The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-14 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS• (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant -Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) The adjourned sessions for the county of Middlesex lyre held yesterday at the Guilam% Westminsr. The calendar contained a list of four feloni'a only, but there were four defendants w'ao were indicted for a mis demeanour, whose names not appear in th© calendar. The latter case had 'peen specially appointed for this morning; but, as wit', be seen, it was again p ost p oned. The L earned' JrIDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, said, he had the opportunity of congratulating them that, upon the -present occasion, they really would have GA many es seven or eight cases to try. They would, in fact, hiave something to do, which was somewhat miraculous. There were seventy-two of the jury, all of whom had been brought to that court hitherto to do nothing. Upon the last occasion the whole seventy - t wo bad been in attendance, and on their arrival it had been found that there was but one prisoner for trial, and upon the bill of indictment being taken before the grand jury, that body had thrown it out. There had, therefore, not been any case for trial; so that the county had been put to the expense, and the jury and officers of the court had been put to she trouble of coming there unnecersarily; whilst had the party been sent for trial to Clerkenwell, there would have been comparatively neither expense nor iaconvenience. However, here they now were with these seven persons to try, and their trials would cost the county about 15/ each, whereas if they had been taken to Clerkenwell, the expense to the county would not hare been more than about as many shillings each. For what reason or for what good purpose these sittings were continued, it was impossible to conceive. The jury were brought there, the Bench were brought there, the officers of the Court were taken from the performance of other, and, in fact, their regular duties. The duties of those officers were in another place. In that other klace, too, the record, and all the county papers were ept ; so that if a magistrate at those,: sittings required to see any of the papers, or wanted any infor mation, he was ur.able to obtain it, beeause everything was at Clerkenwell. He sincerely hoped that ere long the sittings in that place would be allowed to die away. The maintenance of that Court was a heavy expense to the county, and the salaries alone attached to the house were not less than 5001. per annum. As he had told them already, there were but seven prisoners for trial, and-he need scarcely advise that they should dispose of them as quickly as the nature of the cases would permit, and then they would the more speedily be able to return to their business. In the gambling case, Mr. CLARKSON applied for its further postponement on the ground of the detention of Mr. Serjeant Shee at Hertford, that Learned Counsel having been specially retained for some of the detendants. Mr. J3ALLANTINE, who appeared for the prosecution, objected to any postponement of a case which had al ready been put off from time to time. Mr. CLARKSON said, as a proof that the defendants in tended to take their trial, he was prepared to offer to pay any sum to meet the expenses consequent on the delay, and to appear on any day that the Court might think proper to appoint for the case to come on. A long discussion then ensued, which terminated in the case being postponed to a future day. The cases disposed of were of an unimportant cha racter. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Yesterday, a young man, named Robson Harrison, was brought before Alderman Farebrother, charged with haring obtained under false pretences a quantity of sherry wine, of the value of 871. Ils. 9d. from Jonathan Cooper, of Stephen's-r o ad, Highbury, Clerk to Messrs. Corrie, colonial brokers in the city. The prisoner was a person of fashionable appearance. Mr. Cooper stated that he carried on the wine busi ness on his own account ; and that, on the 31st of April, the prisoner was introduced to him as a gentleman who wished to deal with him for wine. The place of intro duction was the corner of Mark-lane, when the prisoner pointed at a person, whom he called Mr. Ckmentson, as the acceptor of a bill of exchange which he had, and a respectable man, capable of paying the amount immedi ately. Witness consented upon the representation to take the bill, and to hand over the wine warrants for some sherries lying in dock to the amount bargained for. The bill was drawn by the prisoner, and purprted to be accepted by Mr. Clemc-ntson, and made payable at Bar clay's banking-horse, but it was found that the acceptor had no money at that establishment, and that the whole business was a swindling affair. Alderman FAREBROTITER—Did you make no in quiries before you parted with your wine warrants? Witness—No z I made inquiries the day after I parted with them.—(Laughter.) He told me the acceptor was a highly rew e iectable man, and I thought so too. Aldermen FAREBROTHER—And you took his word ? Witness --I did. Next day I made inquiry, and found that it w as all wrong. I found that there had been some days a distress in the house, and that a man had been actually in possession for fifteen days. Alderman FAREUROTHER—And you took the bill upon the statement of the prisoner, who was unknown to you, that the acceptor was a respectable man? Witness—l did. Mr. Goodman (the chief-clerk at the Mansion House) —And how can you expect that the law will protect a Ulan who does not exercise the necessary caution ? Witness—l had no suspicion until the next day. Here the solicitor for the prosecution stated that his client was extremely inexperienced in matters in which bills were concerned. Alderman FARERROTITER—Was Mr. Clementson pre sent when the prisoner spoke of him as the acceptor. Witness—He was. Alderman FAREROTHER—Did he say anything? Witness—Nothing at all. He was present when the prisoner was introduced to him as a buyer of port and sherry wines. Alderman FARETIROTTIER—Perhaps the bill will be paid.—( A 1 kugh.) Witness—lt has been presented and dishonoured, the acceptor having no account at Bar clay's. In answer to questions put by the solicitor to the pri soner, the witness stated that the transaction spoken of was the only transaction which had taken place between him and the prisoner. It was on the 22d or 23d of April ‘he took the bill from the prisoner. The prisoner—l am the drawer of the bill, and it is e bona Me transaction. The Solicitor to the prisoner—l assure you, sir, there is nothing like a fraud in this business. Alderman FAREBROTHER—WeII, you had better take ip the bill if that be the case. The Attorney for the prisoner—Why, the complainant and my client have been on terms of intimacy since the transaction. The prosecutor denied that he had any further ac quaintance than arose out of the transaction about the warrant:, with the prisoner. The prisoner —His wine, which wls passed upon me for sherry, was nothing but aniseed and water, and not worth 20/., although the price. was 841. It was totally worthless.. I can bring forward a witness to prove that it was bad. Alderman FARERROTTIER said, he can bring forward twenty q itnesses to prove that your bill was bad. The policeman, in whose custody the prisoner was brought up, said he had no doubt of being able, in a day or two, to complete the evidence. The prisoner repeated that the transaction was a re gular one. Alderman FART:I:MOTHER—It appears to me to bear strong marks of a conspiracy to defraud this young man, who is evidently without experience in bill. 'transactions. The prisoner—l have made an offer 'o settle it. Alderman FAREBROTHER—I 'crw of no way of set tlement except that by payment, of the bill ; and I shall hold the prisoner to bail to appeare here on Thursday, himself in 2`,2/01., and two sureties in 1001. each.—Re mended till Thursday next. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Jones, valet and footman in the service of General Grosvenor, of Lower Grosvenor-street, was put tolebe bar before Mr. Maltby, charged with baying ribbed his master of 951. in bank-notes, and a quantity 9f valuable jewellery. Mrs. General Grosvenor said prisoner the had been in the General's servi ce as - valet and footmee; about two months. Ile had been reco mmen d e d by Lord, Chester field's house steward. On Saturday it was ascertained that the prisoner was absent from his place, and that he bad taken the hall-door key with him. A few hours afterwards the police sent information that the prisoner Ness in custody, with the stolen property on his person. The 50/. bank-nete and some of the jewellery now pre daced witness tould identify as the General's property. ' The rise.ner's solicitor put some questions to Mrs. General r ;irosvener, and elicited that it was the duty of the pri:ioner to have, occasionally, the keys of the two desks out of which the property had been principally stolen. The prisoner had an opportunity of seeing the crhperty in question, in consequence of having been in trusted with the keys of the desks. Police -sergeant Gray, C 10, said, in consequence of information he received, he went to Grosvenor-street on Saturday last, and found the prisoner in a cab quite drunk. He took the prisoner to the station-house, and On searching him 651. in notes were found in different pookets, and a quantity oi jewellery, among which were S ring and a seal ; there was a 501. b tnk-note amongst the money. Mrs. General Gr )syen ar identified the note, the ring, .and the seal. Police-sergeant Gray said, on making further inquiry, be found a bunch of seals at the City of Hereford public house, and a miniature and other things at the Hercules Pillars public-house, Greek street. On cross-examination by the solicitor ' Gray said the prisoner was insen sibl y drunk when first taken into custody. When sober, and told of the