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In Bean,' I roll,t• 3. 7 0 sv ---- 0.-- ,n sale hey: (,naryarY Pr, ic d, Sdi !Iroise* , 11,,d to 0 3 , ' o'6 sho sulates:' and dolt. i m in Oa ° extent of nt of °yr f lost 00 nd dear• . 25): eV r 50 1111 d 111 DiePP I: Dvi• a: n 0 V. ,9. , 4 etor B the nein. Egg have 111/1' ts. it. bg thoug o f urbood, inyy'sr„g beginn4— keep• c aland P e roin r tne ta in !libel', ;74. OF. per. iritio' An uars' iViS. A 'IA; Ge t t r. 29111, ' Piet erj nd O iled fro Jan• °' ila, fry Oct• 26' mob , " O d d s°;;l 3 . nil. re:lll.°tt, 11 1 0.1ILA/fD SOCIETY OF LONDON. A GENERAL COURT of this CORPORATION, to celebrate the Annivertarr of the Rattle of Alexandria, will be !.eld at the s Dhlller at a quarter tierufe zcv<u o'Cla k preciacly. Isis Grace the Duke of BUCGLEUCII, K.G., President, in the Chair. to T he (Akers of the army and navy, who served with the expedition - EgYPt, under the late Sir Ralph Abercrombie, are invited to attend this commemoration, as the guests of the Society. Members of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, and of the Branch Societies of Aberdeen, Madras, Bombay, &e., are ad sable at all the General Courts of the Society without introduction. Memiuers who intend to be present are requested to give an early in timation to the Honorary Secretary, in order that suitable arrange -14_6'04 may be made for the dinner. T he Highland garb (or uniform) is adopted at all Ckneral Canna. 18, Parllament-street, GEORGE BAIN, Hon. See. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY. LOANS ON DEBENTURE. The Directors of the South Devon Railway Company are ready to receive LOANS, for a term of Three Years, on the security of MORTGAGS DEBENTURES, bearing interest at the rate of Five Der Cent. per annum, payable half-yearly. b! &ls Plication to be made to the undersigned, at the South D evoa .aill way-ofAce, Bedford Circus, Exeter. 17th February, 1846. WILLIA.II CARR, secretary. COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE COMPANY. N 0.7, Pall-mall, East. (Parsey, Patentee), The exhibition of the working model at No. 5, Pall•mall, East, will eke e 01 1 Saturday, the 21st March instant, bef o re w hi c h d a y aPPII- %bons for shares should be made. ‘,.liurnerous inquiries having been made by applicants for shares in Company, rs to the extent of their liability, the Directors feel that the number of shares already taken justifies them In stating a t no further call beyond the deposit of one guinea per share will " e made. By order, D. E. AUSTIN, Secretary, ATA.TIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. Capital 2600,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament. h_ T his institution oars important and sulastuitial advan iVB with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. e assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex 7vnlig or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid, ee table) t also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion ; 1 lutenist/I to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurance: or Urals of years are grante4 on the lowest possible rates. DIVISION OF PROFIT.. The success and Increasing resparity 01 the Society has enank Ihrectors, at the last anunl investigation to declare a third var) ing frnm 3u to 75 p a er cent. on the , premiums paid on es Policy ()Reefed on the Profit scale. EXAMPLES 14: Premium. 2 B 6 e Banns in f l t 5 Cash. E • ta -- £B7 13 4. 74 13 10 61 14 3 41 13 4 oa 046 g 2.6• -I,lk 44g • ;& 1837 £l9l 13 k ; cl. 74 3 4 100 0 183 g 16.4 13 01 1839 138 13 6 1840 89 0 0 113 17 1 £391 .11 1 11 8 6 346 23 9 210 29618 4 a 0 0 247 4$ e llae dgrision of profits is annul, and the next will be made in Do• uml3er of the present year. PELICAN LIFE I 70, LOMBARD-STREET Establist PIUS M. Attwood, Esq., 2 W-P. Slr Cotton, Esq., F.R.S. W. Curtis, Bart. _wit. Davis, Esq. J ' e• Esq. .• A. Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.R.S 40 1 FERGUSONF CAM - ROUX, meo NSURANCE OFFICE, and 57, CHARING-CROSS. Led 1797. :TORS. Kirkman D. Hodgson, Esq. R. H. Lawrence, Esq. J. Petty Muspratt, Esq. C. H. Turner, Esq. M. Whiting, Esq. AUDITORS. Emanuel Goodhart, Esq. I - Thomas Hodgson, Esq. John Davis, Esq. T he Periodical Valuation of th e Policies effected with this Corn on7 the Return System will be made after the 3d of July, 1847, to t hen an equitable proportion of the surplus premiums will be allotted t he holder of every such Policy issued prior to that date. T he peculiar feature in the mode of division adopted by this Corn :7-13' consists in the admission of every member to participate in the " 4, 1 2 .1 us he has assisted to create. * Zhe general plan of the office comprises all the real advantages of _F,_ ll the system of life assurance is susceptible. Insurances may :_eueeted on the return or non-return systems ; in' either case the - ,7 4 red will be guaranteed from all liability of partnership, and will pos sess the mo s t am pl e sec u r ity arising from the large accumulations . t he Company invested in the Government funds, and the unlimited ea Ponsibility of its proprietary. "., P rospectuses and every information may he obtained on application Offices as above, or to the Agents of the Company appointed in "ery city and principal town in the kingdom. R. TUCKER, Secretary. lINIVERSAT GAS-LIGHT COMPANY Capital, 160,0001., in 5,000 Shares of 201. per Share. Deposit, 2s. per Share. In accordance with the Act. 11,g (Provisionally Registered.) The allotment of Shares will take plaas (t the 16th of March next ensuing. Willi arn Stiles, Esq. Professor Ryan. M.D., LL.D. IFV"alit Kenyon Robert Nicholson, Esq. jr,.."l_TY Francis, Esq., Patentee Dominique Caasse, Esq. e7 e 1 )1 1 Feplow, Esq. Henry Ault, Esq. earles Brooke, Egg' J ohn Kissick, Esq. soLicrron—J. F. W. Fosenmeyer, Esq. This c BANKERS —.Mr Claude Scott, Bast., and Co. ofnpany is formed for the purpose of carrying out, and bring -111,,„''. general use, au invention (secured by letters patent) fbr an rov ed manufacture of gas of a superior quality, and at much less ti o Vik than the usual cost, by an apparatus so simple in construe titration compendious in form, as to be available in any building ).4.1 where the ordinary snpplies of gas are not accessible. ton m t ., c ietalls in prospectus, which may be had at the offices of the Nbe Ib9, Drury-lane, with forms of application for shares, and kas e : 'nay be seen the apparatus at work, and the brilliancy of the be 'ensplified. Mr. William Nicholson, Secretary, to whom must --- 11144 e all communications, post free. UNIVERSAL GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.- C ONTRACTS TAKEN for lighting up with a superior GAS, lAltals -nd at a re duced rate, towns, villages, lighthouses, dockyards, hos ths es, atr _„"T Public offices, manufactories,printing-offices, prisons, narra-ks ' r '" a Y - stations, asylums, schools, and other large build , ‘rs , where the ordinary gas is not accessible . Letters to be ad essed to Mr. lYilliant Nicholson, Secretary, 159, Drury-lane. v---------_ vEsTBouRNE TERRACE TONTINE. T o In 3,700 Shares of 1001. divided into Five Classes of 740 shares each. De: , osit, 101.; to be returned without deduction in the event of failure. George William Anderson, Esq., 69, Harley-street Samuel Scott. Esq., 1, Cavendish-square , Charles Wardell, Esq., 43, Westbourne-terrace. 'Alckxes—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square. SOLICITORS. ,lklessrs. Burgoyne& Thrupp, and Clark, 160, Oxford-street estbourne-terrace is confessedly one of the finest ranges of build er; In the metropolis. Its proximity to Hyde-park and Kensington elletaens, great width, elevation, and gravelly soil, and the very sLyttit and commodious arrangement of the interior of the man • present a combination of attractions which must render it a most 1470ttable investment ; particularly where the object is to secure a thjbllon for a child or children because by nominating such child or en there must necessaril y be a. good income for such as survive. e. proprietor of every share of 1001. will have the privilege of 184 6 "AtIng one life at any time previous to the 24th December, and should the nominee die before that day, then another he substituted, so that all the subscribers may be en an het, ,_.. f°° tlng en the 25th December, .1846, the day from which the Nimu be receivable by the Company. ce., Tontine will be divided into Five Classes of 740 Shares ; the "urlllees of the let Class to be under. ••• • • • .25 years et age. from ..... ••• • . • .25 t‘ , 40 ~ 3d :, „ ............40 to 56 „ 4th ,; .. •• • • 55 to 65 „ t it , s th „ „ 65 upwards. „ 411a ting the rental at 20, 0001 ., each class will be entitled to one - I . 4,0001. per annum ; a nd the survivor of such class will not t; D u stless that income for his life, but will have the power to leave it Z i gh unst he pleases for the residue of the term of 98 years. cla„. to ßot ot course necessary for the proprietors of shares, in either ma y ~, be of any particular izge ; many young persons, for instance, tcat i i" u nlinate a life in the sth, or elder class, with a 1-iew to their tif ntt g into absolute possession of the 4,tr01. per annum at the end tre ss en or twenty years, and with the certainty of a more rapid in a„`,f dividend tha in the junior classes. hlt rv vl; leations for Shares must be sent, under cover, to Messrs. l icoe&s. Thrupp, and Clark, No. 160, Oxford - street; Sir Claude th:, "art, and Co., Cavendish-square ; to either of the Committees, tet te ' U ndermentioned Agents -the Secretary to the Mall of COM trzli4, T hreadneedle-street ; George Allen, Esq., 43, Princes-street, 4 %l l 4l. oArcher, Esq., Leinster-chambers, Dame-street, ling ; John Cunliffe, Esq., Preston, Lancashire ; Messrs. Fletcher thea t ,.,' IP, Liverpool; Houghland and Leese, 51, King-street, Man lb,,:r; and W. H. Collis and Smith, Birmingham. Age',Vectusee may be obtained from the SolicitOrS , and the respective ttet t ;; from Mr. Thompson, Architect and Surveyor, No. 2, Con knernt'.ent West, Hyde-park ;or from J. Tippett, No. 34, West e-terraee, who will show the houses. 