress
4‘ now" acting in the matter. He is pleased to
assume, when reminded that our Minister, Mr.
PACKENHAM, charged with the duty of treating on
this subject, had not yet arrived out in America,
" that no benefit could reasonably be expected to
result to that country from negation ;"—an
instructive specimen of legislative candour, and of a
dispassionate disposition to examine the question in
all its bearings with a statesmanlike absence of prepos-
session ! But he is not unprepared to meet the diffi-
culties that may arise out of such a course ;—not he !
" If," said he, "to give notice to Great Britain that
she could no longer occupy with us the valley of the
Columbia—if that were a cause of war, then war must
come ; it might come sooner, it might come later ; but
come it must at last."

And this sentiment is so present throughout the
whole of the exhibition made by Messrs. OWEN and
WENTWORTH, that we are compelled to notice and
reply to it. But let us first note a little more the
bellicose music of Mr. OWEN s penny trumpet.
asked how England world check the emigra-
tHioanving
to Oregon ; whether she proposes to build along
the summit of the rocky mountain range " a Chinese
wall of demarcation," (!) and whether she
will say to the spirits of the western wilderness (i. e.
the intending squatters), " thus far shall you go, and
no further ; his impetuous oratory overleaps his
Anglo.Chinese-American masonry, and the heads of

his western wilderness worthies, at a bound. Under
a grand melo-dramatic access of sublimely confused
imagery, the wall changes successively into a moun-
tain eagle, a Sioux pony, and a wild goose,! Such, at
least, is our translation of what probably may be
current in the-Union for genuine " States paper"
oratory; but which, " on this side the Atlantic," as
well as "of the Pacific" (to borrow Mr. OWEN'S
phraseology), would be rejected by our schoolboys,
for the most worthless and noisy twaddle ever at-
tempted to be palmed upon a credulous public :
When They could control the mountain eagle in his
upward course to the sun-; when they could check the
wild horse of the prairie in his impetuous career ; when
they could quench in the bird of passage that instinct
which bids her up and away, then they might expect to
set mete or bound to the spirits of the West this side of
the Pacific." -

Certainly, if these wilderness gentlemen can be
negotiated with only by parties qualified to fulfil such
conditions, Lord ABERDEES must lose no time in
securing the taming powers of Mr. CROSS and Mr.
VAN AMBUROFf. And even then, the difficulties to
be encountered would not be mastered. It seems that
" a leading London journal (not a Ministerial organ,
however), had lately asserted that England was re-
solved to arm the Indian tribes in her cause." Where-
upon, exclaims the speaker—
Let that threat be carried into effect. Let those
Indians be armed, let the first blood follow the blow of
the tomahawk, and would the people wait their tardy
legislation before they rushed to the rescue ? Let the
news of a massacre on the banks of the Columbia pass
over our land, and their armed occupation' project for
the protection of Oregon would be but au idle form. It
soon would be occupied—an armed occupation, too. By
whom ?"

Aye ! Now for it. The description is harrowing.
But first, like the most skilful orators of antiquity, he
tells us whom the dragon's-teeth crop will not fructify

"They will not be smooth-chinned, nicely trimmed,
and unitormed cadets from West Point."

Alas for West Point ! Its little band of smooth-
chinned cadets are not destined to give it immortality !
That lot is reserved for certain stalwart old baak-
woodsmen of "rather" unsettled habits; and for a
goodly company of young fellows with similar va-
grant propensities, who must be, moreover, " Mor-
monites." For Mr. OWEN will not let them pass for
"fierce young hunters," only, "with musket and
belt," but he tells us they are also hunt-
ing up, like the new sectaries, the mystic
celebrities of. the Old Testament. They are
" Nimrod hunters." Now if Nimrod

was

" A mighty hunter, for his game was man,"
how much more intense must be the sport of these
squatters Who are hunting NIMROD !
But by veteran pioneers--,--men from whom old age,
though ' it whitened their locks, could not
steal their strength and fire ; by fierce young
hunters, who had heard the war-whoop in
their cradles, and who burned to avenge the death of
their fathers ; by parties of Nimrod hunters, who, with
their belt on their arm and their musket on the shoulder
feared nothing, white or Otck, in the' shape of man."

