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LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1845.

The House of Lords met last evening at Five
oClock.

Among the petitions presented was one by Lord
CAMPBELL, complaining of the abstraction by the
postmasters in the receiving-houses of London, of
newspapers confided to their care for transmission by
the post. The Noble Lord gave notice that he weuld
to-morrow (this day), move for a return of th•

number of applications which had been made to the
post-office, during the last twelve months, corn.
plaining of the miscarriage of newspapers.

The LORD CHANCELLOR laid on the table a Bill,
allowing of Bail in Error, in cases of misdemeanor.
In answer to various complaints on the suoject of
want of accommodation in the present House of Peers,
Lord REDESDALE stated that he had no doubt but
that the new House would be ready for the accommo-
dation of their Lordships at the beginning of next
session.

Lord STRANGFORD gave notice of a motion for a
return of the number of Roman Catholic students in
Trinity College, Dublin ; and the Earl of D ALHOUSIE
said a few words deprecating any discussion for the
present as to the conduct the Board of Trade in
regard to railways ; after which their Lordships
adjourned.

The House of Commons met at Four o'Clock.

The Manchester and Carlisle Railway Bill and
the London and York Railway Bill were respectively
read a first time.

Various petitions were presented, and notices cf
motion given. Among the latter were, a notice by
Sir CHARLES NAPIER, on going into Committee on
the Navy Estimates, for a Commission to inquire
into the state of the Navy, and of the defences to
the dockyards.—One by Mr. COBDEN, for a Com-
mittee to inquire into the operation of the Corn-laws on
the tenant-farmers.—One by Mr. WALLACE, for the
6th of March, for a Commission to inquire into the
state of Railway travelling; and one by Mr. Hums,
for that day fortnight, on the subject of the recal of
Lord ELLENBOROUGH.

Lord DUNCAN postponed his motion on the win
dow-tax to the 27th.

Mr. E. TENNENT stated that it was not at presen
intended to increase the facilities of steam communi.
cation with Bombay.

Sir J. GRAHAM stated, in answer to a question,
that it was his intention to bring in a Bill, to settle
the law with respect to orders of magistrates in bas-
tardy cases.

A long conversation then. took place on the subject
of the unfortunate Bandeiras, in the course of which
Sir R. PEEL repeated the statement that he had
made on a previous occasion, and added, in answer to
a question of Sir C. NAPIER, that Lord SEATO' had
not sent a boat after them, to warn them of their
danger, after he had received a communication from
the Consuls. He said he had no objection to lay be-
fore the House the substance of the correspondence
which had taken place on the subject, but begged
Lord J. Russia, to defer until to-morrow a question
which he put on the subject of the spy who had be-
trayed these unfortunate men to the Neapolitan Go-
vernment. In the subsequent part of the evening the
Right Hon. Baronet stated that Lord SEATON had
placed at the disposal of the Neapolitan Consul the
means of communicating to the Neapolitan au-
thorities the fact of the departure of the Bandeiras
for Corfu.

Mr. G. W. Hors, the Under-Secretary to the Co-
lonies, said the Government had received no notice
whatever of the Bandeiras being in Corfu, to which
Mr. T. DUNCOMIIII replied—" Why it was in Matz-
ZINI'S letters."

Mr. MACKINNON, after some slight opposition, ob-
tained leave to bring in a Bill for the prevention of
the nuisance arising from the smoke of factories.
Mr. WATSON obtained leave to bring in a Bill for
the further repeal of enactments imposing pains and
penalties on her MAJESTY'S Roman Catholic subjects
on account of their religion.
Sir J. GRAHAM obtained leave to bring in a Bill to
regulate the appointment and payment of clerks of
Petty and Quarter Sessions.

On the motion of Mr. WALLEY, a return was
ordered of the petition of. the Council of the College-
of Surgeons to her MAJESTY, praying for the new
Charter of last year.
Mr. HUSIII moved for a Committee to inquire into
the management of lighthouses, which was agreed to.
The adjourned debate on the subject of the
Post-office espionage was then resumed by Mr. M.
MILNES, who stated that he had recently travelled in
the countries in which the unfortunate events referred
to had occurred, and that, in consequence of them,
the most painful suspicions attached to the conduct
of this country. If these warrants were necessary, it
would have been much better that they should have
been issued by Lord ABBRDBIIN. It was satisfactory
to know that the opening of Mazzmes letters was
not connected with the unfortunate expedition of the
BANDEIRA family. It was Lord ABERDEEN'S
duty, under the circumstances, to have given public

notice that the English Government were aware of
the existence of this conspiracy and determined to
defeat it, and then in all probability the xnhappy ex-
pedition would never have taken place. With regard
to the Hon. Member for Finsbury, he thought he
had a right to a distinct answer as to whether a war-
rant had been issued for opening his letters or not,
but he should not support the motion, because, by so
doing, he should be giving a colour to the foul misre-
presentations of which his Right Hon. Friend had
been the object.

