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ribtrb laittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. Szx O'CLOCK. 240,7ATAVIITIERLAIND PLATT. 7 to 2 agst Lucy 8 to 1 agst Winesour 10 to 1 agst Fair Star 10 to 1 agst Glossy 10 to 1 agst Dolo 10 to 1 agst Telemachus 10 to 1 agst Roper's Daughter 10 to 1 agst Curiosity ST. LEGER. 5 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes 7 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First 8 to 1 agst Brocardo DERBY. No change. QUEEN'S BENCII -(THIS DAY.) DONA LDSON AND OTHERS V. SMITH. This 'vas an action founded upon one which was decided on Salurday, emitted Donaldson, &c., v. Bird, brought by the Westmins,!er Commi ss i oners of Sewers against a con tractor for the imperfect construction of a sewer in Portugal place, Paddington, when, after a trial which lasted the whole day, a verdict was given for the plaintiff—damages 1311. 10s. 4d. The verdict was accompanied with the inti, Illation that the jury were of opinion the whole work had been executed to the satistaction of the then actil,g Com missioners of Sewers. The plaintiffs having suceeded in that case, proceeded to-day against the contactors' surety, and several witnesses were examined on point at issue. The case closed by a long and able address by Mr. Jarvis for the defendant, whP,n the jury retired, and after an absence of about two how's they returned a verdict for the defendant. THE MIDLAND AND EASTERN COTJNTIES RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY). An ad:,ourned special meeting of this Company took place this dal', in consequence of there not having been a sufficient quantity of scrip represented at the previous meeting. J. C. Lobl - j ojd, Esq., took the chair. The Secretary having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the votes were proceeded with, when there was found a large majority in favour of proceeding with the Bill. RAILWAY COM3IIITEES (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room A. CAMBRIDGE .AND OXFORD. - _ (C ontinued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. IVADDINGTON (On the part of the promoters) then proceeded to exanathe Lord Decan, who said he was chairman of the Cambridge and Ox ford Company, and who gave evidence in favour of the line. Other witnesses were then called, and gave similar evidence. They were cross examined by Mr. Talbot, Mr. Hildyard, and Mr. Cory, on the part of the Duke of Buckingham, who petitions against the Bi 1 on the ground of injury to his property, and by Mr. Calvert and Mr. Wells, en the part of several petitioning landowners. Their Lordships were occupied the whole day :with the general evidence, and rose at four o'clock. They adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock. GLASGOW, NILMARNOCK, AND AN.. DROSSAN. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The Counsel on either side having been unable to agree, and being still unable to settle their differences, occupied their Lordships for some time in a fruitle.ss discussion, which ended in their leaving the room to make an a - rrangerneut amongst themselves. The disputed clauses being settled on the return of the Counsel, this Bill was passed finally. The Committee proceeded with the GLASGOW, DA'RJELIMAD, AND IVEMSTON. Mr. ArsTIN opened the este, and called several witnesses whose examination occupied the Committee up to four o'clock, at which hour they rose, and adjourned to-morrow at eleven. EDINDUaGH AND NORTHERN. (Continued from ear Afternoon Edition.) The case for the promoters occupied the Committee up to four o'clock, when the Committee rose and adjourned till to-morrow, with the understanding that Mr. Hope would not call any mere wit nesses. I3 , ',bm D. SWINTO AND LINCOLN. This Committee restized at eleven o'clock ; all the Members present. Mr. DENISON addf,essed their Lordships at considerable length again t the propose:), line, which is a branch of the Doncaster, Wake field, and Leeds,, on behalf of Sir Joseph Copley, whose mansion would be incerr,moded by the proximity to the line, which was tes tified to by Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Grey, Mr. Charles WoOdl M.P., Mr. benison, M.P., and several other witnesses though it was admitted to Mr. Hildyard that a wall might be built so as to shut out the railway from the dwelling and grounds; after which Mr. Serjeant WEANGEIAM addressed the Committee on behalf of the London and York - Railway, urging their Lordships to defer their decision till next' 5V9151011, when the merits of the South York line would have been trough before their Lordships, and a firmer estimate of the merits of the competing lines would then be arrived at. Mr. HILDYARD contended that a great injustice would be in flicted on the public if their Lordships suffered the South York line, which had been rejected by a Committee of the other House, to interrupt their decision with regaid to the Swinton and Lincoln which was to connect four towns with large populations, namely, Doncaster, Sheffield, Rotherham, and Barnesly, by 10 1 4 miles only of railway. Rotherham was the greatest cattle-market in the north of England, and the coal for four or miles round Barnesly was ten feet thick, of excellent quality, and 1 , 3 w in price. A preference would mot be given to the Derbyshire coal as had been alleged, and the Company were ready to do a1 ) .:, - thing in reason to remove Sir Joseph COpiers objections. Mr. DENISON stated tk,at even were Sir Joseph Copley not con necte poseddline. with the South York - nothing would rec onc il e hi m t o th e pro- The Committee deferred their decision, and intimated that they would to-morr,,, morning take the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line, which also Evserts its right to be considered a competing line. Their Le - :dships then adjourned at a euagter.past fear o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP H. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of these Bills composed in this group, re-assembled at the usual hour this morning. Lord Mordeth in the chair. WEST COPNWALL. Mr. COCRIWRN made a short address to the Committee on behalf of the opponents Pf this line, after which Mr. SMITH replied. The room was then cleared, and the Committee having remained some time in deliberation, the, parties were re-admitted, when The CHAIRMAN announcee, that the preamble of the WestCoruvrell Railway was proved, and the Committee required certain alterations to be made in the dances with respect to several of the wharfs near the line. GROUP XIII. This r onamit . tee met to-clay at one o'clock, Sir William Clay in the chair. CALEDONIAN EXTENSION. The case on behalf of this line was resumed. Sir WALTER RIDDELL intimated that it was the intention of the promoters of the Bill to adhere to the Course mentioned by Mr. Cockburn—namely, the stopping of the line at Muirkirk. This was done under the impression that a line which was stated by the other side to be under construction etnin Ayr to Muirkirk would be bona fide carried out. In such P. ease it would be manifestly absurd for two lines of railway to hP., constructed parallel through such a dis trict of country ,its that from Muirkirk to Ayr, and hence the promoters 0; the Caledonian Extension thought it advisable to give ' 4 i) that portion, and retaining all the rest. Should the line from -'.yr to Muirkirk not to be made, then the Caledonian extension wrJuld come before Parliament in another year for that portion. - The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with. Mr. F ergusson, mining engineer, and lessee of the Lesmahagow Collieries, gave evidence as to the extent and character of the coal neldrs along the route of the line. The Muirkirk field was six miles long by one broad, and the aggregate thickness of the coal seams, was forty feet. The Glenbuck coal field was an extension of the Muirkirk field only it was richer in gas coal. This coal was 2s. a ton at the pit bank, and 40,000 tons a-yeas could be easily raised if an outlet was given for the sale of them. The present line would effect an opening to the east and west. The Douglas coal-field on the route of the line was also a valuable Que. The area of the coal-field was about 30 square miles, of an ag- Iregate thickness of about 60 feet. Three feet of it was gas coal, svidch had scarcely been wrought at all. Iron-stone was also abun dant, both clay and block-band: The block-bond iron-stone alone could supply 10 furnaces for 32 "'"'", and the clay-band iron-stone could supply them at least ten times longer. The Lesmahagow coal-held contained 40 square miles, and was, in the aggregate, 25 feet, of which 1 foot 9 inches was gas coal. The greater part of the latter coal was sent by carts to Glasgow. The line would be of great advantage to 411 these coal-fields. Black-baud Iron-stone was also found in large quantities in the Lesmahagow field. He had no doubt that, if the, line were formed, it would lead to the establishment of iron works. Mr. WillituXison and Mr. Williams, mining engineers, corroborated the evictenci, of the previous witnesses. Mr. Atl'Azi Block, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, examined—He was Chainritm of the Edinburgh and Leith Gas Company, and he was of opinion the opening up of the Lesmahagow coal fields would be of Brent benefit to the Company in supplying Cannel coal at a cheap rate. The witness also depose;] that Edinburgh being the head seats Cf IaNT and education in Scotland, there was a considerable traffic in Par.engers between that metropolis and Ayr. Mr. Scott, factor to Lord Douglas, deposed that his Lordship approved of the line on public grounds, and that the line would be of tyre greatest pow ible advantage to the agriculture of the district. Aue li ne Passed for twenty miles through Lord Douglas's property, 1214 would open up in the most direct manner the markets of Glasgow, Adinburgb, and Ayr. The COMmlttet then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. GROUP XVII. 11141 / 2 1 CRESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON. Torioe --...ceeerat - e ttee re - assembled this day at one o'clock, the Hon. E. ut. irr.ur hai r. u gh mad betw... Cheltenham h rented the Loggershall toll-gate on the came and Southampton for many years, stated that the It-year; but it cam e out l n il had decreased at the rate of 101. wing to the important ta n ~.4 th er e res - exarniaation that all persons avoid the gate, and no dont* i n d _7 11 . 111 and Appleahaw, could easily going to these fairs passed thro m pa i . are or the sheep coming or Mr. John Banning, toll-conector at tht , ton that rtYitimrh dimshed m . o tti ,.. nt did not that his receipt: . 