111 121%t il eations will be received up to Wednesday, the 22d of April, ;ep os : t hose for any particular class double the number required ,c‘lasi-ot,shat period, when notice will be immediately given , and the t i o n"" s ed; the committee being desirous to discourage all specula ;(4l4:,nd to allot the shares to bona fide applicants only. It is e d therefore, that parties will not apply for more shares than 'bet "" 11 to take, and ' that they will make a separate application for class. superb DESKS , ladVeOnlißalli-CstreeSt,O e X om E bin S e , all a th nd at /1114'1'%D,b anCi t most approved patterns, invented by ri,„". and manufactured on his own premises ; where may be seen Pr the richest specimens in the world of PAPIER MA,CHE . gh asy Dressing Cases, Bagatelle Tables, Ivory Chessmen, and the noards, rich Card Cases, Tables, and. in fact, everything for . I k , t ,„ ° 'k table and dressing toilet, displayed in a style of elegance 4 iv e - ,: i rPaased by any in this kingdom. Mechi is the sole and original tbetor of the Castellated Tooth Brushes, Magie Strop and Paste, topr,,,. et tliar Steel Razor, the cushioned Bagatelle Tables , and various in portable Desks and Dressing Cases combined. NI%NCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR DYE Olanges in a few minutes, without a trouble, b red or grey hair, "itbm,,z, eyebrows, moustaches, Sze., to dark own or black, by IN 45 a USillg a comb wetted with the liquid. One plic atio will 45 pleasing and permanent change. Price 35. ap 64., 6s n .. and q 1) 1 1 ' b ott l e. 7 , 4, 4 "e had of the Proprietors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate clll. Whitechapel-road, Londou ; also of Mr. Johnstone, 68, Corn :lr4+-nutler, 4, Cheapside ; Pront, 229, Strand • Sanger, 150, Oxford ,23arcly, Farrinidon- street t Atkinson, 24, Old Bond. 1 14,, ooper, 43, King William-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, ferl t ""street, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham; and of most m 3' m grs and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to of the kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. `ltti,7 4 to ask for " Spencer and Co.'s Chinese Liquid Hair Dye." the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. k ti I IRGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur- N l' It eg, having gained such great approbation, and the demand 4 . 71/e,',7,atinuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most t tb L'ily to offer thus their best acknowledgments te the Public it.- liberal patronage of the same ; its utility mad great convent climates have recommended is t• the most distinguished i t cg• f`',ntlectlons, who have all spoken highly in its recommends jttilt 4 Prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint. tie f anlilies, all possible care has been resorted to, by each t,, ttiehltoB sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well hang their signature, without which it cannot be th„ - NeVJAGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after " Planner that kas given the greatest satisfaction for many march uao, 107, 6traad, corner of Savoy Steps, London. BES T APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GENERAL USE '` .2 I APTON'S PILL OF it A HEALTH which 5 4, 1: 4 ~,:torect:u:ly relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa lt44'4o,t4" griping or prostration of strength. They remove l 1 4 ef t 6 ' Sleknesit, dizziness , pains in the chest, &c., are high y stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve live r ' 4cl depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and isi; N v he are continually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, , 4 (ll — Z lit the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not m~~ n • s al , pr eeiated. % I t 44,.."ulcine has for many ye ire received the approval of the tt,,,,Ptable classes of society, and in confirmation of its pc,..„'?ll?wiac; letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, krZssion to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respect m„',.te its author : a y 229, Strand, London. " Heavitree, Exeter, April 24, 1844. 4 NP„ tt , liti ' e l pleasure in being able to bear my strong and unso. kp e to the excellence of your " Fratnpton's Fill of r kin , i ell I consider a most sate, efficacious, and very superior ~,,elgti:;"chle. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and ` l4 er of mine has used them—ver . v rsrely having recourse t.at, t r'", eines fora long period of reels.; she has recommended •It ra ,nth, 3 ,, n 'velY, and in one instance n which she induced a person '41 , 1 1 17" a a ,L'illia r — ; „, a ,„, l ' a supplied the erst box herself, they ~ave proved os th e ,„,"luceeY. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any fri t - "iluY patent medicines before the public of equal value L ei , :d it, n eed" --certainly none possessed of superior claims a Pny ou i , ll occasions to give theta my individua reeorn t,s,ud • 44 4 sir, . 1 by " Your obedient servant, * 4.14 2 z, ; 440 ' 219, Stranet. London, prlce 1.; ,and Is. 3d. 3 " Use " Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the 4 4 1 ,114.: MPTft'13 PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the ILl"vii ttjap or . " Thormaa Trout, 2:49, Strand, London," en the ~J , .. , . , • . ' io• 4-, . r.,...- : 4 . : . . H. t _ ri -.,.. -. . q _,_-- ,* _ ~r . ~..e ......., ..., ~..,,,_...,..... ~4 i t , 1 •', 0 1 . ,• . ^,..‘ ...4 e z - ! . ,; / ' 41 , E''' -bil i, ~ ... , 0 ., s ~ , .-- ''-. • - 0. , , , --..........2i_26it0 t H , : - - J - , ";" ~4zI~C~G , ._vrAllsmoi ft • 1 . I ) N + PRICE SD. , • No. 16,691. LON DON, THURSDAY E , G BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL The GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION anti SALE of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, is OPEN DAILY front Ten till Five. Admission, Is. Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. QACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER- I, 7 HALL. On FRIDAY, March 20, will be performed a Selection of ANTHEM.; and !ATHEDRAL MUSIC. Principal Vocal Performers, Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Mr. Young, Mr. Genge, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Phillips, and Mr. Lather. Organist, Mr. Turk. The Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Performers. Tickets 3s. each, Reserved Seats 55., may be obtained of the prin cipal Masicsellers ; of Mr. Bowley, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr. Mei, 102, Strand ; or of Mr. Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross. THOS. BREWER, Hon. sec. ART -UNION OF LONDON. 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross. By Authority of Parliament. . President—His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. The list for the current year will close on the 31st instant. Subscribers will receive for each guinea paid, besides the chance of obtaining a ♦aluable work of art, an impression of a line engraving by Mr. P. Lightfoot, from the picture by Mr. 11. " Jephtlia's Daughter," and, in addition to this, a series of designs in outline, made expressly for the Society by Mr. G. E. Hicks, Mai treye of Campbell's " Gertrude of Wyoming." GEORGE GOD WIN,I Hon. LEWIS POCOCK, j Secretaries. THE CAMPAIGN on the SUTLEJ creating immense interest at the present moment, there is exhibiting at the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION Portraits of the most Distinguished Men both in the SIKH ARMY and GOVERN MENT of LAHORE, taken by a lady of rank, distinguished in the Fine Arts, during her residence In India. Also, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale, &c. By means of the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE these interesting Portraits are on a magnitic, nt scale. Mornings, at Half-past Four o'clock ; Evenings at a Quarter to Ten. The LECTURES include those on ASTRONOMY, during Lent on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, COLEMAN'S WORK ING MODEL ascending and descending Inclined Planes, &c. &c. EARLY HAY HARVEST.-RICK CLOTHS, with Poles, Pu and Lines, complete, "No fanner should be without a good rick cloth, for it is certainly o , e of the meet us. ful things he can have OR his pre miees."—Gardener's Gazetto. 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It is, it.deed, a publicat:on which cannot be too highly prized."—Literary Gazette. Edward Mozon, 44, Dover-street. IRISH LINEN TRADE.