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C 0 T 3 RT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . Sttt T- THS DIBECTOBS OF THE L 05 D 0 S AKD f 0 ^ BtACKWlIi RAILWAY COMPACT . jtf Edwin James , and Mr . Beetbim , appeared for .. fjainfiff ; and Mr . Sergeant Wilkins , and Mr . Sfiosion . for the defendant—This was an action £ j ^ l , t by a man who carried on the business of a w ^^ cer and Tan keeper , in Backchurch-lane , in IrSoTgeVifrAe-Kast , for an injury occasioned to « m bv the negligence of the defendant ' s servants . ttOTPew ^ ftat « an ™? , 1116 Motion tf the railway ESS tbe Eastern Counties with the Bkckwall vkwty , the p laintiff was . passing along nnder one of S * arches , when apieceof timber / which had formed ] Te of the sleepers , fell upon him and injured him « iT seTerdy in the back . He was for sometime i « a no , and though now no sign of the injury was iiible on the surface of the body , the plaintiff was stj ]] lame , and suffered occasionally severe pain . jjv defendant * had paid * 30 into court , and on - nss-examination of one of the plaintiff ' s witnesses
it a ppeared that a physician , sent by the defendants , ngd been once or twice in attendance on the plain-Sff-Mr . Sergeant XTOkins addressed the jury for Ae defendanls . —Lord Campbell said that the sole onestion for the jury was , whether the sum paid into court was sufficient to compensate the plaintiff for He injury he had suffered . There could be no doubt that the p laintiff had suffered a serious injury . —The mrr returned a verdict for the plamtift ; damages £ 70 in addition to the £ 30 paid into court . —Lord ¦ Campbell then said that aB this was the beginning of the long vacation , and . the plaintiff was a poor man , and perhaps depended a great deal on the damages to be swo t in this case , he thought it would not be improper for the defendants to pay the damages in a month . —Mr . Fhipson , on behalf of ¦ the defendants , intimatedjheir perfect readicess to ie whatTiislordshipiiaa suggested .
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Coufessatios toe Eyebtbody . —We congratulate the landed interest on the probability that before the first of April next the government will have taken measures for making it some amends for the losses which it has sustained in consequence of the repeal of the corn and cattle laws . Oar reasons for expecting that ministers will adopt these considerate steps are comprised in the following paragraph which has appeared in various journals : — " The Defunct Palace Court . —It is understood that tie Treasury has awarded to each of the four barristers of the Palace Court the sums they paid for thepurchase of their places . Mr . Best , M . P ., paid £ 2 , 000 for his appointment as one of the four , and 'as the last purchase allowed . . The attornies and officers of the defunct court are said to be waiting
for compensation . " We want to Know what sort or description of personal interests can be oyerlooked , if those which are vested in the Palace Court are to he respected ! Whoever buys a place in such an establishment speculates on future governments keeping up the rascality which he thinks to profit by . A distinguished moralist has—or oagat to have—laid it down that a bargain implying the maintenance of an abuse is an immoral contract ; therefore , not binding ; and that legislators may at any time abate nuisances without regard to those who have staked money on their permanency . As to the attornies and officers of the Palace Court who may be waiting for compensation—let them * ait for it a little longer—yes , a little longer than the innkeepers and coach proprietors that Have suffeed by railways , —itowfi ,
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MIDDLE SEX SESSIOSg . A SS 7 S ^^ '^ ai 3 lm * eace daVinnS * ? i Mldd ; lesex . commenced onTues-ThetelS ± ? J , ^ Houae - Clerkenwell . me ca lendar contained the names of seventv m-i SB ? * ^ « ° ^ 8 « ty 5 vfweTch y arged with felony , and five with misdemeanour . S Mr . Witham ( in the absence of Mr . Sergeant A&ms ) , briefly charged the grand jury . iffiC vaUons were condemnatory of the present grand jury system in the metropolitan districts ^ BflBBERT BT A SuRVJLvr . -George Hughes , coachman wasmdicted for stealing a purse value 10 s ., and £ om gold , the property and monies of Philip Kickman . Mr . O'Brien appeared for the prisoner ' TTmnrnnr , i . mi n
rniwr * F" * m or * as a gentleman residing in Guildford-street , Brunswick-square , and Mrs . Rickman , was in the habit of hiring carriages of Mr . Yeomans , livery stable keeper , L ,. in Guildford-street , in whose service the prisoner was as coachman and stableman . On the 10 th inst ., Mrs . Rickman hireda clarence , in which she , accompanied by her sister , proceeded to Eltham , Kent , and of which the prisoner was the driver . On gettingoutof the vehicle at Eltham , Mrs . Rickman left her purse , containing £ 5 in gold and some silver , on the cushion , and on her return , after an absence of nearly an hour , the purse was gone . Mrs . Kickman questioned him upon the subject , but he positivel y denied that he knew anything about it , and that no one had been near the
carnage , but the ostler of the inn where the horse was putj up . On arriving in town , Mrs . Rickraan informed her husband of the occurrence , and he texed the prisoner with the theft . He denied it . However , in his pocket was found one of the sides of the purse , which was a flat ivory one , and on the carnage being examined , the money was found ingeniousl y concealed underneath the foot-board . He was then given into custody . —Mr . O'Brien did not resist the facts , but called Mr . Yeomans , who gave the prisoner a good character for the time he had been in his service . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty . "—Theprosecutor , considering that the prisoner had yielded to a temptation inadvertently thrown in his way , strongly recommended him to mercy . —Sentenced to three nwnths' hard labour .
. Stbauko Lbad . —Charles Revere , 32 , was indicted for stealing twenty pounds of lead from the premises of Messrs . Elliott and Co ., the brewers . —The prisoner was one of a number of workmen employed in making alterations in a portion of Messrs . Elliott ' s brewery , and in consequence of property to some amount having been stolen from the premises the police were communicated with . Two officers were set to watch , and they saw the prisoner leave the premises and go straightway to
a marine store dealers shop in Castle-street , where , without saying a word , he took the lead now produced from underneath his jacket , and put it into the scale and weighed it in such a matter of course sort of way . that the officers concluded that it was not the first time he had visited that shop under similar circumstances . —The prisoner received a very excellent character from two former empayers : —The jury found him " Guilty . "—Mr . Sergeant Adams sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labonr .
