The Sun. — London, England, 1846-03-13 00:00:00

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Northern rye is in better P444' 4 Nls4ks ha ve h,'en ;nude at 89c. a The stlp till,t3efZil are not heavy, and iiriees are rather better ,43i),,u60 bushels s:luthern at 64e. ; 2,000 do. do. 66e.; (11 4 ` 4 90.5 Jersey white and yellow at 68c. atts are 1 47 e. '3e ' a 46e. for northern ; 2,500 bushels southern sold P._ Ir,totisies---T‘ :Ino tr , ue market is still very qul.et. No transactions s tek oave taken place ; what there has been done has j' ‘ ,e.s i " - t en k f : l _ipmediate consumption. Beef still remains at s 5 0 , eK s quotation, say- fur mess, 8 dols. 25c. to h lail lg prime, 5 dols. to 5 dol3. 25c. In pork, little or 1 1,1 s.50 e ir gl , mess may be quoted at 12 dola. 25c. to 4 ,.Ngh ts. 2,l?rune, 10 dols. to tU dols. 25c. The albount offering to the different European ports T o L . • !:tier::err)Pool-Cotton I-4d. to 5-16 d. • wool, Ad. • seeds, h t b arrel, 4 s ; tobeef (3041bs.),beef and pork, • • flour, 2s. ; turpentine, 2s. 9d. to 35.; leather, rik a g heavy goods, per tor 255. to 275. 6d.; grain, Tq .o ei, Bd. • ' P " 11(I r r a--.T ti 3y „ -. Tobacco per hhd., 40s. to 41s. ; flour, per Z p er naval store;. 3s. 6d. to 45.; measurement kvlo on, 303. to 403.; heavy goods, 405.; oil, 403. ; 1 11 14 2 : 1 ; : s eed s, per tierce, 10s. to 123. 6d. ; beef (304 lbs. 4 e 0 11 England, 108 c. to 1081 c. . N aLFFIELD, BAKEWELL, AND WEST MIDLAND RAILWAY. Oci, d ,,,Prom the Sheffield Independent.) : a short time ago, to the agreement of be tweenamal- Zkl, ana this Company and the Manchester, l;: t 4 ele o F,uldland, and we gave the substance of the . 4c ater former Company, in which they accuse the e Se f' Sheffield, and Midland of a gross breach of Vs at ;' as we have seen and heard, the statement yet d, t a lswered. We now insert the petition of the 1 1 ‘,4s , th and West Midland Company, in which ef ,',lr enraplaint before Parliament, and pray that `u e M anc h ester Sh e ffi eld, an d Midl an d ma y b e rk l4t ti loh r :..... t hat they inay'be heard before the Committee in i re,:air. r able the Commons of the United Kingdom of Thy t rain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. reet er n ‘'le petition of the undersigned Provisional Di. Itidl, s I the proposed Sheffield, Bakewell, and West -n d Railway Company, and on behalf of such i 4l t jnfitirly, ;14i i i,, - "That a Bill has been brought into your Ho tt!!,Sh,:',l'se, fur making a railway, to be called the Man- Vle c c,'"eld, and Midland Junction Railway, which Bill Npl, l A Bill for making a Railway from Sheffield to %...to L e " and Bakewell, with a Branch in connexion there p " The Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland cht , an wa , ~,'llo43l',r,,Petrtioners humbly represent to your Honour cttsh,,,,r!lat the promoters of the said intended Man 11:1kistie'ueld, and Midland Junction Railway Company, h t ,tih ri O their petition to your Honourable House, for t i ll leeL.Pg in the said Bill, and in bringing in such Bill, ot ta l !'g to apply for the purposes of such Bill, certaiu li e ruk represented by the scrip of the said Corn kto is now issued and in the market, are acting con Nit; ent, and to good faith with your petitioners, th e °nem are ready to verify. sth ine asureproposed by your petitiOners' Company, 4 3 end s eons whereof have been deposited in the ',‘Stkrice cti of your Honourable House, and with the 47 . ; pursuant to the standing orders of your Ho \v`.'se), was and is a railway from Sheffield to , 'rh branches respectively to Chesterfield and to Vth e 'ne.lsure which is, in part„a competing line with al aid proposed Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland VuT wa y' 11 Nth Petitioners had made arrangements for the pro \lll4tnaee.neuessary capital for carrying into effect their Rene -g AS a separate and independent project, and h',lt Point of appropriating their shares for that pur- Ito e f) te ,,, r tain overtures for an arrangement between the hl) t . e ' r Ponies were received by your petitioners from Esq., and others, as chairman and directors J._ e c t . i f the said proposed Manchester, Sheffield, and ,7t tert..., on Railway Company. ctniti„, negotiations took place thereupon between of direction of the two Companies, with a o, 44 t e h i l_ arrangement, anal your petitioners were re 4,,erumoters of the said proposed Manchester,. Midland Junction Railway, not to appropriate L it lad. r Mares, during the pendancy of such negotia- QD",r Petitioners acce led to such request. Zele,ijhe 7th day of November last, an agreement Of ;;'' and signed between certain of the provisional R 4 lae l, TI on behalf of the said Manchester, Sheffield, ight t 0 u nction Railway Company, of the one part, Ilia the provisional directo r s of and on behalf of the th e d ' Bakewell, and West Midland Railway Th Corn bqivotaer part, vihereby it was (among other things) et e e„U the said Companies: Vhere i e two Companies should be, and the same tk,t C onsolidated and united into one Company, kkaai h l,'"'le of " The Sheffield and North Derbyshire i ~%1 „ at th er e should be an united board of directors for Th Med at a Compa n y %`'diel e aPital should be raised sufficient to execute kh, -I ,E4o'mes of the two Companies, which was thereby i 4, T hat ; 1353 in 40,000'shares of 40/. each. arh ,,,ue above 40,000 shares, 25,000 shares should Id ' v. and is ,t fi , the then proprietors of the Manchester, pl e Qland Junction Company ; 6,000 shares th e at the disposal of the then executive "'M th e u efaeld, Bakewell, and West Midland COM '.'4,4lQd. re mainder should be disposed of as therein titv each Company should proceed separately to notices, and make the county and parish y- o fvpl ir ahe plan of its own scheme as if to ground a sepa , Th ion to Parliament s or ineur r tthe ,exPense both Companies then incurred, th e , t eu, should be paid out of the consolidated Th e n! ed Companies. pe,,Te consolidated Board of Directors should pro 'Ne,'Llrnent fur both projects in one Act, with such rc i a• er : l , l regard to those portions of the two schemes, q ri et e ` ra '',tnni on to both projects, viz., between Sheffield \ as should be determined on in the manner `t 't , ,k 4 iN the Sheffield, Bakewell, and West Midland 0. -Pang should not issue their allotment letters t. Th oti A at t he'4 l a ll4 present scrip of the Manchester, Sheffield, !cia th J unction Company should be called in and re ittiq a je3 of 40/ . eac h , un d er c l ause 4 t h o f th e agree - Vleq arcs a new subscription deed should be prepared the embrace the united schemes. :Jte a.:;_onsolidation of the two Companies, by virtue of a t gla e t i r , e t etnent, was announced by advertisement under ":,Der Ine chairmen of both Companies, in the public atri Published in Sheffield, in the said month of kst. k,414 \ Lr 4 Der 1 r . 11 , loners and their Company have, on their , „,(1 1 .4 Ind, in good faith, acted upon the said agree -7 st r ipng thereupon, did not issue their allotment o t 4 1) 41 and have . since taken no means to raise a 11,Yea r L , !ts . was stipulated by such agreement. kathePetitioners have called upon and required the ny, 4.ler, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway Z4,1 1 r ` _the promoters thereof, on several !: , iccasirs, to ‘ 1 1), l ';"' of the said agreement by calling in their pre the Preparation to the issue of the proposed new capital, fl, , ill 0 . ~e P aration and signature of a new subscription IN k. N tuft' to embrace your petitioners' projected rail iki 2 1 5 their own, agreeably with the ninth clause olitatireeMent • yet, notwithstanding their promises d o se , they have hitherto failed, and now at length o Peti. • lui tioners are ready to verify the above . allega- Yoti t as your Honourable House shall permit. tlinktitioners humbly represent to your Honourable I, a ta their proposed railway, called the Sheffield, i titei Ot of " West Midland (so deposited in the Private :,sheaf Sour Honourable House, as aforesaid), is a ly .!'7, and more comprehensive line, or scheme a t i lb rnunication, than the proposed Manchester, ‘tre v . Midland Junction line; affords accommoda v% tiori .e! extent of country, provides a more direct )to lit tettl l between the larger towns and the it . np . or . tan e eistrict, and would be executed at infinitely t l l l k ll i ll 4l n lit 'e proposed for the Manchester, Sheffield, and Vl4 runty Railwy, is not,. moreover, the best d line rk l l tt w i;`rY admits of; that it cannot be execute for q l e r4114 filch it is estimated; and that there is not a i:4 t 'r=li a l' to meet so great an expenditure as the mak -1110414e t,',',ne would involve. ) 4 4 14(a t ':"'Iving are some of the proposed works on the 1 4 t ppears by the section thereof), although the .:Milt'llii.‘thereof is but 23i miles : ; , ,q,° • ... nearly 6 miles. ~'4 q l i " -2 miles. 8 ' -.3 of 30 feet or more, maximum height. k 5 of 50 feet " (`, 2of 60 feet " " " '6 lof 70 feet " " ‘, •• •• E ... of 30 feet or more, maximum depth. „ 5 of 50 feet " Si k 5 of 63 feet " 41 N t4ittilti 3of 70 f e et " 66 ' llit lof 80 feet '‘ ', I t h . 2of 110 feet " 46 kttai 14 w lrty streets or public carriage roads, in the town ‘I: htiti at °t'e• tis ,lners, therefore, humbly pray your Honour tat lite i Q the said Bill for making the said "proposed I, N R . . Railway, .i , it i rrni tt. , ed, and Midland Junction may N i ,ili t F31 )04 `,‘1 to proceed any further. N 4 4! e e '" Please your Honourable House to refer the r tt 14 0 C ommittee of your Honourable House, that , tp,, fivers, by themselves, their counsel, agents, and i t i), 4 C,.„Y be ai, liberty to verify Comm their petition be yt,',i'tZ tl:"" r t nittee, and that such ittee be directed k lt ge, N t h hero to your Honourable House, before proceed \l Il tIC ; 141 4 And if such Bill should be proceeded with SLi t i , q) e i:• l traittee then, that your petitioners may be per- N,ot 4 KetP r d befOresuc ' hCoramittee, by themselves, their 'Am ,_ 4 lc:h s i,,nd witnesses, against the preamble and pro:ti ' "f . " 5 t . '" I . And that such Committee may be in l@ i!ttrtain the said proposed Sheffield, Bakewell, :tst , N titand Railway and the plan and section there t'll,t44 e l i ; the Private ' Bill-office of your Honourable ~ ,dtet i tir i r (l: teet before this present Parliament, and as tk . QPII: I ti i ,v,zie with the said proposed Manchester, Shef rNtlttl t ' h _tad Junction Railway, and to hear your peti 4ki:.t4 - '' . r Counsel, agents, and witnesses, in support ii , m kt ,tilt ifiber Yo ur ~ 1 4 o rd nonourable House would be pleased to make , i , k the er, and to afford your petitioners such other 4 4 N . Prer n i., Yo4r "es, as to your Honourable House shall , Petitioners will ever pray, &c. nr/ ta , JOHN CARR, Chairman. 14 .)0A/4 JACKSON, T. B. TURTON, lI.L IT UN WIN, BENJ. VICKERS, 0 1 14 " I WRIGHT, THOMAS WILEY. ,r,14-‘ 5), 44 54; , s .t r t_ te of St. oE LONDON.--The Rev. Alexander `, s tll 4 " , ike s e ' t o ndary Paul's, and rector of St. rh a P'ace ; the Rev. it. Chenevi French, M.A., 1 44r ?laiii to the Lord Bishop of Oxford; and the 'l4,tqo thy ee, M.A., have been appointed Professors of kit t 3 College, under the new statute. The lec- Vtai7 4 sa ' ) g)' will commence on Tuesday, April 21, on t ) °l l ) t ke geet i 4 t.:8 is c , i4 tes of King's College, London, as well as on 1 ; 0(1 0 :ford, Cambridge, or Durham, ' will be ) 4 4ti 1 0t) , Cing testimonials for their respective °o. her persons will have to pass a previous ~I tl !',llre k to tht em ullymnee the demise of Lady Elizabeth 7 0 , 44 1- lo ' t aunter of the late and sister of the present Earl at e i, X P l red at pal , 4 ;_ 4 early hour yesterday morning, after ~Y„ av 1 1 X os . • , e residence in Sackville.street. Her Lady )kiii,.floPport i, e mber, 1773, and married first in April, 179 G, *Oh o ' 'MI 1 al t" ) t, Esq.. of Lacock Abbey, Wilts, who died i,',er?cnidly in April, 1804, Rear-Admiral Charles nnd itft i'ssePteinber, 1837. By her Ladyship's first mar "e one surviving - son, the Countess of Mount ,1 3 ,, n y," E•elding being the issue of the second mar ,44,1 -40 ei,„l was the eldest sister of the Marehlouess of It ivttb i ellarit'ael3; related to several other noble families, The ar, d L'e disposition of the deceased lady have long be, t ti zer loss will be severely felt among those by THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAIVeII. l3, 1846. ST AFFORD ELECTION. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) STAFF:)RD, THURSDAY, 6 P M.—The nomination for a Me:nber of Parliament to supply the vacancy occasioned by the appointment of the Hon. Captain Carnegie took place this day. At the last hour tvo candidates ap peared to oppose the Hon. Captain, namely, W. Sleigh, Esq., of Stamford-house, Chiswick, Middlesex, on the Protectionist interest, and Mr. Watkins as a member of the Anti-Corn law League, on the free-trade interest. In the course of the morn ing Mr. Neale, a barrister on the Oxford Circuit, offered to stand the contest, on condition that the whole of his expenses were paid ; but that offer was not ac cepted. The various candidates having been proposed and seconded, addressed the electors at great length, Cap tain Carnegie declaring his attachment to the Ministerial measure, though he declared his desire to see a total and immediate repeE I carried. He denied that he sup ported the present alteration in the corn duties, because it emanated from Sir Robert Peel, as he would as soon have supported them had they been brought in by Lord J. Russell, and if Sir Robert Peel could not carry this scheme, and Lord John could do so, he (Captain Car negie) would support Lord John, and endeavour to get it passed into a law. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Watkins addressed the meeting. A show of hands was taken, and the choice fell upon Mr. Watkins, but that gentleman having declined the contest, and a poll being demanded for the other two candidates, it was determined by the Mayor to take the poll tomorrow (Friday). There is little doubt but Captain Carnegie will be returned by a large majority. CASE OF CRIM. CON. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Bedford, March 11. NISI PRIUS CUORT.—(Befor:3 Mr. Baron PARKE and a Special Jury.) _ JOhN COULTAS V. TIMOTHY' 719 i i -FORD BOWES, CLERK. The trial of this cause was proceeded with at nine o'cloek thi3 morning, and the following witnesses examined for the plaintiff Thomas llughes, examined by Mr. O'MALLEY—I am a groom to the defendant, and have been for six years. I know the study. I have seen something in that study. It was in October last. It was through the window; in the evening, between eight and nine o'clock. - Mrs. Barnes and Dr. Bowes were there. He had hold of her hand. She was sitting on the left hand of the fire, and he was standing at it. I heard him say, " The more uncomfortable you make Coultas the batter. Try all you can to make his life miserable, and then perhaps he will go and leave you, and then I shall have you to myself." I saw them again in November. He gave her wine in the room, and put his arm round her, and kissed her. He said, " I love you better than any one else in the world, and would make you a lady if Coultas would go clean off, and leave you." Cross-examined by the ATTORNEY-G7NERAT.--I swear that I ans in the service of Dr. Bowes. I said I never saw Dr. Bowes have connexion with Barnes. It was a quiet night, I believe, in October. I put my face cloSe to the window and heard perfectly whet passed. These was a strong light, so that I could se e we ll. Sarah Church—l live 'at Barton, and was at home on the let of December last. I saw the plaintiff and defendant in the road, and hea..d Coultas say "That's a lie, Sir," to Dr. Bowes. Dr. Bowes said, "I don't knsw, Coultas, where she is gone, and I call on God to witness." That was between four and live o'clock. Coultas said:; That's a lie, Sir, you do know where she is gone." Sarah Anne am the daughter of a stationer at Luton. Dr. Bowes deals and writes letters there sometimes. On the 4th or sth of December he was there in the afternoon. He bought a quire of note paper, and asked to write a letter on it. I saw him take a sheet,of paper and write on it, but I could not say whether it was in the form of a letter. He bought a Pictorial Times and Punch. The letter was then admitted to be the defendant's hand writing, as also the address of the Pictorial Times and Punch. The address was, "Mrs. Barnes, - Mi. Jackson's, Stafford Arms, Wakefield." The letters given yesterday were then put in and read by the officer of the Court. This being the close of the plaintiff's case, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the =jury for the de fendant in the following terms :—Every one present must have observed how frightfully exposed all are to accusations which may ruin us, and how dependent we are on the fears of the _ _ depraved for escape from accusation. . Advanced age, cha racter, benevolence, charity, and mildnesi have all been com bined in the person of the defendant, and yet he has not escaped the attacks of the plaintiff. How should we meet such a charge against ourselves? Only byexamining the cha racters of those who make it. The defendant has come into Court utterly ignorant of the circumstances on which this charge was to be founded—the times and dates bywhich false hood may be detected and exposed. We have been obliged to deal with the witnesses as they came before us, and then to expose to you openly and candidly the whole household of Dr. Bowes, calling before you all who could know anything of his mode of life. On the part of the plaintiff it has been been represented that he had no proof of guilt until the 30th of November ; and, from the shape of the case, it will be necessary to introduce to the jury facts and circumstances which have hitherto been concealed from view. In the first place, it is to be observed, that the age of the Nupposed para mour is such as to make this case one of the most novel cha- racter, while that of the woman is no less remarkable, Mrs. Barnes being now no less than 54. Losses bowed the spirits and health of the defendant to the ground. By the advice of his medical man, Dr. Wilson, he was advised to have some one who could be constantly at hand at all hours of the day and night. It has been suggested that it would have been far better that a male servant should have been selected; but do the jury agree in that view? If so, then the whole course of treatment at our hos pitals ought to be abandoned as a complete mistake. The choice, however, having so naturally, and, as he insisted, properly fallen on Barnes, it was notorious throughout the whole house that she was in close attendance on her master, taking tea to him in the morning and gruel at night, and lacing a stocking which he was advised to wear. This was known full well to the plaintiff, who had seen it hundreds of times, and yet poison was to he extracted from these harmless ingredients. Besides this, the defendant, who was wifeless mo i s affri e so a n r oe l f i d e ar to griefs,lgis and childless, was anxious that the dull and heavy hours of night should be assisted by the presence of his old and va lued might purpose ne3rtp oo sfe allo f servant,hi whilinghv h o o us h e a n d o awayl d shared aid, for the evening. It has been said that this guilt has been in course of operation for some time, but that it did not came upon the plaintiff l e s uh h with full force till November 29, 1815. Now, to understand this case, it will be necessary to inquire into the personal his tory of the plaintiff, and it will be seen that he had for the last six years become addicted to drink, and that in his fits of drunkenness he had behaved with brutal violence to all around him, and especially his wife. In 1843 he was bound over by Dr. Bland to keep , the peace on a charge by his wife. Oa that occasion Mary Hollett accused him of an act of gross indecency, and the plaintiff then, in the most foul terms, accused his wife of infidelity with his master, and it is to be regretted that Dr. Bowes did not at once discharge him. Ii is, however, not to be wondered at that he could not bear to take steps which would deprive him of the attendance and presence of one who was necessary to his comfort. lie did not, there fore, discharge the plaintiff, and he passed over the matter quietly, and so matters went on till January, 1844, when, on the occasion of an epidemy prevailing at Barton, she was re moved, under medical advice, to London, for change of air. Dr. Wilson has been challenged, and he will be produced to prove that all that Dr. Bowes wrote to the plaintiff was quite true. That letter was quite natural and correct, and it will be shown that Coultas was in town and slept in the room, though in a separate bed, with., his wife. On the oc casion of that visit to town Coultas himself wrote several letters to the defendant, which fully showed that no ime proper connexion existed between the plaintiff's wife and the defendant, which were penned before that written by the defendant to him. The Learned Gentleman then read two letters, showing that no suspicion remained on his mind at that time, which was six months after the charge made by him when drunk in 1843, and proceeded to contend that no foundation existed for the suspicion of the plaintiff, for he would call the maid of the hotel in .London and Dr. Wilson, who would prove the circumstances under which the parties came to town. At one time he threatened to shoot her, and resorted to his gun, when, in August, 1845, she was about to go to see her mother at Wakefield. The case now ap proaches the critical period of November, 1845 ; and the defendant will be able to show what took place on the 30th of that month. On that day, at 9 at night, Coultas came home quite mad with drink, and so . conducted himself that his wife required Catherine Jewitt to sleep with her for her protection, and it will be shown that at night he insisted on being allowed to sleep with her. His conduct was so violent that the two women slept in their clothes, it being three o'clock in the morning before they crept to bed, and he was in some sort pacified. The following day she of her own ac cord went away from Burton, in the absence of Dr. Bowes, whom she and the gardener met on their way. Dr. Bowes sent his man after her to warn her of her husband's violent threats. These circumstances fully develop the innocence of the defendant and Mrs. Barnes. Now, it could not have esca p e d observation, that no on e pretends to say that the study door was ever locked. If, then, the defendant was in the habit of carrying on any improper intimacy with -Barnes he might at any moment have been discovered and exposed in the very act, and the clearest possible proof adduced of their guilt. Then, again, it had been said by the witnesses Furness and Hinds that Mrs. Coultas was in the habit of being druak, and to the knowledge of Dr. Bowes; but though true that about two years since she had certainly been observed by the servants at times to be the worse for liquor, yet it does not appear that the defendant was aware of it, and even if he were he might well be inclined to pass it over in remembrance of her former services. We now come to the direct evidence of this case, and the first remark which it calls forth is, that it is impos sible to meet it by contradictory evidence. It is a sort of case to which all men are exposed. The first person examined on this part of the case was Catherine Furness, who spoke to seeing her master and Mrs. Barnes come out of the bed room, after which she went in and observed that the bed bore two impressions. Now, if the parties had been guilty, there would have only been one impression; but the next answer to her evidence is the fact that the bed the doctor slept on was a mattress, and not a feather bed, so that there could not have been the impressions on it which she