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fourt.Tattion lit - IN -- OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. _ (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAK2R I,c,:', the Chair . to-day shortly after Twelve o'cicck. Alr. HODGSON took the oaths and his seat for Car lisle. - THIRD READING. The Tadcaster and Hatton Dial Turnpike Road (Diversion, &.c., of the road in the parish of Tad caster) Bill was read a third time and passed. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS. • The reports on the following Bills were further considered ar.d agreed to : The Derby Waterworks Bill. Leishman s Estate (Govan Glebe Ferring) Bill. Manchester General Cemetery Bill. Battle•bridge and Hclloway Road Act Repeal Bill. Bristol Docks Transfer Bill. Bristol and Ciitton Gas Light Amendment Bill. East and West Looe Harbour and Bridge Bill. Eaet Indian Railway Company Incorporation Bill. Herculaneum Dock Bill. Penzance Waterworks Bill. Stirling Waterworks Bill. PETITIONS. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from the Church of England Lay Association of Dublin, pray ing for Parliamentary support for the schools of the association. Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Dundee against the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition from Bolton against the sale of spirituous liqaors on Sunday. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Lewes, praying for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the compromises that had taken place with respect to disputed elections. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. HUDSON, it was ordered that the evidence given before the Committee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Extension at Holy head) Bill, in the session of 1847, be referred to the Committee on the Chester and Holyhead Railway (power to purchase, &c.) Bill, in Group No. 5 of Railway Bills. The dropped notices of motion were then re-ap pointed. BOROUGH OF STAMFORD. :qr. P. WOOD stated that it was his intention, on the order of the day for going into Committee of Supply, to move for the appoinsment of a Select Committee, to inqui re i n t o th e a ll eg ations contained. in the petiti on o f cer t a i n e l ec t ors and inhabitants of the borough of Stamford, which was presented upon the 14th day of March last, complaining of the inter ference of the Marquis of Exeter, a Peer of the realm, and Lord-Lieutenant of the county of North ampton, at the late and former elections of Members 1 to serve for the said borough. THE LATE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. Sir GEORGE GREY stated, on behalf of Lord John Russell, that it was his intention to make the following motion to-morrow before the other orders of the day :—.• TI - ..st this House entertains a just sense of the z'al end ability with which the late Sir NV illiarn Gossett .uniformly discharged the duties of the office of Se rjeant-at-Artni;, during the p er i o d o f his attendance 111:21/ this House." MR. SMITH O'BRIEN AND TI - Fr E2dUTE AT LIMERICK. Mr. HAMILTON wished to know from the Secretary of Stete for the Horne Department, . whet4ier he had received any official account of what . was stated and co:nmented upon in the daily news papers of that day, of a moral demonstration in the city of Limerieli—of an emeute of the moral force party in that city renainst the physical force party, and that in that eineute Messrs. Meagher and O'Brien had been obliged to seek protection from her Ma jesty's forces and the police ? Sir G. GREY - had received a letter from the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, which in substance con firmed the statement the Hon Member had alluded to. A meeting was held in the county of Lime• rick, at which considerable violence had taken place, and it was in consequence of the interference of the military and police that the security of Mr. Smith O'Brien and Mr. Meagher was accomplished. STATE TRIALS (IRELAND). Mr. HAMILTON, seeing the Secretary for :Ire land in hi s pl ace , w i s h e d to know whether it was true that Mr. Mitchell, of the United Irishman, had put in dilatory pleas which would have the effect of suspending the proceedings against him for some con siderable time ? • Sir W. SOMERVILLE said that it was true that Mr. Mitchell had put in such pleas, but he hoped that it would be found that those pleas would not have the effect of delaying the proceedings.—(Hear.) MAKING NO HOUSE YESTERDAY. Mr. 11U.;.11E, in reference to there being no House made yesterday, stated that he trusted the Govern rnent would adopt some course in future by which a House would be secured on that day on which alone Members who had notices of motion could bring • them on. Members had now given up one motion . day for the convenience of the Government, and he e thought it their duty to secure them that day. Yes .t terday there were several most important notices of motion—especially one of the Hon. and Learned . Member for Oxford—but, in consequence of there • being no House, they could not he brought forward. Sir G. GREY had come down to the House at 'P: half-past four o'clock, fully expecting that it was sitting, and was extremely surprised to find that it was not. It was no fault of the Government that no House was made yesterday. Mr. G. BERKELEY, in moving that the House • should now adjourn, stated his belief that the House had purposely not been made yesterday in conte • quence of the motion of the Honourable Member for Oxford being calculated to bring to light the acts of a Noble Duke. Mr. P. WOOD, in seconding the motion fcr the adjournment, also expressed his belief that a certain party in that House had purposely prevented the House being made, in order that he might not bring forward his motion. That motion was one of great importance to all parties concerned, and it being so he had considered it to be his duty to bring it •e forward at the earliest possible moment. • Mr. HERRIES denied that there was any at t tempt on the behalf of the party with which he was associated in that House, to prevent a House being made yesterday. He was sure the Noble Duke who had been alluded to had no fee; of the statements that might be made in bringing forward the motion, or the result of it. Colonel SII2THORP said he had a right to ask ~- where the membe rs of the Guohvefrnment were yester day ? They were p a id en , or doing their work, and had subordinates enough •represent them in that i-lou;e. How was it, then, that none of them House to him, were in their places yesterday? I s i h o ould be that Government took care that no made, in order that . the motion of the se Learned Me: - nber for Oxford, and the question n o , e a , nd E on ,. Memi-o.i for Stafford, should be quietl t t rid of. Sir G. GREY said he was engaged in the business of his office tin till nearly half-past four o'clock yes- terday; but he should have been down at the usual hour of five had he not been informed that there was no Roust.—(Hear, hoar.) His absence, however, was not singular, for he understood that not only the Hon. Member for Staifordehire, but the Hon. Mere. ber for Oxford, was not in his place at the opening o f the House yesterday. The truth was, however, that the house not Nine; mede could be traced to a very natural cause. Yesterday was only the second sitting after the holidays, and no doubt many Hon. Gentlemen, who were generally speaking the earliest in attendance, had not yet returned to town. At all events he must protest against wholesale charges ' being made against her Majesty's Government that they were every now and then anxious to shirk th e consideration of questions. Government had no such k. - desire, and he hoped Hon. Members would refrain from indulging in these unpleasant insinuations. L • - Mr..HORSMAN said the time had arrived when it was imperatively necessary that Government should .. e to ome to an understanding with independent Members —(Hear, a. House on other than Government nights. us ( t r e l m a a r t ‘ c he p ar ra .) coc l e t h f ad become, unfortunately, a House being made Government: to prevent a queetionLo'h(eun —(Hear.) wanted to shirk a troublesom e Sir G. GREY —e deny that. Mr. HORSIIAN said,b e th a t as i t m i ght, some understandin g ought to be eto on t hi s su bj ect, and he hoped th at the Hone"; now that it h a d g i ven up every night but one, would take care that that one was always secured to them. Sir G. GREY said it was not the on t i; e Govern ment, but of those Members who bad d a u m r t s t a y t i o o f t s paper to secure a House on this icular night. Now the -House would remember that Hon. Gentleman who had a notice on th s e caree p ly ny ' terday was present in his place, 00 bad that Government should be charged with resorting and i t vt-ter yes. to systematic plans to prevent a House being made. After a few words from Sir J. WALMSLEY, Sir T. BIRCH protested against •its being con. silered a part of the duty of the Government to se '-cure a House on all occasions. —(hear, hear.) Mr. 11. DRUMMOND said it was his opinion that the members of the Government were greatly overworked, and nobody could be responsible for a heing roado but lion. Members them se l ves. AMY ' 4 14 f te gk, i r words from Mr. G. BE RKELEY, the i nderterte* the adjournment uf the H ouse was ~,<'' withdrawneee\ Mr. HEIAMES said be understood his Hon. a n d . , Learned 1?