The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-27 00:00:00

' differenete of 13% chains beta. en t h e „ e c on a the levels and could net be indifrercnt parties. Now it should be recollected I will say that, if this had been an express from the plans. The Committee decided that the allegation was sus , a'ned; that I that the part lei :o • his ieturn were lilt aetiag in their perso- ar.y other of the newspapera, Ir. Foster would the surtece of the ground was nut • orreetly shown in the section, it nal or ireevidual, but in their corporat e C ap a c i ty ; wet. there- not hers been so rowy in comiog ferward as being marked on the section as a euttit,g of 22 feet, whereas it should fore, altogather, in plain truth, unaffected by this challenge, the advocate of humanity. lie tells us that the have been an embankment, and, if so, quite coMpetent to try the iaele of this question 41 was exc , edingly eactliplary Li his niaener—that there feteectione we,e thee mew l to som e other portion; of the 1 , vels of It it were necessary to adduce fie her reetons, he the Itue. It‘lduced the bye-laws to show that the Corporatioe could aet a w tl' i . s l tit:e°re7,:rne."-iltaililst e% e , •f icen tr th i a ti t te m rte r r . e F nc o e ste o r f s o lt b t i r € . et t s er;s o , Tree remaining allegations having been disposed of. the , Atintnit'ee i decided that the st an di ng orders had not been complied with. a no nthbr -- way than they had done, aid were coeseitt. ntly , effect the master. He keee• that this was IT xpress rider BartzczNEZAD AND X.X.ANGOLLita. quite unaffected in their corporate cap !city. Now, what ' from The Sun newspaper , offi f ea, and , that It iv. , a ega_e_utial ure half-past ses-en o'clock, wa. the amount of Inc counter plea? Why, that those in- ihe ,should be at . po The remain.; formal proof In this line were taken. Standing orders complied with. dividnala who had made t - e return made it improperly, . and ituli b 7 . ,h e e gr s at u i n ty e i t g ws a u l e pa r r e c il r e to p d e e tt6 T e lic o t; i i; , /i .e a r i.7 4. t f the and thue whether they e ere the persona who shoald make proprietor _ =ENT ATIMOSPECEMIC (ADDITICIZZA -. the return of the panel. Sir Th .mas Wilde then went over 1 papers. It was clearly evi ealt that Mr. Foster hid acted hi ZiIiZOITZSIO S, iiro. 2BX e 1..) the green,' again of the laws anti bye-laws, and then pro- this .nvianner,y,nnolthalle,e!ca,u.smegdlrtohdadvaillauimilaintilte,e- a ill t ei l i t t - s ar i t ; Standing triton compiled with. ceeded to argue that the challenge an. l the come er [Aga were b ,%i e r t y o o ec tin us i e his cemnitalications had leen rejected by The , anarhittef: then rose at a , inarter-p ist !twee o'cloAr. really in sulistance lhe eeme. • and that the pleading. - • A the case. 1 shall show that the flora e eel Tie therefore, was bad. an I consequently inadmissible. I Sun -office in gi.od c..titifti, n, but by some Ilieall,i plea to be atituissiele orient to be apt• or other he wits injured on the way, and eistvnt, and partect. and teat was also tpe t. e i n s e e: ' theref r. , , Sir, I contend that there i, eti Case pp whi c h ! a tine can t,e Froperly inflicted, The amnia' is now perft c:1 wish reipect to a counter role'. Hot in the present in . ,. a l i titim nu new matter had been brought in the counter p1 t , , t ,.. • recovered, ;aid the boy on the pa .1d01..r day 1 , , uttestio Y 1 ettaiett,,e. , was :lot to know that he had been in any waiser . totislY in ' - ' that which Id been alleged in the challenge; i i. l . te ..w o m ie=;, , theretore, fell to the ground, and his Learned . he conceived, he compelled to recur to his or,gin i t L.. :.. d j ~ . • bir i.rit.titl. ea tutot.L said I wish to have evideece as to the The Soucrron•Gesettee enderstood that hey , era., . ur 0 .iitiig wily called, and stated that the horse Friatel alleeed that his otijecti,n fell to_ the grmitd. as A ti i : r tl ‘ te l s, d ate l o . f the . animit . l now. Ner whet %%as the real state of the ca eat the present ten- . . . . , 7 f hr. retail , : orate was 110 W per/L.:tt% teem art( , and that on tee evening in (the ti ins' ant) it was in a pertec Ile ; „ tr e e , arsi,ted by meant other per- sound eumliti-e. Tie hey told him on returntug, impiests tii tfe :•••yrta s n e le Y t e l' ra ? l I l att'cal4ssWt'tlec.dtoaltie'initaTile t r t; -k t . li t e " .A t li ie 'limn and the cer s` on sens whom he Mei challenged err the filet imaane, as being i that when Dell' Temple -tea be had felt the horse par. J , s, ibliu ; g he RIM I , U, however, but feeling tht th ere woe, as b i n e e ti t e ci , izeits ef this t tea s were interest. d stun p, , i,,,. and. t 1„,,,, n e t unire'iffereet persoits. Such was te as something wrotig, be was going t, purl up the hni-,e, thesubstance of the chancre!". But Lie Leareed F r e au t had het collie net in so at once. 3 , it was hard mouthed alien entirely misreprermed the sub./elle • of the counter plea. Mr. Fester took hold of the b idle. for it went on (guile a ditfertnit set of facts, and al- Alter seine further evidence, leged baymal the matter 1.1 .lie el- al lenge the Sir Geentee Ceretn e - , a.d, that luai-g at all the circum even it the parties who made this return were tie staeces ( f the ca,, its could not see that, the tietentlat.t right parties to tio ir, I, had 7-et bean improperly made. The was in fault. There wes a very Leavy duty Aldermen aid the inquests of the several wards ought o make ilicumbe .t on him to be at the Post- cave in time, t.e u the returns. It wes on these returns that the panda were would entail a very heavy grievance op tee country reader s founded, and he contended, in the preterit instance, if their newspapers did not arrive regithrly—lie fait it a that the regalia were insufficient, and the panel was grievanee in his own case. Tbe boy, knowing that the consequently imperfect and incompetent to try the case. horse was sound when he kft the office, and seeing when he They hail n e duly set forth the return of the panel, and he stopped that the animal placed his leg on the ground, could coetended that if he demurred to tee counter pie,. on that not be supposed to know that he was seriously injured. ground, he did not make a departure item the point at issue. and, therefore, he did not think that that was a case for Such a course was regularly taken in the 'roc edings of the punishment. Time was a most valuable co , sideration to courts of law. Let his Lordship take the case of a common newspaper proprietors, and they were bound to make the assault. Tha plaintiff chasg•-it the defendant With having most of it. assaulted him, and the defeelant admits that he had assaulted Mr. Foster said that too little time was given, fir he the plaintiff; but he pleaded by way ..f jastification that the believed that only tear minutes were showed between The plaintiff bad assaulted hi m i n t h e fi rst i nstance. to wn i eh Sun otl i ee, in the Strand, and the General Post of ice. the plaintiff might reply, "I did not first assault you," ane The eeleudatit was then discharged. thereupon is-ue might be joined, and the point to oe tried was. not whether the defendant had assaulted the plaintiff, hut whether the plaintiff had assaulted the der-Haut in the first instance. end surely it would not be said that in those proceedings there was any depertute, for le oceedinge of that sort were &f common occurrence ill the varlet]s courts of 'aw. And what was the difference in the particular case before his Lordship? Ho apprehended that theist was no difference whatever. The Racotentea—Am I to understand you this, that their counter plea alleges a tact which is the foundation of the law as necessary to yeur challenge. and that you take issue upon the truth of the fact so alleged? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL answered in the affirmative ; but he must beg his Lord: hip not to suppose that he was arguing a new ground of challenge. He bad already stated a good ground of challenge, viz., that the persons who had made the return were riot unintliffeant. The answer to that challenge wa..--•• That is very true, they are unindiffetent persons; but, although that is so, the retu:n has been made in accordance with a custom that has prevailed from time immemorial" Sir T. Metre—We do not admit that they are unindiffer eat persons (The case was panceetling when elm report left.) LORD MA 4 , R'S COURT. (THIS 1 L (lefot,, the La:comma ) NNE FREEMEN AND NON lI:GUINN OF TAR CITY OV LONDON. --THE CHAMBERLAIN OF TID, CITY OF LOND.,N . STULT awn cci netts. The proceedings in title emper.aei ease, which was b-f re the Gaut en 3leliday last, e. ere reeutned to-day On , ars Will recollect that the caee came het ,re the Ceur: action tin eteht by the Cheintierlaiii of the e'ity ,e; :lee t defend ant, who is a whole-ale warelitateeman, t he •• busin ess i n F ore -street, to ebtain ver tain penalth es, i. it e had subiected himself by reesen of his verryi e •;- business in the City wiilieut tekiete up his freedten. The "hole of last 51-ncle% was occueted by eljectiorie taken by the counsel for the tier -:alma to the jell-die:ion of teee judge, the manner of sunammir.g the jer, &e. Tits morning, it the Recorder taking his seat, Sir Tnostas WILDE sri.l, that on consideration the o,in tiff had deemed it prudent to rut ie a counter plea, stating Under wh at c i rcumetaimee the jury p inel lied been returned, and it would be for his Lear: ed. .1: riend, the counsel ter the defendant, to take issue, if he elme, upon the etatement• contained in i t , an d the facts must be triad; or if art ohket l4 . )ll were made as to th e legality ..f the preceeding,, that might be argued as a d emurrer un i te po i nt ef law. But he did not anticipate that his Learned Friend would ti upon any ne of the facts e'tated in the counter plea, heeatiee he believed that they werwall duly and correette stated. 14 however, his Learned Friend Chose to eenthr, the pent might be argued, and his Lordship having 0, en his jut!gment thereupon, they might Emceed with the trial of the merits ot the qteetion. He (eir - .Thomas Wilde) wouldtherefore counter pleed to the challenge of his Learned Friend, and would centend that the panel el the jary was a true, pal' et, and impartiel one, aid toat the jurors who had been returned had nut been inserted in the panel with any reference to the present or any par ticular case, but generally to try all cases that might arise during the period in which they were liable to sit as jurors in this Court. He would contend that the list was regularly made tett in pursuance of bye-law passed by the Court of Common :.A.uocil of London, the validity of . hi ii bye-law he apprehended would not be gainsaid If his Learned Friend eljected to the validity et that bye-law, the point would have to be argued on ch inur ter eisewliNt , .. He concluded by handing in his counter plea ^ t l Darchment, sad by giving expression to a hope that his Leaned Friend would state what muse he intended to pursue. The Soucrron-Cimene e said, be presumed that the coun ter plea contained a correct statement aril, manner in which the panels were ie u, nett He would of course iMmur to the counter plea; ii Lordship would hove to say whether that demurrer was a good one, and if lie decided in the affirmative, that fact would appear urn the iecore, and they woukl then Proceed to the merits of the ease. The Clerk of Arraigns then read the counter plea, which averred the poiute mentioned Aimee in the nineties of Sir ?hotness Wilde; lifter which The Sotacrroa-Gmeenat, said there must be an error in the counter plea with reference to the number of individuals qualified o serve as jurors in this C art. The counter plea averred. that the names of all parties in the ward of Cripple gate Alm were vilified to nerve had been duly returned, but the number of those pervliq wasorly twenty-four, which he apprehend e d was f ar free' leing the entire number of gen tiemen qualified to serve in the ward iu question. lie had nn doubt that, as far as the impartiality of the case was con certied, the averment was strictly true ; but the qui.,.tion Wee, whether, in accordance with the supposed custom, dim Whole of the names qualified to serve had been returned? He • foiled that f.