spoke of. Then comes Henry Smith, whose testimony must have prepared the jury for the observations and evidence which would be presented to them in answer and explanation to it. That man indeed says that lie believes in a Supreme Being, but what Being ? Is it a Supreme Being who is the God of truth and punisher of falsehood ? Why, the devils believe and tremble, and so may he. This worthless man has the audacity to say that the defendant and Barnes, when in a room three or four feet from the kitchen•doer, talked so loudly as that he could distinctly hear them through the closed window. Is it credible ? Is It possible that it was truth ? He says that he looked through the blind. Now, since yesterday the window has been measured. The glass is 2 feet 111 inches wide, while the blind is actually 3 feet 1 inch wide ; so that it is quite impossible for any one to see through the window. Henry Smith must have therefore come at a critical moment, quite unprecedented in its op portunities for such watching. If true, intercourse took place in the study, though it would not appear to have been con templated by the Learned Counsel, who did not treat the conduct in the study as anything more than the preparation of an old man for the gratification of his lust at night. But the fact was aecomplished in the study in the evening. Was not that enough for the plaintiff ? Yet he makes an appointment with the other brother, who is made to look through the defendant's bed-room win dow, and again to see the parties under circumstances which, if true, would admit of no doubt of guilt. As regards that piece of evidence, an experiment has been made since yes terday, and with the blind its the same situation as it was on the night in question; it has been discovered that it was absolutely impossible for any one to see what was going on in the room. One only other witness rem a i ns to b e com mented on, the groom Hughes, a man, who was reluctantly compelled to admit that he had decamped from his master's service on Saturday, with his livery, in which he now ap peared; and yet he swore at first that he was still in the defendant's service. He speaks, however, to conversations which are from the very words put into the mouth of the defendant, palpable inventions. In answer to this case the defendant will show the whole history of the plaintiff's con duct; and adduce every member of his household to prove the utter falsehood of the charge brought by him against his master; and when he shall have done so, the defendant will fearlessly rely on the judgment of the jury for his acquittal. Never before has the breath of suspicion impugned his cha racter; and how could a man so situated and so beloved sink so low as to practise the vice imputed to him? The duty intrusted to him had now been discharged, and under cir cumstances as difficult as were ever experienced by any ad vocate. He trusted that the jury would, ere long, see their way to a verdict in favour of his client, and restore him to that peace of mind which was so essential to the happiness of age. His all was at stake on this issue, and he fearlessly relied on a triumphant acquittal at the hands of a jury so competent as that which was now empanelled between him and the plaintiff. Dr. Wilson, examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES—I am a yea rs , r 511839, I stayed doctor of medicine, residing at 28, Dover - street, nd Pic t c h a e di l l a lf e . Bowes died on the I ow in h re a s . v nß e go l i vit o e Isvavnnedtrhyewd parteelfleo. n f done next ttu f de o a r y 29. t many h3or rsf 28th of July, 1839. She was living then at Barton. After her death, the state of Dr. Bowes's health WAS most distressing and alarming for a long time. He consulted me, and required constant attendance, and I recommended that some one should be constantly with him to amuse and watch him, and remove his fears as to the suspicions which he entertained as to his own symptoms. I frequently referred to Mrs. Barnes as the fittest person to be about him. She is about 55 or 54, and defendant's age is 69, I believe. I had opportunities of seeing their conduct while the defendant was in town. It was always proper and decorous. She was decent in her attire and manner, and consistent with her situation. Dr. Bowes used to wear an elastic stocking. He was suffering from varicose veins in one leg, which WAS much swollen, and he was recommended to wear it for some years past. In my- opinion there was nothing improper in Mrs. Barnes lacing it. When she left i gate her directions to rest her feet as much as possible, and remain in a recumbent position. _ Matthew Benson, examinel by Mr. PRENDERGAST—Since June,'lB4l, I have attended the defendant's household. I have seen him and Barnes. I consider she conducted herself with the strictest propriety in the relation in which she stood to him. She gave him every attendance consistent with her situation, and in a modest and proper manner. In conse quence of the return of her fever, I told her I thought Dr. Bowes would have no objection to her going into the study and resting on the sofa, when opportunity would permit. She after that used to go there. I observed her manner towards Dr. Bowes then. It was becoming her situation. Cross-examined—l have seen her as cook, and I have at tended her in the defendant's bedroom. She cooked with entire propriety and decorum. When I advised her to re cline on the sofa, I did not tell her to do so in his presence. I never thought of whether he was absent or present. I have Seen her on the sofa when I went to see her. It was geneially early in the afternoon, and I frequently found her master out then. I advised her to go to the study as a warmer place than the kitchen, and not exposed to draughts. I might have said that. he was a very troublesome man to attend on by his servants, for he gave a great deal of trouble. A subsequent knowledge of his character has con vinced me that it all arose from the kindness of his heart and disposition. Anne Thomas, examined by the ATTORNEY-GEDIERAL—In 1843 I was chambermaid at the St. James's Hotel. Mrs. Barnes came there on the 28th of December. Dr. Bowes was staying there then. When she came she had a room on the second floor. Dr. Bowes's room was on the first. When her husband came we put up a second bed in her room. He came on the sth of January and left on the 7th, and again on the 9th, and left on the 231. Dr. Bowes came on the 28th of December and left on the 30th. He came again on the Bth of January, and went on the 12th. Mrs. Worsup—l am sister of Dr. Bowes, and have visited him since 1812, when Barnes first lived with him. He then required constant attention by night and by day, and was not fit to be left alone. Barnes generally waited on him. tier attentions to him were satisfactory to me as a member of the family. I looked upon her as a superior person, and always shook hands with her when I went and left. I might do so to other servants, but not with the same cordiality. My husband and all the members of the family treated her alike. My brother had tea and gruel taken to him early and late, both at home and in my house, when my own maid took it to him. By,the JUDGE—My brother will be 69 next May. John Worsup—l married the sister of Dr. Bowes. This witness corroborated the last witness in all the essential par ticulars. Mr. Hill Wallis, who married a sister of Mrs. Bowes, de posed to the like effect. Miss Ottley—l am the sister of Sir IL Ottley, the late Chief Justice of Ceylon. I became acquainted with the de fendant's family more than twenty years ago. Barnes was always with them. The Rev. Dr. Bland—l ant a magistrate of this county, and reside near Barton. I never saw anything of undue famili arity on either side. I know the two Smiths. I have had one of them before me several times on game cases. From what they said on those occasions I should say that they are very ready to swear, but I can't say that I would not believe them on their oaths. I have only seen Henry Smith, and I should have the same feeling with respect to him. Cross-examined—l never treated their oaths as a nullity, but issued summonses. Dr. Bowes was in the room when Coultas spoke of his being " over kind "to his wife. I very likely might have remonstrated with Dr. Bowes. Mary Hollett—l went to Dr. Bowes in June, 1842, for fourteen months. Barnes was there. Mrs. Barnes and I both made all the beds, including the doctor's bed. The blinds in Dr. Bowes's bed-room were always down at night.' I used to let them down. The curtains were always drawn round the bed in winter. I have been to the room when Barnes was there, and the study too. I knocked, but never knew the doors to be locked. Her conduct was always very respectful to him. He slept on a wool mattress. I never ascertained whether it would retain an impression if a person were to lie down. Mr.?. Barnes never to my knowledge stayed longer up stairs than was necessary for the Doctor to drink the tea. All the servants knew that they would very soon ba wanted for prayers when Barnes went in to lace the Doctor's boots. _ _ Cross. examined—l have taken tea up when Barnes was away. Coultas came into my bedroom, and wanted to get into bed with me. I screamed out, and Coultas went away. John Hook—l am butler to Dr. Bowes, and have been in his service as footman and butler for 22 years. Barnes has been there all that time, and was very kind and attentive t) Mrs. Bowes.. After her death I heard that she had left Barnes 3001. On the 29th of November Coultas went to bed at his usual time, between 9 and 10 o'clock. Barnes went to bed within an hour. I don't know that Coultas got up again. I slept nearly orer her bed-room. Whatever was done in her room could be heard by the persons in his. On Sunday I heard a disturbance shortly after I got into my room. "I did not come down as I did not hear any violence. I heard high language for a time, but I did not get up. When the blind is drawn down in the regular way it is impossible for any one to see into the room. There are two birdcages which always stand on the window-cill, and help to prevent any one looking in. The blind is wide enough to cover the whole glass. When the blinds up stairs are down and turned in the usual way it is not possible to see into the room. A ladder placed on the flag-stones would enable you to reach the window. I never knew of the study-door being locked or bolted. She never assumed that familiarity which ser vants might assume who had been improperly connected with their masters. Crois-examined—Sinee Barnes has left I tried the study blinds and bed-room blind. No one told me; but I heard it said it had been soon through. I told Mr. Turner. I put my eye close to the glass and could not see distinctly. I tried the bed-room at a different time. I tried the bed-room in the i daytime and the study in the nighttime. I have taken up my master's tea to him since Barnes went away, and his gruel too. Caroline Jewett—l have lived for a twelvemonth past with Dr. Bowes. Coultas used to get drunk frequently, and used low, disgusting language, when drunk. I never knew them sleep together. When he was drunk and abusive she has asked me to sleep with her. I remember her leaving on the Ist of November, and the night of the Saturday before. Barnes was making some cloaks for the Sunday-school chil dren when he came home, between nine and ten o'clock. He took his candle and went to bed. 1 saw him on the next night at a quarter-past nine. He attended prayers, and went out for two minutes. He sat down with his ac count book. Barnes asked me to sleep with her that night. When I was partly undressed Coultas knocked at the door. I asked what he wanted. lie said he wanted to come in, and I opened the door. He said he had come to sleep with his wife, and ordered me to walk out of the room. I told him I would not go. Mrs. Coultas had wished me to sleep with her, and I would. He attempted to turn me out, and I resisted. He began to undress, and said wherever she