` ' the Member for Oxford had g i ven zotiee tha • :should bring his motion forward on ,041 , ee et , • ' S .~:i `~ c C~' TIIE SUN, ping into Committee of Supply. Now, he thought it would be much better if Government would con sent to name a day when they would be prepared to j go into the question. - ,Sir GEORGE GREY said he was not prepared to do so then, but he would consult his Noble Friend at the head of the Government on the subject, and if possible a day should be set apart for discussing the motion.—(Hear, hear.) POOR REMOVAL BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Mr. BAINES explained that the object of the Bill was to remove the anomalies and difficulties which existed under the present law. At present, before a pauper could be removed to his parish's good deal of expense had to be gone into in prosecuting legal pro ceeding, and one of the objects of this Bill was to do away with the necessity for resorting to these expen sive proceedings. After some further discussion, clauses up to 4 were agreed to, with some verbal amendments. The remaining clauses were agreed to with some verbal amendments, and the report was ordered to be read to-morrow. SMALL DEBTS BILL. Mr. B. COCHRANE moved the second reading of the Small Debts Bill, the object of which was to amend the defects at present existing in the law with respect to the recovery of small debts, the provisions of which were of a most tyrannical description. In the law, as it formerly existed, parties were only sent for 'debt to the debtors' side of the prison, Cut, under the existing law, the judges of the County Courts could send debtors guilty of contempt to the felons' side of a prison for forty days. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL could not con sent to the second reading of the Bill. The matter complained of in the present Bill was not of modern date, and it would be better to repeal the law as it at present stood with respect to the recovery of small debts altogether, than adopt the sug gestions contained in the Bill of the Honourable Member opposite. He had been informed by the judges of the County Courts, that if the punishment for fraudulent debtors sought to be re moved by the Bill was abolished, the whole virtue of the present law would be taken away, and the measure rendered useless. The Honourable and Learned Gentleman concluded by moving as an amendment that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. H. BERKELEY nrsudmos tnae t l h dl todhtuheegabhtt Bill as most the prese n t t i h w ll e w H which h s t h e excel leMembernow l f w nr t B f a o rn r i dd t p h eo e ffr et r c e wt c uo o au v l el, would a y nad o b f at . e S ,o T fa O ntb P de H ßi E tsil ß l would not o p e the s ought to have re a d a second time. i s n e Enrcd reading Committee, , d i e n ta o i l r s d e b r y i tpinoisght discussed.go In the county he had the honour to represent the greatest inconvenience was occasioned by sendin g debtors to th e f e l ons ' s id e of the prison. Mr. HENLEY t h ought that it was a very doubt ful proceeding to subject a man to prison discipline, because the judge thought, from the evidence brought before him, that he was able to pay such instalments of the debt as he thought proper. Mr. CAtDWELL thought that the power to punish fraud, when proved to the satisfaction of the judge, ought to be retained. It was his opinion that the Attorney-General had acted in a perfectly proper manner in opposing any alteration of the law in this respect. Mr. NEWDEGATE felt convinced that the effect of the existing law was to treat poverty as a crime : he would give his 1-upport to the second reading of the Bill. Sir G. GREY said that the operation of the Act would only be felt in cases where persons were guilty of the fraud of refusing to pay when they had the means to do so, and he thought that it was most pro• per that the power to punish such frauds should re main in the hands of the judge for the protection of the interests of the creditor. Mr. B. COCHRANE said that he still felt that it was a most monstrous power to confer upon an indivi dual, to allow the poorer classes of this country to be treated as felons; and so long as it remained on the statute-bouk the opinion would still prevail that there was one law for the rich and another for the poor. He should not, however, after having heard the opinion of the House 'upon the subject, put Hon. Members to the trouble of dividing. The motion fur the second reading was therefore decided in the negative. GREAT YAIDIOUTH FREEMEN DISFRAN CHISEMENT BILL. On the order of the day for going into Committee on this Bill, Sir G. GREY suggested that it should be post poned until after the measure which now stood upon the paper—the Borough Elections Bill, which in cluded, among others, the Borough of Great Yar mouth—should be disposed of, a 3 upon the result of that Bill might depend the course which many Hon. Member might take with respect to the Bill now before the House. Mr. SEYMER said, that if it was the general wish of the House, he would consent to post pone the measure. In bringing forward the Bill he was acting only as the organ of the Committee, who came to the unanimous decision that the freemen 01 the borough of Great Yarmouth ought to be dis franchised. Mr. STAFFORD said that he disapproved of the Bill for disfranchising the freemen of Great Yarmouth. The effect of that Bill would be to punish the innocent with the guilty, and also to let off those who were more guilty in their conduct than the poor freemen who had been found guilty. If the Bill were pro ceeded with, be must certainly i move that the house should go into Committee on the Bill this day six months. Lord AIAHON expressed himself favourable to the postponement of the Bill. Mr. BRIGHT said that the Committee, having evidence of the best nature brought before it, had unanimously decided that the freemen ought to be disfranchised If that recommendation were car ried out he believed that the infliction of that sum mary justice would have a most salutary warning upon the freemen of other boroughs. Such being his opinion, he should most certainly support the motion for proceeding with the Bill. Mr. STEWART thought that as a clear case had been made out against the freemen of Yarmouth, the case ought to be proceeded with immediately. Sir G. GREY said that he had suggested the postponement of the Bill not with a view to o pp ose i its progress. He was decidedly n favour of the Bill, and if the Hon. Member should persist in dividing the House, he should most certainly vote with him. Mr. R. YORKE and Mr. MILES were opposed to the postponement of the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. No into Committee however t oo k pl ace , an d th e H ouse wen t Committee on the Bill. After a lew words from Mr. STAFFORD and Mr HvuE, Sir J. HANMER, said that, in bringing forward ;he Borough Elections Bill, he was actuated with the most sincere feelings. A somewhat desultory discussion then took place, which ended in Mr. STAFFORD moving that the Chairman do now report progress. The House divided, when there appeared— For the motion l6 Against it Upon o ur Ma rejtourrint3' against tnE, gallery — vi e found Sir J. NVILLOUGHBY stating that be would oppos e the Bill.' He did not beli e v e that of Great Yarmouth ought to be - • Mr. A. S TAFFORD . disfranchised. maintained that no sufficient grounds had been made orough. There was n out for di s f ranc hi s i ng the there had been any extensive evid ence to prove that adopted ; it had been Proved i ° or syst emat i c b r ib er. Committee th a t the total n nu eviden ce b efore the not exceeded fo ur t een or fiftnieebner b T ribed h a d h just,course, therefore, t o a d opt would be to d. f e most those who were bribed, an d not punish the innoce n t !anchise with the guilty. BesideS, thi s B il l only prupsed punish those who were bribed, b u t the persnonw h to tempted these poor persons by holding out the brines to them, came off clear of all punishment. Th e Honourable Member then proceeded to read various extracts at great length from the evid ence ' given before the Committee, showing that a M r. Coble and two other gentlemen had been most actively engaged in bribing the people, and giving the money to the voters. The Hon. Member then proceeded to state that to select a particular class in a particular borough, and visit them I extinction, because, being poor, with political they had yielded to crime, was most unjust , and the more so, because the instrument for punis hin g those parties did not in . n the least degree reach those t who had brought about this bribery by their temptation. The Bill proposed to disfran chisem ~ the poor people only but 'hv was ; it, i n common f a i r n e ss, that they left the . agents o f th ese ne f ar i ous p deal with to r u ceedgs at large, in d un touched an d unpun i s h e d ? The waY the su bj ect cf bribery was not i n this piece meal manner, but to make it net only a penalty to receive a bribe, but also to fix a penalty upon all persons who offered bribes making such parties li able to be informed against by y common inform er , and giving