nature of the charge, the prisoner said he could not tell what had in duced him to take the property from the house, e xcept to make himself " look big and flash." The prisoner, in defence, said he did not i n t en d to rob his master. He had taken the property under the foolish notion of making a show with it, and he h a d un l uckily got drunk before he could return home and replace it. He had been taken into custody by two police-constables in Bow-street, but had been released at the request of a servant who knew him. He could not recollect any thing that happened until he found himself in custody at the station-house. He was truly sorry for his conduct • Ile attributed his folly to the eff..ct drink had had upon 'him ever since he had left the service of Sir George . Clerk. lie had a good character, had never been sus woted of anything dishonest before, and he hoped the 'General would forgive him. Frances Prior, h .usemaid, said o n Saturday morn - ; f ig on going into the General's dress ing-room, she found p p s partly burnt. Witness also found badOoffc-oirdearnd string up the chimney. This cord bad been round the n boxes which had been opened and plundered. A gentleman here said that a fragmn f t of one cif the burnt papers he mull 6'ear pr: c, ettcl which THE SUN, boN_poN ) TTJPSDAILtVtNING, JULV 14, f 846. TAIPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, July 13. Their tord§itilit met at Five o'clock, Lord CAMOYS presented a petition against the Lei cestfA and Bedford Railway, and impugning the validity of the subscription contract. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a large number of shareholders in the Shropshire Union Rail way and Canal Company, praying the House not to pass their Bill. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Messengers came from the Commons, bringing up several Bills. LEICESTER AND BEDFORD RAILWAY. Earl CAMOYS moved that the petition which he presented a short time since should be, to-morrow, re ferred to the Committee on the Bill. The Duke of RICHMOND thought that such a course would be attended with much inconvenience, as evidence which might be given before a Committee yes terday might be petitioned against to-morrow. After a few words the Noble Earl withdrew his motion. SMALL DEBTS (RECOVERY) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL presented several petitions from the county of Kent in favour of the Bill then in their Lordships House for the recovery of small debts. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented a peti tion against railway travi Ring on Sunday. A NOBLE LORD presented 190 petitions from Corn wall, and 110 from Devon, in f-vour of the Cornwall and D:von Central Railway. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition from Here fordshire, complaining of the operation of the Lunatic Bill passed last. year. YORE - SPIRE .AND GLASGOW UNION RAIL WAY AMALGAMATION BILL. Lord WHARNCLIFFE moved the third reading of this Bill. Lord BROUGHAM wished the third reading to he postponed till Thursday, because the holders of fourteen thousand of the shares were opposed to the amalgamation, and they therefore wished that point to be reconsidered. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that the parties had already hail ample time to consider the tre-stion, and he could not accede to the request of the Noble and Learned Lord. Lord BEAUMONT opposed the delay, became the petition prying for it, which did not represent so many as 14,000 shares, had baen got up by a competing line. The Bill was then read a third time and p issed. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid upon the table of the House the report of the Fa •tory Inspectors for 1846, and an abstract of a statement of inoncvs received and expended on account of boroughs in Ireland, pur suant to Act of Parliament. PENSIONS OF LORD GOUGH AND VISCOUNT HAR,DINGE. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on Thursd•ty next, when the report on the Bill for granting pensions to Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough was brought up, he should move, with regard to its pecuniary character, that the Bill he restored to its original form. The Duke of RICIC,IOND said he should certanly take the sense of the House upon the question. Several Bills were advanced a stage, and their Lord ships aj.journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS, July 13. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The following Members, who have accepted office under the new Government took the oaths and their conscquent on their re-election. Lord JOIIN RUSSELL (First Lard of the Trea sury), for the city of London. Sir GEORGE GREY (Home Secretary), for the bo rough of Davenport. Colonel FOX (Surveyor of the Ordnance), for the Tower Hamlets. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE (President of the Board of Control), for the borough of Nottingham. Lord PALMERSTON (Foreign Secretary), for the borough of Tiverton. _ _ _ Mr:J ERVIS (Attorney-General), for the city o Chester. Mr. LABOUCHERE (Secretary for Ireland), for the borough of Taunton. Admiral DUNDAS (one of the Lords of the Admiralty), for the borongh of Greenwich. Mr. C. WOOD (Chancellor of the Exchequer), for the borough of Halifax. Lord MARCUS HILL (Comptroller of the House• hold), for the borough of Evesham. Captain BERKELEY (one of the Lords of the Ad• nairalty) for the city of Gloucester. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. Mr. ELIOT YORKE, on bringing up the re port of the Committee on this railway, moved " That it be taken into consideration to-morrow, provided the amended points are deposited with the door-keepers this day." The olijettt. he said, was to facilitate the paz.:sige of the Bill through the other House of Parliament. Unless it reached there by the 20ih of this month, it would be impo,sible to get the Bill passed the present session.—Agreed to. NEW WRIT. Lard FIOTHAM moved the issuing of a new writ for the election of a Member for the borough of St. Ives, in the room of Mr. William Praed, deceased. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. Mr. GREENE moved that the Standing Orders, Nos: 124 and 142, be suspended with reference to the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, and that the Bill be read the third time.—Adreed to. TAFF VALE RAILWAY. Mr. GREENE moved that the Taff Vale Railway . Bill be read the third time, notwithstanding the certifi cate required by the resolutions of the House of 23d April, to be &posited in the Private Bill-office, has not been deposited for three clear days, provided the certifi cate shall have been deposited on Friday, the 10th day of July.—AgreF d to. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were re ad a second time : Lynn and Ely Railway (Extension to Ely). Ly art nn is a; (EdE,tlya-t,) Railway,,l3lll (Extension to March). Ramsay . Wisbech St. Ives, and C ambrid ge :function Railway. THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and pissed:— CaletioTrian (Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Am•ilgam'&tion). Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale Junction Railway De- viations). Curtis's Div ,, ree Bill. Dublin and Kingstown Extension Railway. East and West _lndia Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway. Forth and Clydo Navigation and Bowling Bay Improve ment. Grind Junction Railway (Showhill and Portobello Branch). Leeds and Bradford R tilway (Junction Line at Brad ford). Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston Railway. Norfolk Estuary. Plymouth m snihtihp Canal.Grest Western Docks. Sligo Wexford Harbour Improvement. Whitehaven and Furness Railway (Whitehaven Exten sion and Kirksanton Deviation). Wolverhampton Stipendiary Justice. SOMERSET SMALL DEBT COURT BILL. Mr..HENRY BERKELEY presented a petition from Bristol against the provisions of this Bill, which he moved to be printed to-morrow with the votes. He also presented petitions from Bath to the same effect. The Lords' Amendments on the following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Eastern Counties Railway (Epping Extension). Glasgow Southern Terminal Railway. London 9nd Birmingham Grand Junction and Manches ter ald Birmingham Railways Am,lgamation. Mi:dand Railway (Burton -upon-Trent to Nuneaton Branch and Ashby Canal Purcha,e). Newcastle and Berwick Railway. Stirling and Dunfermline Railway. Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Greenhill Branch). Worcester New Gas. MATTHYSEN'S DIVORCE BILL. This Bill was brought up from the Lords and read a first time. SHREWSBURY. WOLVERHAMPTON. AND SOUTLI STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION RAIL WAY. This Bill was re.id a third time and nssed. POSITION OF PARTIES IN THE HOUSE. This being the first night of the new Ministry taking their seats in the House, they at once ranged thernstives upon the Treasury benches, the protectionists preserving their old position. Lterd . George Bentinek, Mr. Disraeli, Sir R. H. Inglis, and other lead ing-Members occupied their u sual -eats. Sir J. Graham arrived at half-past four, and, with other memhors of the late Ministry, occupied the Oprsition benches, which presented a very scanty attendance of Members as com pared with the Ministerial sidt , of the I louse. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNC LION RAIL WAY, WITH BRANCHES. The report of the Committee upon this Bill was con sidered, by ord l / 4 r, and the Bill was real a third time and passed. Ellininghamburgh aindlVGliva REPORTS. The reports on the following Bills were received:— Antl , ..ver Canal Navigation. Glasgow, Pai s l ey — , wAY (Stour Valley Line). ~, segrch:s:uptnoinon, and Stour Valley Rail_ arid Johnstone C anal Sale. Hill's Estate Bill. Howell's Charity Estate Bill. London, Newbury, and Bali Di r ect Railway. Polloc and Govan and Clydesdale Junction Railways Amalgamation. Committee commi on Standing' Orders to consider Mr. LOCKHART moved that it he an instruction to the seb and report on th e pet i t i on „f ,Alexander Downie and others, referred to them on June 22 * Mr. ESTCOURT and Mr. GREENE having briefly op posed the mrtion, Mr. LOCKHART replied. The motion was withdrawn. Mr. ESTCOURT moved that the 14th resolution of the House of the 12th of February last be suspended, so, far as regards the `Members inclu led in the panel from which the Members to form Committees on groups 67. 