•r the two branches ofthis ward, viz., Cripplegate Without and Cripplegate Within, only 44 were returned art being the entire list of individuals qualified to sit in the ltr'-box it' this Court. He apprehended that the averment was not in accordance with the feet. Sir T. IVine:—Thai is our belitf The Sot ecurot-liaelemae—lVill, I should think that that cannot b e , The RECoRDER was also inclined to doubt the truth of the avg . , 'tent. The SA. na crrott-Gexxiist. wished to know what was the nalithattien necreeary to act in the c pew ty of jure- in t bi- Court ; for he assured his Lerdshie that he wae as hoorah! of thehe Preceedin gs o f the Ceurt as he W 34 on th e day wheo lust met, Crippl egate Without w titan as much la-ge r an Cra y Pplegate Within, and yet twenty•f; air juries had tier, returned for each branch. TH. c .unter plea state) t hat i the patties that le d been qualified in the Ward of C ippl,- gate had been retie ned to serve in this cr:e. Now lie VI rd Inuch doubted whether that do‘umeht coal i be true, and hi , Would, therefore, demur to the counter plea. Perhaps Air. Alderman Challis ( who thin happeued to be sitting tie th e bench) would itife-rn trim whether there were no more than twenty-four qualified to serve Cripplegate Ward. The RECORDIAL—IIIs mouth is Shut at Pa.. moment, be cause, although this stated to be the Lord Meyer's the proceedings are carried on before his deputy, and it is not customary fir the Lord Mayor or the Aldermen to take part in the proceedings. The SOLICITOR GENERAL,—Then say in the counter plea that they have conformed to custom, and did return the several persons qualified to serve as jurors in the said ward," but we say they did not. The tincoanxii said, even in the event of all the person: so qualified to eree as jurors having been returned, it was possible there might have beets some who would have bee!, unable to serve from various eau es. T,.e plaintiff, might have said " the several perscns so returned to serve as jurers," and so have got rid of any ambiguity in the wording of the Plea; or " the several persons returned in obedience to the Act of Common Council." The SOLICITOR GENERAL said, if this were done by an Act of Common Council, as tie maintained it was, then the par ties returning the said jury, and the jury iheinselves, were 4' Ullindifferent." The RECORDER —There was another question which the Learned Solicitor-General would no doubt text —whether the Act of Common Council was legal? But then this would giv. rise to another question—namely, what was the state of the law when this bye-law was passed by the Common Ceuucii? It was, however, art set of the Council. and did not come Under the definition of a " bye-law." The Sonterrott GENEs..ta il —There might have been a bye law of the Council, setting forth that the persons to serv( on juries should only be returned by persons who were not freemen of the City. However, the oivctions and demurrers, which he had felt it his duty to make would not have been made Wit had been clearly sot forth that no portion of the penalty sought to be recovered from the "defendsAt in the event of its recovery, go into the pockets t.f the Corp oration of the City of London. The RELVIWER reminded the Solicitor. General that the City had the government of its local matters in is own hands, and that the Common Council were empowered to pass laws for its better government. This Court, however, was not *lmply one fur the tiial of matters solely relating to the City, but actually was a court of equity, not unlike the tad Court of Exchequer, with butthis difference, that it was not corn, patent for it to grant injunctions. The Soractroa-Gl,:NEitar. said, no doubt the old Court was el an origrial anti public character, but he maintained that the Court woi exclusively a City tribunal, presided over by a City officer, and a jury composed of freemen of the City. His Learned Friend had intimated to him that he abided by the counter vea, and did nut intend to amaulf it in accord . • ance with the arguments he (the Solicitor -Gam-al) hail ad vanced. He should tike issue on that plea, amid hand in J, replication. During the interval occupied in prepa:ing tin replication Mr. RANDALL read the precept issued by the Lord Mayo. to the Aldermen of the various wards for electin g lb, varieus officers and juries for the year, w hi ch set forth thn they should return all the names —.‘ surnantr, truly writttu *--ot such persons competent to serve es petty juries. lip these precepts, it appealed that the Afrerineu were requir., to return the names of all persons so qualified to serve. The I{ k:CORDEIt said the Aldermen did n..t mike the return. Air. RANDALL—Rut he tutninons the inquest who inat,t the return. The SoLICLTOR-GENZRAL then proce etl .t. e c d 10 Tel ly to t}fi t counter plea, on whi c h he should take . lle then rru~. the replication, which set forth hat the names and cur n ames of all persons dwelling 1 . 1 in the said ward of Cripple• ~ ssitl ward , gate, qualified to serve as jurors in 1 have n ut b een annua l ly returned i n pro p er _ fon t and th a t t h e names o r the jurors in the saidchalleng e nr not returned f a irly a nd impartially iu the . said oi ai th, L " alq himself ed, en d, t h ere f ore , t h e d e f en d ant puts lutid trial." Sir Tiromas Wrenr. demurred to the replication, the sub stance of which way s that the panel hail not been returned according to the custom set nut in the c. , tinter plea. Atte: reading the replication, iu order to avoid any ambiguity, he ssiu that the defendant alleged that the manes of the * pi rora in toe said challenge were net ret urned fairly and impartially accord ing to the said custom, as in manner and form ett forth in the counter plea. He demurred to this—he demurred to it be cause it was a departure, and an attempt to put in a differee , issue, from the one cunt ained in the challenge to the arra. That challenge stated that the panel wai re:urnad by twq W ard inquests, and at the time the said array was so rette nee and made the Aldermen and utvcs pers.ins eieetine th e said inquest, and each of them. and tree• a lien and citizens of the City of Leiden were interested in the subject at issue. The challenge was made, theref.re, on the ground of want of fie qualification of those who made th e re t urn , b ut th e r e plication to th e cnter Plea sought to raise a question not stated in the chat lanwge, whether the persons who made the return were bs a uthorised to make it, but whether they mule it in r p a ro rt p i e arnymanner, and that th e y ma d e suc h re:urn un f a irly and The 6LICITOR-GENERAI. joined in the demurrer. The demurrer was then read. The liv.conims said, then he understood that the demurrer W 3-1 on account of the u erconsequntly there se t y • sammenii ig the jury, and being T. WiNe's replicationes interested in the inquiry. That Sir according to the that the jury were s um mon e d was made, that although _ City. to which au. answer ug the parties t o b e f a t e invalid. rested, the returns were improperly made, and so became Sir T. Wren% then proceeded to sehlre-s the Court, and said that he conceived that the altegation s of his Learned inasmtwh as there was a Friend must fa;l to the ground, difference between the terms oftl those of the counter plea were differently as there to each other Now. what was the ease? T in the first place, was, that the a return were objectionable. It was who st made Parties h e allegation, there was an objection to the return being made at b e ‘ d th that quest ; ant when it is replied that the return cae w he m e s i d ii ; only in this way, and in no other, according to the customs and bve•laws in the City, i t answered that the duty is now doee by p art i es who coul d it Partial in its fulfilment, inasmuch as the par t i es who matte dreturn were incapable of making such a return so as to satisfy the equity of the ease. 13; tween this chal lenge and this cowl' er plea, then, Iliere was in reality no &lien:nee whatever. It was never de. Hie d that the parties win, %vele to ;slake the re turn, Were the ward inquests, and it wt.s impossible, there r°rei that any objection could be made to the parties who were called upon to make this return, and who, in fact, did make the return ; and the objection now made, therefore, htotally unfounded. It was allowed on all hands V the several ward inquests, under the direction a , the sheriff, an d by the authority of th e coisiusbrzlneil of the se vera l war d s , were th e o nly pers o ns w h o bud b e et . ur n jurors, and thus it was shown that the IN torn of the dituadP according ;;; the laws td the City. The law was a part of the law of that Court, and conse- I tle o z . strictly, the rule by which this cause mils! be tried. 46ai n , iL was objected that the patties inti;.ing.this IrStam w en . ucV ettilAVIA stud it was caraplaiinal that they GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Alderman Sir G. Cumin L.) Witiain Merritt was charged, upon a summons obtained by Mr. Foster, a reporter occasionally connected with the .Uorning Post newspaper, and with otherj,urnals, for criwlty to a horse, the property of Mr. Young, the proprietor of Tic Sun newspiper. Mr. Childs, solicitor, of the firm of Wire and Childs, tended fir tile deientlant. Mr. Foster was present to con- to his own c.lse. Mr. Childs said—l appearfor the defendant—it is a perfect MA RLBRo'-STREET—(THIS DA ) Inliant Aiding, a young man of fashionable appearance' was charged with being drunk and causing a disturbance in the pit of the Haymarket lheatre. Police-constable No. 77, of the A division, said he was on Limy at the theatre on baturnay ht, aid about half-past :iine o'clock, a disturbance having occurred in the pit, la, went tn.-re and found the defendant behav:ng, in a riotous dis orderly mauler, and offering to fight any one. Witnesq rc riueoti:d hitu to behave himself properly, but as he toott catd to zu,.oy and interrupt the audience he took him into cuntt-dy. Mr. SIALTBY a-lzei if the defendant was drunk? The con stable said ite ►as so, most decidedly. Mr. 31ALTIlY (to the defendant)—What answer have you to make to ibis chargc? Dcfendant—l am extremely sorry for having so miseonducted mysett, ant I am assured I should n, - .t have dt.,ne so if I had not had t, o much wine. I am ge- e- ally very oitkrly, and never before got into a row. 2,1 r. MAcrnv (.:tier consulting with Mr. Bishop, the clerk) ;;Aid that. under the circumst4nces, he could only deal with the case as regarded the defendant's dtunkennes e , f o r w hi c h he should tine him ss. The defendant, evidently expected a scverer punish amt., paid the tine with alacrily, and lef. the Court. NE W MARKET RACES. (THIS DAY-111' EXPRESS.) BY THE E %STERN COUNTIES ELECTRIC TE;.EGRAPH. Platt. of 501. brayngloth cSliss Elio .. Five ran. llantlicup of 20 sues. ea,h. T.Y.C colt Coco, Nut Doe nu Durras • Sw epst.keb of 50 ach. Colonel Anson'tk lago Duke (011 aptfort's Taurion, Mr. I'hi+lim re'a Sir!e.,eiddh• Sw , rpstakf-s of 50 snvs. each. AS. DA-0i lied:urd'u ruraguoe Lord Exeter's Lebanon Swet.p , - , lak , -3 r►l 50 T.Y.C. r. Young L• ch:noar, 6 rs, ht, 5 b liawlefs ltilshopor It autota'aC , ..6,6 yrs,Bst 70) 2 +,:ukuel Pee.'s Garry OA en, aged Bs‘ 71h 3 Alatch—Woodp'geon beat ()atilt j. dutitary appearance. The fact is that the horse ridden by tefentlsta is the property ef 31 , -. Young, the proprietor of The Sun newspaper; altlioush the summons is directed to "the rider of the horse,'' and therefote, informal, we have ch,ssn to appear. Still it was t•te duty of the persons *.aking out the summons to have obtained the rider's name in tie best way that lie migle . Henry I:ionser Foster then came forward. He saii, on the eve nine; of Friday - , the 17th, alaear twenty robotics titter seven o'clock, I was pas-ing tip Fieet-st reed, an?. when nearly ppesite the end of Chaucer)-:inc—.l ea , . passing - up 00 the lett hand side of Fleet.street—rny attention was drawn to toe d ,fenciant, who was riche,: a horee on the off side at a eery rapid pace, and the animal was Janet-eon% upon three legs, one of his legs being drawn up under his belly. Mr. Teague, the Chief Clerk—How could he proceed on three legs? • Mr. Feaster—l could not believe that the animal could s . pro, tied unless I had seen it. myself. The d. tsetlant was the horse, and occasionally it - y.lth%. back as if tt, see now the 1.. g. lo , keel. I saw that the animal's leg wao doubled up, and that the animal was going upon thr ee legs, and I ran after him into the road, 1 think absent 20n yards after passing Chancery -lane. I ran down the middle of he road and caught hold of the bridle, and said that he should not proceed an inch further. Several persons came 'op, and said that I had acted quite right. The boy came oil; and the horse, when he was stopped, put his leg on the ground. While I turned round to ask the parsons about me if they would come forward as witnesses, as I in 'ended to proceed in the case, the lad got upon the horse, and went on again. I ran after hon. end again stopped him opposite Bouverie-st eel. Two policemen came up at toe time. I have nothing f complaint to urge agaiin.t the pera..n riding the horse, who said he must reach the Post-, , dice, and I told him 0 take his bag on, but I would held the horse till he came j back. In, I think, two or titre.. minutes, not more, another !toy came up, and he stopped. probably seeing the other ho 3, ,air E. B. Lytton has joined the number of dis tnd the newspapers he had in charge were sent on to post, tinguished Englishmen at present sojourning in Paris. mei this lad led back the horse to the offi,,e. In about halt An American timelier intOrifis us that a daily pap( r an hour I went to the office, and saw the lad there. I asked tyke a week, has bees commenced at Niagara Falls. :lis name. He appeared very sorry then, and be said nothing H ;VAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—THE SEIKII COUNTRY.