slept, she was his wife, and he would sleep with her in what ever room of the house it was. Mrs. Coultas got with her back against the door, and I pulled his collar. I then pulled the bell for my fellow-servants, and Mr. Coultas got out. I took some of the clothes to her which she had taken off. Coultas followed me down to the kitchen and swore at his wife, who was there, and called her a w—. I said if she was what he called her he was no man to sleep with her. He said, " What would my father think if another man went to sleep with my mother ?" I said, "If my mother was what he represented his wife to be, my father would not wish to sleep with her, and that a man of his years, who had been to church twice, ought to set us a better example." He said he would take her away, and make her work for her bread like any one else, and then he went up to her room, after which he went to his own. Martha Peirce—l was housemaid in November last, at Barton, and made the beds with Barnes. Master sleeps on a plaid mattress. It is not easily impressed, but it is hollow in the middle. An impression could not easily be made on the sides. On the Sunday I heard a noise at night, and heard the bell go. (This witness then spoke to the same facts which had been proved by the last one.) The bed-room was put into the usual condition, the blind down as usual, and the bed in the same place. I got into the bed, and was outside too. The light was the same as usual, which is rush light. Besides that there was a candle on the table, and we moved it about in the room. There was a ladder outside. I looked through too. When I was outside, I could not see any thing in the room through the blind. I let it down on the 29th of November. It was my business. I stationed my • self in the room, and placed the blind as it usually was. Cross-examined—l put the bed-room blind down every day. I can't say when I was first asked about the blinds. It might be a week ago ; and I remembered the 29th, because that was the day before Mrs. Barnes went away. Mr. Foxon—l am deacon of the Baptist Chapel at Barton, and deputy-oversieer of the poor. I used to go to the Doctor's. Never had any difficulty in getting into the study but once. I went over last night and measured the blind of the bed room window. We made experiments. Mr. Godfrey told the girl Peirce to place the blinds as they generally were when the Doctor was at home. I went up the ladder, and looked through. By putting your head down you could just see the top of the bedstead, I tried every lath to the top of the ladder, and could only see the top of the bedstead. We began at the bottom of the blind. I went to the study also, and observed that the blind covered the window completely. I put my face to the window, and could not see beyond the glimmer of the lights. When the blind was down it covered the,whole of the glass and the window-sill. r. Godfrey, the clerk to the defendant's attorney, stated to the same effect the result of the trials made last night at the defendant's house. Mr. Ganson, an attorney at Wakefield, proved that he was consulted by Mr. Coultas in August and. December last. William Blott, George Warren, and others were called to prove that they knew the Smiths, and would not believe them on their oaths ; but on cross-examination their testi mony fell short of any satisfactory reason for their opinions on the subject, and indeed many of these parties had given the Smiths certificates and testimonials of character. Mr. Turner, one of the defendant's attorneys, was next examined, and stated that he had seen William Smith and Hughes at various tiros, in order that he might ascertain what they knew of the matter. William Smith said that he knew nothing wrong between the Doctor and Barnes; that he knew nothing about it. Hughes said, " I know nothing about it ; lam glad of it." He denied that he was a witness for the plaintiff, or that he had been subpoenaed by him. I did not hear him say that he would not say anything unless he was compelled or forced to do so. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then put in the letters of Coultas, which he had read in his speech, and thus closed his case. Mr. O'MALLEY then replied at great length on the whole case, and Mr. Baron. PARSE having summed up the evidence on both sidei to the jury, they ultimately found a verdict for the plaintiff; damages 250/., at the hour of three o'clock in the morning. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Salisbury, March 11. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron Rm.}'N.) StiOOTING A GAMEKEEPER.—Richard Cox, John Cox, Henry Cox, William Crook, and William Hawkins, were in dicted for shooting at Joshua Bell with a gun loaded with gunpowder and leaden shot, with intent to kill and murder him. _ _ _ Mr. Slade and Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution. Mr. Stone defended Crook and Hawkins. The other pri soners were undefended. Mr. SLADE having stated the case to the jury, called Joshua Bell—l am gamekeeper to Mr. Bruges. his name is Wiliam Heald Ludlow Bruges. I have been keeper to him sixteen years. In November last I had an assistant named Ponting. On tha 17th I went out with him to watch at half-past eleven. I had a stick with me to protect myself. I never carried fire-arms at night. We came to a cover called the Morass cover, where pheasants were. This was between twelve and one. I heard a gun fired, and walked towards the cover. Before I got there I heard a second gun. That was in the cover. I saw the man who fired the shot by the flash of the gun. I heard a bird fall. Ponting and I went along the side of the cover, and went in. I then heard a third gun. We went towards the spot where ' the sound came from. I saw a man in about a minute. His back was towards me. He was walking and looking up. I walked towards him as fast as I could. He jumped round, and up with a gun and shot at me. My'hand then touched the muzzle of the gun. The charge blew the cuff of my coat to pieces,- and went into my coat and through it. The powder went into my hand, and also set fire to my shirt. [The clothes were here produced.] I looked round and saw another man, and he fired. I dropped as the gun went off. I couldjust see the gun up in the direction tewards me. I heard it go off. I attended a few days after—more than a week after—and pointed out the spot to Hill. After the second shot was fired I went to the man who first shot and took him by the collar. He hollowed in a shrill voice like a boy—" Look out, the are here." I called out for Porting, who came up. Ponting struck the man that at first fired upon the side of the head with a short swinge'. He had a "Jim Crow" hat. Then 1 struck him with this stick on the head, and the " Jim Crow" hat fell off. I did not hear him say any thing. It was the same man who shot the second gun. He came and struck me with the butt-end of the gun on the arm twice. I was holding the man. I know that Harry Cox was also one of them. Four of them came back, and three of them asked if 1 knew them. I said, " No." I could not see ; the blood was running into my eyes and my , mouth, and I wiped it away. One of them said, " Kill him." Then I received a blow on the back part of my head, which knocked me down and made me insensible. When I came to myself I heard Pouting :peaking. I crawled on to some sticks, and laid hold of them and raised myself up. Guns were fired after and during the affray, close round us. I then blew my whistle-pipe. Then I heard the wood crack as if they were getting out; and voices crying out, " Come on," and the like of that. I and Porting went to Farmer Webb's house. He washed the blood off me, and one of his men helped me home. I could not walk home by myself. When I got home the surgeon attended me, Mr. Plimmer. Was confined to my bed a fortnight. Henry Bell—l am the son of Joshua Bell. On the morn ing of the 18th I went to the " Morass" cover. My father directed me where to go. I found a swingel and a gun• bar rel close to au oak-tree, a ramroad, also a black "Jim Crow," hat and a brown cap, a piece of lead attached to a piece of leather, and a powder horn. The policeman Hill was with me. The piece of lead with the leather fits to the handle now shown me. George Hill, the policeman, corroborated the last witness as to the finding the articles, and then stated that he found marks of shots on an oak-tree and on another tree. He took shots out of the trees. The marks appeared to be recent. In one tree the marks were two feet nine inches high from the ground, and in the other one foot. He also heard reports of guns on the night in question in the direction of the " Morass" cover. James Wright—l am a superintendent of police. I went to Stephen Cox's house on the 19th of November. Harry Cox was in. He was sitting by the fire bathing his eye. It was cut and much swollen. It the left eye. Jelin Cox then came in, and afterwards Richard. I took them into custody. The hands and faces of them were much scratched. I searched the house and found the stock of a gun brass mounted, also two jackets bloods . , one very wet, a good many pheasants' feathers in the pockets; also a smock frock with spots of blood on it. This was also wet, but not so wet as the jacket. When I took the gun stock John Cox said, " What are you going to do with that? It is mine, I bought it and paid for it.", W. King—l am a policeman stationed at Steeple Ashton. I went with the other officers to take the Coxes. I saw spots of blood on the breast of John Cox. I searched Harry Cox. I found on him a handkerchief stained with blood, and some percussion caps. Before this 1 had seen Richard Cox wear ing a sealskin cap and a smock frock It is similar to this (pointing to one shown him). This was on the 19th. I also saw Harry Cox wearing a round hat like this. On the 20th I searched at Maddox's shop, and found a gun barrel and a stock of a gun. They did not match. It was lying under the window. The next day I found a gnu barrel in Maddox's workshop. Alfred King was recalled, and identified the caps found in the cover as having been worn by Harry and Richard Cox. Barnett also spoke to the same fact, and also to one of the guns being Harry Cox's. Mr. Phelps was then called—He stated he was agent to Mr. Bruges, and proved his occupation of the cover in question. This concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. STONE addressed the jury for the prisoners Crook and Hawkins, and contended, first, that there was no evidence that the guns were tired off intentionally, and even if they were, there was no evidence to show that the prisoners whom he defended had any common intention with the persons firing off the guns to injure the gamekeeper. Mr. Baron ROLFE then summed up the case to the jury. The jury, after taking some time to deliberate, returned a verdict of Guilty against John Cox, Harry Cox, and Richard Cox ; but AcquitteA Hawkins and Crook. The Learned JUDGE then sentenced them to be transported beyond the seas for the term of twenty years. Hawkins and Crook were then indicted for night poach ing, to which charge (under the advice of their counsel, Mr. Stone) they pleaded Guilty. Hawkins was recommended to mercy on the part of the prosecution. The Learned JUDGE then sentenced Crook to be impri soned for eighteen calendar months, with hard labour, and Hawkins to twelve months. (Before Mr. Justice ERLE, presiding in the Nisi Prius Court.) John Sharp was indicted for having feloniously incited one William Sturgis, to steal two Bank of England notes, a promissory not for 50!., a quantity of sovereigns and half sovereigns, and a watch, the property of one Elizabeth Sturgis, from her dwelling-house, in the parish of Codford St. Peter's, in this county, The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty.. The jary, after a few minutes' deliberation, returned a ver dict of—Not Guilty. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 11. CROWN COURT.