69, 70, are to be selected ; and that the Members selected for such purpose be in attendance in the week com mencing on Monday the 20th dsy of July, for the pup. he had written to General Grosvenor five years ago, and wtieh, with other papers, were usually kept in the corded box. _ The prisoner said he cculd have no motive for burn ing the General's papers. He found the jewellery wrapped up in paper, and the paper found in the dress ing-room was no doubt the covering of the jewellery, which he had removed. As some of the property has not yet been found, the prisoner was remanded for a week. George Webb, the lad who charged t's grocer named Stott with attempting to take indecent liberties with him in the Park, but whose story was discredited by Mr. Maltby, and who was in the end put to the bar charged with attempting to extort money from Stott, was brought up for further examination. The police stated that the prisoner had been in prison before, and that there was g9(11 reason for believing that he and his companions had carried on a system of infamous extortion in the Park for a length of time. Mr. MALTISY directed the prisoner to be remanded till Wednesday next, in order to afford time to get evidence of the charge on which the prisoner had previously been convicted. WORSHIP-STREET. A young man, named John Kemp, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having burgle riously entered the premises of Mr. Thomas Leyland, a leather-dresser, in High-street, Shoreditch, and stolen a gold watch, value of twenty guineas, a quantity of silver spoons, and other articles. It appeared from the evidence that on the night of Thursday last some thieves effected an entrance into the prosecutor's house through the staircase window, and after ransacking all the lower apartments, and selecting a dozen silver spoons, and other property, proceeded to a bedroom on the second floor, in which a female servant was sleeping, with two of her master's children, and actually displacing a gold watch which was hanging over their heads, made good their retreat without disturbing any member of the family. In formation of the robbery was given to the police, and a reward of 51. having been offered for the capture of the burglars, a mau named Oswald Lawrence, who had him self a short time since been in custody for a similar offence, in the same neighbourhood, but discharged. made the following communication to the police, which resulted in the prisoner's apprehension. Lawrence now stated, that while passing through Petticoat-lane, on the morning after the robbery, he saw the prisoner and a notorious thief named Cherry, in the act of examining a handsome gold watch, in the front of a Jew storedealer's shop. Witness was not aware at that time of the burglary having been committ, d, but on afterwards reading the handbill describing the watch and spoons carried off by the thieves, he suspected they were the same, and proceeded to a house in Wheeler str4 et, Spitalfields, which is the resort of such notorious characters, and there met the prisoner's accomplice Cherry, whom he bad before seen in possession of the watch. On entering into conversation and asking him if he had sold the watch advantageously, the man re plied that he had only got 31. for it ; and on his also mentioning the spoons, he answered that they were of an antiquated fashion, only fit to melt ; that they were disposed of for a few shillings, and expressed his surprise at his knowing anything about the property, but said he supposed that Kemp (the prisoner) had told him. He assented to this observation, and immediately informed the police of all the facts he had elicited, as he was anxious to clear his character from the stain that had been cast upon it by his being unjustly charged with the other burglary. Sergeant Barker mentioned a conclusive fact against the prisoner, which was, that on taking him into custody and telling t im the nature of the offence he was charged with, he asked him why he had not also captured the man Cherry. as he had likewise been concerned in the robbery. The sergeant added, that a second burglary had been committed on the same night in the premises of a neighbouring tradesman named Bennett, where the thieves had been disturbed, end retreated so precipi tately, that one of them had left his shoes behind him. These shoes were afterwards adjusted to the feet of the prisoner Kemp, who had on an entirely new pair when taken, and found to fit him exactly. The prisoner earnestly denied all participation in Mr. Layland's burglar), which he said had been perpetrated by the man Cherry; but Mr. BROUGHTON expressed himself satisfied with the testimony as against the prisoner himself, and ordered him to be brought up again next week for the completion of the evidence. THE GREAT INCENDIARY FIRE AT SOHAM. CAMBRIDGE, SUNDAY NIGHT.—In compliance with a previous arrangement, the magistrates of Subaru, the Rev. Mr. Bennett and Mr. llubede, were engaged the whole of yesterday (Saturday), at the Crown Inn, in in vestigating certain charg .s preferred against Mr. Come hus Harvey, a wealthy tarmer, and his nephew, James Harvey, as being feloniously concerned in the origin w the recent great fire in that village. It will be recollect-d that the prisoners underwent a brief examination on the day after the fire, and were remanded to the county gaol at Cambridge until yesterday, when they were brought up in custody of Mr. Orridge, the governor. The elder prisoner's apprehensien appeared to have resulted from te voluntary statement made by him. Having been noticed by a private watchman a tow mi nutes before the outbreak walking from the spot where the flames were first seen to rise (Mr. Pach• fis farm), he was interrogated on the subject. He admitted being the individual ; that he had been watching about the neigh bourhood the greater part of the night ; that when he went home he went to bed, but did not NH bil . his clothes. The reason he gave why he did so was that he was fearful something would happen, and on being further questioned why he watched that particular spot. replied that he expected a fire would br. ak out; but gave no satisfactory account why he entertained such a sup position. These and other suspitious circutnstanc-s being reported to the magistrates, his arrest was ordered; and, in tulatitien to the wetchmen'e statement, other witnesses spoke positively of having sten him walking up and down a bye lane at t'_ie back of Mr. Pachey's farm, and every now and then peeping through the hedge ir+_ the direction of the spot where the fire broke hut. It was attempted to be shown that the ly_7 l .soner had been watching his own property, that 11 had been his practice to be on the watch for se veral weeks past ; but on the night in trieq:on the wit nesses declared that Ire was watching some distance from his farm. lie was vietitig the premises of Messrs. Pa obey and States As regards the rieinger prisoner he had insurevi his stock in trade in the buttolk EreJusuranee Office for 3501. The fire did n o t t•riginate on his pre miser, but in one of the barns of Mr, Pachey, that stood within a feW fet of his stores or warehouse, which sub sequently caught. When broken open by the inhabi tants very trifling property was found in the Owe. The day atter the fire he was met by an assistant agent of the company he was insured in, *ho, seeing that he had hurt his hand, asked him how it happened. He answered that it was done (luring the fire, in attempting to save his goods, The agent inquired of him if any had been saved, to which be made answ( r, "Nothing whatever, that he had lost twice as many as he was insured f ee" In tr:e latter part of the day the prisoner made his claim of the amount of his loss to the agent, upon which he was given into custody on a charge of attempting to defraud the company, trocf having been adduced to show that he had, prior to the fire, removed the chief bulk of his stock, &e., to vftriotts parts of the town. With a view of showing that the prisoners had acted in concert. it was ttroved that the elder prisoner had advanced his nephew 3001. to set him up in business, and attempts were made to show that the uncle urged its ' payment, and had connived to obtain the amount of in surance on the nephew's goods, but a witness swore po sitively that the sum was given as a gift, to start the nephew in business. Another one was called who had ace2d to value the salvage of the nephew's property, and in the course of his surveys the prisoner begged that he would do all he could for him, for if he could not get the money for his insurance, he could not pay his uncle the 3001, he had lent him. The nephew lived in the uncle's house. But it did not appear in evidence that he was was seen in the neighbourhood at its outbreak, although on the alarm being raised he was immediately on the spot dressed. At the cicse of the evidence the magistrates retired to a private room, and, after nearly an hour's consultation, returned, when the chairman, addressing the prisoners, said, they considered the evidence fully warranted them in committing them both to take their trial at the ensuing assizes. PIRATES.—A letter from Moss (Norway) states that the schooner Betty,Criettson, of Christiana,fromßremen, with colonial produce, was attacked by pirates in the German Ocean, on the 12th of June, at about seven in the morning, by a boat filled by armed men. They first bearded the vessel to the number of ten, and demanded water and bread. These otherght ine, meat , menand other given, they r a e s f k u e s d ed for E w i things, which the ca p tain ar ticles being articles took away a q uantit y of of various kind. c ame on board, and a fter mastering the crew, amouting to nine men, and did much damage by cutting ropes, breaking nautical instruments, &c. various countries—Dutch , En g lish, erman, They then d e p arted. They seemed of Russian, G being spoken amongst them.