The Express. — London, England, 1850-07-04 00:00:00

TUE L.tTE SIR ROBERT PEEL j„ i m piweible to reuse/ate the feelings of pros nth with which the mournful intelligeace .!..th of Sir Robert Pal was rem ved 'ester ase. in cloy cite!. of the metropolis. The =dais arri n. r g withdrawal from the sphere of which teeies cip ie le l s n Will an event which camement and one ofhome the It w ^ l e ,rth and reed a lesson whose moral it is y rileoes to indica te in the trite phraseology 'efdsar. supr gief. The revelation arrived at by the st woo oft'. 4n uton. is is truth but a literal reflex of r e e nliven; the pervaded the booms of almost all epees o f the preple . kyl.tt of it-credulity was created by the ei ,f ; i f hr..; bat when tbis bad been re yeti,' donor, the next very natural desire mire ample data than the euddennese of the e , N ure:..oe liud hitherto permitted bisiog made known. 0,! ., th's very exc usable anxie adingty, it will, ID entda of we t tnhndy the le incidents .r.5...e.1 with the c alamit y in the subjoined eons r. . matotivr, the materiels for which have bten • from Ewers re ef unquestionable . R. , b•rt nel hid called at Buckingham Palace Lie rant. in her lajes'y's visiting book minutes before the accident. Proceed , . 4 , the right honourable L .; tad arrived nearly opposite the wicket into the Green Park, when he m 4 Eli., ore ot Lady Dover's daughters, on ert A ttended by a groom.. Sir Robert bed mtg..' s alutes with Rua young lady when r b....tnie slightly restive. He was observed to sit very unsteadily, rolling from side .he next instant the horse turned sharply tcnw Sir Robert over its head upon his 'oat:town who were clue to the spot ran r 1 raised :he right hon. baronet, holding :1 poeure. Dr. Foucart was the third r. t> reader assi-tanee. He saw the accident .ter,:e ot 150 yard., and lust. nir g forwards :1.0 sp.il just u Sir Robert bad bus •he otber two gentlemen. Sir Robert. is ,'„,„1. groaned very heavily, and is ssply • p, acoris qotstion, as to whether he was • repli. d. " Yes—very much." Daring o .otrirr.ts which elapsed before a carriage was r „1. S.r Robert became unconscious, in whisk . not t ined until after he had been assisted We .10. He thee slightly revived, and, again 1. •: F:acort. said, " I feel better." 'the eatu ;;ion ordered to drive slowly through the' hitrhall gardens, Sir Robert beirg sup- Pr. Foucart and the two gentlemen whir rai,ed him from the ground. They bad sat !tome than :30 yards when Sir James Clarke ,arrictre. end, having heard of the accidest, • - cline up to see if he could render any assist In. Foucartnquested Sir James to secompany 'te corrisce to Whitehall, which S r James t% In a few minutes after he had entered ...tze Sir Robert he came much excited, and m ew • or,: to raise himself up, which it was thought rrevent. The right hon. baronet then sea rr 2rk a a state of half unconeciousnt ss, in which ' he n rt.t.red until his arrival in Whitehall-gardens. 0: ti' lifted vat of the carriage he revived, and i:h assistance, into the house. Oa enuring -in, Sir Robert was met by Lady Peel and r-brrs of hie family, who had been awaiting ire: in painful anxiety after having received cf the accident. Lady Peel was over .s wilt emotini, and would have Burg her r. her hcs'und, had not Sir James Clarke • whet.. gentlemen in attendance removed her. of the meeting upon Sir Robert was ex- The right honourable baronet ::t. 'h• am. of Dr. Foucart, and was placed •••••ra in the nearest apartment (the dining- I . : cm this apartment Sir Robert was never so extrrmely sensitive to pain did he brome, trig it was only after very consider ...t.ty that he could be removed from the sofa Lydrau'ic bed which had been procured ird K.!' It , 7.- Th* prik tie CS! cl-FtrA.l t vs' it d. w wt.:¢ firOOr . Tf2l: opt it tarke having cocsulted with Lady Peel, L7l:.d to send st once for S'r Benjamin r..?. (*meat. Hawkins. Dr. Seymour and family physician and surgeon, Were sso e rsi the same time. Sir James Clarke aid ]t Frt err. remained in attendance until Mr. efisw lit. jamin Brodie's assistant) came, when tie f rust :tit. At length Sir Benjamin attired, and a ciae..tati , a took plus between the six gentlem-n wr. • names are above given. A formidable difEcul'y pore red itself at the very outset of tee case, from tat d•-iressing fait that Sir Robert's leafleting. were , hat he wend not permit any minute exatnt :vier of his injuries to be made by the medical men. Ice r ghtest touch in the vicinity of the injured parts :tee !..rn intense agony, and the only manner in which cod be treated, under the circumstances, wee to is that the comminuted traclure of the clavicle ich was evident to the eye, on the right hon. :zone b ing undressed) was the only broken boas , sad that the ribs were uninjured. After the consul it was determined to reduce this fracture, but cisme to the extreme sensibility of the patient, the operation was not completely performed, and at the er f iratioe i f a few hours the patient entreated that et Might be released from the bandages, end they vete ecoordingly taken off. Ir.r.tg Saturday evening, Sir Robert was eu n...tel to see Lady Peel and the members of Irs ismiiy: but after this time it was thought advisable to exclude all strangers from the apartment, in order ti 'es-in the probability of subjecting the patient to any el tree of excitement. Sir Robert passed a test on Saturday, his extreme sensibility to tout ..,crating hourly, and his symptoms altogether becoming eery alarming, which at the first, we be ton we are correct in stating, toms of the medi cs. grail:met in attendance did not consider the. t ter. On Sindly evening the patient's poise having izacased from between 80 atd 90, at which it bad Fur d alter the ace dent, to upwards of 100, it wee deem' d emissary to take some blood, with a view el red...c:7.g inflammation. Twenty leeches were assord :l2.y applied to the left ahouder by Dr. Foecattond a ..r4t quantity of blood was obtained. Teen re so paiiiive improvement in the condition of the patient from this opt 'aloe, and he continued in a very precari. oa. stare throughout the whole of Sunday and Monday. tier Nloadaysight the alarming symptoms were greatly Neste-ed. Auout siren o'clock Sir Robert became delirinos, and attempted to raise himself up in bid. In ail state he continued during the greater put of the ri4'it, and at intervals he became so much =- hawed that his ntectical attendants several times wen of opinies that be could not survive through tte meat. In tee paroxysms of his matting., Sir Robert's thoughts were with his oldest and dearest friends, and tte names of Hardinge, and Graham, and Bun ten, were frequently urn his lips. At four o'clock on Tuesday more:ng Sir Robert fell into a sound sleep, in which he continued uninterruptedly until eight o'clock. On awaking, his mind was quite composed, and his nv, , .ital attendants considered Lim to he much refrested by the rest he had en joyed. There war still, however, cause for intense anx.t.y. From the period of the accident up to this time (nearly 70 hoarse Sir Hebert had taken no other eustenance than a glass of champagne and the yolk if saw egg bates up, which be was induced with some difficulty to swallow. Medicine had been airdnistertd, as a matter of course, bet throughout the same lengthened period the system had remained perfectly inactive. The pulse had greatly increaled on Tuesday, marking from 112 to and becoming very weak. At noon, on Tuesdays hir It :lilt expressed himself to he a little easier.i Tem relief war, unhappily, of short duration. At two o'elock far more dangerous symptoms than any which had yet been observed presented themselves. At this tone Sir Robert began to breathe atertorously, aid hie 'eases again failed him, lie ceased to answer all of the questions addressed to him, and appeared to be 'sinking into a comatose state. Sir Betjamin bridle, who had left the mansion, was again sent for, and on his arrival agreed with Dr. Foucart and the other medical gentlim in that the case now ass arced a mist dangerous aspect. The pulse had become Ty auk, and masked 118. From two o'clock to six (lank, the charge for the worse in the right hon. !mronet's symptoms was progreesive,the pulse increas ing to 130, and becoming gradually weaker. Stienu luta were administered, but had no apparent effect, sad the stertorous breathing became more and more potful . . Tne relatives were now informed that all the rel i ef medical science could afford was exhausted, . had .et no be pe whatever existed of being able to PrPong isle lt•sberee life twenty-four hours. 