4. v o e umb orne _ g :te Could frame district, deposed ate In the - but he admitted in his cross-examinat 211 4- nt the local traffic, because this Mr. Samuel Robbins, residing at Pewsey, where he carnet on 'business of a timber-merchant, said there was anda good e oore 7 an n_th o e r timber by the Kennett and Avon canal, that, sc? rar ' as that neighbourhood was concerned, it won'd not use the railway for the Conveyance of timber. By the CHAIRMAN—No railway was nearer than eighteen miles. ject for convert- Cross-examined by Mr. JAMES—Supported the pro e made a pro ing the Kennett and Avon Calml into a railway. II Posal to the Manchester and Southampton to bring t heir line nearer e his wharf, not because he could get cheaper by it, but because b should be able to sell his wharf for a larger sum —(Laughter.) Mr. John Harris, was proprietor of a coach which ran tbr twenty Years between Cirencester and Cheltenham, which lie discontinued because when the railways were opened it became unprofitable. This, with the exception of the engineering evidence, closed the case on behalf of the South Western. M. Austin , • to-morrow, will open the case on tke part of the Great Western. The Committee then adjourned until tomorrow. GROUP XVIII. EXETER, YEOVIL, AND DOR C RESTER (LONDON, SALISBURY, AND TEOVZI6 JUNCTION). B. Denison, Chairman. - Several clauses and amendments were agreed to, and added to the Bill as originally proposed, having for their object the protection of the interests of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Mr. AUSTIN made an application to the Committee, on the part of the Great Western Company, to reconsider the preamble of the Exeter Great Western Company, and allow them to con etract the branches as proposed in their Bill from Ax- Minster to Brideport and Wimpole to join the Bristol and Exeter. Ihe Learned Counsel contended that the Committee had power to do Co if they thought proper. The CHAIRACAN stated that the first question to he decided, was whether the Committee would entertain such a proposition. Called The room was ordered to be cleared. U pon the part i es b e i ng In, The Custitsuts stated that their application had core too lat 3. ZONDON, NEWBURY, AND Rit.TII DIRECT. In the absence of 141 r. Sergeant WRANGHAM, who was engaged in the Doncaster and Leeds room, Mr. MIBEWETHER, at the request of the Chairman (who sug gritted that it was an excellent chance for ajunior), opened the case In an able address on behalf of the promoters of this scheme. 'lhe Learned Counsel entered into a minute history of the London, Xewbury, and Bath Canal Company, who were the principal pro of this spdjihowlng that they had suffered considerably in send ofl4o.coustruction of the Great Western Railway, ;heir ss4.lNltr fallen from 30s. per share to 7s. 6d. After having to the ttee the course of the proposed line, the length, other requisites for the co nstruction , o f ' 411 bAiky the *WWI el concluded his speech by s t at i ng hi s 4 11 4atkihdae.CaMatt4Chaving heard the evidence, would un 4941dIrthat thimatable of the Bill waa prOYed. •., "1 At the close of Ms speech, the Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. 'GROUP XX. SURREY XUON 2,II.XLVTAY (DISSOLVING). (Continu from our Afternoon ition.) The evidences of the o ed ppononts having been Ed concluded, the Corn , mittee postponed their clecisioa. LONDON, ROITNSLOCAT, AND WESTERN. Mr. COCKBCSN'S summing up of the evidence, in support of this lihe, occupied the Committee through the remainder of the sitting, when they adjourned till two o'clock to-morrow. GROUP MM. BRISTOL AND BIRMINGIULDI (BATH RAN CU.) The Committee re-assembled this morning at about half-past twelve, and proceeded with the examination of witnesses in favour of the above Bill. Mr, Bachelor, and other witnesses, were examined, and gave general evidence in support of the Bill, and the Committee then ad journed. GROUP XXXIII. WORCESTER AND WZBDON, HAMPTON AND ASIICHURCH, HAMPTON AND BANBURY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Viscount Villiers and other witnesses gave similar eVidence against the lines, chiefly on the ground of the injury that Would be done to prop" rty in the district to be traversed, in consequence of the inter ference with the fox-hunting pleasures of the county of Warwick. The Committee adjourned at four O'elock till twelve to-morrow. GROUP XXXVIII. WAXErIMI.D TO LEEDS (2rxrDLAND EX. TENSION). , - Several witnesses were called this morning, who gave evidence in favour of this extension scheme of the Midland Railway. The evi dence was brought to bear upon the present inefficient mode of com munication between the important towns of Wakefield and Leeds. The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow. This Committee re.asseinGbßiOedl:PthLisllmlo. Corridor), at the usualresent, t usual hour. Present, the Hon. ing n EH. oo 26 (Grand R Las m celles (in the chair), the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Mr. Hildyard, Captain Dalrymple, and Mr. R. Clayton. BIRMII7GELAM, DUDLEY, AND WOLVER HAMPTON. The Hon. Mr. TALB OT , Q.C., opened the case on behalf of the pro inoters. After a few remarks, he contended (and he said he would to able to show by evidence) that the parties whom he represented had a preponderance, and under the circumstances a most remark able preporderance of the opinion of merchants in the manufacturing districts through which this and the rival lines proposed to pass. This line would possess this great advantage over Its rivals, viz., that it would not be amalgamated with the London and Birmingham and t lie Grand Junction, thus securing to the manufacturers of that dis trict and the public at large the advantages ofeompetition. This was an entirely independent company, devised by the principal irorunasters of the district. Unless the Committee were prepared to establish in the hands of the parties named, as It seemed to him, one of the greatest and most overpowering monopolies that could ever be con s'ituted by the cupidity of companies coalescing for the purposes of profit, they could hardly assent to the propositions of his Learned Friend. The Committee might grant the line which he re presented without a single qualm as to the effect which it might produce upon the dividends of the existing canal. They might legislate With perfect freedom upon this point, for the proprietors had already provided against any loss which they might sustain in this respect. In fact, this railway had teen laid out for the purpose of preserving the proprietors of the canal perfectly harmless. A man could not, by the proposed Shrewsbury and L'irmingliam, pass from Shifnall to Dudley. No ac• commodatiou was given by it between Walsall, Bilston, and Dudley, er West Bromwich and Walsall, all of which were crowded and most important towns. In order to remedy the defects of his true, Mr. Stephenson proposed to unite with the Oxford, Worcester, arid Wolverhampton a line which he abominated, and spurned, and one too, which the promoters of his line said they believed would never be made. And then, as to the all-important question of the sta- Con at Wolverhampton —whether it should be on the high or the low level—Mr. Brunel and Mr. Locke entertained the opinion, that the low level was the better plan, whilst Mr. Stephenson entertained a contrary opinion. Now, he thought, that his (Mr. Talbot's) clients ought to be eight, a priori, and for this reason, that they had the sanction of Parliament. If the Committee decided that the high level was the better of the two, they would make the decision of Parlia ment on this question appear to be an absurd one. If they sanc tioned this, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham would have two lines, and a canal running the length of six miles between Tipton and Wolverha • mpion, at a distance of five-eighths of a mile. Why,nei ther in " Punch" —(Laughter) —nor in Bradshaw's map could they find a similar case. The witnesses who had been brought for ward in support of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham as far a 9 regarded the accommodation which it would afford be tween Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury, did not live within ten or twelve miles it Wolverhampton ; and, therefore, were not locally acquainted with the district which they were ealled to speak of. Ile complained that by statements In local newspapers the promoters of that lime had attempted to mislead the public with regard to the accommodation which their line would afford. Their line would cause an enormous destruc tion of property, and it would block up the access to all the principal works of Wolverhampton. All the advantages which they proposed to afford to the people of Wolverhampton would be afforded by the line which he represented. The evidence of Mr. Stephenson with regard to the advantages of a high level at Wolverhampton had, in his (Mr. Talbot's) opinion, been shattered to pieces. In stead of having absorption of momentum, Mr. Stephenson would have acceleration by his high level station, which would form a sort of pinnacle, which would be in all respects highly objectionable. The Learned:Counsel then proceeded to enter into a comparison of the proposed stations at Birmingham. He admitted that Mr. Stephen son's would be central, but he also maintained that his (Mr. Talbot's) clients' station was still snore central, whilst it would afford infinitely more accommodation to goods and passengers arriving from Wolver hampton. He contended, too, notwithstanding the evidence that had been laid before the Committee, that this company's stations would be as near to the banks, post-office, town-hall, &c., &c., as that of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham. He then pointed out, by the aid of a most excellent model of Birmingham, the situations of the pro posed different stations there, the property which would have to be de stroyed by each, &c. The gradients of the Shrewsburyand Birmingham line as it entered Birmingham were of a most difficult description, and Mr. Stephenson, in order to get out of that difficulty, said that simi lar gradients existed in some of the lines entering London, Manches ter, and Liverpool, but he (the Learned Counsel) trusted that would not be accepted as a sufficient reason for their approval of his scheme. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham would also pass over a burial ground in Birmingham, which might have been very easily avoided. They were all fiercely opposed by the trustees of the roads to pass, and however important the con struction of a railway might be in that district, he conceived that it was the duty of the Legislature to take care that, by their decisions, they did not deprive the public of the advantages of the existing highways, which the Shrewsbury and Birmingham pro posed to destroy. Mr. Fowler, one of the witnesses called in sup port of that scheme, in his evidence, stated that it would afford ac commodation to a greater number of works than either of its rivals, but he made this most serious omission—he forgot to state that, although it might accommodate more numerically, it would not accommodate nearly as much as this did the most important works of the district. There was one point, and one point only, upon which his clients pleaded guilty to something like omission, which had been of course made the most Of on the other side. Their line went nearer to Darlaston, which contained a population of 8,244. Ilis defence was this, that the Grand Junction ran within three-quarters of a mile of that very town, which was very inconsiderable when compared with the other towns which the lines would accommodate, its principal business consisting in the manufacture of hinges, bolts, &c. But, as regarded the difference of accommodation proposed to be afforded by this line and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham to the people living between these two places,; the rival companies had made use of the pot and kettle argument. If he were to be told of freaks of management, &c. he could most successfully retaliate on his Learned Friend. The wed lock of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham with the canal in that district would entail the most serious consequences as regarded the interests of the public. The cost of that line would be 1,200,0001., whereas the whole of the line which he represented would cost no more than 700,0001. His clients would have to construct only 15ej miles of railway in common with the South Staffordshire, whilst the rival line wou • ld involve the expense of 26 miles. This line would be the freest, the most independent, and the best ; it would not be under the influence of a council sitting at Euston-square, who could have no interest in the district. The Learned Counsel having concluded his speech, of nearly three hours' length, and resumed his seat, rose again in