Robbkbt bt a Medical Siudest . —Massey Lloyd Po ad , a respectable looking young man , described as a medical student , was indicted , for having stolen a nautilus life preserver , and an antique pistol , the property of Colonel Arthur Howe Holds worth , and others , the trustees of the United Service Institution , from their museum in Whitehallyard . —Mr . O'Brien appeared for the prisoner . — There were two indictments against the prisoner , and the following were the facts adduced in support of them . The prisoner had access to the museum , and the articles in question were missed shortly after they had been seen safe by the secretary , Mr . Tonna .. The prisoner had sold them to two different parties , and when he was apprehended he gave
contradictory accounts as to how he came in possession of them . —The prisoner was "Acquitted" on the first indictment under the direction of the court , on the ground that the life preserver was not suf-. fieiently described in the indictment . He was found " Guilty" on the secoHd . —Mr . O'Brien called Mr . Louis Smith , of Reigate , who said that the Rev . Cornelius Gorham and Archdeacon Daltry were the trustees under the marriage settlement of the prisoner ' s mother , and he ( Mr . Smith ) was a trustee under a new appointment . The prisoner hadalways borne agood character , and was articled to a Mr . Lane , a surgeon , in Covent-garden . —Mr . Lewis Hippolytus Tonna , the secretary to the institution , said it was with the greatest reluctance that
he had had to assume the character of prosecutor , as he knew the prisoner to be the son of a hi ghly respectable officer . —Mr . O'Brien , said the truth " was that the prisoner owed : his unhappy situation to irregular and dissipated habits . —The court sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labonr . Sikalko Water Fowl is Kensington Gardens . —John Peters , 55 , was indicted for having stolen a duck , value Is . 6 d ., the property of her Majesty the Queen , and otherwise described as the property of her Majesty ' s Commissioners of : Woods , Forests , and Land Revenues . —The prisoner was seen feeding the ducks on one of the ponds in Kensington Gardens , by a keeper named Dunn , who , having reason to suspect him , kept a strict watch upon his
proceedings . He saw the prisoner take up one of the ducks , and put it in his coat pocket , and having walked a short distance from the spot he sat down on the ground , and putting the duck underneath Mm , crushed it to death . He was apprehended with the duck still in his pocket . —The jury found the prisoner "Guilty . "—One of the keepers said that the prisoner had been suspected for more than two years , and there were good reasons for stating this was not the first offence of the kind he had committed . He had frequently offered to supply parties with ducks , and those parties could attend if required . He was sentenced to three months hard labour . ¦ Assaclt . —William Parrell was iudicted for assaulting Edmund and Catherine Dwyer . —The prosecutor , Edmund Dwyer , was a marine on furlough , and on Sunday evening he was returning home with his mother from a lecture room , when ,
as they were passing through the Broadway , Westminster , the prisoner made a desperate attack upon them , without the slightest provocation . He struck the soldier twice in the face , and knocked his mother , a poor feeble old woman , down with such violence , that her arm was dislocated at the elbow , and a deep cut inflicted over her left eye .. The prisoner was identified , positively , by four witnesses . —Two witnesses were called for the defence . They distinctly swore that it was not the prisoner who had made the attack , but a drunken man , whom the soldier first assaulted with his cane . —The jury found the prisoner " Guilty . "—The learned judge said it was impossible to believe one word that had been stated by the witnesses called for the defence , aud ordered them into custody until the rising of the court . —The prisoner was sentenced to four months' imprisonment in the Honse of Correction .
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Gas fkom the Decomposition of Waieb . — The great problem of the economical decomposition of water , for the purposes of artificial illumination , appears to he much nearer solution in America than Mr . White , or any of his competitors in this country , have been able to achieve , and by a far more cleanly , delicate , and scientific process than by furnaces , retorts , bits of iron , pilch , tar , oils , Ac . It is a well-known princip le-an fact , forms almost an every day experiment of the lecture table—that a current of electricity , whether galvanic or fractional , on passing through water , has the power of decomposing it , giving , out oxygen at one pole , and hvdrogen at the other ; and we learn that a Mr . Henry M . Payne , of Worcester ( United
States ) , has ingeniously taken advantage ot tnispnncip le in the production of hydro-carbon gas , for the purposes of both lighting and heating dwellings ' . We are not exactly let into the secret of the means employed for generating the current of electricity , but as it states that a weight of 671 bs ., falling nine feet per hour , will produce 1 , 000 feet of gas , we presume it to be frictionaV electricity , particularly as it appears that the apparatus for lighting his own dwelling is contained in a box eig hteen inches square and eight inches deep . From this box , two flat copper wires are conducted into the decomposing jar , containing the water , forming the two poles of the battery ; and as the pure hydrogen escapes , it passes into a carbonising vessel . The process of
carbonising we are not made ac quainted with ; but it is stated to be so far from costly , that carbonising gas for three burners for a week amounted only to one cent . It appears that , on the 23 rd of April last , Mr . Payne had his residence brilliantly illuminated for the purpose of exhibiting his complete success to his friends , and many gentlemen connected with gas companies , scientific bodies , &o . It is stated that , although only one small burner was employed in each room , yet the light was dazzling , perfectly white , and so pure , that the moss delicate shade of blue and green , could be distinguished at several feet distance . The gas was supplied through a pipe , a quarter of an inch in diameter . For heating purposes , the company were shown a simple machine , consisting ot two
discs of iron , raised a lew inches from the floor , and between which two or three small jets of pure hydrogen were burning ; and , in a few minutes after lighting , an equable and genial heat pervaded the apartment . There is nothing . in this description but what is perfectly consistent with scientific truths ; and we cannot doubt , that this simple system of lighting will soon get into general adoption , provided sufficient electricity can be produced on a Jaree scale with equivalent economy . Mr . Payne can regulate to a nicety the quantity of electricity passing throug h the decomposing , jar . One cubic foot orwater will produce § , 100 feet of gas . The apparatus can be applied to all existing gas estabihmentsVand all gas fittings and burners at present ia use may be still retained .-Mmnj ; Journal .