-- , -An Irish House in the Manufacturing and Bleaching Trade, having at present an extensive connexion in London and the West of England, is die. posed to make arrangements with a Gentleman conversant with the trade to conduct the sale of their goods in those districts. Applications by letter, with real signatures, addressed C., Ireland, the care of Messrs. Dawsous, 74, Cannon-street, City, and giving such references as to respectability, &c., &c., as the writers may be enabled, or may think necessary, will receive due attention. UNIFORMITY OF GAUGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As a resident in the West of England, which owes its escape from the isolated and inactive state in which it has hitherto existed to the establishment of the railway system, Ido hope that as soon as the public in terest has been exhausted in reference to Indian con quests, American ambition Polish revolutions, and pro tectionist struggles, you will find a little time and space to devote to the Gauge Commissioners' report, which involves a question of no small importance to those who employ railways as a means of subsistence, and not merely for pleasure. The Gauge Commission have reported that for the general purposes of the kingdom the narrow gauge is decidedly superior to Mr. Bruners broad gauge. This recommendation has made the Great Western people very angry, and they have vented their anger in some personal attacks on the Commissioners in the columns of a Morning cotemporary. With these at tacks I have nothing to do ; but, as one of the travelling public. I wish to show, from my own experience, as well as by a few extracts from the evidence given before the. Gauge Commissioners, that great practical benefit in saving of time and money, in low fares, and punctual delivery of goods at low charges, would arise from the enforcement of a uniform narrow gauge throughout Eng land and Scotland. Unnecessary expenses incurred either in the construction or the maintenance of railways, unne cessarily wide bridges, tunnels unnecessarily lofty, carriages unnecessarily hettLy ..114.Anukty,....clerka. and porterl in extraofdriia.ry numbers, in consequence of un necessary labour, must be paid for by the parties using these railroads. Such expenses, like taxes, adjust them how you will, must always fall on the consumer. The broad-gauge rail way, which at present only includes the Great Western and its branches, does cost a great deal more money to make and maintain in working order, and does require a larger army of porters than a narrow gauge line, even when it does not come in contact with one. The question then very naturally arises, what return is there for all this expense? On 1,900 miles of rail way, running through all kinds of country, steep de clivities, sharp curves, and other engineering difficulties, the locomotive business of the country is done with constantly increasing economy, swiftness, and punc tuality. On 270 miles of broad gauge we have a gauge which will bring to a dead stop any narrow gauge that may run into it, indifferent accommodation to third-class passengers (until public indignation was aroused), wretched accommodation for second-class passengers, the highest charges in the kingdom for both passengers and merchandise, and, as a compensation, two express trains a day, at an unlimited speed. By turning back to the journals of the years 1835.36, when Mr. Brunel's project for a seven-feet gauge came before the public, I find that he then believed that the country would be divided into railway districts, each of which would adopt a gauge suitable to its lo cality. Where, as in mineral districts, many sharp curves were inevitable, there a narrow gauge would be adopted; where, as on the road between London and Bristol, the curves were unusually fist, a broad gauge. He anticipated no difficulty or injury to commerce from the diversity of gauge. On the Great Western Rail way he expected, by the size of his locomotives, to ob tain extraordinary size and power, and to supply the wants of the public by one or two monster trains daily. With the exception of extraordinary speed,' all these anticipations have been falsified. Up to fifty miles an hour, the 4 feet 8k inches, and the 7 feet gauge, are undisputedly equal ; exceeding that rate of speed, the Great Western, on account of its favourable gradients one party, contends, and another contends on account of its gauge, has an advantage. But so far from the public being content with one or two monster trains a day, the Great Western Company are compelled to send heavy passenger -trains half empty; and, as each broad-gauge first-class carriage weighs about nine tons, while a narrow-gauge only weighs about four tons, every carriage, not half filled, involves an unprofitable weight of at least four tons. The average number of passengers carried by the Great Western Railway is 47 and a fraction, and the average weight of the train is 67 tons, comprising seven carriages. Seven narrow-gauge carriages, of the best construction, would convey 126 passengers with their luggage, and only weigh about 46 tons. You will see, therefore, that, as a commercial resident in the west of England, I have good reason to be dissa tisfied, when travelling upon the only communication with London and the manufacturing counties, at finding that I am paying not only the cost of my conveyance,- and the profit on that conveyance, fairly due to the rail way proprietors, but also a 47th part of the cost of con veying thirty to forty tons of dead weight in empty car riages. Then, with respect to the trucks of the goods' trains the case is even worse. They weigh about nine tons each, and are so large that it is impossible to fill them without waiting too'long for the patience of customers, so that they are sent on half ,and even a quarter filled ; of course the carriage of the heavy truck must be added to the charge for the goods. And all this is a sacrifice we western folks are constantly called upon to make to the magnificent genius of Brunel. Really , there was a good deal of truth in the obser vation of the traveller, " That the farther he went to the west, the more convineed be became that the Wise Men came out of the east." Then, again, although the great gaugeites assure us that a contact between the wide gauge and the narrow gauge is no sort of inconvenience, they seem anxious to obtain uniformity wherever they can ; for, abandoning the idea of fitting gauges to districts, the road to Gloucester, with sharp curves, is fitted with the broad gauge ; and they propose to adept the same gauge in all th e Great they projects, so that the thinly peopled di str i cts o f S out h W a l es , North Wilts, Somerset, North Devon, and Cornwall, are to be sap plied a ith the monster carriages and goods-trucks, which are found twice too large even for the large traffic be tween London and Bristol. The question of curves is avoided as much as possible in the Cornwall and South Wales lines by closely hugging the coast I It would he cheaper to vote the Queen a million for a . new palace, and present Prince Albert with an ad (litional regiment to practice army tailoring upon, than to permit the Great Westernites to pursue their costly schemes for drawing empty carriages at the expense of the travelling public. However, in spite of this forced extension of the broad gauge, in order to produce uniformity, if half the contemplated railway .Bills are carried out, the two gauges will meet in mere than twenty places. I need not theorise upon the result of such a playing at cross purposes. Unfortunately for ill-fated, indolent, apathetic - Bristol, which when not asleen seems always to awake to execute some gigantic folly, a broad gauge railway, or a Great Britain steamer—unfortunately I say for Bristol, a break of gauge occurs at Gloucester, creating a dead halt in the transit between the Northern and Midland manufactories, and what ought to be their port. It is in vain that a large army of porters is kept up, and all sorts of ingenious and costly cranes and con trivances established, (all maintained at the cost of the goods' carrier), delay is inevitable. Let any one, as I have done, take his stand at the Gloucester sta tion, and see the process of unloading and re loading a goods' train, consisting of horses, fat cattle, pigs and sheep, tin-plates, iron and timber, baskets of fish and poultry, and miscellaneous small parcels. He will see the small/parcels moved by hand, the heavy goods by mechanical means, and the live stock by a union of every sort of means that can be imagined. The change in a train of ordinary size cannot be effect ed under from four to twelve hours. It will sometimes that so take hours r such hc t i o ov re m ums e ta o n n c e e ze is st i i t ve ox. extraordinary little communication exists between Bristol and Leeds, d A i f s a t n r ch ict e s s t t o er ,i , , B hi i e r h min it g m ha ig m, ht, t a h n e P aa o d t v te a r n ie ta s g , e a o nd usly a , ll tra th d o e se ? Neither 60 nor 70 miles an hour can compensate for such a tax, and such an interruption to trade as the break of gauge. I think I have said enough to show that this gauge question is well worth the serious attention of the mer cantile community. Free trade is now all the fashion. 