a few minutes, and stated that since he had the honour of addressing the Committee be had the happiness to hearethat an arrangement had been entered into between the Trent Valley Midlands and the South Staffordshire junction, which would have the effect of assigning all the lines on the south of Walsall (which would include Dudley) to the former Company. Lord Hatherton was then examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE, on behalf of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley line. His Lordship stated that he was a landowner and mineral proprietor in South Stafforshire, and that it was of the very greatest importance that that district should have the advantage of having a direct railway communication with Birmingham and other large towns. Those ad vantages would be best afforded by the scheme under the consideration of the Committee. The London and Birmingham Railway had not been of the slightest advantage to South Staffordshire. The greatest landed proprietors of the district through which this line would pass, as well as the principal tronmasters, were the promoters of this scheme. If the proposed amalgamation of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham with the Grand Junction were carried out, to say the least of it, a great and permanent evil—in fact, the most extensive monopoly that Parliament had yet sanctioned—would be inflicted upon the district. He conceived that the high level adopted by the Shrewsbury and Birmingham at Wolverhampton would be most in convenient, and would entail a serious destruction", of property. All the lines entering Wolverhampton ought to meet ; it was chiefly an exporting town, and would be decidedly best accommodated by the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Cross-examined by Mr. HOPE —Re had no recollection of having given instruction to agent to sell land to the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham Company on the erection of their high level station atWol verhampt on. He could not say of his own knowledge whether that station would cause great destruction of property, but be had heard several say so, and being a chairman of this Company's line, he believed the rumours. This line would have the advantage over its rivals of being on the broad gauge, which, in his opinion, was the best and safest. He believed that the amalgamation of this Company with the London and Birmingham would be benefi cial to the public and the parties concerned. About half-a-dozen of the principal iron-masters were in favour of the Company's line, and there could be no doubt that several of the most wealthy and re• spec table iron-masters were In favour of the Shrewsbury and Bir mingham. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve to-morrow. GROUP LVIII. MIDLAND RAILWAY (PURCHASE OP °ARRAN/ CANAL.). The Committee were occupied during the greater part of the day on the clauses of this Bill. GROUP LIX. This Committee, consisting:of Mr. E. Buller, (chairman,) Mr. Packe, Hon. E. Gure, Mr. Collins, and Mr. Plumptre, assembled to-day, at one o'clock, In Room I C. The following Bills have been referred to this Committee, : Huddersfield and Sheffield, and Manchester and Leeds Railway and Amalgamation. Liverpool and Bury, and Manchester and Leeds Railway and Amalgamation. Manchester and Bolton, and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, and Manchester and Leeds Railway Amalgamation. Manchester and Leeds, and Leeds and Bradford Railway. Manchester and Leeds Extension, &c. Blackburn and Preston, and East Lancashire Railways limalga- I'lucas hire and Preston Junction. v i & m cas e, te . r and Carlisle, and Lancaster Railway AmaLgarnatiou. ;L t. ilsaackleafield Canal li s t Asht on•under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway (Peak Purchase). Iluildersrtein n u g a b t.' rea si,ef z .Nl Clerk, the CuAntsrAst directed the and Aniateamatt - On — ,."" ft i t t betiongt, nhester and Leeds Kailwa referred an . d Va Y rerred to the Chairman ' of the ries Ind, e ll h 'a '. 3 s 7 t s cr ar t d a l il l w ea a l y i s', it tlE . aarn i ! ' BLACEMITIM aarb 2 ,: e he les ;a e l ea lw a r a ."' we " r s to o l f , :e alkirr XIANCEISHIRM A --.3"rOlfir, AND 7This Bill was oppose v. d .h b ic y h th t In the district through r? to ground that the rate of tolls, namely, IlAa.' cessive, and that the same should be reduced onn.b%ratie, was .-thze the same rate as the Grand Junction Railway. ( Uatano,. t ; Mr. Crofts appeared in support of the petition against th e Bui Mr. Coates (Parliamen tar y a g ent) on behalf of the promoter.. and \: r. J. G..undy, solicitor of the line, was examined, mid states chat the proposed amalgamati on would be most desirable. Mr. Sinclair said that the line, in an engineering point of view, was extremely favourable. Both witnesses were cross-examined, but without invalictating their evidence on direct examination. The room was cleared, and on our re-admission the Chairman an nounced that the Committee had decided that the preamble of the Lill was proved. The clauses of the Bill were then agreed to, and ordered to be reported. GROUP LXIV. MIDLAND 012,E8T WESTERN (MULLINGAR ANZ ATHLONE). The ix rtions of th 3 subt;zribers' agreement which were non at on Situr.'a - were produced. The elause3 of the Bill were then gone through seriatim, and r tered obe rep ated.. __. . . I Mr. Ausrue, 14. C., said, he had to make a very important applica tion to the Committee, namely, that they shonid re-consider the Irish Great Western Bill either in whole or part. The decision of the Com mittee had been most unexpected, as they had encountered no oppo sition in their passage through the House of Lords and the House of Commons, and he entreated the Committee'to re-consider their deci sion, and not deprive Ireland of the advantages which this railway would confer. Mr. ALEXINDEB on the part of the Midland Counties, epposed the application. The reom was cleared, and on our re-admission. The CHAIRMAN said that the Committee had decided, with respect to the application of Mr. Austin, that such could not be entertained by the Committee, except ander an express inatructiOn from ti:• House. The Committee thou separated. THE SUN, LONDON, IWONDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1846. CITIOUP XLii. LIVERPOOL, 6RDISKIRR, AND PRESTON. The Committee re-assembled at one o'clock this morning, and were engaged in hearing evidence against the Bill. Mfr. Skersbreck, Mr. Erle, agent for Lord Derby, and Mr. Cred well, were examined against the Bill, and the case for the opposition was not concluded when the Cominittee adjourned. GROUP XLV. This Committee met this morning for the first time in Room, No. 1. The Committee consisted of Mr. Bickham Estcott (Chairman), Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. J. Toltemache, Mr. Henry Berkeley, and Mr. Goring. The lines comprised in the group were -Ist. The Lancaster and Carlisle Extension to the Caledonian Rail way, and the Lancaster and Preston Junction Amalgamation. 2d. Cockermouth ank Workington Extension. 3d. Furness Extension. 4th. Caledonian (Carlisle Deviation). sth. Whitehaven and Furness Junction (Whitehaven Extension and Kirksaton Deflation). Certain clauses on behalf of the Corporation of Carlisle, the only opposing petitioner were also inserted. CALED ONIAN (CARLISLE DEVIATION). The only opposing petitioner to the line was Lord Lonsdale. Messrs. Forsyth and Boyle appeared on behalf of the promoters, and Mr. Lyon on behalf of Lord Lonsdale. Mr. FORSYTH opened the case. The Caledonian Railway was a line connecting England and Scotland, and the object of the present Bill was to facilitate the arrangement of having one station for all the railways running into Carlisle. The present station of the Caledonian Rail way was half a mile from Carlisle, and the company wished to bring it into the town to Crown -street. The length of the ex tension was a mile and thirty-fire chains, and the cost 50,000/. There were no engineering difficulties. After the examination of witnesses, The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble of the Bill proved. A clause was proposed on behalf of Lord Lonsdale, the further consideration of which was postponed till to-morrow. COCKERIVIOUTE AND 'WORKINGTON EXTENSION. The formal proof in this Bill having been given, The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble proved. The clauses were then passed. The Committee adjourned till to morrow. GROUP XLVI. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. The Committee on this group met at twelve o'clock, in Room No. 13 ; present, Mr. Bramstone (chairman), the Marquis of Chandos, Lord Alfred Churchill, and Mr. Martin. It will be remembered that this Bill was brought under the con sideration of the Committee as au unopposed Bill, and the preamble was declared to have been preyed. subsequently, in consequence of certain circumstances with reference to the steepness of the gradients coming to the knowledge of the Committee, they were of opinion that a re-committal of the Bill was necessary. The promoters immedi ately requested that no re-committal should take place, but that evidence should be heard s ith reference to the gradients and curves. This course was acceded to, and tke Committee entered upon the case to-day. The Lancaster and Preston Junction Amalgamation (the latter part of No. 1,) was transferred to another Committee. The 3rd and sth Bills being unopposed, were referred to Mr. Greene. Of the remaining Bills, the first taken into consideration was, THE LANCASTER AND COR.LISLE EXTEN— SION TO TEE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. The formal proofs having been given, and there being no opposi Lion to the preamble, The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble proved. The clauses of the Bill were then passed, Mr. KNowLEs, on the part of the promoters, very briefly opened the case. lie stated that the object of the line was to convey mineral productions from the mining districts at Alstone to the Carlisle Rail way. as the mineral traffic through that part of the country was amply sufficient to maintain a railway. The length of the line was to be seventeen miles, and the estimated cost was 280,000/. As the line was to pass through a district of a rough character, and which was also abounding in mines, the gradients and curves were neces sarily severe. There were gradients of lin 33 and lin39 ; but he would be enabled to show the Committee that on various other rail ways gradients of a much severer character might be worked with perfect safety. The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Bourne, the engineer to the line, who proved that the railway coufd be worked with safety. The gradients were severe, as the nature of the country would not permit them to be otherwise ; but there were much more severe gradients daily worked by locomotive power on other railways, without any inconvenience being felt.- Mr. N. Wood, examined by Mr. 'Nonfat, an engineer, confirmed this evidence, and proved that a most extensive and valuable tract of mining country, which was now lying useless for want of proper means to convey fuel to it, would be laid open by this railway. Mr. KNOWLES, on the part of the pomoters, offered to insert a clause in the Bill restricting the Company from working the gradients of 1 in 332, one in 39, unless by stationary engines, without the con sent of the Board of Trade. The CHAIRMAN inquired whether any penalty would attach to the Infraction of the Act with regard to such a clause. ➢lr. KNOWLES said that to disobey an Act of Parliament was an Indictable offence at common law. The CHAIRMAN would prefer that some specific penalty should be introduced into the clause, giving to the Beard of Trade the power of enforcing it in case of non-compliance with the Act. If they were only to be restricted by fear of indictment the Board of Trade might not hear of any disobedience until some serious accident occurred. The required alteration was then made in the Bill, and the Com mittee proceeded with the clauses of the Bill, which were all acceded to. GROUP XLVII. This Committee met again in room 25 (Grand Corridor), at twelve o'clock this morning, and were occupied during the whole of the day in discussing the clauses of the SWANSEA VALE Railway Bill. The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve to-morrow, GROUP XLVIII. THE LI/IMITI VALLEY. The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock. Mr. Ald. ham (chairman). 