such informer half the amount of the penalty. If suc h a course we re to be adopt e d, the they w ou ld hear v i l °use might depend upon it that e of whom they rnya-(little o f suc h persons as th ose The poor pe op l e o f ad heard i n t hi s C omm itt ee any confidenc e i n that As Country would never have bribed were allowed to re use so l ong as t h ose w h o sole punishment f e ll upoonithain unpuni s h e d, w hil e t h e poverty, received th e trib e . T e nho, oppres se d w ith to divide the Hous e on the • did not wish aga i n S ubject, but must, how- LONDON, ever, enter his protest against the Bill, as either going too far in dislrancliising the whole of the free men of the borough, or not going far enough, inas much as it did nut punish the principal actors in the affair. Mr. SEYMER said that he had no sympathy with the bribers ; he should be most happy to see those persons punished, and he believed that there was already a law applicable to such persons. But he contended that, so long as there were freemen willing and ready to be bribed, there would always be found persons ready to bribe them. The Hon. Member then proceeded to read a number of extracts from the evidence given before the Committee, with view of showing that the freemen of this borough were most clamorous in their demands for the money which was given to them for voting. Mr. PLOWDEN said the most extensive and systematic bribery prevailed in the borough, that the freemen were in the habit of looking upon the re ceipt of money for their votes as their dearest and most ancient custom, and he should therefore give his utmost support to the Bill. Mr. HUME wished to know whether in the event of the freemen of the borough being disfranchised it was the intention of the Government to extend the franchise so as to make up for the reduction which would thereby be caused in the number of electors of the borough by allowing shareholders paying 5/. a year rent the right to vote. Lord J. RUSSELL said that he was not at present prepared to answer that question. Mr. F, O'CONNOR wished to know whether the 5/. franchise, mentioned by the Hon. Member for Montrose would form the basis of the new scheme that he was about to bring before the House. Mr. HUME said the plan he was about t o su b m it would be up on a much larger scale than he had re ferred to. When that plan was before the House, the Hon. Member would have an opportunity of judging of it. The Bill then went through Committee withou amendments, ordered to be reported on Friday. The House resumed. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL. On the question being put for going into Comm tee on this Bill, Mr. HEADLAM hoped the Committee would be postponed. Mr. CARDWELL resisted the proposal for post ponement. This Bill was of great importance to the commercial world. It had been two years before Parliament, and it ought to be delayed nu longer. Lord J. RUSSELL also urged the necessity of at once proceeding with the Bill. The House then went into Committee. Mr. HEADLAM moved as an amendment to clause 2 that the word "commissioner" shall mean any country commissioner of the Court of Bank ruptcy having jurisdiction in the town where the principal office of the company is situate. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL resisted the amendment, believing that it would have the effect of increasing the appeals to the Court of Chancery, without conferring any advantages upon the parties whom this Bill proposed to relieve. Mr. HUDSON said the argument of the Learned Solicitor-General went for nothing, for whether the Committee agreed to the amendment or not there would still be many appeals to the Court of Chancery under this Bill. Law ought to be carried home to every man's door. It rendered it cheaper and far more convenient to those who had the mis fortune to engage in it, an 1 he for one should certainly support the amendment, believing .as he did that the law to be established by this Bill would be much better administered in the country than in London. Mr. AIILNER GIBSON said, if the amendment ere agreed to it would very much detract from the efficacy of the Bill, and he should strenuously re sist it. The SOLICITOR• GENERAL explained that the appeals from the Masters in London would be trifling compared with those that would come from the counties if the amendment were passed. Instead of there being one general tribunal, acting upon one settled principle, if the amendment were agreed to the Bill would establish a separate court in every part of the country, and the confusion such a system would give rise to would be interminable.—(Hear.) Mr. AGLIONBY was inclined to support the amendment, but he trusted it would not be hastily agreel to. He would suggest that the question should be postponed, in order that time might be afforded to Government to take it into their serious consideration. After a few words from Mr. STUART, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL consented to the postponement, and the Chairman was instructed to report progress and ask leave to sit again. The House having resumed, the Chairman reported accordingly. The remaining orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Six o'clock. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. The following additional returns are published in he Moniteur ALPES (HAUTE).-MM. Allier, Bellegarde, and Faure. ARDECHE.—Valadier, Mayor of Vallon ; Ch am phanet, physician; D'Hauteville, colonel of engineers; Chezallon, engineer; Laurent, judge; Royal, president of the tri bunal of Tournon ; Rouveure, yin-dresser ; Sibour, ecclesiastic; Mathieu, president of the tribunal of Ar gen dere. CHER.—Bouzigue, mayorof Bourges; Bidault, avocat; Duvergier de Hauranne, ex-deputy; Felix Fyat, go vernment commissary; De Vogt:6 Duplan, government commissary; Goute- Desgranges. HERALIIT.—Andr6, Reboul, Coste, Charamaule, Vidal, Renouvier, government commissary; Carlon-Nisas, Ber t ran d, Cazelle, De Larcy, Brives. LOlRE.—Alcock, procureur-general at Lyons; Baune, government commissary; Martin Bernard, ditto; Callot, Chevalieu, Devillaine, Jules Favre, Fourneyron, Levet, Poiret, Verpilleux. LOT.—Lucien Murat, son of Joachim; Cavaignac, governor-general of Algeria; Rolland, may or o f C a h ors; Ambert, lieutenant-col one l ; de Saint-Priest, ex-deputy; Labrouse, government commissary. MAINE-ET-LOIRE.—De Latouche, mayor of Angers; Tessier de la Motte, ex -deputy; Bineau, ditto; Farran, ditto; Dutier, ditto; General Oudinot; Louvet, mayor of Saumur; David d'Angers; Fresion; Lefrancois; Cesbron Lavau; de Falloux, ex-deputy. MoRBIHAN.—Bellay, ex-deputy; Dubaudon, procu reur general; Danielo, cure; Larochejaquelin, ex deputy; Parisis, bishop of Langres; Fournas ; Latouche; avoue; Arthur de Perrieu; Dahizel, avocat; Pioget. Pla - DE - DOME.—Altaroche, government commissary ; Jouva, ex-deputy ; Charras; Baudet Lafarge ; Tre:at, government commissary ; Lavigne, physician ; Girot Pouroi ; Jusscrand •, Corobarel de Leyval, ex deputy ; Lasteyras ; Bravard Verriare ; Contai ; Roucher, avo cat; Toussaia Bravard; Astaix, merchant. PORTUGAL. We have received Lisbon letters of the 22d ult., which contain nothing of particular interest. The Duchess of PALMELLA died on the 20th at live r.m., and the funeral procession was on its way to the splendid family mausoleum recently erected in the burial ground of the Prazeres when the post left. The body was conveyed in one of the royal carriages, attended by the principal nobility, the archeiros, and a squadron of lancers. The steamer with the English mails of the 17th had not reached Lisbon, where public tranquillity had not been disturbed, and the Cortes had not been sitting on acconnt of the holydays. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.—(THIS DAY.) The distribution of scholarship prizes and honorary distinctions took place this day, at two o'clock, in the hall of the hospital. A considerable number of ueautiful and elegantly attired ladies took their seats some time before the commencement of the interest. ing proceedings. Altogether, including the students, who were stationed on a raised platform along the side of the hall, nearly 500 persons were present. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the President, entered the ball shortly before two, accom panied by Mrs. Lawrence, the lady of th e senior physician, and followed by Sir R. H. Inglis, and the officers of the hospital. The Lady Mayoress occu pied the seat to the right of the Lord Mayor. Mr. Sheriff Hill and the Misses Hooper were present. Mr. Bentley sat on the left of the Lord Mayor. Mr. LAWRENCE then delivered the address usually Presented on similar occasions. Having alluded in suitable terms to the character of the late President, Mr. Alderman Lucas, he proceeded to say that the session of the Medical School of the Hospital for the last his tif y ing six mont h s having been brought to a close, the students were invit e d to compete for the prizes awarded ra by the officers of th e i nst i tution. They had so competed, and it was pleasing to du b ty eh t od h l is day to anno u n ce th e 'lames of th e successful competitors. To them it must be g so numerous and so highly an influential assembly, and he trusted they would continue in the career they had commenced so a uspicioesly.