—Hull Advertiser. SWINDLING ors AN EXTENSIVE t , r CALE. Con‘ide - able excitement has existed in Stockton, during this week and last, by an attempt at wholesale swindling, which, how ever, was fortunately defeated. A few weeks ago, a person of a respectable appearance, and passing under the name of Metcalfe, took a shop and premises of Mr. John Atkinson, in the High• street, for the purpose of carrvinet on the trale of ship-broker, and general merchant. With the view to enable him to supply his immense number of imaginary customers, he gave orders fur large quantities of malt, oil, soap, and other articles of different descriptions, to various houses in Newcastle and other places. Several tradesmen received large orders for goods and furniture of every kind, and in quantity sufficient to furnish a castle. Mrs. ?Metcalfe also honoured the dress makers and milliners with orders for dresses of the latest fashions and richest kinds. Terms being arranged w i th parties for the purchase of several valuable houses, shops, and warehouses, to accommodate his daily expected merchandise, and everything appeared to denote that Mr. Metcalfe was in possession of great wealth. This impression continued until the appearance of a policeman from London, who, taking a lively interest in his safety, took him away in custody. It was then di vulged that he is one of a gang of swindlers who have ope rated with considerable success upon the public, and whom the police have been actively engaged in endeavouring to ap prehend. It is supposed this capture will prove a clue to the apprehension of the entire gang. Only a few of the orders so abundantly dispensed were executed before the discovery of the real character of the adventurers. The Stockton police were very active in bringing this offender to justice, and are deserving of great praise for the energetic assistance they rendered to the London officer.—Durham Ch ron i cle. TIIE RESULTS or GAMING.—A Frankfort journal states that a Russian baron , who had lost large s ums of money at play at Baden-Baden, has recently gone mad, an d is now in a lunatic ass lum. At Hamburgh, says the acme ournal, the son of a high functionary at Bonn, having lost all his money at the gaming-table, snatched up - the gold which trait lying on it, and endeavoured to 05caPel but he 713 S arrW/ed, and is nom' in confinement, RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY) HOUSE OF LORDS. Room B. LEICESTER AND (Continued Iltni our Afternoon Edition of yeaterday.) Mr, Mannsell, M.P for Northamptonshire, gave evidence in favour of the line. Mr. Weston, mayor of Leicester, said a petition in favour of the line had been sent up from the town council and from a numerous and respect Ole meeting of the inhabitants, who, after considering the two modes of joining the Leicester and Swannington Railway, decided for the one embodied in the present Bill. Other witnesses were called and examined on traffic. The Committee then adjourned till eleven to-morrow. Room C. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND DUD. LANDS JUNCTION. The Committee assemb:ed this morning, Earl tadnor in the chair, when _ _ _ M. HOPE called for the contract of the Company, and contended that the evidence was not in accordance with its ttrms. On a revision of that document, however, the Committee decided that there was no discrepancy sufficient to throw out the Bill. Mr. Wittmt.or, who appeared for several landowners. ad dressed the Committee, and stated that the first six miles of the Sheffield and Chesterfield Railway went through a dis trict entirely without coal, while the Sheffield and Lincoln shire line goes for the first eight miles through a district en tirely filled with coal. This coal was precisely of the same nature as the black strata of the Hunstone bed. It was further remarkable that the beds of ironstone, the convert. ing coal, and the black shale lay in such a series, that they must be severally won in the reverse of the order stated, be fore they could be won, so that the pleas of necessity must fail. In conclusion, he would rail upon the Committee, if not for the sake of the shareholders, at least for the sake of the country, to throw out the Bill, and prevent the lose of capital which must otherwise ensue. Mr. Thomas Dunn, of the firm of Hounsfield and Co., explained the geological map, which was put in to show the several series of the Derbyshire coal measures. He stated that they worked the new pit at Sheffield, the Birley pit, and the Manor neuse pit. The price of the black shale coal is Bs. Bd. a ton at the pit's mouth, and of the converting coal 125., two tons being required to make one ton of hard coke. The quantity raised at the Soap house colliery was 2000 tons a week ; and when the arrange ments, now in progress, were completed, the firm would be able to raise double the quantity. Of late years the demand for hard coke had greatly increased, and his impression was that the Sheffield coal anti coke was quite as good as that brought from Dronfield. It is a tact, that coal and coke are cheaper at Sheffield than in any other manufacturing town in the kingdom. The firm had been applied to to raise the price of coal, but they had de cided not to do so, believing that it was a matter of great im portance that Sheffield should be well and cheaply supplied. Messrs. Frith and Co, who had been customarily supplied half from the Drontield collieries and half from the Sheffield collieries, had applied to Brooms tield and Co. to let them have half of all they required, on the ground that the coke from Dronfield had decreastd in value. The only coal in which the Sheffield mines are deficient is the converting coal, and this would be largely opened by tl..e Sheffield and Lin colnshire line; that line, indeed, would open up all the series of the Yorkshire beds to the southern districts, and his im pression was that if that line were made, the greater portion of the Hunstone coal would go sou; h ward, in consequence of its commanding a bet ter price. He disagreed wi; h Mr. Scholefield, for he believed that there had never been more than 500.000 tons of coal consumed in a year in Sheffield. He conceived that the mistake arose from Mr. Scholefield having taken the whole of the 168 steam engines as working, like his own, on the high pressure principle. He had assumed the consumption of each engine at forty tons a week, whereas the bulk of the engines in Sheffield work on the low pressure principle, and the outside of their consumption was taken into consideration. Mr. 'F. D. Jeffeock, who was cross-examined by Mr. WILD MAN, stated that he estimated the deposit of the diluvial de posit at 90,000,000. IThen cros , -examined by Mr. Sergeant Atm:wt.:ATTIE!: be stated at 41,000 tons. The coal-field comprises 13,000 acres on the Dronfleld and Ilunstone line. Newbold he stated to be twelve miles from Sheffield, and two miles from the Midland. Air, Rigby, the mining engineer of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway, stated that he had great experience in the ascertainment of coal measures, and could confirm the state ment already given. Mr. Crossland, a valuer at Sheffield, stated that he had valued the land and buildings to be taken at 121,171/. 15s. 104 d., including 268 dwelling-houses. The value of the Ton tine Inn, at Sheffield, he rated at 13,0001., but this did not include the compensation for houses of 101. a year, which he rated at the usual calculation. Mr. John Fowler was then called by Mr. HOPE, who stated that the junction of the Sheffield and Manche-ter Railway with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line, was 16i miles, while the junction by the proposed line would be 131 miles. By Mr. Vignoles' statement it appeared that one in 300 had no reference whatever to the ruling gradient. The curves, as far as compared with the gradient, are much more severe, being one in 20 chains. On the Mit:land they were much more severe, and he had no doubt that the difference of dis tance (3* miles) would have no effect upon the distance. To the CHAIRMAN, the witness replied that he took the whole course, and he allowed for them. To Mr. florE, the witness replied that he had considered the difficulty a the arrangement between the Sheffield and Midland, and the arrangements had been made in accordance with the understanding into which he had entered, and if there were any deficiency it could be easily arranged. Mr. Ilopz wished to know whether the communication between London was in any way provided for by that line? The witness replied that there would be a saving of nine miles between London and York, the Sheffield line joining this at Retford. To the CHAIRMAN, the witness replied that they had entered into arrangements with the London and York, whereby all difficulties would be obviated. With respect to the Leicester and Bedford there would be no doubt. With respect to Newark, the distance by the London and York he believed would be much the same. _ An endeavour was here made by the Committee to ascer tain what were the respective interests of the several lines. Chtertleld it appeai'ed was a smart place, not ex►ending fur three-quarters of a mile or perhaps the half of that. An endeavour had been made to amalgamate the several lines of the Sw.ntott and Lincoln Company, but a disagree ment ensued on the terms. Taking the several stations of the Midland Company, and that of the proposed line, he court say that the making of one line was not more facile than the other. But this he must say, that parties coming from Sheffield would have to backs mile into the Chesterfield, station. To the CH.ttamax the witness replied, that inasmuch as there was no first-claAs station within twenty-lour miles, there was