At the close of this balderdash we find a iNtr..C. J.
INGERSOLL teinforcing the eulogium of these won-
drous people, " fearing nothing white or black in the
shape of man," by ejaculating " (in his seat)—nor
of woman either." Whether this specimen of Yankee
chivalry was intendel as of general application to the
sex, or more personally to the authority and station
of an Illustrious Lady, we are not competent to de-
cide. In either case its delicacy and spirit are charm-
ing. But we cannot afford further space for such
truculent nonsense : though this bit, in which Mr
WENTwoRTH is made the expounder of the intentions
of Providence, is too rich to be wholly omitted :-
0 No ! England had taken her last inch on this conti-
nent ; in future, instead of gaining more, she might lose
what she had. She might think to get California, but
it was all a vain delusion. God (according to Mr. W.)
had never made America to be the slave of Great Bri-
tain ; her last foot of territory was Canada, and that
would go by and by."
And again : _

" All he wished was, that she would but once try to
get Oregon, and set on her Indians upon our settlers.
She might meet with success for the first few years, but
there would come rushing over the rocky mountains
such a force as would drive her into the sea. Some
other Jackson would arise to defend the mouth of the
Oregon, as the first had defended the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi." _ _ _

Tl-as last sentence, we believe, supplies the key to
the Incessant tendency against which we have so
often to protest, of too many American legislators,
civilians, officers of both services, and editors of
public journals, to indulge in their offensive vitupe
ration of Great Britain, . and their own still more
offensive self-glorification. They persuade them-
selves, because of the disgraceful misconduct or in-
capacity of some British commanding officers at the
affair of New Orleans, and the easy results which
their General JACKSON was allowed to realise of that
day of disastrous blundering, that laurels, thick as
bilberries, will fall to their share in any and every
future encounter with "the Britishers." They should
know better ; and if the war for which they so in-
solently clamour do break out, we venture to
predict they will be taught better. It would
not even require the veteran and disciplined troops of
our regular army to read them this lesson. The
Canadian Militia discomfited in a few hours hundreds
of American military adventurers, who crossed the
border with a reputation formidable as that which the
American papers gave to their sympathizer-general
VAN RENSELAER ; and returned, after feats and defeats
of equal calibre with those of that wondrous Bobadil.
But there is a party in the United States who seem
determined to provoke a war—with our naval superio-
rity too ! The defenceless seaboard of the United
States, the exposed frontier of their great trading
capitals, the dismantled condition of their forts, would
give them pleasant odds in a contest which should sub-
ject them to the visits of our steam-navy ! Let the
United States undertake a war with Great Britain,
and it would require a century to retrieve the de-
struction of property, force and materiel, which, in a
single year, we should have visited on their coasts
from New York to the mouths of the Mississippi.

