The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-14 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY EVENING. LATEST EETTUiG. The Suffolk Stakes. sto 2 agst Alamode I 7to 2 agst Maynooth No others mentioned. The following are scratched :—Corranna, Best Bower, and Lady Wildair. DERBY. 14 to 1 agst John Day's Lot—t• 30 to 1 agst Brocardo-40 to 1 7 to 2 agst Sting laid to 501. 6 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes 33 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First —taken 40 to 1 agst Poynton—taken 11 to 1 agst Tom Tullock 40 to 1 agst The Traverser 12 to 1 agst Fancy Boy—taken 40 to 1 agst West Country -15 to 1 apt Humdrum—taken man 20 to 1 agst Crown Prince 66 to 1 agst Maidof Hampton 30 to 1 agst Peri colt—taken Court OAKS. 6 to 1 agst Vanish—taken 18 to I agst Mendicant—taken ENTRIES FOIL WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate, ...i.F. Beaumont, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Solace, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Ridi culus Mus, 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; Caroline, 4 yrs, Sat ; Sister Flambeau, 3 yrs., 7st ; Prospect, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ; Lebandi 3 yrs, Cat 101 b ; Tit-bit, 3 yrs, Est 41b ; Sharpshooter, 3 yrs, Est 31b ; Side Saddle, 3 yrs, 6st. Jockey Club Plate, B.C. Kesheng, 4 yrs ; Mainooth. 4 yrs: The 10 soy. Sweepstakes did not fill. The Ganymede filly has been named Libation. New Match tor Tharsday.—Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Romford's Cob, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b, agst Mr. W. S. Stanley's Paultons, 4yrs, 7st 121 b. T.Y.C. 100. New match for Friday :—Bishop of Romford'scob, Bst 121 b, against Paulton3, 7st 121 b. T.Y.C. 100. In the match between Hawkesbury and Satyr, the former receives forfeit. Mr. Gurney has named his colt by Emilius out of Mesene, winner of the R. M. Plate this afternoon, " Cantley." Arrivals—Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Exeter, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl Spencer, Earl of Suffield, Lord Godolphin, Lord W. Powlett, Lord Howtb, Hon. Col. Anson, S. Lyttleton, G. Fitzroy, H. Forester, F. Villiers, Col. Peel, Messrs. C. Greville, Payne, Wigram Towneley, S. Stanley, S. Graham, G. H. Moore, Shelley, Campbell, Neville, Higgins, Crommelin, Magenis, Drinkald, Lowther. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Match, 50, h ft, first half of Ab. M.—Mr. Greville's Motilla, Bst 71b (Nat), beat Duke of Bedford's Black Cat, Bst 71b.— Even betting. Won by a length. Run in 59 sec. The Suffolk Stakes of 15 Sovs each, 5 ft if declared, &e., with 100 added. Last mile and a half of R.C. (32 Subs., of whom 15 declared.) Sir J. Hawley's Alamode, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (Nat) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs, sst 91b 2 Mr. Greville's Polka, 3 yrs, sst ... The following also started, but were rot placed :—Mr. Onslow's Ruff; 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Col. Peel's I-am-not-aware, aged, ist 21b— Mr. Shelley's Maynooth, 4 yrs, 7st:2lb—Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren, 4 yrs ; Est— General Grosvenor's Scarlet Rnnner, 4 yrs, sst 101b—Mr. King's Seven's the Main, 5 yrs, sst 51b—Mr. S. Stanley's Leaconfield, 3 yrs, sst 51b—Mr. Wesley's Elimea, 3 yrs, sst 21b. Betting-3 to 1 agst Alamode, 7to 2 agst Maynooth, 6to 1 agst Marquis of Conyngham, 8 to 1 agst I-am-not : aware, 8 to 1 agst Jenny Wren, 8 to 1 agst Seven's the Map, and 25 to 1 agst Elimea. Plantagenet took the lead, followed by Scarlet Runner, Leaconfield, Maynooth, Seven's the Main, and several light weights, Alamode, Jenny Wren, Polka, and Marquis of Conyngham lying off, the order of running close, and the pace as good as Plantagenet could make it. They remained in nearly these positions for about a mile. Maynooth and Leaconheld then took up the running, followed by Jenny Wren, Polka, and I-am-not-aware ; Alamode in a good place, and looking, even thus early, an easy winner. On reaching the T.Y.C. winning-post Alamode went past his horses, and led to the foot of the hill, but was then pulled back, and the lead left with Maynooth and Marquis of Conyngham; at the top, however, he again took up the running, had it all to himself, and won very easy by two lengths, the Marquis of Conyngham beating Polka by a length, and Jenny Wren and Scarlet Runner close up. Maynooth was stopped some dis tance from home. Run in 2 min. 56 sec. Handicap Plate of 501., for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. Lord Albemarle's Beaumont, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b (Robinson) 1 Duke of Rutland's Sister to Flambeau, 3 yrs, 7st (Pettit) 2 Mr. Shelley's Tit-bit, 3 yrs, 6st 41b The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Rolt's Solace, Mr. King's Ridiculus Mus, Mr. Arber's Caro line, Sir J. Hawley's Prospect, Lord Exeter's Lebanon, Mr. R. J. Shafto's Sharpshooter, Mr Phillimore's Side Saddle. Betting-3 to 1 agst Prospect, 3to 1 agst Sister to Flam beau, 6 to 1 agst Lebanon, 7 to 1 agst Tit-bit, and 10 to 1 agst Beaumont. The running was made at an indifferent pace by Tit-bit and Lebanon, followed by Prospect, Side Saddle, and Beau mont waiting in the rear. No change till they were half way down the Bushes-hill, when Lebanon died away, and the running was taken up by Sister to Flambeau, followed by Tit-bit and Prospect. Beaumont waited on this lot into the bottom, took the lead on reaching the hill, was never after caught, and won cleverly, by a length. Tit-bit was an indifferent third, Prospect fourth, and Caroline fifth. Run in two minutes thirty-three seconds. The Jockey Club Plate of 501., for four yrs old, 7st 21b ; five, Bst 31b; six and aged, Bst 91b; the property of Members of the Jockey Club. B. C. Mr. Shelley's Maynooth, 4 yrs (S. Mann) 1 Mr. Wigram's Kesheng, 4 yrs 2 11 to lb on Kesheng. Maynooth made all the running, and won by two lengths. Run in eight minutes and fifty-eight seconds. NEWCASTLE RACES. Handicap for the Northumberland Plate. Alice Hawthorn, aged, 9st—lnheritress, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b The Cure, 5 yrs, Bst 1115—Lightning, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—True boy, 6 yrs, Bst 915—Godfrey, 5 yrs, Bst 81b—The Baron, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—Morpeth, 5 yrs, Bst 715—Winesour, 6 yrs, Bst 615—Rowena, 5 yrs, Bst 615—Glossy, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Pa gan, aged, Bst 4113—Discord, aged, Bst 21b—Xanthus, 6 yrs, Bst 21b—Queen of Tyne, aged, Bst—Needful, 5 yrs, Bst Menter,4 yrs, Bst—Nottingham, 6 yrs, Bst—Miss Ells, 4 yrs, 7st 1215—Milton, 5 yrs, 7st 1015—Midlothian, 4 yrs, 7st 1015 —Pedometer, 5 yrs, ist 91b—Tellemachus, 5 yrs, 7st 91b— Red Robin, 4 yrs, 7st 915—The Parson's Clerk, 4 yrs, 7st 91b —The Pride of Kildare, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Jane, 4 yrs, 7st 71b— Chertsey, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Warp, 5 yrs, 7st 615—Mickey Free, 5 yrs, 7st 615—Milden, 4 yrs, 7st 615—Little Hampton, 5 yrs, 7st 615—Pythia, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Co-heiress, 5 yrs, 7st 615—John Harris, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Crim. Con., 4 yrs, ist 61b—Lady Wildair, 4 yrs, 7st 515—Sir Henry, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Beaufront, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Portobello, 5 yrs, ist 41b— Whinstone, 4 yrs, 7st 415—Salopian, 4 yrs, 7st 415—Fitz ellen, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Heretic, 5 yrs, Tat 415—The Roper's Daughter, aged, 7st 415—Saladin, 6 yrs, ist 31b—The Mag net, 4 yrs, 7st 215—Badinage 9 4 yrs, ist 31b—Comical Boy, 4 yrs, 7st 11b—Burgundy, 3 yrs, 7st—Marian Ramsay, 4 yrs, 7st—Dog Billy, 5 yrs, 7st—Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, 7st—Lycurgus, 4 yrs, 7st—Clumsy, 4 yrs, 7st—As you like it, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Rowland Hill, 5 yrs, Est 1215—Psalm singer, 4 yrs, Est 1215—Little John, 5 yrs, Est 121b—Fair Rosamond, 5 yrs, Est 1215—Laird o'Cockpen, 4 yrs, Est 1015 —Plaudit, 4:yrs, Est 1015—Cranebrook, 3 yrs, fist 915—Fancy Boy, 3 yrs, Est 915—Advice, 5 yrs, 6st 815—Poll of Wapping, 4 ;yrs, Est 615—Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, Est 615—Arthur, 4 yrs, Est 515—D010, 3 yrs, Est 511;-Petit Morceau, 4 yrs, Est 41b—Lucy. 4 yrs, 6st—Billy Purvis, 3 yrs, 6st— Cataract, 6 yrs, sst 1015--Crikey Billy, 6 yrs, sst 1015— Theasites, 3 yrs, sst 815—Lord Harry, 3 yrs, sst 915—The Druid, 3 yrs, sst 715—Sister to Sir Robert de C-orham ' 3 yrs, sst 715—Sheraton. 3 yrs, sst 715—Fitzwillia m , 3 yrs, sst 71b —The Slayer's Daughter, 3 yrs, sst 515--Duffield, 3 yrs, sst 21b—Camera Obscura, 3 yrs, sst—Laura colt, 3 yrs sst —Little Cassino, 3 yrs, s s t—Th e C ome t, 3 yrs, sst-2Fair Star, 3 yrs, sst—The Lyon colt, 3 yrs, sst—Headsman, 3 yrs, sst—Golden Bee, 3 yrs 4st 121b—Curiosity. 3 y rs , 4 s t 1215 Spur, 3 yrs, 4st 1215—Punch, 2 3 yrs, 4st 1215—Dictator, 3 yr!, 4st 1115. • _ N.B. In consequence of Epsom Races occurring so imme diately upon the declaration of forfeits, owners of horses who may intend to declare forfeit are respectfully requested to ar range so that the declaration may reach the secretary, Mr. Radford, Newcastle-on-Tyne, on or before Saturday, the 23d inst., it being desirable that a list of the horses remaining in may be circulated in time for the meeting at Epsom. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. DIERBY.-7 to 2 agst Sting, 6 to 1 ugst Sir Tatton Sykes (taken and afterwards offered), 11 to 1 agst Fancy Boy (taken), 11 to 1 ag3t Tom Tullock, 20 to 1 agst Humdrum (t), 20 to 1 agst Traverser, 25 to 1 agst Brocardo (t), 25 to 1 agst Peri colt (t), 30 to 1 agat Crown Prince, 30 to i agst Pherenicus, 40 to 1 agst Draco (t), 40 to 1 a g st Poynton (t), 50 to 1 apt Lady Hampton colt (t), 1,00 to 25 agst West Countryman (t), 1,000 to 20 agst Wilderness (t). CsAxs.-7 to 1 agst Vanish (t. freely.) No other named. THE GAME-LAW CASE. The evidence of Thomas Silvester, in the recent conviction of Mrs. Bridger, the fisherman's wife, for buying game, an d who has been re l ease d f rom durance mile by the humanity and kind-heartedness of J. C o ll ett, Esq M P. for Athlone, will not be uninteresti ng to t h e enemies" of the game-laws, and will afford some valuable information to Mr. Bright's Committee, now sitting in the H ouse o f C ommons. At the Petty Sessions, held in the Town Hall, Petersfi e ld on April 7th, 1846 (Captain Lyons and Si r Ch ar l es Taylor, ' Bart., the presiding magistrates), Th omas Sil vester, charcoal burner, in the parish of Liphook, deposed on oath as follows : Police-constable Hale, No. 76, of the North Hants con stabulary force, called on me, when the following conversa tion took place between us : Policeman—Have you any work now to do? Silvester—l have nearly done up all the work I have in hand, consequently I shall be glad to get another job. Policeman—l can tell you bow to earn 51. Silvester—ln what way, and how? Policeman—l have got a pheasant and a hare in my house; if you will take them to Bridger, the fisherman, at Petersfield, and get him to buy them, and afterwards lay an information against him, in the event of his being convicted, I will guarantee you the 51. from Sir Charles Taylor, of Hol lycomb House, near Liphook. Silvester—lf you cannot recommend me to a better job than that, I would sooner go into the union house than be come an informer. This disgusting affair has caused a great sensation in the town and neighbourhood, and is strongly condemned by the inhabitants generally. The poor fisherman has been called on since the return of his wife from gaol, by Police con stable Smith, with a message purporting to be from Sir C. Taylor, stating that he had two other ewes against him, and that be was to appear on the sth instant at the Petty Ses sions, at the Town-hall, to answer the charges. Conse quently Bridger attended in person before the game-pre serving and unpaid magistrates on Tuesday last, when Sir Charles Taylor promised to withdraw the two cases if the fisherman would enter into a bond of promise not to commit the like offence again in future !! !—llampshire independent. LADY FESTER STANITOPE.