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mously agree to • support. t 1 proposal of the Righ t
ilonourabte Baronet. He vould suggest the law
officers of the Crown sit onld now undertake
to revise all the old statutes bettring upon the law of
treason, and should- frame them i,.qo one comprehensive

enactment. •
Mr. O'CONNELL hoped it would not be -
dc.emed
presumptuous in him, if he interfered an occasion in.
which the House was certainly unaninNus. But he
could not avoid expressing in the na.'ne of hi
constitutents, and in the name of that part
of the empire from which be came, the universal ab-
horrence telt there for those attempts which In:al befll
made upon the life of • her Majesty. He. was thanki°
to her Majesty's Government for the intrcAleti°"
of a measure which was calculated to mark with the CO".
tenptuous execration of the nation those brutal offenes'..
' If in private life an assault. upon a tnother going %vitt%
children to the worship of her God would be a subject ot
abhorrence, how much more were those attempts ou
lire of the most universally popular Sovereign of o'l w
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1 country, who as the object of the admiration au"
the affecticn a all, calculated to excite general nulig-
nation ? That these brutal offences should be continued_
was a disgrace to the rtatien, and afilictint: to every right
; feeling. He rejoiced to find that the Bight 110-
nourable Baronet had brought forard the prese of
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motion. The rules sh.ouN not stand in the way i
the immediate passing of :Inch a Bill, and he hollt7t
the measure which contains a clause providing the'
punishment should follow the 6-Nence as soon as possi°e
iafter it had been committed.—(Dear, hear.)
Colonel SIBTHORP approve,l of the measure intro:
duced by Her Majesty's- Government. lie only regretted
i that the punishment proposed for the crime in que.sticat
was not still greater.
Leave was then given to bring in tN Bill.
Sir R. PEEL brought in the Bill, 'which was then
read a first and second time, and was irdered to be
committed to-morrow.
(LEFT SITTING).

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ASSIZE IN TELLIGEN CE.
HOME' ClRCUlT—Chelmsford, July 11.
Both Courts this morning proceeded to business (the ire'
mission having teen opened pn Saturday), Lord Abinger
siding on the C. own side, and Mr. Justice Coltman at
Prins. Owing to the Quarter Sessions being held last wer
when a great number of cases were disposed cf, there wc:e ce%
few prisoner's far trial, and none of the cases are of a se6°
character.
CROWN COURT.
Lord AIUNGER briefly charged the Grand Jury, when the'
retired, and a number of cases were tried, but they were de
st
tote of public interest.

CIVIL SIDE.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
HOULDITCH V. TAE EARL OF LICHFIELD.
This was an action to recover the sum of 3,50131., the azooe,lZ
of three bills of exchange drawn by a person described WIZ
pleadings as Margaret Edmonds, and accepted by the rsxdrt
defendant. The cause stood first on the paper, but before'.A
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Jury was sworn,
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Mr. THESICER (with whom were Mr. Platt and Mr. 1' er
0V
dorff) for the defendant, moved to postpone the trial, oa
oc?
strouad that Mrs. Edmonds, whose name was stated
pleadings, and who was a material witness, could not be
iicenaed, although great diligence had been used by the .
ant's attorney, to procure her attendance. lincer thosa ‘7
cunrstances, it was hoped the trial weuld be postponed.
Mr. Sergeant CHANNELL (with Mr. Pa?,.ley) resisted e,
application, on an affidavit, stating that the defendant's g,,ads,,i,
his house in St. James's-square, were az: casly sold, and that .1:0.,
personal property at his scat in Staffordshire, was advertistd_:,u,
be sold ou the Ist of August. There VaS no affidavit of are,
defence, although 'a number of pleas had been put upon the
f,,,e
cord, and it was clear the application was only made for
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urposes of dela
p y.
:sir. Justice CoLTMAN thought the application for r:,'
pont:tient should be granted, but at the same time said it. ,
certainly desirable the trial should take place before the don
ant's property was sold. He 'therefore suggested that the
should stand over to be tried in the course of the present Ore*
An arrangement to this effect was accordingly made. .04
'the Court then proceeded with the ether common
causes. In some the parties were not prepared to go to 10rci
and they were struck out of the list ; in others, the rec,
were withdrawn, and the result was, that at twelve o'cloo 05.
whole of the list, with the exception of the Special Jury ee°
had been gone through.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN' inquired whether there was .013°91'
tress that the Court could go on with? gieft
Mr. THESIGER said there did not appear to be anytb;e'tste
but the Special Jury eves, and it was not customary of be
them on the first day of the Assizes; indeed, he did Pe* ,
hove any of the parties were ready to proceed to trial. 1,
Mr, Justice COLTMAN, having consulted with the Cher tile
Assize, -adjourned the Nisi Prins Court until this rnornhog'cir
business not having lasted more than an hour and a half, lot or
cumstance of very unusual occurrence on the first day
.0 of
Assize. His Lordship afterwards disposed of several 0;40.
felon) ; and this morning he will proceed with the Special J".