Most of the Paris papers publish the intelligence
brought by a merchant vessel from the Pacific, an-
nouncing the deposition of Queen PoMARE, and the
occupation of Tahiti by Admiral DUPETIT THOUARS.
The news which appeared in The Sun on Monday, is
generally believed at Paris, and also generally ap-
proved of. Indeed, 110 other result could be expected.
It is the natural course of events. The savage race is
invariably overpowered by the civilised, or, as in
North America, retires like the wild beasts of the
field on the approach of man. The Journal des Debats
gives a long account of the affair in a letter from a
correspondent of the name of GOSSE. This writer
evidently attributes the quarrel to the intrigues of
Air. PRITCHARD, the missionary, and the jealousy of
England ; but beyond the fact of the occupation of the
country, his remarks are entitled to little credit. The
letter concludes in the following pompous style :
lc
" Queen Pomare has ceased to rei and we now stand on
French soil. The flag of the FA h'consulate was imme-
diately struck. A large number atives had assembled
before the residence of Mr. Pritchard, who was haranguing
them with great vehemence ; his exhortations did not, how-
ever, appear to have much success. In the evening the town
had resumed its usual tranquillity ; the men smoked their
cigars with the same carelessness, and the women grinned
and showed their white teeth, as hough they had not in the
mottling been present at a revolution. The Governor-
General was installed on the Bth, and proclaimed the Council
of the Government, which was composed of M. D'Aubigny,
captain of the corvette, Lieut. Clon, and M. Moerenhout, ex-
Conul of France. A proclamation, addressed to the inhabi-
tants, assured them security for their persons and their pro-
perty, and the free exercise of their religious worship.
Papaiti is declared a free port ; no anchorage dues will be
claimed, nor any custom-house duties ; pilot dues will alone
be demanded. The French flag floats over this fine country,
which reminfls one of the poetic descriptions of Bongainville. '

The Paris journals contain no news from Madrid,
and indeed for some time no intelligence from that
quarter worthy of credit may be looked for, as the
Spanish Government has stopped all the private cor-
respondence with the Liberal papers. The French
funds remained stationary, the Three per Cents. being
quoted on Sunday at 82f. 40c.

DODD'S PARLIAMENTARY COMPANION.-Mr. Dodd,
so well known for his useful information on subjects
connected with the two Houses of Parliament, has
just brought out a new edition of this work. It con-
tains in my emendations and improvements, and fur-
nishes the latest statistical intelligence on the con-
stitution of the country. The details respecting the
Mouse of Commons are very copious, and include a
concise biography of the Members, their principles,
and pledges to their constituencies, their parentage,
age, marriage, &c. It furnishes also a statement of
the numbers polled at the last general election, the
population of each place, the registered electors, and
a general outline of the forms and usages adopted in
Parliament. The returns for all the vacancies caused
by death and resignations since the last prorogation
up to the present session are given, with the usual
historical and family notices. We believe this is the
only hand-book of the kind now published.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 19.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Jus-
tice TINDAL ((n4 A Special Jul.)
F4ASER V. BAClLbf.—tabt: COn
. .