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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, _HOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, March 17. The commission for the county of Sussex was opened on Monday at this place. The business is rather heavier than usual at these assizes, there being fifty-fire persons for trial, many of whom are charged with the most serious offences, and fifteen causes are entered on the civil side, five of which are special jury cases. Lord Chief Justice Denman commenced the business of the assiz3 this morning' in the Crown Court, and Mr. Baron Alderson at Nisi Prius. CRO W N COURT—(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.) IVilliam Benstead, 23, a young man of resp"ctable appearance, and formerly a clerk in the Post•ofce at Chichester, was indicted for feloniously stealing a gold watch, the property of her Majesty's Postmaster- General. Mr. Russell Gurney, with Mr. Clarkson, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Johnson defended the prisoner. It appeared from the testimony adduced that, in the beginning of last December, a watchmaker, at York, named Bell, sent the watch in question, which was a flat gold one, enclosed in a letter, to a person named Apted, in the service of the Duke of Richmond, at Good wood. The letter never arrived at its proper destina tion, and, on a re p resentat i on b e i ng ma d e up o n the sub ject to the authorities of the Post-office, inquiries were set on foot, whi c h resulted i n t h e ap p re h ens i on of th e prisoner. It was then ascertained that almost immedi ately after the period when the letter, with the watch, would in due course have arrived at Chichester, the prisoner took the watch in question to a watchmaker, and emplyed him to remove the hands from it and place others upon it of a different description, at the same time telling him not to say anything about it. When the prisoner was taken into custody the watch was found in his possession, and was now clearly identified. Mr. JOHNSON, on behalf cf the prisoner, urged that, as there was no proof of the letter having been seen in possession, it was probabl,4 that the watch might have fallen from it accidentally, and that he was nt , t proved to be guilty of the most serious part of the charge. : The jury found the prisoner guilty of larceny, and sentence was deferrA. Mr. Baron ALDERSON disposed of several of the com mon jury causes, but none of the details were of any intere,t. NORTHERN CIRCUIT —York, March 17. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Air. Justice PArrEso:c.) This Court has been engaged the whole of the day in the trial of a special jury CAUSe, Rpm:, an issue out of Chancery relating to a question of drainage. It is that of _ _ DAWSON V. PAVER: AND ANOTHER. Mr. Watson, Mr. Cowling, and Mr. Atherton, for the plaintiff; ➢lr. Baines, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Tomlinson, and Mr. H. Hill for the defendants. The lands in question are situate in the neighbourhood of Selbs, and the property of Mr. Dawson, whose mansion is at osgaby. There is an immense mass of evidence in the cause, which would not terminate to-day, and may probably continue throughout to-morrow, if not into the next day. CROWN SIDE.—( Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) John Atkinson, James Ella, and Christopher Wilson, were charged, for that they, on the 9th of February last, at Heworth, in the North Riding, did feloniously and bur gloriously break into and enter the dwelling-house of Win. Witty, and steal therein five silver tea-spoons, one pair of silver sugar-tongs, and one half-crown, his property. Mr. Dearsiey conducted the prosecution, and the prisoners were severally defended by Mr. Temple, Mr. Otter, and Mr. Overend. _ _ _ _ It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor, who is a farmer living in Stockton-lane, and his wife, are very old people, having no other persons dwelling in their house than a young man named George Vitty, their nephew, and their grandchild, a little girl of abut eleven. The family retired to rest at about ten at night, when all the doors ware safe. But about midnight Mrs. Vitty heard a noise like knocking against a wall, and the dog barked. All was still again after some time, and the old lady again fell asleep. But at about an hour and a half later, she was awoke by one of the pri soners approaching the bed in which she and her husband lay. The prisoners all came into their room, and, the pro secutor having raised himself in bed, one of them, having a gun in his hand, belonging to Mr. Vitty, which the party had found in the house, threatened to blow out his brains. They afterwards when into the room of the nephew, and into that of the little girl. No further violence appeared to have been offered ; but they demanded the money of the family, and searched their clothes for it, and ransacked drawers and other places in the house. Wilson set up an alibi in his defence. The men were all found Guilty, and each sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. Mr. Knowles, Q.C., sat in the magistrates' room this morning to try prisoners. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, March 18. There are only about 60 prisoners !or trial, but many of the offences charged are of a very grave description, as the following analysis will show : Murder 2, manslaughter 6, rape 8, unn•rtural 3, highway robbery 18, cutting and wounding 5, burglary 3, bigamy 2, horse• stealing 1, maliciously killing a horse 1, larceny 3, malicious shooting 1, uttering 1, embezzlement 1, forgery 1, assault with intent to ravish 1, concealment of birth 1, ab duction 1. Mr. George Dorrell, aged 33, was indicted for the manslaughter of George Lowe, on the 16th of June, 1844, at Upper Arley. The prisoner, who was stated to be in the last stage of con sumption, having been seated in the dock, Mr. BEADON, as counsel for the Crown, stated the facts of the case to the jury, which were briefly these :—The prisoner, with several others, amongst whom was the deceased, were drinking together at a public•house, when, as it seemed, in a frolic (far all the witnesses agreed that there was no quarrel or subsisting between the parties) Dorrell caught the deceased by the collar, and threw him over his shoulder, ap• parently intending that 'he should alight on his feet. his strength,however,wasunfortunately insufficient for the purpose, for the poor man fell upon the back of his neck, and sustained an injury of the spinal vertebrae, inducing paralnis, and ulti mately causing his death. Dorrell assisted in placing him in a chair, and brought a d oc t or , but afterwards absconded into Scotland. The jury having found the prisoner Guilty, with a recom mendation to mercy, his Lordship sentenced him to be im prisoned for oneweek. Mr. Huddleston appeared for the defence. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Dorchester, March 17. George Bowditch was indicted for killing and slaying John Gale, at Bradpool, on the 13th of October. Mr. C. Saunders was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Slade defended the prisoner. It appeared that there .had been a fair iu the neighbour hood. The deceased and his wife were returning home from the fair, and were standing talking opposite a beer-shop, at Bradpool. The wife heard some horses coming along the road at a furious pace. The deceased pushed his wife close to the door, and turned off the pavement into the road, when he was instantly struck down by a horse, which in conse quence fell and threw its rider. It was about half-past eight in the evening, ard it was moonlight. The deceased had had some drink, but he was not in liquor; he was quarrelling , with his wife at the time, and was in such a dreadful state of passion that he hardly knew what he was about. The road'was only 15 feet wide. The deceased never spoke af terwards, anal died in .a few minutes. The prisoner was the man who was ridin g th e h orse t h at knocked the deceased down. The deceased went towards the horse, as if he in tended to catch the bridle. Mr. SLADE, on behalf of the prisoner, urged upon the jury that the horse h a d ran away , an d th a t the matter alto gether was an a cc id en t ; and be was riding with the pri soner at t h e ti m e, and who stated bolted, they were riding v ery s l ow l y, b u t the prisoner's horse and the horse of th e w it ness ran away also. They were neither of them in li quor . called a witness who t The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Pierre Renard Mallet was indicted for the wilful murder of John Mekew, at Netherbury, on the 6th of December. Mr. Hodges was counsel for the prosecution, and Mr. Slade for the prisoner. The prisoner, although he had been for many years in England, is a Frenchman ; he was therefore asked whe ther he would be tried by a jury of Englishmen, or a jury consisting of half Englishmen and half foreigners. Ile at once said, "By Englishmen." It appeared that the prisoner was a kind of tramp, and was always accompanied by a woman who passed as hiswife, but went by the name of Kitty. They travelled through and about Dorsetshire, and were well known. The woman had lived with him for fourteen years. On the evening of the 6th of December they were at Palmer's public-house at West Clifton, the woman became very much intoxicated, and the prisoner was anxious to get her away, and took up almost every person's cup of beer and drank out of it. The man and the woman cursed each other, and he held up a stick at her and threatened to beat her. The deceased was also in the house, and he said to the woman, lam going to Bridport, and I will see you. The woman said she had lived with the prisoner fourteen years, but she was not his wife; that he was jealous of every one, and she would not live with him any longer. Some time was consumed in this jarring, and at last the prisoner left. Soon after the woman went out, and then the deceased. The prisoner had gone to see some one, and had not proceeded in the direct road to Bridport; but he afterwards overtook a man (Roper), and asked if he had seen a man and woman on the road. Roper said he had not seen them, but he could hear their voices at that mo ment, and directed the attention of the prisoner to that circumstance. The prisoner then said, " I've got a stick in my hand, and if I catch them at something (you know what), I'll give withth a good beating." He had a good sized walking -stick him. Roper and the prisoner then separated ; but in a few minutes Roper h ear d t wo persons crying " Murder." They appeared to proceed from a man and woman He instantly started to the spot whence the sounds proceeded. He got into a field adjoining the turn pike-road, and looked over the hedge, saying, "Stop, they've had enough." The prisoner was then beating a man, who was on the ground. The man was holding up his arm to prevent the blows striking his head. The man so striking was the prisoner, who said, "D ----n your eyes, you're not half a man fur me," and then he gave him a blow with his fist. The woman at this time was staggering about the road, curs ing and swearing, and was as drunk as could be. Roper asked him if the woman was h is wife, and p r i sone r said she was, but the woman said, " You're a , but 11l not liar; I've been with -ears' you many swith you again." The pri soner had previously told Roper that he had caught them in the fact. 