no alternative, the nearest station being Brighton. To - Mr. liorE,, the witness replied that there was no objec tion to that line. Mr. FowLEa. had prepared a table of population between Sheffield and Chesterfield. The witness had taken the town ship;, including many villages a long way from the line. The result was, that the total population was 8,612, a considerable number of which were excluded from the line. The population of Norton is nearly 2,000, a great part of which is situated immediately above the long tunnel. At Dronfi -Id the same case holds. For a great part of the coal-ti,ld the line is inconveniently laid nut, going through a valley and a cutting. There was a differ• ence between last year and this year ; the one in the former case going on the level, and that of this year going through a cutting of from thirty to forts fe,4t. To the Earl of CHICHESTER, the witness replied that he deemed it at all times advisable that every advantage should be given to the coal proprietors. They had this year sacri ficed especially the Drontield beds for the sake of a better line, although a better line might be laid out. To Mr. Hors, the witness expressed his opinion that Mr. Vignoles's estimate was about correct. • He estimated the whole cost at 847,000/., the laud and buildings at 687,000/. The land for spoil was 149 acres, and taking all the cuttings this was a fair estimate. Mr. Vignoles propose': to take a retaining valley, but thougn restricting to space, there would be an increase of expense. To the Earl of CHICHESTER, the witness replied that in the case of Bliswortb, where the upper stratum is rock and the lower portion clay, the cuttings were necessarily of greater amount, and in any case the station to the tontine of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire line was not at all likely to be made. Mr. Hope's examination having concluded, the Committee adjourned till to-morrow. Room D. EASTERN COUNTIES ENLARGEMENT AND EXTENSION. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)! After hearing some evidence in support of the Bill, Mr. FORSYTH addressed the Committee on the part of Mr. Cook son, petitioner against the Bill, who contended that the in terference with his property, at the new road going down to Whitechapel, was uncalled for, inasmuch as Brick-lane and Charles-street afforded sufficient access to the stations of the South-Eastern Railway. Mr. Taylor, architect and surveyor, was called, and stated that the injury which the petitioner complained of would be inflicted. After a long conference and discussion between the counsel for the parties, the Committee decided that the preamble of the Bill was proved, and that they would report accordin&y. The Committee then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. CALEDONIAN EXTENSION. This Bill havintz had the preamble proved on Saturday be fore the House of Lords' Committee, was referre I this morn ing to the chairman of the Committees on Bills. STANDING ORDERSCOAIMITTEE HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met in Room I (House of Lords) at the usual hour; L ,rd Shaftesbury took the chair according to custom. There were nineteen Bills on the list, and of these all were reilwav Bills. 'ST. ALBANS, LUTON, AND DUNSTABLE. This c isr, which st , ol over from Saturday, and, indeed, had been part heard on a previrus day, was again called on this morning, when, the proofs being completed, the standing orders were declared complied with. HERTFORD AND HATFIELD. This case had also been part heard on former days. The Committee now declared the standing orders complied with. EAST LANCASHIRE (DEVIATION AND BRA N'CIIES). The same observations apply to this case, and ti)e result was the same. SHREWSBURY AND HEREFORDSHIRE. Also an adjourned case ; standing orders complied with. NEWCASTLE-UPON - TYNE AND CARLISLE JUNCTION. A similar ease ; standing orders complied with. GRAVF.SEND AND ROCHESTER RA.II.WA.Y AND CANAL SALE AND PURCHASE. Their Lordships declared the standing orders complied with in this case also. NEWCASTLE AND DARLINGTON (PONTOP AND SOUTH SHIELDS PURCHASE). A similar decision was given in this case. SWANSEA VALE. This Bill was opposed by the Duke of Beaufort, but on hearing the case their Lontshina were of opinion that not 'me of the allegations of his Grace's petition was proved. Petition therefore not sustained and standing orders, so far complied with. The case was adjourned in order to give time for an 'amendment, the extra proofs necessitated by which will be heard to-morrow. COCKERMOUTH AND WORKINGTON. In this case the Committee were of opinloa that co.RI pliance with tie standing orders wits proved. The Committee then adjourned. pole of serving on such Committees, if required.— Agreed to. Lotd JOHN MANNERS presented a petition from the guardians of the East Preston Unidri, against, the compulsory clause in the Pauper Lunatics Bill, making it imperative on justices to build asylums ; also a peti tion praying the House to take measures that no children under i 3 years of age be ethphiyed in factories, BATHS AND WASHHOTISES. On them7ti(Tnof Sir G. GREY, this Bill was com mitted pro forma. in order that several amendments might be inserted in it. MEASURES OF THE LATE GOVERN ENT. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said, with the con sent of the House, he would draw attention to the orders of the day, in which there were three Bilis which he hai had the honour to introduce. He would first mention the 13111 with r. , :zpect to llighwayi, which stood for the second reading this evening, the princi ple of which had been adopted by the House. He had observed that several peti- tins ha•l been presented against the Bill from different parts of the country ; and as no progress had been made with it, he thought it would he alvisable to postpone its further consideration until next session. With respect to the Poor Removal Bill, which had also been read a second time, he confessed that he was anxious thet some pr , gress should made with it in the present session—he alluded more particularly to that part of the Bill which gave person , who had resided a certain number of years in any locality the right of not lAnil removed. There were provisions in the Bill which it was not necessary to sanction in the preset sesslon.—(HeaF, bear.) This Bill was altogether so important that he did nor think on the whole that, as an independent '.Vrember, he should continue to take charge. of it, Certainly he should have been willing, if it met with the wish of the [louse aril of the Noble Lord and his colleagues, to have endeavoured to obtain the sanction o►' the House this session to those provisions to which he Attached paramount importance, but upon !he whole. with the permission of the House, he would rather leave that: ill in the hands of her Nl , jeity's Govern ment, in th,! hope that they would deal with it in respect to the public good, as they should think fit. This Bill stood in the orders of the day of this evening, and perhaps the Noble Lord would take it into consideration, and would state on Thursday his intentions with respect to it. There was another mea sure K hick had come down from the other House of Parliament, which had received the sanction of that flouse, , ;n1 to which he attached very great import ance, and with respect to which he had not foam! any difference of opinion—he meant the i3ill for enlarging the powers of the Enclosure Commis sioners. Such a measure was very advantageous for the adjustment of difg-rences with respect to disputed boun daries with security, and without expcnse. Generally speaking, powers were given on these points of the Act of last session, but they were not sufficiently ample. There were some clauses he should like to introduce. and perhaps the House would allow him to go into Com mittee pro forma, in order to amend that Bill, after which it wou,4 be presented to the House in a shape to be discussed, when the Government and the House would have an opportunity of exercising their judgment with respect to it. That was the course he proposed to adopt with respect to those measures, with the consent of the House. Mr. V. SMITH wished, before the Right Honour able Gentleman withdrew the Highway all, to suggest that those portions of it which met with the approval of all parties in the House might be adopted this session ; he alluded particularly to that portion of it which he believed would be passei in silence, which placed the highway rates under better supervision. He thought it would be worth the while of the House to consider whether this portion of the Bill could nut at least be adopted. The Right Honourable Baronet (Sir James Graham) had earned so much credit with respect to the measure, that he hoped he would not forego the honour of passinz a measure affecting so many persons, and which would confer so much benefit on the country, especially as the course he recommended would not obstruct any measure which her Majesty's Ministers might bring forward. Sir JAMES GRAHAM assured the Hon. Gentleman that he oid not shrink from the responsibility of carrying this measure, but when he looked at the period of the session, and the business of paramount importance which would have to be transacted, he did nut think it would be advisable to proceed with the Highway Bill this session. Besides, the portion to which the Honourable Gentleman referred, of making the management of highways in districts compulsory, was the essence of the measure, and as the machinery to effect this would, no doubt, be greatly discussed. he thought it should stand over until a future session, but if it could be passed in the present session he should be happy to hand over the measure to her Majesty's present Government. Sir G. GREY said, the opposition which this Bil had met in certain quarters would tend rather to ad vance than retard it.—(llear, hear.) Sir J. GRA.HAM—I will then move, Sir, that the order of the day for the second reading of the Highway b.. read this day six months.