This was an action brought to recdVer compensation in
the shape of damages for criminal conversation with the
plaintiff's wifs. The damages were laid at 3,0001.
Mr. Thesiger and Mr. H. Lucas appeared for the plaintiff ;
and Mr. Kelly, Mr. M. Chambers, and Mr. Wordsworth, for
the defendant.
Mr. THESIGER stated the case to the jury. The plaintiff''
who was about 39 years of age, was a member of the Eng-
lish bar, to which he was called in 1838. The defendant was
also a member of the same profession, and was a barrister on
the Home Circuit. The plaintiff married, in 1831; the lady
whose misconduct had given rise to the present investiga-
tion, she being at that time the widow of a Mr. Blair,
whom she had married in India, and as his widow she en-
joyed a pension of
.300/. a-year. She had also a fortune
of about 6,000/. when the plaintiff married her. In
October, 1837, the- plaintiff and his wife and family
went to live at Melbury-terrace, Dorset-square, and they
continued to reside there till Michalmas, 1840, when they re-
moved to Melcombe-place. There they remained till the
month of May or June, 1842, when that house was given up,
and Mrs. Fraser went to reside at York-buildings. 'The
plaintiff and the defendant were intimate acquaintances, and
both had chambers at No, 11; King's Bench-walk. The de-
fendant was frequently invited to the plaintiff's house, and
he availed himself of the opportunities which those invita-
tions afforded to seduce Mrs. Fraser's affections from her hus-
band. Unfortunately the plaintiff's home was not a happy
one ; his wife's temper was ungovernable ; and from that
cause he was frequently absent. In 1842 the plaintiff, who
had become a surety for some other persons, fell into embar-
rassments, and applied to the defendant for his advice. The
defendant recommended him to go out of the country, and he
determined to conceal himself, which he accordingly did.
Before, however, the house in Melcombe-place was given up,
the plaintiff gave the defendant a bill of sale, which was to
be used for the benefit of Mrs. Fraser and the children ; and
Mrs. Fraser accordingly disposed of all her furniture in Mel-
combe-place, but kept her new residence in York-buildings a
secret from her husband. Mr. Fraser, baffled in his inquiries
after his wife, resolved to go 'to India; but the execution of
that determination was delayed by his receiving an acciden,tal
communication which led to further inquiries, and to the com-
mencement of the.present action. The Learned Counsel then
entered into a Zatement of the facts which he was in a con-
dition to prove, upon which he relied to make:: out the -plain-
tiff's case, and which will be found detailed in the examina-
tion of the following witnesses :
Quintus Vivian—l am the brother of the plaintiff's wife.
I was present at her marriage with the plaintiff. Ido not
know the amount of her fortune. I should say it was about
10,000/. The plaintiff and his wife did not live on good
terms. She was not beautiful. The plaintiff was a hand-
some man, and my sister was very proud of him- and his
appearance. Latterly she became jealous, and seemed very
unhappy.
Elizabeth Arnold—l was the defendant's laundress from
December, 1840, till the Saturday before Whit-Sunday, 1843.
His chambers are at No. 11, King's Bench-walk, in the area.
The plaintiff's chambers were on the ground floor in the same
house. About a week after I went into the defendant's ser-
vice the defendant had a dinner party at his chambers. I
cannot say whether the plaintiff was there. Mrs. Fraser was.
I saw Mrs. Fraser there very often afterwards. She used to
dine there. She first came with a double knock, but the boy
used to laugh at her, and then she came with a single one.
I have seen a cap, or apron, or a shawl left on the sofa
when I came in the morning. There was a fire lighted
in the bed-room during the first winter. When I have
come in the morning I could hear people talking in
the bedroom. I heard a cough in the bedroom. It was a
phthisicky cough. Mrs. Fraser had a cough of that descrip-
tion. Mr. Bagley lost some spoons and forks-about Whitsun-
tide, 1843, and discharged me for that. When I left Mr.
Bagley I told him, if I had known he was going to serve me
so, he should not. have had any spoons to lose. I meant by
that that that I would have fetched Mr. Fraser downstairs
while his wife was with Mr. Bagley. Mr: Fraser was 'Upstairs
several times while his wife was in Mr. Bagley's chambers.
Mr. Fraser used Mr. Caarteen's room.
Thomas Burt examined by Mr. THESIGER—I was formerly
clerk to the defendant. I entered his service in 1841, and
continued in it about nine months. I now attend to a

business for my sister at Boulogne. She keeps the White
Horse there. I have been brought over as a witness. Mrs.
Arnold was the laundress at the defendant's chambers
while I was there. Mr. Bagley and Mr. Fraser were
such intimate friends that they were always together.
Mrs. Fraser used to 'come to the defendant's chambers.
The defendant generally opened the door himself when she
came. Mrs. Fraser had a very peculiar cough. When I
have come in the morning I have heard this cough in the
bed-room. When I came and heard this cough of which I
have spoken in the morning, I was 'generally sent out upon
some trifling errand, and when I returned there was nobody
but the defendant in the chambers.