— xcepring refusi ng to g i ve his name, because he did On Saturday, at a very full mee ti ng of the members, the Right non. .lot knew my reason in asking it. I said that I felt .r eit ari m of ti . ie lu e c h kla r ia.l . , la a te er G , o v v as en r i e o a r d o b f In i d i l o a leB an s, d r P N i v rd i rt o o n f t te it my duty to complain, but I did not thick that origin Y a ' rel hitory of the p Se p lkhs, the intere y st of which was bu cen ' siderably tie was in fault. I aired the publi s he r of The Sun (Mr. increased by lie relation of the experience of the Noble President, Finch) the boy's name, but his reply w.ns, "Mr. Foster, you when, as Viceroy of India, he visited the Court of Lahore. The seem to be making yourself very officious in this matter." Siekla nation tok its rise from one of the earlier Hindoo refonnere, I said, "That is your etateritent only? " The defendlott main - or whom were men of great acquirements, and tor a long tine• it.,,ittethrga:jetthedot principally fur fe b r ar t b h a e r ir la went into the Lack shop, end I saw no more cf him. The ho'stility s • c bo at i t h ere to d i ll Y ds v' t .e ,rintu a tcli n tt ° l7 publisher then raid, "You, as a reporter, Ido r i ot think Hindoes and S oliainnuelans. One of their laws in their sacred ;t become you to appear against Mr.' Murdo Young." works was to " slay a Mclaumnedan wherever they meet him; and I could not get the name, anti I stated the circumstances to if a ilfiblio, hint and plunder him." They were governed by 'navy Mr. Alderman Gibbs in the inert - I,ldg, who directed the sum- chiefs, who earls united in a confederacy forming a general diet, ,to which every oue abu commanded an armed band behreged. It was mons to be issued in the particular war you find it. n ,- , tu l util the present century that they were transf o rmed from , iII-d l e- Mr. Foster—l am. died Mr. Childs—You are connect e d with - th e p ress , I t hi n k 2 military bands into a cempact body by the late Reinject teas, r. which had lir vex, how ever, the elemenos of golirlit., as was show!, Mr. Childs—Yea have sent communications to The Sun by recent events. Ihe engine' t , eihlie, histead of being the hardy on previous occasions? Have you no . ? Mr. Foster—Soule race which was suppea d, h a d great l y dee/cher - 4erl from physical ex sees- s, and the prowess display rd in the I et great events was motyears ago; cert a i n ly n o t within three l ast t h ree years. Mr. Childs—D O you mean to say that you have that of the libelo u s a nd ether melte who were in their armies .han addressed no such communication withi n the last three or ice ail In he converesition that ensued, the President de scribed his reception by the members of the Court of Lahore, wise years? Mr. Foster—No, eel tainly not. Were a ma: manly race, of a very hospitable character, and stated Mr. Childs—Whut name did you make use of in for- that so terrrelou, were they of their religlo.is rites, that al:lmon he warding these communications? Mr Fester—l have no was admitted into the chief ohnple of their sacred warship, he was wish to deny an answer to your inquiry, but I do not see excluded the sl,dit of the sacred tank, in which is contained the first by their founder. The report was it, I will i preeepts of tiler . rligion, as given what that ha s t o d o w ith th e ease . H owever, it you wish ordered to he pruned. answer t. VIsCoUNT lIARDINOE AND HIS L ATE C ONSTITUENTS. Sir G. Cannont—l cannot see what the que s ti on h as to — LA , — A highlv me eetable meeting convened by J. K lei with the case, unless it to be to show an ill-feeling on the Frost, p.m , the mayot ot"the t P eiretieh, took plac ' eatLaunec's on Cl; ,iart of complainant. Friday last, for the purpoeu of presentihg an address of congratula- Mr. Childs—Precisey. That is exactly what I mean to Lion to Lerd Herdiege on the occasion of the great victories recent iy, Won On the banks of the timid. The address 1. , e4 unanimously agreed how. _ Mr. Foster--- Proceed to show the ill feeling. to after several highly compthnentary speeches by the Mayor, by I;h e o i rs a l i a a s i Pearce, I' Dr. o rd llos i v i e . , rdi V. A. H. Auudell, Esq., and otlerin- Mr. Childs— I shall proceed regularly, Mr. Foster. What aott. il L u a t u lt i e ie H es o to u i le , o w f d Co t Lit e ni o lll6 . - waR the !tame 4.0 u used in your communications to Th e Sun? l O u ir thirteenars as . the represeritZ e vt s - Mr. Foster—W . lien I fire... teok it on me to follow the profes nexion had ex Ft , d between his Lo.r.slitp awl the bee ' , ugh, stout of a reporter, I adoptcal the amen de guerre—l suppose with equal honour to iiiture If and satishsetion to the electors, was to nay term i'. so—l wrote under the name of Thorne, but terminated by his recent acceptarb eor the high cißce he irow holds when I got connected with the Nor 'day Post I dropped it. as Governor-Geie r 1 of India. it was, well krinwr to all connected with the newspapers that EU YAL ARTILLERY —C., plain Tim. mao's Company, 4th battalion, ei.,barked at four o'clock P.M., lOr conveyance, to Black :- oster was my name. wall. to proceed en board a steamer for Leith, to rerieve Ceptati ii,,,.(ii. 1. 1 , : o r: r ;;Leeo t2 u ; ? u s i I d i‘3B — : r: s 1 11 : 11 t e y r_ o y e t:, En . iinuni c a t e d under the name of tenetiana's company, Bth battalion, at Leith Fort, the latter being Mr. childs—Soute of those contributions were rejected, under orders to return to bead quarters at Woolwich. ,• ~, _ . .. oste r (with considerable heat I A CHILI) I ittowNED IN A BUTTER- FIRKIN.—fin ) What a : . aturday, Mr. Mills, Deputy Coroner for Middlesex, held an halms. Mr. Cli utter—ir G. O C f A c a : t o u t i e a cl id uLw l li•ll. What hits that to do with this ? 1 --a at the coach :Aid Horses priblie-hou-e, at eating, on the body of did A nal ask you . for a epeecit, Mr. Foster. IniWer the question ; yes, or NO? MP. sorn i e . :? n t a h m em e 4 were e t r h e e r \Villain malt, a child sixteen months old, who met Ide death under the iollowni.: circumstances :—The ceeeined ws the con of a labour tejteevevlsepda.per' yen now man employed in the gravel-pits, and living in the Uxbridge. Mr. Childs—What is i s I inn) rwitlt y o u r sup ; , o. t Mr. Foster— e rl I e .I.tot niag Post. r diri co ‘eigac m ed". e n dO ,a ni r e fli' a ll F l ulitmi3; o al :; l7l e il m i:ti p 'F' t ( Y -ayb b r( u 'en tt ts e -ct r e . : :i r r o. k :wc a l i loilc e ik' f:, o u t u h' i e i t e hi g ie)Q t fit i: °. : ( .; Tr e , oeti. Hut M r. Childs— Are von kr:own he Post ?—t Laui4tliel). Mr s ip s t he celebrated "Jeekiee" o f When She reninieq she d!seovered that the child had, in the iiiterim, , ter--Unless tie Msgietrate meroaswtliV.i.ottelitub, raisin Pun IT it, and then tumbled head fore (-To: tit - trends me 10 ons o er „ ie . ., Fr. ester -zlohu:lidieenr; I'll ri, t ,t ei p u r e e . l f: i i i t i is I ~. hall not do so. It way iii,u te erti.itrei,rageielt i o uzii . e ii - d ar a its . , ,,i i , n:: - a ii i" , o o t:t a f,-;:u r r 1 , 1 , 1 . !.h . e.;: n rr o n f iu ' u s i i t e e e r ii I ood, before I came here, that this atici l m cold be pr , -cee , iett with ; but I life to be quire extinct. Verthet — .. dlceithettal death." sie's3ttelerstiontertoni o , Y It is <aid that the erranteemeros e , .,... quout ors Vll duty as a member of s elite--- ' Oll are,am death of Sir IS i11..,m Bnothby, lieee:rer. , :etter n l of Ctpouins, Wore nut y l - ; s t o t o Te a ti 3 , e o a rn r riletod. The i:tlary of the late Iteeelvor-Clenerel of ceurse. You knew, * 1 suppose, a that the defendant had come from The Sun otliee ? Mr. s,ir Jan., Graharn'o eltle,t son, Mr. Frederick Ulric Mr. Cliil.ls Foster—l did not know so to swear to it. I might have pre- Graham, has joined the Ist Life Humes as Cornet. sinned it. I may meetion that this defendaet is the saute Out Y I',rig Hirt . I I cello: lt Po nova lomat tin tattwa amta.g individual who was held to bail in another Court. the Katie;, among whom a party has arisen called " Young Kafir- Mr. Childs—This i s most irreg u l ar and uncalled for. But land," who are eager for a contest with our colonists. I (addressing the Magistrate) am prepared tea , rove that Ecetose ue THE SI:N.—On Stour, ay evening there this is not the same lad who is charged in another ease. I seam an e iipBe of tie sun, but on account el the heavy sue or the cannot understand by what right Mr Foster makes this "'cattier, it wa s silly vis.ble for a few moment s . I t comme , -ced at statement. thirty-one minutes p ast eve, and terminated at flay-four minutes t riglit. Yost called nre " Jen- past six o'clock. It was a partial eclipse, only one fourth of the sun's Mr. Fo-ter—l have a perfecdiameter being covered, the greatest obscuration takin place at e about six o'clock kir.s."—(Latighter.) Mr. Chtld you so. s—l did not call I only asked if you ACCIDENT AT WO MILLBANK.-- T LIVES LOST.—.fir. accideia of a frightful character, by which two • • • were Jenkins —(Continued sang ter.) and several other parties seriou - I •' •f • pereons were killed, The comply sat down. FridA •afternoon, .3 upon the e Y 1 not fatally injured, occurreel oo 'observed complainant Charles Gatron, 317 City Policeman, Surds, stone-merchant -• extensive premises belonging to Dir. , carrying on business at Millbank, opposite It. went on threelegs. the General Penitentiary. It appear seize the horse. It was lame. I . ossili y three and four, a number of Sortie's s that between men a the hours of were engaged in unionding Mr. Teague could not conceive how a burst could p gallop on three legs. a barge ot marble blocks. The vessel was draughted t o t h e e d ge of saw a horse the elite, and the blocks of marble , were being lifted by moons oh Mr. Foster—l assure you that I never . what is termed a shitting crane. NI hilst the men were thus en -1 dld see it here. gated a heavy block of stone, weighing gallop on three legs before— (Lughter)—but ,.. . , several hundred wright, cruelty, although I att 1 .. drawn to the top of which was being the crane, caused the cro-s - I think it was a decided case of snap asunder, and the massive block of marble was sent a sort of i liar, to bute no blame to the lad, Lecause he was under barge lying at the edge of the water. As soon as it I flying into the obligation to get to the port in time. iv_ that the crane t ha ( , ) l ut gi o vr th i e ve r y . , c t h he or in t e h n e a s t a l w v oer.k but h—Sir, the fact is this. was Pint od Mr. Childs, addressing the Benc neatt, made an . 