WLOIIAI. LIGIILATUBE. House or Assnsur, Saturday, April 9, I863. ‘III. DLRRACHT PETITION. ,. , (Qpetiosed-) Hours in Osmiuitteo on the Report of tho ialrotnlulttce appointed to report on the etition_ofNisl Darrach-—Hou. Mr. Jordinc in tr.

line. Mr. Court. I am persuaded that no claim for ullggsd arrests of Rent. could have been sustained, in any Court of Law, in the face of Darrach's Receipts That given by Mr. Pope, for Mr. Palmer. in 1845. is equivalent tos proper Receipt stating the money paid to hc_tlis year‘s Rent due at the time it was paid: and that granted by Capt. Citmhflhll, himself. is I849.

ing for "the amount of one year's Rent a part of last year's,” istquits conclusive ..gninst the supposition that any arrears were left due by Dsrrash. ' show that Dsrraoh had gone on re ll srl, a i Rent for sortie years before the I.esu’y|:s’gnr:nisd,asd that, after he came ilndettho covenants of a Lease, be con- tinued to be squall regular in the pat ment of the Rent accruiag on or it, up to the your 1850. it is quite plain to me, that, had not the Law been diverted from its due course, by the compromise elfected between the Attorneys. and the confes- sion to the suit, on the part of the Defendant's Counsel, that not one farthing could have been recovered on account of arrears alleged to have been due at the time of granting the Lease. An

'action for the recovery of such alleged arrears,

would, if properly defended, have failed at the very outset. How came ' that a lawyer could be so blind, or, so neglectfol of his client's in- terests, in on plain and simple a case, as to confess Judgment, not only for the year's Rent due under I , but for £45 Ids 8d more, as for or- rears due before the granting of the Lease, when the Action was not an Action of l)ebt for the re- ccvery of arrears of Rent, but an Action of Cove- nant, on a Lease, dated 9th Ncv., I846, all Rent accruing under which, with exception of the last

_yssr’s. the Receipts produced by the Defendant .proved to have been paid? This is a question

which I leave every hon. member to answer for

himself, according to his own ideas of the pro-

inga and nature of the claim on which they were founded. But, reluctant as I have, hitherto, felt It take a part in that discussion, in the course of which so much has been said condemnatory of our interference between landlords and their to- nants, I feel I can no longer remain silent without appearing to be an approver of the unconstitu- tional doctrine, by which it has been attempted to persuade us-—that, how improperly soever a m.-tn’s rights may have been compromised in a Court of Law, we have no power whatever to investigate the proceedings, with a view to any redress of the wrongs thereby inflicted; but that, if a remedy cannot be obtained where the wrong was perpe- trated, it must for ever remain unredressed. With respect to the case itself, it appears to me to have been, from the first, without any good or sullicient foundation in either law or justice; and, as to the proceedings called legal, arising therein, on both sides. I hesitate not to say that I tltinlt they have been. not only altogether irregular. but in direct opposition to the evidence 0 facts, as admitted on behalf cfthe Plaintiffs’, and the evidence of authentic documents, p uced by the Defendant, and placed in the hands of his At- torney for his defence. If we have not the power to investigate a case like this, I should like to be informed for what purpose we are sent to this

House by the people. The Special Committee have been charged with an undue leaning against the parties implicated in the injustice of the case and the irregularities of the legal proceedings; and it has been objected to their Report, by two or three hon. members, that the evidence elicited by their examination of the Attorneys ought to have been more particularly noticed in it. My opinion, however, with respect to the labors of the Special Committee, is, that the Report affords a very satisfactory proof that they prosecuted the investigation of the case with the greatest care and propriet possible. Their Report is a fair and im artis one, and is fully sustained. in every particu at, by the. evidence given before them. As to the allegation that it is defective, inasmuch as it does not contain a statement of the evidence of the Attorneys, ifl speak my mind, I must say it is very absurd. The evidence is allsttachedtothe Report, and is, equally with the Report itself, before us, to be scrutinised and commented upon at our pleasure. But the Report itself could not, in fact, have been made more full, unless the whole of the evidence had been set forth at length in it. I have carefully read over the whole evidence twice; and the impression there- by made upon my mind is that the case through- out presents no other features than those of un- justifiable harshness and inexcusable irregulari- ties. lt afl'ords too much grounds for the pre- sumption that, from the first, there was ssecret design to disponsoss the rmsn of his farm; and it lsquito plain that, what with the claims set up‘ against him, on behalf of his landlord,snd w at with the costs of the suits, which alone amount to 193 16s 8d, he has been cruelly op- pressed by the enforcement ofoxorhitant demands, to which it was not ible he could have been .ths first Action brought Hon. Mr. _ has been so unjustly salt with, why has he not sought redress in the Supreme Court, where alone it can be obtained !] Accord-