Cross-examined by Mr. KELLY-1 am now 19 years old.
I left the defendant's service about the end of October, 1841.
I left his service because he turned me away. He turned me
away for some little trifling thing I had done. • I was turned
away for having stolen his property and pawned it. Mr.
Bagley afterwards took me back into his service. I have not
the least idea when this took place. I began to rob the de-
fendant just about the time when I left him. • While I was
there, the plaintiff and the defendant were like brothers.
Mrs. Fraser used to come down to Mr. Bagley's chambers
and take wine • with him frequently. Mr. Fraser very often
opened the door and walked in. There was nothing to pre-
vent any person from doing so:
William Whitelaw, examined by Mr. LucAs—l was at
one time page to Mrs. Fraser. I went into her service in
April, 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser then lived in Melcombe-
place. Mrs. Fraser has given me notes to take to -Mr.
Bagley in the Inner Temple He sometimes came to see my
mistress. He dined there, and stopped as late as eleven or
twelve o'clock at night, and sometimes till one o'clock. On
some of those occasions Mr. Fraser was out of town.
Thomas Smithers, formerly in the defendant's service, gave
evidence as to the intimacy of Mr. Fraser and Mr.. Bagley,
and the visits of Mrs. Fraser to Mr. Bagley's chambers.
Jessie Salter examined by Mr. TnEsiGER—I am a widow.
I was formerly a nurse to Mrs. Fraser. I went into her ser-
vice in August, 1839, and remained with her nearly four
years. I left her in the beginning of June, last year. She
first lived in Melbury-terrace and afterwards in Melecombe-
place. My master was frequently absent froln town. I
knew the defendant. I frequently saw him in Melcombe-
place. He often dined there. He dined there every Sun-
day, and sometimes four or five days successively. He ap-
peared to be on very intimate and' friendly terms with Mr.
Fraser. Mrs. Fraser was of a very violent temper ; but I
never saw Mr. Fraser unkind or violent towards.his wife. I
have at different times observed her violence towards. him.
I recollect her, being out at night many times. The defen-
dant has come to Melcombe-place when the plaintiff has not
been in town. Sometimes he would come to lunch, and take
Mrs. Fraser out, and then return to dinner and spend the
evening with her. They usually. remained in the dining-
room. There was a sofa in that room.- When Mk. Bagley
was not there visitors were usually shown into the'dining-
room ; but when he was there, they were invariably shown
into the drawing-room. I never went suddenly into the
dining room but once, while Mr. Bagley was there.
Mrs. Fraser had sent up to the nursery to say that -she
wanted me, and I came down immediately to the dining-
romii and opened--the door. Mrs. Fraser was standing
with her back to the door, and the defendant was lying
on the sofa. Mrs. Fraser said to him, " Ring the bell,
my dear, for Elizabeth." Elizabeth was the name of the
cook. Mr. Bagley looked hard at Mrs. Fraser, and then Mrs:
Fraser turned round and told me very sharply what she
wanted. I have known Mr. Bagley go up to the nursery
when the children were in bed. No other gentleman who
• visited the house did that. Mrs. Fraser was confined on the
6th of October, 1841. The plaintiff was there, and appeared
interested and anxious about her. He went to the sessions
shortly afterwards. Mr. Bagley came to the house eight or
nine days after my mistress was confined. He came several
times. He dined in her bedroom the first time he came, and
spent the evening there. He once brought her seine warm
stockings. These circumstances excited suspicions in my
mind. The witness gave some further evidence, and was
cross-examined by Mr. Thesiger and Mr. Kelly, when the
case was adjourned till the following day.
FEBRUARY 20.
FRASER V. BAGLEY.—CRIM. CON.

This case was resumed this morning, and having occu•
pied the whole day, was again adjourned at six o'clock in the
evening.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Feb. 19.
IN RE LOUIS AUGUSTE DIEUDONNE (SUED AS AUGUST
DIEUDONNE).
Louis Auguste Dieudonne was opposed by Mr. Cresswell,
for French creditors ; he was supported by Mr. Cooke.
Mr. CRESWELL stated that the insolvent was a corn-dealer
and Government contractor at Nevers, in France, and was de-
clared a bankrupt there in August, 1842, his liabilities amount-
ing to 13,811/. 18s. Bd., he having previously left that king-
dom, and come to England with nearly 3,6001. in his posses-
sion. Upon this his creditors proceeded against him, and he
was declared a fraudulent bankrupt, and sentenced to the gal-
leys for 20 years, and to stand in the pillory. But not being
able to carry this adjudication into effect, his effigy was placed
in the stocks to undergo this disgrace in his stead, as is cus-
tomary in that country. The cause of his application to this
Court was, that proceedings had been taken against him in
this country by the creditors of his estate in France. He
(Mr. Cresswell) wished the insolvent to account for the dis-
position of the property he had absconded with to England.
He should require proof of the statements on this subject in-
serted in his schedule.