'flu tf fe . ti of Gibraltar (the Rey. Dr. Tomlinson), a very ow fr i end of Sir Robert's, was now sent fur to ad- it. Bred r 3lr. II minister the gut seen of the church. Oa the arrival of the right mem& predate it wee intimated be Inly Peel an the members et the badly that they might now, without risk of Merman the daugerous seaditioa of the patine, be admitted to the apartment I. whin he was lying. Is a few moments the whole family woes awembled is the presume of their beloved relative, whose azhausted esaditiee, at this time, scamely ambled him to retains their identity. It is sot the provisos of be *realist to violate the sanctity of primes feeling, and therefore this ratios of oar narrative oseusserily omits all matters of detail. It is es*eieat to say that the lamented eniker's ewes@ were saffinetly revivPd during one glel~ofthe interview to suable him to ind e ntify th e et those beloved ones 'serenading hie conch —.Janne whom he at length extended his faltering heed, aid is as attitude bespeaking the iatessity of his %slaw, whispered in a scarcely audible voice— " f3ed bh es you!" At the teresiartion of this distressing scene Vis aing Hardinge, who had arrived at the mansion mem time previously, and Sir James Graham, the old Mead of Sir Robert, who had been in ieusd of the fatal result anticipated, and had come dews to Wbitehall-gardens, were admitted to the peessece of the patient, now rapidly sinking. Both of these distinguished gentlemen were painfully affected. At nine o'clock Sir Robert had become so ex hausted as to be callous to all external expressions. The members of his family still remained nest him with the exception of Lady Peel, whose painfully ex cited feelings rendered it absolute'y necessary to re move her from the apartment. The sufferer's strength war, however, so tar exhausted, that al though he gave occasional ind cations of being am silie of their presence, the power of utterance had altogether ceased, and it soon became evident that his end was rapidly approccbing. Sir Robert ceased to exist at nine minutes after eleven o'clock. Thera were present at his decease his three broteers—the Den el Worcester, Colonel Peel, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Peel; three of his eons—Mr. F. Peel, M.P., Captain W. Peel, R.N., and Mr. Arthur Peel ; his son-in-law, Lord Villiers ; Lord Hardinge, Sir James Graham, and the medical gentlemen in attendance. Sensibeity to pain had ceased some time b.-fore death, and the last moments of the right hon. baronet were not disturbed by any physical suffering. After death an examination of the body was made, when a mat important fact was for the first time die eovend, viz., that the fifth rib on the left side eras fractured. This was the region where Sir Robert complained of the greatest pain, and there is much reason to fear it was the seat of mortal injury, the broken rib pressing on the lung, and producing what is technically known as effusion and pulmonary en gorgement. Tue family were consulted as to their wishes on the subject of a post mortem examination, but both Mr Frederick Peel and Captain Peel objected to allow the remains to be disturbed in any way, and the pre cise cause of death will therefore never be ascertained. An application for permission to take a cast of the face, from an eminent sculptor, was also refers. d. Lady Peel continued, throughout Tuesday night, in a state of the deepest prostration, and yesterday morning her illness had so much increased that it was found necessary to call in Sir Benjamin Brodie. The Quern sent to inquire after her I.dyship at an early hour. The Duchess of Gloucester, and whir members of the royal family, also sent to make in quiries, and his Royal Highness Prince George called personally, t e ascertain the state of her ladyship. The Duke of Wellington called at one o'clock, to offer his condolements. His grace wished to have Len Ltdy Peel, but her ladyship was not sufficiently well to receive him. The Dueress of Inverness, the Russian Minister, and several other members of the nobility, called to inquire after Lady Peel daring the day. Several of the principal mercantile establishments' in the City and at the West-end manifested their high respect for the lamented deceased, and their deep regret at his premature demise, by closing their win dows, a proceediealmost universally adored in the neighbourhood of Whitehall. The flags of many yea , sels on the river, and also on many public buildings, were hoimei half-mast high, as a mule of respect to i the memory of the dece ased. P The body was planed in a shell last evening, and the funeral will, it is expected, take place in the mau soleum of the family at Drayton, neer Tamworth, in the early port of the ensuing week. LiveirooL, JULY 3.—Never &nee the death of the late Mr. Hu-kitson, on the °cession of the opeoing of the Livetpsol and Manchester Railway, on September 13, 1830. his stub a gloom bnn thrown over the political, nets main, and, indeed, all classes in this great coratouni!yr, es was caused this morning by the wriest in Liverpool of the distressirg intelligence of the death of Sir Hobert P.ll Myer sines the sad accident which has resulted fa the death of this ilisstrious statesman was first kanwn here, it has Armed the subject of constant and anxious conversation anetnrst all classes, and the intense intend Llt to know the ease of the right honourable baronet's health his been alto- gether unprecedented. The accounts received from London yesterday, frost time to time, by electric telegraph, caused the most painful apprehension in the minds of the people ea 'Change and elsewhere, and the gin , ral feeling seemed to be that the late accident would terminate as—to the groat Ices of the country—it has terminated, in the death of mu of the greatest statesmen of whom the nation had ever season to be prou f. It is inthoesible to describe the shock hn h the mournful intelligence has produced. As sally as nine o'clock this morning, indeed sometime be• fore the ordinary business hoer commenced, the news had spread all over the town, and it may truly be said that nothinc else has been talked about dating the day. At as earl, hour flags were hoisted halt-mast tigh in tie Town hall, the Custom-bowie, St. George's hall, the Content. Institution, the Blue:oat. hospital, and other public charities, as well as the different churches and chapels, and On in the sun streets, on the roofs of several private hones. Along the line of docks the forest of glinting presented the same nonfatal appearance, and in every direct:on might be seen inclinations of the immense loss which the country has ass milted in the mailmen removal of this great and disinguished legislator. The monthly meeting of the town council was held this morning, and before the ordinary pre ceedioge commenced, his worship the mayor laid before the council the official letter which he had received announcing the right hon. baronet's death. In the Mechanics room, a notice has been posted suggesting that an address of condolence should at once be prepared for presentation to Lody Peel, and that merchants and other inhabitan's put on mourning in order to evince their respect and admiration for the character and talents of the late baronet. MANCHESTER, JULY 3.—The news of Sir Robert Peel's death ceased considerable gloom here. Notwithstanding political feelings' and differences, an universal sympathy appears to prevail with the widow and family o tt.e deceased baronet, who, though his conduct as a states man might be regarded in very different points of sine by men of var Ting shades in political opinion, was yet in all the social relations of life honoured and beloved. The mem bers of the Manchester town ocuncil, at their meeting tc day, agreed to an address of condolence to be presented to Lady Peel. Severe of the councillors expressed then high sense of the private worth and excellence of the late baronet. BIRMINGHAM, JULY 3.