'fhe evidence for the promoters was proceed with. A long cross examination, in behalf of several landowners on the line, took place, but nothing of importance was elicited to endanger the case for the line. STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES. HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met to-day at one o'clock, in Room 1, House of Lords, present Lord Shaftesbury (chairman), and Lords Hawarden, Redesdale, Richmond, and Winchester. There were on the list thirty-two Bills, which, with one exception, were all railway Bills. Decisions were made in the following cases:— MORAYSHIRE. This Bill, which in the brevity of its title, is only surpassed by the " Deeside," which was disposed of on Thursday, was one of those in which the standing orders of the House had been complied with by the parties. ASHBUItTON, NEWTON, AND SOUTH DEVON. Standing orders complied with. MANCHESTER. SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION. The Committee decided that the promoters of this Bill, which had been adjourned from Friday, In the absence of one witness, had complied with the standing orders. The following Bills were called on, and having been part- rd, stood over for further proofs :-- YORKS/lIRE AND GLASGOW UNION. Adjourned till to-morrow. NORFOLK (YARMOUTH EXTENSION AND LOWESTOFT RAILWAY LEASE). Also adjourned till to• morrow. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (POLLOC AND GOVAN). GLASGOW SOUTHERN FERMINAL. Both adjourned till Wednesday. CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW TERMINI AND BRANCHES). This case stood over till to-morrow. The Committee then resolved themselves into a SELECT COMMITTEE ON MERITS. The list contained sixteen Bills, of which seven only were Railway Bills. Of these the following were disposed of : STIRLINGSHIRE - MIDLAND. This Bill was virtually passed. The decision, however, stood ever, in the absence of one witness. GLASGOW, STRATHAVEN, AND LESMAYIAGOW DIRECT. s The preamble was declared proved. A clause was inserted, in conformity with the resolution of the Committee, as to placing lodges at all level crossings on public roads. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY ACTS AMENDMENT. This was a third class Bill, The proofs as to the standing orders, and as to the merits of the Bill were proceeded with at the same time, and the Committee declared the standing orders complied with the preamble proved. The Hamilton New Gas Bill was passed. THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY. This Bill was virtually passed, but one witness being absent, its further consideration was postponed till to-morrow. BALLOCHNEY. Laconic again ! This Bill belonged to tha third class, and was treated in the same way as the London and South Western Amend ment, above mentioned. It was passed. Their Lordships then resumed the form of a Standing Orders Corn mittee, and proceeded with the remaining Bills on the list. LONDON AND CROYDON (THAMES JUNCTION BRANCH.) The Committee declared the standing orders complied with. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE NORTH EASTERN. Their Lordships made a similar decision in this case. SCOTTISH CENTRAL (DENNY BRANCH.) Standing orders complied with. MONKLAND AND KIRKINTILLOCIL The same applies to this Bill, The Morecombe Bay Bill was also passed. GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST RAILWAY. This case, as well as that of the WISHAW AND COLTNESS (GREENHILL BRANCH), was postponed till to-morrow. So also was the FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION, and some others. NEWMARKET AND CHESTERFIELD. The standing order._ were duly complied with. HUDDERSFIELD CALEDONIAN AND (MID-LOTHIAN BRANC MANCHESTER RAILWAY AND CANAL (HUDDERSFIELD DIVERSION AND COOPER BRIDGE BRANCH). SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MANCHESTER (DUKINFIELD, WORSBOROUGH AND OTHER BRANCHES). SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND CANAL (NEWTOWN TO CREWE). The above Bills were postponed till to-morrow. The Committee then rose at about a quarter to five, and adjourned till to-morrow at One. MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) the subject was one of the most important character, and one which demanded their most calm and deli berate attention. He did not expe - ct to be able to reverse the decision to which they had recently come on this question. ' He could not say that the policy of the Government with re gard to the corn-laws met with his approbation. He could not say that he became a party to this hasty, hazard ous, and dangerous question. He could not say what might be the usage of the Parliamentary Cabinets; bus , this he could say, that he believed that there was no object to be gained. This question was only of importance as it affected the corn question, and he was, therefore, desirous of coming to a decision to-night. He was well aware that it was asserted that there was a large quantity of corn imported into the United Kingdom. He was also aware that there was an objection on account of the taxes. Now, it was well under stood that there was a large quantity of corn imported into the country; and he had understood that a decision was to be come to at the present moment. If this House were to be consulted, he understood that a division would be come to on Monday or Tuesday next, when, perhaps a majority might determine the question. A return, lately made to their Lordships' House, showed the amount of wheat in bond was! 2,000,000 quarters of wheat. Since that time there had been considerable in crease in the quantity imported nto this country. It had been pouring in from every part, and merchants have been buying immense quantities to meet the rumoured famine. In one week only, in Liverpool, 56,000 barrels of flour were imported between Ist and 9zh June ; 51 vessels, laden with corn, had entered the various ports of the United Kingdom. Of this number 32 contained wheat, 5 barley, 12 oats, and 2 peas. The Noble Lord had said that even if this quantity of corn were to come in, it would not make the produce of farms totally unsaleable. From that opinion he totally differed, for a great sale of food was of the greatest importance to the country, and under the Noble Lord's opinion, the imagined security of great abund ince o ould not be a security of great dearth. The Noble Lord bad on a former occasion said that they were mistaken in supposing that all this corn would come in, it would not come in at all because it cost the importers 605., and what chance had they of this ever being brought in at that price at which it could not be sold at a profit. He was sure that ten days would not elapse before every holder of corn would bring it in, for if they did not they would be caught by the decrease of duty. The latest price of corn was 325. 10d., and by the new Bill, if that became the average of six weeks, the duty would immediately rise because 535. was the rate at which, according to the new Bill, the corn was to come in at 4s. The average quantity of corn introduced into this country was 550,000 quarters a year, and he wanted to know what pros peet t'ney had now, in the present state of things, of requiring five times that amount.—( Hear, hear.) How could their Lordships sanction such an injustice to the tillers of the soil of the country ?—( Hear.) But he had only stated what had been the average of the last three years, and it might be said that in 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842, there was a considerable deal more corn wanted in this country than 550,000 quarters. Let the House, however, look to the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, and 1837, and they would see that the average for six years running was under 550,000, clearly showing that the larger quantity was the excep tion, and not the rule. He therefore entreated Noble Lords to consider this question calmly and dispassionately, without reference, and if they determined to try a desperate experi ment 1:t them do it cautiously and carefully, or not at all. On a former occasion, when it was proposed to remit some protective duties, steps were taken to prevent the evils that might arise from the sudden withdrawal of protection. In 1822 the Act was passs d, and Mr. Huskisson kept the old law in operation till the prices had reached a certain amount. Again, in 1826, that statesman let in 400,000 qrs. of wheat, or about eve-fifth of that which would be admitted in now, and so careful was he to prevent any violent oscillation of price, that he provided that one-third of it should be introduced every month, thus extending it over the period of three months. This was also while the duty was! kept at 10s. a quarter. Such was the contrivances of the Government of that day, when these was no comparison of the change proposed with that now before the House. He was persuaded there would be no diffi culty in making an arrangement of this kind now. He had not much hope, however, as they professed a great deal sympathy for shippers and manufacturers, but they had very little sympathy for the poor cultivators of the soil.—Hear, hear). He complained that their Lordships, in passing this measure, appeared to act too carelessly with regard to the interests of the parties whom it would affect. He had occupied their Lordships attention longer than he could have wished; but he had confined himself simply to facts. He had not occupied their Lordships' attention for the purpose of calling upon them to retrace their steps. Would to God that he could persuade them to do so.