Mr. MACAULAY could not vote for the motion, Inas-
much as it implied a censure upon the Secret Committee
of last year, the members of which, he believed, had
done their duty honestly. He thought the power of
opening letters should be continued to the Secretary of
State, but that every letter so opened should be for-
warded to the person to whom it was addressed, with a
stamp upon the bask of it, stating that it had been opened
by the proper authorities. Be thought Mr. T.
DUNCOMBE had a right to know whether or not a
warrant had been issued for opening his letters, and
although he had been, led by the specious arguments
of the Right lion. Gentleman to vote last session for
the exclusion of Mr. DuNcosans from the Committee,
yet when he looked to the constitution of the Lords'
Committee on the subject, which had been appointed
a few days after, he could not compliment the Right
Hon. Gentleman on his spirit of fair dealing. Ifr. T.
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supported it.
Mr. J. ltioamay opposed the motion as one calcu-
lated to attach an unjust stigma on the name of the
Right Hon. Baronet. He denied that the Right
Hon. Baronet had used the power of opening letters
unnecessarily or unjustly, and objected to the ap-
pointment of a public Committee, because it would
be impossible for it to elicit information. The public
gratitude was due to the Right Hon. Baronet for
having suppressed the disturbances in 1842 without
employing spies, whereas in 1839 the former Admi-
nistration had had recourse to their employment.
Mr. WARD thought Mr. T. DUNCOMBE ought to have
a Committee of Inquiry into his own case, and he
would support his motion, provided it were simply
for an open Committee to inquire into his own case.
Lord JOHN MANNERS entirely concurred in the
view taken of the subject by Mr. WARD. He thought
the Right Hon. Baronet should state distinctly what
had been done with regard to Mr. T. Duscostur's
letters, for nothing could be more mischievous, if not
dangerous, than to leave the matter as it was.
He besought the Hon. Member for Finsbury so to
word his motion, as to enable him to vote for it
without casting an imputation upon the Committee
of last year, or upon the Right Hon. Baronet, upon
whom so many cruel and unjust aspersions had been
already cast.
Captain L ATARI) supported the motion, which was
opposed by Sir R. INGLis.

Mr. BERNAL thought no man could justify the
course which had been pursued by the Government
with regard to the Right Hon. Member for Finsbury,
who was undoubtedly entitled to an inquiry; but he
thought that it ought to be limited to the case of the
Right Hon. Member for Finsbury, and hoped an
amendment would be moved to that effect. As the
motion stood he could not support it; but if inquiry
were refused, he should advise the Hon. Member to
summon to the bar of the House the Post-office
officials who had opened his letters.
After some further discussion, the House divided
upon the question of adjournment, when the numbers
were, for the adjournment, 29, against it, 269.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then rose to address the
House, but the interruption he experienced was so
general, that in a short time he resumed his seat ;
when,
Sir ROBERT PEEL said, that as at least a hundred
Members had left the House, he
considered it ad.
visable that the 'question should be adjourned until
to-day (Friday.)
The House adjourned at a Quarter-past One.

It has fallen to the lot of few British statesmen to give
ut.erance to a more profound truth than that which was