Mr. COOKE described the severe consequences to which he
had been subjected by absconding from France, which would
cut him off from a beneficial interest in any property that
might accrue to him for ever after. He had left assets behind
him sufficient to discharge 25 per cent. of all his debts. He
was now suffering under the effect of a judgment as a bank-
rupt ; and as nemo bispuniatur was a principle of law in Eng-
land as well as in France, he submitted that he was not
strictly liable to a remand by this Court.
Mr. Commissioner PoLLocx did not se6 what ground there
was for this argument. His banishment, it might be recol-
lected, was occasioned by his.own admitted misconduct; and
when sitting in that Court he was to administer an Act of
the British Parliament according to English law, and could
not take cognizance of the French bankrupt law. If an
offence was proved under the Ist and 2d Vict., he must
deal with it under its provisions, and could not take into his
consideration the result of the bankruptcy in France. The
insolvent accounted for the greater part of the property he
had brought with him to England by saying that he sent
it to his creditors in France. He should require proof of
that ; for, if so, it was a very honest and satisfaltory answer.
The case was adjourned to the 2d of March, when it will
be fully investigated.

IN RE SAMUEL WAITE.
This insolvent was opposed on the ground that his present
difficulties had been created by a reckless extravagance.
The aggregate amount of his debts was 2,555/. 18s. 3d. The
sum on the credit side of the account was 1,183/. His bona
fide debts were 9801. He attributed his insolvency to his
connection with a person named Michael Shillito, with
whom he had had bill transactions, and whose name was in-
serted in the schedule, as a debtor for 1,060/. " bad." The
insolvent had been a wine merchant, and his wife had an
annuity of between•6ool. and 7001.
It was announced by the Learned Counsel for the insolvent
(Mr. Cooke), that the wife would pay all the bona fide debts
of the insolvent, and, in fact, had already discharged liabili-
ties of his to the large amount of 2,000/.
The insolvent was therefore ordered to be discharged.
IN RE FRANCIS PAUSE.

In this case the insolvent, a milkman, was opposed by Mr.
Cooke, on the grouud that he had assigned a milk- walk which
he possessed to his mother, for an alleged debt, the existence
of which was doubted by the creditors. On several occasions
the case has been before the Court, and efforts made to come
to an amicable arrangement, but all in vain. To-day, the
insolv'ent was remanded for eight calendar months, for making
away with his property.

THE CASE OF SUPPOSED TRANCE AT DEPTFORD.—
Upon instituting inquiry on Monday, as connected with the
supposed trance of the young man, William Francis, who lies
at •the Oxford Arms, Church-street, Deptford, Dr. Arthur,
and other medical gentlemen, who have watched the case,
say decomposition is already manifesting itself in the neck
awkab.donaon.