—The melancholy deceene of Sir Hobert feel has created a universal gloom among the inhabitants of this town. It is the all engrossing topic of conversation, pahlic and private—puttee of every shade of polities expo 'deg the deepest regret for an event which is coneiiered to to agreat national celestite. 8, profound a demonstration of sorrow has not been witnessed since the death of Mr. Causing. TAMWONTH, JULY 3.—lt is impossible to convey the edit* produced throughout the town when the melan choly news of the death of its principal inhabitant became generally knowa this morning. The feeling is as if each family had been deprived of one of its members, who, whilst they glory in his public capacity, was deeply beloved he • thousand acts of private kindness and sympathy. MN = I sorrow has he evinced with one consent by the total suspension of business, the partial closing of the labors, and other external demonstrations of mourning and I respect. Yesterday wu the usual rent-day for the Drayton tenantry ; but the fatal suffeent happened so close on the' time, that it was found impossible to postpone the tininess to a later day. An may be supposed, however, there was no dinner on the °cession ; and the gloom that pervaded the as semblage, a. the dangerous condition of their friend and landlord spread amongst theta would have rendered the l oudly attendant festivities entirely out of place. SOUTHAMPTON, JULY 3.—Tbe melancholy intelli genes of the death of Biz It Peel, was made known at an early hour this morning to the clulshouses and public offices of the town, through the courtesy of the superintendent of the electric telegraph station. lels almost needless to add, note .hstanding the public were somewhat prepared for the &stressing event, the news caused a very painful excitement throughout the town. Mach of the shipping in the river • •played tinge haltnixast high. BUNT, JULY 3.—On the arrival to-day of the news of the death of Sir It. Peel at this his native town, the ringers rang a monied peal, and the minute-bell was tolled nearly the when duty. THZ PROVINCIAL PAPER 9 receivcd this morning are, as might be expected, unanimous in their expressions of regret at the lees experienced by the eountry in the event to which the foregoieg lettus refer. A MILITARY BAND IN KENBINGTON GARDENA.— The bead of the god Life Goad', enter the direetioa of bir. Grattan Cook, will perform, for Or first time, on Friday, Jelly 5, in these gardres, and every Tonicity and Friday, iron half-past four till half-put iii. THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1850. ROYAL BOTANIC BOCIIITY. The thin, and last lets of the mama took Owe yesterday, at the moiety's genet, Bogen". Park, and us dee favourable supine, considering that the weather, dosing the early part of day,wes by so masse promisi-g Of somisregiag. The gardens wen meet nomernaly attended sad timmaget the visitors were :—Princ• and Prisms' ilekwaratiorg. Dak a : Norfolk, Beaufort, Gatos. Bebop of Wi•olliataf. lassqulees : Ailsibury. kassthhile" Dowcahlre. Berl of /Ismailia& Vissouutese de lioecorvt, Bytom do Cioeteatd. Lords: Rood's, Henri Tars*. C. Flimsy. Ladies : Macfarlane, II ambiances, Lake, Rose, Maynard, Codriagton, Murray, B. Dawson. stn : Jobs Cube et, A. de Stook*. General Clifton, Hos. Mr. Lygos, Limn-Colossi Lawmen:a. Majors: Browses, For rest. The Turkish and Perhps's. Ambstaadors. Notwidistasding the threassaing ewes of the clouds dogleg the sarong. the is. sessisesd to Woo wlth very little intormiasios throat:ghost the dames. Teo Bowen which appeared la richest lexerianse were the Imbues:sebum, the Caps Maths, salssokass, °noddies."' plants, funsies, greenhease szalen ilts.; sad sewer% the fruits there were several verandas of Mass, grapes, peen's. and other choice pre: Matisse of the iiii•fOO. We have noticed so assay tin:shunt !itte at them gar dens or 'Nowhere during the last few weeks that little re mains to be said, exempt that the amabined sttrestiont widen are usually Wised topther ova these naming oesesiess were eakibitedyeaterday la all their tone and beauty. The bends of the Ist and lad Li's Gouda(Blue) were in &mead &nee, and their varies pertormeasie produced the usual in spiriting amt. TOWER HAMLETS' LITERARY AND BCIBNTWIC INBTITUTION. Last evening a public meeting was hell at the Town Hall, l'oplar, In promotion of the resolutions agreed to at a late public mosses of the inhabitants of Pop:••, Limehouse, and S pney, ftt emoting and establiabitg • Itterary and *tient-411 institatiou et the junction of the But lied West ladle Dock rod • Mr. F. YOUNG, the chairman, expressed the plea sure, he felt is presiding over • meeting in a locality with which he had been connected ell hi. We in favour bf an object so praiseworthy as this. The ad vantages of edusetion were now generally admitted ; the benefits resulting to • community hem • sosthd education based on rebates could not be o.er.esti. matt& The elementary education of the young was bat one step in the proves.; it required to be followed up by mental training mid habits of pursuing knowledge In adolt•- eence and adult age. (Hear, bear.) Were this not done, the mere education of youth might be pernicious. Knowledge was power, and that power most be rightly directed. T 3 th we of the middle &Asses— shopmen and others—oho wished to extend their information the way ought to be smoothed; aad that would Wit be done by institutions like the one proposed. He had always found that those most sedulous in the discharge of their duties to their employers were those who were slaloms in the pursuit of knowledge. (Hear, heat) He hailed the establishment of this ins i:ution a. • common ground on which all who were interested in the improvement of society might units. ( Hear. hear.) Mr. E. SKI LLET, the secretary, then read the pros palm of the institution, as founded on the resolutions passed at the last meeting. Mr. THOMSON HANKEY, jos., of the Bank of Eng land, said though be was personolly unknown to most in that room, as use who had been alt his Ire connected with the commerce of the metropolis, he felt justified in appearreg before them to advocate any cause which would be beneficial to their interests. Every one must see that in an age like this, when every one sought to promote, not only his own interests, but those of the community in which be lived, an institution tending to collect together men fur the diseeeition of social and reientifie objects must be an east nsial benefit. (Hear, hem.) Ile moved a /wisteria* approval of the plan of the institution, and declaring that it was well adapted to the wants of the people of the neighbor hood. Mr. J. J. FLETCHER seconded the reeolution. This institution was designed for a population of 130,000 oe 1dt...000. embracing the whole of the ' , totem portion of the Tower Hamlets. (Hear. hear.) So strong was the feeling for those institutions amongst the working people, that in many plum' they were getting them up themselves; and the re could not be a doubt of this institution beicg supported, If it was properly conducted. (Hear, hear ) Mr. J. H. PARRY said he had been invited to take part in this meeting. and if his effects could contribute to its object, he should be moo gratified. He had watched for many years the progress of institutions like thence propoestl, and was convinced that they tended tspronrete the union and to 'dear ce the interests of all ellas2ll. They abountled tercet' h. out the country • and he could only account fee suck an in. imitation not bei ng car==er established in this locality by sup. posing that their benefits bad not been duly considered. Their object was simply to extend anti carry out the educa tion of adults; and wke e was the man who did not feel himself in want of information on some points ? (Cheers.) The resolution was then put an I agreed to unanimously. The Rev. CiEORUE SMITH moved a resAution pledg ing the meeting to support the insti ution by taking shares and using their influence in its favour. He stated that there hod loog been a literary institution in the east of Lmdon, in the Commercial-road ; but there had been mistakes in its management which would be avoided in the present institution. The committee had determined to take mean. s ffectoolly to prevent any future misappropriation of the building; if erected, it would be for the benefit of fu ture et orations, as well as the present. Let societies like thin he establi-hed throughout the length and breadth of the land, and no fear need be entertained, either of foreign aggression or intestine disturbance. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. ROWKE f T seconded the resolution, and dwelt on the advantages generally resulting from literary institutions. Mr. J. PELHAM moved that a third public meetir.et shtuld be held in Stepney, within a month, in support of the proposed institution. Mr. T. PRICE seconded the resolution. Votes cf thanks were pared to the chairman, and to the gentlemen who had advocated the objects of the institution. - - --- SHOOTING A OAMEKLEVER.--lowelet Field al;us Chance, of Toddingtan, was brought up before the Woburn bench, on remand, in custody of Superintendent Jebbete, on • charge of ha ring feloniously shut at and wounded John White, gamekeeper, in the employ of W. D. C. Cooper, Esq. The gamekeeper was on his rounds on Monday, the 2ith inst., and seeing the prisoner coming sting the road he retired into a fid 1 in the occupation of Mr. Philip Holworth, and knelt down amongst the 'Juicy, which was about three feet high, to watch his movements. Shortly after the pri soner entered the barley field, and teak up his position stout 28 yards nom the gamekeeper. The poacher bad not been there many minu'es before he sew something rise up amongst the barley and suddenly drop down main. Thinking, as he said, it wee a rabbit, he put a c'p on his gun and "smacked" it, but the charge did not go off. The gamekeeper heard the hammer of the can hit the nipple, but felt certain it was pointed in another direction. Again the dark object was seen to move amongst the corn, another percussion was affixed, the poacher raioid his gun and fired. Making'sure of his game, he deliberately walked to the spot, and found that he had shot the game keeper. His first exclamation was, "Oh dear ; have I shot you ; " and asked what he could do to assist the wounded man. The keeper told him to go for a doctor. He did so; White (allured soon after, and met a large party to whom the prisoner had communicated the unfortunate circumstance. Six sluts were received in hie face, two of them just under the left eye; and nine in has waistcoat; the bulk of the shot passed just over his head. The prisoner appeared surprised and sorry at what had occurred, and declared it wan purely accidental. The policeman of the district stated that the gun must have been fired at a considerable elevation, as the bulk of the charge struck the barley about six yards beyond the place where the gamekeeper lay. In h e defence, the pri soner sail he thought it was a rabbit. When he went up to the spot et which he fired and found out his mistake, White said ne thought he should die, as the shot bad entered his brain, on hearing which he (the prisoner) advised him to think of his pow soul. The Chairman said it was a most painful as well es a doubtful case. It was impossible to know whether the gun bad been fired off intentionally or not; but it was not likely that a person who was in the constant habit of shooting would shoot six feet above the ground at a rabbit. The magistrates, therefore, had decided upon sending the case for trial at the next mains. The pri soner was accordingly committed.—Berlford Mast SMOKING IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.—At Tunbridge, on Monday, Nelson Collard, George Hacker, Thomas Asb, George Mount, and Edward Culled, described as agents, were summoned before the magistrates for inunaptiog the officers on the South Eastern Rsilway Company in the ext. cution of their duty. This ease arose out of transactions which took plan on the Derby day. The defendants, it ap• pun, had taken tickets from Red to Canterbury, by the South Eastern Railway, in a third-clam caniage, and while proceeding from the former station to Oodstone, they were perceived by the guard to be smoking. He repeatedly urged them to desist, and upon arriving at the Tunbridge Maude they all five lett the carriage, in endeavouring to reenter which, after receiving notice from the guard that they should not proceed any further, a scuffle took place, the guard was struck, and two of the defendants were evicted from the company's premises, the other three following of their own accord. They werethus compelled to hire a conveyance to take them to their destination. One dams having brought an action in the Ramsgate County Court for 201. as commin ution for loss of time and expenses, the railway company instituted the present proceedings. The defendants did not appear, and the case having been proved they were fined 40e. each, costs 11. 1.55. 6d. en .h. In the ease of Collard, who brought an action at Romagna against the guard on the 830th Eastern Railway, for the illegal detention, arising out of the party, of which plaintiff was one, smoking in the railway carriage, on their return from town on the " Derby day," the matter was heard at the County Court on Wednesday last. The damages were laid at 201. Several witnesses were called, and the trial lasted four houn. The main charge involved in toe action was that on the occasion of pinatill's detention he had does nothing to warrant it; that if be had been smoking, he de slued from it on being cautioned by the guard; yet, not witastending this, on his alighting at Tunbridge, and attempting to reenter the carriage, he was dragged and pushed from it, treated in a most violent and unbecoming manner, and prevented from proeecuting his journey that night. The power of the company to detain Maintiff at !ill was also disputed. The defence set up was, that plaintiff. with hie friends, persisted in smoking, after having bent cautioned, and that he was merely prevented from present leg his journey by that train, the bye-laws going to the extent of arming the company with the pow' r to eject any parties ...trending aßairst their rules. And it was further shown that plaintiff was much excited, and struck two of the officials, which rendered his conduct more reprehensible. —The jury returned a verdict for defendant. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMEND- iiiiioiiiia*: At tho request of the conneil of the Seidel for Preme w =he Asseedmost of the Lew Lord the t, delivered yeeteedsy evades • dlesearse on tite advantage of trundle, legal keowledu eseseset all alums el the esmanalty. There was • ecesiduebis &etude sams ad wimp% 'Uses present on the etessiest were ob served Mr. Meeekise Mike., M P., Mr.elasey, M.P., Lard Biluifsit i rtieter. 11. P.. He. The aside and leassed lied wee ea eateriag the roam dad at use pro seeded to reed hem • smanesript an intensities address, which esetieeed f.r more than an hear. He began by daft that he appeared before them at the request of the embed of the moiety, and that the object able address was he impede eta tee people the inipertesee of enquiring • knowledge of the haws seder whisk they lived, by whisk their Apes wen determined, Asir duties &deed, and their misdeeds punished. From the foferioe Ml:tMiser, to whim we committed the unities of the o the highest Ober% • knowledge of the law at least in its visual bearings, was isdiepeemble. sod Wiese betrayed their trust who did not qualify diseeishes ler disharsieg their ditties by making Ulnae/11M eimeeistad with the laws which they had to carry out. It was not his intention to discourse of law subletles sad r. des titute, but to show how a r d sla mgweinhusee oda the laws under which they lived ben suss die every-day dudes and substantial InMeeste of life. With regard to moral conduct, the gourd priadples if seeds afforded &defined guide, but how wee It possible for mean to follow the rule of conduct as regraded his legal dolits and duties, which were smatters of positive enactment, name be wee acquainted with the laws which regulated end dedined them -? Tee bounds w lob separated memo INNS seildelleaarnar and the differesse between mt-de meanest and f.looy were matter of importance, but they were Use creation of positive easement and arbitrary ertwagement In which the