—( Hear, hear.) He had not the slightest hope of being able to do so, but he begged of them seriously to consider what would be the effect of their decision on this question. Their Lordships should not, in justice, interfere with the present prosperous state of things unless a sufficient case were made out. The Noble Lord concluded by moving his resolution. Much ado had been made about flour, but if they took the re ports of the markets they would find a sufficient reason for the rejection of this measure. The Earl of DALHOUSIE rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS, The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. COVENTRY, NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM, AND LEICESTER 'RAILWAY. Mr. SPOONER moved, that the Committee on the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway Bill, 13 , _ revived, that it be an instruction to the Committee, to entertain and hear the parties on the petition of William Atkinson Gardner, and the petition of Charles Holt Brace bridge, with reference to the non-compliance with the resolu tions of the House of the 30th day of April last. If the reso lutions which were adopted on the 30th of April by that House were to be maintained, thee it was imperatively necessary that the Committee on the Bill should be revived, in order that the case of the petitioners might be heard. Mr. BANNERMAN thought that before the House decided on the proposed motion, they should inquire who the pe titioners were. The party who petitioned against the Bill was deputy-chairman of the line against which the Committee had decided. It was also extremely doubtful whether the peti tioners bad any locus standi before the Committee, as the peti tion was not presented until the day after the Committee had given their decision. - Lord G. SOMERSET thought the explanation of the Hon. Member (Mr. Bannerman) was quite satisfactory, and be should therefore oppose the motion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE understood that the resolutions of the 30th of April directed that the Committees on Railway Bills were to entertain every petition presented, but it would appear that in the present case the Committee had not done their duty. If the resolutions' were not attended to, it would be better at once to put them behind the fire. He should cer tainly support the motion. GLASGOW AND BELFAST UNION RAILWAY. The report on this Bill was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY AND CANAL (SALE AND PURCHASE). The report on this Bill was brought up, and the Bill ordered to be engrossed. GREAT GRIMSBY AND_ SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY EXTENSION (No. 3) BILL. The Lords' amendments on this Bill were read and agreed to. Mr. ESTCOURT considered that the present case was one of contempt of the House, inasmuch as some of the parties had foisted a fallacious return on the Committee. He would sup port the revival of the Committee, not for the purpose of con sidering the merits of the Bill, but whether the decision of the Committee had been come to in consequence of this fallacious report. Mr. GREENE supported the motion. He thought the petition should have been entertained. Mr. VILLIERS did not think that the revival of the case before the Committee was the proper mode of dealing with a fraud practised on the Committee. Mr. SPOONER bad consulted the highest authority in the House as to the course he should pursue in the matter, and had acted according to the advice given him. Mr. NEWDEGATE hoped the House would not reive the Committee upon such vague allegations as those contained in the petition. Mr. B. WILLIAMS said the motion was only made for the purpose of incurring additional expense and delay. Mr. MUNTZ supported the motion, because he thought the Committee had not strictly followed the rules of the House. The House then divided when there appeared— For the motion ................................. 12 Against it ........................................ 80 Majority against the recommittal of the Bill —63 GREAT GRIMSBY AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY AND GRIMSBY DOCKS CONSOLI DATION BILL. On the order of the day being read for the further proceed ing on the third reading of this Bill. Mr. STEWART WORTLEY said that the Bill, if carried into effect, would cause the most serious im pediments to the public, and he therefore moved that the Bill be read a third time that day six months. Messengers came down from the Lords bringing several Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table. Viscount EBRINGTON considered that no line at all would be preferable to the one under considerati on , and entertaining, as he did, the st ronges t opinion on the subject, he would vote against the third reading of the Bill. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES hoped that the House would not swerve from its usual custom, b_t would affirm the decision of the Committe. Mr. C. WOOD said he should vote for the rejection of the this d reading. In another session the tribunal to which the Bill will be submitted would have a much better opportunity of arriving at a just conclusion. - Mr. B. DENISON said he hoped that the House would reject the third reading of the Bill. The two Bills which had been passed ought to have been rejected by the Committee, and those which had been rejected ought to have been passed. Mr. STANSFIELD supported the third reading. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House di vided, when there appeared, For the third reading ... 50 Against it ................. Majority SCOTTISH CENTRAL AND CALEDONIAN JUNC- TION RAILWAY. This Bill was read a second time. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY (OXFORD AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION). On the question that the Lords' amedments on this Bill be considered, Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petitition containing strong allegations against the Bill, and hoped there would be no objection to have it printed and taken into consideration with the amendments. The Maquis of CHANDOS objected to any postponement. He was not aware until that moment that any opposition would be entered into against the line, but he would pray that the House , xould not take notice of individual objections to a great public line. Sir GEORGE GREY also objected to the motion. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said all he wanted was to have the petition printed, so that it might be, in the hands of every Member of the House who would not suffer a great injury to be inflicted on a private person. Mr. W. COLLETT said, the petitioner had n o l ocus ea-di. The amendments on the report were then considered and a,ted. Mr. W. ELLIS tnoved the third reading of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Bill. Air. V. SMITH objected to the third reading of this Bill on account of errors which he perceived in it. It was the recommendation of the Board of Trade, and a standing order of the House, that the maximum rate of tolls should be mentioned in the Bill, but of these he found no men tion whatever. Mr. WA KLEY presented several petitions in favour of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway. (LEFT SITTING.) CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Chief Jus O tice TLNDAL, Baron ROLFE, and Alderman Titomrsos Dr. James Ellis surrendered this mornin4 to take hi; trial, and was placed at the bar, indicted on the coroner's inqui tion for mansl aug h ter, in the case of Richard Dresser, who e died whil e b e i ng subjected to hydropathic treatment under the care of D r . E llis, to which charge A he pleaded O (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Saturday.) John Maynard, an attendant in Dr. Ellis's establishment, at Sudbrook Park, near Petersham, stated that he was a bathing man, having certain rooms allotted to his section, and he attended all persons in these rooms. He had been there about six months. He saw Mr. Dresser on the Friday in No. 2, in the cottage, a part of the establishment, a bed room; Dr. Ellis was with him at the time, which was be tween seven and eight o'clock. Dr. Ellis said something to witness, but he did not recollect what it was. Dresser had a bath on Saturday morning betweenseven and eight o'clock, the bath being carried into the room and Dr. Ellis being pre sent. The temperature of the bath was 85 degrees. The patient after remaining in it 90 seconds was taken out and well dried and put to bed. Witness took up water three or four times during the Saturday, about two quarts cold and two quarts hot; each time at intervals of three or four hours. Dr. Ellis was there at these times; there was no bath in the room. A cloth about two feet long was taken up with every quantity of water. On Sunday he had a bath at the same time of the morning as before. Dr. Ellis ordered that it should be at a temperature of 85 degrees, and that the patient should remain in it 90 seconds. Towels and water were taken up as on the day previous. In the bed-room his covering was two or three blankets. He had a bath on the Monday, but not quite so early, and no water or towels were sent up that day. Cross-examined—The rubbing down on Saturday morn ing, after the bath, did not cause so much redness as witness had seen in other cases. After the bath on Sunday he walked out, and felt very much better from Dr. Ellis's treatment, and said so frequently. He expressed himself to the same effect after the bath on Monday, and wished to have baths during the day, he felt so much relieved. He had no bath on Monday night. His food was tapioca, milk, bread, and butter. His bowels were confined from the time he came on Friday till Monday morning; on Sunday some castor oil was taken into Dresser's room. Dr. Ellis sat up with his patient on Sunday and Moiiday nights, the whole night through, and appeared very anxious about him. On Mon day, at half-past six o'clock in the evening, witness saw no change in the patient. There were four or five gentlemen in the establishment at the time. Henry Rogers, boots in the establishment, said he saw Dresser about three o'clock in the afternoon, when Dr. Ellis ordered him to rub Dresser's feet, which were rather cold. Witness sat up with him that night until half-past three o'clock next morning, and during that time the patient fre• quently complained of pain in the side. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. COCKBURN took three technical objections, two on the wording of the indictment, and one on the subject of the ju risdiction of the Court. Chief Justice TINDAL reserved the points. Mr. CocKnuaN then addressed the jury, and delivered a long and elaborate defence of the prisoner, and finally put it to the jury whether they could say there was congestion of the lungs, that that corgestion was caused by the water treat ment, and that, even if that were so, Dr. Ellis's ignorance of a latent disease of which his patient never spoke a syllable, was of that gross and culpable description which would jus tify them in finding him guilty of manslaughter. Several witnesses, patients of Dr. Ellis, were called, who spoke to his care, skill, and humanity. Chief Justice TINDAL summed up the evidence, and sent it to the jury, who, in a few seconds, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The verdict was received with great appaluse by several in the Court. IVETV COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) Henry Sharp, a young man of very respectable appear ance, who was described as a warehouseman, was indicted for stealing a quantity of French cambric and cambric hand kerchiefs, of the value of 491. odd, the property of his em ployers, Messrs. Lewis and James, warehousemen, Gutter lane, Cheapside. Mr. Benj. Lewis said he suspected the prisoner a few days after he had left his employ. In consequence of such suspi- cion he had his stock taken, and found the property now produced missing. The cambric and the handkerchiefs exactly corresponded with those in their ( the prosecutors) possession, the threads where they had been torn off exactly fitting. In his cross•-examination by Mr. BALLANTINE, the prose cutor admitted that he had formerly entertained a very high opinion of the prisoner, and that there were other persons in his employ who also had access to the cambric. The account the prisoner gave of the transaction was that he had pur chased the articles from a Mr. St. Croix, who had been intro duced to him by a Mr. Bisson, a merchant, living at Jersey. Mr. Bisson had been, and prosecutor believed was still, on intimate terms with the prisoner. That gentleman, however, denied ever introducing such a person as Mr. St. Croix to him. About the 26th February, prosecutor, who required the services of Mr. Bisson. as a witness against the prisoner, cautioned him, on being informed that he was going to dine with the prisoner, to be careful that he was not " drugged." George Hayter was next examined. He was directed by the prosecutors to go to the prisoner's warehouse and endea vour to purchase the cambric, they having been told that the prisoner had some for sale. He accordingly went to prisoner's shop, and there saw the articles produced and pur chased them. Cross-examined—The articles were lying exposed to view. Mr. BALLANTINE made a powerful address on behalf of the prisoner, contending that it would have been absurd for a man in the prisoner's position, who was rapidly improving his condition, and had become the partner of a highly re spectable man, to run the risk of sacrificing his future prospects by committing a paltry theft.