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' ¦ MONDAY , Jd 8 k 17 . HOUSE OF LORDS .-PRBSENCBOFASlBANaBB re the Peeresses' GAixEBT .-Lord Brouqham .-My lords , I have given notice -yes , I have given notice to the party on whose conduct I am now aoout to make some comments . I believe that it is wen Known to your lordships that no peer or commoner has any ri ght in the gallery of the > eeresses , and that any nobleman or gentleman jeing there infringes on the rules of the House , lhere is one gentleman ( the Chevalier Bunsen ) here now , and he has no ri ght to be there . Laughter among the peeresses . ) If he does not come down I must move that he is infringing the rules of your lordships' House . ( A pause . ] iesides , _ that gentleman has a place assigned to
mm in the House itself , and by his presenco in the jalleryhe is excluding two peeresses . ( Hoars of laughter both in the House and among the peeresses present . ) I move that the standing orders be enforced by your lordships' officers . ( A laugh . ) Lot it not be supposed that I am doing this discourteously . I hayo given that gentleman ample notice that if he did not come out , I would address the House upon the subject and have him turned out . ( Continued laughter , and some confusion . ) His lordshi p then addressed the individual in question , and said , "You must come out now . " The gentleman remained immoveablc ; whereupon Lord Brougham stalked down the flouse to the bar with great haste , and addressing either the Usher of the Black Rod or one of the messengers , for in our position we could not see which , ) said , "Go and take him out . "
Shortl y afterwards Sir A . Clifford went into the gallery , and immediately the Chevalier Bunsen rose from his seat , arid , accompanied by two or three ladies , left it . . Affairs of Greece . —Lord Stanley said , he did not mean to drag the House through the papers lying on its table , but he could inform them that he had risen with pain at the prodigality of folly , the lavish expenditure of misplaced ingenuity which they disclosed . The course which her Majesty ' s government had pursued was calculated to endanger the peaceful relations of this country with the other . great powers . He hoped and trusted no such result would follow , but he would ask , whethtr the conduct of the government had
not been characterised by unnecessary rashness , and whether the claims which had been compulsorily urged upon the Greek government had not been to a large extent unjust ? He reminded the House that Greece was a kingdom 'of . not more , than fourteen years' standing , and that its independence was guaranteed by England , France , and Russia . For many years past the representatives of these three great powers appeared to have been intent , ' not on strengthening the authority of the Greek Monarchy , but on intriguing to strengthen their own influence in the government of that country . Of late French influence had been in the ascendant , and in consequence it was believed by our representative at Athens that the government
was acting in compliance with French interest and in hostility to that , of this country . , The greater portion of the claims put , forward , and of which their Lordships had heard so much , were on behalf of p i-sons who could never be considered entitled to an interference such as that undertaken on their behalf . In the case of . Stellio Sumachi redress was demanded for having tortured a British subject , though it afterwards turned out on a legal inquiry that no torture had ever been inflicted .: The noble lord then passed in review the case of the Fantome and that of the Ionian government , ' and declared that it was difficult to argue such claims for compensation as those against Greece in a satisfactory manner , wearing , as they did . more the appearance of a
tradesman ' s bill than a national grievance , He must , however , express his indignation that out of such insignificant questions should arise the risk of an European war . The modest demand made by Mr . Finlay for a piece of land which cost : him 300 drachmas , was 40 , 0000 drachmas , or £ 1 , 500 ; yet , while the British government , were laying , papers with reference to this demand on the table of their lordships' house , it was aware that Mr . Finlay ' s claim had been settled by arbitration with his consent . The noble lord described such conduct as a breach of faith on the part of the government , and as tampering with their lordships' confidence . With regard to the claims of M . Pacifico , he . ridiculed , amidst the laughter of the house , the accuracy
with which the furniture of M . Paoifiuo ' s house had been specified . He pointed out the extraordinary absurdity of the . British government insisting on the payment of £ 21 , 000 for alleged claims against Portugal , which the government of that country had declared not-to be worth one farthing , and remarked , in indignant terms , that the British government had pressed for the payment of . all its demands on Greece in full , and had sent its fleet to enforce that payment within twenty-four hours . He then described the course which the questions thus raised between this country and Greece had followed , and how the extent of M . Pacifico ' s claims had interfered with a settlement . He bore
testimony to the noble and dignified conduct of the Greek government , who were unable to resist , and whose sufferings had excited the sympathy of Europe . Mr . Wyse and Admiral Parker had only acted according to their instructions , and he was sure that the latter would rather have been engaged in the most deadly contest of an honourable warfare than in any such transactions . The noble lord , in eloquent terms , contrasted the tone of the Emperor of Russia ' s letter on the Greek question to his representative in this country , with that which Lord Palmerston had thought fit to adopt to the defenceless government of Greece . He reminded the house that France , though she desired to pursue a most friendly course of conduct towards England , bad been alienated by the treatment which she had received . The question of the island of Sapienza was one on which the British
government had no right to act independently of the otber protecting Powers ; and now that Russia had protested on the subject , he supposed the claim which had been made would be withdrawn . The order to take forcible possession of the island , however , had not been rescinded , and had only not been executed because Admiral Parker and Mr . Wyse bad had more discretion than Lord Palmerston . Ho thought that he had made out the points stated in his motion- ; and if they had been guilty of injustice—if they had made extravagant demands—if they had oppressed the weak and disgusted the strong—it became that house to show that the government of . England was not England . In a strain of the highest eloquence he called on the house to vindicate the authority of a great nation prostituted by . an attempt to enforce unjust demands upon a weak and defenceless state .