—(Cheers.) Hospitals were originally established to alleviate the sufferings of the poor, but they had at all times been resorted to for instruction by those about to follow the medical profession, on account of the excellence and practical usefulness of the informa tion to be obtained within their walls. To-day the most successful of the students were to receive the crowning glory of their studies —rewards for all the time they had expended and fur the intelligence they had brought to bear upon the various branches of the medical profession in which they were taking instruction. Both the students and the hospital were much ind e bt e d to Mr. Bentley for the great services he had rend ere d.— (Cheers.) It wcs gratifying to him to be enabled to s tate that the conduct of the students during the p ast year had been very praiseworthy ; they had e v i nce d a knowledge, shown great respect and gra titude to their teachers, and in Brent desire for all respects had act e d as convinced of the great im portance, tlemen, and as perfectly He trusted the ~en their profession. and dignity of to preside over their long be spared Lord Mayor would d cheers) In c onclusion, he exhorted ineetings.—(Lou course of life, and to the students to lead a moral as heretofore the uphold with the saute loyalty • WEDNESDAT EVENING, WATERFORD, WEXFORD, WICK LOW, AND DUBLIN RAILWAY. —(THIS DAY.) A meeting of certain shareholders in this company was held to-day, at twelve o'clock, at Fendall's Hotel, to consider the petition to Parliament against the pend ing Bill of the Waterford Company, and for the appoint ment of a committee of investigation, and to receive the ; Mr. Nash in the chair. report of the complaints w hi c h the shareholders he represented had t o ma k e r a e g pa Thenrts t o ct f hg t eA h i e d R i Ir rme i AcN h agent o wca directors. .reado a Resolutions were proposed expressive of dissatisfac• Lion with the conduct of the directors generally; that as the first project of a line to Waterford had failed, it was but just to the original shareholders that either ther deposits should be returned, or the company should be wound up ; that the expenses of the company had been excessive, especially the votes to the directors and the secretary ; that an arrange ment which had been entered into with the South Wales Company, by which the latter, on the sub scription of an eighth of a million, should have the power to nomi na te one-halt of the dir ectors o f t h e Waterford line, was injudicious and injuri ous t o th e company, and that a petition be presented against the Bill now pending in Parliamet for the attainment of that object. The resolutions having been unanimously passed, the meeting was dissolved. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. (THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held this afternoon at the station, Pad- dington, for the purpose of taking into consideration the drafts of certain Bills applied fur in the present session of Parliament. CHARLES RUSSELL, Esq., Chairman, presided, and stated that the meeting had been called, in order to comply with the standing orders of the House of Lnrds. In bringing forward the Bills which would be submitted to tae meeting, the directors had strictly adhered to their resolution, not to be induced, on any consideration whatever, to embark in any new undertaking under the existing state of affairs.... The 'following drat t Bills were then read to the meet ing„ and, after much discussion and opposition, ulti mately agreed to, and the directors requested to proceed with them i❑ Parliament:— " A Bill for enabling the South Wales Railway Com pany to hold shares in the undertaking of the Vale of Neath Railway Company, and for other purposes." " A Bill to amend the Acts relating to the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway, and for other purposes." A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman and directors, and the meeting separated. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. (THIS DAY.) AFTERNOON SITTING. The discussion upon the means of carrying on the Chartist movement, and the policy of issuing an address, to the people, wag resumed in the afternoon. Mr. E. JONES moved that the Assembly should issue an address to the country to convince the people that they were determined to go an with their movement. Mr. WEST . proposed an amendment, to the effect that before they issued an address, the Assembly should determine upon their future policy with regard to the Charter. Mr. CHURCHILL supported Mr. Jones's motion. The newspapers, which were the organs of the middle classes, spoke in triumphant terms that Chartism was defunct, and as many people in the country might be misled by such false statements, the address was to show that Chartism was still alive and kicking, and did not depend upon the will of Mr. O'Connor. The address was also to counteract the injurious effect which Mr. O'Connor's letters had produced upon the movement. When poison was once instilled into the body the sooner an antidote was administered the better. Ultimately the amendment was withdrawn, and the motion of Mr. Junes carried unanimously-. A com mittee was then appointed to draw up the address. FUTURE CHARTIST POLICY. Mr. CLARKE then proposed a motion to the effect that they should resort to moral force agitation in forwarding th by the establishment of reading rooemCshis,athrtetmovement,employment of lecturers, the issuing of tracts, by fraternizing with all bodies of reformers, and with the electoral bodies of the country. A DELEGATE said physical:force was'all nonsense, and the only way to accomplish their object was by energetic moral agitation. Mr. HENRY deprecated discussing the question of moral and physical force, Mr. CuuecHlLL proposed an amendment, that phy sical and moral force should not be discussed, and that the matter should be left to the committee appointed to draw up the address. Mr. KIDD iriposed another amendment, that the principles of the Charter should be disseminated by means of lectures, tracts, public meetings, discussion societies, the registration of the working classes, and by other legitimate means in their power. jOsEsehseeeidrs)t—hebut the time might co me w h en Y were all moral force men— (Laughter l u r g . h E t er and people would only be s a ti s fi e d with physical force. Dr. M-DoueLL said the p eo pl e were not now prepared for any outbreak, for, if th ey h a d , t h e awfu l distress which exited in the country would not have been allowed CO exist. Mr. JOHN SHAW, Tower Hamlets, said Mr. O'Connor had done a great deal of injury to tee cause There were a body of staunch reformers who were determined to take advantage of the position of Mr. O'Connor, and start a newspaper in opposition to the Northern Star. They had now got Ms. O'Connor by the hip, and they would hurl him to death, se that he should never be able to show his face among the people again. Mr. HURLY said the Northern Star was the only paper which had declared the Assembly illegal, and it supported it in the first instance. He, therefore, wished, for one, to be relieved from the support of such a man. The Assembly then adjourned the consideration of the subject until to-morrow,a , and separated. C THIS DAY.) TheL lT ord A C N U C an E ce ß llor Y. sari ( n his Court to-day, at half past ten o'clock. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. THE CORPORATION OF LUDLOW.-THR LUDLOW CHARITIES. This case came before Lord Chancellor yesterday upon four petitiims presented by different parties com plaining of the report of the Muster approving of a scheme for the application of a sum of 1,5001. agreed to be paid by the corporation, The first petition was on the port of the Earl of Yowls and the other relators to the original information, and it complained of the decision of the Master in favour of the appointment of the gover nors of the school to be selected partly out of the trustees of the charity, an innovation not warranted by the ne cessities of the case, and not sanctioned by any of the provisions of the original charter. The second petition was from the trustees, who also complained of the ap pointment of governors, and of the course adopted by the Rev. Mr. Willis, the master of the school, in casting aspersions on their personal character, which were not countenanced on the inquiry, and for which he ought to be compelled to pay the costs. The third petition came on behalf of the corpora; tion, and it also asked that the Rev. Mr. Willis might be ordered to pay the costs on a very improper inquiry set on foot with respect to the trustees, which had been productive of considerable expense, and which had ut terly failed. Th e cos t s of the proceedings , from first to last, were abo ve 16,0001., and the corporation of Lud low were bo un d b y t h e term s of their compromise to pay the whole amount. Th e y, therefore, were justified in compl a i n i ng Willis, as a to have 300 1 1. en enormous sacrifice. They also asked that some of any wanton addition to such an altera tion might be made in the scheme so as to give to the taossihsatavnet p o r n e l) a . ch l e t r v , z w , ho, in point of fact did all the duty, some more adequate remuneration. The