--(Before Mr. Justice COLT RIDGE.) Joseph. Hodkin, aged 18, and Joshua Eastwood, of the same age, were indicted jointly, the former for having, on the 27th of 'February last, at Ecclesdeld, in the Wrest Riding, feloni ously shot at, with intent to murder, one Thomas Greaves, and the latter for being feloniously present, aiding, abetting, and assisting Hodkin in the commission of the said felony. The offence was variously stated in the indictment, the several intents, to murder, to maim, to do some grievous bodily harm, &c., being laid in several counts. Mr. Overend (with whom was Mr. Smith) appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Bliss defended the prisoners. The prosecutor himself, in consequence of the injuries he has sustained, was too unwell to be a witness; but from the evidence of Mary Ann Walker, 011ershaw, and Jno. Booker, the servants, it appeared that on the 26th February the two prisoners came to the prosecutor's house, where they sat down for some time and had some beer, and behaved them selves quite quietly. On the next day, the 27th, they came again, and were in the house in the same room with the family, during the time when the latter were at their dinner. They were not intoxicated ; they had two pints of beer between them, and some bread and cheese. The prosecutor and his wife, together with the two men -servants, sat at one table, the maid-servant and the two children at a separate table, and the prisoners were together at a third. The pri soners carried sticks with them, but of no extraordinary size or shape. They were rough sticks; the larger apparently on oaken hedge stake, about an inch and a half in diameter. Before the family had finished their dinner one of the pri nacre was heard to say, "Let's sup up and go." Upon that they buth arose, and at that moment Booker, who sat with his back to the prisoner's table, received a blow as with a stick, by which he was knocked down. This witness heard no shooting, being, as he said, " maddled"—stupitied, or made dizzy by the blow. He got up quickly, but was alarmed from the attack made upon him, and im tnediately ran out of the house and into a plantation. The female servant, whose position was such enable It t h w er as t n o ot o e b as se 3 r , observe a m rri o v r e e, st s a tat s, ed that she saw the prisoners as they got up. She saw Hodkin pull a pistol out of his pocket, hold it towards the prose cutor's left cheek, as if to take aim at him, and fire it, when the prosecutor became wounded in that cheek. Having done so, Hodkin made his escape, and he was not captured till some time afterwards. The prisoner Eastwood did not get away. He was instantly seized by the other man servant, who, being much stronger than the prisoner, brought him down upon the floor, and there " jowled" him a good deal, after which he was pinioned and kept in custody. East wood, while in the hands of 011ershaw and on the floor, called out, saying, "Let me alone, master, I'll tell you the truth • we meant killing you, and robbing the house. ' A pistol loaded with powder and bail, was found in this pri soner's pocket. Hodkin carried off with him the one which he had fired, and the latter pistol resembled the one found upon Eastwood in point of size. Mr. Jonathan Barber, assistant to Mr. Overend, surgeon, of Sheffield, stated that he had attended the prosecutor upon the occasion of the wound he had received. It was a pene trating wound, about the middle of the left cheek. It per forated through the cheek, and there was a wound in the pallet. One tooth had been knocked out, the second tooth from the back on the upper jaw. There were remains of gun powder upon the face which had penetrated the skin. The wound was such as would be caused by a bullet. Witness discovered no ball, however. It was a matter of knowledge that bullets may get behind muscle and remain undisco vered. The prosecutor was doing well, and iu all probability he might recover. His Loassifir, in summing up, observed to the jury, that they would first have to determine whether the prisoners had committed the acts alleged, and next, whether with any of the intents specified. His Lordship then went through the whole of the evidence, suggesting to the jury that they would have to decide whether the act of shooting were done with intent to murder, or with some other of the intents laid in the indictment. The jury deliberated for a minute or two, and found both the prisoners guilty of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence, told the prisoners that one Of the charges upon which they had been ti t se t d h w em as a charge which, if it had been established h conclusion would have caused them to be capitally, andconvicted, to lose aS their to lives. they were would gai ty suffer ol : t!' e capital other conclusion the a severe punishment for that they be their fi li eatnr lives, that ves, tbhuetytaken whole, however, his Lordship thought.tlniat •by the jury was the right one. The prisoners would . not lose Itheir offence ; and that punishment was, severally transported for fourteen years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARYLEBOIVE. COMMITTAL OF DR. DE PRATL FOR BIGAMY.—On Thurs day Dr. De Prati, residing iu Mortimer -street, Cavendish square, was placed at the bar for examination, before the sitting magistrate, Mr. Long, on a charge of bigamy. Mr. Humphrey's clerk intimated to the magistrate that the parties were now desirous of withdrawing the charge. Mr. LONG, in reply, observed that if the witnesses on the former occasion, of the 12th ult., had spoken the truth, and Of which he could see no reason to doubt, he felt that it would be bis duty to send the matter before a jury. The depositions taken on the 13th of February were or dered to be read over by the chief clerk, Mr. Fell. This was done, and it appeared that on the 23d of April, 1841, the prisoner was married at St. James's, Clerkenwell, to Mary Anne Caroline Pocock, and that on the 3d of Ja nuary last he was married at All Souls' Church, Marylebone, to a female named Mary Anne Melville. The required proof as to both marriages was given, but the second wife was not in Court. The Charge was originally preferred by Charlotte Pocock, a sister of the first site, who it was proved was living at the period of the last marriage. The prisoner was committed for trial, and the magistrate refused to accede to the application of-Mr. Clarkson that he (prisoner) might be allowed to give bail for his appearance at the Central Criminal Court. WESTiIfINSTER. INHUMAN CONDUCT of A MOTHEO.—Roseau Thomas, a dissipated, wretched-looking creature, who has been in cus tody upwards of ten days, charged with horrible cruelty to her infant, was brought np before the magistrate. It may be necessary to state, that the child having died since the prisoner's apprehension, the coroner has held an inquest upan the body, and that a verdict of " Died from natural causes," has been returned. The facts of the case are briefly these :—The Prigl e l s e.r n r. n as . at Watson's, the Angel, in Great Chapel.stree.t,tnilxinattioin ster, on Monday evening week, in a state o down, with violence, upon t and going to light with another woman, threw i t t l s i i re b i l n e v in l g ieti )i e c h k i e lj d t h ip er b mother tilbit seized ziend theit from y an a n n s o , th a e n r d fe l m tft a in le g , the wound bled very much, and prisoner's mouth and her t lt he to inh h ieffi er flmoa m our o . o , shawl were covered with the poor infant's blood. The child was taken to the workhouse, where, although every care and attention was 'paid to it, it etpired on Sati morning. The Magistrate dealt with the wretched woman fo) assault, and inflicted the highest penalty, he was all , to impose—a fine of 5/., and, in default, she woald be 1 mitted for two months to hard labour. She was sent to prison. GREENWICH. tic. a) . I, Louisa Maier, a young woman o f very gen t ee l appear - 4 4; i r ance, was brought before Mr. Jer em y, c h arge d with break ing open a cash box, and stealinr , therefrom a ten-poutd Bauk of England n o t e . -a n d a b ou t four pounds in' silver, the property of John Baker, the landlord of the Castle Inn, Brockley, Lewisham. Mr. Baker deposed that the prisoner had been stopping at his house until a suitable situation could be procured for her. This he had permitted, at the particular request of the_pri soner's father, whom he had known for many years. Wit ness missed the contents of the cash-box on the 25th of February. Had seen it safe the preceding day in his bed chamber. It was fast en ed w ith a p a dl oc k. Th e p r i s o ner left the house suddenly on the da y the property was missing, without notice, or exp ress i ng the least intention of so doing. Upon the evidence adduced the prisoner was then folly committed for trial. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Maiten 12. STOCK EXCHANGE —The tales are—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 3 p..—Clitheroe Junction, 1 dis.—Derby and Crewe, 2% p.—Grand Junction, 212 x d and n. —Grand Union. dis.—Great Grimsby and Sheffie:d Extension, par—Goole and Don caster, % p.—lituidersfield and Manchester, 2/. I is. 6d. p.—Rudders field and Sheffield, 6% p. • Liverpool and Bury, 1214 p.—Ditto, New Shares, 1% p.—Leeds and Liverpool Direct, i 3 dis.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2% p.— London and Birmingham, Quarters, 21 p.—London and York, p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quar ters (B), 7 p.—Ditto (C), 6% p.—Manchester and Leeds Exten sion, 34 p. —Manchester and Southampton, p.—Midland Stock, 144%—M01d Junction, 1% (Mt.—Northumberland and Lancaster, I h dis.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—Oxilwd and Birmingham, p.— Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, 19s. 6tl. dis.— Sheffield and Man chester, 120—Ditto, Quarter Shares, 5 p.—Ditto, No. 3, 2 1 ,j p.— South-Eastern, New Half Stares, p.—West Wing Union, 21, 6s. 3d. p.—Newry and Warren Point, lq p.—Dutch Rhenish, 1 p.-- Paris aad Lyons, Con., 4!l, p. _ . . . MANCHESTER, Maxen 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sates are -Birkenhead, Lancashire. and Cheshire, 2.?4 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Wales, Ili dis.— Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton, New, 1-16 dis.—Clitheroe Junction, dis.—Derby and Crewe, 2% p.—East Lancashire, No. 1,3% p.— Eft.t Lincolnshity, 3, p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Extension, dis.—Lancaster and North Yorkshire, dis.—Liverpeol, Orms kirk, and Preston, 17ii p.—London and Manchester (Rem.), 345. dis. —London and Windsor, % dis.—Manchester. Buxton, and Matlock, p.— Manchester and Southampton, % p.—North Eastern, IV,' dis.—North Western, % it—Preston and Wyre, Halves (B), 1 p. — Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 11' p.—Sheffleld and Manekes ter, Quarters (No. 3), 2 1 ,4 p.-South Midland, p.—South Eastern and Dover, Halves (No. 4), p.—West p. LEEDS, Msacu 12. STOCK EXCRANSE.-111C sales are—Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 191. 19s. p. c.—Ditto, Extensions, 3!4 p.—East Lancashire. No. 2 (late Accrington), 2% p.—Great Grimsby and Sheffield Extensions, 4s. Gd. dis.—litaiderstield and Sheffield, 7 p.—Leeds anti Tiiirsk, 101. dis.—Newcastle and Berwick, 193—London and York, 31. 3s.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 255. dis.—Direct Northern, It. !Ss. 6d.—West Biding Union, 4/. 14s.—Birkenhead, Chester, and Mold, 275. 6d. dis.—BradtOrd, Wakefield, and Midhunl, 10s.dis.— East Lincolnshire, —Grand Union, Ins. dis.—Leeds and Liver pool Direct, ss. (Ill.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, I Is. die.—North 'vestern, 15s. p.—South Midlands, 245. Gd. p.—Welsh Midlands, . _ _ ‘ --- 4 ..... ...../„.0 .-..,, I I , ..,,,-- ,/ A,. . / • -..- if:, . t.f.. i , ~.., `v i i• ,- 44::, p_..l-I\;kj„,tl- j:/:!,$.111 I .„--,,—' 5",?..`7,1- ag A1b,..5.-.°ol, ...