POLICE iN'ttI,LIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
WORSHIP-STREET:
MESMERISM.— William Bowen' a pale-faced and tiEtatiated
yothig man, was charged before Mr. Bingham with hairy;
stolen a linen sheet that had been entrusted to his landlaeey
for the purpose of being washed. The prisoner, who stood at
the Wl' with his eyes closed, and supported by the gaoler,
was the object of general curiosity, as he was said to be in a
state of mesmerie trance, which had lasted 35 hours.
Police-constable Kemp, N 82, stated that about eight
o'clock on Saturday evening he was called into the shop of
a partnbroker, in Pitfield-street, Hoxton, where he found the
prisoner, who was given into custody by the shopman on
suspicion of having stolen a sheet which he had tendered for
a: pledge. On being asked his name, the prisoner, who was
then wide awake, said that it was Henry Hodges, and that
the article was his own property ; but after he was conveyed
to the station-house, he gave his real name, and stated
that he lived at 13, City-terrace, Old-street-road. On call-
ing at that address, witness saw the prisoner's landlady, who
identified the sheet as the property of one of her customers.
Mary Holden, the owner of the house in question, stated
that the prisoner was her lodger, and that the sheet was
stolen on Saturday afternoon.
The MAGISTRATE asked the *prieoner whether he hail
heard and comprehended the evidence that had been given?
The prisoner remained mute and motionless, and seemed
wholly unconscious of all that was passing around him.
Sergeant Lambert said that the prisoner had been wrapt
in apparent somnolency since nine o'clock on Saturday even-
ing, and had not taken the slightest nourishment in the in-
terim. He had been visited by Mr. Coward, the police-sur-
geon, who failed to dispel the stupor; and the prisoner's
brother, who was a lecturer on mesmerism, was afterwards
sent for, and on reaching the station-house he went through
his whole course of manipulations with no better success.
He understood that the prisoner had been the object of fre-
quent practical experiments, in illustration of the so-called
science of mesmerism; and it was stated that he might pro-
bably continue entranced for another fortnight.—(Laughter.)
Mr. BINGHAM said that he should remand the prisoner,
and the medical attendant at the prison would be directed to
examine hiin, and report-as to his condition.
The prisoner was removed from the bar, and on the arrival
of the police van he was lifted into it, and conveyed " fast
asleep" to his place of destination.
LAMBETH-STREET.
IMPOSITION ON EMIGRANTS.—A HARD CASE.—Mr. Lane,
the Government agent for the protection of emigrants, applied
to Mr. Henry on behalf of two poor men who had been
swindled out of W. 17s. 6d., under the pretence of procuring
them a passage to America.
From the statement of the poor men it appeared that "on
the 30th of December last they paid the above sum to a per-
son representing himself as as a shipping agent, and who had
an office in the vicinity of one of the docks, as their passage-
money to America, on board the Brothers, a merchant ship.
On their going on board, however, the captain refused to take
them, and the vessel had since sailed for her destination.
Since that time they had made repeated applications to the
agent (who has been at this Court before for a similar of-
fence) for the restoration of theirmonev, but he had refused
to do anything for them.
Mr. Lane, in consequence, made application to the ma-
gistrate, under one of the clauses of the sth and 6th of 'Vic-
toria, commonly called the Passengers Act, which enabled
him to impose a penalty of 101. upon every owner, charterer,
or master of any ship, or passage broker, agent, or other per-
son neglecting to give a receipt for any money received by
them for a passage to America.
Mr. HENRY directed the attention of Mr. Lane to other clauses
in the Act, which confined, its powers merely to ships carry-
ing at least thirty passengers, and observed he could not see
the necessity of such a clause, as an injustice in a case like
the present was just as much as it could be in a case where
upwards of thirty passengers were engaged. In conclusion,
Mr. Henry requested Mr. Lane would call the attention of
Mr. Alexander Wood, one of the Colonial Commissioners, to
the clause he had pointed Out ; and, after doing so, he would
be glad to see him again.
Mr. Lane 'said be would take the earliest opportunity of
complying -with his Worship's request, and wait upon him
again.
Yesterday he was brought up before Mr. Bingham for
final examination.
Mr. BINGHAM asked the prisoner if he wished to say any:
thing in extenuation of the offence ?—The prisoner said no-
thing ; but his brother came to the rescue, and said, when