—AII who have perused the memoirs of this remarkable individual, will be glad to learn that three new volumes have just been published, com prising the narrative of her travels. The work is intended (says the prospectus) to complete the Memoirs of Lady Hester Stanhope. As the "Memoirs" embraced a period of about 15 years, in which were traced the causes which led to the " decline and fall " of her Ladyship's somewhat visionary Empire in the East, the Travels take up her his tory from the time she quitted England, and by a faithful narrative of her extraordinary adventnres, show the rise and growth of her Oriental greatness. A distinct line may at once be drawn between this and all other books of travels in the East—for it boasts of a heroine who marches at the head of Arab'trlbes through the Syrian Desert—who calls Gover nors of Cities to her aid, while she excavates the earth in search of hidden treasures—who sends Generals with their troops to carry fire and sword into the fearful passes of a mountainous country to avenge the death of a murdered tra veller —and who then goes defenceless and unprotected to sit down a sojourner in the midst of them. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.—ViSCOUIIt Seaham and the Earl of Hardwicke have been elected members. Gill, of Coventry, and Norley, of Manchester, fought on Tuesday atWithy-green, 15 miles from Oxford, for 5001, Gill won after 4 hours and 7 minutes' cembat. DUTCH AND BELGIAN MAIL. THE HAGUE, MAY IL—To-day, in a sitting of the two Chambers united, the Minister of the Interior, in his Majesty's name, closed the session with the follow ing speech:— " Noble and mighty Lords, at the beginning of your session, now about to close, the Government, to pro mote, with your co-operation, whatever may tend to the completion of our institutions and legislation, pro posed to your High Mightinesses important measures relative to the internal administration, and afterwards various projects of law respecting the first book of the penal code. "Circumstances, independent of the Government and of you, have made it necessary to defer the settlement of the first to a following session, and our hopes were disappointed, that the establishment of the proposed general enactment of the Netherlards penal code would have paved the way to the completion of the nation's legislation. The Government how ever trust that the time and pains bestowed by your High Mightinesses on the examination of those proposals will not be lost, but tend to facilitate the examination of the important measures proposed. " The precautions taken, with your co-operation, to promote the importation of provisions, have, by God's blessing, answered our expectation, so that large sup plies have dispelled the fears of an extraordinary scarcity of the chief necessaries of life, and the gloomy prospects of the approaching winter at the beginning of your session have not been realized. " The adoption of the law for regulating the pensions of civil officers, is a measure that has long been desired. " The Government congratulates itself on your co opperation on this measure to promote commerce and navigation, and on the favourable regulations with re spect to the French and Russian flags. The liberal principles which the King and the nation wish to pre vail in all commercial intercourse with other nations. The measures confirmed by you for a temporary de crease of the import and export duties have led to a negotiation with Belgium, from which a happy result is expected. Your Mightinesses have likewise agreed to several financial measures, among which the improve ment of the excise on sugar, which promises an increase of the public revenue, that for completing the ways and means of 1844 and 1845, and several for regulating the expenditure, which proves more and more that order and regularity prevails in national finances, that the expenditure may be covered by the revenue and confirm the confidence in the national credit. This confidence must be confirmed by the extraordinary disbursements approved by your High Mightinesses for improving the causeway from Bois le Due and Corlemburg, for indem nifying the sufferers by the military inundations in some provinces, for the works for completing the De• demsvaart, and for an extraordinary grant to the Charitable Society, which will be provided for out of the disposable funds without any burden on the people. " The measure approved by you for calling in and ex. changing the old current cents. is begun, and will be ac tively continued. " The temporary modification of the law in the fishe ries, as you doubtless wish, with the Government, will tend to promote the interests of this important branch of our assembly. " That the Government has seen its endeavours to promote the welfare of the country supported by your zealous co-operation. In the name of the King, I de clare this ordinary session of the Sates-General to be closed." The assembly then broke up. BRUSSELS, MAY 11.—The Chamber resumed and terminated the discussion on the programme of the Mi nistry of M. de Thum. after four days' debate, without coming to any vote. The assembly merely proceeded to the order of the day, when the list of speakers was ex hausted. At the commencement of the sitting, the Senate agreed to the project of law for granting a provisional credit of five millions of francs to the war department, by a msjority of 29 to 1. DRAGONETTI. The following graphic description of the character and personal peculiarities of the unrivalled contra-bassist is ex tracted from a memoir of his life, written by one of his old and intimate friends, which has appeared in the Scotsman "In person Dragonetti was of middle height; in -kneed; of a pale and grave countenance. We never saw him laugh, and his marble features seldom relaxed into a smile. When he became interested in the music he was playing, his eye became animated, and shed a strange brassy gleam, remind ing one of Dante's Charon around whose eye glared wheel ing flames.' He generally spoke in a low tone, and with hesitation, for his vocabulary was a strange mixture of three or four languages and several dialects, se that it was not easy to understand him. Indeed, his hearers might suppose they heard Rabelais' 6 Ouydire' with seven tongues and lan guages, or (as in Hudibras) Cerberus himself pronounce a leash of languages at once.' His voice was guttural, and he used to fill up the pauses in his speech by a deep Ha!' and a significant nodding of his head. When in good hu mour, he used to tell droll stories, which, to those who could follow him, became doubly diverting from the imper turbable gravity with which he narrated them. They were sometimes of the La Fontaine order. His manner was un polished, but sincere; and he never disguised his likings or dislikings. He had great kindness of heart, and was a true and steady friend. He had no vicious habits; and even in the most convivial parties we never saw him intoxicated. Though in the main attentive to economy, be was by no means parsimonious. When he gave a dinner party, as he occasionally did to brother artists, and noble and gentle amateurs, he did so in a princely style. He was liberal in his aid to many of his distressed countrymen ; but privately and unostentatiously. The rooms he generally occupied pre sented a perfect chaos of music, musical instruments, books, prints, pictures, snuff-boxes, &c. On calling upon him one day some years ago, we saw a number of large dressed dolls seated upon a sofa in his room; one of them a negro doll. He said to us, 'these are my children; they are just come from school, and you see they are very quiet.' He used to call his favourite double-bass his wffe.' Of his merits as an artist it is impossible to speak too highly, as every one who heard him and is capable of judging will freely confess. He was one of the older school of thoroughly-trained Italian ar tists—a school of which few vestiges now remain." THE LATE OUTRAGE IN WEST- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 13. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S. Mr. BROTIIERTON moved the Lords' amendments to this Bill, which were agreed to. WieUtWICKSIIIRE AND LONDON RAILWAY—WORCESTER AND WEEDON LINE This Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed, as was also the Bill for the Hampton and Ashchurch line. ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS. Mr. GISBORNE wished to know whether he was to attend the Committee of which he was appointed a member, or whether he was to be present at the impertant debate which was about to take place. If he did not attend the Committee of which he was a member, the effect of his non-attendance would be to I>reak up the Committee. He should move that the House adopt measures for laying down rules for the guidance of Members who were similarly situated with himself. He was persuaded that until some distinct rule was laid down, there would be a repetition every Wednesday while the session lasted of the present difficulties. Sir GEORGE GREY thought that, looking at the great import ance of the question which would shortly be brought before the House, the Hon. Member would be properly exercising his discre tion it he remained during the debate, and neglected the duties of the Committee for to-day. He was, however, afraid that the Hon. Gentleman had placed himself in a position from which the House could not extricate him. Mr. BERNAL was of opinion that the responsibility of attendance on Committees should not rest on individual Members, but on the House. He hoped the House would take into their consideration to adopt some rule for the guidance of Members. TEN HOURS BILL. Lord MORPETH presented petitions from the manufacturers of Bradfcrd, against the limitation of the hours of labour, as proposed in the Factories Bill. Mr. ALI)AM presented a petition from the manufacturers of Leeds, of a similar nature with the foregoing. THE FACTORIES BILL. J On the order of the day for the adjourneddebate on the second reading of this Bill being read, Mr. COLQUHOUN said, on a former occasion his Right lion. Friend, the Secretary of State had stated; that the Ten Hours Bill would very seriously affect the great staple manufactures of the country. On tile contrary, he believed, that their manufactures would be greatly benefited by it, and all the benevolent manufac turers, and they formed the great majority, were of opinion, that the restrictions of labou r,as proposed, were advantageous, and not injerious to their interests. 'What was the evil to be apprehended from restriction? It had been said that injury would result to the carpet manufacturers because the hours of labour on'. lie continent, in France, Austria, and Prussia, were longer and therefore the English manufacturers would he unable to compete with the foreigner. It was his be:ief that the French labourer working fourteen hou-s a day did not produce so much workmanship as the English labourer who worked only ten hours a day. He could not conceive, then, that injury would result to trade from competition with foreign countries because the hours of labour were diminished at home. If advantages had been given to the manufacturers which were more than equivalent to any tax that you were going to impose, ought not, he would ask, that to be a reason why some alteration in the hours of labour should take place ? Great competition on the part of capital and labour tended to reduce the wages of labour. It was therefore the duty of Government to interfere, and restore the equilibrium which should exist between the employer and the employed. lie believed the ma nufacturers to be as humane and intelligent a class of men as any in the empire.— (Cheers.) Let them he sincere—let them be perfectly sincere—let the operative see that they wished to obtain advantage for him as well as for themselves. Messrs. Holdsworth and Gregg had stated that the reduction of wages would be about 7% per cent. upon the amount of 10s. 3d. But he would prefer the evidence of Mr. Leonard Homer, the factory commissioner, which was upon a wider basis. According to his evidence the weekly wages was 1I s. 7d.; so that on the yearly earnings of 311., the reduction would be 21.45., leaving him 281. its. The operatives said they were quite ready to assent to this reduction. But what was the effect of the compe tition? Why, according to Mr. Horner, from 1528 to 1841 the fall had not been 7 or 7% per cent., but from Bs. to 7s. per week, and from 4s. to 3s. 6d. ; and in one mill in Manchester the fall had abso lutely been as much as 17 per cent. He did not think that high wages were always advantageous to the operative, or by any means a criterion of the benefits of his position at any time ; for he believed that moderate wages, with moderate labour, was far better, both for his moral and his social advantage ; and when they were called upon to secure him against that undue imposition of labour tinder which he now suffered, there was a case made out which imperatively called for the pro tection which the operative sought. Mr. LABOUCHEIZE was quite happy to agree with the last speaker in several points, but these were matters which required much consideration, and although he had before given his thoughts upon the subject to the House, he felt it necessary not to suffer this debate to close without stating his sentiments. This was neither more nor less than an attempt to reduce the productive power of this manufacturing country by one-sixth. In stating this fact, however, he was not insensible of the claims of the great and numerous and important class to which this Bill referred. They were in the eyes of the Great Creator of all men the most important of all classes, because he viewed all his creatures alike and with the same favour, and this was the most important because it was the most numerous.