moral mese could afford no light or guidance whatever. The noble lord then went on to show how aeceasry it was that .0 assess 'Mehl be acquainted with the general principle of the mho of evidence, the limitation of action', the laws Mathes le seamy, Partnerships, parole evidence, and wilts. A horse hair* of these subjects was of importance to every class el mien and was highly useful in its *Natation to the ordi say affairs of hr.. Bat even some acquaintance with the laws relatieg to real property would not he supetfluom in persons of any clew, we might be seen in Shelley's ease. It not unfrequently occurred that an ignorance of the lew re:Acrid it impossible for persons to carry into effect their own intentions. But persons in the wealthier clams might st all events have the edviceof persons learned in the law. It was otherwise with regard to pavane in the humbler retake, and therefore it was the more necessary for them to malts themselves acquainted with the laws under which they lived. In the first place every person should I ears a clear notion of his own intentions ; he should not do what the law would not permit him to do; he should nit express ineonsistent or iccompatibls intentions, for otherwise the law would step in, and might perhaps do that which was no; roily the intention of the party himself. Any one might be involved in legal proceedings, and might to under the neerrity of seeking legal assistance. Most of the coat in these cuss was owing to all defined rules of practice is this respect. But no rules would protect persons, unless they themselves sxerted some vigilance and control, which a hatter konwleffire of the law would alone enable them to do. The noble lord went on to show how useful a knowledge of the law would be to the agriculturist and farmer class—• class of the highest importance to the state, but one which, it must be wintered, was the slowest to extend education, and which laboured under great ignorance of many things. But if to the swain • knowledge of the law was by no means a super dunus accomplishment, how much more was it necessary to the tradesman, and to the merchant in the crowded city. Ate acquaintance with the bankruptcy and insolvent laws, the laws touching pettnershipa, contracts, shipping, and navigation, the transfer of netts and bills of exchange, the effect of notice, of assets or no assets, should be familiar to every mercanti'e men if he world conduct his business with safety. Tao noble lord then dwelt on the advan tage of keying the interior officers who had to execute the law, and the classes from which the jurors were selected, acquainted with the general outline of the laws, and accustoming their minds to take a legal slew of subjects. "The sdnauistration of justice by a jury was," as Hume truly said, " the object of ell oar policy." It was that which bound the people to the law—which identified them with the state—which lent to all a direct interest in the distribution of justice, by vesting its administration in the hands of all—which, in a word, made the govern" ant of this country truly and literally popultr by placing in the heeds if the people themselves this precious power, and not by me rely giving them • share in legislation. In Fromm ere sit zen was of to importance unless he had some direct connexion with the public service. There but little regard for liberty existed ; assaults on public liberty and personal rights were constant ; there there wee no care for fraternity which had no intelligible sense, but an impatience of superiority was to be displayed at all times and at ell blends—there the love of equality wee insatiable except in each mu 's own case—(laughter)—for each pre tested that he was not in We right position as long as be was not the first. (Laughter.) Hence it was ttat man who had been staunch leeitimiets in that country hod be , come saaious reputoicans in a few moments by the opetatian of the electric telegraph. (Hear, hear.) Tne system gave rise to sycophants and agitator.. But the English people were far otheiwis• connected with the state. Moat import tent edminis 'retie. functions devolved upon them which they performed without envy of those who were celled to more permanent ollival functions. This it was that rendered the administration of justice the mainstay, the prop, and ce riierstote of the coosti ution—the compact belt which encircled the solid pyramid—the massive chain which bound the solid structure. At teenage time it must ha ad mitted that many errors were committed by jetties whi:h an acquaintance with the first principles of the law which they were called on to administer would save them from felling into. The noble lord teen went on to lament the ignorance illegal knowledge which existed amongst the meg etracy, and even amongst the legielaton of the country. Had three who were celled on to make laws been bitter acquainted with legal pricciples the statute-book could net have become the bundle of contradict ims which ft was. Amendments in the law should not be left entirely to lawyers, who generally nessersrd a professional bias. They were misled by the ildln sprats and the id,lon fori, and public opinion often went before them as to the necessity of a change in the law. They should therefore be the asserson rather than the judges in such muter. it was true that dilettanti lawyer often did great nai-chief, and were very ignorant. He had known county members to have introduced bids into parliament which di.pesed of private tights then in dispute, and decided questions actually pending. It was n y that en apprenticeship should be saved by the handicraftsman, but nothing was required for the most difficult end impertant duty that man could he called on to discharge The reason of this was, that if the shoemaker made bad-fitting shoes, he suffered from it himself, because nobody would employ him; whilst it was the foot of the people that was compressed and injured be inespeble persons trying their band upon it. (Cheers.) I: seemed to him that when a person came forward as a esndi SSW , far • seat in the legislature, Le was es much hound to be possessed, or to acquire the possession, of sufficient legal knowledge as a surgeon was bound to be sequainted with pathology who undertook to operate for stone, or an admire' with navigation who should under take the command of the Channel fleet. (Laughter.) If a " Cimmerian darkness" had not prevailed amongst their legislators • clause would not have found its way into the act of • certain railway company which made the production of its own books, or copies from its own books, sufficient evidence to prove payments by them, not to themselves, but to strangers. (Laughter.) This might have escaped the attention of a few lawyers, but if the general body of legis lators had been acquainted with the principles of law and legal construction, it was quite opposed to the dee:eine of ch that a clause so degrading to the legislature could have weed unnoticed. But if the hopeless ignorance of all legal principle in the members of the lower house wss to be deplored, was it not unseemly and even discreditable that those who were, by the constitution of the coun try, the judges in the last resort in all criminal aad most civil cam, should be ignorant of legal knowledge, and yet that ignorance was undeniable. It was thought that there was • greater amount of legal knowledge in the upper house than in the lower; but the balance is I not incline in favour of the hereditary legis lators as much as was generally supposed. A legal know ledge of the most elementary kind would save yours, men of reek and fortune from becom ing the prey of more crafty and designing men. The means and the standard of legal knowledge had deciined in England. Iu the time to Elizabeth 2,000 young men, many of whom bed no inten tion of practising 'at the bar, were students at the ions of court; and 2,000 in th at day were in the pro portion of 10,000 at the ptesent He rejoiced, however, that an improvement was taking place in that respect. The council approved of the able and learned report of Mr. Bethell, which was peculiarly worthy of attention in respect to the advantage of a more general legal education. It was now proposed that persons well qualified for