—The motion was agreed to. POOR REMOVAL BILL. Mr. DUNCOMBE seid he understood formerly that when those great measures of "commercial returns" had passed, the Pete- Removal Bill, and Highway Bill, and another measure for the purpose of giving some sort of coaipensation to the tenant-farmers, which was said to be a pirtion of those great and comprehensive mea surt,s" (Laughter) would be proceeded with as quickly as possible. The Government of that time were, in fact, pledged to the passing of those measures as a parcel of them.—(Loud cheers from the protectionists.) rhe proposal of those three measures, in short, was pro posed as a sort of inducement to the country gentlemen to permit the passing of the great and comprehensive measures of commercial reform.—(Hear, hear.) Alai he said at the time that the promise was made that he entertained some suspicion as to the good faith of the Governmrnt with respect to those measures, and that the people of the manufacturing districts had just cause to complain of their conduct with regard to the Poor Removal Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The Right Honourable Baronet (Sir James Graham) and the late First Minister of the Crown, said they agreed with him that the honour and faith of Parlia ment were pledged to those measures, and that they would see to their being carried and conducted to a safe and successful issue, so that they and " the great and comprehensive measures of commercial reform" might go on pari passu.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.,') Well, what was the course to be taken now with regard to this Highway B:11 ? The Right Honourable Baronet had now thrown it over, and now when they came to the Poor Removal Bill, that he presumed was also to be thrown over by the Noble Lord ; and the Right Honourable Baronet said now that it was not im peratively necessary that these measures should be passed if the consent of all parties could not be obtained. If the pledges of Ministers were to be thus broken, he (Mr. Duncombe) wanted to know what the public and the labouring classes would think of the pledges of the Minis ters of the Crown?—(Hear.) On a former occasion when the Irish Coercion Bill had been brought forward, he had contended that the Government should, in the first place, proceed with the other measures, and he then prophesied what would take place with regard to them. —(Hear, hear.) What the Noble Lord was going to do with the Poor Removal Bill he knew not, but. he thought that he would not be far wrong in saying that that Bill would not pass this session of Par ' liament. Those who were responsible for it—those who Ind introduced it had deserted it. The Noble Lord was not responsible for it. He again remarked that the labouring classes had been hardly dealt with by the late Government wits respect to these measures. Sir J. GRAHAM said that before the Noble Lord ad dressed the House he begged to speak in reply to what had fallen om the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down with respect to a breach of faith in reference to these measures. He hoped the House would suffer him to trespass on;their time for a few minutes while replying to those remarks. The Hon. Member had said that these measures had been thrown over.—(Hear, bear.) Now, it was the in tention of her Mejesty's late Ministers to have proceeded with th.ise measures to which the Ho nourable Gentleman had alluded. But, whilsi he said that he WJS perfectly willing to admit they would, in his opinion, have besn great experiments. With regard to the question of the residence of the poor claiming relief under the Poor-law Bill, he believed there existed a great difference of opinion. But with regard to the charge of a breach of faith by himself or his former colleagues, he could assure the Honourable Gentleman and the House, that it they had corn limed in the service of her Majesty it was their fixed intention and determination to have proceeded with these measures, end he would still hope, and believed that the Noble Lord and the Hononrable Gentlem -n opposite would proceed with them.—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL—After what has passed, I think it will be necessary for me to state to the House what are the intentions of her Majesty's Ministers with respect to the Poor Removal Bill, and I hope it will tend in some degree to remove the despair of my Honourable Friend the Member for Finsbury.— (Hear, hear.) It is our fixed intention to proceed with it, but with respect to the provisions as to the residence of the poor there is certainly some doubt. I can assure my Honourable Friend that it is our determination to proceed with the Bill without deley.—(Hear, hear.) I certainly voted with my Hon. Friend the Member for Melton as to the instructions to be given to the Committee, because of the existence in the minds of many of no great doubt as to the expediency of the provisions with regard to the residences of the poor.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") I would like very much to have a general Committee with respect to the law of settlement, which was most com plicated and difficult—(Cries of " Hear, hear")—and I do trust the Bill will get all the benefit of such a Committee. Having said this much, I have a short statement to make to the House. Her Majesty's Ministers having very lately accepted office, and not having all of them assembled, in consequence of the necessity of vacating their seats and attending on their elections, I do not think it would be wise to state the particular measures which we propose to carry out, or in what respect we pro pose to alter the Bills at present before the House.— (Hear, hear.) I will make a statement on Thurs day with reference to what period I propose to bring forward the Sugar Duties Bill. I am quite aware of the injury - Which would re sult to trade and commerce generallY should this question remain unsettled, and I will, thefetore, when I fix a any, give notice fur a further continuance of the ' sugar duties for a short period, as the inessares which I may introduce may meet with very great opposition. At the present moment I have no further statement to make to the House. Cot WOOD, who was inaudible in the gallery, owing to the groat confusion which existed in the House, after the conclusion of the Noble Lord's statement, was understood to say that', in consequence of the explanation which had been made, he would with dravy, the notices of motions which -he had upon the paper. Mr. WAKLEY expressed hiS strong approbation of the course about to be pursued by the Noble Lord as the very best course. which could be adopted. Mr. PAICINGTON expressed himsrlf highly satis fied with the course which the Noble Lord proposed to follow. MES‘UGE FROM TIM LORDS. Messenw•rm came floscit from the House of Lords bringing sevoral Bills. LUNATIC ASYLUNIS Mr. PAK INGD )N asked, in reference to the Bill for altering and amending the Luratic Asylums Act, whe ther it was the intention of the Government to do any thing with it &trine: the present sassion ? TRANSPORTATION TO VAN DIEMEN'S LAND. Sir G. GREY said that the vestaon tranK7oration of maks to Van Diemen's Land had been under the consider ttaion of the late Gov , rnment, and w,uld certainly oceapy t =^ attenion of ! , resent Min' sttrs. fie could not -fly more of thy, colirso which her Majesty's ministers might pursue in referenr•e to it, except ihat.it would be deemed necessary mean AIR, to suspend the transportation of males t) that colony for a limit(4l period. Mr. EWA RT gave notice that he !'or tett days the motion which he had art the b , iolc tor !hat evening, namely, on going into Committee of Stip ply, to thove, that it is expedient that thw practice of making Van Diemen's Lard a genereal receptacle for convicts should cease ; that transportation he Oiscon ;jutted as a punishment, and be maintained only as a supplement to the previous punishment of im nrisonmcvit. On Friday wi-ek, should there he a Committee of Suiply moved for, he would bring in his motion. IRgLAND. Mr. B. OSBORNE said that as considerable anxiety prevailed on the subject in Ireland, he wished to know from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secrowy of gtato for Ireland what course was to b ourstu-d with regard to the three Bills brought n by the Noble Lord the late Secretary, Did the present Government intend to bring the Bills forward in any shape, or did they intend to introdne any of their own ? Mr. L A BOUCHERE said, in reply to the question of the Hon. Gentleman, he thought it would be more con venient if he delayed till Thursday next to :tate the course which the Government proposed to take. All he would say at present was, that he was engagr-d in a careful consideration of the whole question, and he would undertake to say that no benefit secured to the Irish people by these Bills would be lost. On Thursday, li , wever, he would state the course which the Government in tended to pursue REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL OFFICERS. Mr. WAHLEY wished to ask her Majesty's Govern ment whether they would consent to the passing and enactment of a Bill during the present session provid ing for the registration of duly qualified members of the medical profession? Lord JOHN RUSSELL did not think there would be sufficient time during the present session to consider fully a measure of so much importance. Mr. WAKLEY considered it a very small measure, and would not long occupy tl.e attention of Ministers. CAPTAIN WARNER'S INVENTION. On the order of the day being read for going into a,. Committee of Supply, Lord INGESTRB rose, pursuant to the: notice he had given. to e.:11 the attention of the House to the subject of Captain Warner's recent inventions. He proposed that a humble addre:s he presented to her Majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to give directions for the investteation of Captain War ner's inventions. He was sorry that this suhieet had re ceived so little of the attention which it des,ried