.ing to the opinions of_tlis lawyer; who were ex-

amined by t e \ 1 Committee, and whose evidence heard, he is efl'ectuully shut out from all chance of remedy, in the Supreme Court, h the confession‘. to the suit made by liisceo . fly own opinion, however, is still that, hi the whole ease been brought before the Court, as I believe it‘ mlgltt h_ave been, oven after the confes- sion to tho saith the Defendant's Counsel, the Judginntv ' ht hive boon reversed. The rea- ssa.wlry it was not so brought under the notice of Q. Dun may, perhaps, he that the D_ofondsnt’s no tags not ssflotost tosssblmhiiats pay : tstsksnp hiscaso sssw: oritmightbe um. lawyers were dotsnsd fl‘0lII.II[I.In&

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. 9' Iars srihs wists slur" _ ractorso will notfaltts Impress the penile lltlfld with

‘.1’ t 1”. i 19$ 00 III! pdrtles who bros It the toss: . t)ootly- as those. psrtioswlll 0'40" r .|I|°|’l’! 945503 fin up oft]. ' fl to 50 llI0llld0d in the t El line they hm. ss- norally, boon ladnlgont to‘lh_eir tenants, and |i‘s.v_p, mmvsom res fit“ Osmnltwsnshrmtmsts melt rspnsvnia on sftho-osos—-wflh 5 ysastainsd sulolsat

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HASZARD'S GAZETTE. JUNE 11.

public, Capt. Cumberland or Miss I-‘Inning will be very glad to give back the farm on the mine of the original Lease. With respect lm\\r\i't' In the objections made. on the authority of lstt \ rent, to the course ado ted by the House with respect to ttie Petitioners case, I hope the House till act is such a manner as to oosiviuce lawyers that we on not dependent upon them for an interpreta- tion of the laws of parlistnsat,"oud that they are not to presume that we will allow them to dictate to us course which we are to passes with respsst to say grievance, either public or rivate which may be bmuglit before us The Ilouse knows its duty quite as well as lawyers do theirs; and although they tnsy tell us, as, on former occasions of a some- whut like nature, they told P|'°"l““' H"“'¢I. that we have norigbt to enquire lose caass rivate grievance or hardship. as arising out of the relationship of landlord and tstisnt. or the decisions of the Courts of Law, I can tell them it is the especial province of this House to institute enquiries touching all such grievances and hard- ships ss shall be brought before them, (especially where a bar, as in the present case, appears to be interposed to the obtaining of a remedy.) with a view to the devising of some means whereb at least some measure of redress may be afforded. or this purpose, and to this end.w_e have power to send for persons, papers, and records, for the purpose 0 examination; and, in the case of any individual, so cited, refusing to attcnd,—or attending, but contumsciously refusing to answer questions put to him by the House, the House has power, of itself to punish him severely for cotttempt and breach of privileges. It is competent to the House, at all times. I maintain, to resolve them- selves into a Committee or Cooit cl Enquiry. respecting any public or private grievances, and even to deal with questions arising out of cova- nents between landlords and tenants, or otherwise between plfllul, as has recently been done by the House of Couunous, with respect to Encumberod Estates in Ireland. (Mr. liaviland. 'l‘hat was by a legislative enactment.) I do not, however, mean to say that this House has war to pronounce judgment and enforce it, in the present or any similar case, or to command a restitution of the property or money which they may con- coive to have been unjustly wrested or extorted from an ‘individual under the color oflsvv. But I maintain that they have power. not only fully to investigate, in the way of which i have already spoken, all the particulars of such cases; but also to declare their opinions concerning the whole matter; and, if the grievance has arisen out of any erroneous proceedings in a Court of Law, that they can recommend a reconsideration of the proceedings to the Court in which they were had and taken, at the sonic time submitting to the Judges thereof their own views of the whole matter. l certainly do not, for a moment, sup that it is in the power of the House, either direct- ly to cause a restitution of property, or a reim- burscment of money, or otherwise to call to ac- count, with a view to the infliction ofa penalty, any Counsel or Attorney whose conduct may appear. to them, to have been irregular or unjust. No: that is not the province of the House. Lawyers are properly amenable to the Courts in which they practise; end, in the event of its being satisfactorily proved against any of them that they have either compromised the interests of their clients, or taken advantage of any irregulsri-. ty or improper admission to press an illegal or unjust claim, or been oppressivsly exorbitant in their oxaction of fees, it would be the duty of the Judges to strike them ofl'the Rolls, or strip them of their gowns; and, by so doing, prevent their ever again having it in their power to practise similar acts of dishonesty or oppression. I-‘ow offenders against law and honesty are more do- serving of having inflicted upon them severe and exemplary punishment, than Attorneys who abuse t to trust rcposed in them by the Courts of Law and their clients, or who take advantage of any irregular proceed- ings, neglect, or overnight, to corn as the ruin of an individual, by the eshblis ment of unjust claims. Attorneys of such is character have frequently been punished in a most severe an exenpplary manner, in England, by the au- thority o the Jud§es; and, for the god of so- ciet ,wherever an whenever the dis onesty of site ractitioners is brought to light, and can be estsb ished against them, before the Courts in which they practise, it is the bouuden duty of such Courts. on satlsfacto roof of its exist- ence, to strike at the olfen era with all the au- thority they possess ith respect to our own roceedings relative to the subject of Dttrrach’s etition,nnd the investigation of his case which we have thought it proper to make, I will now merely further observe, that we are not governed by whot. how are cull Constitutional Iaw; but by recedents 0 Parliament, and, where precedents 0 not exist, we have power, in ourselves, to make them, and establish them as guides for future Houses.-—(To becontinoed.) R. B. Ittvtttc, Reporter.