the task should open their cham bers, and amompany students in the reading of standard works, which they could illustrate and explain from their own practice, or from the practice of others, in the same manner as medical professors did. With this was to be com bined more public lectures for the laity, as well as for pro fessional persons, and he had great satisfaction in announcing that able men were ready to give lecture e as soon as there was ground for supposing that the poblio patronage would be extended to the undertaking. It was also proposed that the opportunity of acquiring legal know ledge should not be con fi ned to the metropolis, but should be extended to the great provincial towns. The noble and learned lord having apologised for his inadequacy to do jus tice to the subject which he had undertaken, and expressed his thanks for the patience with which he was heard, announced hie intention of proceeding to Anterior* in next February, whither he had been invited in order to confer with his brethren there respecting the amendment of the law. (The noble lord sat down amid loud cheers.) Lord BIAVMONT then proposedand Mr. SL4I4ISY seconded a vote of thanks to the noble lord, which was denied by acclamation, after which the meeting adjourned. RELEASE Or FUSSELL, TUE CUARTIST LEADER. —Yesterday morning an order wee despatched from the Home office to Lieutenant Tracey, the governor of the Hones of Correction, Toth!11-fielda, Westminster, intimsting that her Majesty bad been pleased to remit the unexpired term (rather more than three months) of the sentence pro nounced at the Old Bailey in 1848 upon Fowl!, who with others, was outdated of sedition, and the prisoner will be discharged es tom as he provides the sureties 'Attired by the sentence. The term of imprisonment to which Ernest Jones was senteneea will expire on the 11th instant. AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. A meistiag of thh sompsay was held yesterday, at Man chester, ler the purpose ofoonsidniag the Liverpool, Crosby, sad Southport Bill, whirls proposed to dissolve that com pany sad hand over tho railway to the Lancashire sad York shire Compaoy, of which the Whiter read the various assess. HOULDSWORTH (having hem called to the chair) moved, sad Mr. STUMM' (one of t h e directors) secoaded, the emotion, to the *Ewa that the permission of the shareholders be riven to the ably, bill. Mr. VANCE objected to the motion, and pronessood the whole to be a lab. Masers. H. Rawson, A. Walk* Bennet, and other tosk the soma view, and opposed the moths. Ultimately, The CHAIRMAN tuck the wow of the meeting on the matiots, sad afterwards posoutioed it carried, stating that them parties who opposed it would have the opportunity, if they thought R., of naiades it when berate the House of Mr. T. KYNASTON demanded a scrutiny. After a lengthy dieelistdon on thia subject, The CHAIRMAN stated that they were all san:ng In the same boat, that himself and ether directors wen equally in• tussled. and that he bail paid up calls on 95.0i.01 Mr. KYNASTON at length withdraw his motion of scru tiny, end The CHAIRMAN again put the motion, which being duly curled, the tweeting resolved itself into the adjourned special meeting, which was adjourned fres the half yearly meeting for the purpose of receiving a balance sheet to the 31st of December, 1849, and a complete statement in detail of the remaining expenditure required to close the capital amount. Mr. HOULDSWORTH again was celled to the chair, sod said that tae dividends had decreased from 8 to 2 per cant The present income of the company by no means chewed whet will ultimately be the result. They had 42 voiles of railway over the corresponding teak of last year Us expected that by reducing their working expenditure, by lammed traffic receipts from the now tariff, by the reduc tioa of the number of trains both in goods and passengers, and other improvements in the general management, a large sum would be saved. _ _ _ Masora W. R arson, A.Watkin, J Heald, M.P., MuVance, and F. Hewett, M.P., entered into a conversation on the subject of the report of the committee of oonsultaiion the latter gentlemen delivered a lengthy speech In sandmen*. dm of the present board of directors, in tne course of which Le said that he had paid up calls to the amount of 40,0001., which sum h now yielding him only 4001. or 6001, instead of 1,9001, or 2,0001- He mid no confidence in the present boar', and hoped they would at once retire. lie had lon 11,0001. or 12,0001. in consequence of the management of the company. lie confines' by moving that the accounts be puled, and tnat the report of the committee of consulta tion be received, and that so much of it as relates to the future meow meat of the company be adopted. The CHAIRMAN stated that a full opportunity would be afforded to the ettteholders to discuss every matter of interest to this company. It was nut their intention to blink it. Mr. J. HEALD, M.P., said that he had been a member tithe board in its earliest history, when it was most floe rishieg, and that ho was induced to resign his seat from a consinentious conviction that the board were departing from that cosine which he thought was to the interest of t►e com pany. lie deprecated the idea of removing the board of directors until a fair and ample opportunity of recording their votes be afforded them. The CHAIRMAN was prepared to put the former, but not the latter part of the resolution, as the special meeting to be held at the close of the meeting would be the proper time to bring the matter forward. Mr. MOWATT, M F , objected ; he had taken counsel's opinion, and Ate moti in was strictly in order. Mr. HARI'ER, of York, one of the directors, would re egn it the sh-reholders wished it. lie would not consent to this or any other meeting being swamped by proxies. The proceedings were being continued we en our parcel left _ . . A meeting of holders of fi'th shares of this company was also held yesterday at Manchester. Mr. David P.m was silted to the chair, and stated that the tneetirg had been called is consequence of an attempt which was being made by the direclioa to to contiecre their nroperty, and to give other shares a preference over their fifths ; and further, to determine the course they would adopt at the meeting of altareholers to be held that day in tne Exchange-rooms. After some divcaosion on vinious maters relating to the stfei,a of the company, Mr. Vance moved, and Mr. Thomas Ey nest in secorded • resolution to theeffect that the meeting rejicted altogether the terms proposed by the directors in their report, and that the committee appointed on behalf t f the fifth-shareholders, be a (quested to continue procevdiogs ' ' for the protection of the hills there.. A protest had been prepared, undtr the advice of counsel, spinet the power of the dirs.-tors to take away the dividends of the fifths, against .icing guaranteed dividends to the 321. shares, and ceiling upon the company to adhere to the rights of parliament in respect to the filth shareholders. CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM, COAL AND SWANSEA AND LOUGHOR RAILWAY. On Tuesday, an extraordinary general meeting of the registered shareholders of the said company, was fled at the (Aces in Moorgat•-street, for the purpose of confirm ing or rejecting a resolution passed by the directors for making a further call of 21. per share, for the tayment of the contractor for making the lint of railway from the coal. fields to the port of Llanelly, and for other purposes.