Rev. Mr. posed o u s g e h d t t 1 t fl o oi e four reauc)h.eore,r,anwdithmatshteer, porifyitlhegeoscolifootle,k‘ivnags a competent usher, they boarders. The assistant preacher, who, in this as in all other cases, performed all the work, was ra theyve e xl 1 1, iw s h O i l et . iho i e n ud s s t , but the petitioners thought he s d u e tt rhoetf there the h would accom plishprothought that gentleman ought to have 2001. a year; and, in the same manner, in order to raise the character of the school, by pro viding,ts!ill be a margin of 140/. a year for repairs and con et oaaduedoefthlyaoeotih/d.aet mtlinveouonor ‘ VE l e j a cies. The fourth petition was from the Rev. Mr. Maste s' and he asked for a reference back to the .r to review the scheme us far as it related to the persons denyinfrom whom the governors were to be taken, on the denying the same time that he had inflicted any cost the arity that was no t perfectly justifiable, under of cir cumstanc es , an d f u ll y war ranted under the order reference,, A fifth petition was from the Attorney. General, and it pointed out the impropriety of nomi- institutions of their native land, which, since the reeelit events on the Continent, had acquired a stronger claim upon their loyalty and attachment. —(Loud cheers.) It was his pleasing duty to intro duce to his Lordship Mr. Horace B. Dobell, of Chel tenham, who had successfully competed for the Bentley Prize, given by the Treasurer, for the best report of surgical cases which had come under the attention of the hospital during the past year. Not only had he furnished excellent reports of a certain number of these cases, but had illustrated them by diagrams.—(Cheers.) He was young in years, but he was old in know (Repeated cheering,) In fact, he had dis charged the task in a way which would do credit to those double his years. — (Applause.) He then intro duced Mr. Dobell to the Lord;.lLyor, from whose hands he received the prize amidst loud cheers. He then bowed to his Lordship and the company and retired. The next prize (clinical surgery) was awarded to Mr. James Hinton, London, and an honorary certificate to Mr. Felix Pelligrin, of the Mauritius. The LORD MAYOR said, in addressing Mr. Pelligrin, that though they felt as Englishmen, they felt the utmost satisfaction in recognising and rewarding merit from far distant climes.—(Loud cheers.) The Hospitaller (the Rev. Mr. Wax) then came for ward, and congratulated the Lord Mayor, on the part of the hospital, in having taken the chair. Sir R. H. Isieus presented the prize which was awarded to:Mr. Griffith 11. Griffiths, of Cheltenham, who, owing to illness, appeared by proxy. In doing so, he said he occupied the place which, until he entered the room, he believed would have been occupied by Sir Robert Peel. The Rev. Mr. Nix stat e d t h at the prize essay for next year would be " The co nnex i on between Religion and Medical Science ; that of the present year was "On the connexion between the study of Ancient and Modern Literature and the studies of Medical Science." The following prizes and honorary distinctions were then presented. These interesting proceedings did not terminate until past four o'clock. MAY 3 , 1848. PORTSUTH, . The Sharpshooter steam-vessel, LieutenanTUESDAYt-Com manding J. C. Bailey, was docked this morning, to be I repaired, without having been out of the harbour. Wind, south; moderate breezes, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, MAY I.—Her Majesty's sloop Water witch, from Portsmouth, came in yesterday morning, bound to the coast of Africa. Lieutenant Cotton, R.N., and Captain Hunter, landed yesterday afternoon from the ship Southampton, Captain W. A. Bowen, from Calcutta, and proceeded with dis patches to London. Thia morning the Southampton put in, being short of provisions, and having experienced strong contrary winds off the Start. IShe left Calcutta on the 6th of January, and St. Helena the 17th of March, and has a mail-bag from her Majesty's steam gun-vessel Wasp, and several other packages from the coast of Africa, for the Admiralty. At St. Helena, her Majesty's sloop Wanderer, 12, Commander Frederick B. Montresor; Bittern, 12, Commander Thomas Hope; and Contest, 12, Commander Archibald M`Murdo. ller Majesty's sloop Cygnet, 8, Commander George Kenyon, had just sailed for the coast of Africa. WOOLWICH, MAY 2.—The Mary lighter arrived to day from Deptford with a cargo of provisions for the Enterprise, Captain. Sir J. Clarke Ross, and the articles were taken on board that vessel, consisting of a number of cases of prepared potatoes, boiled mutton, pork, beef, peas, and other preserved victuals, with a large supply of flour, oatmeal, and biscuits. The quantities of provisions taken on board the Enterprise and Investigator will not only be amply sufficient for the officers and crews of:these vessels, but they will also have plenty to spare for the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror, should they be so fortunate as to meet with any of the parties who proceeded to the Arctic regions in those discovery vessels. Captain Sir J. Clarke Ross is indefatigable in insuring that every preparation is made for the comfort of his officers and crew, who are a fine body of hardy men. The vessel has been greatly strengthened by projecting timbers of considerable thickness, gradually rising from below her water line, and the interior has been fitted with pipes to circulate hot water through all parts of the vessel. A roof similar to the roof of a dwelling house is constructing at Black wall for each of the vessels, to be put up on deck betwixt the masts in the event of having to winter in the Arctic regions; and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have afforded every facility for the comfort of every person to be engaged in the expedition in search of Cap tai❑ Sir John Franklin and the officers and crews of the Erebus and Terror. The saw mills in Woolwich• dockyard are now in full operation, and several of the former sawyers are now employed at the mills, and sixteen employed as labourers in the yard. Eight of the men longest in the service have been superanuated on pensions according to length of service. An experiment was tried last week to ascertain the difference of time in which two bevelled pieces of timber of the hardest kind for shipbuilding purposes could be converted into their proper shapes; the one by Mr. Cochrane's machine, and the other by the sawyers in the usual manner. The result showed that Mr. Cochrane's machine accomplished the task in a very perfect manner in 27 minutes, and the sawyers accom plished theirs in one hour and 10 minutes, and made very good work in so short a time as their task occupied. The work in this department is greatly accelerated by a number of convicts being employed to bring in and re move the timber. APPOINTMENTS. ADMIRALTY, MAY 2.—John G. Williams, Surgeon. Superintendent, to the Kinnear convict ship. Edward S. Burnley, John Bonney, Frederick J. New• ton, Richard Samson, and G. W. Putt, Acting-Assistant Engineers, Ist class, to the Blenheim. George Crichton and George Griffiths, Acting-As sistant Engineers, 2d class, to the Enterprize. Francis T. Hamilton, mate, to the Waterwitch. PROMOTION. Alexander G. West, to be commander. THE STEAM-PACKET BANSHEE. We stated that the new Holyhead steam-packet Banshee had been attending on Admiral Dundas and Mr. Ward during their official visit. This splendid steam vessel conveyed them, on Monday, the 24th ult., from Liverpool to Kingstown in about eight hours. The Gallant Admiral and Mr. Ward proceeded to Dublin the same day, and remained there transacting official busi ness with the Lord-Lieutenant until the 27th, early in the morning of which day they re-embarked at Kings town in the Banshee, and proceeded to Waterford. Here they inspected the arrangements for the packet service, and then continued en route to Cork, and arrived at Cove on the 28th, where they were received by the Rear-Admiral Commanding in-Chief the Honourable H. D. Mackay, and Rear- Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.8., commanding the Channel squadron. At Cove they visited the Crocodile, 22, flag-ship of the port-admiral, Lieut. Commander Protheroe, on board of which vessel nearly 200 fine lads are in course of training for the service. The boys were exercised aloft as well as on deck, and displayed a great de..l of smartness in all their movements. They also visited the Canopus, 84, Capt. Moresby, C.B. ; the Prince Regent, 90, Captain W. F. Martin ; and the St. Vincent, 120, flag-ship of Sir C. Napier, and in the afternoon of Saturday, after dining on board the St. Vincent with the gallant Admiral, who invited Admiral Mackay and the Captains of the squadron to meet them, they took their departure in the Banshee, for Holyhead, where they arrived on Sunday last, after a very rapid uassage. They inspected the harbour and Admiralty establishment at Holyhead, and returned thence to town by railway on Monday. Both Admiral Dundas and Nil% Ward have expressed themselves must highly satis fied with the performances of the Banshee. Nothing could exceed the celerity, steadiness, and regularity with which she made the passage from place to place, sur passing everything on the waters she traversed in easi• neva