—Mr. Bisson, one of the prosecutor's witnesses, had placed between 6001. and 7001. worth of goods in the prisoner's possession since the charge had been brought, and such was the high opinion he enter tained of him that he would not have this property removed. There had been abundant opportunities of disposing of the articles said to have been stolen, if the prisoner had been so disposed, and he (Mr. Ballantine) would call a witness to prove that the purchase was made by the prisoner of a person answering the description of Mr. St. Croix at the very time and place stated. After a lengthened and feeling appeal to the jury, this wit ness was called, and corroborated the statement made by the Learned Counsel, after which Mr. CLARKSON' said he was instructed to withdraw the prosecution; which announcement was received with accla mations, and the prisoner left the dock in company of his friends. HOUSE OF LORDS The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at Five o'clock. SUPERANNUATION TO POOR-LAW OFFICERS. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from the poor-law guardians and other officers of the poor-law union of Warring ton, praying that superannuation allowances might be made to poor-law officer s. FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from a Presby terian congregation in Durham, sympathising with their Free Church brethren in their present destitution of sites for build ing places of worship upon. Lord PORTMAN gave notice that, on Thursday, he would ask the Noble Lord, the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests, what Government proposed to do with regard to the Metropolitan Buildings' Act ? The Marquis of LONDONDERRY announced his inten tion to oppose the third reading of the Liverpool and New castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Bill. There were circumstances connected with that project which ought, he said, to have been shown up to the country and the public. For in stance, out of 80,900 shares the managing committee had engrossed 60,000. Lord BEAUMONT said the Noble Marquis had been mis informed as to the character of the undertaking. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY entirely agreed with the Noble Lord who had just sat down. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY explained. He thought the present scheme was a monstrous monopoly, when he found th wi n a n i t d tt e e ° r d u ta t t k h o j a f n t B° ;: a a greoartambozneApuolion N th r e n a o a r i t d h t o n l a E t nr il la e n shares 60,000 were taken by the Committee, 20 .000 only being left to the public. Mr. Hudson was the chairman of this company, and his object was to establish Noble d. Marquis had ad- N oswn,ottf taxway connected with any railway y words, 1 1 1; 1 : areaercqhu stahtande nporetseranatadteionthaotf admission in so m an this petition showed clearly enough that he could not be con nected with a railway , . INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. Earl ABERDEEN laid on the table the copy of a recent convention entered into between the English and Prussian Governments as to international copjeiAlit in the two countries. CLARKE'S DIVORCE BILL. On the motion of Lord BROUGHAAI, this Bill was read a second time. THE CORN-LAWS . Lord ASHB URTON r ose, in p u rsuance of noti ce —" That whatever may be the alterations which it to move may expedient permanently to make in th e laws regniat be in of g the introduction of foreign cor n, it is t he opinion this House that the sudden importation of the large tity of wheat now in bond at a ver y low rate of grunt while the prices are moderate and th e p ros p ect o f the approach! ing harvest is promising, may be productive of great i n j ury and injustice to the cultivators of the soil of the United King - - dom, and that some better provision against such a calamity should be provided than is contained in the Bill now before the Mouse ' He did not intend, after the long discussion which had already occupied the attention of their Lordships on the subject of the corn-laws, to trespass long upon their attention, although LAW 1i TELLIGEN CE. COURT OF QUEENS BENCH, June 20. (Sittings in Banco.) BARROTT V. OLIVER. This is a seduction case, which came before the Court in the shape of an application for a new trial on the ground of mis direction, and that there was not sufficient evidence adduced on trial to show that the plaintiff had lost the services of her daughter. The plaintiff is the mother of Elizabeth Barrott, aged thirty-three, who resided with her, and kept a school at Saltash, in ie county of Devon, and , the action was brought against the defendant, a Mr. Oliver, who also resided in Saltash, for the seduction of the daughter, thereby depriving plaintiff of the benefit of her services. The case was tried at the Devonshire assizes before Mr. Justice Coleridge, and a verdict was returned for the defendant. According to the evidence adduced on the trial, Elizabeth Barrott was residing with her mother in Saltash, and opened a school in order to assist her mother in maintaining the family. At this time the defendant was in the habit of visiting them three or four times a week. This ended in the pregnancy of plaintiff's daughter; and when she informed the defendant of her condition he gave her money to purchase drugs to procure abortion, and on several occasions she took turpentine, muriate of iron (tincture of steel), and savin, but they all failed. She received 30s. in all before the birth of the child, and 4s. afterwards. When it was publicly known she was with child, the defendant gave up his visits, and refused, when applied to, to do her pecuniary justice for the injury done. Her pupils also left her; hence the action was insti tuted by the mother to obtain compensation. It was endeavoured by cross-examination to show that the daughter of plaintiff had had connexion with another person of the name of Lander, and that she was not at the time in the service of the mother, but that the latter was only residing with the daughter for a short time, and that the latter was perfectly independent of the former, having entire control over her own earnings. Mr. CROWDER applied for the rule on a former day, on the ground of misdirection and that the evidence addued on the trial did not warrant the conclusion that the daughter was the servant of the mother at the time. Mr. MOTAGUE SMITH was heard this morning against the rule, showing that the mother was residing with the daugh ter before the seduction up to within a month of the confinement of her daughter, and then only going for a short time to Plymouth, leaving her daughter in charge of her brother. The Learned Gentleman cited several parallel cases, in which it was ruled that there was proof of service. In the present case the daughter was in service when the mother sent for her home ; that when there she opened a school, being then under the jurisdiction and control of the mother, and that therefore the latter was fairly entitled to compensation for the injury done by the loss of service. Mr. CROWDER replied at length, contending that there was no satisfactory proof of service—that the daughter, with her brother, who kept a boys' school, kept a house jointly, and paid rent, with which the mother had nothing to do— that the daughter bad entire control over her own earn ings, the mother being more in the character of servant than otherwise—that she bad sufficiently an ived at the period of discretion, at least if years were any test of that—and that any incontinence on her part with the old gentleman in question, though its effects might become fit subject of pro ceedings in the Ecclesiastical Courts, did not warrant the mother to compensation at common law. With regard to de bauching the plaintiff's daughter, there could not have been many seductive wiles employed, as it appeared from her evi dence she consented to connexion when asked to do so, and that the defendant was in the habit of entering her bed-room by a ladder at night, and that she was in the habit of returning the compliment by the aid of a ladder. Whether she fixed the ladder or not did not appear. He concluded by asking the Court to make the rule absolute. The COURT said that the practice of the law had always been to admit proof of service in actions for seduction, even when the evidence was not of the most conclusive character. In the present case their Lordships were of opinion, looking to precedents, that service had been made out, and by in ference they must also conclude, there being no evidence, that there was loss of service. They, therefore, considered the jury were justified in coming to the verdict they did on the evidence adduced on the trial. The rule was accordingly discharged. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 20. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before the Loan CHIEF BARON and Special Juries.) THR ATTORREY-GENERAL V. SCHULTZ. This was an information filed by the Attorney-General to recover penalties for a breach of the Customs -laws. It ap peared that certain parties had purchased twelve hogsheads of brandy in bond fur the ostensible purpose of exporting them to Valparaiso, by the Rosalind, but, instead of having them conveyed on board that vessel, empty hogsheads were sent on board, and the twelve bonded hogsheads were con veyed to Hungerford market, and from thence to Mark-lane, to a wine-cooper's, where they were tasted and bottled off, and disposed of according to the orders of one of the principal parties concerned. It was now alleged against the present defendant that in his capacity as an officer in the Customs he had facilitated and connived at the completion of the fraud, and that he was to have received a sum of money out of the profits proportioned to the share tee had taken in the transaction. Mr. Chambers, with whom was Mr. Pigott, w as about to s topped by The LORD CHIEF BARON, who address the jury for the defendant, said that w h e n he suflicient evidence to go before the jury to connect t wa e fendant with the alleged fraud. rew the as de n - t Mr. Jervis then withdrew the EFFECTS OF THE WEATIIER.— are i n f o r med We that the heat has seriously interfered with the working of many collieries in this neighbourhood ; the managers have found it very diffiCal, and even impossible, to maintain a proper state of vermillion, y en . illation I us•Taily effected by iii , :itni ,d ni , / , ace.• ;: r ~.,( b ou ,,, , 1 , mines ti,ll the pits' mold ii, tile 1, a, i i .,,, ~ ,i ,ii so „ir. , intensity of the heat, however, during the last few days as 0 rare fiedTi-leptheali.abov::oundastorenderh:ifi:PUriaenainireffeeti\,e. collierieseoftehhas suspended operatierls for the into the hi inin s e . 6 ::: ‘' ha ciuenc I p igt i tic t , f i s n ev e c o r n al se iffanefiefor Examiner. d*ng cr arising (Pm this min— .__ RICHMOND PETTY SESSIONS. CAUTION TO STEAMBOAT CAPTAINS.