—E. G. WINTHROP, Eq., loth the chair. It basing been stated that the secretary had received proxies from parties in the country holdieg ►etween 400 and 500 Aerie, The CHAIRMAN said that the call had been made fir the purpose of carrying on the works. lie believed that their came was • good one, if not the very best in 5,u h Wales ; and it only required the completion of the railway to bring it into profitable operation. Unless they were sup. plied with funds, they could cot g o on. The works were proceeding v.ry satisfactorily, and it was essential that they should be completed as soon as possible. The resolution for confirming the lost call of 21. was then carried unanimously. Mr. SMALLBUNE said if they had done earlier in the day what they were now doing, the untie rteking a o;.Id have been in a very different position to that which it had unfortunately taken. A large sum of their mony had been expended on schemes which had pr s'ed futile. Re hoped that within a very short period they would be enabled to bring their csals into the market, and from the proceeds give the proprietors a return for •r.eir outlay. Tney were hound to find the money for the contractor; for unless they did so, and completed the railway, there would be utter ruin for them. There were several parties who had rad their lot tall, ►nd he would suggest the propriety of appo'nt. log • committee of shareholders to represent matters to the defaulters, and induce them to pay up the mew. It appeared, in the course of the conversation, that 200 tons ' of cid per day could be raised during the next three or tour rears, out of the proceeds of which they could pay a dividend. By the call just made 24,0001. of the company's debts would be paid off. There would be a complete statement of the company's affairs laid before the proprietors at the end of the month. After soma further conversation the meeting separated, with • vote of thanks to the chairman. LEWIS MINES CoslPABY.—Yesterday the anima general meeting of shareholders of this company was held at Salvador Rouse, Richard Rodeson, Esq., in the chair. The directors in their report said they were enabled to pre sent a much more satisfactory account of the prospects of this undertaking than it his hitherto been in their power to lay before the proprietors, and were enabled pretty confidently to predict a speedy realisation of their original hopes and exeutations, s. e , dividends, which in a few months it is anticipated the success of the mine will enable the directors to commence paying. By the accounts it appeared that the cost for the current year has been 13,51131. 155., the ores sold have realised 14,9231. 13e. ltd., leaving a balance in favour of the mine of 1,4061. 18e. 11d. The directors add, "At the annuel general meeting held on the 4th July last year the accounts showed a balance or 2,2351.85. 9.1. sgainst the mine. The directors felt assured that this balance would be grea'ly diminished in the then current year. At the request of 1 influential shareholders they re frained from making calls to liquidate it, and they era t you will approve of the coons taken. The last yeses balance of 2,235 i. 8s 9d. has thus been reduced to 8281. 9s. 101. You will bear in mind that this balance is at the end of the month (April). Your directors have no hesi tation in stating that the profit for May will be at lust 4001., so that the debtor balance will be on the sale of the ores half diminished, and they believe wholly ro when the acecunts are made up to the end of last month (June). The directors feel the more gratification in stating this much, as on reference it will be seen that for the first six months of the past year little or no profit was made ; therefore, the last six months have borne good results, notwithstanding the price of tin has not been good. Over and above the results thus detailed to you, the directors may state that there are some 25 or 30 tons of tin ore broken end at edifice, which is legitimately due to the put year and not brought to ac count, which tin is so situated as to preclude its being brought to stamps for the present. These ores may be fairly estimated at 1,3501. over and above all that has been stated to you." The agent's report having been read, it was re solved, " That the reports and accounts bn received, adopted, and eat ired in the cost and transfer book." The thanks of the meeting were afterwards given to the chairman and di rect us for the management of the affairs of the company. CALLINOTON MIRES COMPANY.—Yesterday a lie Hodgson, th.,isincottche cpivanayrtaz chair. The agent's report stated that the lead mine is now paying its way, lied that theproepectof improvement is good. held gener al a t Salvadorm e et i ng of tit! The accounts having been examined it was resolved, " That the reports and accounts submitted be received, adopted, and entered in the cwt and transfer bock." It was further re wired, " That for the future the accounts hitherto kept for Kelly Bray be merged in the general mines account." The thanks of the meeting were given to the chairman and directors for their able management of the company's affairs. METROPOLITAN SEWERS.— Yesterday a parlia mentary paper of 22 folio pages was printed, showing the receipts and expenditure of the General Commissions of Sewers in force from the let January, 1845, to the 31st December, 1819. The total receipts for the fivo years (1845 to 1849) incluling the general cuh balance in hand on the Ist January, 1816, was 470 , 7781 . 91. 10d. ; whilst the expen dittos in the period was 461,5131. 15e. lld., leaving the general cash ba la nce in hand on the 31st December last 9.2341. 13e. 11d. The receipts from the Bth ()debit to the 31st December last, a little more than two month', were t 2,7971. Os. ld., and the expenditure 19,9741. Os. 71. MEETLNG OF SURREY MAGISTRATES. The magistrates for the county of Barre' , held their general quaitorly meeting, on Tweday, at the Court-bons*. Guildford. The following a...skidoos were present :-111r. G. T. Maheleen, Atheism the Earl of Lovelace. Mr. Drummed, M.P Mavis. T rotter, A. K. Barclay, C. Bar clay, Sir H. Frederick, Austin, Chalks's", Peak, Jeffrey, Johnson, Cavendish, Mope, Weatcar, Keene* Ca t tle& Parra.t Kenn. Keeible, Bray, Spicer, &c. The ealendar contains the navies cf 22 prisoner", not one of whoas,lt appears, is able to read and write wed, and the great majority being usable to do either even imperfectly. Atter the natal reports bad been put in from the different gaol and hooves of correction in the county, Tun Courre names. Mr. AUSTIN called the attention of the court 13 a report that had been mistily published by one of the inspectors of prisons, respecting two of these gaols, and het:pressed his surprise that the subject had not been alluded to by the visiting justices in their reports to the court of quarter session. The report in question described the gaol at Guildford to be in a very dirty condition, and stated also that one of the prisoners we. found in bed .t me o'clock in the day, that the prisoners were permitted to have in their pos session halves of a meet dangerous description, and the report likewise stated that in some of the cells there were indications el vermin. The report, also, in mimeses to the county gaol, stated that the ale t r the receptiou per.vn. uvanaliLtect for went of sureties were dirty, and that when the prisoners had completed their task of oakum-picking, they Wall allowed is lounge about, and convene, and mutually corrupt each other—it appeared to him that time were very grave charges, and he said he should'' aye been glad to find that the visiting justices had given their attention to the sub ject, and that they had offered acme ssplanation to the court tespecting A. charges in question. Mr. A K. BARCLAY steel, as one of the visiting jus tices, he could only MAW that while a gaol which was only intended for the reception of 89 prisoners w a compelled to bays 180 .r 190 within its wells, it was impossible to suppose that discipline and order could be properly enforced. He believed, howevsr, that, taking into consideraion the sle fi clench. of the buildings, the establishment was kept in as good order se it possibly could be. Ti e CHAIRMAN said he concurred in opinion with Mr. Barclay that there was no neglect on the pore of the autho rities of the gaol, and he old no. believe that there would be any 'Haven' remedy until the new gaol at Wandsworth was completed. Me. DAUSISIOND said it appeared to him t'• at in melting up the report the inspector had drawn very largely upon his imagination. Col. CIIALLONER said, with reference to reports of this description, that the moment no prisoner remained the clfice of the prison inspector, and the pay consequent upon it. ceased; and these gentlemen were, therefore, naturally always ready to pick a bole in them if they could do so. Toe subject then dropped. THE NEW COUNTY LUNATIC ASYLUM. The Visiung Justices reported that it at present