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The prisoner had told several persons that he had caught the deceased with his wife, and had beaten him well about his head and ears. Mr. Tucker, a surgeon, examined the body of the deceased, and fonnd several sup er fi c i a l b ru i ses. There was a contused wound on the head, and a coagulation of blood under the dura mater as large as an egg. A vessel in the brain had been ruptured. Tire injuries might have arisen from blows or falls. The coaamlum pressed up on th e b ra i n, an d cause d the death, whi c h might not have taken place for many hours after the blow or fall. The appearances were such as would be produced by apoplexy. He was in doubt whether the exposure to cold throughout the night accelerated the death. Mr. SLADE addressed the jury for the prisoner. Mr. Justice Enna, in summing up, observed, that they must be satisfied, before they found the prisoner guilty either of manslaughter or murder, that the death had arisen from the injuries inflicted by the prisoner ; if they were of opinion that they were inflicted svithout provocation, it would be their duty to say he was guilty of murder ; but if they were of opinion that the deceased died of the injuries_ occa sioned by the violence of the prisoner, inflicted under provocation, it would be their duty to find him guilty of manslaughter only. There were many species of provoca tion, which would reduce an offence from murder to man slaughter. If a husband found his wife in the act of adultery, and in the heat of the 'moment inflicted a wound which was fatal, it was recognised by the law that the husband had acted upon a provocation, which would reduced the fatal act from murder to manslaughter. • He thought, in this case, the 'parties had lived together so long, and been reported as man and wife, that, there was evidence, from which the jury might infer that they were married persons. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty pf Manslaughter. Mr. Justice ERLE then proceeded to pass sentence, and addressing the prisoner said, " You stand convicted of the crime of manslaughter ; the jury have acquitted you of the very heavy crime which this indictment imputed, namely, the crime of murder, and that which they have considered as established, is a crime that varies in every degree—it may be one of the greatest magnitude, just short of murder, or it may have been committed under circumstances of very great palliation.; and I consider upon the whole of the evidence that the fact is established by which the jury have reduced the crime, and I consider that you did act under circumstances of extreme provocation, and that great allowance ;ought to be made for your temper and your violence ; and I take notice, that although you were excited to use such violence, you made use of no dangerous weapon. You used a stick you had with you, apparently without premeditation; sod I take notice also that from the blows that were inflicted, in all human proba bility, if ordinary care had been taken of the man, no fatal consequences would have ensued, and I mention these facts to explain the sentence I am about to pronounce, because it is of importance that where death takes place, there should be a solemn inquiry into the cause, and if the death has arisen from the illegal act of any other person, he should be made responsible, but I consider you have strong matters of palliation. I take nJtice that you have been in prison from the early part of December, and I think that the public jus tice of this country will be satisfied, if I pass upon you the sentence that you be fined Is., and lie imprisoned till the fine ' be paid. _ _ Many hands were instantly put out with a shilling, by which the Treasury will be enriched, and the prisoner was discharged. The result has given the utmost satisfaction. We may mention here that many robberies have been committed during the present assizes; the Judge's marshal has suffered; a javelin man when holding his staff of office was relieved of upwards of 3/. ; and last night the person who manages the circuit baggage-van had his pocket picked of 39/. It is said there are police in this town. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Cambridge, March 17. The following case, which has excited ale greatest pos sible ,interest in the University and town at large, was tried before Mr. Baron Parke in the civil court, all the nisi prius business having been disposed of yesterday by his Lordship. POLICE INTELLIGEN CE. • MANSION-HOUSE. A person named Henry Miller was charged by Mr. Wm. Hitchcock, of No. 2, Friday -street, factor and warehouseman, under the following circumstances : Mr. Hitchcock stated that the defendant, who was not known to him even by name, walked into the warehouse, took a scat, and refused to leave the place. In his in 'tendon to remain, he was encouraged by some persons, who told him they would supply him with meat and beer, and whatever else he might be ix need of, during ti e time it might be his pleasure to stay there. Witness told him that he must not be in the way of the business of the house, but finding that expostulation was useless, caused him to be apprehended, after having referral him to Messrs. Wire and Child, as their solicitors, who acted for the house, and were qualified to transact any business with customers. The defendant declared that he and his partner sent some goods from Manchester, where they carried on business, to Mr. Hitchcock, for sale in the London mar ket ; that the sale was accordingly effected, but they could not prevail upon the gentleman to whom - they had remitted the goods to come to a settlement, on which account it was considered advisable to persevere in making the demand on the premises. Mr. Hitchcock said he had no notion of disguising the fact that the house had received the goods, He had re ceiveddsrit, ldat ; nhde but mhe m r a f cc o ording to the in s t ruc ti ons - w hi c h was imme diatedweshiarotuoscetuorcroemdesutobsaenquently h ad been n esettlementeane he apprehended that there was some doubt as to the manner in which they had been obtained. It appeared to him to be rather a crooked affair, and h e h a d referred the parties who applied to him for the value of the pro perty, to Messrs. Wire and Child, whom it would be ne cessary to satisfy that it had been honestly got posses sion of. The LORD MAYon asked the defendant whether he and his partners had a warehouse at Manchester? De fendant—We have a cellar there in which we keep cur goods, consisting of fu , tians, velvets, &c. Mr. Hitchcock—l am willing to leave the money in the hands of your Lordship, or any other respectab!e man, until a satisfactory account of the transaction shall be rendered to me. The defendant said his partner stated that there was no ground for the detention of his property. The goods had been regularly sent up through Pickford's house to Mr. Hitcheock, whose clerk or warehouseman had been previously spoken with upon the suldect of making the sale, to which a prompt assent had been given. The LORD MAYOR—If the defendant and his partner have any claim upon Mr. Hitchcock, they must adopt a different course. It is quite impossible to permit a per son to make a claim in such a manner as that adopted. All that Mr. Hitchcock wants is to know whether he would be justified in paying the amount of the sale to the parties applying. The defendant was then bound over, to the amount of 20/., to give no further annoyance to Mr. Hitchcock. Mr. Tabor , of No. 21, Gr ea t T r i n ity-l ane , was sum moned for having refused to pay tithes for the main tenance of the rector of the parish of Holy Trinity the Less. The collector of tithes for the parish stated that he had previously sent a summons to Mr. Tabor, who made it a rule not to take notice of such authority, and the second summons contained a threat of the issue of a warrant for the apprehension of the recusant if he should persevere in rejecting the claim. The LORD MAYOR—What is your objection to the payment of the tithe, Mr. Tabor ? Denfendant—l re fuse upon principle altogether. lam sure we cannot find any authority for the charge in the doctrine of Christ. It is contrary to Christianity. The LORD MAYOR—It is not contrary to law, I know; and as you are able to pay it you must pay IL Mr. Tabor—l dare say I shall pay the demand. He then drew out his purse and paid the amount of the tithe. The LORD MAYOR—Now, why do you give us and yourself so much trouble for nothing? Mr. Tabor—lf I happened to be robbed in the street I would take the trou ble of prosecuting the thief, although I should gain nothing by my trouble, and I think it necessary to pro test against this demand while I pay it. The LORD MAYOR—You have to pay the costs, as well as the demand, for