as well as swiftness of motion. The Admiralty are now, we are pleased to find, in possession of the facts with respect to this vessel's caps hilities, and can duly estimate the value of the iinputa lions which the envious rivals of the designer and builder of the Banshee have iacessantly cast upon her. It; however, any member of the Board of Admiralty should entertain the slightest doubt with reference to the com prative abilities of the ex-Surveyor and his professional adviser, Mr. Edye, as against those men whom they have for years traduced and kept down, let their Lord ships take a trip in the " Caradoc," Holyhead packet, as soon as she is ready. It is, indeed, most inexplicable, that, although in every case in which other builders have been allowed to try under the most adverse circumstances against the Navy Office, they have thoroughly beaten Somerset House, yet the men and their system have up to a very late period been most pertinaciously continued. —Herald. The Myrtle, steam-gun vessel, at Woolwich, has becn reported ready for trial in the engineer department, and a report has been called for as to the time of her com pletion. The Jackal, iron -steamer, one of the " half-dozen," has been found on examination at Portsmouth to be defec tive in the rivets of her bottom. The corrosion has almost eaten the rivets away—a large number will have to be removed and replaced by new ones. These defects, it should be understood, has not arisen from bad work manship, but from the deterioration of the iron, which Mr. Hay's composition now so successfully prevents. There was no chance for this vessel. She was built for a packet; but it was soon found that, although she had 150-horse power to 350 tons, she was useless for that purpose. Sho was then called a "sun vesser—arma merit one gun, and was stationed in the Mediterranean to protect British interests. Thus, from her inactivity, such a mass of weeds, &e , accumulated on her bottom, that when she was ordered awry it was with great difficulty that she was enabled to move. But, at the best, her speed WAS insufficient to keep the mud off her bottom. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—A special general court of the governors and guardians of this extensive charity was held on Monday, at the premises of the corporation, Crane -court, Fleet-street, the Marquis of Breadalbane presiding. The subject under consideration was the confirmation of the minutes of the various courts of directors held subsequently to the last general meeting. A report, brought up by a sub-committee " to inquire into the management and arrangement of the institu tion," and which recommended a radical change in the s:ystem of government pursued in the asylum, was, atter an animated discussion, adopted, subject, however, to certain alterations introduced by the court of directors. FALMOUTH, MAY L—.Arrd. William Metcalfe, Clark, Manzauilla nating the Bishop of Hereford as visitor of the college, because it in some measure trenched on the authority of the jurisdiction exercised by the Crown, and was, at any rate, quite unnecessary. At the conclusion of the arguments yesterday, the Lord Chancellor declined sending the matter back to the Master, and stated that he would give judgment on the whole case this morning. The LORD CHANCEL:MR, on taking his seat this morn • ing, proceeded to give his judgment in part upon the case. With regard to the question of trust, it was clear that neither the Master or himself had any autho rity to do what the Master proposed, and therefore that part could - not stand. As to the question whether, under the Municipal Corporation Act, the trus teeship of the patronage as well as the property, was given to the new trustees, he had not sufficiently studied the Act and the autho rities upon the subject to decide, and therefore that point must be reserved for further consideration. There could, however, be no doubt that under the municipal Act the Corporation of Ludlow were divested of all power. With regard to the exhibitions, it was certainly important that there should be on: ,ach year, but as it was desirable that the expense should be reduced his Lordship thought it would be best to have three in stead of four. As to the subject of head money, his Lordship did not at all approve of the way in which that matter stood at present. He thought the amount in that respect ought to be reduced from 41. to 31. Then, with respect to the emolument of the officers. The usher and assistant as they at present stood had 1001. each his Lordship would be glad to see both their salaries increased, but he was afraid that such an increase would be too much for the funds of that charity. He thought 2001. too much for the assistants, and he should, if the funds would allow, make them 1501. each. The SOLICITOR- GENERAL said, that if one exhibitioner was struck off, and the usher and assistant were put down at 1501. eaeh, that would leave a surplus of 1491. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that it' that was the case, be would make the order that the salaries of both those officers should be 1501., and that, he believed, would dispose of all the points raised by the Attorney-General and the Corporation. His Lordship after giving some farther directions with respect to the costs of the petition of the master, and as to the boarders being eligible to the exhi bitions, directed the matter to stand over for a week. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. fizziASION-DOUSE. Messrs. Byres and Liddle, surgeons to the parish, corroborated the preceding evidence, and added, that on again visiting the premises on Friday last, although the offensive effluvia was considerably abated, owing to the place having been saturated with lime, it still continued to a most detrimental extent, and they n.;ticed, on that occasion, in addition to the bones, a large quantity of tallow, the odour of which cleqrly indicated that it was the produce of animal matter in a state of putrescence. Mr. Liddle further stated, that he felt very ill for some time after he had visited the premises, and expressed a decided opinion that the effect of such noxious exha lations was highly prejudicial to the health of the in mates of the workhouses, both of which were situated within a short distance of the defendant's premises, and also to the general health of the locality, in which it was proved that the mortality was greater, with only one exception, than in any other district in the metropolis. In reply to the charge, the defendant said that it was impossible for any one to exert themselves more anxiously than he did to conduct their business in the least offensive manner possible, to accomplish which he had a fresh supply of bones, every day, and that the medical witnesses were entirely erroneous in their conclusion that any matter of a putrescent charac ter was allowed to accumulate upon his premises. Mr. HAMMILL considered the medical evidence in sup port of the charge was entirely conclusive as to the exis• tence of the nuisance, and he should therefore order its absolute removal within the period of the Act, namely, two days, and also adjujo the defendant to pay the costs of the prosecution. --- CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. Yesterday the Commissioners assembled in the Guild hall, Deputy Peacock in the chair. The CHAIRMAN called the attention of the Court to the correspondence which had taken place upon the sub je2t of the pamphlet referred to on the last day of meet ing, purporting to be evidence given before the Sanitary Commissioners, and grossly misrepresenting, as the Cit) Commissioners of sewers insisted in declaring, the whole of the conduct of the commission, and the motives by which they were influenced, in establishing sewers through the City, as well as the adaptation of the works to the proposed end. The correspondence originated in a demand, preferred on the part of the City Commis sioners of Sewers, to the Health of Towns Association, for the names of certain persons, on whose evidence this body has recently published, in a pamphlet, statements considered highly injurious to the corporation of Lon don. For example, assertions that the sewers of London may be considered mischievous rather than otherwise— that there was no one in the City whom the citizens would trust with the expenditure of their money upon sanitary works ; that there was no authority which would nut convert its opportunity of making an outlay for such purposes into a means of most corrupt jobbing. Lord Ashley, Lord Dudley Stuart, and Alderman Sa lemons, who had been applied to as members of the Health of Towns Association, state in their answer to the City Remembrancer their anxiety that any mis statements which had been made should be immediately contradicted, and Alderman Salomons, in writing to the secretary of the association, states that in the pamphlet several palpable omissions do occur in reference to the works performed by the city of London, and demands a confirmation of the statements made or a retractation. The answer from the secretary, dated the 27th of April, is to the effect that the application made by the City Remembrancer is under consideration, and that the as• sociation have no doubt that the charges of misrepresen