enunciated by Sir ROBERT PEEL, when he made this
avowal, whilst contemplating the career of office upon
which he was entering:—" Irt land is my greatest diffi-
culty." The truth of the averment is, on every account
indeed, so self-evident, that its triteness is apt to detract,
we fear, from the salutary iLfluence which it ought to
exercise on the minds of public men. And yet it cannot,
in justice, be denied, that our Governments of all shades
of political opinions have been sensitive to the immense
responsibility which has devolved upon them, with the
succession to power, of finding remedies for the evils, social
and political, that all of them have successively admit-
ted as pervading the condition of Ireland. But if this
have been the fact, their convictions would appear to
have paralyzed their remedial efforts to extinguish the
acknowledged mischief's. They saw, they confessed,
they deplored ; but, one after another, these Govern-
ments passed out of the portals of office as they had
entered them—alive to the fearful aspects presented
by that condition, but unable to announce that
they had succeeded in removing them. The public
have long since come to the conclusion that those
Governments did not adopt any well-considered or com-
prehensive scheme of observation and inquiry, upon the
results of which they might have devised and founded
an eligible plan of treatment for the very peculiar case
with which they had to deal. That treatment was never
sufficiently comprehensiie. It contemplated some iso-
lated symptom, and administered only some topical
remedy. The great social disease that affected almost
the entire system of Ireland was lost sight of. It
was permitted to extend itself with impunity over the
lower extremities, as it were ; nor was it till the dis-
temper began to develop itself in other regions of that
system, whose positions it was fast disorganising, that
the business of seriously attempting to get at the root
and seat of a malady, displaying itself under so many
types of morbid action, was entered upon with honesty
and determination of purpose. In this view of the
matter no more than their due meed of praise has been
awarded to the parties who suggested the appointment
of "her Majesty's _Commissioners of Inquiry into the
state of the law and practice in respect of the occupation
of land in Ireland," of which the Earl of DEVON has
acted as the able, upright, and most diligent Chairman.
The long-looked-for "Report " of this Commission
has just been issued in a printed form ; and we may con-
gratulate the country at large on the encouraging hopes
to be entertained of most beneficial and permanent re-
sults from the adoption of the various measures it sub-
mits for the sanction of her MAJESTY'S approval. We
subjoin a concise abstract from the columns of a Con-
temporary, which_ embodies a recital of the points to
whiLl the Commissioners have directed their la-
bours and framed their Report ; and of the opinions
recorded at its conclusion by them. Wo should
but weaken, at present, the force of the considerations
which these opinions embody, by any remarks of our
own that we may be prepared to offer. But, after having
repeated from the " Blue-book" such passages as we may
think best entitled to the attention of our readers, we
shall return again to the recommendations (to most of
which we shall desire to offer our humble support), com-
prised in this interesting document :

The following is a list of the heads of the Report :

"Course of
.Proceeding by Commissioners--Ilistorical
Sketch of Landed Property in Ireland—Review of former
Reports—Tenure: of Landlord, of Tenant—Permanent Im-
proyements : how generally effected, Bill to provide Com-
pensation for, power to Landlord to charge estates for—Con-
solidation of Farms: different modes of effecting, and obser-
vations upon them—Recovery of Rent: by Distress, by
Ejectment, amendments of the law as to both these pro-
cesses, Tenants from year to year—Proposed Form of Lease
in certain Cases: Stamp Duties, Registration of Leases—
Agents, including Receivers under the Courts—Sale of
Estates: Facilities for making out Title—Agricultural In-
struction Emigration Waste Lands—Public Works—
Amendment of Public Works Act—Labourers: their condi-
tion, con-acre—County Cess: observations upon, and sug-
gestions for alteration—Suggestions for amendment of Law
upon several miscellaneous matters—Agrarian Outrages—
Conclusion."

We subjoin " the conclusion," from which our
readers will be able to form a judgment of the general
character of the Report :
" We have thus endeavoured to lay before your Majesty
the conclusion at which we have arrived, after the extensive
inquiry in which we have been engaged. We are well aware
of the difficulties that surround the whole subject of that
inquiry. . _

‘-‘ One class of persons have been accustomed to look ex-
clusively to legislative interference for a removal of the
evils to which Ireland is exposed ; whilst others despair en-
tirely of any beneficial effect upon her social condition from
such interference.

" We do not agree with either of these classes. We know
that the best directed measures of Parliament cannot pro-
duce the desired effect, unless aided and enforced by the
steady, as well as active exertions of the people of all ranks
and conditions in their respective spheres ; but we are at the
same time satisfied that a very beneficial change may be
effected by the united and vigorous efforts of the Legislature
and of individuals.

" We cannot despair when we find a country enjoying such
natural advantages as Ireland possesses, with a large extent
of uncultivated or unimproved land, and a numerous popula-
tion, able and willing to labour if opportunities are afforded
to them. On the contrary, we confidently believe, that by
an examination of the facts as they actually exist, and by a
close attention to details, means may be found for re-
moving many or most of those partial and particular
obstacles, which have hitherto so greatly impeded the bene-
ficial employment of labour, and obstructed the enjoyment
of those advantages which a country such as Ireland is calcu-
lated to afford.

" But this desirable result cannot be looked for, unless the
united and vigorous efforts of all classes in Ireland are directed
towards it.