your obstinacy. You may just as well protest when the collector calls upon you in the first instance. Mr. Tabor—l object altogether upon principle. A man named,Pope was charged by Mr. Pelham, upon the part of the Board of Trade, for having taken money from a seaman named Fox, as recompense for procuring a ship for him. The Act was made for the protection of seamen, but the evidence adduced in support of the accusation was not sufficiently strong, and the defendant was dis missed. CLERKENWELL. John Morgan Boni, a German, apparently about twenty years of age, was charged with attempting to murder Mr. J. Have, a clerk in a commercial house, who resides at No. 8, Albion-place, Clerkenwell ; also with attempting to cut and wound two policemen of the G division. Mr. Hayes deposed that on the previous night he saw the prisoner lurking about his house, and, suspecting his intent, went for police-constables. On his return, at half-past nine, he found his parlour door fastened. He demanded admission, but could obtain none. He then, with` th e h e l p o f a con stable, forced in the door, but had no sooner done so, than the prisoner rushed upon him with a clasp knife, swearing he would murder him. One of the constables seized his arm, else the knife would have penetrated his body. The con stables, seeing his determination, closed upon him. He made two or three desperate efforts to regain the knife, and attack witness, exclaiming, "It is you I want—Pll do for you i n spite all you can do." The prisoner was sober, and witness had given him no provocation. Police-constable Rogers, 242 G, corroborated the above statement. Witness forced the knife out of his hand. The prisoner seized witness by the throat, threw him down and kicked him violently in the stomach. At length police-con stable 253 dragged him away. The prisoner thereupon exclaimed, " I'll do for you," and so saying drew a razor from his pocket, opened it, and flung it at witness's head. Witness raised his arm, and the weapon struck him on the wrist. Police-constable 253 corroborated the above. The prisoner flung another open razor at him, but by turning his head aside witness evaded the weapon. Mr. COMBE—How is it that the prisoner went to Mr. Hayes's house? Mr. Hayes made no reply. Sergeant Wilkinson—l believe the truth is, your worship, the prosecutor's wife encourages him. Mr. COMBF: (to the prisoner)—What have you to say ? Prisoner—What they say is true enough. Mr. COMBE—W hy did you treat Mr. Hayes so? Prisoner —Because I don't like the man. Mr. Comax —What made you go to his house? Prisoner —To do him an injury. Mr. COMBE—Then do you mean to injure him ? Pri soner—That I certainly do. Mr. COMBE—Where are your friends? Prisoner—Most of them in Germany, one of them lives over in Regent's park—my Vhere is the wife? Th e constable said she l.rr. coxuncle.B was in the body of the court.. Mr. COMBE—Let her come forward. The wife, a handsome young woman, about nineteen, came forward, exclaiming, " I'll do for him" (pointing to her hus band). The violence of her gestures and language was such that Mr. Combo thought it necessary to place policemen be tWeeß her and her husband, a very quiet, genteel-looking young man, wearing spectacles. Mr. COMBE (to Mrs. Hayes)—Have you known the pri soner long? Mrs. Hayes—Eighteen months. Mr. Comna--Did you know him before you were married? Mrs. Haye2—YeVr I kept company with him. Mr. COMBE— by do you favour the prisoner in prefer ence to your own husband ? Mrs. Hayes—Because I don't like my husband —I will do for him; but I like the prisoner. Why should my husband meddle with him ? Mr. COMBE—But he threatened to stab your husband be • fore a word was said to him. Mrs. Hayes—l dare say. Mr. Mallett—ls the young man sane ? The constable said he was perfectly sane. Mr. C 03138 said the prisoner would be committed until the sessions in default of two sureties of• 501. each to keep the peace. Mrs. Hayes (turning to her husband) —Then you shall not see me again. The prisoner was committed in default of bail. allbeforeth s e . m h , and h one the northern district for . the last six EsucbßydirriTsNioci;Tfßecruiting has been " looking up," in are this carrying all stationed town—the I t SVC, party of procured twenty " tight-looking fellows" in weeks. :F t h h e e A li r n ti:! , e , ry as i n gle month. This success, of late, is at standard height, and tributadivid ing the bonus with civilians, who bring forward persons tl'ee understand,co ü b r l s : t o t he lowering of the eligible to be enlisted by military men. We understand that the 57th have got neatly 1,000 excellext recruits in and about Belfast, during the last twelve years. The service com panies of this corps embarked for India in January, 1825. They are now at Fort St. George, Presidency of Madras, and the depot of Chatham. —.Banner qf Ulster. OPTICAL DELUSION IN ARCHITECTURE.—Mr. J. J. Scoles, in a paper read at the Institute of British Architects, on the 23d ultimo, said :—" It is well known to architects, that if the shafts of columns are made' perfectly straight, that the effect to the eye would be an appearance of curving in wards; and this unpleaaing effect is remedied by giving an entasis or swelling to the columns. As Stuart and Revett had not shown any entasis to the columns of the Parthenon, I felt a desire, when I was at Athens, to ascertain if the architect of the Parthenon had overlooked this point—if these columns were really executed without any entasis ; I had the opportunity of measuring each diameter of the blocks of a falen column, which clearly proved that an entasis was given, but so slightly a s not to give any appearance of swelling out, which is so often se‘n in the buildings of Italy, but yet sufficient to correct the defect that wou ld have been apparent if the shafts had had a straight line. —The Bui'der. Railway King's, Queens, and Princesses figure, " not wisely, • but too well," in Mrs. Gore's amusing novel of "Peers and Parvenus." What will the nouveaux riches of the share-holding world say to this? Probably, that they fare no worse th an th e f ashionable dramatis pertoacc, both Eng. lisp and Foreign, whose mysterious adventures have created such universal interest in this work. The character of George Joddrell is a chef d'auvre, as a type of the empty hearted and empty pocketed exquisites of the day—seltish— overbearing—but not the less the darling of fashionable life. THE MIDLAND RAILWAY V. LORD HARBOROUGH.— The indictment for alleged railway riot, yreferred by Lord Harborcugh against John Smith and Henry Elliott, con tractors, and Thomas and Samuel Morris, labourers, con nected with the Midland Railway, for rioting in Ws Lord ship's park at Stapleford, last autumn, came on for hearing at the Oakhani Assizes yesterday week, before Chief Justice Tindal. Mr. Whitehurst, QC., and Mr. Flowers, conducted the prosecution; Mr. Humfrey and Mr. Macaulay, the de fence. The jury acquitted all the defendants. A bill was also preferred by the Midland Company against Lord Hat borough and others, for conspiracy and riot; and the grand jury (the foreman of which was Lord Harborouglis brother in-law), found " a true bill," as regarded the conspiracy,— Leieesterohire Mercury, THE TOWN AND GOWN ROWS. John Freestone, a strong and powerful man, about 30, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with as saulting and beating Arthur Walsh with a staff, on the 7th of March last, in this town. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. O'Malley conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr. Burcham appeared for the de fendant. Arthur Walsh—l am the eldest son of Sir John Walsh, On the 7th of March, I went to the Rose -crescent. I was behind the body of gownsmen there assembled. I could see two or three police at the entrance. There was " a row " when I first came up from Trinity street. I should say there were not 100 gowns men altogether. There was a rush, and we were driven back to Trinity street ; we retreated to Trinity-gates. I did not see any weapon in the hands of the gownsmen. There were eight or ten policemen between us. The gownsmen were quite quiet, and so were the townsmen then. We tried to get into college, and while my back was turned to the gates there was a rush on us by the police, backed by the town's-people. I saw Freestone come towards me. I had my gown on, and had retreated to the gate, but could not get in. I had no weapon, and used no exciting actions. I was going_sideways, trying to get to the wicket-gate, when — T was struck fly the defendant on my shoulders so hard that I fell on my knees While I was down I felt him lay his staff on my forehead, as if to take aim, and then he knocked me quite down. He stunned me. When I re covered the wicket was open, but choked up with men. I got up, and was drawing towards it, and looking back, saw Freestone coming up to me again. He said, "You are up again, are you? Take that;" and struck me again with his staff over the head. I was stunned, and, staggering through the wicket, fell on the grass inside. I was in the hands of two surgeons afterwards, from the effect of theie blows. There were about seventy gownsmen with witness. Walked up and down the Crescent when out of breath, and then pushed again. Think. the gownsmen would have kept the Crescent against the town if the police had not interfered. The town would not have beaten us.