—(Cheers.) He had supported his Noble Friend Lord Ashley in his Bill for preventing the working of women in coal mines underground, but it was allowed on all hands that it was one of the most delicate of all matters to interfere between the employer and the employed, and they might go too far. He recol lected, from the report of the Factory Commissioners with regard to Manchester, where there were three distinct manufactures carried on—that of the common cotton article, that for fustians, and that for pins— and it was the custom, when children were too young to be sent into the cotton factories, to send them to the fustian cutters, and if too young for that they were sent to the pin -makers, so that there was no avoidance of the evil. The Right Honourable Gentleman here quoted the report of the Fac tory Commissioners to prove his assertion, and then proceeded to say, that 4' the House were to adopt the principle of interference with labour they would have to turn two-thirds of the whole popu lation into commissioners. —(Hear, hear.) This was contrary to the whole principle of the constitution, and such as could never be used with anything like effect. They were, in fact, attempting an impos sibility, and he must say that he did not think that the Hon. Mem ber for Oldham (Mr. Fielden) had acted with entire fair ness and ' candour on this occasion. That Honourable Mem ber, wino from his high standing as a manufacturer and as a man, was deservedly entitled to the very highest consideration among the operatives, had stated, on the moving of the second reading of this Bill, that there was to be no reduction of profits, no reduction of wages, no reduction of produce. Why, how could he reconcile the whole of this evident anomaly? Were the manufac turers to give twelve hours' wages for ten hours' work, and yet be losers neither in profit or produce? lie confessed that he could not conceive how such a result was to he obtained. He understood that in numerous instances families were at the pre sent moment leaving those mills ; short time was worked to obtain employment in those that worked the usual time.—(Hear, hear.) But there was no such thing upon record as workmen leaving mills that worked twelve hours to go to those that worked but ten or eleven. And if those facts did not carry conviction to the minds of Honourable Gentlemen as to the feeling entertained by the working classes with regard to this measure, he really knew not what would. —(Hear, hear.) While he was upon the subject he would venture to read to the House an extract from a letter which he had lately received from a gentleman who had permitted him to make the communication to the House, and which, both from its nature and the high authority of the writer, was well worthy of attention. He was sure that it contained arguments much more conclusive than any which he (Mr. Labouchere) could introduce. It was a letter from Mr. William Greg, brother of Mr. IL 11. Greg, manufacturer, Manchester, who had introduced the eleven hour system into his mill. He said that they had tried the reduction of the hours of labour from twelve to eleven hours, and that when Mr. Greg found that the loss in the amount of production was so serious that he could not continue the short hour system unless they divided the difference between him, and they unanimously said that they would prefer the twelve hour system to a reduction of wages.—(Hear.) An Ilonourable MEMBER—This is the party that wrote in favour of the ten hour system.—(Hear, and laughter.) eat Mr. LABOUCHERE—From the calculati on w hi c h he had made a Legislature care and consid era ti on that ought to before they su dd en l y passed suchegislature ten hours Bill would reduce the wages of the wo r ki ng c l asses about 25 per cent., and an eleven hours Bill 1 3 per cent. He only men tionedb emad t e h to u is ee e s f b how 7t t b h e e a measure as this.—(Hear, hear.) He believed that Hon. Members if passed, would a t no who said that this Bill would not lower the wages of the manu facturing classes laboured under a very great delusion.—(H ear. ) hatsttrtegeme w message, the capitali s t s o f thi s country and those who are the employed. And the f ear f u l conse quenceswasfearful that of that struggle would eventually recoil upon the heads of the working classes, for whose benefit this Bill professed to be.— (Hear, hear.) lie did not say that that struggle would come imme diately. If they passed this Bill they would reduce the productive power of the manufacturing population of this country one-sixth at least. The foreign manufacturers, who in some places worked at the present time upwards of twelve hours per day—(Hear, hear) — would then be fearful and certainly successful rivals of the English manufactures. The foreign capitalist, with unrestrained hours of labour, would be able to fill up the gap which this Bill would pro duce, lie should deeply regret if this session, which would witness the unshackling of commerce, would also witness the restriction of that commerce for the benefit of which the other great measure was expressly brought forward.—(Hear, hear.) This was indeed a deli cate subject to encounter. It was true that this measure did not, in so many words, seek to limit the hours of the adult population of the manufacturing district, but it would have that effect. The deputies of manufacturing classes admitted that it would have that tendency ; and he therefore thought that it was most unfair to argue in support of the Bill that it would only limit the hours of young persons. It was undoubtedly true, and he observed with great pleasure, that there did exist among the working classes of this country an increased desire for leisure, and for the improvement of their moral and intellectual faculties. That desire was at the present time being largely carried into effect in the metropolis and other large towns, but it was a voluntary arrangement between the masters and their workmen.—(Hear, hear.) 110th desired to do so, and it was a movement to which every one must wish success. But there was a wide difference between arrangements of that kind and a compulsory enactment of the Legislature. He must decline the responsibility of making those experiments with the labour of his fellow-countrymen, which was the most important interest in this couatry. He was opposed to an eleven as well as a Ten Hours' Bill, but of the two evils he should certainly prefer the Eleven Hours' Bill.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. COWPER said that the Right Hon. Gentleman, who had just addressed the House, had entirely abandoned that which had been hitherto considered a strong ground against this Bill, viz. that it was an abolition of principle. Now, with respect to the opinions of the operatives in the manufac turing districts, they were decidedly in favour of this measure; he knew that from having personally attended, in company with Lord Ashley, a meeting of the manufacturing operatives, which had been called for the purpose of ascertaining their feelings with regard to this measure. Let them look also to the petitions that had been presented to the House in 1844. s Then it was said that the working classes, by their repeated strikes, would compel their employers to accede to the passing of a ten hours' Bill. Now this was the most dangerous ex pression that had been uttered during the last few years. Be sides, the operatives always knew that strikes seldom turned out for their ultimate advantage—(Hear)—bucause they invariably entailed injuries upon themselves and their employers. But there was another reason—those who had taken the head of the ' movement held a deep responsibility, and he did not speak of those who had advocated the rights of the working classes in that House, but of the operatives themselves, who more gene rally consisted of men who knew that they would best serve the cause of the children by not resorting to such ulterior measure., and consequently by inducing their masters and the country to look favourably on the course they advocated. In many cases they had been successful in this course of proceeding. With respect to voluntary agreements, which he considered the best way of settling the question. However desirable these agreements might be in the abstract, he feared that they could not be generally entered into, because it was difficult to get masters to agree, and where one master assented, it was pos sible another manufacturer in his immediate vicinity might not. With respect to foreign competition, which he might say was one great obstacle thrown in the way of the settlement of this question, the ground formerly taken was not the same as taken now. The ground formerly taken was this—that the expense of an operative's subsistence was so great, owing to the tax upon eorn, that we could not compete with foreign countries, if, in addition to the reduction of the hours of labour, the price of food was enhanced. In the letter of Mr. Marshall, which he considered gave him great credit, as he was anxious to uphold the commerce of the country, he stated that th e repeal of the corn-laws, and other restrictive duties—and which might now be considered certain ; and free trade generally, would produce better markets and more con stant employment, a better supply of the necessaries of life, and would facilitate the reduction of the hours of labour without reducing wages or profits. But it has always been said, when ever any reduction of the hours of labour was proposed, that the manufacturers would be severely injured. But who were ruined? Were master manufacturers ruined? Clearly trot He considered that the great and permanent benefit the work ing classes would receive from the repeal of the corn-laws was the reduction of their hours of labour. He was not quite pre pared to admit that this measure would not cause a diminution of produce. It was true that there might be a diminution of daily produce, but it did not follow that the diminution of days would diminish the produce of the entire year. He did not think that there was any market which our manntacturers could not glut in a given time, so that the operative who wished twelve hours would necessarily not be constantly em ployed. With regard to any reduction of wages, he could show that the great majority of the operatives would be willing to run the risk of having their wages lowered. The late Sir R. Peel was in favour of such a system. The additional leisure of such a measure would give young persons a good opportunity of completing or obtaining an education to fit them for the social duties of the world upon which they were about to enter. Mr. DENNISTOUN stated, that the Hon. Member for Newcastle, in the commencement of his speech had stated that if he thought that this measure would effect what he called the four staple commodities of manfacture, viz,, cotton, wool, silk, and linen, he could not vote for it. He (Mr. Dennistoun) would endeavour to show that this measure had been attended with very serious consequences to all our manufactures. He would take the case of one mill, in which there was 25,000 spindles, and the gross produce of which was 22,0001. per annum. If this measure were to pass, it would take 1-Bth from that or a sum of 1,7001. The wages paid amounted to 7,0001. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1846, and would be 30 per cent on that amount. Even as it was, the owner of the mill of which he spoke lost 1,0001. per annum, and what would be his chance of improving his con dition if this measure were passed. Besides, when experiments had been made, the people themselves did not seem anxious to reduce their labour. In one case, where permission was given to the operatives to absent themselves from the mill for a day at a time, an extra hand being found to work for them, who of course received their wages for the time, they at first availed themselves of the permission, but in a few weeks no ap plications at all were made. Lord JOHN MANNERS said, that instead of giving effect to the wishes of the working people, they were compelled to listen to the speeches of the Hon. Secretary, and lately to that of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down. Was it a great principle and everlasting truth, or a merely temporary difficulty, which prevented the settlement of this question ? A preliminary difficulty therefore met, him in the opening, and he should, therefore, confine himself to a reply to the speech of the Hon. Gentleman who had just set down.—( Hear. ) That Hnn. Gentleman had said, that if the working people would consent to an agreement not to agitate for any further alteration, he would assent to a compromise for an eleven hours Bill. But what was the case ? On the one side, they had the unanimous voice of the people in favour of this Bill. the majority of the subordinates all the dissenting ministers, and a great portion of the nation in favour of the principle. On the other there were only those opponents who among the master manufacturers were the most remarkable for their ten dency to political agitation.—(Cheers.) Then again the Hon. Member had said that this Bill was confined to an advantage for the young persons employed in factories. Then an argument had been used in order to slum that the repeal of the corn laws would throw off protection from the artisans in the manu facturing districts. But who was it that agitated for the repeal of the corn-laws? Certainly not the operatives of Manchester or Huddersfield, hut those parties who were now desirous of throwing out the Bill.—( Cheers. ) He would take the Right Honourable Gentleman's remark to show that the operatives would have to pay two hours labour per day for the advantage of cheap bread—(Cheers)—and he would make the offer to the leaguers that if they would assent to this reduction of labour, he (Lord J. Manners) would consent to the same duty on corn as it existed at the beginning of the year. The Noble Lord (Ashley) had, it might be remembered, on the introduction of this measure in 1844, carefully gone through the circum stances of every country, and had shown how impossible it was for any parties to compete with this country. The Right Hon. Gentleman, who was so bold in March in ridiculing the idea of competition, was now the most ready to adopt the idea of pro tection. How was it that this fear was so soon abolished? He feared that the Right Hon Baronets in the Home Depart ment and at the head of the Government, were advocates for the retention of the Eleven Hours' Bill, and they had stated that reduction was equivalent to 16 per cent., both on the pro duction and the wages. At what rate, then, did they estimate the change now ? In 1829 the manufacturers of Nottingham had agreed to a restriction of the hours of labour, and some years afterwards had returned to the system of unrestricted exertion ; and what was the consequence? Did wages rise or did they fall ? Why, that labour which had formerly obtained 6d., was reduced to 3d.—(Cheers. )—and he could not think that that which had been obtained in Nottinghamshire would equally hold in the large districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Did the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel) mean to say that the lower classes of the community were no longer to look to the Government as the harbinger of their happiness or of their welfare, or whether they were merely to be considered as the tax-gatherers, and the policemen of the state, and that so long as they got the taxes, it mattered not to them whether the people were rich and happy or poor and miserable ? He trusted they would accept this as an earnest of the kindly manner in which the working men of this country were to be treated, and that by the adoption of it they would induce that class to look up to the House of Commons as the great pre server of their rights and privileges, and that they, by passing this Bill, proved that they were:prepared to listen to their prayers and their wishes. He trusted, in conclusion, that the House would unite in passing this measure, as it was calculated to promote the comforts, elevate the condition, and promote the social and spiritual well-being of the industrious, the gallant, and the long-suffering working people of this country. Mr. TRELAWNEY said, they had been told that the manufacturing pear were in favour of this Bill, and that was one great reason why it should receive the sanction of the Legislature. He should like to know when Hon. Gentlemen on the opposite benches first began to legislate in accordance with the wishes of the working classes ? It was not very long ago since . the working classes presented a petition to the House signed by upwards of 3,000,000 individuals, praying the House to adopt universal suffrage, which the petitioners believed was the great panacea for all the political evils under which they laboured. had that petition any weight upon those Hon. Gentlemen who now adopted the argument, that because the working people asked the House to pass this measure, it should therefore be sanctioned, without any further delay ? He was opposed to this Bill, because its immediate and direct object was a most unjust interference with the rights of private pro. perty. It would, in the first place, interfere with the rights of the manufacturers who had invested large sums in the erection of mills ; and in the next place, it would interfere with the rights of the working man, by cur tailing his only capital, his wages.—( Hear, hear.) Hon. Gentlemen who had spoken in favour of this measure had talked largely of humanity, and yet they did nut think it very inhumane to givestheir labourers 7s. per week. After some further remarks, which were not distinctly heard in the re porters' gallery, the Hon. Member concluded by stating that he felt bound to g i ve th e measure hi s most dec i ded oppos i tion. Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to allude to a statement which had been made by the Hon. Member who had just sat down in the opening part of his address. The Hon. Member had spoken about a petition signed by 3,000,000 of the working classes, but the House must bear in mind that there was a great difference between the measure for which they sought and the object contemplated by this Bill. Who was the person who first advanced a Ten Hours' Bill? It was the late Sir Robert Peel, but the Right lion. Baronet, the secretary of State for the Home Department, in happy forgetfulness, stated that the late Sir Robert Peel did not sup port such a Bill. But the Right lion. Baronet (the late Sir Robert Peel), on the sth of June, 1815, stated " that the duration of their labour should be limited to twelve hours and a-half per diem, including the time for education and meals, which would be ten hours of laborious employ ment."—( Hear, hear.) And there was no man who attained a higher cha racter for consistency, and an earnest desire for the welfare of manufacturers themselves than the late Sir Robert Peel. And who was the individual who brought forward the Bill now. It was brought in by an individual, of whom it had been said in that House, that he worked up one-hundredth part of all the cotton imported into this country (Mr. Fielden). Thus they had not the enthusiasm of the last generation in favour of the Bill, but eminent manufacturers and others who were solely the example. It might be said, why did they not trust to the benevolence of individuals ; but they' should not leave it to the conscience of masters, but frame a general law. His Right Hon. Friend the Secretary for the Nome Department had said that they were wrong in stating that the late Sir Robert Peel ever contemplated, or introduced any measure to reduce the hours of labour within the limit of twelve hours. On a former division on this subject, the House had virtually affirmed the principle of a reduction within the limits of twelve hours, by declaring that the clause, containing the words twelve hours, should not remain part of the Bill. The Bill was, therefore, brought forward at present in order to obtain a re election to ten hours—which the House, by its former decision, had virtually sanctioned. Sir J. GRAHAM said, that when he made the suggestion w ca i m t h e r t e o s p h e i c m t t w o i t Si h t r h ß e B . i I P I p e 1, 0p o t s h e e d H b yo the e lk i l a e t m e s b i e r r t f . o p r OldhamPeel on the , i i t n h t i e n nd t h t e o den limits y of twelve hours, but such a measure was not proposed. With that subject,s Sir R. R a . n leslo did d s speech contemplateof h i a r s. ll ed e u d c i t d io n n o w t respect to the statement of the Right Hon. Baronet, that the House had virtually sanctioned the principle, he would remem ber that on the 18th of March, 1844, a Bill for the limita tion of labour was then under discussion, and to that Bill Lord Ashley proposed an amendment , that the time in which the mills should not work, should not he from six in the morn ing to eight at night as proposed in the Bill , but from six in the morning to six at night. That amendment was carried by a very small majority, but on a subsequent division o f th e House on the same subject, the question was put whether the period of twelve hours should be allowed, and it was negatived. The question was then put, whether the period of labour should be ten hours, and that was also negatived, so that the House could not have virtually affirmed any period within the twelve hours. Mr. S. CRAWFORD intended very briefly to address the House, and he believed that if ever there was unanimity on any public question, that unanimity existed in the borough of Rochdale. He (Mr. S. Crawford) had presented a petition, signed by upwards of 9,000 inhabitants ; he had also presented a petition from a public meeting, signed by the high constable. He had also presented a petition, signed by upwards of 7,000 of the inhabitants of Belfast. He was the last man in the world to interfere with the liberty of any subject, but he was compelled to do so on this occasion. He wratid assert that the operatives had no opportunity of choosing their hours of work. If the manufacturers required the females and children of the operatives to work that number of hours, what protection had they? The average of life in Lancashire, compared with the general towns of England, was nineteen years shorter than the general average. They had the evidence to show that, after nearly twelve years experience of the Factory Act, that in respect to children there could be no substantial improvement in a class of people who were engaged for fourteen hours and a half a day in active exertion. These statements made a strong ground for the result at which he wished the House to arrive. Ho would not insist on the argument, that. an equal quantity of work could be done in a small quantity of hours as in a large, but he would contend that the price of labour de pended on supply and demand, and not on the hours in which artisans were employed. He was one of those that had con tended that the people should be protected against the tyranny of the proprietors of the land, and he was ready to say now, that the people should be likewise protected against the pro prietors of money.—( H ear , h ear .) H e maintained that the great evil of the present day was, that there was too great an accumulation of money in the hands of a few, to the injury of the many.—( Hear, hear.) He contended that it was neces sary to protect the labouring classes from the evil results of that state of things; the working people were absolutely, the slaves of their employers. . Mr. DUNCAN said he had always opposed, and was still determined to oppose this measure. In his opinion, it w ould tend to the utter ruin of the trad e o f t hi s country. He had been at some pains to arrive at the truth of the matter, and he had come to the conclusion that this Bill, which would inter- fere most seriously with the rights of private property, was a most unjust one. But for occupying the time of the House, he would quote the opinions of many persons, well qualified to judge, that any legislative interference with the hours of labour was wholly uncalled for.