The Marquis of Laksdowhe , in reply , acknowledged that the government was responsible for the transactions which the noble lord had brought under review , but in the House of Commons Lord Palmerston had been subjected to no attacks upon , the matter in question , and he" hoped to satisfy their lordships that the speech which Lord Stanley had made was indebted much more to the eloquence of the speaker than to its intrinsic merits . He disputed entirely . the soundness of the resolution before the house in point of international law . He pointed out that injuries to the persons and properties of British subjects abroad had always been held to justify a peremptory demand for redress , and that without reference to whether the government
of the country where the injuries were sustained was an absolute monarchy , a constitutional monarchy , or a republic . Greece , as the-house had been ' told , was an independent . goyernment , ( jind . if she were so she must accept the responsibilities as well as the privileges of that position , lie quoted a number of instances where foreign nations , whose subjects had been treated with indignity , had enforced redress in an equallj decisive manner as in the case before the house ; and he closed his list by mentioning that at the present moment American ships of war were on their way to Lisbon to support peremptory demands for redress made by the government of the United States on that of Portugal . Coming to the main point of the noble lord ' s
speech—he expressed his regret that Lord Stanley had condescended to attack M . Pacifico ' s character . Whatever that character might be , it had nothing whatever to do with the question . Mr . Wilkea might have been a gambler and cheated at play , yet the principles which , were associated with his name were not compromised thereby . In the same way Lord Stowell had pronounced many splendid decisions on points of law . evolving great and important truths , though the people to whom his judgments referred were many of them slave dealers , pirates , and adulterers . The noble lord had referred to Mr . Finlay ' s case , but through the influence of the Greek government the arbitrators had never been allowed to meet , and the writers on international law declared that a delay was as bad as a denial of justice . Again , in the case of the robbers choosing a Greek custom-house in order to carrv on a system lor plundering Ionian subjects ,
he reminded the house that Sir E . Lyons' letter to the Greek government on that subject had never been answered . M . Pacifico ' s claims had been made to the Greek government in general terms , to prevent inconvenience if that government raised no unreasonable objection . Subsequently to the dishonest acts which tha noble . lord had alluded to , M . Pacifico had been a consul under the Greek government , and he had too much respect for that government to believe that it would employ m such an office a- man of improper character . The claims which had been made upon Greece had received the sanction of the . Cabinet , and the house would not , therefore , he hoped , consider them so exaggerated and unjust as the noble lord had described them . ¦ As to the feeling of Russia on the subject , he attributed it to an impression that the claims against Greece had been too suddenly enforced , and with too short notice . He justified the employment
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SlShiif ^ f- *? ' ?* UBder ' Ad ™ n > l ^ rker . He eiri-Brit ™ Tdeinedtha ' t the amity between Russiaand fhAS ^ . ha ( ibeendUturbed ' and declared that f" ^^ " ^? of feeling , especially with reference r . A ™ . qu e t n 9 connected with the North of Europe , wiftVJ oodhl S her thim ftt the present moment ! mtn reference to . the passing cloud which obscured ior a moment , the . relations of friendship between mm country and France , he trusted it would soon ypnfW , Ho ^ pressed his regret that the convention concluded with , M , . Drouyn de Lhuys Had not reached Athens in time to prevent the renewal L »! Wa Complications had unfortunately ¦ wia * - and had been going on for some weeks , wmcn were now approaching a satisfactory cocclu-! £% ae hoped to be able to announce that
con-T nwithm . ¦ *»* davs even a few hours , and mb tl pon ' e ouse Jn conc ! usi ° n not to embarks toe position of the government with Foreign Powers but to reject the motion , hi ? Ab ? rdeen did not think that the question ? fnn J ? u house re uired any elaborate demons *™ - non rhe recent proceedings in the Greek waters ? W ™ * 0 lted on < 5 universal cry of indignation throughout Europe . Tho equity of Mr . Finlay ' s claim and that of M . Pacifico nevor was denied by oreece as furnishing proper subjects of reference to the judicature of that country , yet it had been represen ted that there had been a denial of justice , with reference to the claim put forth to the islands ot bapienza and Ceryi . the noble marquis had given no answer to the arguments of Lord Stanlev . Sinoe
tneneet , under Admiral Parker started from Engiano . it had been employed in little that reflected cre 9 : lfc , ° n this country . At Lisbon and Naples , it excited the suspicions of the , governircnts , and though it arrived at tho Ionian Islands after the insurrectipn , , asupply of naval" cats "for the torture oi the islanders was sent on shore from it . The entrance into the Dardenelles was boasted of as ; £ """ brought the Emperor to , his senses , but the the Emperor had previously acquiesced in the interpretation of the Turkish treaty in question , and her Majesty ' s government had been obliged to apologise to the Emperor for entering the Dardanelles , and . promised to do so no more . -He charged ministers ' with haying sought , in accepting the good offices of
France , to put its plenipotentiary Baron Gros , in theposition of a sheriff ' s officer . Tlie French , goternment had recalled its . ambassador in consequence . of the manner in which it had been treated , yet her Majesty ' s Ministers , went on haggling with it , to the great injury of that pood understanding , which ought to exist between two such great nations . When he looked at our relations with Europe generally he found them in an unprecedented condition . There was a timo when this country was respected and loved by all the great continental nations ; but how was it now ? lie could not congratulate the noble Marquis on the novel friendship which he found existing with Russia . Austria had been deeply injured by the influence which h » d been exercised by us in Piedmont . We mi ght have prevented the Piedmontese war / and
we might also have pursued a policy which would have , rendered the occupation of Hungary by the Russian . troops unnecessary . The nations of the continent fortunatel y separated the conduct of her Majesty ' s governmentfrom-thefeelings of the English people , and he . was sure that there was not one member of that house who had listened to Lord Stanley ' s speech who could lay his hand on his heart and say that every word of it was not strictly and literall y true . Lord Cabdioan was deeply impressed with a sense of the danger to which ; this country ; was exposed by the state of its foreign relations . He had the greatest respect for the courage arid talents of the noble lord at the head of the Foreign Department , but feeling the isolated position in . which the country was placed by the policy of that Department , he would give his hearty ' support to the motion before the house .
Lord Wabd . defended the conduct of the government and of the noble lord at the head of the Foreign Department , and complained that the question before the house had been greatly prejudged and mis-represented . Lord Bemjmost announced his intention of voting against th p motion , and rose to protest against some of the doctrines to which Lord . Stanley had g iven , utterance . He criticised the preliminary proposition in the noble lord ' s motion—a proposition whichi the noble lord himself had found it necessary to qualify in the course of las speech . He contended that Greece being an independent nation , there was no necessity for consulting any other power in a quarrel with her , however politic it might be to do so .