„ ..1. -, . / el `a ' ''.fk'-÷ THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' 1417- 11141.1. AND i;ENC.FIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND. A general meeting (consequent on a requisition, signed by the most respectable members of the Associa tion) vi as held yesterday evening, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, at six o'clock, George Thomas, Esq., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the time had arrived when an opportunity would be given to every member to express his opinion on the matters which would be brought before them. The meeting would be put at once in pos session of the question before them if the requisition were read. (The Chairman then read the requisition.) The Chairman added, that he should be happy to hear any observa'ions made by any gentleman present, re serving to himself the power of making what comment he pleased afterwards. Mr. WELCH rose simply to propose a resolution, raising the maximum policies (at the option of the holders) from Ma to 1,0001. The directors had anxiously taken the matter into consideration, and they were of opinion that the alteration would be a desirable one. He therefore oisosed that the twenty-third rule should be altered accordingly. It might be perhaps as well for him to state that this resolution had been sub mitted to the direction, and they, with one exception, had agreed to it. Mr. BOURNE asked whether the resolution referred to other than life policies? Mr. LLOYD—No; certainly not. Mr. Rassniar said that it was a matter of necessity that the clause should be altered in toto, because they could not take any part of it specifically. Mr. GOSWELL, having signed the resolution, felt it necessary, as a man, to state the reason which had in fluenced him in that decision. He had known many in dividuals who wished to join their institution, but be . - cause they could not grant a policy for a larger sum than 5001., then they-would not be members of the a socia tion. He did not see that they should not derive an equal benefit with the larger associations. If they ex tended their premiums, they would reap extended ad vantages. Some desultory conversation followed, in which it was stated that at least half-a-dozen applications had been made to the full amount of the 500/. within the last fort night ; and he (Mr. Mullender) might state that the eminent banker, John Abel Smith, had introduced many clerks who wished themselves insured for 1,0001. each, but who, in consequence of the limitation of 5001., were obliged to go elsewhere. Mr. FIAWRES said that as the original rules of the as sociation limited the insurances to 5001., he did not see that they were justified in raising them to 1,0001. It might be a different thing with rich companies, but they ought to remember that theirs was but a young concern, and therefore they ought to be cautious in their pro ceedings. Mr. WOODWARD said that was a mere matter of cal culation after all, and although it might not have been advisable at first to raise their policies to 1,0001., yet now 'that they were an established company, with a uaranted capital, he did not see why they should not do so. Mr. Mano) had to make one observation. He could beg leave to point out that one-third of the pro fits would after all go to the benevolent fund. Mr. RATTRAY said that a vast number of persons were lost to the society in consequence of the rule which limited them to 500/. insurances. If they amended the clause it would serve at once to add to the utility of the association and the benefit of those interested in it. Mr. Tool, said that he thought the proposition a very good one, and he was of opinion that the principle should be promulgated as much as possible. He thought that it would be for the benefit of the associa tion that it should be advertised in the public papers. The Chairman said that if that proposition were in the form of a resolution it could be put after the first reso lution was carried. The CHAIRMAN said that he was very sorry that on this occasion his opinion did not coincide with those of the rest'of his colleagues. It had not been his intention to destroy the unanimity of the meeting by stating his opinions before them, but, as it was the wish of the board that he should occupy the chair that evening, he felt bound to state that he did not by any means ap prove of the proposition before them. He had certainly given his friends due notice, and had sent them a state ment 'of his reasons for dissenting from their opinions. Mr. PRICE said that some years ago, when the society was formed, the sum of 5001. was named as the extent of insurance, but it was understood that at a future period the sum might be increased. The chairman of the present meeting was at that time favourable to the proposition, and was well aware.that the feeling of the association was to increase the amount of their in surance according to their ability. Mr. John Abel Smith, when he thought the association sufficiently sound, had been to ensure the lives of his clerks for sums as high as 1,0001. He was not able to extend the amount of his insurance so far as that sum, and therefore he was compelled to have recourse to another offce to insure a part of the same. It was obvious that this association was increasing rapidly in the insurance de partment, as in the year 1844, the benefit arising from that department was 143/. 1 ls. hod., in 1845 it was 1591. 6s. Bd., and in the present year it was 2251., giving an increase of nearly 100 per cent. on the first amount on the policies. Mr. BOURNE said that anything that had passed at the board of directors should have been kept a secret. If the association intended to carry out this increase, he thought that it was necessary that a certain number of policies should be received beforehand, so as to render the large policies in proportion to the small ones. All insurance offices depended on an average, and if any thing interfered with that average they were not safe. It was useless to adopt,the present proposition unless they had a guarantee for such a number of policies as would keep up the average in their case. The Alliance Insurance Office had given 2001. to this association, under the impression that it would not interfere with their business. It could not be disputed that if they had thought that it would become a general office, and per haps in time interfere with their business, they would not have done so.— (Hear, hear.) Ile had perhaps said enough to convince the meeting that it would be neces sary to give it their strenuous opposition, and he would conclude by moving that the resolution he read that day six months. Mr. HOWDEN seconded the amendment, because he considered if they increased the amount to a 1,0001. that few would avail themselves of it. Few even now availed themselves of the opportunity afforded to them of ex tending their policies to 5001.; indeed, the average was under 2201., arid, besides, he did not believe a sufficient number would avail themselves of the rule to make its adoption worth their while. Mr. LLOYD said he was the principal means of ob taining 2001. for the institution from the Alliance In surance Company, but he positively declared that that Company, in making the gift, required no pledge, or, in fact, was it either implied or thought of, that that so ciety should not do what business they pleased as en assurance company.—(Hear, hear.) Ti.e CHAIRMAN said it was his conviction that the society was not limited at its establishment, to confine its policies of insurance within 500/. A GENTLEMAN considered that if the Alliance Insu rance Company thought, when they gave this institu tion 2001, that they ultimately intended to establish an insurance-office on their own account, they would not have given it. Besides, he considered they were not in a position to take so hazardous a step at the present moment, and that they should wait a few years until their prospects increased, instead of competing with large establishments, possessed of great capital and in fluence. Then they might cripple the utility of the society by losing several thousands'in the course of a year, as they had only 5,0001. to fall back upon. He was insured for 5001., but very few of the members were insured to that amount, which, in itself, showed that the increased rate was not required. Mr. RA.TTRAY said, in the event of their finding the proposed maximum too great a responsibility, they might go to any assurance office in London, and desire them to take 500/. off, which he was satisfied would be acceded to, thus relieving them of the additional risk. After a short discussion, the original motion and the amendment were submitted to the meeting, when 28 voted for the former, and 28 for the latter. Mr. BROWNE then demanded a poll, on the ground that the Act of Parliament specified that three-fourths of the members present should be in favour of the adop tion of such a proposition. The demand was acceded to, and those in favour of the original motion took one side of the room, and those in favour of the amendment the other. The result showed that 32 voted for the ori ginal motion, and 15 for the amendment. • The original motion, therefore, was lost. A vote of thanks having been given to the Chairman, and suitably acknowledged, the meeting separated. CAPABILITIES OF THE OREGON.—Referring to my journal for particular descriptions and for sectional boundaries between good and bad districts, I can only say, in general and comparative terms, that, in that branch of agriculture which implies the cultivation of grain and staple crops, it would be inferior to the Atlantic States, though many parts are superior for wheat; while in the rearing of flocks and herds it would claim a high place. Its grazing capabilities are great ; and even in the indigenous grass now there, an element of individual and national wealth may be found. In fact, the valuable grasses begin within one hundred and fifty miles of the Missouri frontier, and extend to the Pacific Ocean. East the Rocky Mountains it is the short curly grass, on which the buffalo delights to feed (whence the name of buffalo), and which is still good even when dry and to all appearance dead. West of these mountains the grass is of a larger growth, in clusters, and hence the name of bunch grass, which has a second or fall growth. Plains and mountains both exhibit them ; and I have seen a good pas turage at an elevation of 10,000 feet. In this spontaneous product the trading or travelling caravans can find subsit ence for their animals; and in military operations any num ber of cavalry may be moved and any number of cattle may be driven ; and thus men and horses be supported on long expeditions, and even in winter in the sheltered situations. Commercially, the value of the Oregon country must be great, washed as it is' by the North Pacific Ocean, fronting Asia, producing many of the elements of commerce, mild and healthy in its climate, and becoming, as it naturally will, a thoroughfare for the East India and China trade.— Frernont's Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. The Directors of the Orleans and Bordeaux Railroad Company are making every prepiration for its being opened on the 23d inst. as far as Tours. The Princes have been in vited by the municipality of Tours, and many other per. son es by the Company. There will be a g rand dinner in the Town-hall. Yesterday the carriage intended for the King and Royal family was taken to the Orleans station in Paris. It is painted deep blue, and has all the decorations of the Royal equipages with the crown on the top. The , directors of the Messageries Royales have entered into a con tract with the Company for the conveyance of their dili gences to Tours, insuring it an annual receipt of not less than 800,000 f. as a minimum.—Galignani of Tuesday. A CANDIDATE FOR THE WEST RIDING.—We have heard some conversation in this neighbourhood as to the man to be proposed at the next general election as the col league of Lord Morpeth, and Mr. Cobden's name has been mentioned. We trust dud this suggestion will find univer sal aeeeptanee.