The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-07 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard•ofice, Half-past Six o'clo,k.

BY EXPLII.ESS.

DUBLIN COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Monday, May 6th.

All the avenues to the Queen's Bench were crowded
from an early hour this morning; the listlessness which
had so strongly characterized the public during the de-
livery of the long.winded and time-killing hat angues of
the traversers' counsel, having, now that there appeared
some probabilty of judgment being pronounced this term,
given way to an intense anxiety to ascertain the result.
By eleven o'clock, the hour at which the full court usually
sit, every disposable inch of room in every part of the Court
was occupied. The front of the gallery was filled with
ladies. None of the members of the Court appeared at
the usual hour, which caused much disappointment to the
Public curiosity. Twelve o'clock came, and still their
Lordships remained absent. The ladies, the gentlemen of
the bar, the press, and those liege subjects who are classed
as the public at large, might be seen in little groups, en-
gaged in the most animate.' conversation on such topics
as, what the Judges were now actually doing ? Whether
they were, or were not, arranging and discussing their
judgment ?
However, all the various and interesting speculations—
and they were numerous—were put an end to by the crier
shouting " Silence ! " a few moments after which Mr.
Justice Burton entered the court and took his seat, and
in a few minutes was followed by Mr. Justice Crampton,
and at a quarter past twelve o'clock the Lord Cbief Jus-
tice took his seat, but Mr. Justice Perrin did not appear.
The Attorney-General and several of the Crown counsel
were present, together with the Crown Solicitor and Mr.
Hodges, the Government reporter. Some of the counsel
and agents for the traversers were in attendance, as. also
were Dr. Gray, the Rev. Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Steele,
O'Connell's head pacificator.
The CHIEF JUSTICE having inquired if Mr. Attorney-
General wished to move any thing,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL bowed to the court, but
had no motion to make, upon which
The CHIEF JUSTICE made the same inquiry of
Mr. BREWSTER, Q. C., who rose and said, that in the
case of Stringer v. Mac Donald, hr had been instructed to
apply to their lordships for a new trial.

The motion was destitute of any feature of public in
terest.

Mr. Brewster's motion having been disposed of, for the
present, upon a' preliminary objection,
The Court proceeded to call upon the Queen's Counsel
present to move, according to their seniority, some of
whom having availed them of the opportunity, one or two
cases were heard, during the last of which Mr. Justice
Perrin, who, it was understood, had been engaged with
the Grand Jury in chamber during the morning, entered
the court, and took his seat amongst his learned brethren.
After hearing two counsel on either side in support of
the application, which was a rene%Aal of a writ of habere.
the Court refused to grant what the plaintiff required, and
gave their opinion at some length on the subject, atter
which the Court asked Mr. M`Donough if he bad any
thing else to move, who was not at present prepared to
move anything. The same question was put to Mr.
Scott, Q.C., and to Sir Thomas Staples, Q.C., both of
whom similarly declined.
The Chief-Justice then addressing Mr. French, Q.C.,
said, have you anything to move? upon which the learned
gentleman, making a low bow t- the bench, immediately
rose from his seat, and moved himself out of Court,
amidst peals of laughter at the learned counsel's mode
of answering the question, in which the Bench heartily
joined.

Half-past Three o'clock.

The Court, with the most provoking ind►fferrnce to the
curiosity of the public, have not as yet said a r.yllable on
tne subject of, the traversers' motion.

Half-past Four o'clock.
The Court has just, adjourned, without announcing when
they will pronounce their judgment in the case of the
Queen v. O'Connell. On Wednesday the Term ends, so
that it is, to be feared the decision will not be given till
next Term.

The rent received at the Repeal Association to-day was
£248.

THIRD EDITION.

Standard-office, Eleven o'clock.

LAST NIGHT'S PARLIAMENT, &c.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

On the motion of Sir H. DOUGLAS, the report on the
Liverpool Fire Prevention Bill was brought up and
agreed to.

BANK OF ENGLAND CHARTER.

Mr. Greene in the chair.
Sir R. PEEL then rose and addressed the house on the
important subject of the Bank charter. In 1833 there
had been a relies al of the charter to the period of 1855;
but a power was reserved by parliament to reconsider the
charter wi hin ten years, which period would exp r •:itt
August next, and if that time was passed by, the present
charter would continue until 1855. It was therefore un-
der these circumstances that the government wished to
lay their views and plans before the legislature, and he
hoped the most impartial atten,ion would be paid to th a
great subject. He did not ask the House of Commons o
come to any decision then, he only asked mernhers to anew
the arguments which would he off, red, and well co isider
the resolutions which would be proposed. He asked for
no decision on the present occasion, but that the resolu-
tions might be considered pro forma and attentively in-
quired into (hear.) He ho,ed no hon. member would
come to the discussion on this great question with preja.
di‘-ed feelings (hear, hear.) He trusted tht.t nothing
which had taken place at public mee'ings would bias their
judgment (bear.) His first proposition related to the issue
of promissory notes, and he trusted that proposition woul.l
be fully and maturely discussed before any decision was
pronounced (hear.) He courted discussion on the mea-
sure and value of the standard coin and the principle of
paper currency. The right hon. bart. then took a review
of the changes which bad been made in the currency from
the time of William the Conqueror to the present period.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT-ONE HUNDRED
LIVES LOS f, NEAR LLANELLY.

(From the Welshman of Saturday.)

. -
A most dreadful accident occurred yesterday i n a col-
liery near Urinelly. It appears from the particulars we
have been able to gather, that between two and three
o'cl.ck yesterday afternoon the engine in the Penbwlrh-
gwyu colliery, about two miles from Llanelly, caught fire.
After a short time the engine with a tremendous crash
fell into the pit, shutting out every chance of escape for
the hundred men and children who were working in the
pit. Al! attempts to put nut the flames were vain. Ex-
erions to extricate the sufferers were used incessantly.
but at eight o'clock last night not one of them was got
out of the pit. It is much to be feared, therefore, that
every soul has perished.

A Court of Directors was held at the East India House
yer-terday, when Lieut.-General the Right Hon. Sir
Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., was appointed unanimously
Governor-General of India.

It is rumoured that Sir George Clerk will probably
succeed Sir Henry Hardinge as secretary at War.
In the French Chamber of D puties, on Saturday, M.
Gu:zot declared, on the pre,entation of a petition on the
subject. that it was the in'eution of the governmeat to
abolish negro slavery in toe French colonies, and that in
so doing they should be guided by the example and expe-
rience of Great Britain.