interring to M . Pacifico , the noble lord admitted that he had no respect for him , arid that he had put forward very exaggerated claims ) but the house ought to consider him as an injured individual , to whom redress had been refused when applied for to the proper legal authorities at Athens . Both to Mr . Finlay and M . Pacifico there had been a complete denial of justice ; and after a review . of all the questions in dispute between the two governments , he declared that there was " no course ' left for this country to- pursue except to employ' force . He cha-i racterised the motion as an un-English and hostile motion , and he hoped the house would reject it . Viscount Canning admitted that the conduct of the Greek Government had been evasive and
eauivocal , but it did not follow that because the Greek Government had done wrong the government of this country had done right . He pointed out the strong objections to which the mode of dealing with Mr Finlay ' s and M . Pacifico ' s cases was open in point of international law . He also drew attention to the case of the Ionian subjects plundered by robbers , arid showed that . thero , too , the law of nations had been violated by the manner in which the government had demanded redress . He reminded the house that there / were other countries in the world nearly as powerful and much less scrupulous in the exercise of their power than ours , and that these countries would probably make a disastrous use of the example whioh had thus been set them . ... .,
Lord EDDiSBtmY , like the . preceding speakers , reviewed each of the claims put forward against the Greek Government , contending that in the aggregate at least the refusal of them justified measures of reprisal . In support , of his view he quoted certain despatches of the Earl of Aberdeen addressed to the English Minister at Athens , as showing the language which the government of that day held to the Administration of King Otho . The Earl of Haiidwicke felt satisfied that Admiral Parker had . not stated to tho governmen t that he had been compelled to enter the Dardanelles by stress of weather . : Lord Brougham , having listened . very attentively to the discussion , thought he might take a very short-sighted view of the question , and say that it did not matter whether the British or the Greek
Government were right or wrong . Regarded in that light , the British government might be cori- - pared to a man who went into Chancery for JE 100 . The government did worse for it went into Chancery for . claims which were worth , nothing . He denied that the government had international law upon its side ; and it was so frightful , he said , to think to . what an extent war might rage all over the world if such doctrines as he had , heard rashly put forth in the house that evening were to become . established . He hoped their Lordships would do justice to themselves in the public opinion of Europe by shaking themselves freefrom the recent proceedings in Greece ., He confidently expected . they would do 8 oi and in saying this he bore testimony to the great ability and the peaceful sentiments of Lord Palmerston . . ' ' ,
The house then divided , when there . ; appeared—Cntents—Present 113 Proxies . ... I ........ 5 G—169 Npn-Cpntents—Present 77 Proxies ............ ' .......... 55—132 Majority against government 37 ' Their Lordships adjourned at a quarter past three o ' clock . , . HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Mr . Fkargbs O'Connor presented a petition from the Smithy , Holme Mills in favour of the Ten Hours Bill . ¦ . ' ' "
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY .-Mr . Fkahocs O'Connor wished to , put a question to the right hon . gentleman the Secretary of State for the . Home Department . As the Court of Queen ' s Bench had decided against the registration of the Land Company , and as Ministers had expressed a strong wish that justice should be done to all the parties concerned , he . took fori granted the right hon . baronet had every wish that the rights of 70 , 000 persons should be considered and fairly dealt with . Now , what he rose to inquire * was , whether ! the
Government would give evory facility to introducing and passing a bill for that purpose . He should do all in his power to promote that object , and he thought he had a right to expect that the government would give . eyery possible facility . . ., SirG . GuKrreplied ,: that he wasnotawaroofthe decision to which the hon . member referred . As to giving facilities for passing a bill , he must reserve his opinion on that . ppint tijl the bill came before the house . When the bill was before them , government would form an opinion on it . till then he would say nothing .
Addresses to the Crown . —Lord J , Russell called the attention of the house to the course , of proceeding with respect to addresses to the Crown . In the case of resolutions of that house an opportunity was afforded for a reconsideration of its decision ; but when an address to tho Crown was agreed to , the advisors of the Crowp . must either comply with the address , or , if not , there would be a tendency to a breach between the Crown and'the House of Commons , which it was desirable , except on very grave occasions , to avoid . It seemed to him desirable , in order to place addresses to the Crown on the same footing as other proceedings of the house , that the same course should be pursued as with addresses to the Crown in . answer- to the Queen ' s Speech—namely—to refer them to a committee , who should make a report , which might be reconsidered , and an opportunity would thereby be afforded to the house to esprosa its opinion upon
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the subject on ' another dW v ™ ' w ' ~ ~~^ l $ : * : ^ : fr ^? Z £ V £ o ^ SS ^ S ^^^ Bl — Mr . Anstey opposed the motion . He had nnnl . jection to those clauses of the bill whlhlau her Majesty to . abolish the office oTlSwSX ? narit ; but he was not prepared to cany the nrin " oiple of centralisation further ; ho objected to -i fourth Secretary of State , and could not voto for the second reading of the bill if the government were determined to abide by the machinery contained in its concluding clauses . He detailed at much length the . grounds of his objections to this part of . tho bill , which he considered the really
important part of it . Sir It . Peel said , the main question was whether the arrangement proposed would conduce to the good government of Ireland ; to that result all par tial and local considerations should l > o subordinate . He wished he could see as others did its unequivocal advantages . On the whole , however , he was content that the experiment should bo made , but with hesitation and doubt . He was aware of the difficulties which men of hi gh charactor and great acquirements encountered in administering the government of Ireland ; but all these difficulties were not to be attributed to the state of society in that country . - When there was a local parliament in Ireland , tbe relations betwixt the Lord-Lieutenant and the Chief Secretary were natural and consMtu :
tiona ; but when the local legislature was abolished , they were materiall y altered , and the Chief Secretary acquired great power . Whatever good etteots might follow the removal of the Yiceroyship irom Dublin , he could not siitiafy himself that , with respect to the . local machinery and the , ndministration ofjustice , the removal of the Lord-Lieutenant —a nobleman of high acquiremen ts—animated with a sincere . desire to govern Ireland independently of P"'t > es , mi ght not have an injurious effect . From the difficulty inherent in tho maintenance of the relations between the Lord-Lieutenant and the Chief Secretary , and from the ol > jcction he had to conferring upon the latter the dignity of a Cabinet officer he was inclined favourably to receive this
proposal . He admitted the increased facilities of communication , and that , if the experiment was to be , made , there could be no better timo to make it . With regard , however , to the ' power given by the bill to appoint a fourth Secretary of State , he trusted the government would well consider whether such an appointment was expedient , there being but one Secretary of . State for England , Scotland , and Wales . . He preferred a single Secretary of State for the united kingdom to a separate Secretary for Ireland , which would afford less chance of unity of system than with a Lord-Lieutenant acting under the direct authority of the Secretary of State . Suppose there were simultaneous . . popular commotions in England and
Ireland , which required that the military should aid the civil power , would it not be better that there should be one man to take a combined view of the exigencies of the whole empire than that two men should bo separately pressing the Commander-in-Chief to afford them military aid ? He feared , too , that , there was some risk of collision of authority between the two co-equal Secretaries ; and in respect to legislation and criminal justice , their could be no uniformity except under a sing le Secretary of State . There was no effort which he ( Sir Robert ) woujd not make to relieve the Home Secretary of part of his functions , and he thought that . in the distribution of the functions of the new Lord Chancellor , it might be possible to transfer to him some of the present duties of the Home Secretary . He advised Sir G . Grey to take upon himself the Irish
Secretaryship , in order that one mind mi ght direct the domestic affairs of both countries . In ' conclusion , he confessed he did not see the change propoaed by this bill with complete freedom from anxiety , and he asked , as a compensation for the risk her was willing to incur , that as much unity and uniformity as possible , should be imported into the machinery of administration . Mr , E . B . Roche should offer the strongest opposition in his power to this bill , and he warned the house against making , a change for the worse , at a time when Ireland was in a state of collapse . Mr . Naher- likewise opposed the bill , the professed object of which was to make a combined executive system of government ; whereas it perpetuated a separate administration for Ireland , and transferred it to England .