tation will shortly be fairly answered. A former reply on the part of the association having, however, stated that application had been made to the gentleman who had made Lhe statements complained of to know whether he was willing to avow them, without which sanction the association did not feel at liberty to e•ive up th e name, and no further co mmun i cation having been made on this point, The correspondence was ordered to be entered upon the journal, after a speech of considerable length, thoroughly condemnatory of the proceedings of the Go vernment with regard to the sanitary regulations, from Alderman Lawrence. The Court then adjoureed. A _ccounts from St. Petersburgh give a summary of the returns of gold delivered from the mines of the Ural Mountains, during the half year ending the 31st Decem ber last. The quantity of gold produced in the royal mines during that period had bee❑ 60 puds. 27ibs. 77 sol. 79 parts. The private mints had produced 101 pods. 241bs. I sol. 76 parts. The quantity of piatina obtained from the Crown properties and from private mines had been 181bs. 92 sol. 17 parts. The royal and private mines in the Altai Mountains, and in East and West Siberia had produced, in 1847, 1,434 pods. 121hs. 57 sol. of gold; and the district of Nertschinskinche 25 puds., making a total of 1,780 puds. 371bs. 69 sol. for the year 1847, independently of the silver obtained from the Altai Mountains and Nertschinskinche, which amounted altogether to 168 puds. 251bs. more than in 1546. A provincial postmaster writes thus to the Eagle (New York) :—" Sir—Your papers directed to Leonidas Jiuks are not taken from this office. Mr. Jinks died four years ago, and since has not called for them." MELANCROLY SUICIDE OF A FEMALE.—An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Carter, at the Hero of Waterloo, Waterloo-road, as to the death of Mrs. Mary Roberts, aged thirty-seven. It appeared that the de ceased lived at 3, Sutton-street, York-road, where she carried on business as a dressmaker. She had been in a very low state of mind lately, in consequence of being much in arrears for her rent, and not being able to collect the debts owing to her. She left home on Thurs day, and was not seen again until she was observed early on Friday morning to go down the steps at West minster-bridge and precipitate herself into the river. A waterman of the name of Phelps got her out in about ten minutes, and she was conveyed to a surgeon's, but it was too late ; she almost instantly expired. It is be lieved if she had been taken to the hospital or baths she would have been saved. Verdict " Died from the im• mersion in evidence how t she got there."he water, b the jury h a d no positive ut PRICE OF GRAIN IN AUSTRALIA. —The hi g h es t quotations for Vau Diemen's La wh ea t i n Sydney is 7s. per b us h e l, an d of fine flour ed D 14/, p er ton. In Van iemen's Land the p r i ce of wheat had not exceeded ss. 6d.; but as short crops were expected in New South Wales, the Tasmanianunzltgivaatmerasrkweetreinloolzin Sydney f orward r a w t m 7 r s d . to the probability of Or more. NORTH AUSTRALIA. --The expenses incurred for the settlement of North Australia amount, as far as the the e can b same ascertained. from th e accounts at present in 1847, to 15,4024 Audit Offic, from Doc. 1, 1 846, to Dec. 31, William Isaac Bowden, was brought before Mr. Alder man Gibbs, upon the charge of having embezzled seve ral sums of money, the property of his employer. William Byrne, whalebone manufacturer, at 12, Haberdasher-square, Milton-street, stated that on the 4th of March he paid the prisoner 11/. Bs., on account of his master, Mr. Myers, and the prisoner signed a receipt for that amount in his presence. On the Bth of April witness paid the prisoner 171. 25., and on the 15th of April he paid the prisoner 71. 2s. 6d., and on the Ist of May 51., all on account of Mr. Myers. John Drave, combmaker, of the Minories, stated that on the 25th of March he paid the prisoner 11. 18s. 6d., in discharge of two accounts produced, for goods which he had purchased of Mr. Myers. Lawrence Myers, of 83, Leadenhall-street, whalebone manufacturer, said--The prisoner has been in my service as a clerk between three and four years. In March and Apiil last I had sold goods to the witnesses who have given their evidence, and the prisoner was directed to apply for payment. It was his duty, upon receiving any money, to give it to me, or my son, or nephew, and then I made entry of it in the cash-book, from which it was the duty of the prisoner to post it in the ledger. He has not accounted to me, nor is there any entry in the cash-book or ledger of the above sum, as deposed to by Mr. Byrne; but on the 12th of April he accounted to me for the sum of 5/., as received of Mr. Byrne. On the Ist cf May I had some conversation with Mr. ' Williams, in the presence of the prisoner, as to Mr. Byrne's account, and directed that an account of it should be sent in to Mr. Byrne, and the prisoner said he had just come from Mr. Byrne's, and had received 51., which he handed to me. Subsequently the prisoner wished to see me privately, and he sAd he had done wrong. I said I suppose you have been robbing me, and I told him to go to his father, but he would not, and I sent for his father. By the ledger there appears to be due from Mr. Byrne about 53/. The prisoner has not accounted to me for the sum received from Mr. Drove on the 25th of March. James Williams, in the service of Mr. Myers, said he made out yesterday the account of the money owing by Mr. Byrne, and took it from the warehouse for the pur pose of delivering it to that gentleman. On his way he was overtaken by the prisoner, who said, " Oh, for God's sake, don't take that to Byrne's 1" I asked him for what reason. He said, " Well, pray don't take it till night, as I have been doing wrong ;" and I said. I sup pose you have been receiving money, end not accounting for it. He said he had. I said what amount does Mr. Byrne owe ? He said about 19/. or 20/. ; and I said you had better go back with me, and explain to Mr. Myers the whole affair. We then went back. The prisoner was committed for trial. IVORSMP-STREET. Mr. John Smith, a bone. boiler in Thomas-street, Whitechapel, appeared upon a summons, before Mr. Hammill, charged with having suffered a quantity of noxious matter to accumulate upon his premises, which was calculated to be seriously detrimental to the health of the surrounding neighbourhood. The Solicitor to the London Hospital, who was ac companied by the principal medical officers of that institution, and the surgeons attached to the Whitechapel Union, attended to support the prosecution. Mr. S. J. Birch, one of the medical attendants at the London Hospital, stated that he proceeded on the 18th ult. to inspect the defendant's premises, where he found a large quantity of b ones h eaped together, to the amount of about two cart loads, within an open shed, situate about 150 yards from the hospital. A portion of the accumulation appeared to have undergone the process of boiling, but he also observed some smaller heaps of bones with putrescent animal matter adhering to them in a raw state, and emicting a most offensive effluvium, which he considered highly prejudicial to the patients at the hospital and the inhabitants of the densely populated streets in the immediate locality, The existence of such impurities had a tendency to produce the disease called hospital gangrene, e ry s i pe l as, and other dangerous ma ladies, and generally to retard the recovery of patients suffering under the complaints of every description. He considered the process of boiling the bones to be less noxious than their subsequent accumulation, but both practices were decidedly pernicious, and evolved injurious gases which impregnated the atmosphere to the distance of at least 300 yards. _ _ • PEDESTRIA'NISM. FULLER AND MO UNTJOY'S FORTY-MILE MATCH FOR 100 SOVEREIGNS. Few pedestrian contests have of late excited more ge neral interest, both on account of the men engaged, and the conditions of the competition, than the forty-wile match between the ancient antagonists whose names head this report. The meeting on Monday, was fixed on the turnpike' road, near to Mr. Greatrex's, the Three Magpies, Howl' slow Heath. the civil and At a few minutes before twelve o'clock, lively Bob Fuller appeared at the scratch, with his more saturnine and shorter opponent. The contrast men's styles is well known ; Afountjoy, with his belle slightly inclined to one side and forward, seemed ready to " slouch" off in his peculiar style, while Bob, erect as a dart, and graceful as a greyhound, smiled cheerfully. Mountjoy was all his friends could have wished him to i be, but it was rumoured that Fuller had had scold, se e hence the application of a plaster and mustard poelt iceg ' of which, after the race was over, we had occularer, monstration. Still his eye was bright, his colour fi e f a tb? and his countenance pleasing. Five to four on Moe joy, and level seemed the order of the day. On PI off old Mountjoy, warned by experienc e, sued so stroede pia/ eg and let the way at a pretty stiff p ace ; k that was it, for the opening of so long a day's it rather influenced the odds against him than otherweels:. The old one, however, kept drawing ahead by deg r d up to the 18th mile, when Fuller was three reveredminutesen a quarter in the rear; in the 19th and 20th Bub sec. the hopes of his friends by gaining 1 en d 1 ; 5 . 