—On Saturday, Thomas Green, the captain of the Echo, Richmond steamboat, appeared before tilt - bench, of which R. Gar rick, Esq„ was chairman, to answer a summons laid un der the 67th section of the Waterman's Act, charging him with the avoidance of a fare. The complaint was made by Mr. W. Blake, a gentle man, residing at No. 3, Ailsa-park villas, Twickenham. He stated that on Monday last, a few minutes before twelve o'clock at noon, he saw the Echo steam-boat alongside the pier. When compla'nant got there, he found there was no possibility of going on board from the pier, in consequence of the place for going on board not being on a level with the boat, which had not ar rived a minute. Some man afterwards placed a board in a nearly perpendicular position, so that they could not step on board. He asked them to move the plank ; they did so, but did not alter the position of the vessel, and the result was that lie could not step on board, and the captain (the defendant;, wade a signal, and the boat went off without him. The complainant had no witness to support his state ment, and the defendant called as his witness, Timothy Rigby, a waterman, who stated that on Mon day last the complainant and a lady came to the pier and attempted to go on board the Echo steam-boat. There was a plank from the pier to the boat, and the lady had got half way with a person on each side to as sist her, and the money-taker holding out his hand from the boat to receive her, when by the desire of the complainant She turned back. The boat which was be hind its time of starting, was already out in the stream. and could not hare moved nearer shore without injuring other boats. A lady had previously gone over the same plank, which rested one end on the pier, and the other on the rail of the steam-boat. Richard Hancock, the money-taker on the Echo, cor roborated the major part of the preceding evidence, and proved in addition, that three ladies came on board without any inconvenience, but the complainant refused and said, " That way may do for you, but it won't for m e." Mr. Hancock, the part owner of the Echo, said the inclination of the plank was but the quarter of a foot in ten. He was about to explain how difficult it would have been for the boat to have come alongside, when The CHAIRMAN stopped him, and said they could per mit none other than a professional gentleman to offer any remarks. The bench were of opinion that the case of avoidance was made out, and they should fine the defendant 205., including costs. The fine was paid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. CASE OF MRS. BLEWITT.—Mrs. Blewitt, for the man slaughter of whose husband a youth named Graham was acquitted on Thursday last at the Central Criminal Court, waited upon Mr. Henry to explain that she was directed by the coroner to be present at the trial, in case her evidence should be required, and she could not attend during the week at this Court to hear the result of the inquiries his Worship ordered the usher to make respecting her character and habits before and since the death of her husband. Mr. HENRY regretted that the result had proved any thing but satisfactory ; and in addition to other matters, he was given to understand that she had not only not lived on happy terms with her husband, but when on his dying bed at the hospital, he refused to allow her near him. Mrs. Blewitt replied that when first he was removed to the hospital, he asked for her, as the constable could inform the Court. Mr. HENRY—There are other matters, to which I would feel reluctant to refer, but the inquiry is of your own seeking, and therefore I am bound to ask you if you are acquainted with a man of the name of Dunn, who was cook on board the Tory, in which vessel you came home from China? Mrs. Blewitt—Yes, I did know him, and all the ship's crew. Mr. HENRY—I understand 3ou were in the habit of visiting him in Tothill-fields prison? Mrs. Blewitt—l had to be grateful, as he and the crew were the means of saving my life from the violence of Captain Johnstone, but I don't think that I have been well treated by the public, from whom I consider myself entitled to relief. Mr. HENRY—No doubt you would have obtained re lief had you been a well-conducted person; but it is my duty to prevent the public from being imposed upon,and as you persist in pressing me for an explanation, I am obliged to tell you that I have received information from several quarters that you have lived in adultery with the man Dunn, and also that you have appeared in a cha racter not very creditable to you at this and other police-courts. Mrs. Blewitt—Had I known that such a scrutiny would be made into my private affairs, I would net have come forward to seat relief. What's to be come of my little daughter, who is only eight years of agL? — Mr. HENRY—I do not think you ought to have the management of a child so very young. I have no objec tion that the Si. which has been received from some hu mane person shall be applied to the benefit of your child. Mrs. Blewitt expressed a wish that the child might be placed at the charity school in Somers -town, in prefe rence to any other. Mr. HENRY replied, that inquiries should be made respecting that establishment, and, should any further subscriptions be sent to the magistrates of this court, they should be applied to the benefit of the child. Mrs. Blewitt, finding that the magistrate was deter mined not to hand her over any portion of the 51., be came very much excited, and said that any person who had been instrumental in preventing the public from assisting her by contributions would have a widow's curse, and before they died would be served out by the Lord for such a proceeding. If she had addicted herself to drinking, or had conducted herself in a worse manner, it was entirely owing to the harsh treatment she had ex perienced from her husband. Mr. HENRY repeated that he was sorry the inquiry had been forced upon him. LAMBETH. THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY AND SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A BOY AT DuLw 'cu.—lnspector Campbell, of the P division, attended before the Hon. G. C. Norton, in com pliance with a message sent to him to give an explana tion to some disclosures made to the Hon. Magistrate late on Friday evening relative to the extraordinary and suspicions death of George James Benwell, a lad, aged fifteen, who had been found dead in a muddy pond at the back of his master's house on the evening of Tues day week last, with a 281 b. metal weight tied round his neck, and both his hands tied together. The short facts of the case appeared to be these:— The deceased had been in the employment of a person named Evans, a manufacturer of " piqua," or British tea, as errand boy, since last April twelvemonths, and on the evening of Tuesday week his master and his master's son proceeded to Sydenham in a pony-chaise for the purpose of purchasing some greens, and on their re turn they found written on the foot-board of the deceased's bed in chalk an intimation that his body was in the pond at the back of the house. A board was also found floating on the pond, on which was written with chalk, " The body of George Benwell is in this pond." The body was found there, and upon being taken out a 281 b. weight was round his neck, and both his hands were found tied together. An inquest has since been held on the body, and, after a lengthened inquiry, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased had been the author of his own death, and had committed suicide, Subsequent to the inquiry, Mr. Bishop, the half-brother of the deceased, had received several communications imputing the death of the deceased to very different causes ; and one, in particular, from a female, named Theobald, who had lived as servant with Evans, who states that there was an exceedingly bad feeling between the deceased and his master, and that this had recently become considerably increased on the part of the latter on account of her (Theobald) communicating to the boy the secret of the manufacturing in which he (Evans) had been engaged, and it was on the application of Mr. Bishop that Mr. Norton required the attendance of Mr. Campbell to give some explanation of the case. Mr. Campbell said that he had taken much trouble in and was still pursuing the inquiry into the case, which was one of the most suspicious and extraordinary that he recollected during his lengthened experience as an officer. When before the coroner and jury, Evans, the master of the deceased, who is a most eccentric character and a Socialist, said that he did not observe anything more than ordinary in the deceased's manner, when him self and his son left home for Sydenham, on the evening of Tuesday week, yet when he had proceeded half his journey, he said that something struck him that all was not right at home with George. Upon this he was asked by a juror why he did not return, if such was his feel ing; and his reply was, that he should have done so, but that the thought that if anything happened, he should be then too late to prevent it, but the answer to this and other questions from the coroner and jury was con sidered anything but satisfactory to them. There were several points in the case which he (Mr. Campbell) could not reconcile to his belief that the de ceased had committed suicide, and even to say the least of them were of a highly suspicious cha racter. ' In the first place, the cord by which the metal weight was suspended on the neck of the youth was so short, as to be barely sufficient to tie behind, and it was exceedingly doubtful to him whether the lad him self would have been enabled to tie it in the manner in which it had been found. In the next, if even he had so tied it and his hands, he had then to get over a wooden paling four feet six inches in height, and such would be the difficulty of getting over such an impediment with a quarter of a hundred tied to his neck, that he (15 L Campbell) should not be able toaccomplish it much more a boy of 15 years of age. In the third place, he (wl • Campbell) found in the boxes of the lad eep a y of boo and the other papers, papers, which bore the hand -writing halk writing k ceased, and upon comparing them with the c on the foot of the deceased's bed, alsoi.n r d ea actahme ppaireicaeoonfwwheaotd they . found floating on the pond, a ever, and in his opinion had never been written by the same hand. The jury were of a s i m il a r opinion previous to th e stepmother of the deceased .being called, batndshuecesdwtohre the handwritingof the e point blank that both were deceased, and this it was . th lh at prineipallyi jury to come to the decision they had. Si nce then the ste p-moter h had been most anxious to get p ossess i on of both the writing and the board bearing the chalk marks; but he (Mr. Campbell) refused to let her have them,par ticularly as he had found th at E vans had been stopping at her house ever since the death of the bo) of her neighbour s d i d not hesitate to impute a ., moreand some than ordinary intim acy b etween the two parties. There was another circumstance which he (Mr. Campbell) felt it necessary to mention, and that was, that on a medical inspection of the body, appearances of an extraordinary description, and which he could not particularly allude to, were found, and Evans had acknowledged to him (Mr. Cgtrnbell) end others, that he had been accused of an Mr. Bishop, the step-brother of the deceased, here begged to mention another circumstance, which appeared to add to the many other suspicious incidents in the ease. The chalk writing on the footboard of the bed, and which if did ;lot Niro to bon boa writto by the &leased, were in these words; —"Please, Sir, have the kindness to remember me to II2V friends; George Bs nwell is in the yard at the back of the Louse: And after the words "Please , S ir," and " m y friendgi" there were comets l e:eced. This circumstance s46isfie d him that the writing was 20t, by the deceased, as hd palpably ignorant of grammac.: and, even if he had ris9t. been, he doubted at such a mom ant, when on the po int of self-destruction, he would have i3ken the trouble to write so methodically; and altogether Le was very dis satisfied with the inquiry, and hoped his 'Worship would not allow it to rest where it stood. Mr. NORTON admitted that the circumstances of the