—( Hear.) Sir G. GREY said, before he gave his vote in favour of the Bill, he wished to state that he should do so with less confidence than when he voted for the measure of Lord Ashley in 1844. Benevolent persons, in their anxiety for the welfare of the in dustrious classes, were apt to overlook the commercial interests of the country, and that if they injured those classes they would injure the operatives themselves.—( Hear.) These considera tions were frequently lost sight of in the discussion of questions relating to the moral and social condition of the industrious classes ; but the arguments used against the Bill were the same as those urged against the present law before it was proposed. —( Hear, hear.) But from the reports of the inspectors of factories, it appeared that the anticipations formed with respect to the inefficiency of the present law had been realised. The arguments against this Bill were to the effect that there ought to be no interference with the rights of labour; but that was not the question then before them, as the question of interference had been settled, but it was this, whether they could say they had advanced to the precise limit at which they should either stop or proceed; and whether, by proceeding further, they would, or would not, injure the commercial in terests of the country. His opinion was, that they ought not, to proceed further than the part they had now attained, until they had further experience that a step beyond that limit might be safely taken. But he thought with other Hon. Mem bers, that it would be better that the regulation of the hours of labour should be effected by mutual arrangement between the employer and the employed—(Cheers)—and he thought, if they consulted the manufacturers, an arrangement might be come to which would be satisfactory to both.—( Hear, hear.) He thought the natural tendency of the measure would be to reduce wages; but this would be made up by the increased vigour which the labouring classes would be enabled to throw into their work in consequence of working short time. They would work with more spirit, and, consequently, accomplish more than if they were working long hours. With those feel ings, be should support the Bill. Mr. BROTHERTON rose amidst loud cries for a division. He considered that a reduction in the hours of labour ought not to be arranged between the masters and their workpeople. The Hon. Member was here interrupted by loud expressions of impatience on the part of the House. He declared, some what emphatically, that if these interruptions were continued, he should move the adjournment of the House. It had been said that if they interfered with the labour of the factory trade they would have to interfere with every other kind of labour. He denied this. As well might they say that if they took off one tax they would have to remove all taxes. He contended that the interference which had taken place had been attended with the most beneficial results. On the score of humanity it was politic to interfere for the purpose of limiting the hours of labour. It was said that if they reduced the hours of labour they must reduce the amount of manufactures pro duced in this country. All experience was against this suppo sition, for whilst they had been reducing the hours, the amount of manufactures produced had increased. For these reasons, and believing that the Bill would tend to ameliorate the condition of the working-classes, he should give the Mea sure his warmest support. Mr. CARDWELL did not contend for an abstract principle of non-interference with labour. In the interference which had already taken place they had been guided by general practic with respect to the length of the hours of labour. That was the principle of the interference which had hitherto taken place, and it was that principle upon which the Government in tended to continue to act with respect to this subject. While on the continent the hours of labour had ranged from seventy nine bouts a-week to ninety-two hours, they had limited the hours of labour in this country to sixty-nine hours a week. To place a less limit now would be to incur a great and imminent risk. Were they aware of the interests they were about to jeopardise? Did they consider that 800,000 of the population were affected by this measure, nod were they aware that one-half of our total exports were produced by one branch of those operatives? the Hon. Gentleman proceeded to notice the occasions on which legi:lative interference with respect to the hours of labour had taken place, and to enume rate the various Acts which had been sanctioned by the Legis lature for the purpose of limiting the hours of labour ; and he contended that the interference had proceeded to the utmost limit consistent with safety, and beyond which it would be dan gerous to go. This Bill would have the practical effect of pre venting the working man benefiting by his own industry. It must have the effect of reducing wages. It would cut off one sixth of the manufacturing productive power of the country, and the effect of that would be most disastrous to the cperative population, and the country tenerally. Mr. WARD, amidst much confusion, moved that the de bate be adjourned. Mr. BANKES also moved that the debate be adjourned, intimating his intention to follow that up by moving that the debate be resumed on Monday neat. He attributed their not coming to a division at once to the manoeuvres of the Minis terial Members. After a scene of much confusion, Sir R. PEEL said it was of the utmost importance that the tariff should be proceeded with on Monday. Mr. BANKES persisted in his motion, and a noisy dis cussion ensued, in the midst of which the clock struck six, and the House was adjourned, without, as we could understand, any day being fixed for resuming the debate. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF THE RICIIARDSONS. (Before Lord Chief Justice DENMAN and Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Wiilianz Richardson, aged 49, lately au astronomer in the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and Ann Maria Richardson, aged 22, his daughter, were charged with the wilful murder of Theodore Horatio Richardson, an infant child, the result of an incentuous intercourse between them. The indictment contained no less than five counts, varied in terms, but all in effect charging the prisoners with wilful murder. Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Huddlestone, and Mr. Clerk were engaged for the prosecution; Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Ballantine were retained for the defence. Mr. BODKIN opened the case, and in a long address, entered mi nutely into the particulars connected with this truly disgusting case; but, as these have already been so often before the public, we are spared the painful duty of recapitulating them. The following witnesses were called : Charles l'earce, a bricklayer's labourer—Was employed on Thurs day, the 22d of January, in a garden near the Grove, Greenwich. WAs digging for a cesspool, when he came upon a small coffin. He forced it open, and observed the body of a child therein. Ile re placed the coffin in the hole, covered it up, and went for his master. John Easthope—ls a bricklayer in Greenwich, and master of the last witness. The house in the yard of which the coffin was dis covered belonged to the prisoner at the bar. The coffin was taken out, placed in the kitchen, and witness locked the door taking the key with him. He gave information to the beadle, and the con stable next day removed it. John Errington, beanie of Greenwich, confirmed the fact of the removal of the coffin. Thomas Larking—Assisted last witness in taking the coffin to the Morden Arms, where the coroner's court was held. James Thomas Walker, landlord of the Morden Arms, said the coffin was in his custody, and no one had access to it until it was taken to the surgeons. IDr. Mitchell—Was called to see the body of the child at the Mordern Arms, and on the 24th of January he examined the child, and seeing the body so decomposed, he removed part of the intes tines for the purpose of undergoing chemical analysis. He put the contents of the abdomen into a new earthenware vessel, and re moved them to his house, where Dr. Hatch and himself applied dif ferent tests to ascertain the presence of poison. The result led him to conjecture that arsenic was present, and the body was delivered to Dr. Leesom, of St. Thomas's. That portion which he had ex amined was subjected to no further examination. Cross-examined by Mr.CLARKSON—The witness entered into an ex planation of the different tests applied to the contents cf the sto mach. Mr. Heuich, assistant to Dr, Leesom, in St. Thomas's Hos pital, received the portions of a child's body in a jar on the 31st Janu ry, and on the following day it was opened by Dr. Leesom and himself. Experiments were subsequently made upon the con tents of the jar, from which they were enabled to ascertain, beyond a doubt, that arsenic was present. They discovered four grains and a tenth of that poison. Cross-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—It was asserted by some che mists that the bones of animals contained arsenic. He balieved that a cembination of earths would produce this poison. Dr. Leesom had made additional experiments, which fully con firmed him in the belief that arsenic was present. The quantity of arsenic re-produced, four grains and one-tenth, would be quite suffi cient to cause death. The child would, after poison had been ad ministered to it experience great pains in the stomach, the throat would probably get red, which would extend to the interior of the mouth ; small postules would gather about the tongue, and all the symptoms of inflammation of the stomach would be induced. Charles May had brought a certain portion of earth from Mr. Richardson's garden, which lie gave to Dr. Leesom. Dr. Leesom was called, and lie stated that he might be asked the question whether arsenic did exist in this earth. He entertained no doubt that the idea that it could contain arsenic was quite fallacious. Various other witnesses were examined. The evidence they gave was the same in substance as the evidence which they had pre viously given before the magistrates, and which has already been published. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the Court at considerable length for the prisoners. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the Jury, after deliber ating for an hour and a half, returned a verdict of " Not Gui.ty." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. THE ASSASSINATION IN DRURY-LANE, HISTORY OF A RAZED VILLAG-E. (Abriged from the Dublin Freeman.) Newton-Gerard, formerly called Newbridge, was at one period a populous place ; but the hand of the spoiler came, and the evidence of his progress is unmis takeable. To compensate for this destruction, Mrs. Ger rard has erected a market.house, which is without mer chandise, neither buyer nor seller ever appearing there, and the rusty Iron Triangle, with mouldering beam and scales attached, speak eloquently of the neglected state of this deserted village. The lady also erected a large house, which she, in her wisdom, deemed fit fur the accommodation of twelve policemen ; but, after repeated applications to Government she was refused, and the building stands new a mere monument of the lady's munificence of intention. Mr.s. Gerrard also erected here a half inn, half public-house. In view of this place there is a v« ry elegant ledge, raised for the reception of Mrs. Gerrard whenever she visits that portion of her estates. And here I may remark that her " broad lands " cover a large tract of country, and are valued at the value of over 5,000/. a year. Mrs. Gerrard possesses this property in her own right, it having fallen to her on the death of three brothers many years since. The maiden name of this lady was Netterville, and as she herself has had no family, her heirs pre sumptive are, I am given to understand. Mr. Corbally, the Member for Meath, and Lord Killeen, son of Lord Fingal, whose mother is half-sister to Mrs. Ger rard, Mr. and Mrs. Gerrard reside at a place called Gibbstown, in the county of Meath; the former is said to be in his 80th year, and the latter some ten years his junior. On the road to Mount Bellew, and about a mile from that little town, the first sight of the recent scene of desolation presents itself to view. The village of Ballinglass, parish of Kalasobe, was situate here, and was built on the confines of a hog, which, in a great measure, had been reclaimed by the tenants; the land, particularly at the rear where the houses once stood, presenting an appearance of high cul tivation, which was produced by the patient and hard industry of the tenants. The approach to the vil lage was by a kind of togher, as it is called, along the left of which were heret fore a few scattered houses. About a quarter of a mile from the main road the houses were clustered together in groups of three or four, and so continued at short distances apart ; they were in num ber 61. Not one of those habitations is now standing save one. I went through, or, I should rather say , walked over, the ruins of all, and, from what I saw and heard, I concluded that. the; were all comfortable, clean, and neatly kept habitations. On approaching the en trance to the village, the first thing that met ray eye was some manure or dung. which hd been carried away by the wretched people from their houses, and thrown on the side of the road, in order to prevent it from be coming the properrty of the landlady after the tenants were evicted. Mr. Donovan, who wit nessed the scene which took place on Friday, the 13th March, 1846, describes it as the most appal ing he had ever witnessed —women, young and old, running wildly to and fro with small porti o ns of their property, in order to save it from the wreck—the screaming of the children, and wild wailings of the mothers driven from home and shelter—their peace ful homes, hallowed by a thousand fond recollec tions—all combined to form a picture of human mi sery, such as the darkest imagination alone could re alise. At an early hour on the morning of Friday, the 13th instant, the sheriff, accompanied by a large force of the 49th regiment, commanded by Captain Brown, and also by a heavy body of police, under the command of Mr. Cummings, proceeded to the place marked out for destruction. The people were then, according to the process of law, called on to render possession, and forthwith the bailiffs of Mrs. Gerrard commenced the work of demolition. In the first instance the roofs and portions of the walls were only thrown down, the former in most instances lie on the side of the road, on the manure already alluded to. A roan and woman, who lay ill of fever, were permitted to remain in a h ouse i nto w hi c h t h ey were carr i e d , after aossession of it had been taken, and this is the solitary house remaining, but they have since been served with notate to leave the place within fifteen days, or the house would be tumbled on top of them ! Great pains must have been taken to demolish the houses, is the walla were very thick and composed of an umber clay, and when the inside turned up good plaster and whitewash always appeared. Not content with throwing down the roofs and walls, the very foundations have been turned up ; and here I must explain what a moment ago I stated, namely, that only a portion of the walls were pulled down in the first instance. That is true, but on the night of Friday the wretched creatures pitched a few poles slantwise against the walls, covering them with the thatch in order to procure shelter for the eight; but when this was perceived next day, the bailiffs were dispatched with orders to pull down all the walls and root up the founda ions, in order to prevent the " wretches" (this, it appears, is a favourite term ap plied to these poor people) from daring to take shelter amid the ruins. When this last act had been perpe trated, the "wretches" took to the ditches on the high road, where they slept in parties of from ten to fif teen each, huddled together before a fire for the two suc ceeding nights. I saw the marks of the fires in the ditches ; everybody can see them, and the temporary shelter. It was a melancholy sight—but more particu larly so amongst the ruins. Here a broken chair, there a smashed pot, crockery ware, remnants of old dressers, boxes and tables, together with broken farming imple ments, and a hundred other articles belonging to hus bandry and household purposes, lay about the gardens of the houses (that had been), or the fields adjoining. The whole extent of ground connected with the village is over 400 acres. Mr. and Mrs. Gerard, the great actors in this modern drama are, the one aged eighty, the latter some ten years his junior. The Freeman gives the names and numbers of each family evicted. We cannot quote them in full. Here is the toal Total families evicted, 61 : Total persons, 270. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. The prisoner Graham, it will be remembered, was remanded till yesterday on Saturday last, it being thought probable that the grand jury, meeting ott Monday, would be discharged to-day, and Mr. Henry being anxious that the case should come on before their discharge. The opinion of the medical man on Saturday was, that lilewitt, though in a very weak state, might yet recover. 'Unhap pily the faint hopes entertained have been vain, as the injured man died on Monday. The prisoner was placed at the bar this day at 12 o'clock before Mr. Henry. There was a remarkable change in his appearance and demeanour from what they presented on his former examinations. He was flushed and agitated, and trembled much, his lips quivering, and the tears running down his cheeks. MANCHESTER, MAY 12. STOCK EXCRANQE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 2 3s p.—Blackburn, Chorley, &c., 1% dis.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Wales, 1 14 dis.—Boston, Stamford, and Bir mingham, I4s. dis.—Caledonian Extension, % clic —Chester and Manchester Direct, 295. dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3% p.—Derby, Stafford, and Worcester Junction, dis. —Eastern Counties, 24 Ditto, York Extension, 1% p.—East Lancashire, No. 1, 4% p.— Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, % dis.—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., p.—Grand Union, 14s. dis.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarters, % dis.—Huddersfield, Halifax, &c., p.— Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, % die.—Hudders field and Sheffield Junction, 6 p.- Kendal and Windermere, IA p.— Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dls.—Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, 23( p. —Leicester and Bedford, ss. dis.—Liverpool and l3nry, 101 c. p.— Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1% p.—Manchester, Buxton , and Matlock, 7-16 p.—Manch es t er and Birmingham, Quarters (0), p.—Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction, % dis. —Manchester and Bury Atmospheric, Ss. 9d. die.— Manchester and Hyde, % p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 3 p.—Manchester and Southampton, 3s. 9d. p.—Northumberland and Lancashire 19s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 4 9-16 p.—North Wales, 1% dis.—North Western, p.—Oldham, Birkenhead, &e,, 16s. dis.—Preston and Wyre, 311i—Ditto, Halves (A), 3 p.—Ditto, ditto (B), 12s. p.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, p.—Shef field and Manchester, 116—Ditto, Quarters, No. 3,20 s. 9d. p.— Shrewsbury and Birmingham, % p.—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Stafford, par— Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, 36 dis.— Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, I Is. 6d. c. dis.—South Mid land, 2 1-16 p.—South Eastern and Dover, No. 1, 8 p.—Ditto, Halves (No. 4), 9-16 p.—West Riding Union, 334 p.—York and North Midland, 104. Mr. HENRY, addressing Mr. Humphreys, said—l suppose you know that the unfortunate man Blewitt has died. It would now be unadvisable to send the case to the present sessions, as the altered character of the case will require longer time to prepare the briefs for you as well as for the prosecution. Besides a very important witness, Mrs. Cook, has been taken ill, and is confined in the infir mary of St. Giles's. I understand that she will not be able to attend to-day, and I must remand the prisoner until she is able to come here. Mr. Humphreys said, that he was in such a position, that it would be his duty to acquiesce in any course which Mr. Henry should think proper to adopt. Mr. Joseph Burgess, senior medical officer of the infirmary, stated that Mrs. Cook had been three or four days confined there through severe dysentery, and it was not likely that she would be able to attend here to give evidence for some days. Mr. HENRY ultimately remanded the prisoner to this day fortnight, the 27th of May. Mr. Humphreys mentioned that a person, who gave the name of Kinder, called on him and said that he could give evidence in this case, as he saw the transaction. He (Mr. Humphreys) would not call that person here as a witness. But he mentioned the circumstance, in order that the magistrate might examine him if he thought proper. Mr. HENRY said that, considering the quarter from which the evi dence came, he certainly would not call the man. Mr. Humphreys said that he thought it right to inform Mr. Henry of the circumstance ; and if he should hereafter think ft necessary to call Kinder as a witness, it could not be said that he had kept any thing back. 4 . The prisoner was then removed from the bar. ANOTHER INTRUDER INTO BUCKINGHAM PALACE.--Previoll9 to the case of Graham coming on, a rough, weather-beaten, sailor-like young man, was brought before Mr. Henry, charged with being found under suspicious circumstances in the garden at the rear of Buckingham Palace. The policeman, A 119, who detected the prisoner, stated that, being on duty in the royal garden, about one o'clock this morning, he was attracted to a tent, which was erected near the porch of the Palace. On going into the tent he found the prisoner lying on the sofa, asleep. On being roused, and asked what brought him there, he said that he had no money to pay for a bed, and that he had got over the wall from the park, thinking he would And a place to sleep there unmolested. He further said that his name was Alexander Reid, and that he was a sailor belonging to her Majesty's frigate the Rowley, now lying off Spithead, from which he had run away. The constable added that the prisoner could not have got over the wall in the manner or at the part which he had described to him, and he must have managed very cunningly to get into the tent without being observed by the soldier who was on guard at the entrance. The prisoner, in answer to Mr. Henry, said that he only went into the garden for the purpose of seeing the Queen, and being sleepy and without money, he was tempted to lie down on her Ma jesty's sofa. Mr. HENRY was not satisfied with the prisoner's account of him self, and remanded him till Saturday, for the purpose of having in quiries made. To THE SPoZTING WORLD.—The sale of Bell's Life in London exceeds twenty four thousand. Bell's Life is published at 170, Strand, every Saturday, in time for the afternoon railways. Bell's Life, May 17, will contain a full report of the pugilistic contest between Gill and Norley. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—DEPARTURE oF THE INDIAN AND FOREIGN Maits.—The following notice relative to the departure of the Indian and foreign mails, was yesterday posted at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—" Mails to India, China, :&c.—The next malls for India, Chlss, &c., via Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the morning of the 25th inst. Peninsular mails.—The next mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Spain, Gibraltar, andMaditerra nean, &c., will be dispatched from hence on the 18th inst. The Pacha, to the Peninsular mails of the 18th, will sail from Southampton. Mails for the West Indies, &c.—The British colonies (except Honduras), Bermuda; the foreign colonies (except Havannah). San Juan, Nicaragua, New Granada, Venezuela, and Madeira. will be dispatched on the 18th instant by the Dee, from Southampton. India and China, rid Southampton. —The next mails dispatched on the 20th instant, by the Achilles. Mails for America.—The next mails for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be dispatched by the Hibernia, from Liverpool, on the 18th inst. The Caledonia, due at Liverpool on the 15th instant. Mails for Syd ney, New South Wales.—The next mails dispatched on the 31st inst. Holland and Hamburgh.