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THE GREAT PLEASURE TRIP. sarntun or c. v.uroxttnmr’s s'rIal'rat.1rr nos-m eras.

(From the New York Daily Tribune.)

Commodore Vatvnnnn.r‘s yacht issdvortised to sail this day for Europe. ve some months since an outline of this magnificent expedition, and have from time to time recorded the regress of the pro rations. Cornelius Van orbilt-more genera y known, because of his extensive interest in steam navigation, as “ Comm ore”—is a native of Staten Island, and is now something more than fifty-five years

ld. 0 “ At an early n , says The Illustrated News, he showed a fonthessmfor the fle%,h:ild took a. grestinterost' es‘ in. enver young man honbecarno osrpiersof a line] rigged sailing vessel that he run rs rl

Staten Island and New York. s oar y as 182) he had the command of a steam t of which he was part 0 Ho beams noted as one

the time. From captain

. e owner of not only one but as oral steamers, and pro up n p ' pen of naviption to attend to his property interest. For many years has boss the t

of Itsatnsrs-entirely his own-—wi0iout pars- ly of any man in the world.

she vast ing and ‘curried on between how-York are-under grgt

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‘—'tY employment. to more hnds than any other one ' America. He is always liberal toward r and needy.

“ ithout being an engineer be is probably the best judge of a steam-engine of any man of - ow-York. He inherited nothing, except bu- siness bilents of the hi best order, t_tn_d it per- severiug, bold and in epctident spirit, that overcame every obstacle. Cool and sagacious, never scouting in a hurry, he will accomplish more business in the some time than almost tiny man that e peers on ‘change.’ From benign do-ck lien on u sclioonor he has risen in wealth, the ssessor of millions, and now owns steamers t at would be sitflioieut to block-

ade nearly over rt in Euro . e as complished ever t ing for himself, without the of vernrnent ‘or the“ rotection

of charts-rs. His ability is equal by his modesty: quiet and unassiuniug, never acting it part to make himself cons icuous. His last operation, though, will ma 0 him known the world over. His steam cht, the North Star, will eclipse everything 0 the kind afloat."

This magnificent specimen of American N val Architecture was built expressl for the pleasure excursion commencing to-day, y Mr. Simonson, under the iniuiciliute supervision of Mr. Van- derbilt. She is two hundred and sixty feet on the keel, two hundred and sevent feet on the spar-deck, thirty-eight breadth o beam, thir- teen feet from floor timber to lower-deck booms, seven feet eight inches between decks, seven feet six inches between main and spar-decks, making her whole do itli twenty eight feet six

inches. Her keel, 0 white oak, is 15 inches sided by 14 inches wide, stern and stern sts of the same material. She is propelled two

lever beam on ines; cylinders, 60 inches ; length of stroke, 10 set ; diameter of wheels, 34 feet. Her boilers, of which she has four, are 24 fee lon , 10 feet diameter, 115 feet front, I]. feet high. with single return lines.

l‘he main saloon is splendidly fitted up with all that can tend to gratify the eye and minister to luxurious ease. The state rooms which lead from it, on, either side, are fitted up in the first style of the upholsterer’s art. The furniture through- out blends in one harmonious whole: there are none of those glaring contrasts which are too of!- en met with, and offend the eye and taste by their incongruities. This saloon is of beautiful satin- wood, with just sufficient rosewood to relieve it-— the work of which was executed by Mr. Charles Simoiison.