4""rt a t c o u g en e accomplish their object, not only the 'port `i n ' office in a per [he horse in question 1. ft The t. u before they • j‘nd cute to but the Machinery also, fell forward with a but when running, reedy sound state on the same evening; derous 11121 , 0, :'the wen who were immediately underneath were I met with some I presume, and the rider also presumes, he b ' the great weight that fell upon them, , • and although the almost ecubled up ) accident; touched his footlotk, it might be , - ' were thrown in sallow directions 1 that accident, and those ivies were close at lieot. rider did net know the eateat °t by t 1 11E stones dying around them. A young man valued William , lie was aware that the horse had stumbled, and it is even in i, ;_ ,l ii_ J I on, a native of Oxford, who lurid . b . een emplmed on the works ituuttle - in niseirsible state; he was re- the testimony of Mr. Foster that it Was within ten ni _ 11 , ) a 1 few days, was picked tra an where he died in less than ten time of the closing of pcot, so that there was ro time " n teed to the Westminster Hospital, 1 e lamed George to stop to inquire what the injury (suppot-ieg it minutes after Ms ado fission. Another 01 the Ivor' l ul vr " a. i i tound in a not a serious one, and could he suppose it so?) could ltlehars, ot Dorset-street,.Vatiy e ra w lh a t; ie r t i g m el , r v o , a d e , to the same nos we He was aware that the horse was gi , in..^ on ; similar StaTe to his ca l . 11 . i i iiaraon every i ; itt i ention that humanity and ,urgical we must give him credit, in the abseuce of any pion, eV: a tm re t ce m i,e a pite of which the putt- fellow expired iii the proof to the contrary, that he did not yet know sell "' of tle• g e g s e- Ling from tine effects of Luc dreadful hinnies he had that the horse was /seriously hurt, mid he knew that received. ur This party, we ret'ret to say, h. a left eleven chi:dial' he must be ill time for post, but immediately that he was totally unprovided for. Tao workmen. named George Holloway and stopped we are told that he dismounted, and that the animal Benue' Burke, had their thigh- broken, and were taken to the Weal named Wil lam Murphy. placed its toot upon the ground. muster Hospital, as wes another man, Holloway and Mr. Foster—l leg— The latter is in a fair slate or recovery, but the invn Mr. Childs— I w ill not be interrripteprecarious condition. The cause of the, Mr. Fost er . W e Burke still remain iii a very rottenness of the crane, had the statement that when the buy di , mounted, the horse aeciaent apr.cars to have been from the to the weatur. Au ;which doubtless aim from the bug exposure put his leg thieve, and the natural itOerence which the but inquest will he held upon ti,, 1 1l p e l m l. us would dra ~ looking at the animal, and seeing his le 9 : arrived iu Paris. IBRAHIM PACHA.—Iu this position, that the injury could not be very erat. Ile g ee% n Inu a h . station of the Orleans flue royal carriages were in wattiug tv i t a that the horse could go on. His suspicitai w that ' the El 6 55 railroad to Cony y his Highness and su.te to ys eßourbon, he had only hurt his foot in a trivial manner, 'anthem Pacha occupies the apartment on the first floor which the and this suspicion was fully confirmed by his Emperor Napoleon itiltabited during the hundred days. The distri going on. What yun, Sir, want to know, is whether he WAS p lac ed of prizes in the Egyptian school, will, h was to have taken acting in a cruel manner, and of this I think there 1 place a tew days aeo, was postponed till the arrival In Parts of 'bra id all absence of proof. I can prove that time horse 1 I , lAn ki l l eria, who lout signified his wish to be present. l e 'h t il l s i cli , oo . ag i, left 7'lte Sun office perfectly a - und, and it is fir the ' founded rather lucre s li g n ,i t l e uP t il ti s ar t:r a mn year Eg3 a ' g - f t i ' , t e at ' le fi • e r n tl b le y ' p7t h ro cni nage of 31ar comp initialit to disprove it. Now, wi.h reference to Iv —r. 1 sisal S . , ult. It:, suppor t, d entirely by the Viceroy Anionget the Foster's evidence, the object which I had in view in putti ng pupils arc two sons on Mehemet Ali and two scars ot ILrahim. the questione which laid was to show that there • was ' I he Journal des ,' la- mini de For announces that the some little matter ati.:iug out of previous ci rcum . ' d!fferener B which hithertc divided the two Versailles companies had gam rilicls gars 0, bias Vis his opi l itmay, I b4.111::: , 1 44;Ju ti : 1 1 2 , d. uud tr at nu s o rt ed te why Waled la the waY , of too Weetenotiedrcted. - - I A .iILN TA It t B U SIN ESS. ( From the ( ; n:cs ona Proceedings of the house of Commons.) REPORT FROM TIIE SELECT cOIIMI i TEE ON GROUP (No. 29) OF RAILWAY BILLS. RUGBY AND lIUNTI:sGDON RAIL WAY BILL. Mr. Labouchere reported from the Select ommittee en Group(No. 29) of Railway Bills, to whom several petitions against the Bills comprh.ed hi the said group were referred, That in the case of the Rugby and .luntingdon Railway Bill they had heard counsel in support of several of the said petitions, nnd had also beard counsel iti , avour of the Bill, and that they had examined the allearetion. eon tallied in the ,preamble Of the Bm, but that the same had not [kill proved to their satistaction, TWIE SUN, LONDON, MON DA , -„y EVEN 'N G, Itt-P!t I 1 27, 1640. penses. Gold and silver only to he received in payment of duties, taxes, public lands,' debts, and sums of money ac crui. gor becoming due for postages, or otherwise. After d O i c sb t ( u )h r e s r em l, ei l i B is 46 ( , ft e tn a T e r.) o - u o n ffi t cer (i of . General Post- o ffi ce , s h a ll d o so i n gold and silver coin only. The Bill to go into et July 1, 1846. The House th en a dj ourned. the r a United gen t engaged States, in o r m o a f kn h g e A meeting was held at Philadelphia, on the 2d of April, on the subject of the Oregon territory, but very few attended It would appear that the good people of that city are not in favour of war, and ready to compromise the dispute in ques tion. It is important that a city of so much consequence as PlailadJphia should thus act, and throw cold water upon the exertions of such firebrands as Cass and Ilannegan. THE AluttnEtt Taut. AT RICITAID.—The panel of juror s for the trial of %lr. Ritchie was completed on Tues day. The Court requested that the testimony should not be published until the close of the trial. The jury were sworn and the trial commenced oa Tuesday an ernoon. Mr. P. J. Arch , ,, one of the seconds. surrendered himself for trial, and was odiniited to bail in the sum of 12,000 dollars. Dusa 14.TIVELN WO AlEN. — Recently at New Orleans a dish. nge to fight a duel passed hetet( en .airs Mary Adkins and ,Alis• Turner, the latter accepting and choosing pistols. Recorder Genois, hearing of it, and n.st Bpp:eel:ding the transports of virtuous and honourable souls, locked up both ['art les. The above journals come to us freighted with the intelli gence of disasters by freshets. Bridges without number have been swept away—houses carried off—railr..ada sub merged—embankments overthrown—thousands of acres of land deluged, and property of all kinds destroyed to an im mense amount. In fact, such injury by floods has not oc curred in that country for the last fifty years. The commercial news by this arrival is not important. The Stock Market is rather dull, political ati:firs keeping the market more from rising than depressing it. It was rumou ed that the steam-ship Unicorn was arrived, but nothing certain ;es frnm to 110 c. ; Paris, sf. 2eic. to sf. 23ic. c . d w e a r s a k r t n u c r n e v n of . the N ot Hiberniaing h a . d e u e o n t a d t o i o n n e s i e e r x e c . la Lo a n In Cotton a moderate business was done at steady prices. Flour was steady at sf. 43ic. to sf. 50t. Provisions, and other articles usually imported, were much tho same ai last reported, LATE AN!) IMPORTANT FROM' MEXICO. (From the Null York Erening of April 2.) We are indebted to a gentleman who arrived here to-day from llnvannah, via Charleston, in the short passage of eight days, the following important intelligence:— The Juniata arrivel at ltivannah on th? evening of the 224 ult. from Vcra Cruz, which place she sailed from the 16th u:t., bringing advice, up to that day, and by the captain we learn that a great change had taken place in the state of our relations 1, itti Mexico. It appears that Paredes had been induced to alter hi 4 tone, owing to strong manifestations exhibited again,t a war with the United States, and that Mr. Sala, cur Mi nister, Lad been du'y n-titied that the Government were ready to consider prepositions he had to make on behal• of our Government, and that there existed no df , ubt but that the matter would be speedily adjusted. Arista and the tr.ops under Lis command Lad pronounced against Paredes and the war party. SPQR' 'ltm IN I'ELLIGENCE. NEWMARKE I , IR sT SPRING MEETING. SUNDAY AFTER:coolt.—The following horses Inil•earrired lice the engagements was published :—Green Pea, 'Miss Elie, Switeher, Secuntlus King Charles, Titohorpe, Physalis, Lycurgus, and Draco. Chamois and one or two ethers are expected to-morrow. The weather continues unfavourable, and as yet very I'm indications of a full meeting are discernable; from the num ber of orders, however, that have been received for pco horses to meet the special train at Chesterfurd to mor:ow, we have no doubt that by Tue ,, day, the grand day, the town vt ill be full. The present arrivals are the Duke of Rutland, Earl and Countess of Sefton, Lord Charles Manners, Lord Maidstone. Lord and Lady Newport, Hon. Captain Rous, lion. F. Villiers ' Col. Peel, and Mr. Greville DURHAM RACES.—FRIDAT. The two-yrs-old Stakes of 10.goineas each, with 20 sous atid,d, for colts 8,4 31b, and fillies Bst. Three quarters of a mile. 4 Subs. 3lr. E. R. Cla; k's Bendigo (J. Bumby) 1 Mr. Meiklau'a Duncan 2 Mr. J. Cookson's Miss Birch Won by a neck. The Cup Stakes of 10 guineas each, 6ir 3-vrs-old, Cat 10lb; 4 yrs, Bst 3,6: 5 yr, , , 8 10;b; 6 yrs and . aged, 9.t; mares, &c. allowed 31h. Two mi!es. 8 z:111.,5. Mr. G. Salvin's Fiddlestring, 3yrs (R. Longstaff) 1 Mr. R. W, ltinisav's Inglewooc, 3 yrs ............ ........ 2 C.mtain Allan's Thernis, 3 yrs 3 The following aho started, but were re.t placed :—Mr. SurteeN's Lao' Flora, aged ; Mr. Spearman's Duke of Kent, 4 yls; Mr. .1. Ftiweei I's Canical Boy, 4 yrs; and Mr. W. Rus•eli's Tri.ctaiian, 3 yis. TrActariau won at his eaze, but having taken the wroi-g side ..t the l ost. IVAA distanced. The Hunter,: Stakes of ñ gov, , . each. fe , rors-oles, lOst 1:21b ; 5 yrs, IIA 81h; 6 yr., and haT-bred allowed 711• . Two miles. 7 Subs. Mr. G. Salvin's Maid cfAuckland, aged (Mr. R. Johnson) 1 14tr. Whiielock's Swodale Jack, 6 yrs Mr. Russell's fleat-or 6 yrs ... Mr. Giegson's Toch-rle,s Lass, 5 yrs 4 SIIIFFNAL RACES. We are requested to state that if the highest weight ac cepting for the Shiffnall Handicap should be under Bst 71b, it will be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. • Durham County Hds--Wed. at Flass ; Fri. at Thornky-101 (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, SUNDAY YIGHT. ENTRIES FOR MONDAY. PlATE.—Switcher, Miss Ells, Lyeurgue, Keppel, Maynooth, and Plantagenet. HANDICAP, T.Y.C.—Paultons, Bst 121 b ; Cocoa Nut, Bst 41b ; Due an Durras, Bst 21b; Fidelity colt, 6st 21b. 'rwo paid forfeit. The 14110vrias -are Eteratched filr engagenients tn-morrow: —Luce' ta colt, Macretutua colt, Oxberry, and Toga colt. 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES..—Smuggler Bill. Martext, Pite, Whitefout,Ginger, Birkenhead, and Titchfield are struck out. STEEPLE CHASE. A sporting event came off on Saturday for a very hand some Silver Cup (by subscription, free for all horses, 12st e.tch). at Uxention Pam, under the patronage and stiperito tendence of the liberal proprietor; Mr. Elmore, who not only most willingly permits his laud to be ridden over for the en couragement of steeple chasing, but who, upon all occasions exhibits the right resat true English hospitality by entertain ing his friends with a spread of every good thing the appetite can desire, and such a 1, , ,tt1e of old port as " maketh the heart of wan glad." The ground was heavy, the morning very unfavourable, and consequently the race did nut come ( , 6 until a quarter before four, when the following horses appeared at the post:— Mr Elmore's Will-o'-the-Wisp, aged, 12st(Mr. Philpot) 1 Mr. Fitz's The Essex Cob, aged, 12st (Owner) 2 31r. Poole's The Pony, aged, 19,4 The Hon. R. (irimston declared to ride 41b over weight. At starting they all got well together. Will-o'-the- Wisp soon began to show m front, and came to the first fence (a rasper) full a length in advance, which let cleared in gallant style, quietly followed by the Essex Cob, and The Pony; the latter, although he cleared the fence, evideffilv bungled, and his rider, iu consequence, lost both his sti:- rups, and nearly had a purl. The brook next appeared, and before the Honourable Gentleman could regain either stir rup, he was obliged to charge it, which he did, and most sue ces,fully, too, a circumstance that appeared to give all the lookers-en great satisfaction. Will-o'-the-Wisp still con tinued the lead, The Cub second, and The Pony last. This order of things was kept up dut big the first round, having to traverse the course twice, in order to make good the dis tance (flair miles). When they reached the brook the second time, Will-o' -the Wisp, stilt leading, got first over, The Cob in close attendance, Tue Pony still last; and here, although they all got well landed, it became visible The Pony's chance wai out. At this p int The Cob appeared to be goilig well, but on nearing I'hilpot'a-common he became dis tressed; his rider, at this critical period, proved his coolness and good judgment by taking "a pull," and the anim a l seemed for a lime to rally, and in a great measure to recover his lost ground; but, alas! it was no go; he was clearly out paced ty the superior strength and condition of Will-o'-the- Wisp, vt ho, it may be fairly said, was never headed from first to last, and won in a canter by at least ten lengths; The Cob second. . Th. ground s, leete:l was much the same as the last, s ith the addition of a stiff post and rail b , th into and out of Pid!put's Con , mon. The race (a hich is an st four nc-up'ed only twi lye n mutes and a (porter, and, Lknig into consideration the he.. vy state of the country, the umber and form:dable nature (.f ,he fences (and be it rLmemberid with I2st. up), speaks ell, not only for the game and stoutness of the, animul-, cut also fur the pluck iaid judgment of the gentlemen w hr. rode. All pri.4sed off we;l, and uithuut an accident. The arrangpment4 gsve grout s‘stisfuetion, and vverybody 4pi.earrd delighted w.th the day's amusement. =lt is now, wo understand, decided on that the ap proaching— accouchement of the Queen, an event to which her subjects look forward with so m uc h affectionate interest, is to take place at Buckingham Palace.— Obeemy. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Italian Opera with their presence on Saturday evening. The royal suite consisted of Lady Portman, the lion. Miss Napier, Lord Byron, the Hon. Colonel Grey, and Lieutenant-C.lonel sey moor. There were also present her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by the Baroness .111letelitt, the Peron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund Mildmay. In the Queen Dew terries box was his Serene Highness Prince George of Mciningen, attended by Captain Taylor and Mr. Bedford ; his Royal Ilighoesa Prince Gi.erge et' Cambridge. Amongst the company also present were the Ivi**.e of Welliegton, t..e Marchioness of Douro, and Lord Charles Wellesh y ; the Duke and I MclieSs of Beaufort anti the Ladies) R. and B. So rerset ; Count Esierhazy ; his Excell.ney the Russian Ambassador ani the. Baroness Brunnow ; Ills Excellency the Hano verian 31in st, r, the Baron and Baroness Itntliacttild, the Dowager Baroness de Rehha:.hild, the Marchioness of Worcester, the Marquis of Mg., the Marquis ot Clanricarde, the Marquis of An elesca, the Marquis ot Westmeath, the Earl of Liverpool, the Hail sod Countess or Kinnoul, the Earl and Counte:s of Wilton, the Countes ofJersey, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Shelbune, th ('duet de Noailles, the Count and Countess de Jaen. c, the Yiliff r iltiless u Dungannon, the Marquis of Huntley, the Viscount Beresford, the Viscount Duncannon, the Baron Koller, the Viacom)* Doppia), Lord Broneham, Lord and Lady Trerniestoan, Lady Joeldre:l, Lady Gar diner, Lord 11. Lennox, Lord W. Paget, Lady Villiers, Lady Orford, Lady Poilington, Lord and Lady Macdonald, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord Suffield, Lady 31uria3, Lord IV. Beresibrd, Lord W. Graham, Sir H. Trench, Sir P. Shelley, Sir R. Vyvyan, Sir W. and Lady Molesworth, Sir John Guest, Sir Charles Kent, Sir Ita.pla and Lady Howard, Sir Henry and Lady Meux, Sir Juhn and Lady Curry, Sir A. Barnard, Sir H. Webb, Sir Thomas Hare, the Hon. It. Curzon, the lion. Mrs. Fitzgibbon and the Misses Fitzgibbon, the lion. Miss Fo'ey, the Hon. Mr. arbuthnot, Mr. St. Jelin Miblinay, Mr. Lirere ton Trelawny, sirs. Crawshay, Nlrs. Stodilart Douglas, Mrs. Dennis toun, Mts. S. Smith, Captain Bathurst, kn. &c. ROYAL BOTANIC SeCIETY, REGENT'S-PARK. At R meeting of Fellows of this Society, held at the gardens, on Saturday (the Duke of Norfolk, E. M., President, in the chair), the following ladies and gentlemen were added to the society :—Lady Caroline Townley, Lady 31aria Molyneux, the Duke of Marlborough, Colonel George Smith, Sir Samuel Spry, M.P., Sir Henry Willoughby, Bart., Captain Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart., Dr. Thomas lieberden, Mr. James Penton, and Mr. J. Wells Taylor. Several other gentlemen were proposed, whose election will take place at the next meeting. Some interesting ) re , cuts of seeds and plants and additional donations to the conservatory building fund were reported. CoNsECRATL)N F THE I\ LW CHURCH, WOKING DAM, BERIES.—TwiroRD, FRIDA Y. —This edifice, erected at the ex pense of J. Walter. Esq., of Boar Wood, Bucks, formerly M.P. for the Mud: , Was consecrated, yesterday, by the Lord Bishop of Ox ford, assist, d by several of the clergy ofthe diocese. It is a handsome structure, in the Gothic style, situated in the parish of St. Catherine, about 200 yards from the donor's residence, and live miles from the village of Twyford. CKING iii URDER AT SKIPTCN.—On Monday last an itiqiie.t was h e ld at Skiptint-in-Craven, before Thomas Brown, Eq., on view of t h e b ody of Mary Rodda, about a year and a half old, th e d aug h ter of John Road)), a la' outer. It ap pears that Rodda member of a hui ial clef, and would have been entitled to 2/. 10s. en tint d ea th of hi s third. Under chttsod tonne oil or vitriol, which "t r i e e t p en ou ce red "bltin downg vermin. he pur. mthe throat of his child whilst she was asleep In the cradle, which caused her death. The jury returned a ver di ct o f "Wilful murder.'agabt trial tttle ftthe father, who was brought to York Castle on Tuesday, to take Wahl caws Ili tin iisa% 4etAallapOrtYkri.Ml THE GAUGE OF RAILWAYS. (From the Commieeioners' Report.) SirFrilennelete i , 3ilTll. in the char. Major-General Charles IVilliant Pesley, C. 8., examined— Will you favour the Commissioners with atiy observations you may have to make upon the subject which is under their deliberation ?—Early in the year 1843 a (tient euce of opinion took place between the directors of the Ulster Railnay. of which a portion was then formed wit h a single line of rails, and the Dublin and Drogheda Company, respeeth.g the gauges of those railways. The Ulster Railway had a gauge ef 6 feet 2 inches, which they considered tc be the best, and they objected to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway being formed with a gauge of 5 feet 2 inchee, which wets then proposed by Mr., now Sir John, Macneill, tie engineer of that company, and approved by the directors. It was stated that these railways must ultimately be united, becanee it was proposed nt'A to extend the Dublin and Drogheda Itv:n. to Belfast, joining the Ulster Railway at some intermediate point. It was therefore admitted by Loth esaraenees, that there ought to be an uniformity of gauge between the tr o lines, anti as each party maintained their own gauge, or pro dosed gauge, to lat the best, the matter was refried to lend • ilipoe, the,. Preen's:tit of the Board of Trade, and of the Railway Depan molt efGovennuent. Lord Ripon desired me to inquire into the cases anti to make a report on the sulject. I acct rdinglv wrote a , secular letter to a number of the most eminent locomotive engine -makers and railway engineers. to request that they word i give an opinion. supposing that 1;o 114w:1:is exisren in Et gland. h a t-, Seem their experience ui the tvo• ki. g of the Great Western, and of the Lyndon and Birmingham, and other existing railwaye, they amid recumm• 11th us beteg the best gauge for general use. I did not apply to Mr. Brunel, because I considered him pledged to the 7 feet gauge, and I theuestat that it would be indeli cate to put the questiou to him. I also considered Mr. re . eplieneon and Mr. Robert Stephenson, who first introduced iu the narrow gauge cd 4 teat 8 1 /,, inches on passenger railways E"eslaild, to be pledged in the same manner to that gauge; 'het it was nor. nry intention at first to have ap p.ied to thetas for their opinion. But having afterwards that thot , e ascertained gentlemen had expressed a regret that they had adopter! Lu narrow a gauge a, f feet 8 1 ,!,, I wrote to them also, and they replied that they con: tered that gauge to be the Leer, &sheen!) they admitted that they had at one time been of opiition that a wider gauge would have been desirable ; but they stated that the great improve ment., in the construction of lacomonv e engines had been such as to render a gauge of 4 feet 8 not only perfectly c on • venient, but 'inferable to any other. All the other engi neers wrote, that they considered 3 feet to be the narrowest, and 5 fret 6 to be the widest gauge, that was required either tor the convenience of the machinery of the locometive engine or for speed orsafety. :Several of them said that they coral le, ed eome intenneditee gauge, such as 5 Get 3 inches, to be the be-t. After I had recnved those calamine:tenons , . b silos coin's of a leuethemed coreeeponienee between the two railway companies ia Ireland that 1 have mentioned, I mane me report to the Earl of Ripon, dated the 10th of March, - 1813, in which 1 rce/Unnence l that the gange of 5 feet 3 inch-•s should be sanctioned fur tee Dublin and Drog heda Reitway, and that all fisture railways in Ire ond Omni be requited re adopt this gauge, and that us the Dubltit and Kingstown Reilway, and the Ul- ter Railway, the only outs then made in Ireland, were of very linked length, the di rectors of those railways should be required to change their gauge to 5 feet :3 inches, when tney became connected with other railways, which would not be attended with any veva greet inconvenience or expense, especially as the • Ulster Railwey had only oee line of rails. This opinion havinte been approved of by his Lornship, was authorised for all Ireland ; and, I believe, that the 5 feet 3 gauge has accord ingly been introduced in all railway Bills that have passed since. My report, to which I have alluded, together with all the eurrrspundence on the subject, and the opinions of the several engineers . whom I quoted, was printd as part of the report of the officers of the railway department to the Lords of the Cientnittee of Privy Council tie- Trade fur the 3 ear 1843, and I beg leave to refer the Commissioners to that report for further deteila At that time it appeared to me too late to attempt to introduee an uniform - gauge in Great Britain, where at that time tour several gau revailed, to wit, the Great W estern and its e xtensienaantibranch es of 7 feet, whilst the Eastern Counties Railway to Colchester, and the Northern and Eastern Railway from Lendon to Bishop's Stortford, were on a gauge of 5 feet, recommended by Mr. Braithwaite, but the London and Birming ham, and all the other passenger railways in England, were on the narrow gauge of 4 feet BA. This last gauge also applied to the Edinburgh anti Glasgow, and to the Glasgow and Ayr, and other railway's proceeding. from Glasgow, whilst the 5 feet 6 gauge had bees adopted on the Dundee and Arbroath, and on the Arbroath and For far Railways. I remained of the same opinion until lately, when the appointment of this Commission by Ler Majesty induced me to reflect more upon the subject; and the esta blishment of