from Parliament ; he felt corfident, however, that heron , long that inattention would be at an end. Attacks had upon former occasions, been made utein the veracity his Gallant Friend; tho e avec:l(s had been utterly un founded. He hop , al that this question might be con sidered by her Majesty's Government, for he could assure them that, however much disposed the) might be to treat it lightly, he considered it one of the most impertant subjects which could b. brought under their notice. He wi-h• d. in th first place. to correct a string impression which ha‘i arisen out of an erroneous statement made in tha , House. and he was sorry to see that the Right 11. m, Baronet who made the assertion was not in h's niece. The Right Hon. Baronet bad said, in 1842, that Captain Warner refused to mak:. any cemiiaupic ition unless he hal the distinct promise of 400.0001. In the correspondence which h, had moved for in 1844, there hal been omitted by a mistake a letter which he could produce to the Houst. and in which he distinctly stated that he would leave the question of remuneration to her Majesty's Go vernment, provided he received a guarantee tlvit he should not go without remuneration. There had alan been a statement read that when the experiniew was tried at Brighton several pilots said that there were several ropes hanging over the side of the vessel. leaving ample room for any deception. He had a corn munication from a gentleman who had ascertained th. truth of the statement, and he could show that the pilot as a body had denied the assertion, and had stated that there were no ropes hanging overboard but the tow ropes. Captain Warner had made many similar offers, and had desired to be called before the Prime Minister or tne F.rst Lord of the Admiralty, offering to explain his inventioi , to them without any stipulation for a reward, but he had very properly refused to explain it to any Commissioner.. who were not authorised to do more than make a report upon the subject. He said, if any one would take the trouble to look into the history. of this affair, he would find that offer after offer had bees made by Cap tain Warner to the late Government, and all had been rejected. The Noble Lord re ferred to the language of Sir George Murray on one of these occasions, to show the over degree of caution which they had taken, treating Captain Warner as though he were an unprincipled person and a swindler. He must admit that the Right Honourable Gentleman (Sir Robert Peel) had always paid great attention to him (Lord Ingestre) when he brought the matter before the House, but he would never look into it him self, referring him continually to the ordinary channels, which channels he (Lord Ingestre) found as continual].) shut against him. Ire might refer, he said, to the first Commission on which the lion. Baronet the Member for Liverpool (Sir H. Douglas) was, in evidence of what he said. The two subjects of experiment were the invisible shell and the long range. It was agreed, after a great deal of correspondence, that the long range should be the first subjected to experiment ; and an estimate of the expense was made up, which fixed that 2,500/. was neces sary to carry out the experiment. But another course of correspondence ensued, which ended in 500/. being offered for the purpose. Of course Captain Warner re pudiated the offer, which was but one-fifth of the sum he had named first of all, as required for the experiment. He could not characterise such conduct other than most unjust and most unfair to Captain Warner, who had not had fair play meted out to him. He then alluded to the ship on which Captain Warner experimented at Brighton, for the destruction of which by Captain War ner he (Lord Ingestre) gave the signal, and a mi nu t e after ha did so, although he did not specify the exact time he should do so. it was destroyed. He also read papers to show that Captain Warner had been most un fairly and improperly dealt with. He could not think that any thing could be done without the effect of the private Committees being perfectly understood. He might al lude to the railway which was justified by the report of the Hon. Sir R. Keats, who had been the great authority on those points. He might also cite the opinion of Lerd,Metbourne, whose motion stood for the 14th of May. If these records were taken, there was not any doubt that the claim under Sir Robert Peel was admitted. lie would not allude to the dealings of Captain Warner, he couse he believed that great loss had been sustained by that individual, and unfer these circumstances he thought that there was sufficient ground for the principle of which he had spoken. Such being the case, he (Load In7estre) was naturally anxious to ascertain why this principle should be entertained. On this ground, then, he thought there ought to be an allowance, and a suffi cient allowance. The experiments made at Brighton were quite satisfactory as to the complete success of Captain Warner's invention. There was no connexion w h a tever between the ship which was blown up and the steamer that towed it, much as had been said of this matter at the time. He (Lord Ingestre) had looked at the whole question as a naval officer for many years, and he was firmly persuaded of the truth and value of the invention. Much as it had been sneered at and contemned, he must still persist in that opinion. It was a remarkable fact that all great inven tions of this kind were met by ridicule. He need only refer to the origin of gas, as a proof of the manner in which important inventions were first received. Only a few years ago, Dr. Lardner said that it was impossible for steamers to cross the Atlantic, whereas now they crossed that great sea almost every week. Then let them look at railways ; mark the circumstances under which they were first projected, and their great success at the present day. When the first line was laid down it was said railway trains would not much exceed the speed of mail coaches without great danger ; but now they were daily running at the rate of 25 and 30 miles an hour, yet no explosions or accidents were the result. When they were expending such large sums on fortifications, they should pause ero they rejected the due consideration of such a great invention as the one under the consideration of the House. With that invention he would engage with only one ship, to blocade any harbour on the coast of England, or attack arty fleet that might be brought against him. They were a commercial people, and he imploredthe Government t o g i ve th e su bj ec t a dispas se!nafe consideration. He hail no interest whatever in bringing the suhject under the consideration of the House, beyond doing good to the country, and protecting it against all chances of foreign danger. Though he had occupied the House for a considerable time, he could not sit down without reading a letter which he had received from Captain Warner a few days ago. (Ile Noble L or d t h en read the letter, dated July 2, which was in eff et an expression of regret at the treat ment he had hitherto received, and expressing a deter mination to apply to the new Administration for their assistance in the matter. It further entered into a vin dication of the course he had pursued in regard to the remuneration he sought for the invention, and in respect to his objection to the kind of arbitration proposed by the Governmen-) He felt that ho had trespassed rather too long upon the time and attention of the House, but he trusted that the importance of tho subject would be a sufficient excuse for his having done so ; and what ever might be the result of th 3 3i:.eu2sier, if it had the object of directing attention to the correspondence whic' he movel fur and obtained in 1844, and which h e bad succeeded in obtaining in the course of the presentee ;eon, he would be amply repaid fur his trouble. — ( heat%) All he wanted was a fair trial an d lid avour ; end with the view of bringing the matter more , mrnediately nnder the attention of the Noble Lord 14 the head of the Government, he begged leave to m o re as ill amendment to the original motion, that an addre ss he presented to her Mejeaty, praying that she will , b e graciously plensed to give directions for the invests' gation of Mr. Warner's inventions. Captain PECHELL would be very happy to second the motion, fur the sake of inquiry and discussion, 031 ,1 while he did so he could not but admire the zeal en " ability which the No Lord had exhibited in conduct' ing the case of Mr. Wareer through three successive Ailmieistretions.—(Hear. hear.) He admitted tha t the ship at Brighton was blown up, but it must be remeo r bereti that the vessel just previous to its disappearet c ! was in tow of a st , _amer. Now, here was the diffietl7l; - They did not want such an invention as this when sh e ll ; • of battle ship could get so near its adversary ; And beg' one believed Mr. Warner never would be able to tteeoe i ; elfish the end he had proposed to himself. It could ve r . he contradicted th t before the invention cou ld become or any use, the vetoes' to apply it must approach very ll° indeed to the (elect to be acted upon.—(Hear, hear.) e' r Sir DOUGLAS said he once had the honeor l ? being a member of a Commis-ion appointed to investv.