Mr . Sadleir supported the bill , contending that the bulk of the Irish nation was favourable to the abolition of an office which was a most inefficient mode of governing Ireland , whilst it was antinational , insulting , and degrading to the Irish people . Mr . Moore . criticised rather severely some of the speeches delivered on this and a preceding night ; their reasoning he treated as illogical , their historical illustrations as trite or inaccurate , and he called for more information before he consented to pass this bill . . -Lord-KAAs said that , although the office of Lord-Lieutenant had . been held by men of great virtues , ho did not think this was any reason for retaining an office which had all the features of that of a
colonial governor without any of his real power . But while he voted for the abolition of that office , as a bad mode of government , he did not approve tho mode which was proposed to bo substituted . Sir G . GitEY said , there were two questions , entirely distinct , and which should be kept so — first , whether the office ' of Lord-Lieutenant should be abolished ; secondly , in what manner its duties should be performed if Parliament consented to its abolition . He agreed that the ruling consideration should be how the good government of Ireland couh ! bo best promoted , and this object he thought would bo most likely to be attained by bringing Ireland as much as possible within the range of Imperial administration . He repeated , in reply to Mr . Napier , the arguments urged by-Lord J . Russell in favour of a Secretary of State for Ireland , present in the Cabinet , and able . to watch over , there and in Parliament the interests of that
country , no concurred with Sir R . Peel that there should be unity of action in all parts of the empire , one mind pervading every department of the government . But the real question was , whether , looking at the number and importance of the measures relating to Ireland daily brought before Parliament , and considering tho pressure of business in every branch of the government , such an immense additional mass of labour could be undertaken by the Home Secretary . At the same time he though it would be extremely desirable , and might be practicable after a time , that an arrangement should be made by which the duties of these offices might be amalgamated , and discharged by one man . SirR . Peel , however , had overrated the difficulties which might arise from , the division of the secretaryships , though he ( Sir George ) admitted the importance of concentrating as much as possible , and of imparting unity of action to , the system of administration .
Mr . M'Cullaoh considered this to be really a question of transferring the whole government of Ireland from Ireland to England , and he asked the House ¦ whether the ^ present exigency or the immediate future of Ireland was propitious to this great and perilous measure ? He denied that Ireland could be justly governed if its legislative and executive . administration were concentrated in England ; arid he laboured to prove from even recent legislation that a distinction was maintained Nbetween the law of Ireland and thatof England . Mr . ' Siieil rose to establish two . propositionsfirst , that the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland was useless ^ secondly , that - it ought not to be merged in the Homo-office . Before the date of Catholic Emancipation , the Lord-Lieutenant was a point of social and political centralisation , drawing
about him a" small but powerful class ; that act stripped him of his pwer , and ho became virtuall y the subordinate of his secretary . It was inexpedient to merge the office in that of the Home Secretary , because in its present transition state Ireland required the undivided and undistracted attention of one man . He would not say that the time mi ght not come when the' amalgamation of the offices should take place . When English institutions were attached to Ireland instead . of Ireland to English institutions ; when parliament got leave of the English people to do what every man acquainted with Ireland knew would promote her peace and security ; then , and not till then , the government of that country should bo merged in the Homeoffice . In the interval , let not an addition be made to the burden of toil and solicitude incidental to the domestic administration of these islands .
Mr . Disraeli observed that Mr . Sheil ' s arguments were in favour of retaining the office which he proposed to abolish . lie said that Dublin Castle was now purified , that Ireland was in a most peculiar situation , and he was about to vote for destroying the local governmen t so purified . Having perused , this bill and heard the arguments in its favour ho ( Mr . Disraeli ) had a strong conviction that , this was an unwise measure not well considered or matured . The appointment of a fourth Secretary of State was as much a principle of the bill as the abolition of the Lord-Lieutenant ; but admitting , tho latter to be its principle , no man was . justified in voting . for the abolition of-an office which had existed for centuries unless ho was prepared to
voto for the substitute . When Mr . Pitt proposed the Union he said his objeofc was to placo under one public will the direction of the whole force of the empire . This scheme of the government was no more calculated to realise the plan of Mr . Pitt than the present form of administration . If the Secretary was to reside in Ireland , ho would be its governor ; arid if not , he must depend upon subordinates , and could not be free from local influence . Until he saw a wiser substitute proposed he would riot support the measure : and believing the bill to he repugnant to tho . interests of the . people of Ireland , he should oppose it . Sir R . Inglis asked , if this office was such a nuisance , why had it not been abolish ^ before ?
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Having heard nothing in 1850 which slioiiid induoo him to alter the vote he should have given in 1844 , he was not prepared to support the protection of the government . . > Mr . Reynolds opposed the bill , and implored tbe house to reject it , and to spare this infliction upon a country already so severely afflicted . ; The , house began to exhibit symptoms of impatience , amidst which Colonel Thompson spoko in . support of the bill , and Mr . Butler against it . ' - , Upon a division , the second reading was carried by 295 against 70 . . . . - . , The other business having been disposed of , tho house adjourned at a quarter to 1 o ' clock . TUESDAY , June 18 . :
tJ ^? 8 E 0 P LOM > S .-EifCUMnKRBD ESJATKS—1 he Marquis of Westmeatii , on the motion for th » third reading of the Encumbered Estates Amendment ( Ireland ) Bill , moved the addition of a clause by which a minimum of fifteen years' purchase upon tho profit ren tal of estates was fixef for all legal sales by the commissioners appointed under the act . The neblo earl supported his proposition by recapitulating many of the statements advanced on a previous evening , and contended that to allow estates to be forcibly sold at the rates which in some recent instances , had been suffered , was equivalent to confiscation of tho properties . The Earl of Carlisle considered that the claus *
would be an injury and incumbrance upon the measure , and felt assured that it would be disallowed by the Lower house when the Bill got there . Ho showed that it would fetter the commissioners in sales , at the samo time , that in practice it would be impossible to work it fairly . With estates where the rents were realised fifteen years' purchase waa too little , while in other cases where they were nominal it would bo too much . The Earl of Wicklow also opposed the clause , and remarked upon the loss of dignity which ' their lordshi ps were incurring by adding provisions to the Bill which they were certain the House of Commons would retrench .