" Instances are to be seen in every part of the country of
estates upon which the liberal conduct and active super-
intendence of a resident landlord, or of a resident and
judicious agent. have established a system of progressive
improvement as to the land, and of increasing comfort to
the people, which are, unfortunately, wanting in many other
districts.

" We trust that one effect, at least, of our labours will be
to rouse the attention of many who have as yet thought little
upon the subject, and to encourage them to follow the
examples thus held out to them.

" Above all, we would call upon all such persona not to
rest satisfied with any vague or general notion of the state
of the population with which they are connected, but care-
fully to examine all circumstances, in order that they may
apply those remedies which shall be appropriate to the case,
as well as efficient for the purpose of relief.
" The voluminous evidence collected by us, in all parts of
Ireland, with the numerous returns and other documents
transmitted to us, present a mass of information upon the
social condition of that country which must serve as a useful
guide to all who desire to employ their efforts for improve-
ment in the right direction, and upon sound principles; and
we feel satisfied that great advantage may be derived from
placing in their true light many facts and circumstances
hitherto little known, or greatly misunderstood.

" Whilst we have, in various parts of this report, made
observations in the nature of advice to some of those who
are landlords in Ireland, we trust, at the same time, to be
permitted to remark shortly upon the conduct too often pur-
sued by some of the class of tenants. There is frequently a
readiness amongst these to attribute their own wretched con-
dition exclusively to the conduct of their landlords, some-
times with an utter disregard of truth, and almost always
without admitting, perhaps without seeing, how much of it
arises from their •wn indolence or want of skill.

" The truth is, to use a familiar expression, that faults are
in many cases to be found on both sides; and, considering
how uninformed a large portion of the Irish population is, a
heavy responsibility rests upon all those to whom the poorer
classes have a right t• look for information and advice.
" The foundation of almost all the evils by which the social
condition of Ireland is disturbed is to be traced to those feel-
ings of mutual distrust, which too often separate the classes
of landlord and tenant, and prevent all united exertion for
the common benefit.

"It has been truly said, that confidence is a plant of slow
growth. It is, however, a plant which will flourish well in
Irish soil, if cultivated with patience and with care.
" We say particularly with patience, because we believe
that many excellent persons, having the best intentions
towards improving the cultivation of the soil and the con-
dition of the people in Ireland, have been too easily diverted
from their course by feelings of disappointment at the slow
progress which is made towards the attainment of those ends,
and the little result which is perceived from their most
anxious endeavours.

" We would earnestly impress upon such persons, and upon
all who have the interest of Ireland at heart, not hastily to
relax from those exertions which circumstances may enable
them to make, in forwarding the march of improvement
amongst their poorer neighbours.
" Without touching upon the political or other causes
which may have contributed to create a feeling of distrust,
we cannot disguise from ourselves that the Irish peasant is
inclined to look with suspicion upon all attempts of his land-
lord to inculcate new habits or to introduce new plans for the
management of his lands.
" Every considerate and benevolent landlord will make
much allowance for this feeling. He will not suffer any,
exhibition of it to turn him aside from any scheme of im-
provement upon which, after deliberation, he has determined
to enter.

"He must be prepared for frequent disappointment. He
will ocasionally meet with ingratitude and injustice ; but
if he perseveres in a spirit of kindness, united with firmness
of purpose, he may confidently look to a well-merited reward,
probably in the advancement of his personal interest,
but certainly in the improvement of the district in which
he lives, and the increasing comfort of the people around him.
" All which we humbly certify to your Majesty.
" DEVON.
" R. A. FERGUSON.
" GEORGE A. HAMILTON.
" THOMAS N. REDINGTON.
"JOHN WYNNE.
" J. P. KENNEDY, Secretary.

" February 14, 1145."

Accounts have been received from Madrid to the 13th
inst. On the following day it was announced that the
now electoral law, and a Bill relative to the restoration
of the unsold property to the clergy, would be intro-
duced by the Government into the Chamber of Deputies.
Bourse.--Three per Cents., cash, 331 ; for account,
331. Five per Cents., for account, 24