case were exceedingly suspicious, and dir ected Campbell to bring all the parties who coul d throw' ail light on the inquiry before him on a future da y , who; he should enter on a full investigation of the ca se. THAMES. Mr. Dennis Sullivan, an Irish coal-whipper, of 1, Chuttle worth- place. St. George's-in the-East, was cha. ged before Mr. Broughton with having a .e.zaulted the person of Mrs. Alderton under the following brutai:thd agg" ated circumstances, and it is hoped that the partite: may a housecs t as a caution to females generally who enter ti: of the poor in the vilest neighbourhoods in the Caus e °f religion or charity :—lt appeared from Mrs. Alcit'lfton's statement, who is the wife of a respectable shoerna'ker, e that as she belonged to a society established for the pt:r" pose of relieving the sick poor, and distributing tracts in and about the neighbourhood, she went out in companY with another matron to perform what they considered to be their duty. After go ing to other parts they stopped at the place where Sunivan resided and commenced distributing tracts, when the prisoner came up and requested her to visit his wife, e ;dro he said was th en l y ing on a sick bed, without the slightest:lol)e of recovery. Mrs. Alderton, believing what he stated immedi ately consented, and accompanied the nrisoner to the top room of one of the houses, where she Jiscovered two O be true, empty beds and no other person in the plane' alarmed, man and herself. On the instant she becan:e t.he pri m:id saw at a glance what was the intention ot . except the soner, who immediately made proposals to her ot proper character, and afterwards attempted to :i !l s." her person. Fortunately, however, her cries broug the other matron to her etssistance, and eventually the' fellow was given into custody. Sullivan (who is a Catholic) pleaded in excuse that he only put his hand upon Mrs. Alderton 's shoulder, labs an:t and that he did not want any of her hereticaJ tracts de livered about his neighbourhood. the The MAGISTRATE, after severely reprimand in g fellow fellow for his brutal, cruel, and dastardly conduct, I.lled him 405., or, in default, one month's imprisonment in t:La House o Correction. ---- --- COMMISSION of LUNACY at BATH. A Commission de lunatico inquirendo was recently opened at the York House, before Francis Barlow, Esq., to inquire touching the state of mind of Dame Anne Hussey Bickerton (commonly called Lady Bickerton), of No. 15, in the Circus, Bath, widow of Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton, Baronet, deceased. Mr. rhinn, barrister, appeared as counsel in suppor t of the com- 0 mission ; Lady Bickerton had no leg al assist:lo- Mr. Phinn stated that Lady Bickerton bad married, ill 1780, Sir R. H. Bickerton, a baronet of an old family:, possessing an estate in Huna.egdonshire ; that she was at present in the receipt of an inco me between 1,5001. and 2,000/. a year ; and the pr e s ent inquiry waats reluctantly instituted at the instance of .her two gre nephews, Mr. S. A. Turner and Mr. C. Tun for the safety and protection of herself and her propertY• The Learned Counsel then alluded to the various delusions to which the unfortunate lady was subject , One of which was that her husband (who died in 1831) " El Mill alive, and she constantly had a cover laid at dinnOr for him; another was that her late sister, Mrs. Muer6 (who has been dead several years), was also still living , and what was still more singular was, that Lady B• mistakes Mr, PairhurA, the wife of a tratisam an in Bath, for her sister, Mrs. Munro. Another singular delusion under which she laboured was that her bo i l in the Circus was an inn, and she constantly tre.lte"' her servants as if they belonged to an inn. It 1% .as also remarkable (and had been a source of sow." gular inconvenience to a neighbour) that Lady B. imagi ned , that the next house to that in which she liven was her own house, and she was continually going the next door and demanding admission. Besides havethese acts, which, perhaps, of themselves would scare! con. she had been sufficient to justify such an inquiry, d ailing tracted a habit of wandering about the town, on all sorts of people uninvited, an. er Ladyship a doubt she was deprived of her reason. 11 the was introduced into the room, and took' a seat beside her had provedan beyond Commissioner, who put a variety of in rega d Ladyship, touching her domestic arrangenneels, to which her impressions and answers seen.' • d extremely cicestions tor_ vague and indistinct ; and her replies were, 1: 9 1' of Mr. part, ramoling and irrelevant. The evidence , , the Wood, Dr. Spry, and Sarah Fountain, showed thin : _ subject of inquiry did not possess the common reasoo.• 'I b the most faculties. The jury returned a unanimous verdieN,' " That Lady Bickerton was of unsound mind, and inca-- pable of managing her affairs, and that she bad been so since the Ist of March, 1845."—Somerset County Gazette. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—LEEDS, JUNE 19. Almost an average quantity of foreign wools has changed hands this week, without any apparent variation in prices- Recent advices from the German wool fairs report greater activity among buyers, and more eagerness to purchase than was at first manifested. There was also a perceptible improvement in prices upon those paid at the commencement of the Breslau fair. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET.—LEEDS, JUNE 19.—Sales during the present week have been small, and last we€ k's prices are barely maintained. YORK WOOL MARKET, JUNE 18.—We have had another large show of wool, and the business done was very considerable. Prices, however, have declined about 6d. per stone. HULL WOOL MARKET, JUNE 16.—The market Was well supplied, and there was plenty of buyers, but the dull intelligence from several other proVincial markets operated strongly upon prices, which here suffered a de pression of Is. to Is. 6d. per ton, as compared with last week, the sales effected being at 25 5. to 27 5. 6d. per ton for hog fleeces ; and, the growers believing that the . de pression was in part attributable to the large quant i ties which are every where pouring into the markets in con sequence of the great and rapid progress made in shear ing during the late unsurpassed fine weather, determined generally to hold back, and a large quantity remained unsold. We fear, however, that the fall has a more serious cause, for formerly, under similar circumstances, with a brisk manufacturing trade, we have seen prices advance, and we incline to think that a slackness of orders in the mills for goods composed of British wools is the chief reason of the fall. Should a new impetus be given to the woollen trade, there will be no fear of prices being maintained. LEEDS.-Our markets at the Cloth Halls have seldom been duller than they were on Saturday and Tuesday. There are, however, more goods delivering off the mar.- ket days, at the merchants' warehouses, than has been the case for the last few weeks. The stocks on hand with the manufacturers continue low, and prices are a trifle lower. June is generally a dull month for busi ness, and, as usual. there has been little doing in the warehouses. The fine warm weather, and the prospects of an early harvest, have put people in the trade in spirits, and a good early autumn trade is very confi dently expected. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY, JUNE 18.--:-The demand for wool still continues comparatively restricted, and spinners do not yet buy with their accustomed spirit. There is a large supply of the new clip in the staplers' hands. One of them informs us he never knew a better clip. There is more inquiry for yarns, and is some sorts the demand exceeds the supply, but, strange to say, the prices do not get up, and till then the spinners will refuse to increase their production. Our piece market had a very spirited appearance, and a great number of goods were sold in many cases at a slight ad vance. The piece market exhibits signs of a returning' brisk trade. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.—The demand for goods has been extremely limited this week, and the few sales which have been effected were at a slight reduction in price. Yarns continue in but moderate demand, at pre vious rates. The uncertainties, both political andino nytary, appear to be the reasons for the want of anima tion now existing. LEICESTER.—There has not been much business doing' in the warehouses for the London market ; the whole sale houses there being engaged in their half-yearly stock taking. There is nothing new doing in the ship ping demand. Yarns support their late advanc. The wool trade is somewhat flatter, and good farmers ' lots do • not obtain above 28s. per tod, but pri ces w ill not be fixed till after the fair.—Leicester Journal. ..............,.,....-..........-••••.r.---_______ HEALTH OF THE CITY.—On Friday a deputation from the National Philanthropic Association L , consisting of the Dtike Lord Dudley' Stuart, lly„ of Grafton, Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., to the at p ia, r n esent filthy an Jordan Lynch, Mr. Cochrane, Mr. B. 13. Cabbell, F.R.S., &e., waited upon Lord John Russell, M.P.; as one of the representatives of thrt City of London, to draw his attention d neg. , lected state of its courts and alleys, and ask his assistance in their n d m a e trtehs resolution l u m t i o o s n t c::: improvement. The matter is now taken up with more interest, from the circumstance of the increasing prevalence of fevers from the in tense heat of the weather, and the apprehended visitation of Asiatic dial approbation of Lord John Russell, who stated that they should cholera. The object and views of the deput way have his voice and support, passed expressive of the necessity for the immediate in every swee ping and cleansing of an additional employment in his Lordship promised his assistance in number of hands, ix which sioners of Sewers. Menaoralising the Commis.. BIRTHS. On the 16th inst , at Mattel], Lady Blackett, of a son. On the 16th inst., at the Laws, Forfarshire, the lady of Henry James, Esq., of a son. On the 16th inst., at Thetford, Mrs. Shelford Bidwell, of a son still -born. 00 the 17th inst., in Spencer-street, Northampton-square, Mrs - Richard Mulleng, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Fortress-terrace, Kentish-town, Mrs. 5114 . d" ing, of a son. On the 18th Inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, Mrs. Edward Walker, of a son. On the 18th inst., at Shaftesbury-crescent, Mrs. Charles Coote, of a son. MARRIED. On the 6th inst., at Christ Church, Marylebone, Mr. Nicholles, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, to Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. It. N. Turk. On the 16th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, Mr. Richard Green, of Lewes, to Ellen, the adopted daughter of James Burt, Esq., of Barns bury-road, Islington. DIED. On the 19th inst., at his sister's house, 28, Bloomsbury-square. William Blackburn, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, in his fifty-eighth year eldest son of the late William Blackburn, Esq., of Southwark. On the 9th inst., at 1-tratford-le-Bow, Middlesex, Retired-Cop mander James Emerton, R.N., aged 70. On the 16th instin.,Upper Southwick-street, Mrs. Freeman, aged. 4 On the 17th inst., Ellen, eldest daughter of Mr. James Ely, of Soho square. On. the 17f71 in , t 17 , 7'z •rlR7n, dsu --- On the 17tii ixst., liciiritttta Maria Conyers, youngest daughter o. H. J. Conyers, Esq., of Copt Hall, Essex. London: Printed and Published by IuURDO YOUNG, of No. 112 Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N 0.112, Strand, in the Precinct EWA Lis the County County Agana, Mush Avis triih I