Lord Stanley observed that the question was whether tho Encumbered Estates Commissioners should have a legislative limit , to their discretion over the land sales . . From their foregone proceedings ho contended that they had not deserved to be left . without control . ¦ . Earl FifzwiLLiAM disapproved of the clauses , and after an explanationfrom Earl Carlisle , and some remarks from Lord Glenoall , and Lord Stradbroke , their lordships divided upon Lord ' . Westmeath ' s motion .
Contents ... 32 Non-Contents ... 30 . Majority against the government —2 . The Marquis ot 'VVestheath then moved the addition of another clause for protecting from .. arrest the proprietors of encumbered estates during the progress of the legal formalities anticipatory of the sales . The Earl of Carlisle declined to divide upon , the motion , although he disapproved of . tho . clause . The addition being made , the bill was read a third time and passed . . : On the motion of Lord Locan ; the Distress for Rent ( Ireland ) Bill was read , a third , time and passed . ' . . The Landlord and Tenant Bill , and the Small Tenement Recovery Bill were respectively read a second time . . .
Strangers in the Lords . —The Marquis of Lansdowne gave notice for Friday next of a motion to appoint a committee to inquire . into the arrangements made for the accommodation of strangers in their lordships' house . The noble marquis referred to the occurrence of the previous evening , when the Chevalier Bunsen was summaril y extruded from the gallery , and stated that tho object of his proposed committee was to define the places that should ba appropriated to the foreign ambassadors and their families . Their lordships then adjourned , at seven o clock , until Friday . .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Growth of Cottos in India . —Mr . Bright moved an address tto the Crown to appoint a commission to proceed to India to inquire into the obstacles which prevent an increased growth of cotton in that country , and to report upon any circumstances that may injuriously aft ' ect the condition of the native cultivators of the soil in the presidencies oi' Bombay and Madras . He began by showing the importance of the object , to insure an adequate supply of the raw material for tlie cotton manufactures of this country , which employed 2 , 000 , 000 of our population , and an amount of capital much greater than was embarked in any other manufacturing trade in the united kingdom , and which produced the largest proportion of cur
exports : Ihe amount of raw cotton , imported in 1800 was 56 , 000 , 0001 b ., in 1849 it had increased to 754 , 000 , 0008 ) . Our supply was from the following sources , and in the following proportions : —The United States , 78 } per cent . ; the British possessions in India , 101 pev cent . ; Egypt , SJ per cent . ; and the British" 'W est Indies , \ per cent . The crop in _ the . U . nited Jstates was liable to great fluctuations , causing much loss to operatives as well as manufacturers , while the consumption of cotton on tho continent ef Europe and in America was rapidly increasing , apparently beyond the power of production ; and an advance of Id . per B ) . on raw cotton would amount to £ 3 , 0 . 00 , 000 sterling . Such an increase of the cost of the raw material tended to limit
consumption , and involve the trade , in embarrassment . Another consideration was , that the American cotton was the product of slave laboufj and if from any cause slavery should be abolished in the United States , the cultivation of cotton would ba greatly interfered with . In these circumstances , there being no present prospect of an adequate supply from our African , Australian , or West Indian colonies , it was natural to turn to British India , and there were valid reasons for so doin ? . India had always grown cotton , and at this time the quantity raised there was not far short of the wholo produce of the United States . The soil was adapted and the people habituated to' its cultivation . ' From 1788 to the present time the East India Company
had bestowed their attention upon Indian cotton , sending out cleaning machines , gins , and American planters ; they had established experimental farms , and had expended in their endeavours to promote the growth of cotton not less that £ 100 , 000 . The select committee of 1848 had expressed its belief that the soil , and climate , and population of India justified the expectation that tkis country might receive thence large supplies of cotton ; yet up to this moment there had been no results . In : considering the causes of this disappointment , he looked to the condition of tho people of India , which waB one of extreme , alject , and almost universal poverty . Mr . Bright read the testimony of-Rammohun ltoy , and yavious writers , including one of
the American planters sent out by the East India Company , to the depressed condition of tho peasantry of India , the ruin of the landed aristocracy , and the exactions on account of the government revenue . " The poverty of the people , " Mr . Shore said , " was almost beyond belief . " The report of the select committee of 1848 stated that the cultivators in the cotton districts in the west and south of India were in the most abject condition , dependent upon moneylenders , who extorted forty or fifty per cent ., and regulated prices at their will . He found that the tuccavy advances made by the government of India , to enable :. the ryots to carry on cultivation amounted to no less than £ 500 . 000 a year . Mr . Bright then-proceeded to
show , from various authorities , the defects in the internal communications in India , and the deficiency of artificial irrigation , which alone , he thought , justified the interference of Parliament . But there was another subject upon which a difference of . opinion prevailed , namely , the land assessment , and the mode in which it was levied . Some maintained that ,, the government being the landlord , this assessment was rent ; but ho contended , that the government having the power of arbitrarily- fixing its amount and of enforcing its collection to . the ruin of the cultivator , it waa widely distinguished from what we called rent . After anticipating and answering the objections
which might be offered tq his motion , Mr . Bright suggested that there was a precedent for it in 1822 , when ajloyal Commission was appointed to inquire into the condition of the Cape of Good Hope , the Mauritius , and Ceylon , the . commissioners being instructed to inquire into the tenures of land , tho system of cultivation ^ & « . In conclusion , he drew the attention of the house to the enormous revenues at tho disposal of the East India Company , who in fourteen yearsfrom 1834 to 1847 — had . collected a , revenue of £ 316 , 000 , 000 sterling , or ( deducting interest for debt ) £ 20 , 000 , 000 . a year ^ whilst thonet revenue of Great Britain , exclusivo of debt , was but
£ 25 , 000 , 000 . : . ,: Sir J . HonnousE assured Mr . Bright that ho waB Bonsible of the importance of this subject and ot its bearings , and if he thought the plan proposed by him would answer his object he would say , " Take your Royal Commission and make the best use you can of it . " But the motion involved not only the question of the best mode of securing a large and constant supply , of cc . tton from India , but tho economical and industrial condition of the native population . He did not think in either respect any case had been made out . The imports of cotton had been steadily increasing for
the last ten years , and Indian cotton was no exception . Mr . Bright had confessed that no neglect was imputable to the East India Company in this matter , and it appeared from a summary prepared by Dr . Royle , that from 1788 the company bad never ceased their efforts to improve the cultivation of cotton in their territories . The selecl ^ com mittee of 1848 , which had been ^ na ^ u ^ CbjrlJjv Bright , and of which he , was chaif # ai ^ # -f &J mined every available authority , jand ^ feir ~ jej * M 8 did not recommend a Royal CoiftOTS % pl !» t : . * b < tested the costly efforts of the East ' la ^ d ^ fl fife&wi and acknowledged that whilst tho ' - « cM 6 rit 6 i $ Wtt had . not been permanently improved jMM ^ iW s ;| f / ^^ ( iw ¦ ^ MS ^ wi NOity
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COURT OF EXCHEQUER . THE ATTOBSET-GEKBRA 1 T . SH 1 THSOS . Thi 3 was an < 5 * - « Jcio information filed against the defendant , who carried on the business of a tobacco maker at York , to recover penalties for contravention of the excise laws . The first was that of unlawfully usins two rooms to manufacture tobacco , which had not been registered at the proper office ; the second fer adulterating tobacco . —The Attorney-General , the Solicitor-General , Mr . Watson , Q . C ., and Mr . Wilde , appeared for the Crown . The defendant * as represented by Mr .. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr . ¦ R ordsworth .-rMr . Sergeant Wilklns . for the defendant , at the conclusion of the case for the Crown . stated ihat an arrangement- had been made , and that a verdict for £ 500 should be taken by consent , which was done ..