- gate' the merite of the intention. and certainly 'the or e chisien he came to, after duly and patiently con 4 d er e L e e i the •übjeet, and witoessing many experiments, wa s e ''" o - e. c ommen gurceiweer would accomplish just as nenrl'i rof m e , Warner's shel's. When everything was read) ip the trial of the it aeuntlieg di , coveres of Captel o Warner, the Comod,-ion received a letter from hire, which he pe-itively -tate , ' that he would riot proceed make the experiment or disclose the secret in thee_ presenee, unless he received an assurance fr o m the (Po yernment that be shwa. , he paid a slim that had V e to p , evioitely named. He (Sir H. Douglas) begged. L ee , House to mind the terms of the letter , -` be fore he rsi ceeded to make the experiment." The Committee. Of course, in reply, told him that they had no pow,,, to make any final arrangement with (Hear, hear)—bat that if the experiment 170. made they should report to the Government. If ett i of ceur-e, would be at perfect liberty to deal with el.. A§ they should think fit with respect to remunerate s They al‘o replied to him, that his proposition was e , e ';; tirely et variance with his previous arrangements. P.t e, , the Noble Lord (Viscount Ingestre) had said that Ice, answers of Captain Warner, to the questions of t o::. Committee, were taken down in writing. They wereee. taken down, hut that was done in the presence of B. Martin, who, on the part of Captain Warner, to.oste; leading part in the affair ; they were , in fact, vatt eo down by that gentleman, and it was right for the I•l°, e ' e f and the country to know with what sort o f a man t7,,',1 had to deal. No one was present in the room l t ii 4 the Commissioners, Captain Warner. and Sir B. Aill! in t and the minutes that were taken do w n I n W11 :10 , by that gentleman, he (Sir Howard Douglas) Ls° ' 6O l, in his possession, and it was but just t o the Hotlseenole the country that the important parts should be The Hon. Member having accordingly read a fe w A tracts from the minutes of the Committee's proceeolep went on to say that the Noble Lord had mad e ane.ho,, charge against him (Sir H. Douglas), and tha t was, "bee; he had done hi s best to draw from Captain Warner 70,, secrets of his invention, but in reply to that charge•4l begged- to say that never was projector more fairly I,l‘, favourably treated by any Government or public Du" Every assistance was afforded him, wed he (Si , ; r se Donets) could confidently assert, that hie case hali de , , ceived:frOm the Committee the fairest and ful;etet coon I. N.onehe.theught.ater such' gallant men . , l e , e ; r oi such high.eliaea.cte4etsehis friead Sir E. Owen and r Martin, had.''sairt that in tfieire-opinion, the e%P t e be t . ment was a detided feilureeenaeine e could fairly 00' e % eo e Captain Warner had been unjustly treated by the v' t be rnissieners. He hoped he had tirieffy c onvinced. e t House that not only Captain Warner, but the publ ic of large, had been justly treated by the Committeet,d,. which he hail been a member ; that they had, after rivrif, labour, extensive experiments, and much expense, r;tlive given Captain Warner's inventions a fair trial ; an the present Government would, he trusted adhere `" conclusion to which they had come, viz that the visible shell by itself was a great delusion, and tv-70elf ridiculous affair. If Captain Witmer could, under t. eircemstances as the Committee had procO evetit berr that was to say. in a particular sell of e of ide, and vv;rel, carry his . shell to the distalle've eye or six ini:es. and with perfect safety to those nod .heuld have to nee it, then, he ''or one, should sui;:i a., --(Hear, hear.) Rut u• til that experiment coo' d, of • melt. successfully-and, with the hide smatterleevl -wience that he (eir H. Douglas) had, at:d tie pre • knowledge which he had 40: gurirlerv, he was convil te roi could net —he must continue incredulous in such Me e t he —(Hear, hear.) The Neble Lord had spoken e` ti the ,'rent improvement of genpowder, and metier e% ig• things ; that marry trades had been brought isto6ool tenet., and many sciences were Low in active 0 1 ) % e ore: e hied), not long ago, we should have %VP' litter's- impracticable. Bet having the experi ence w he (Sir Jonah's-) had in these matters, he kne 01*, it was physically impossible to project a shell five aro . ' miles distance. Of course it had been add soul: it /4 0 e.g. teat it was impossible to produce such ' 1 ";; zits, and that steam would never come into o perstt e ' r eo; its present powerful silent. But alt these were ittolev in nature, and merely required minds or Pet c vir al a i r b i r l e ee t;i th b e r , i , n r g y, c h h , ez ev i , n r t , o w a a e s ti b v a e se o d p o r a ra a t i o ra n f se,i;. C, .so oo lll ; don, and his mind was biased. When he tY th. Warner) was reminded by the Commissioners:, one difficulty of overcoming the resistance o f tilesior rte" Weat ! do have . u talk',. of the tillifirel ance of the air? have a power •a 0 5 Mmes greater than that." Now they of t ho all know, that were it not fir th e g reat resistance,. 00 air, a shot could at present b e carried a range oh, o f miles at the least. It was perfectly absurd to tat c al' !heory, when there was the practice which W e f t tbf not overcome. Of course, they must know W e & greater the projectile force, the greater the resists. Joe, the air. The ablest scientific journals of the dsito else, shown the utter impracticability of the schoedi:ie9 Captain Warner, and amongst ethers were the jo odj Review arid the Artisan. All of them were tolenoter in pronouncing the experiment a failure. ge peri l himself stand within a range of six miles. Captain Warner or any other man to r each him "fee!,. distance by means of a projectile shell.--(Latighter•?l,ol th e largest mortar that had been manufactur ed a sbe:p tb.so be pre jetted no further than three miles, an d o ta i /11r experiment labour and care had been bestowe , • fie Warner in reference to that experiment had ":" 9 : 4 tbe A , the mortar was not a projectile ; but if it was n' what was, it ? On all the grounds that he had s '; I ° then, he must say that he was incredulous ij i t be Captain Warner's so•called inventi ons, by ties! contended that they were not in fact intrel l elir.• and that every one of what Captain Warner calle, re ee, s ecrets" had been published years ago in r„sl9, scientific work. He hoped he was mistaken in saYieeleire Captain Warner's scheme was a fillure ; but after,rceel the subject a fair and patient investigation, he could eV; to no other conclusion than that the whold affair We; tliv e ; ridiculous and absurd ; and he, therefore', 12(43 c i toed her Majesty's Government would not be dill, .tree'r in contradiction to the decisions of the Conee 2 "'.. i which he had been a member.s The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUV, II e oi . that the only course which the Government cou ld NN'' would be to appoint a Commission of several io3r lld versons competent to inquire into the subjec t : l 0 0 hoped such a course would satisfy the Noble Los"- • induce him to withdraw his motion. n'o ob o 1 , Mr. BROTHERTON said that all the inforto; nail received upon the subject was from Col. Stt" e 'ett,` - ; had served in Portugal.. He (Col. Shaw) had oge e ' Capt. Warner to test the powers of his "invent ic V Capt. Warner had-made a great number of excuse s 01 1 ! the subject; and it was Col. Shaw's opinion t - l e :per could not perform anything like,vvhat he had stet ° in his power to do. He thought these discussions aloe long ranges and invisible shells should not be 03 1 110 ° 0 occupy so much of the attention of the House' n t• th o i attention should be directed, not to:the promotion .'-'O5O means or the reward of inventions for the P ur .e i , destroying life and spreading misery and ,1 rather for the promotion of arts and scien°"'lll le. to improve and benefit the condition of the PePtho. thought that future generations would say , much of their time had been wasted upon these discussions. Mr. WAKLEY thought it high time that these d ii ,t p l i e. d i tions should be settled. Much time had been oe c ;"ti...: in the discussions of these matters, but nothing _'i o o' s t s o i r o y n h t oa be appointed o s e t s o h . ausp o dhn, f eiicoytr.ehs m udodol i dniu l ss i tab ta goea r rfn y ieynae o ccml r puuertdn n ee jet a ,du r o - d a cbii l ncsaeep o rito ffi vta,nai c wnt e tihoh r w s noe , , and in favour of old hab aqw w a i ou H ld e c t o h n o s u i g st h . t ntohtateZti-;401), • f e ruthonnsed:oesirbtdwsiutoerstiigorhoten;ohgtunaaltosnedtdottuwn:hrbinlolrgooir!eg iro to express in writing, that he was satisfied with t b pointment of the Co m mission. He quite agreed l c i 10 . ve / opinion, that the public money might be expel:O f : n .o 4 better manner than in encouraging the art of er ",jor: /8 it must be borne in mind, that the best way to 1 31 r - peace was to be prepared for war.—(Cheers./..oeily hoped the Noble Lord would consent to withal.° to motion. reP rd t 0 Sir 11, DOUGLAS begged to state, with obtaining the consent of Captain Warner, in voli r i the commission, that that had been already obtaineh-oovic respect to the Commission of which he had the l'hory to be a member, but it was productive of no whatever. en .. 4 f Lord INGESTRE thanked the Right Iron. - " he man, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for this, lfissti' act of his public Administration ; it was one of and complimented him upon so favourable a conlVoffil,e ment of his duties. He was sure that Captain would be quite willing to abide by the decision (Le i , , Commission appointed by Government ; and b e fi t 0 , 131 , Ingestre) would be happy to afford the Governro e t - Cov„. assistance in his power, in the forma•ion of that re' mission. Under such circumstances, lie would l l ° o 4l. his motion. The motion was accordingly witha l. ' t o f THE PROVINCE Of' SINDE. Mr. HUME begged to ask the Right Hon. Pri the President of the Board of Control (Sir J. house) whether he was at that time, or if 11-reo be whether he would upon an early period, be pr e g 5 to d ay state in what condition the province of Sinde,: if . s t lo is b considered whether as forming part of the Company's possession, or as belonging to the l i t overnmen t. to Sir Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to ask the 50 - 00 0 o f Hon. Baronet whether it was not possible for lio ce o y retrace the steps they had taken in the P 1.° ..,0g . , (11 „0? Snide, and replace :those whom they had vc'" c oin' a f , dispossessed of their territOrics in their formes rth r e. s o Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE would be prepared. W ito i " 911C3 to the question of the Hen. Member fa -