—Sheffleid Independent. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing in an open carriage, towards King's Keys, on Wednesday afternoon. The Royal Family were taken airings in the plan tations of 03borne House. _ _ There was no addition to the Royal dinner party at Osborne House. _ Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con sort took their accustomed early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice were taken their accustomed walks and rides on the beach yesterday forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper, Bart., left Witley Court, Worcestershire, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at a quarter before nine o'clock yesterday morning for the Droitwich Station, and travelled to town via Birmingham and Gloucester, and London and Birmingham Railways. Her Royal Highness proceeded from the Euston-square terminus to her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at half past four o'clock. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took an airing in a carriage on Wednesday, in the vicinity of Witley Court. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. Colonel Nicholl, R. E., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Gladstone yesterday, at the Colonial •office. Lady Elizabeth Fielding expired yesterday morning, at her residence in Sackville-street. The Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry left Farranee's hutel yesterday, for their seat, Kinmount, Dumfries-shire. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS—YEsTERDAT. The change in the Chester Cup quotations are few in num ber, affecting only Clumsy, Hope, and the Magnet, and that in a slight degree Clumsy fluctuated between 22 and 25 to 1, closing at the smaller odds, and the Magnet from 50 to 1 to 40 to 1, leaving off in request with two or three parties. The other horses mentioned were backed at the previous quotations, and only to moderate amounts. A few blows were struck on the Derby, but to no other effect than to give B..ocardo a lift of a couple of points Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 apt Wadlow's lot 16 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat —taken 22 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy 25 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clarke's The Baron—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Woffenden's Miss Burns—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—taken 27 to 1 agst Mr. Thompson's Hope—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitz Allen 40 to 1 agit Mr. A. W. Hill's Arthur—taken 40 to 1 agst Capt, Peyton's the Magnet-50 to ,1 taken 50 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Discord—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbing's Billy Ptrvis—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Intrepid 1,000 to 15 agst Lord G. Bentincles Rose of Cashmere—t 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Miltown's Duc-an-Durras 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel DERBY. 9 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting—taken 15 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tibthorpe—taken 2,000 to GO agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. R. J. Mostyn's The Premier—taken 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Weatheral's Povnton—taken 2,000 to 40 aget Mr. Worthington's harston—takea 900 to 100 agst lago and Brocardo—taken OAR& 18 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Queen Anne—taken 18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Princess Alice—taken 20 to 1 aget Mr. Gratwicke's Lally Cecilia—taken 20 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Cuckoo—taken 5 to 1 agst Lady Cecilia and Princess Alice— taken SOUTHAMPTON MARCH 1 1.-CHARGE OF FORGERY.. - - A case of forgery has, during the past week, occupied the attention of oar borough justicas, and excited a large amount of interest in the town. The facts of the case are simply these :—On Friday week last, a lad presented a cheque for 381. 18a. at the bank of Messrs. Atherly and Fall, purporting to be drawn by Mr. Cooper (a brewer of the town) on Mr. J. Roe (a builder). The cashier paid the boy in 51. notes, sovereigns, and silver, and the cheque was shortly afterwards discovered to be forged. On Moa day morning one of the Si. notes was paid into the bank with other moneys by the toll-collector of the pier, and inquiries being made, the note was traced back to the possession of a man named Robert Hazleden, who changed it on Saturday morning at the Pier Hotel. In answer to inquiries, Hazleden said that on Friday afternoon a man accosted him in the street, asking him to give him change for two notes, which he did; that he subsequently changed one of the notes at the Pier Hotel, and the other at the Union Hotel. The clerk of the bank accompanied Hazleden to the latter hotel, and the note was discovered to be another of those obtained on the forged cheque. Subsequently, the other five notes were found by some boys in a ditch, which ditch the prisoner and bank clerk passed in going to the latter hotel. Hazleden was conseqhently given into cu3tody, and underwent two examinations before the magistrate. Ia the mean time the boy who carried the cheque to the bank came forward, and being taken to the gaol where the prisoner was confined, immediately selected him as the man who gave him the cheque. lie said that the prisoner met him in the street, and offered him a shilling if he would take the cheque to get it cashed ; that he obtained the cash, and gave it to the prisoner. A former employer of the prisoner proved the great similarity between his writing and that on the cheque. The prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next Summer Assizes. On the evening of Monday last, a fire broke out in Lochend• House, the seat of Sir George Warrender, Bart. It at one time bore a most alarming aspect ; but, happily, by the prompt measures used, it was speedily got under, and finally extinguished. The house was full of company at the time. The fire seems to have been occasioned by overheating the flues in the scullery room, and thereby igniting the sur rounding lath and other combustible materials. —Edinburgh Advertiser. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE MILLWALL CHEMICAL Woass.—Yesterday evening, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Blue Lion, Montague-street, Spitalfields, on the body of James Barclay, aged sixty years. Deceased was a labourer at Messrs. Pontifex's chemical works, at Millwali, Poplar. On Tuesday fortnight lie was, as usual, attending some portion of the machinery driven by steam, having to stand on a plank elevated a few feet from the ground, when he turned giddy, and, in endeavouring to preserve his balance, his hand caught in the cogs of one of the wheels, by which he was much lacerated. He was taken to the Dreadnought hospital-ship, where the wound was dressed, and he was subsequently attended at home by a medical gentleman, but erysipelas supervened, and he died os Sunday last. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death." FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED POLICE-CONSTABLE-- The funeral of police-constable J. Eastie, of the It division, who died on Saturday last, in Guy's Hospital, from ininries he received, took place yesterday, in the burial-ground of St. Paul's Church. A vast concourse of persons had assembled, the streets through which the mournful procession passed being lined on each side ; and it was only w by h t g e r h e t e n exertion e t a h i n a g t a of f m t i s h s e i o n g a coldteau, was b t hr on g ed o btained Two brothers of the deceased, and nearly one hundred policemen of the R division, followed the coffin, the rear of the procession being brought up by Inspector Douglas, and Mr. Burton, the usher of the Police-court. The pall was borne by six sergeants, carrying white wands; and a private of the force carried the hat and staff of the murdered man. The arrangements were under the superintendence of Mr. Mallileau, the superintendent of the division, who also accompa nied Ilastie's remains to the grave, when the funeral service was read by the Rev. B. S. Flinch, rector of the parish, in a most im pressive manner. STRANGE SCARCITY OF RATS.—During the last few days fine full-grown rats have been fetching the extraordinary high price of ninepence each, in consequence of the scarcity and consider able difficulty in procuring a sufficient quantity for the various rat matches which take place every week. It is a singular fact that rats are now much dearer than rabbits, and in one instance last week, where 200 rats were killed, the principal portion averaged tenpence each. They are chiefly caught at the horse slaughter • houses in St. George's-fields, Southwark. The expected rupture with America does not prevent the flow of emigration to the United States. The American liners during the last month carried out upwards of 400 emigrants from London to New York. On Thursday afternoon, at high water, the New York packet-ship Gladiator, of 700 tons burthen, was hauled out of the St. Katharine's Dock, with 140 passengers on board, con sisting chiefly of agriculturists from Suffolk and Norfolk, who intend to settls in the far west. The Gladiator has also taken out a very fair cargo of British manufactured goods. THERE IS GREAT VIRTUE IN AN "IF."—The Liver pool Courant informs its readers that the Duke of Portland has offered to head u subscription list with 25,0001. " IF an effective plan can be devised to thwart the unconstitutional proceedings of the League." In other words, his Grace has wagered 25,0001. to nothing that the League is irresistible. MAIL CART ACClDENT.—Yestcrday afternoon, be tween five and sLx o'clock, the mall cart driver, accompanied by the guard, was proceeding to the General Past-office, driving the mail cart, which was heavily laden. On arriving opposite St. Giles's church, and passing over the wooden pavement, the horse fell, and the driver and guard were thrown out, and the letter-bags were strewn over the street. Assistance was immediately rendered, and the guard and driver were conveyed to Mr. Fitzpatrick, a surgeon, in High-street. The guard was severely injured. The mail bags were forwarded in cabs to the Post-office. The horse, on being got up, ' suddenly dashed on to the foot pavement, through the crowd, knock ing nine or ten persons down, several of whom were injured. DEATH OF TWO NURSES IN WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL. —Ou Thursday one of the nurses of the hospital of Westminster, in York-street, expired in the new institution at the Broad Sanctuary, from fever caught while in attendance on another nurse, who is also deceased. It appears that during last week, the latter, who had been attending to a patient attacked with fever of a typhus character, .was herself taken suddenly ill, apparently suffering from the same malady. Everything was done for her by the medical officers and the other nurse, but she ultimately expired. ller attendant was in the same way attacked, and, as above stated, yesterday expired from the same cause. A SLIGHT MISTAKE.—The police of the Holy See of Rome have lately seized, as dangerous to the State, all the copies of two works on Galvanism, under the idea that they related to Calvanism. TERRIBLE.—It is said that a man in New Orleans was so cross-eyed that la trying to get to Jtieep he wrung his neck OE—American paper. HULL, ke.Rcu 121 STOCK EXCIIANOK.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 26—North British, Ilalf Shares, 2/. 3s. 6d.—Derby and Gainsborongh, 12s. 64.—Hu1l and Barnsley Junction, 265. 3d.—Liverpool and Leeds, 2 —North Staffordshire, 51.95. 6(1. SHEFFIELD, MARCH 12. STOCK EICHANGE.—The sales aro—Leeds, Wakefield, and 311 d. land, it. tis. Old.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 21 2 — Manchester and Lincoln Union and Canal; 1/. 