under the effect of mesmerism, he had a strong.propensity to
appropriate other men's property.
Tilt, the junior usher, said that the mode of treatment pur-
sued by Mr. Wakefield, the surgeon of the New Prison, ap-
peared, from its effect upon the prisoner, the most beneficial
one that could be adopted towards such patients. On reach-
ing the prison he was promptly attended by that gentleman,
who, on observing his lamentable condition, instantly ordered
as strong mustard plaster to be applied to the back of the
neck, with an intimation that, if it failed in its effect, it
would, be necessary to shave his head, and apply a large
blister• over.the whole cranium. The prescribed remedy was
possessed of such extraordinary virtue, that the mere mention
of it caused the prisoner to open his eyes, and the lethargy
under which he had laboured was so effectually dispelled,
that he was not troubled afterwards with the slightest re-
lapse.—(Laughter.)
Mr. BINGHAM required the prisoner to pay a fine of 20s.
for unlawfully pawning the property, and also two shillings,
the amount received uponit, or be committed, in default, for
twenty-one days to the House of Correction.
MARYLEBONE. •
Mary Madcleit, a pretty-looking female, about eighteen
years of age, who had an infant in her arms, was placed at the
bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged under the following
circumstances :-- -
Police-constable Ovendon, 80 D, stated that on the previous
morning, between five and six o'clock, he saw the prisoner
walking up and down on one side of Manchester-square.
He desired her to go away, telling her at the same time that
if she did not do so, he should be compelled to take her
somewhere else, when she directly, used abusive and obscene
languagO towards him, in consequence of which he con-
veyed her to the station-house. Witness added, that he be-
lieved her to be a prostitute.
Mr. RAwtaxsose--IVas she doing nothing more than walk-
ing in the square when you took her into custody? Witness
—I-knew her object in. being where she was, your Worship.
There's a gentleman Hying in the square, who encourages
girls at his house' continually, and many of them are no more
than twelve years of age: lam sorry to observe, too, that
the person I speak of is a man of title, living at No. 21.
Mr. RAWLINSON—We have no secrets here. What is his
name? Witness—Sir Hugh Munro. 1 have spoken to
some of the girls after they have left his house, and. they
have told me that they stand upon the door mat in his hall,
where-he talks to them indecently, and that they. use lan-
guage of a similar kind, in return for which he gives them
money. A number of the inhabitants in the square 'have
.complained more than once of the nuisances and I have been
stationed there to do all I can to abate it. The son has also
written to complain of his father's goings on.
Our reporter has, from subsequent inquiry made by him,
ascertained that the constable was in error. It was the ne-
phew, and not the son who communicated with the police
upon the subject.
Mr. RAwenesox—(to the prisoner)—Whose child is that
which you have in your arms ? Prisonef—lts my own, Sir.
I am no prostitute, I assure you ; and I was waiting for a
friend when the officer took me.
Mr. RAWLINsON—You are discharged now, but take care
that you are not brought here again. - The Magistrate, then
addressing Inspector Black, said, would there be any harm
in your calling upon this gentleman, or sending some one, to
acquaint him of the nuisance, in order that it may be abated ?
Mr. Black—lt's rather a delicate matter, Sir, and I don't
know how far we can interfere as to what may be done in-
side the house. It is not in my district, but I'll represent to
Inspectors Tedman and Brown all that has been here stated
in reference to the case.

UNION-HAIL.
.Edgar Ford, a young man of respectable appearance, was
charged before Mr. Traill, with forging the acceptance to a
bill of exchange for 71. 4s. 6d., purporting to be the accept-
ance of Caroline Carpenter.
Mr. Press stated that he had several money transactions
with the prisoner previously to the present charge. That in
the month of November, he (complainant) discounted the
bill produced, dated the 7th of November, for 71. 4s. 6d., pur-
porting to be the acceptance of Caroline Carpenter. When
the bill became due, the prisoner endorsed another bill to
take the former one up, when it was ascertained that the
acceptor's name to both were forgeries. This the complainant
discovered by writing to Caroline Carpenter, who, on examin-
ing the bills, immediately pronounced them to be forgeries.
The prisoner, on being asked what he had to say in answer
to the charge, replied that he Bhould say nothing at present.
As Mrs. Carpenter was not present,. the prisoner was re-
manded.