contained 325 males and 433 females, and eeve►al had been discharged cured during the quarter. A return was also put in, stating the number of harmless lunatics that were at present in the different union workhouses in the county. Mr. AUSTIN said he believed a doubt existed whether it was legal to detain such persons in a union workhouse, when there was a county lunatic upturn for their reception. The parishes were naturally anxious to keep them themselves, as ' et entailed less experts upon them than the lunatic asylum, and he considered it very advisatie *Lat they should know whether the act of parliament justified such a proceeding. Mr. PUCKLE said he believed that any one who read the act in question earetnily would come to the conclusion that they might do, or refrain from doier, almost anything with perfect impunity. (Alauth.) Mr. AUSTIN—Teen three persons will of course remit' where they sue. to answer to • question put by Mr. Al:SitX, Mr. JOHNSON stated that by the terms of the contract, the new county pr:svn, which is in the course of erection on Wandsworth Common, would be completed by Midsummer 18.51. The prison, it appears, is intended to contain *even hundred persons, eac.e of whom is ti have a sepa rave cell. The court then adjourned after disposing of some rou tine business. BIRKENIIEAD.--A Mile of the land snrtounditg the p.rk took place on Tuesday, the 2cd of Juiy, by public auction; Mr. Winstanley, cf Liverpool, officiatio as auc tioneer. The sale was made owlet. !he provisions I ;hr ac: of parliament obtained this se-sion, and was le Rely at tended, and the following lots sold : Lot 0. 21,909 square yards, at 7 s. 01. £7,691 7. 6,302 e. 4,740 ...... be. 3d. 9. 7,121 10. 2,434 3,074 11. 3,063 16. 6,066 .......... es. ed. 22. 21,620 . is. Od. 24. 21,957 27. 12,660 29. 10,234 30. 4,796 31. 7.566 — 7 l. 7l. Od. 31. 11,532 ... .......... —.... 9s. 9d. 35. 29,146 —.— 7s. Qt. 36. 9,932 __..._.._. Total £71,3:0 IS The remaining lots were rod Bold ; nor wee there any bids for the other lands belonging to the township. EaCAPE OF ONE OP THE LIVERPOOL BURGLARS.- Th• three men and women apprehended under suspicion of being concerned in the recent burglaries in the ceigtbour hood of Liverpool, were brought before Mr. Rushton on Saturday, and were reLcommitted. Halt an hour afterwards dm greatest consternation was occasion: d be the discover that the prisoner Hutch hsd eseep •.1 out of Bridewell. It is supposed that, as he was Icing .onsey d •Ws a number of others along the passages to the cells, he contrived to crouch betind a doer, and afterwards to p iss up the stairs, and by wrenching oil the hox of the lock of one of the doors, to es cape through the Crown Court. air. Rushton was sitting in the Nisi Prius Court, so that the man had only ti adopt a little caution to get off unobserved. Teas man is supposed to be the planner of the burglaries, and is said to be pc -• sessed of great ingenuity and acweness. When the psi soners were apprehended he end. 'Toured to escape by jump ing through the window of the railway vertigo*. Suspicion points towards Scotland as the pl tee of his flight, hut no trace of hint has been discovered.—Mandiester Guardian. CURIOUS ACCIDENT.—Mr. J. Hartley, miller, of Lincoln, suffered serious loss from an accident on his pre mises on Tuesday week, which hau nearly caused death to one or two, and great injury to several other persons. Same of Mr. Hartley Os men were employed in rubbing a large goon city of corn out of the mill into a storehouse adjoiaina, which is a large sod lofty building, beirg about 60 or 70 feat in height, and having tour or five status. The men were eon. veyirg the corn into the top room of the building, to which they had access by means of a spaoicue passage, which con nects the mill and storehouse together. When about 200 quarters of wheat had been stored, the weight became so great that the floor ...peered to totter meet its burden. Two men who were in at the time, seeing this, began to be ap prehensive that the floor wool I give way, and let the whole of the corn down and themselves too, and they therefore made off towards the entrance, but before they could ma ntel in effecting their escape, the beams broke with a tre mendous crash, and they and the whole of the bags of corn tell precipitately into the next room. The sudden weight brought down this tizor also, and the others were, by the great weight telling upon them,succeestvely smashed down. The two men who fell with the corn were tumbled to the bottom on the bags without receiving the least injury—a very proeidentirl escape. At the time the accident took place there were two rerwiee at work in the bottom room, and they, hearing the great noise produced by the %lag of the corn and el ton, and suspecting that the place was breaking down, immedi ately left their work and ran towards the door. They were, however, prevented from getting out, for just when they had got within about a yard of the door, the floor above them fell, and the broken timber, te:c., come lesly blocked up the entrance and hemmed them in on ell silts. It was ' ruly fortunate that the men did not succeed in getting to the door, because if they had death must inevitably have ensued, for the door and part of the wall near to it were, in a women after they were stopped, smashed al to pieces by the fall of a tremendous beam. One of the men managed to extricate himself from the ruins, &c., and, bt ing clam to a smell window, made a spring and leaped head fist tl rough it breaaing the whole of the frame and every pane of glees. He fell down on the other side (a depth of about tire or six feet), but without being much hurt. The other was less fortunate he was so closely surrounded with pieces of wood and begs of corn that he had not the treat chance of turning one way or the other to make his escape. Ho cried aloud for assistance, but was not released from his p,tilous situa tion until almost an hour afterwards, and when he was taken out it wee found that he bad received no serious damage, his legs only bring slightly ruised. The noise made by the fall was 09 very great it b WY heard II cousiderable distance. Suspicious Dr-Mi.—Yesterday afternoon, an in quest was taken by Mr. W. Baker, jun , at the Rochester Castle, Stoke Newington, on the body of W. Fernley, aged 20. pork butcher, lately carrying on bushiest' in Holly-street. Deleon, wives death is alleced to have been the effect of the administration of arsenic.—Mary Yernle), deceased's mother, No. 4, York-place, Stoke Newington, said that her NM died at her (witness's) house on Monday morning lust. He had been married ',bout seven months. Witness had her suspicions, from what had been told her by a surgeon and from what bad been stated to her by her son, that he was suffering from something he had taken. Ile cause to her on Friday, the 14th June, and was very ill. lie complained of excessive sickness, and said that, at breakfast time, his wife gave him a cup of coffee which was so witty that he could not drink it. lie remarked to her that she had put some thing in it, which she denied, when ha observed, ° If you have not, then drink it." She immediately took it out of his hand and threw it under :he stove. Ho asked her go to the dispensary tfr i ..h him, as he was stay ill. lie had some medicine. On the Monday following he came again. Ito still continued to complain of sickness. Witness did not see him spin till the subsequent Monday, when she scarcely knew him, as his heed woe so swollen. He else stated that his legs and stomach had swelled greatly. In answer to the luvy, the witness stated that until tier son was taken ill with eittkuess he always had excellent heal'h. Sho believed that deceased did not live happily with his wife.—The Coroner having here been informed that deceased's wile was in the houso, directed that she should be brought into the inquest room. 100 then red the evidence of the witnesses to her, after which he asked her if she had say qu otions to put to either of them, stating to her that she had liberty to do so. She slid that she had not.—The inquiry was subsequently adjourned, to have a port nu Hem evvrinitti in of thcbqdy and an analysis of the contents of the stomach. • IL__ • tU.J.76.11 I 'I)