—(Laughter.) The Crescent was a good position for us. If we had been attacked, could have made a good defence. Thinks it was the duty of the police to interfere, but was angry with them for prevent ing them fighting in the town. Pushed against them be c,use he heard they were beating the proctor. The row com menced at Tom Thnnib's exhibition. Did not see a gowns man knock out the teeth of a respectable tradesman in the Crescent; heard of it. In Trinity-street there were about eight policemen and about seventy gownsmen. The gowns men did not run from the eight policemen. Re-examined—The police appeared to be leading on the townsmen ; they were using their staves upon the gownsmen. Mr. Bridgman—ls a pensioner. Was in the Crescent on Saturday, the 7th instant. About seventy gownsmen were there. On the bill were three hundred or four hundred townsmen. Witness was among those who retreated from the Crescent from Trinity. They called out to open the gates. There was then a cessation of hostility. Saw no weapons with the gownsmen. Offensive language was used on both sides. The police made use of dreadful language. They rushed upon the gownsmen and knocked „indiscrimi nately right and left with great violence. While the gowns men were trying to get through the gate, the police were using their staves. Saw Mr. Bruce knocked on the head with a bludgeon, and afterwards there were two policemen striking him on the head and face. He is now ill in London from the effects of blows. Saw Mr. Walsh knocked down. Saw him brought into college almost insensible. Cross-examined—First saw bludgeons at the time of the retreat into Trinity. Saw gownsmen pushing towards the hill. Sawa townsman strike a gownsman, and a policeman follow up the blow, and then protect the townsman back again. Re-examined—Saw bludgeons in the hands of the towns men, none with the gownstnen. Can't tell whether the bludgeons produced are townsmen's or gownsmen's. Mr. John Fletcher corroborated the statements of the two former witnesses. Mr. Williams, pensioner of Trinity—Was close to Free stone when he struck Mr. Walsh at Trinity -gate. He said, " That's the man I want. I've marked him, and will kill him if I can." Witness was himself struck twice by the police. Cross-examined Left his rooms because he heard a gownsman was being killed. The Rev. John James Smith, Fellow and Tutor of Camas— On the night of Monday went on to the hill. Saw one stick among the townsmen. Saw the police using their staves on the gownsmen. Witness was struck by the police. Was urging them not to use their staves. Saw a townsman beat ing the gownsmen with a stick. Urged the police to disarm him, but they paid no attention. The Rev. John Craufurd, one of the deans of Camas, Mr. John Deighton, surgeon, and Mr. Rowe, jun., were called in corroboration. John Whittaker, porter of Trinity, deposed to admitting the gownsmen on their retreat to Trinity-gate. There were several broken heads and much blood. Mr. Lestourgon, surgeon, deposed that he attended Mr. Walsh on the night of the row. Mr. Walsh had a severe blow on the side of his head, but no wound. He was much excited. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Buncuam proceeded to address the jury for the de fendant. After commenting upon the evidence the Learned Counsel called several witnesses. _ . David Arnold, police-constable—There were nearly two hundred gownsmen. Witness was knocked down and struck several times. Did what he could to protect the gownsmen, drove off the townsmen. Cross-examined—Have known the defendant for six years. Thomas Chapman, police-officer, was in the Crescent and was knocked down. The gownsmen were very violent. Saw police-constable Barker struck with a poker by a gownsman. Cross-examined—Did not see the man's face who knocked him (witness) down. Saw his arm only, but looked up and saw his face when on the ground. Knew it to be the man from the resemblance of his fist to his face.—(Laughter.) The skin was alike.—( Immense laughter.) Thomas Howlett, police-constable--Several gownsmen had sticks. Was knocked down three times in the Crescent. James Fletcher, a bricklayer—Saw the gownsmen strike the police with sticks. Saw Mr. Walsh rush from the body of gownsmen and strike Howlett, whose hat was knocked off. When he struck Howlett he said, 6 . you, policeman, get out of the way, we want a row with these snobs." Richard Barker, a police-constable, produced a poker with which he was knocked , down by /I gownsman. Mr. Henry Smith—ls a member of the watch committee. Saw the disturbance on Saturday on the hill. Thought the conduct of the gownsmen very violent. Mr. Sergeant BYLES replied, commenting in a humorous manner upon the evidence for the defence; after which His LORDSHIP summed up the case, observing that the only casa for the jury to try was, merely whether the assaults complained of by the prosecutor had been committed by the defqadant, and whether such assaults were justifiable? As to the first question,_ no doubt existed that an assau l t had been committed. No evidence was offered as to any assault being committed on the policeman by Mr. Walsh. The other ground of justification was, if the defendant had committed the assault in order to quell the riot. It was for the jury to consider if there was evidence to show that this was the case. The jury, after considerable deliberation, returned a ver dict of Guilty. Mr BYLES said, that on the part of the prosecutor there was no wish to press for any severe punishment, as the pro reacation was only induced by a sense of public duty. His LORDSHIP said, that the prisoner must stana commit tal, and be brought up for judgment the nest morning. /7 j ALLEGED INCENDIARISM- IN GRAqCHTIRCH-STREET. The inquiry into the circumstances attending :the fire which occurred at No. 6, Gracachurcle:street, on Sunday last, was resumed on Tuesday afternoon, at 5 o'clock at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The house, which is occupied by Mr. Plant, stands at the corner of an arched gateway, known as . Corbet-court. A private door opens into this court, and upon the left hand on entering there is a glass partition •which separates the shop from the passage leading to the staircase. Smoke was first observed issuing from the above private door in question, by a policeman who was passing .r throttgli Cospet-cou r t f rom Gracechurch-strect. The officeriffirdediatily aroused the in mates, sevaral'of whom appear to have escaped with great di fficulty: The family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Plant, with an infant child, a young man - Pawed Jordan, who was a nephew of Mrs. Plant, and acted as shin:van, two other youths also employed in the shop, and a woman servant. William Jordan was the first person who answered the po liceman when ho gave the alarm; who, when told that the shop was " all on fire," replied; to use the Officer's words, " Very wcll, very well." Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent of the- London fire -engine estsblishment, gave it as his opinion, arising from an examination of the premises after the flames were got under, that there•had been two or three distinct fires in the shop. He also stated that he found several parcels of hosiery and other goods drawn partly out of the partitions in which they were ordinarily kept, some of which had the ends of the paper in which they were enclosed torn open, as if to facili tate their ignition. The fire had raged fiercest behind the counter, but a partition on the opposite side of the shop was much burnt, and marks of pitch or tar, or some such com position, were clearly discoverable on the panels in two places. Altogether the appearances were such that he (Mr. Braidwood) did not consider it at all probable the fire had been the result of accident. William Johnson, jun., a shopman in Mr. Plant's employ, was called-41e said it was customary for the last person who l t o o ck l e o d ck an it d . left the shop to lock the glass door in the partition, whi c h pass age told It witness was s He said " Lock the door, for I shall not go out to-night." bolted separated o n Saturday r s d h a o y p n f i r g o h n t i . the Jordan Witness was alarmed about four o'clock on Sunday morning by a loud knocking at the door, and cries of "fire," and escaped over the roof; in consequence of the dense smoke which was coming up the staircase. Mr. Robert Plant said he retired to rest about eleven o'clock on Saturday night, and was awoke by an alarm of fire about four o'clock on the following morning. When aroused lie immediately got out of bed and followed his wife down stairs. He believed the maid-servant passed him on the staircase. When lie got down the street-door was open. Witness wentinto Jordan's bed-room as he came down stairs. Jordan was then pulling his trousers on. Witness, after having obtained some clothing from a neighbour, returned to the shop, when Mr. Braidwood pointed out the marks al ready alluded to. Witness had not the slightest know:edge as to how the fire originated. Ile had passed through the shop about a quarter -past ten on Saturday night, at which time all was safe. There was no keyhole on the outside of the private door, and no person could get into the house unless he were admitted by some perssn from the inside. Mrs. Plant confirmed the statement that the private door was unlocked and the bolt drawn back on the Sunday morning. William Jordan was called—He said he had the manage ment of Mr. Plant's business, and left the shop a few minutes before eleven o'clock on Saturday night, shortly after which he retired to bed. He was awakened by an alarm of fire about four o'clock on Sunday morning, and shortly after escaped by the private door. After the fire was got under witness went into the shop, and looked first to the box in which the money was kept. Witness found that a 10/. note and seven sovereigns were missing from the box. The money was all safe at half-past five o'clock on Saturday even ing. It was possible that some person might have got into the cellar during the evening, but witness did not think it likely. The pitch marks on the side of the shop were not there on Saturday night, and the parcels of hosiery were all perfectly smooth when witness left the shop. Witness was unable to form any opinion as to the cause of the fire. Wit ness never left his room after he went to bed until the alarm of fire was given. At the close of this witness's examination the Court was Cleared of strangers. 