The cabinet furniture and upholstery were furnished from the extensive establishment of Messrs. J. & J. W. Meelts The furniture of the main saloon is of rosewood. carved in the rich and splendid style of Louis XV, covered with s new and elegant material of velvet plush, with a green ground, filled,'with boquets of flowers. It consists of two sofas, cost $350 each; four couches, $300 each; six arm chairs, S each. Con- nected with this ssloon are ten stgte rooms, on- perbly fitted up. each with a French armour le gler, beautifully enamelled in while, with a large glass door, size of plate 40x64, coat 8 100 each. The berths are furnished with elegant silk lambricsns and lace curtains. Each room is fitted up with a different color, viz: green and gold, crimson and gold. orange, 8.. '

The toilet furniture matches with the hangings and fittings up by being of the same color, and present a picture of completeness not often met with, and reflcct credit on the parties to whom the arrangements were intrusted.

The saloon and state rooms are Ire t at a plea-

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‘RUSSIAN DUPLlCI'l'Y.—BREACl:I 0!’ FAITH ‘r WITH ENGLAND. AND EXPFITED WAR WITH FRANCF.

The s pointrnent of Bedoohid Pasha to the clue of urkisb Minister of Porn! Ahirs at the present crisis has now been fol y coolrsied. In ability, in acquaiubnce with the general politics of Europe, and in the resolution to up-

old the Ottoman Empire against Russia, Rods- ohi&Pasha stands unqestionsbly at the head of rkish statonioss, and tho Irst step towards resistance was to restore him to the Jiosition which no one else could fill with equal e cienc . a uni s irit and determination oft. o edjid did not give way in the eniggency in which he was laced; and he sin to the E isb on Am

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I on the presentation of Prince Menschikofs demands in the shape of a convention, that it was not his intention to yield to intimidation. That being his choice in is perilous alterna- tive, the recall of the sblest Ministers of the Di- van, who had been successively e -ected from oflice b Russian influence, e the natural secu- rity of his independence and his . On these grounds, and with the advice of the Sul- tan's present Ministers, we were thererefore full prepared for the re‘ tiori of Prince Men- scht olf‘s ultirsotum; an the last telegraphic dcspatch which has been reoei in ris in- forms us that this event has now actually taken place, and has been followed by the withdrawal of Prince Mensohikofl. It in added, that upon the occurrence of this event the French Ambus- sador despatclied orders to the fleet under Ad- miral Lssusse to proceed at once to the Dude- nclles. We have, then, on the one hand, a dip- lomatic rupture between Russia and the Porto, and on the other, an intimation that if Russia is re to roceed to actual hostilities, she wi encounter the forces of France in the Turk- ish waters.

The ition in which the Emperor of Russia has p sced himself is one which must be either injurious to his character and to the on of Europe or humiliating to his pride. e may have hoped that the isplni of his fleets an armies on the coasts of t e lock Sea, and the ltnu hty bearing of his Ambassador, would have achieved an easy trium h over the declining wer of the Ports. Butglavin failed in can -

tug his int by intimidation, e must either do eats by the very Power he has just treated with so much contempt, or he must proceed to extremities, in violation of all his solemn ss- surances, and in defiance of the general interests of Europe and the demonstration 0 France. war begun by such intri ues, withoutsn ssei - able cause or pretext, without an all , and with no motive but an extension of terr tory, is it departure from every ‘principle which the Rus- sian Government has itherto professed. The uestion mustbo decided by positive evidence of t e fact, whether or not the terms of Prince Menschikofs last demands were in any we included in the account of his mission whic was communicated to other Powers. We beli that every one of them was assured, with all the solemnity and “precision that could be given to Ian go, be personal and oflicial, that no we intentions or objects as have since come to liglht were entertained or contemplated by the Ca incl: of St. Pctersburgh. The position of France on these questions, though less com- promised thsn that of Russia, is scarcely more satisfactory. In spite of the declaration pub- e

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ssnt temperature by one of Van orn’s steam heaters, which occup the center of the cabin. ltisa heatiful specimen of trollls work, and the effect is hightcited by its rich burnished gilding. The portable chairs are 'l‘ewksberry‘s Marine Life Seat ; in shape not unlike an hour glass, the top, bottom and braces of w , and an sir-tight tin chsrnber. It is capable of supporting two per- sons on the water with ease.

Forward of the grand saloon is a magnificent dining saloon. Jasper dining saloon is fitted up u in a style entirely new to sea-going vessels. file walls are covered with a preparation of Lig- neous Marble, which is s read on to the depth of one fourth of an inch, an when dry‘, polished to a degree of mirror-like brightness that marble is in- capable of receiving. The panels are of Naples granite, the style of Breschis Jasper, and the sur- base of yellow Pyrenees marble.