— The Giraffe, for the Holland mails, dis patched this morning. The John Bull, with the Hambyuregshtemrdaailys, sailed yesterday. Mails for Rotterdam. — A mall bag for Rotterd am will be dispatched by the Batavia on Saturday next, the 16th inst. D ESTR UCTIVE FIRE AT PLYMOUTH. _ (Friday) morning, between one and two o'clocudzkisc,:avnliedrreetdwoobayrs,oonc ee-oidisco veredf. to have broken out in the house Noe.r4n, neighbours, and it a y nd lli o ll n , occupied by several tenants. The sh fi roe r o e m w o a s l , in t g h i e t y , w fo h o e n r a eo th n e oidlatmheedadl adjoining n s awokeyt firsthh ne houses were immedwiaittehl tghoei going inmatesdown y n a r r e o . use T d h ; e inmatespled by o a f family this ss tnaie a r: y g , h el' ou l but the progress of the lire being very rapid, th ey were compelled to leave their houses with so much precipitation, l were not able to clothe themselves, b that many o f them safety into the street a l most in a ustatte were compelled to rus h for the spread of the al arm, the Citadel eng:ne,of nudity. Im me di ately on body of soldiers, dir ected b y several officers, attended by a l arge and after some d e l ay i n obtaining wate arrived on th e spot, the devouring ele ment. The house, No. commenced playing upon de stroyed, and the adj o i n i ng houses we • 4, was completely re presented was of the most painful serioasly damaged. The scene were the whole of and distressing character —:here the inmates of the number, includin g I nfests, andhouses (upwards of t wenty in several of along-co n ti nued affliction) who have be en th e su bj ects naked in the street s almost in a state of ness, compelled to see the d the world. The names of th destruction of all they p ossesse d i n 'amity are —Harvey, e families who have suffered by th e ca lamity anti Gove r. W e a Hodge, Marker, Owens, Davis, H oo p er, An drews,re happy to observe, already been that a subscription has entered into for the of relief the sufferers, and most cor dially do we wish th a t to the Claims it may be carried out with a liberality equal aims of the sufferers. A painful circumstance transpired during the fire—the r ema i ns of an aged female, whose death had taken place a day or two preceding, lay in fll a co n preparatory f i. r Interment, In the house adjoining where the fire took place, and when it became necessary to remove the furniture, the shell was brought out and laid on the green sward in front of the ruins, giving the appearance of still greater misery to the already distressing sceae--the naked and the dead lying side by aide.—Plymot(li ipurnol. LEEDS, Mir 12. STOCK ExCHANGE.-The sales are-East Lancashire, No. 2 (late Accrington), 3 p. c.-Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares, 7s. 6d. dis.-Huddersfield and Manchester, 65. p.-Leeds and Brad ford, 28 p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 29g p. c.-Ditto, Branches, ss. p. -Ditto, Extensions, ss. p.- Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis.- Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 3/. 38. 6d. p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 16s. p. c -York and North Midland Extension, 20 p.-Ditto, East and West Riding, 10% p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 13s. 6d. dis.-Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 225. dis -Buckinghamshire, 15s. dis.-Grand Union, 12s. 6d. dis. -Gla,sgow and Dumfries, 7s. 6d. dis.-Lancashire Yorkshire, and North Eastern 335. dis.-Leeds and York, % dis.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, % dis.-Leices tor and Bedford, 6s. dis. -Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 275. 6d. p.-London and York, ss. dis.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlocic, and Midland, 1% p.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 18s. dis. -North Statlbrdshire, 4/. 16s. 6d. p.- North Western, I is. p.- Shrewsbury and Hereford, 21s. dis.-Shropshire Union, % dis.- South Midland, 395. p.-Welsh Midlands, 225. 6d. dis.-West Riding Union, 5. MINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY DECLARATION OF THE INJURED FEMALE. Since the apprehension of William Luff alias William Munfield, on the charge of brutally assaulting and throwing a female out of window, the magistrate, Mr. Burrell, has, from time to time, inquired after her con dition, with a view of ascertaining whether she was in a fit state to give any account of the transaction, and on its being reported to him that she was competent to give a coherent account, although labouring under erysi pelas, Mr. Burrell determined to secure her examina tion, and on Monday, accompanied by Mr. W. Taylor, the chief clerk at the Westminster Police-court, pro ceeded to the Westminster Hospital, whither the pri soner was conveyed in handcuffs, in order that her evi dence might be taken in his presence. The reader will remember till evidence of the parties previously examined, as to the quarrel, cries of murder, the wound inflicted on the woman by a poker, and, finally, her being hurled out of the window, evidently by Luff. - The Magistrate and clerk having taken their seats by the witness's bed, with the prisoner in front, the pro ceedings commenced. Jane Pullen, examined by Mr. W. Taylor.—l am now an in-patient of this hospital. I lived with the man who now stands before me, whom I know by the name of William Luff. I have cohabited with him for about a twelvemonth. About eight o'clock in the evening of this day week I came home and found the prisoner in the room. He began to quarrel with me for not being at home, and said, " This is fine going on for a man to come home from work and no fire." One of the lodgers called me out, and the prisoner persuaded me not to go. I said if he would not lot me go out of the door I would get out of the window. He said, " You bad better sit down," and went to the cupboard and got something to eat. While he was at the cupboard 1 jumped out of the window, which I had attempted before, but he pulled me back. Mr. Taylor—Do you recollect anything more ? Wit ness—Yes ; I recollect a young man picking me up in the yard. Mr. Burrell—Did he not push you from the window ? Witness—No, sir, he did not. Mr. Taylor—Had you been drinking ? Witness—l had had a little drop to drink. Burrell--Was the man sober ? Witness—Yes, quite. - Mr. Taylor—Did the prisoner offer you any violence ? Witness—No, he did not. Mr. Taylor—Did he not strike you with a poker ? Witness—No, sir ; I had the poker in my own hand. Mr. Burrell—Did you strike him with the poker ? Witness—l was going to, but he took it from me. Mr. Taylor—Did you scream murder ? Witness— Yes, sir, I did. Mr. Taylor—Why did you scream murder ? Wit ness—Because he would not let me go out. Mr. Taylor—Was there any blood about you ? Witness (he,itatiligly).—Yes, a little. — a lla camestwruk m c bloyendoaseb: whichOutyou —I I TLy w l Taylor—How Cau W sed it i n t e t s o s bleed. There was no other blood on me before I jumped out of the window. Mr. Burrell—Did be not strike you ? Witness—He only gave me a shove on the side of the head. Mr. Burrell—Did he not say he would throw you out of the window ? Witness—No, sir ; he did not. Mr. Burrell—Are you quite sure of that ? Witness —I am. This being the conclusion of her evidence, the prisoner was asked whether he wished to put any ques tions to her. He replied "No ;" what she had stated was the whole truth. As the magistrate and clerk were about leaving her bed-side, she requested permission to speak to the prisoner, and appeared very anxious to do so. Mr. Burrell intimated that when she was better she would have an opportunity of speaking to him. The female still carries marks of brutal violence ; but her condition is much improved, and unless some un favourable change should take place. her ultimate re covery is not despaired of. She smiled at the close of the proceedings. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY. The anniversary dinner of this important and valuable Society, which was established in 1637, tOr the purpose of granting pensions and affording relief to aged and infirm printers and their widows, is announced to take place at the London Tavern, on Monday next, the 18th inst. The Right Honourable Lord Dudley , Coutts Stuart will preside on the oc casion, supported by Mr. Sheriff Laurie and Mr. Sheriff Chaplin, Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, Henry Ottley, Esq., Albert Smith, Esq., Charles Dickens, Esq., Gilbert a'Beckett, Esq., Do u g las Jerrold, Esq., Luke J. Hansard, Esq., and a host of highly influential gentle men. From the last report it appears that since the formation of the Society 130 pensioners have been elected, 53 of whom are at the present time receiving its benefits, and the amount of property of the Society is 4,170/. 19s. invested with the Commissioners for the Re duction of the National Debt, in addition to a large balance of cash in the hands of the Treasurer. Green peas from Devonshire were offered yesterday at Covent-garden market at ten shillings per halt sie , re. The pea e v d ery iffe tba ren e t , a m n a ci rk in et a ga fo r rw den a s zd in sta th te e , n a e n i d gh p tir mi h s o ca od a of ve th ry e m bic e ss trrpol i i n s forward cro,i., LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAIL- WAY COMPANY. A special meeting of the shareholders in this Com fpoarn t y h w e a s purposeet d ye s o t e f r d c o ay n - s , i a d t e t r h i n e g t e r E m i l i l n s u s t 0 , L t o h n e d o f n o - l b l o r w i d i g n e g , effect, viz. :—To consolidate the London and Brighton and London and Croydon Railway Companies, with the incidental undertakings for making branch railways from the London and Brighton Railway to or near the town of East Grinstead, county of Sussex ; to or near the town of Dorking, county of Surrey, from the London and Brighton Railway, in the parish of Croydon, to join the South Western, in the parish of Wandsworth, county of Surrey ; from the Brighton and Chichester Railway, to the towns of Bognor and Littlehampton. county of Sussex ; from the Brighton and Chichester Railway, to Steyning, in Sussex ; for making a railway from the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway, to Eastbourne, to Hailsham, and to Seaf or d an d N ew h aven ( w i th certa i n deviations from the line of the said railway), in the county of Sussex ; and a Bill for vesting the Portsmouth Extension of the Brighton and Chichester Railway, in the London and South Western and the London and Brighton Railway Companies. The SECRETARY having read the notice convening the meeting, which contained the above enumeration, J. P. GRENFELL, Esq the Chairman, said, the object of the meeting was mere ly to comply with the sessional order ; and he would, therefore, proceed at once to business. The CHAIRMAN then read the title of the first Bill, and proposed a resolution to the effect, that it was ap proved of, and that it should be forthwith proceeded with in Parliament. In reply to a question, the Chairman stated that there was no doubt that the works would be carried out. A SHAREHOLDER said he understood from the late Chairman, that some of these would not be remunerative. Mr. HILL (in explanation) said, that he did not ex press himself to that effect. What he did state was, that some of these works, considered by themselves, would not perhaps be remunerative, but they should be regarded as feeders to the main line, and in that light they would be highly profitable.—(Hear.) From the re port of the last half-year, they had agreed to proceed with these works, and the present meeting was held merely in compliance with a sessional order subsequently made. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Resolutions to the same effect were agreed to with respect to all the other Bills, excepting the last. On coming to that Bill, The CHAIRMAN said he must call their attention to the resolution he had to propose. It was that it should be optional with the Directors either to proceed with, or withdraw that undertaking, as they should think fit, but that if they (the Directors) wished to proceed with the Bill before Parliament, that resolution might be con• sidered sufficient authority for doing so. The resolution was then put and carried. The CHAIRMAN said that it was right to inform the meeting that he held 23,169 proxies in his hand, which were more than sufficient to comply with the Act of Parliament. It was, however, necessary that three-fifths of those present should give them assent, and he would trouble them to do so in writing. This being complied with, the meeting separated. EAST INDIA COMPANY. A special general court of this company was held yesterday, at the India House, to take into considera tion. and to confirm the unanimous resolutions of the directors, granting to Lieutenant-General the Right Hon. Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., Governor .General of India, an annuity of 5,0001. ; and to General Lord Gough, G.C.8., Commander-in• Chief in India, an annuity of 2,0001. Mr. HOGG, M.P., having taken the chair and caused the resolutions to be read, said that they would explain the cause of their assembling that day. They had already met and by unanimous votes expressed their high sense of the eminent services of Lord Hardinge and Lord Gough in the late eventful campaign, a cam paign which began and terminated in the brief period of two months, a campaign in which so many battles had been fought, and all had been won.—(Hear, hear.) A brave army of little under 100,000 men had been re pulsed, their guns and amunition taken, and a treaty dictated in their capital , a treaty which had excited the astonishment of the conquered for the leniency of its terms. Had this been the termination to an aggressive campaign for the purpose of conquest it might have drawn forth less of approbation, but, so far from this, the invasion had been unprovoked, yet it was repelled in a time scarcely sufficient for the assembling of an army. When they met before in that Court, it was after the battle of Scbraon, at a time when their troops were marching to Lahore. He (Mr. Hogg) could not be silent as to the moderation exhibited by these troops, when, exasperated by the cruelty of their enemies, flushed with success, and un exhausted by the exertions they had made, with all their ammuniticn, with every means in their power of inflicting destruction on their enemies, that army halted within a march of Lahore.--(Cheers.) Within that capital, it was reported, there was bullion to an im mense amount, a report which, in the circumstances, was likely to have provoked to plunder, and to a retribution which one might almost think well merited. It was by the advice of Lord Hardinge, and by the noble and moderate bearing of the troops, gallantly maintained by the Commander-in-Chief, Lord Gough. that that had not happened.—(Hear, hear.) The war in which they bad been engaged, after being forced upon them by unpro voked invasion, had been terminated with splendid victories ; yet, within the capital of the enemy, the only demand made by the leader of these victorious troops was indemnity for the past, and security for the future. He (Mr. Hogg) hoped that, by the wise arrangements made by Lord Hardinge, with all the foresight and sagacity peculiar to that distinguished person, the divisions which had rent that unhappy country would at length be finally healed. Indeed Lord Hardinge had done all he could to avoid exciting the jealousy of the native princes, and bad even made arrangements for moving the army on the morning after the treaty, but had delayed, by the express en treaties of the Princes themselves, and consented, in answer to their prayers, to remain till the end of the year.—(Hear, hear.) Strange spectacle, but a splendid tribute to British moderation and justice.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Hogg) had been very anxious that whatever emanated from that Court should be uninfluenced by the Minister of the Crown or by any Act in Parliament, and, accordingly, had privately consulted the opinion and intentions of his colleagues about a month ago, and having ascertained their determination to bring forward resolutions to a similar effect as those which had been read, he communicated with the President of the Board of Trade ; and the resolutions read to the Court that day, had been drawn up altogether irrespective of the high honours which had been con ferred on these distinguished persons by their Sovereign, for he (Mr. Hogg) and his colleagues had been guided by a sense of what was only justice to the. individuals, and the best policy to the state.—(Hear, hear.) For how was it that the Company had been always so fortu nate in their public servants ? How, but because they had determined to reward them, and reward them liber ally, and to exact from them the vigorous and honour able discharge of their duties. The Hon. Gentleman, after referring to former grants, moved the resolutions and resumed his seat. Deputy-Chairman TuCKER, seconded the resolutions, and supported them eloquently at some length. Mr. GOLDSMID said, that rather than the grants should be diminished he would submit to a diminution of his dividends. Mr. POYNDER having spoken at length on approba tion of the resolutions, _ Mr. LEWIS advised that, instead of an annuity to Lord Hardinge, it should be a grant. The CHAIRMAN preferred as annuity on the principle that the person doing the services ought to be rewarded in his life-time, and because this form of reward kept up the connexion between the private individual and the public body. Mr. G. THOMPSON, after remarking at length on the unremedied evils of the people of India, moved that the pensions to be granted should be paid out of the divi dends of the Proprietors, and not out of the pockets of the people of India. Mr. PETER GORDON seconded the amendment. After several other Hon. Proprietors had addressed the Court, The amendment was put from the Chair and n9gatived. Resolutions, voting to Viscount Hardinge an annuity of 5,0001. to continue during his life-time, and to Baron Gough an annuity of 2,000/. to continue during his life time, were severally put and carried unanimously. Mr. G. T}IO3IPSON moved that the pensions which had the beenThvi s ot h e shouldadviCompany,wg abf etafter rub paying seconded 3 pa n i g d a u e t bhya ofr sgthecharges. . surplus money of to the Mr. Court GEORGE a Tndnegatived , moved, thatGa°sßthn"em'ownaeys put of which the pensions had been voted did not belong to the Company, it should be expressed in the warrant that they are paid by the people of India in considera tion of the services rendered by Lord Hardinge and Lord Gough in that country. This was seconded by Mr. GORDON, and negatived ty the Court. The CHAIRMAN intimated that it would be necessary, on account of the clause in their late Charter, to apply for an Act of Parliament to allow Lord Hardinge to re ceive the pension without diminution of his salary as Governor-General of India, but he anticipated no difficulty. He intimated further, that a special general Court would be held on Friday next, for the purpose of confirming the votes they had come to that day. The Court then adjourned. admirable poet and Westminster featu re of SOUTHEY.—A monument of this af e i h n e excellent man was on Friday last t p s l T ac b e e d gently sculptured t A h b e b l eL, ric near(which theil figure b re y o l f v th e a h k s s ) p , e i r s e . a to the world. with "wilyill bust, considered by all the poet's frien n ds e a l ; the best, and in b l a ik y e e n u e o 9s iru tl i i e a s t t l i T e s t, y r : w t b, andeen mglinve7 tAfihlcowtsertellauetxhounorltiy.ant curls which all who knew Southey ha re member as an important feature in his personaltheyearance. The architectural part of the monument is enriched a by a lyre, and other apposite decorations. The expense has been defrayed by a sub scri p tion among his oldest and mos t inti - Llsttihttettion body y from injuries or Lyons Levy, he mate friends. F ATA L FALL FROM A WlNDOW.—Yesterd ay Mr. B a k er agedheld aeni Inquesteighty-four, f ou r a , at wthheoLdjoenddolun tthe above a Hospital, v o i e bad received by falling from a window, eight feet high. The de ceased had been formerly a schoolmaster, and had been obliged to retire in consequence of his infirmities. Since then he had received support from one of the Jewish synagogues. In consequence of his ill-health he was compelled to take apartments in the house of Mr. Soloman, a clothes-dealer, No. 24, Goldsmith-row, Hackney. On Friday evening he went to bed, and about three o'clock Mr. Solo man was awoke by a loud noise at the street door. On inquiring at the door, he was told by a police-constable hat a t man was ly con- ing ender his window and bleeding proflisely. He was immediately veyed inside, and Mr. Soloman identified his lodger. On entering his room the window was found to be open, and it is supposed that he got out of bed, and while looking out of window, overbalanced himself and fell into the street. He was conveyed to the hospital, where he died on Sunday morning,. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." HULL, MAY 12. lirock Excnsmac.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 273¢ —Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, VA — Huddersfield and Shef field Junction, 13% —Ipswich and Bury Extension (Norwich), 37s. — Ditto (Cambridge and Ely), 36s.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 2% —Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 38s.—Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, 30s.6d.—Derby and Gainsborough, 13s.—East Lincoln shire, 235.—East Coast, 20s. —Grand Union, 15s.—Hull and Barns ley Junction. 1 W —Leicester and Bedford, 22s.—Manchester, Bux ton, and Matlock, 31. 14s. Gd.—North Western, 11. 13s.—south Mid land, 31. 18s. 6d.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3% — Shrops h ire Union, 28s.—West Riding Union, SM. SHEFFIELD, MAY 1 2 . STOCK EXCIIANGE has .—Our market been very firm.and a scarcity of stock on sale, more especially in scrip shares. The sales are— .l---ceDstietrtoa,nßd IN dis —North British, 29% East T.incolnshire, ss. P.—London and Windsor, 15s. dis.—Lee , Grimsby and Sheffield Extension, oici L is e ds WaketlePd, and Midland, par_m a nches ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 131 p.—North Western, lo s. Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 10s. p.—Sheffield P , —uxton, Leek, Pot. airtledfwaoyrdall4lDs.od tories, and Crewe, 13s. dis.—West Riding Union, 635. p . NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, 11,1 Ar 12. STOCK EXCIIANGE. — The sales dis.—West Riding Union, 3 p. YORK, MAY 12. STocit ExciThrum-The sales are-Buckinghatrishire (late Rugby), ' l4s 6d. -Grand Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 168. Lancashire 2 a 7 n . d No . rth Yorkshire, 11. 135.--Leicester and Bedford, 16 s. 6d.-Lei cester, Talnworth, Coventry, Birmingham, and Trent Valley Junc tion, 11. 18.- London and York, 2% _ M a rc Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 31. 145.-Newcastle and Berwick, 26 -Newcastle and Darlington Extensions, 101. 3s. 9d. - North British, Carlisle Exten sion, 2/. 125.-South Midland, Al. 25.-York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 11%, STOCK EXCHANGE.- D The EI NBURGH, MAT 9. Banff, and Elgin, 298.- Airdrie and Bathgate, 565.-AYr sales are -Aberdeen, 6L-Aberdeen, way, 368.-Caledonian Extension, 33 6d.-Dlrect Northern, 435. 6d. -Dundee and Perth, 171.-East Indian Railway, 155.-East of Fife, 315.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 245. - tEdin burgh and North ern, 5/. 18s. ex int.-Ditto, Newport, 165.-Fort and Clyde Junction, 325. 6d.-Great North of Scotland, 355.-North British, Extension to Carlisle, 465.-Scottish Central, 161. and Gallo- BOMBAY, MARCH 27.—THE RAILROAD.—It gives us Much pleasure to learn that the first preparations have been made for marking oat the line which the railroad Is to follow, from the terminus at Back Bay across the island towards Sion. Poles with painted chatties have been placed at different intervals which point out the direction. We hail the beginning of this great work as one of the greatest ble , 'sings which European civilization and human in genuity have conferred upon India, and we trust that no serious ob stacles will intervene to prevent its being carried on to a successßd termination.—British Indian Gentleman's Gazette and Bombay Datir Advertiser. RAILWAY DEPOSITS. The following official return of the deposits lodged with the Accountant-General will be a useful reference list in the present work of " winding up :" Ashburton, Newton, and South Devon - - - - £9.827 Axholme, Gainshorough, Goole, and North Midland June. - 26,250 Aylesbury and Thame - - • 4,150 Barnstaple to Crediton, with a Branch to Bideford - - 40,000 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NEWS, &c,, SEE THE SUPPLEMENT TO "THE SUN " OF THIF. DAY. London: Printed and Published by IVITBDO YOITNG. of No. Strand, Printer. at The Sun Office, N 0.112. Strand, in the Pre 3 inet of the Savoy, in the County of Middlesex, Thursday, Alair 14, 1845. 1