The French Chamber of Deputies was to commence
the discussion on the Secret Service Money Bill on
Thursday, and from the manner in which the report on
the Bill has been dra.wn.up, Ministers are evidently re-
solved to stand or fall by the decision of the Chamber.
DEBELLEYDIE, chairman of the Committee, read the
report on the lath, in which it is stated that they had
heard the President of the Council, the Ministers of
Justice, Foreign Affairs, and the Interior, and their
explanations appeared :to be satisfactory. The Com-
mittee did not consider it necessary to lead the discus- ,

sion in the direction of foreign policy, as they were per-
fectly satisfied with all the main points. They also
stated that the internal tranquillity and prosperity of
the country had never been more real, and that the
policy followed both at home end abroad during the lour
list 3 ears had consolidated peace, and powffffully con-
tributed, by the contid, nce and security w hich have been
produced, to the development of the national riphes.
The report concludes with the following challenge :
" The Ministry having maintained under this double
point of view, and in its totality, the general policy
sanctioned by the votes of the Chamber, the majority of
the Committee has the honour of propo,ing to you to give
a vote of confidence to the Cabinet by adopting the Ell."
Most of the journals have brief comments on this re-
port, but they are of no interest. Everything depends
on the vote of the Chamber. The Ministerial party ex-
pect a majority of 30, while the Opposition say 15 or
20 will be the utmost. The division was expected to take
place en Saturday. The domestic affairs of France,
however, are of little importance at present, compared
with the revolution which has taken place in one of the
Swiss cantons on her frontier, and the general commo-
tion throughout the whole federation. Radical reform
has been established in the extensive and powerful can-
ton of Vaud, which joins France on the west, and ex-
tends along the foot of Mount Jura. As we stated yes-
terday, the Grand Council had resigned, but it
appears not voluntarily, for they were in a manner
compelled to take such a step by the armed
citizens, who elected a new Council, awl laid
down a basis for a new Constitution which should be
imperative on the Government, and recognised trial by
jury, the re-organisation of the courts of justice, and
the making of the civil and penal laws more democratic.
The following account, .tvhich appears in a letter, dated
Geneva, Feb. 16, appears to furnish a correct view of
the state of the Canton :—" The affair of the Jesuits
has produced in the Canton de Vaud a complete and
radical revolution. The resolution upon that question
adopted by the Council of State of the Canton de Vaud,
on the 13th, not being in conformity with the wish ex-
pressed by 32,000 petitioners, popular assemblies have
been held in all parts of the canton. About 15,000 of
the inhabitants of the neighbouring country arrived in
Lausanne on the 14th, and the consequent excitement is
very great. The Council of State immediately called the
inhahitants to arms, but very few attended to the call.
The soldiers joined the people, and cried out, Down with
the Council of State, down with the Jesuits.' Three
hundred soldiers, who had hitherto remained faithful to
the Council of State, having refused to receive am-
munition or to take part against the people, the Council
found itself deprived of all support, and having no means
of resisting, the members resigned en masse. On the
14th, at half-past two in the afternoon, the people held a
general meeting in the Place de Montbenon, when
several resolutions were adopted, calling upon the Coun-
cil of State to yield to the wishes of the petitioners, and
afterwards to dissolve itself, in order that a constituent
assembly might be elected in its stead. The meeting
afterwards proceeded to the election of a provisional
government, of whieh HENRY DRUEZ, Councillor of
State, was appointed President. The Provisional
Government immediately published a proclamation an-
nouncing the change which had been made and the re-
solutions of the meeting. In the evening of the 14th an
immense number of people from the country round
Lausanne arrived in the town, and on the moruing
of the 15th another meeting of the people was held, which
was attended by more than 15,000 persons, most of whom
were armed. This meeting declared the Grand Council
dissolved, and immediately called on the people of the
canton to meet and elect a new Grand Couneil ; and it
also passed a resolution to the effect, that all citizens,
without exception, were entitled to vote at the elections.
The meeting also rtsulved that the new Grand Council
should be entrusted with the reform of the Constitution.
and laid down as a basis of that Constitution,whieh weuld
be imperative on the Council of State, the establishm ,ut
of trial by jury, the re-organization of the tribunals of
justice, and the making of the civil and penal
laws more democratic. The meeting afterwards
adopted instructions to be given to the De-
puties of the Canton de Vaud to the Diet.
These instructions are the same as those proposed by the
minority of the ex-Council of State, Messrs. DauEz
and BRIATTE were elected Deputies to the Diet. The
meeting finished by resolving that those occupying
public employments should be dismissed, but that they
should continue in their functions till their successors
should be appointed, provided they adhered to the prin-
ciples of the revolution. The new Provisional Govern-
ment was afterwards installed at the Castle, amid-t the
acclamations of the people. These events have created
immense sensation in Geneva and the neighbouring can-
tons. The Genevese Government, fearing the conse-
quences of the agitation of the people, has called out the
militia ; but that step ha': only added to the excitement,
and it is difficult to foresee the result."