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ~
BO IV- S7' It E I:: i. . cart'
Thomas Norwood, a driver of a Post-office collectiegv,ol
was charged. with stealing 16 newspaperee the prePe' '
the Postmaster •General. .
Mr. Peaeoek conducted the prosecution. 11,0"
Matthew Peake, a constable employed in th,v Genera cciott
office, stated, that in consequence of informaton he at 1,,t0r,
he watched the cart which was driven by the prisooer 01,
~., tit
day night about half-past five o'clock, and on arr;viang .;,.r)/
It
north end• of the yard it stopped for the purpose of .% 'Pe e
hags taken out. 'f he prisoner got down from the 6°.-I:`4
to assist in the unloading, and placed the bags at the di ,itc,iiiii;
cart for other persons to take them away.. -11 e rerool
about tun minutes, and on coming• out, his,- isockets,*4
tali,
more bulky than when he entered. Witneis appreaelieo „r.
thin What the pockets' contained; but the prisoner i, t',",
road into a pubtic-house, where he remained a 151301tc . . i,CI;: '
his return to the yard, he was again about te,mougt,?...,.ct lteo'
drive away, and when witnessasked ivii at bes.ereied*Vorj it''
he replied nothing. J-10-,,, however;, aimitted- that he" wines
or three newspapers,..after,questinnitig ini again • to?,,a lir'
took him into the inspector's room to i 143 i the ;Iridttr`ipt:
fore they arrived there, the pritoner sal' ,I"a'ray,7l:Vit eV'
do look over it this time, anctl'il never do so, eigio*:iss,,
.witries,s said, he should tee- the inspector; and,explairrtOtoctr
ter to him. The prisoner then took from his,pockeD",%-pcs'
of newspapers, addressed, " Mr. -Griffiths, INcivistartellit'
St. Helens,' sent by J. Clayton." ,10n -being before-17./4
'specter, the prisoner took four other newspapers fr°ll,
pockets, saying, " Pray, Sir, forgive rue this time, '317,;',0,,,
never oit again ;" and when the inspector asked him,,,-.to',
had got them,l h said, "in the cart." There ‘"„ Or
other newspapers found in another pocket, and he "lifil
conveyed to the station-house. Witness went,. an 4 leso,
searched his lodgings, 4, Fisher-street, Red Lion-squatfilr
a parcel of papers produced, consisting of two numbed';,';,
Dispatch sod a Bell's Life. t.llo'
Thomas Mortimer, shopman to Mr. Clayton, news 01#
320, Strand, said that. the parcels produced, addressed, it c
Griffiths, was directed by him on Saturday last, avid lie
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tamed eight papers, value 3s. ltd. The parcel, he uelor
was sent on Saturday, to the receiving-house of i‘lr* 0
Strand. *1 btse;
Mr. Scripps, a news-agent, Southmolton-street, as, be -
dressed the four, papers produced on Saturday, andefice.
evt ry reason to suppose tliey were put into the post -0 ideo ,
Daniel Gordon, assistant-publisher to the Era, al° (lice°
lied several papers which he had sent to the post" ° 0
Saturday last., , a;
( harles Bowyer, a letter-carrier, who acted as a gu,:at,,,r
the eart driven by the prisoner on aturday night, pre,`"2" or-
on his way to the Post-office they called at Mr. Jones '' :1,,'
Strand, where they took up newspapers. • dirt
The prisoner was ordered to be remanded for a for ',
give time for further inquiries.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT'
HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 11.
REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS. 1,.1":4
Mr. VILLIERS rose to move a repeal of the C°l.o,,tli.ss
If that amendment were a mere personal matter,
it ttha
would have been more likely to induce him to withdra7, to
.o,
the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet with reseee
interruption of the public business, but the case wo
_:tots
much urgency to allow of his acceding to any such stigge' to giol,
amendment which he yroposed was, that previouslY ideal+
into Committee of Supply, they should take into con:to i'vete,
an ensrmous grievance ; a greater grievance than tbs,„eitof
er
his amendment referred could not be inflicted upon t4l"pbl
It was a grievatice which interfered with theirsoteoe
with their industry, and with the free inteic ititi7 1101
the necessaries of life. He would not then ,;nit say 'got
general argument, for everything which he could ~5" De
already said upon that subtect.—( Ilear, hear. ) Pe 'e
act solely upon his own judgment in brie; in:; that otbeS,
fore the Howe. He acted in compliance with the l'otsstlo
in accordance with the expectations of those grew! aods
the people who were now suffering from this la'itoo• yl
regarded themselves as the victims of its (Vera bad
gathered this information from the gentlemen wh°,,etore tole
delegated from the manufacturing towns to lay L:o,ere
public the state of the population. ThelLet, et its
acquainted with the distress of the country, and tri irteoveoe,
opinion that the best plan was to ask their to „de
that. House to meet them in a couferehrel erl7,s!
eider what would be the best way °,fs i;.te
their grievances under the attention of tli:t 10,0 10)
what should he the remedies. They had Ol'esitife,,l°
day, and it was carried by acclamation that the 41100-wor
was now about to make should be submitted to the „sail ere
consequence of that request he wa.s new. abeuttt,s° the°ei te
self of this opportunity to ask the litsuse to reve:goete
1, the unprecedented position which loth House- that
wards t!se people, he thought it not unrcasonable fle coil;
tile should t;_ wand the repeal of the Coria-laws•if ceito
therefore, move that this House do resultes It'etbis Volt
mittee to inquire into the best means by wisi'h teat t refer
be repealed. The law itself contained a provisego. its
~e er_t
he open to at, v Member of that House to rnocc't,,,t t;teseiP,
and it was perie.etly consistent with that provisi°n 1%0
sent proposition s.hould be made. If the object: el. cti e.i;
Bit was to re,-nove the defects of ti? ; tb'co
such a failure had n.
that had happened unds'r the old law, had biter' ale we • t;
r the r
'ver been seen in legislatioer:i ,rte of
the reduction of duty hat; had no offect, fo c;itee t ,as "derlt
had risen ever since it can. e into operation. dt' ?tad
passed, all the evils had increased in intensity Lad esettertoscired
ground for inquiry into it. sgince that law otoeot lean
various were the admissions of the extent andii too ;0 t,
which had resulted from that la or. Ore nll.ll eehef't, aeltre
thousand persons were dependent on paroeratio nee, for aiv
factured goods were not saleable; and .5001.0 Rhea
at ted that the people ought to obtain the ezo, cootie a:eca
at the places, and in the manner, tatist r, ;7,1.10 iota °r,ot
them cheapest. Since the Bill had I'o°A
admits COO 01.
the House now to repeal these. Several .I"fl'i,eopletie co°,oe
made by the Ministers of the Crown. 3 be„ss'es of ire
believe that, admitting as they did, the dist, "`.4e It .."-ey d'tit to
they could refuse to give relief to the peol s te-itted
sibte to disguise the extent to which the disl
ist. He believed the gentlemen °pp:pate ba. esieh k
ejlosjii,
its fullest extent, and he understood that the \teS, tbst, 00
ronet w hen he sass the Delegt; MO° i)g
that their statement offerdinenntrover tilde Pr, 400 Vico
tress. He (Mr. Villiers) had ohierved thal'emso. Otriee
the other side sat perfectly quiet when any st:bs, o: Fit to
made of the distress existing in the t° I,I;PeD,C6
to which they belonged. They appeal ell s eot tod off
truth ot those statements. This distress
.w.a.teateitts the
tot
the manufacturing districts. and such st:," were so d°ect,
tneee in Committee lately by char,.} to to "less' as',
intelligent people in agricultural districts. z!, if notort., 'Ol,l
that the distress in the agricultural equillen
_lt, co
that in the manufacturing districts•
r'reteci.,,
that in Devonshire the people, never we :eritp ant! be 00
not he worse off than they were at I.o‘e of
the
GPs
shire they were quite as had. ~t incre'; et,• the
tb
tended by its wual COTlFCCittellec, the.
ag,i.e
ob,,,Tve yd
iii
The Juuge, Ale. justice Colo idge,
crease of crime, and had made crone
want of a proper education, but its lgukinG