TATOEUK V . LOBS ABIHUR LESXOX . Cbim . Cox : —? The Attorney-General stated that ibis was an action for criminal conversation with the plaintiffs wife . —Mr . H : Hill , . who appeared for the defendant , said that tlie ccurt and jury wonld , he was sure , not regret that circumstances had occured which would save an inquiry that could not but be painful to all parties concerned in and out of this court . He had proposed to his learned friend io accept a verdict for £ 500 , and his learned friend had consented to do so . —The Attorney-General said lie had consented to accept such compensation for the injury to plaintiff as the verdict with these damages could afford . —The verdict was accordingly so entered . O ' C 0 p 0 B V . BRiDSHiW . JDta the application of Mr . Sergeant Wkins , this ¦ ¦ rule stands over to Michaelmas term .
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Chancery-lane . Mr . Stevenson was the assi gnee of a leasehold honse , and premises situate in Castlestreet , Southwark , and in 1847 he sub-demised them to Messrs . Saunders and Conneby , engineers . In July , 1 S 4 S , these gentlemea dissolved partnership , and the business was carried on b y Saunders alone , he giving Corneby £ 150 in cash , and bills for £ -500 for his share of the business , the lease of the house , and a policy of assurance being also assigned to Coraeby by way of collateral security . Previous to this transaction Saunders had frequentl y borrowed monev of the plaintiff , who was his brotherin-law . On the 24 th of February , 1 S 4 T , he borrowed of the plaintiff a sum of £ 300 on a promissory note , payable three years , after date : when ,
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS . XEWXHAM V . SIEVESSOX A > D AXOIHEK . Illegal Disibess . —This was an action on the case for an illegal and excessive distress . There was also a count in trover for the goods taken . The defendant Stevenson pleaded not guilty b y statute ; and the other defendant "Wood , not guilty and not possessed . —Mr . Sergeant Byles , Mr : Pashley , and Mr . Gray _ were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr . James , Q . C ., Mr . Prentice , and Mr . Phipson for the defendants . —The plaintiff is a general dealer in Friar-street , Blackfriars-road The defendant Stevenson is a medical gentleman , residing near Hanover-aquare . The defendant "Rood is an auctioneer and appraiserliving in
the dissolution of partnership took place the plaintiff discounted a bill for £ 1-50 for- Saunders , which was paid when due , and on Feb . 7 th , 1849 , he lent him a further sum of £ 217 , andoa the date of tie last-mentioned loan an account was stated between tl em , by which it appeared that Saunders was indebted to the plaintiff to the extent of £ 600 10 s . To secure this sura Saunders , on the same day , gave the plaintiff , in lieu , as was alleged , of previous securities , a warrant of attorney , on which judgment was forthwith entered up , and a warrant of fi . fa . issued and lodged with the Sheriff of Surrey , but with instructions not to levy unlesss some other creditor of Saunders should leave a writ against him at the office . A few days afterwards a
judgment creditor , named Marshall , lodged aJLfa . against him with the same sheriff , who lodged under it , and Marshall claiming priority over the plaintiffs judgment , the plaintiff paid Marshall , and took a bill of sale from the sheriff for the goods , which were valued by the broker at £ 695 . Oa the 11 th of September the plaintiff himself took possession of the goods , and employed an auctioneer named Butland , to catalogue them preparatory to a sale , and Rutland put one of his men in . possession on behalf of the plaintiff ; hut the sale did not take place , and it was resolved to submit the effects for 3 ale by private contract . On the 4 th of October the defendant Stevenson applied on the premises for some arrears of rent , and saw Rutland , who
promised him he should be paid before anything was removed from . the premises . The next day a notice was served upon the man in possession , on behalf of Stevenson , that he claimed £ 65 for rent , and that that sum must be detained for him before the good 3 were removed ; and the day after , between five and six o ' clock in the evening , the defendant Wood entered to distrain for £ 79 8 s ., as the receipts of the ground landlord were not produced , and took an inventory of the furniture in the drawing-room , but not of the effects in the shop and warehouses . He then left a man in possession , and a written notice that eight mahogany chairs and the whole of the articles distrain , able on the premises wonld be sold unless the sum
claimed was paid within live days . The nest day Sannders called upon Stevenson ' s solicitors to state that the rent distrained for . was : too much , and some cpriference 3 took place , but the result wa 3 , that on the 10 th October , Wood , accompanied Ly two coademning' brokers , went over the premises , took a further inventory , and finally took away an engineer ' s lathe and three vices , Alleged to be fixtures , and all the other effects on the premises , which were alleged to have been previously valued at £ 369 is . A short time before this Saunders had called a meeting of his creditors , and had attended the meeting witli a . professional man , who read for him a s ' tatemeBt of his circumstances ; but neither
of ttem said anything of this warrant of attorney given to the plaintiff , and soon afterwards Saunders became a bankrupt , there being little ornothing for distribution amongst bis creditors . It was proved by credible and circumstantial evidence , that the sums above stated had been advanced by the plaintiff to Saunders , and the question finally resolved 'into , whether or not the warrant of attorney and the seizure under it had been made bonii fide , or collusively merely toprotect Saunders from the rest of his creditors . —Witnesses were called on both sides , and the trial lasted two days . The jury returned a Terdict for the defendants ; but several points of law are reserved for the consideration of the superior court . -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1850, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1579/page/7/
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