This demonstration against the Jesuits is spreading
through the Republic. The Grand Council of the Gri-
sons, and also that of Glaris, have declared against
them, and demanded their expulsion. Geneva will
imitate the example; and these pests of society will, in a
short period, have the satisfaction of seeing the whole
country thrown into confusion, which will to a certainty
lead to the interference of France, Austria, and Prussia.
The next intelligence from Paris will probably announce
the movement of troops towards the Swiss frontier.
Some agitation was produced on the Paris Bourse, on
Wednesday, by the introduction of two railway Bills
into the Chamber of Deputies. The one is a Bill for
the construction of the Great Northern Railway, with
branches to Calais and Dunkirk ; and the other for a
line from Criel to St. Quentin, with the following con-
ditions.—that the period for which the first line shall be
conceded is not to exceed forty-five years, nor for the
second more than seventy-five years, and no party to be
entitled to bid for the great line who shall not have pre-
viously lodged in the Caisse des Depots de Consigns•
lions a sum of 30,000,000 f., nor for the St. Quentin line
who shall not have similarly paid in 6,000,000 f. The
successful Company shall not be allowed to issue shares
or negotiable promises of shares until it shall have con
stituted itself into an " anonymous society," duly
authorised, agreeably to the 37th article of the Code of
Commerce.

The Three per Cents. closed on Wednesday at
85f. 5c.; the New Loan at 86f. 5c.; the Five per Cents.
at 122 f. 75c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,187 f. 50c.;
Rouen, 1,1151. ; Havre, 903 f. 75c. ; Belgian Two-and-
a-Half per Certs., 61E 75c. ; Spanish Actives, 38i ;
Ditto, Three per Cents., 41i ; Ditto, Passives, 6i ; Ditto,
Doinebtic Debt, 34.

THIS DA 1"-. NE'WS.

HOUSE OF LORDS--(THIS DAY.

The House sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present were
Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord Campbell. Their Lord-
ships were occupied the whole morning with a Scotch appeal, involv-
ing points of Scotch law of no interest except to the parties concenied.

CHANCEN Y.-(T HIS DAY.)
The Lord Chancellor sat In Lincoln's Inn-hall to-day.
NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL.

Upon hie Lordship taking his seat, Mr. Lee, Mr. Wood (the son of
the late Sir M. Wood), and Mr. Parry, were called within the bar,
having been appointed Queen's Counsel ; as was also Mr. Sergeant
Manning, in consequence of having been granted a patent of pre-
cedence.

His Lordship, having disposed of the unopposed cause and lunatic
petitions on his paper, proceeded to hear the further arguments iu the
case of the Ludlow Charities, which occupied the Court the re-
mainder of the morning.

ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
ills Lordship the Master of the Rolls took motions and causes to-
day, none of which possessed any point of the least public interest.
In the course of the day, Messrs. Lee, Wood, Parry, and Ser-
geaut Manning, were called within the bar, having received appoint-
ments as Queen's Counsel.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THiS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
His Honour was occupied the whole morning with short causes and
unopposed petitions.
During the morning Mr. Lee, Mr. Wood, Mr. Parry, and Mr.
Sergeant Manning appeared in Court, and were called within the
bar, having been appointed Counsel to her Majesty.
No case of any importance occurred either in the Vice-Chancellors
Knight Bruce or Wigram's Courts, in the course of the morning.
The new Equity Queen's Counsel were called within the bar by
their Honours in the course of the day.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Slttingo at Nisi Pr!us, at Guildhall.)
BOWLES V. MILLBOURNE.

This was an action brought against the defendant as a stakeholder.
The plaintiff and another person agreed to trot their horses, one
against the other, for 501. There was an agreement drawn up be-
tween the parties that in case one of the parties made default the
bet should be paid to the other. The money having been lodged with
the defendant, the plaintiff, the day before the race was to bo run,
demanded back his money, but it was refused.

There was no dispute as to the facts of the case ; but Mr. Lee, on
the part of the plaintiff, submitted that, as this was a bet oil a trotting
match for more than 101., It came within the statute of Queen Anne. On
the part of the defendant, it was con ended, by Mr. Hill, that, as the
hots had been deposited, as it was, under contract, the plaintiff was
not entitled to recover.—Verdict for the defendant, with liberty to
move.

EXCHEQUER.-(T HIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prins.)
Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.
The cases which came before the Court to-day were of an unin-
teresting character, except to the parties immediately concerned.