17s.—North Western, 1/. 12s.—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 425. HUDDERSFIELD, Maacit 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The SHICS arc — Manchester - and BirMillgilarn, New Quarters, 9%—North British, New, 8;4 —Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 4/. 6s. U.—Leeds and Livetpool Direct, 21. 12s. 6d..—North 'Western, 12s. Gd. p.—London and York, 3/. 2s.— West Riding Union, 4 —Liverpool, Ornaskirk, and Proston, 4. YORK, MARCH 12. STOCK Eacuswes.--The sales arc—London and York, 3 —Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 31. 145.-2ilewcastle and Berwick, 19%—Neweastle and Darlington Extensions, 9!4—North British, Carlisle Extension, 2.,i—Welsh Midland, 1/.35. lid. EDINBURGH, Mina' 10. Srocs EICIIANGE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, *IL-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, It. 145.-Ainlrie and Bathgate, 21.-.Arbroath and Forfar, 28/. 10s.-Ditto, Half Shares, 16L-Armagh and Portrush, 1/.-Ayr and Diunfries, 21. Gs. -Ayr and Galloway, IL 10s.-Ayr shire and Bridge of Weir, 21.- Banffshire, 11.-Belfast and County Down, V.-British and Irish Union, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Caledonian, ex now, 10/. 133.-Ditto, New, V. 15s.- Caledonian Extension, 11. 15s. -Caledonian and Dumbarton, 21. 45.-Caledonlan and Northern Direct, 1/. 19s. Gd.-Carnw - atli and West Linton, I/. Is. 6d.-Chelms ford and Bury, IL-Clydesdale Junction, lat.-Cornwall and Devon Central, IL 12s. 6d.-Dccside Railway, 4/. 10s.-Direct Northern, 2/. Os. &1.-Dublin and Enniskillen, 41. 7s. 6d.-Dundee and Ar broath, 39/. 55.-Dittu, New, 221.-Dundee and Forfar Junction, I!. 165.-Dundee and Ferth, 13/. 10s.-Ditto, Kinross Extension, 2/. 7s. 6d.-Eastern Counties Extension, H. 18s.-East Indian Rail way 12s. 6d.-East of Fife, IL 155.-East Lothian Central and Tyne Valley Junction, 1/. Ils.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 11. 5a.-Edin burgh and Glasgow, 741.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151.-Ditto, Quarters, lit. 158.- Ditto, ditto, New, 161. 53.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dunabarton, 16s. 6d. -Edinburgh and Leith Atmospheric., 1/.- Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 181.-Ditto, Preference, 20!. 10s. -Edinburgh and Northern, 4!. 55.-Ditto, Newport, 15s. 6d.- Ditto, Lochgelly, 1/. Os. Gd.-Edinburgh and Peebles, IL 9s. Gd.- Edinburgh and Perth, 2!. 8s -Edinburgh, Portobello, and Mussel burgh, 1/. 13x.-Furth and Clyde Junction, 1/. 17s. Ga.-Glasgow stud Ayrshire, 701.-Ditto, New Stock, 241.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, M. Is.-Glasgow Belfast Union, I/. 10s.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle, 21.--Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 1/. 103.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 421.-Glasgow and Greenock, 191.-Ditto, New Stock, 101. -Ditto, Preference, 11. 155.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 11. 10s.-Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 1 . 1. 18s. 6c1.-Glasgow,Kilmarnock, sud Ardrossan, 21. Bs.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 21. 65.-Great County Down, It. 15s.- Great North of Scotland, 2/.- Great North and South %Vales, 7s. 9d.-Inverness and Elgin, 1/. Is. -Lanark and Lothians, 21. 2s. 6d.-Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena, 11. Ss.- London and Hounslow, 11.-London and Manchester (Ras trick), 31. 10s.-London and Manchester (Rem.), 1/. 20. Gd.-Lon don and York, 37. 155.-Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, 35.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 11. Bs.-Morayshire, 21.-Newcastle and Berwick, 211.-Newry and Londonderry, 1/. 175.-North British, 251. 10s.- Ditto, halves, 8/. 10s.-Ditto, Extension to Carlisle, 1/. IN.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 51. 17s. Gd.- North Wales Mineral, New, 31. 10s.-Perth and Crier Direct, it. 10s. -Perth and Inverness, 11. Its.-Scottish Central, 141. 10s.-Ditto, New, St. 10s.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, 1/. 103.-Scottish Grand Junction, 1/. 10s.-Scottish Midland, SL-Scottish Southern, IL 18s.-Shrews- bury and Hereford, bis.—Sinewsburv, Osvrestry, and Chester, 4/. South 31411 and, 3/. IDai .—Stirling and Dunfermline, 11. 14$.—Stirling and Midland, 21. 4s.— Strathern Junction, 21. 10s.—Surrey Grand Julivilon, 9a. 6..l.—Tean and Dore Talley, Igs..--1115h3w and CoIt !ICES, 00/. 10$ (;tISGOW, IWARen 11 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are - Airdrie and Bathgate, 38s.— Bridge of Weir, 325. -British and Irish Union, 425.- Caledonian, RN —Caledonian Extension, 32s.—Caledonian and Ayrshire Junction, 331. 6d.—Caledonian awl Dumbartonshire Junction, 395. -Direct Northern, tbs.—East Indian Railway, fis. lid.—Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Inunbarton, 17s. tid.—Glasgow General Terminus, St.- Glasgow and Bel sat Union, 29s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 701.—Glas gow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 371.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ar drossan, 40s.—Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction, 30s.- -Great Indian Peninsular, 7s.—lnverness and Elgin, 205.—I.e.sinahagow, 375. Perth and Inverness, 28s. tid.—Scottish Central, Scottish Cen tral and Caledonian Junction, 30s.—South Midland, 625.--Withaw and Coltness, 49t, • PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. From the Votes and Proceedings of the House qf Commons-) NOTICES GIVEN AT TUE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE. 'THURSDAY, mmtcn 12. RAILWAYS. The Committee of Selection have nominated the following Select Committees on Railway Groups : A Committee consisting of—Sir John llobhouse (Chairman), Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Mundy, Major Macnamara, and Alderman Hum phory, to whom they have referred the Bias comprised in Group No. 6 of Rallivay Bills (vide Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 23, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Mr. Hayter (Chairman), Mr. Langston, Mr. D'Eyncourt, Lord Northland, and Mr. Hildvard, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised In No. 12 of - Railway Bills (vile Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 23, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—Sir Charles Douglas (Chairman), Mr. Lockhart, Viscount Pollingion, Colonel Cottony, and Mr. Blewltt, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No. 16 of Railway Bills (side Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Monday, March 23, at twelve. A Committee consisting of—lord harry Vane (Chairman), Hon. Francis Scott, Ear: of March, Mr. David Morris, and Mr. Philip Bennet, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised In Group No. 19 of Railway Bills (vide Classification Reports). The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday, March 24, at twelve. SECOND READINGS OF RAILWAY BILLS. MONDAY, MARCEL 16. Glasgow and Belfast Union. Glasgow Harbour Grand Junction Terminus. TUESDAY, MARCH 17. Somersetsbire Midland. NEW ZEALAND. The West of England Conservative ;;iWednesday contains the following extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship North Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., dated from the river " Kni Kui, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, Oct. 6, 1845 : "We have not lifted our anchor for ten weeks. Thank goodness we are still as happy and comfortable as a ship can possibly be made, and to remain so. We are on the eve of a bad peace; the Governor is negotiating with the disaffected jus a t a moment that strong reinforcements t have arrived, and now that we are in a position to give them a sound drubbing our hands are tied behind our backs. It puzzles me how they will convince the people of England that such a humiliating alternative was wise. I don't know who takes the merit of planning the terms, but here they are. I have them privately; they are not yet promulgated. 464 CONLITIONS ON WHICH TIIE GOVERNOR WILL CONc4:NT TO A GENERAL PEACE. " 1. The treaty of Waitangi to be binding. 2. The British colours to be sacred. " 3. All plunder now in possession of natives to be forth with restored. • ' 4. The following places to be given up to the Queen, a►nd to remain unoccupied by any one until the decision of her Majesty be signified :—Ports of Blave, Ohaiwar, Taiaonia, Wangai, Kofow, Kaipatitu, and Waikau. "' 5. Hostilities to cease entirely between all chiefs and tribes now in arms with or against the Government. (Signed) "R. FITZROY, Governor.' " PUGILISM IN THE NORTH. —FATAL FIGHT.—NEW• easmE-ox-Tyst, MARCH 11.—A light took place yesterday, at Blyth, a neighbouring place, between two men, named Reilly and Cleghorn, which terminated in the death of the former. The prize was 10/. aside, and the occurrence being rare in this locality, attracted a large crowd of spectators, including the Newcastle " Fancy," and many who occupy higher pottitiens in society. Reilly was a young man of ft., and weighing about Ilst.; Cleghorn, 3 ft. 8 in., and 10;t. During the early rounds Cleghorn hail the advantage, but Reilly af terwards turned the tables upon his antagonist, and punished him severely. However, in the 49th round, after fighting far not less than two hours and a half, Cleghorn planted a crushing blow on Reilly's lower jaw and neck, which brought hint to the ground as if killed. He never rose again. Ills friends carried him to the Ridley Anne, where, after lingering in great agony until this morning, he died. A coroner's jury was summoned this afternoon, but the In quest stands over. Nrhat makes the matter worse, as against Ow born is, that an ill-feeling has lung subsisted between him and the unfortunate deceased. PUGILISM.—BROOM AND TEnnr.—This procrastinated business was last night, at a very full meeting at Burn's, putill fair train for adjustment. The stakeholder has doeided on transferring of to the editors of two papers, present at the battle, present iow at the nominating three or five impartial gent lemen g ri o n y g er s t i t de i ) d r d a is r p b o i smi trat o o r rs t o h f e bets must go. ti l m t e at m tle e ewThe ; their dalersjunodnrawmt (the North Star) and PEVESTRIANISM.—T. Maxfield fliutsonorot.l, Maxfield, we are informed by letter, meat. was following the looking very like a winner ; a horse, which Davies ran their match for 100/, Cardin;ace,,oradsingtritpopeaudinoorunfeelets WIWI' men, struck hint and injured hint seriously . Davies . being first at the winning place, the rc frree has given it in his tavour, but a pros feet is made, a —Yesterday, a pigeon tossed at limx t i l t ,a is E i s ,r s o . bable the men will run again. Southampton, arrived at its domicile in London, in one hour aed fwenty-six minutes, coveting upwards of seventy mile* of ground within that time. EFFECTS OF THE TARIFF.—The mon thly `were changed eerdy ea l Il t iai t I T ; market at Oxford, on Wednesday, was well attended by buyers ; and, d a e lt a h r ( e )u r gh t t ha c t a i t a ti t e th 't e n l d as s t h i e t e ta p nk o e f t, eN iTe r a 3 r . ly des e c v r eTy ti t o li i i i n The supply of horned cattle was unusually large. Good beef realised MU 6d. per lb. ; barren cows, heifers, stinks, tee., were in great de mand. The quantity of sheep penned was not so large, in copse• quenve of the abundance of food; the demand was much greater than the supply. Mutton, in wool, realised from ss. 4d. to 6s. • out of wool, from 4s. Ga. to ss. per sto ne ; store sheep fetched enormously high prices, In some cases nearly after the rate of Is. per lb. The pig-market was a large one, but in consequence of such high prices being asked fur stores, very little business was done. English fat hogs fetched from 9s. to 9s. 61 per score ; 'porkers, from 9s. 9d. tat 10s.Gti. These prices are a sufficient answer to those who mei, that the farmer is ruined by the importation of foreign CAW