2,lJpon our re-admission into the Court, we learned that the verdict was to the following effect :—" Wilfully set on fire by some person or persons unknown." Eventually the following resolutions were passed by the gentlemen of the jury:— " That the prompt and energetic conduct of Police-con stable William Ledam (586 City), upon the occasion of the late fire, at 6, Gracechurch-street, is deserving of the highest praise; and this jury recommend him especially to the notice of the Commissioner of the City Police, and to the several fire-offices interested in 4lse preservation of the above premises." As a proof of the value entertained by the jury of the services of the above officer, a collection was made by them, and Mr. Deputy Stevens handed him the sum of I/. 16s. The following resolve met with the cordial response of the whole of the jury:— " That the best and sincerest thanks are due from, and are hereby given, by this jury to William Payne, Esq., coroner for the City of London, for the lengthened, patient, and complete investigation, as to the cau se o f th e fi re at 6, Gracechurch-street, on unday morning last, and they further desire to express their great satisfaction at the revival, by that gentleman, of the ancient practice of holding courts of inquiry on all such fearful occasions in the city of London, which we doubt not will be productive of most im portant results." Mr. PAYNE returned thanks in a few words, and this mysterious investigation terminated for the present. It was stated in the inquest room, that a vestry meeting will be forthwith called for further pursuing this inquiry. THE BENEVOLENT .SOCIETY OF -- - - ST. PATRICK. - - The 63d anniversary festival of this Society was celebrated last evening at the Freemason's Tavern. The attendance was not very numerous, there being only about 120 persons present. Among the nobility and gentry assembled we observed the following :—Lords Pahnersten Jaud Lincoln, Viscount Courtenay, Baron Robeck, Admiral Sir Malcolm, General Caulfield, Sir W. Somerville, General L'Estrange, Sir T. B. Lennard, Sir R. Campbell, Sir J.' N. R. Campbell, Mr. R. Archbold, M.P., Mr. J. Collett, M.P., Mr. Butler, M.P.. Mr. J. W. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Sturman Crawford, M.P. The cloth having been drawn, and the usual loyal toasts having been proposed and drunk with all the honcurs, Lord PALMERSTON, who filled the chair, gave "The Army and Navy." In introd uc i ng th e toast he expressed a hope that a period was fast approaching when wars would cease. He hoped that means might be found of settling differences which Might be honourable to both parties, without having recourse to the lamentable struggle of arms ; but if it was our misfortune ever again to be cempellcd by the violence or injustice of any - other nation to draw the sword in defence of our rights and honour, they might be sure they would find our army and navy equal to any emergency. Their nerves had not been unstrung, their energies not impaired, nor their skill undiminished by the influence of peace. If such an alternative should ever arise, he ww: sure that Ire land would have her share in the glories and triumphs of their common country. General L'ESTRANGE and Admiral MALCOLM acknow ledged the toast on behalf of their respective services. The PRESIDENT then proposed " Health and Prosperity to the Benevolent- Society of St. Patrick." in doing so, he said that in most other countries the duties of public charity were discharged entirely by the Government ; but in this land they were mainly supported by the voluntary contribu tions of private individuals. Yet the sources of it never dried up, and he could only liken it to those streams which flowed from lofty mountain ranges, and which, however sup plied, were never found wanting for the purposes to which Providencelad destined them. The poor Irish labourer who came to this country was an object of peculiar compassion. In the hour of his difficulty he was removed from friends and relations. He believed that no greater service could ibe done to him than by giving to his children, as this Society pro posed, the benefits of instruction. The next toast proposed was the " Health of the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland." The Earl of Lixcomi returned thanks, and on rising was received with considerable applause. He said that it was his duty, in consideration of the office which he had the t h e o n n a o n u t r , t t o o hold tha k t o t h r f i o n r t h t h e e a b e s o e m n c p e l n o i f e n t h t e which Lord-Lieutheybad paid him. He hoped that he might be allowed to interpret the reception which he had met with as an ac knowledgment, with respect to the Lord-Lieutenant, of his desire to co-operate in any measures which might -promote the good of the country over which the Sovereign had placed him as viceroy. In improving the condition of Ireland, he was sure they would all agree with their Noble President that education stood pre-eminent. He be lieved that GoVernment, and societies, and individuals might do much separately for the amelioration of that unhappy country, but the greatest good for Ireland would be effected by the co-operation of all. The moment had arriti when the Government was called on to make great exertions on behalf of the physical wants of Ireland ; but he trusted that private charity would flow not less uninterruptedly from pri vate sources. The health of the various benefactors of the society, that of the President, and various other toasts, were given and drunk, and, the Secretary having announced the amount of subscriptions collected to be about 9801., the guests dis persed. The galleiy of the hall was graced with the presence of many ladies, who were patient spectators of the festivities going on beneath. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance, and the musical and other arrangements were excellent. IMPORTS of FOREIGN NVII --- EAT AT GLOUCESTER.-- We have had, within the last few days, as will be seen from our shipping list, s ome rather extensive arrivals of foreign are corn r e f p ro o m r t e t d h ; A r l o e f e in d i t e e o r n r a s n t aena tile, From from Catani a , one ; When. the free tra a d n e d Leghorn,fnreoeillasuroer's Odessa, three vessels two • from Smyrna, one ; 0 f t h o ' e n e G ; all ve r n w m h e e a n t t I a s el h e a n ll . have been carried, the port of Gloucester will assuredly participateliberal ‘'ery largely in the benefits to be derived from a commercial policy. One indication of an expected increase of trade may be observed in the progress which is being made in digging out the foundation for another very capacious warehouse, adj o i n i ng th e B as i n. It is intended, we believe, for the use of the corn firm of Messrs. Phillpotts arid Co. A Treasury order, we understand, has reached this, in common with the other ports of the kingdom, for the liberation of Indian corn and rice at the nominal duty of ls. per quarter; but the importers are required to enter into a customary bond to pay the higher duty (in the case of Indian corn, Ils. per quarter), in case the Bill at present before Parliament should not pass into a law. This stipula tion will, in all probability, induce the merchants to continue their Indian corn in bond till the fate of the measure in Par liament shell be decided, or rendered tolerably certain. There are something more than 1,100 quarters of this corn in bond in Gloucester; and this, there can be little doubt, will in a few weeks at the very farthest, be liberated for consumption. —Gloucester Journal. FITS WILLIAM MUSEUM.---Mr. Cockerell has submitted 'drawings for the completion of the hall and stair eases of the Fitzwilliem Muieum, for which parts of the building Mr. Basevi had not left designs in a settled farm. The Syndi cate have expressed their entire concurrence with Mr. Cockerell's views as to the mode of finishing this part of the Museum ; and have recommtnded that he be requested t prepare working drawings and estimates corresponding wit his designs, with a view to a contract being made for the execution of the work. The designs are placed in the Fitz wallet)] compartment of the public library, for the inspection of the members of the senate.— The Builder, THE MIDDLESEX NEW PRISON.—We stated last weak that the designs for the Middlesex House of Detention were furnished by the Government Inspectors of Prisons; and this has been generally reported. The fact is, however, that it is from an original design of the county surveyor, Mr. Moseley. The magistrates have determined to adopt that gen tleman's plan for the entire rebuilding, rather than that of the " Surveyor General of Prisons," for its partial construct ion only ; and the Se cre t ar y o f State having (subsequently upon the report of the inspectors) sanctioned this more per fect mode of execution, the work is proceeding under the superintendence of Mr. Moseley.— The Builder. 0 0111 ' ,01y' d, 06 00k er° Re 4 .1 , rat On Of 00 el.