an uniform gauge for all Great initaaa appears to me so very important, that the advantages of it will far outweigh the temporary inconvenience to the travelling public, ant the expense of establishing it. I still consider that :he gauge of 5 feet 3, recommended for lrelaed in cots y with the ()Onions of the most entineat lo,toinotive engitte-makets and railway engineers, net pledged to arty of the existing gauges, ie the best, and that the narrow gauge of 4 feet ilea might be increased to this width very easily. The name bridges. viaduct., and tunnels. and the SWIM sleepers would answer, tut new axle, for the locsmotive en gin' a and tenders would be require:. In respect to the car riages, the b :dies or tipper part would also answer, but it would be neces-are to alter the frames as well as to make new axle... In altering the frames, all the transverse parts or cross piece s w o od requ i re to e condemned, and wider transverse piec s introduced; but so much of the original frames would seili remain available, that I have reason to believe that this expense would be very moderate, probably hit exceeding 30/. per carriage. In respect to the Great Western and other railways on the broad gauge, the same remark applies. The same longitudinal sleepers would shswer, as well as the transoms or yr .ss pieces after the letter are cut shorter. The axles of the locomotive engines and tenders, and the axles of all the carriages, would remdre to be altered ; and the frames et the carriages would require to be taken to pieces, and the transverse parts shortened. In respect to the locnes of the carriages. I consider that they wouti slid be availehle for the gauge ef en feet 3, because Sir John Macneill, wl.o adopted that gauae, has made Lis car images as nide as thus,: of the Great Western for the Dublin aii4 Drogheda Railway, remit I believe, of the same height; and no inconvenience or danger has resulted from using ' :hose wide-bodied carriag-s upon the 5 feet 3 gauge, since that bee ivis opened, nearly a year and a half op,. Several carriages on the AlaLchester anti Leeds Rails ay also have been made 8 feet wide, that is of the sepia width as the Great West era Railway carriages, and no danger or accident has ecurred, from having those wide-bodied carriages upon axles am' wheels suited to the narrow gauge of 4 feet Sta. I hate further to observe, as a proof of the facility with which the gauge of a railway may be alterei3, that on the Nurtlilk Railway being made to connect with the Northern and Eastern Railwey. the existing gauge not only of the latter, but also of the Eastern Counties Reliwav, which two comeanirs had become amalgamate.!, was altered from 5 feet to 4 feet Bi, under the directions of Mr. Robert Stephenson. This was uotie in six *reeks, in a very able and effective manner, without occasioning any accident, and without ma terially impeding the traffic tin those railways, which con tinued as usual, one line only having been altered at a time, and temporary sidings made, where the up and down trains passed each other. I have only further to observe, that Ido not think that Messrs. Stephensoe's oeinien of the sufficiency of the narrow gauge of 4 feet 8 for all purposes, has been borne out by the subsequent experience of more then two years. The gauge of 4 feet Bif does not admit of a boiler of sufficient diemeter, or of a fit e-inex of sufficient width, to give such power to the locomotive en.gines as is required by the present stale of railway travelling. Mr Robert Stel] 11- son has attempt& d to get. rid of this disadvantage by length ening his boilers in the last engines constructed by him, which are also made with outside cylinder.. The lengthen ing of the boilers appears to me to be a faiturr, since it has not produced engines equal in priwe. to there of the Great Western Railway ; anti some of his engines with l o n g boilers, which I' have observed by travelling upon them, especially the one called the White Horse of Kent, used on the South-Eastern Railway, go very unsteadily, oscillating or rolling very much, which, if the speed were mater:ally increased, I think might prove dangerous, ar,d which must have a tendency to injure the permanent rail way. I never went above 45 miles an hour upon an engine of this description, but I consider that it they attempted a speed of upwards of 50 or 60 miles an hour, which I have seen attained on the Great Western Railway (the possibility of which speed, however, I doubt with such engines), 1 no not think that they would be altogether safe ; indeed my opinion is that they would roll over if thea- attained that speed. As a further proof of the inefficiency of long boilers to obtain the object in view, I may remark that th e eng i nes made by Messrs. Sharp (brothers), formerly Sharp and Roberts, of Manchester, as well as by Mr. Treyethirk, of the Grand Junction Railway at Crewe, and by Mr. Jot& Gooch, of the S•ath-Western Railway, travel as quick as those long boiler engines of Mr. Stephenson, and much steadier. theb,g t, the narrowness of the 4 feet SIA, gauge, 31r. John Gooch has made some of his goods e.ignies wi,ll elliptical bode a. the transverse or longest axis being vertical, at filch may render them a little more top heany than the others, but. considering th a t they ar e ir i t en d e d f r sh.w (raj; f ru on it . no of craw to this co, arnica°, 1 bar, tart or o . that th e b , ilers of the Great Western lecomotive constructed und-r the. direction of Mr. Daniel Gooch, hunt eylindera or 4 feet interior diameter, and it has not been mumd necessary or protbatile to increase the diameter of du l)yond that, which appears to be recent/a-et on that railway as the maximum, though the gauge would admit of much larger ones. And I shall conclude by observing that the proposed gauge of 5 feet 3 ninths cf a beater of 4 feet diameter, or even of 8 or 4 inches more if required; sa that I consider this gauge sufficient fin* all purposes, utile% it were wished to travel much faster than the Great Western ex- press trains new do, the speed of which satisfies me. in You are of opinion that the break of gauge is a great evil the cettutry?—The gteateet possible disadvantage. And you think that the best way of remedying that is by a total reto ni ot the existing railwaye, so as to produce oue entire harmotly of gauge ?-1 do. I m ay o b serve that, it: all probability, the manage of railways in Great Britain will be doubled, or may be trebled. iu the course of a certain number tifyears It certainly will be anlbten, and therefore that is enother reason fin not adhering to either of the present exit:- ing gauges, if a better can be adopted, You t hunk the time has now art ioed for taking some decided step one wake or another?--I think it has; but it would have Leen better to have taken it earlier. You were understood to say that you considered the lengthening of the buPers in Mr. Stephenson's long engines to have been a failure; do you attach any importance to the lengthening of the fire-hex, the defect as regards the fire-box being in width 2 I have not studied the details of locomo tive engines myself; I judge by experience elf those I have travelled upon, and I consider that Mr. Stephenson'sleugtl of boiler has t ot producel that effect, which it was natmat to suppose that it would have done. You have alluded to the unsteadin ss of some of the long foiler engines, the White Horse of Kent is particular; de von cementer that that is owing to the circumstance that the- White Horse ot Kent has outside cylinders, and that, there is no attempt at balancing the moving weight there?—From my observation of the effect of ()inside cylinders on elle Grand Junction and on the South-Western Railway, where they hive been adopted as the last al:pea-ea patteins, I do net comider that tear tendency is to produce escalation ; and their axles being straight, are stronger and safer than the crank-axles aeceeserity need with inside cylinders, which are continually breaking. I am of opinion, however, that balancing all the parts of a locomotive engine as much as possible,. is of great importance: fat ort. locomotive superintendents of railway companies art. of this opinion, and have balanctd their crank axles an . o every part on this principle. S ome f ew , amongst ‘!hom3 Mr. Robert Stephenson, h ave no t at t ac h e d so Ltuch .. import ance, or any importance th a t I si n awar e of, tn, .j . ; But it appears to We that the unsteadiness of the Whitt Horse of Kent and s om e ot h er l i tcontolve engines m ade IS • Mr. Robert Steph enson o f the came th . ...s i c nl ai'at tent arises en tirely from the fore and bind wheels b together. In one engine that I measured, made placed two veer ade according to Mr. Robert Stephenson's patent, or 8t his own works (I no not recollect which), the central distance neninnen the fore and hind wheels was only 10 feet 9 inches, whilst the dn_ tance from the rear of the fire-box to the front of then:ol(e -box was more than 20 feet ; the former projecting entiiei behind the hind wheels, and the latter being emit ely in front of the fore itheele. 1 travelled eu arMllcr of Mr, Rojen ; - Stephenson's long-boiler enines, which had; two large pair • - of wheel s in rear coup l e d , and one small pair of wheels ill ; front. In this engine, although the same general construction prevailed, there was not that unusual and one may almost say alarming sort (..f which I observed on the White Horse of Kent, and others which had only one pair of large driving-wheds, nitnl Lone of the wheels coupled. At Mr. &ephenson's works I foutol that another construction was in progres?, Avhich wns to h , ve a very large pair of driving- • wheels behitul and two small pairs of wheels in front, which the foreman of that establiAliment believed to be calculated to do arro that sort of oscillation, of whi c h I spo k e to hi m. Were the front wheels in a Bogie frame?.—hot that I am aware of ; the en,t,7lne was not finished. I have only seen 11, nit , frAme , on the American engines, used on the Glou cester and Lirmingharn Railway. Do not you confider that the leading wheels 012 the engines you allude to on the South-Western anti on the Grand J unc t ion, havi ng outs id e and inside bearings, is a great advan te I. consider it to be a verygreat advantage ; and I also cou,id er i t an a d vantage to have the driving-wheels Sri! Ingcs, r Lich Mr. Stephenson leaves out. You see no roascn to change the opinion you gave with respect to the Irish gauge ?—None whatever. pites anything f urt h er occur to von to mention 2—l am of opinion that, all loco:not ive engines and their tenders ought to have six wheels, and that the latter ought to have powerful l.roaks, capable (training upon /ill the six witeels at once, both in front and in tear: they very seldom have the breaks to act on both sides, which they ought to do, because it pre. vonts rac;.ilig the axlcs ; and those more powerful breaks ' ,. irender a railway co lli s i on, i f it happened, and deAructive. I am also of opinion that it is desirable that the six-wheeled passenger engines of some railway companies shonbl gradually be adopted by all. AMERICAIif NEWTS. FCUR D SLATER. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING. We have this afternorn received New York and other United States papers of the 4th instant, per the packet -,hip Roscius, Captain Eldridge, which arrived here shortly after four o'clock. The news is not of an important character. Up to the tme the Rosci s left, no tidrngs of a division in the Senate on the Oregon resolutions had reached New York. At the same time the subject was still debated. On the :31st ult. General Casa had made a very intemperate and warlike speech, hi which he castigated surue of the leading Senators who disagreed with his opinions, and alluded to Lord Brougham in no very complimentary terms. 'I he fol lowing is au epitome of what passed in the Senate on the i 31st ult.:— not h e r e e t h e Senate, and had moreover been very The Presid er d WASHINGTON, MARCH 31. 's secretary appeared at the leo. of the Senate With a messege, hiforming th a t b o sfy that the President had signed the Bill authorising the Secretary ef the Navy to pur chase water-rotted he'll.) for th e us e o the navy. Mr. C ries too k t h e floor in soppei t of the reselutien of no. lice. Hie spe ec h gave characrer to the proceedings of the ricant satuidohr,;.guo-onu,ldasntoiltadit s ve cu: i tt lr e i . ,i t , i e o r t i t; if the Ame r x 'like, end v i n di cated by the present Secretary of State and many others. it would not consume the thee of the Senate in con-, eti ng the misrepresertatiaus of his own rives, acts, and s p kee h es. That Hasa sort of tribute which ably end Safi factnrily was required Of public men in eminent statien. General Cass referred, in the course of his remarks, to the si eeches of eeveral senators who had preceded him. Alluding to the assertion of one that the debates in Congress were less digiiified than those of to British Parliament, he said he knew from personal observation ;hat this was an error. General Cass the n rea d an extract from the speech of Lord Brougham, in 1843, i n which he honours Mr. Cass with a torrent of Brumm agem scurrility, for his agency in defeating the quintuple alliance. A nd such indecorous trash, said Mt. Cass, is a speci men o f t h e superior dignity of the British Par liament. He next a d verted to the different propositions fel compromising thi s di spute. He could not perci ive what claim the favourit e p ara l lel of 49 degrees had over any of her. His own opini on was, that our claim was good and perfect l ytenable up t o 54 d egrees 40 minutes, and such was the opinion of the Presid en t - I le then turned to the subject of the necessary augmentation of the army and navy, as defen sive preparation against the hostile designs of Great Britain. He teed a letter from General Scott, setting forth the neces sity of an increase in the army, and several celier communi cartons that have not before been made public. He said lie had found no reason to change the opinion he had lung beihre expressed that there was imminent hazard of war between the two countries. He did not attempt to conceal the immense injury that would result to our national interests from such a war, but he showed that the injury to British commerce, and all other interests, would be greater in proportion, as they were more extensive than ours. Mr. Cass reed Mr. Ca'houn then had a brief conversation upon the probable effects of a war, which was carried on with good feeling. Sir. Ashley then tea the floor to follow Mr. Cass, but pre vious to commencing his speech, moved that the Senate go into executive session, which was done. On the day f Bowing (April 1), Colonel Benton replied to General Cass, and showed that the treaty of Utrecht, of 1713, give authority for the extension of 49 west of the Rocky Itlouutaies. On establishing this position, Mr. Hamm gan replied, and dealt some very unmerciful blows upon the Colonel, from whom he said he had learned all he knew as to the United States' title to the Oregon territory as far as the 54th degree. The Senate has been to-day a scene of the greatest interest. Contrary to expectation Mr. Benton Came out. with a full and explicit derittitien of his position upon the Oregon ques tion, and his manner of doing it. was characteristic. The tiret buebiess of general interest was Mr. Breese's re solution, the apparent olject and real effect of which would be the expuleien of the newspaper correspondents. But, after a brief though uninteresting debate upon the f:roposi - lion, it was le;d over until a more convenient season. Mr. Sprig ht moved that the reeolurien of notice be at once taken up, though the regular hour for that eller of business had not yet. arrived. lie understood that Mr. Benton de sired to make an explanation in regard ton remark of General Cass yesterday, about the trc..ty of Utrecht. Mr. Benton rose—lle said that yesterday General Cries had aviiwid that if it could be established, that Cie line of so deg. was established between the possessions of France and England west of the Rocky 3b , untains to the Ocean, under the treaty of Utrecht, he would withdraw his opposi tion to that line. Now be was ready to prove that such a line was run and established. Mr. Cass had said that air. Maths/no had iestructed Mr. Monroe to inees,igate and aecer lain if that line was so rule and if so, co offer it to Great Bri tain. But, according le General Cass, Mr. Monroe never had mole that examination, but had made the otter without taking the trouble to aseertah, bow the matter stood. M. Benton went into a labouted and searching examinutioe of the doilomacv re Mr. Monroe's early time, and of the treaty of Utrecht, and came to the conclusion that the hue had been run, and General Cass must take his place among the 49 men Haaregan defended General Cass with meat vigour and brilliancy. The Senate went into executive session, and soon after adjourned. lu the House of Representatives, the debate upon the Sub-. Treesury Bill wa continued, and nothing else was done. On the next day (April 2) the debate was resumed by Mr. Ashley, who made a few very important remarks, when General Cass got up and replied at some length to Colonel Benton's remarks of the previous day, and refused to accede to Sir. Benton's principles, inasmuch as he considered the grounds upon which they were laid to be fallacious. An nexed is an outline of the proceedings of what occurred in the Senate on the subject on the day in question, from which it will be seen that Mr. Webetrie is *tin_ . - ararting-Lisalt . favour of peace : Mr. Ashley moved, in the Senate, that the special order of the day, the Oregon question, be taken up, in order, as he remarked, to give the &miter from Michigan, General Cass, an opportunity to reply to the remarks of Mr. Benton, of Yesterday. ('his was agreed to. Gen. Cass commenced by saying that he was surprised at the tone of Mr. B.'s animadversions upon his speech. It had been his misfortune to be twice captured by the eliemy, once he bed been redeemed by the people of the country he was serving, and this time he hoped to be able to redeem himself S e n G a e t n o . r C h a a s i 1 ,4 e t : h e s e r i r p d r a o y c ' e e c ( d i n e s d i from that captivity among the forty-nines, into which the Benton's strictur es , an d b egan by denting that he had com gtoneadnhswimer. in detail each of Mr. mitred himself to the position which Mr. Benton had as cribed to him. The point of this controversy seems to be, that one party asserts that the line of the forty-ninth paral lel of latitude, established by the treaty of Utrecht between the possessions of France and England in America, applied to the new Oiegon territory west of the Rocky Mountains, and the other denies it. General Cuss also denies that thi.t line was ever run at and Mr. Benton is under-tood to asert both propo,itions. General Cass spoke to-day some two hours, confining him self closely to the question, and showing most satis factoiiiy, tint the line wets intmded to stop at the MODU tain,, and had never actually been run. He read statements flout the latest and most authoritative French work on the subj Pet, that of De Mofros, who ptsitively asserts that this hue was not tun. Mr. Benton rejoined." - Ire. said General Cass had now taken a position which was like jumping fr, , ni the frying pan to the tire. In denying that the line of the treaty of Utrecht had extended bey , nd the Rocky Mountains, he I:ad denied the existence of any title in the United States to Oregon betbre the treaty a the Florid:is in 1817; for by tho treaty of 1804, the line Of 49th degree was adopted as the boundary between England and the United States, as far as the respective territories of the two powers extended in that direction, in the precise words and meaning of the treaty of Utrecht. lie could nut escape this. He had dehied that we had any title but that handed on that 61)4116h treaty. Mr. Cass might have answered to this by - ayiog that our C-nunissiontra tray have assutucd thal Great Britain had no territore west of the mountains, and that therefore the respective territories alluded to stopped at :heir eastern base. But Mr. C. did not go into an argument in his reply, but briefly adverted to one or two points made by Mr. B. Mr. Web.ter argued f the auth ori ty o f th e li ne o f Utrecht ; and that if the termination t f the 49th parallei was not clearly defined in the terms of the lUth ankle of said treaty, it was to a great extent confirmed by subse quent acts, based tipoit aid treats--the lines upon cetta.ii maps, for example ; and the line marked upon one of them establislikd by toe treaty, or by the Commissioner s alter the peace of Ut rec ht, ma ki ng a course from Davies inlet ou the Atlantic sea, down to the 49th degree, &c. The only thing worthy of notice that has occurred in the TiottAe of Representatives is the passing of the S.ub-Treasury 13111, the first step towards the establisltnent of a na!iorril bank, au institution which the United States stood in great need of. The number s 14 ere—ayts 124 ; noes, 67. A New York paper of the 4th Ap r il h as the following particulars respecting this measure "The Bill, as originally reported, contained twenty-seven sections, and covered eighteen foolscap pages. As it to-41asy passed the House, it provides. in substance, t ha t in the Treasury buildings , prepared and provided . for the use , of the treasurer of the United States, his as. , lstatit- . , an 1 clerks, and the fire-proof vaults and safe! , are c• -, nstitutt.d and declared to be the Treasury the United States, the treasurer to keep the public money of whichshall come to his hands in the Treasury until the same shalt_ be drawn there from mint of the United States at front according to law. Philadelphia, the New Orleans branch, and t h e vau l ts and safes thereof ; the rooms at the. Custom -houses i n N ew York, Boston, Ohs; lesion, St. Louis, heretofore prepared for that purpose, wall be places of s a f e keeping. Re ceivers-gener4l to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and cons nt of the Senate, to be located at the places last named. The treasurer of the United Stairs, the treasurer of the Mint of the United S tates, the tree. aurora, and those acting as such, of th e various ',ranch mints, all collectors of the customs, all surveyors of the customs, acting also as collectors, all r ece i vers-general of public moneys, all receivers of public moneys at the: several collected liy .' without, and all postmasters, are rsquired to keep Safe• 3 loaning or using, all the public the proper depart an them, or otherwise at any time placed in thole-ossession d appointed to custody, till the same is ordered by department or officer of the Government. The officers bums, which may from rime to time be reewed, strength made.adi enedanil increased; to make tunsferd %inn directed, 7 to order the same. lawful for the: secretary of the Treasury agents to 13. , , same. Examination of boas to be made by sel7 cted for that purpose, in addition to checks on the offi cers.. Expensed for contiegenoies, fire-pr o pf safes, 4c. to exceed tight allowed, the whole number of clerks to be appointed not to exceed ten ; the ag;regate compensation. not thousand dollars, nor tlle mpenmlion of any clerk eight hundred dollars , per annum. If e arly of the officers or those conuected with the P 78t-office Department, shall convert to his own use, or invest in Nety kind of pi operty or merch -ndise, or shall lo a n any portion of the pubic moneys, the act shall be deemed an embe3zlement, and declared a felony, and all perso es ki ,i_ visLftg or participating in such act, being coevicted theri.or, shall be sentenced to impfism ment ft r a ten% of not loss than six montli , , nor more than ten yi ars, and to a fine equal tl the amount of m4.ney embezzled. After June 30, 1 848, all as a paper cur ,avments to be made in gold and silver c o i n , oniy. .11raft8 l are not to be used or thrown nit, circulation at Boston, 2400 dolls. ; at rencv, or a medium of exchange. Salary to Receiver Gtneral at New York. 4,000 dolls. ; at St. Louie, 2,500 dolls. Charleston. 2,500 dials.; ; the Treasurer of the Mint, seo dolls. Will :rail ; Tressurur ( ,f perquisites 'allo.w.td, Lindel.. Branch Mint at New (Memos, 51 1 0 dolls. Aditional per or annum —no commis-ions, pa.y, . b-ing considered a misdemeanour, penalty ot e . punishable Fit 0 tenby fine or inorrisolinitrit, or both. &C. and dollars ap- prephited t9r olives, sates, vaults, , and invadoiatai ex i C U ILT CIRC ULA It, The Qeeen and Prince Albert, the Ladies end Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine se vice yesterday in h e private chapel, Ifuckingham Palace, The II n. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay officiated. 11- r Mejeetv and her Royal Consort took their accustomed early w::IN yesterday. STltUrtitiV WaS the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess Alice. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arriv(d early at. the Palace on a visit of congratulation. Their Royal Hignesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the P. ineess Mary paid a visit in the forenoon. The Queen gave a Juvenile Fete for the amusement of the Iloyal Children, in the afternoon at Buckingham Palace, to t w .t . , l:l . cli, tee f dlowirg Ladies, with the younger members of le,m i e ] m a sE n no d ifi e r 11 1 ,,u f ,E S e * e t t i . 7 t I)e P rinces; biazc :4irartnespec;ix-e families, were honoured with invitations.— ,Nicholas hionessof rite Laity Lytteltun, and Lady Portman. Esterhazy, Abereon4 11 , r Majesty th 4. by her 11,:,d;y i Waitin u. D t- deerwas present, attended ili:lmess the Duehge'ss t h e K t e !o n unt eSS Brownlow. Her AtWitAt3 Bruce and th e B aroness de g wa3 attended by Lady peth. The lower suite of rooms were prepared for the reception, the company assembled i n th e lib rary. Mr. Limes had the hoilanr t► exhibit a number of necromantic experiments fur the gratification of the young assembly. Mademoiselle Ponrdin attended, and performed quadrille music on the pianoforte. At hall- pAst, five o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, the Q teen Dowager, the Royal Family, the Ladies, room, which and the - youthful yi,itors, passed into the small dining was appropriated for refreshments. Soon after six o'clock, the Queen Dowager and the rest of the company took their departure. Satu rdey was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, visited her Royal Highness at Gloucester House at one o'clock. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager (attended by the Countess Brownlow) paid a visit to the Royal Duchess in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent. the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princess Mary, also paid visits of congratulation on the auspicious event to their illustrious relative. During the day the Members of the Diplomatic Corps, and the Nobility and Gentry called at Gloucester House, and left - their names for her Royal Highness. The Queen mid Prince Albert took an airing in an open carriage and four en Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by Ladi ?orb' elan, Hon. Mk's Napier, Lord Byron, Hon. Nlonel Grt:.Y, and Lieut. -Calontl Seemour, honoured the Italian Opera ith their presence on Saturday evening. Her Royal High ness tile Duclies of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Brace, her Royal Highness the Ducheir; of Cambridge, attended by Bareness Alilefeldt and Rerun Knesebeck, his Royal High ries- Prince George. and his Serene Highness the riereditary Prince of Saxe 31ciningen also honoured the performance of the Opera with their presence. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine service yesteeley mornitig, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. J. Delmore, the lessons by the Rev. Dr. Knapp, and the communion service by the Rev. Or. Sleatle The sermon Was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath, teem St. Matthew, chap. 5, verse 3. The anthem was 0 sing unto Gof—Gre..ne. Sir George Smart presided at the organ. _ The - Queen D , .wagr was at; ended by the Countess Brown low and E,rl floe. Among the nobility present were the Duches of Beaufort, ..nd the Ladies Somerset, the Ladies St. Germans, Wilton, Somers, and Vivian; Lords Cawdor, St. Germans, Ilawarden, de Manley, and W. Graham. The Duke of Wellington and Sir F. Trench attended the carte service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Sleath. Their 11,yal Highnes:e" the Duke a n d D uc h ess o f Cam bridg., and the Princess Mary, attended Divine service yes terday morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. The Commissioners of the Metropolitan Termini had a meeting on Friday. Iliac were present Viscount Canning, the Earl of DAlicusie, the Right Hon. J. C. Herries, Sir F. Smith, and the Lo , d Mayor. The Commissioners had Anther meeting on Saturday. There were present Viscount Canning, the Lo d Mayor, and Sir F. Smith. The Eceleciastical Commissioners for England had a Corn. mittee tm eting on Saturday. There were present the Bishops of Winchester, Bangor, Chester, Ely, Hereford, Lichfield, and Rochester, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Earl of B,Riborough. I BRI °PORT ELECTION. 7'O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. FIR.—To endeavour to prevent the ':patchwork legis lation by incompetent 111emThers of the House of Common., and pArtiatiarly these who deemed the late Member for Itri q•ort worthy of the thanks of the House fur calling atten tion to the 1,.w relative to controverted elections, I beg to request a , tenth n to the incon.istencrof the remarks of the late Illeti.bur for Bridport on Friday evening last, and those of his counsel, Mr. Austin, on Saturday last, before the Brid port Election Committee. Mr. Cochrane asks how it was possible for him to meet objections when he did not even know the witnesses that would be brought against him, and tl.at this opportunity was given to criminals in all tribunals of the country. On Saturday Mr. Austin states that he was quite prepared to meet the general case of bribery, but he would not go into the scrutiny on account of the probability of an early dissolution, and he therefore could not advise the • ex I:ense, Permit me to say, that neither criminals nor other parties -'f in any action, in any of the tribunals of the country, know what witnekses are to be brought against them, and this ex legislator for Bridport did not know this,'and it really ap... pears that other Members were equally ignorant, a deep I disgrace both to themselves and their constituents. Mr. Austin bad tffe same opportunity of preparing himself, as well as he could have had if the - case tad been to be tried in any other tribunal in the country. Now fur Mr. Cochrane's cant; lie said he mentioned this, not so much for his own sake, as for their guidance in future election cases; and afterwards, that hie only intention in ris ing, was to submit his case to the - House, /Met to shoW how the parrie. who'opposed his return to Parliatnent were disposed to act towards him in the matter. Experience tells the pvnple of Bridport, that until his memory is jogged he forgets very important things. It did not occur to Mr. COChrtille to mention, that he had with regard to the notices of objection, given his opponents as much information as they had given him, and that tlit it notices wrrc exrhanged by their agents at the saute Inoineat.—Yours obxqently, Bridpoit, April 2G, 1846. SKY PARLOUR. ' MR. SMITH O'BRIEN'S DEFAULT. The Committee of Selection have presented a special re port to the House, printed with Saturday's votes, in which they inform the Mouse, that " having, ou the 27th of March - i last found it expedient, in the performance of their duty, to take the usual preliminary measures for the formation of several Gimmittees on railway Bias, and having given to tha inembers selected ' due notice of their appointment, and . transmitted to each a copy of the twelfth of the resoluti ons. a one. . agreed to by the Huse on the 12th of February , wi th . 7 blank form of the ueciaration therein required, and a reques t that he woahi re turn it with his signature attached,' have t.. report that they have not received front Mr. Smith ...',, 0 - itri.n, a Member of 1 InS House, appointed on the above o. casion to serve on the Committee to which Group No. 11 was then n LrErd, the aforeaul declaration ; nor have they ree teed from that Honourable Member any ' excuse which u t the ; ' a said d t that , 0 , l t u h t e i therefore, r e it , becomesi in conformity ttheir sv t" g can tie sixteenth ci o e f o n m a is m s e ions of , , M a r d . e \ i N it ' la illia tin m e Smith O'Brien as,' ni respect of such e duty • to report to the Rouseth Member.' " But as the circumstances atte ndant upon the d e f au lt o f Mr. Smith O'B r i tla are of a peculiar character, the committe e t.f Sel ec ti on cons i der it incumbent upon themi to av r:p ec ol u t r sp r e d : cially to the House a detail o f th e facts whi ch h [Bete the e nTesponch nce already g i ven in Time Sun follows.] the Committee conclude by stating, " having received from NI . r. Smith O'B r i en no excuse that they could 'deem at ' lent.' lair any intimation of a wish that an arrangement should be made by which his attendance should be post p•ned t' a later period, but, on the contrary, having had im parted to them, in the letter of the 7th inst., above alluded to, Mr. Smith o:Brien's desire that his former ' communica tions should be concidered as announcing his final determina tion not to serve on English and Scotch Private Bills Com mittees,' and, conat quently, to decline serving upon the GontinVtee on Group No. 11, which is wholly composed of Scotch Railway Bills; concave that they have no alterna tive but to rep o rt to the House the Tian •compliance of Mr. Smith O'Brien with the orders and rules adopted by the House, in conformity with the resolutions agreed to on the 12.. h of February-, 1646. ' FISHERMEN Itut A s W N AND p ? , r a i sti A ed ß MARINERS' B ui n e ll' THE SI! IP WItSCIEED BENEN ()LENT SOCIETY.—The annual general meeting cf the Ship wrecaed lishetitiois' Society took place on Saturday, at the London Tavern, Bishonale-street, the president, Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 31.1'., keying op lied the proceedings in a brief .peech, the Secretary read the report. From its contents it appeared that the tire number of persons relieved by the society up Us the present date were 12,910, of which number there were—widows, 7 9 5 1 3 ; • •a•pbans, 2,150; aged parents, 398 ; shipwrecked persons, 9.0 During fi‘hermen, heads of families left destitute from storms. 568. the past year the expenses of management have been ably lessened. relief had been extended by 8 y obj r e e c eu ts of the So. upwards, 1) b y i d e an r and the permanent resources of the t s o tro th n e gl ham the South-Wtern, and :nether s y soeiety had appearedbeen increased that the tamountthe year amounted l, 00 t c. 0 / 5 . —, ( C i h eers . . ) T he b be total pro ccuair m l e and disbursements Ar tey,rit fewfor Western, the London and B rimingad handsomely granted several other railway companies h . to the of Gloucester, '7,7l:;:ti'tsaYfb:acoin,fairl r e te ile '' r p t t io Ta i r: i7e i i Lit: craoeonkeoririrttlta,th:Lize°Reio:rn::::Napirsur.No:h:Nrtioth;:ed, deputy.a sfradopt, to fbthe - soso m en c etyro en u d nun i o n words au and Mr. Higlmess the P --- mili, a d, wile stated that the whole stock beenmotertiain,gsabcrtuekde up, , h e 0 co ir ni th p d le a ted ys h o er f I t a'': , Royal 4ll:C El s 6:N i t l: e l tp g i s c a .1 having : about e in s e ' s th Se t ß l ' 1:e 3. 1N 1 0 :711 4 C Duchess eli " S wererhure Ii w celebratedere rung Y aestteinrdteary;alaSt was als i 13red at twelve 0 t N l h r indfOr rienrc li Alice,lls born theinparlaklB424 the Bachelor's-acre, uneer t..e su perintendence th ro ughout the day. A royal salute 'clock from the corporation ordinance in - [MON tov 1-gunner. Abb-xes, held in the a, ring of the year Perin 18 ten 44, de a n n ee ag P i of Mr. Bond, the or A CONVICT--At the Worcester City aged woman, named Sarah RICO, 'was colivlcted of uttering counter:eft coin, and was sen tenced to seven years' trans;iortation. She was accordingly sent to 111,' hulks, but CO ac: oust of her age (upwaids of 60), and her bad itate of Lealth, the audit:4l.les them roused to receive her, and she Was rein ned to the Woreestir city g.iol. where she has remained Ever since. Her cenduet has Lee' , good daring her incarceration, and as she c • ntinues in a weak state of health the magistrates of this City petitioned the Secretary of State for a remission of sentence, and yesterday a free inrclou fur the prinKoher WU 'recciye4.—frwoor. ' it 4 agfiAk