0 21 on his antagonist, an advantage be held by ge tt rl h el wor , secs. in the 21st and 22d, and a trifle is the 2 3 " lox - e but in the four following miles Fuller, who 24th. In the 25th and 26th little change took P had shntirie before seemed weak, pulled on so actually overhauled Mountjoy, amid immense ebeetrn from his friends. The betting now fluctuated to 2 ti l i e on Fuller, nay, 3 and 4 to 1 was staked, so 56 . ° d g er i e g were his supporters. Several sporting men, Ge ti ns „ l n t,jol the match at an end, more especially ss for seemed flagging and dropped his arms, departe „r, London, and there spread the news of Fuller's Yleawtt; as a certainty. In the 33d and 34th, gallantly thscingt however, fresh, veteran" recovered surprisingly, and came out ase,uorte after a little jelly and tea (taken while sloT'i st l e w. gressing) as though he were beginning his te s ":, ( l barn H e gradually and un if orm ly dr e w on Fuller, Pee'' ;be in t:ie 36th mil e , was b e f ore him in coming dowFrioner 36th and -3, th, shortly after turning which poor Igt fainted, dead beaten, into th e army o f his sttenosebo Sam East and a f r ie n d. S o su dd e nly did b e 1.311 ' A t be he reached the g r oun d b e f ore a sa;inte arm caul eli t , effectually interposed ; h e was ca rried into Ale' tda• rex's, where, by frictio n , warm t e a, and the west " f his loos attention, he was soon alive-to a keen seer ° g al manfully opposed defeat. The old one "bored' °will' completed his 40itt mile in 7 h. 4 m. 7 secs. Tbill for ning one of the best and most gamely contests distance matches on record. , eJtel - • • A I r • • FASHIONS FOR int V drab' Fashion.) ovonig . bf (From the London and Paris Ladies' Mag a; Very elegant materials are in use for . ....• hong brocarts with large patterns in orange eal°,u,'_„ kgr ourat: candlelight the effect of gold; others are of eisf' a llolT i , with wreaths of roses or mixed flowers of shoat ..„(d . or 51 !,, ondos satins and gauzes sprigged in stars or sol d ' ' re Ta i D et reps, broches, &c. Sky blue and violet ar e t h e deep ing colours; pale blue for young ladies , and a lso En" c b for the more advanced, which latter colour andr used for high dresses and for manteletse__Ftagette.s2 harmonizing in colour with the dress for tta s _'7, fes set!, black lace is well suited ; foulards constitute the most elegant negli;,ii; a nelines b i c ti de laine glaceis and embroidered, no . rt che P el ' s in i i v iapy and bo r e r a iv iso to a ll o r d checked taffetas ; the last are in small la dies. . 00 , white prevails, and are adapted for yourg bar._,. o of the spring redingotes are ornamenteddflop flon b li i ‘ gh c to ea nd others with biais, edged with flinge r o ersag es ,,, le n s3 wit h festonn6;, picked or simply hemmed; will be fashionable, but will still hav e are s p oken, ,pen, those la Grecque, with guimPe a w ade the Puritan form; two styles of loar o l: 1 „ s ole a l - tire sleeV e9; showing the ehenaisette ; corsage s e - _ b ij e r, spoken of; there is no particular ch r r g osilY en t : ay§ for dinner dresses the trimmings mostly a re -iv/ triple - In ball dresses the double and 1 0 tor 5 0 worn. ; little t he are all made this season of Tne mantilles, mantelets, domi-Pel' s--s ' ffetas , ta p l a i n or gl ace or th re , trimmings generally of frills, pinked I° ,, a rthe $ r rows at the back, two of which terminate coo tie% falling as a sleeve on the hand ; the third 15i ted• • e round the ends, which are either round or p? re r, newest style is the mantillon, and is small to theP° sembling the mantelet in shape without the en _ it h trif le dessus Milanaia is of taffetas d'ltalie glace , 7 forty'. border o f l ace . Th e new b onnets are b on net'rouna and jockey c rowns cont i nue i n f avour . some orev are of a mor e o p en form, and these require 03° _ , o ther! went inside. S ome are ma d e ent i re ly o f ribb o " but do of mohair and straw, and of gimp and straw; Lest Parisian ladi es a l wa y s g i ve t h e pre f erence to arid for which they reserve their ostrich, marabo u l ; 00 0, heron feathers. A new tissu de paille is made ,h i ntii iit which sewed to ge th er , f orms a pretty bonnet de 0- big* The capote castillane of pink satin, covered with t t he lace, forming fich u on t h e crown, and violette 4,411/ edge, ornamented inside with roses, is very gen e e rg, admired. F a n c y straws are ornamented by wild 10" p foliage, bun c h es o f t h e peac h and apricot blossot9l 5 11 Various simple a nd p retty caps are Lade for neglirdif of a round form, and many owe much of their be il : tt i to a new kind of f o li age r ibb on, which forms 10.Pr:;fle• a trimming. The fauchon is also admired, broidered and t r i mme d w i t h Valenciennes or Y ee " lace. Wit h Small blond caps with flowers, and dress be l l aro varies top feathers, are reserved for evening wear; nceuds of y e ff e ur es twingl are worn in the hair, and many pretY egi are made of bugles in every colour. Bracelets al: e ye d versally ,n favour, large or small, rich or simple , I , ir e c obk variety of material, one or more at pleasure. T- o lue , telaine suspended from the waist also Tar The gloves continue short, ornamented at formingt.. rape'. ribbon torsades. Beads or narrow blond RAILWAY SHARE MAItICErrSi LIVERPOOL, MAY 2. the ° jilt' STOCK EXCHANGE.—There is an improvement la The ket to-day, espe c i a lly for Piiidland and Dover sherlbire , following are th e c l os i ng prices:—Birkenhead, Lanstisies' and Cheshire Junction (late C. and B.), 271. Ws' lit ciii. 113,4—Caledonian, 30 —Great Western, iv. Share s ' I I ; 1 ./ —Lancashire a n d Yorkshire, 11 dis.—Ditto, Ebb s ' Oat s dis.—Ditto (late H. an d S.), Halves, 12 dis. ---9 ; * SotO r West Ridin g U n i on ) , Fifths, 4 dis.—London and slief" Western, 123 1 ,1 2 —Ditto, Qaarte s, 214 —Manchosle2sa4o field, and Lincolnshire 10/. Preference, r c. S ta ff M idlan- 3 ciLs. Preference, Oswestry, and Chester, 8 dis• 99—Ditto, Sew Halves, 5% dis. North ordobire, .0/. __Dittoq tto , Preference, 2 1 4 p.—South_E No. 4, Thirds, N dis. MANCHESTER May 2. LADer STOCK ' EXCIIANGL.—Th e S l ' astern ad Dover , 23-.lj Birkenbead, --hire, shire, and Cheshire Junction, a 6 e l s l- a l r 6 dis.—East Lane Ida a, New, 7 1 4 n. di s. — Lancashire and Yorkshire, FifthiVib' fileanchester, Sheffield, and a N.—Ditto (West Riding Union) 4 • —London tu cl 3/. ' dis.l Manchester, (Hud. and Man. Rail; ths and Canal) , " She'• Lincolnshire, sta ffords. oo , Id and Lincolnshire) 8 1 / c. dis No h rt 1 .....1)1 3n. dis. — South-Easter n ' 2 ."— z di& ..., , 3 , and Dover, No. 2, 104 AO. 4 , l-16 dis. 5824—Ditto ( hre, T h PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE."- - t o ng net income of th e United Kingdom for the Y ear `'is4 3, the sth of A pr il , 1842, was 45,192,3 731 t 7 615 1 . ; 48,745,459/. ; 1844, 5 2,835,124/. ; 1845, 5 4,41 ,1 " 18 4 : S ' 51846, 5 2,009,3244 ; 1847, 54 4'3 "62/. ; me ' ll 2, 082,7574 Excess of expen ' ditUr ‘ e over i lic ia °- ,1 4 ,0 5 ' 1842, 2,139,984/. ; in 1843, 2 421 776/. ; an d Vine' 4 8 3,092,285/. The expenditure ' of ihe - United 4 '•* -- tor the same period was, in 1842, 50 332,35 ',..4'19 11 ',, ; 51,167,235/. ; 1844, 53 ,739,6974 , 1845, 48 ' ° "" - 5158.4167,5,044291:628E,7x2c4c/;s; of 1847, ioooine . 5 0 1 v , e 7 r 08 5714 1844, 2,095,427/. ; 1845, 6,342,436/. ; 18 4e16 , 1 ; :°""6 -°e 4; 1847, 2, 765,191/. lode' NEW ST AR .—A new star, of the fifth n i g ni de i t 3 and therefore visible to the naked eye has just al W il ! appearance i n t h e constellation of O'hiuchus, first notic e d at Mr. Bi s h o p' s Observatory, Beg"lt' fi 3 1 -. vis° about o ne o ' c l oc k in the morningof April 28. LL S et' distinctly visibl e t o t h e naked eye, and equal to IJ pentis in brightness. /3 /0 5 [ADVERTISEM ENT .) —I NDIGESTION AND S i' COMPLAINT OF T HREE YEARS . STANDING CU RS 0 014 lIULLOWAY'S PILLS. —Mr. C. Williams, of Du n g - h ijioo 3 had been su ff er i ng for three y e ars with a sever e complaint, accompanied with bad dioestion. and - treat stant expectoration of phlegm. Hi s affiteli° °9 , t be t these disorders were so great, that for nightlT i T e it was impossible for him to lie on a bed. A" 11 dicine he had taken failed to give him relief, be t, -e fol d fore determined on giving Holloway's Pills a tria" ble he was soon gratified with the reslt, for thi s Yltifl r tr Medicine speedily improved his powers of diges tion' ger moved the excseoslsdofbbyilae,i.and re- - established hi,,ra v in fo 'or fact health. I Druggists; and at I"' Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRFEIS. ‘i I l'Or . On the 18th ult., at Thornton Steward, near Be- a e h ' ter. _i shire, the wife of the Rev. J. 11. R. Sumner, of a daug - alsg‘ On the 27th ult., York -street Portnaan-square, t he ' 11. 11. Cat, Esq., of a daughter. G del On the 28th u l t., at Newark, Nott s , the lady of h - ° Tallents, E sq ., o f a son.Pr f. On the 28th ult., at Eaton place West, the lady ° f Kent, Eq., of a daughter. tvoo d Dir s. On the 28th ult., at Finchley-road, St. John ' s'- - ' ~.. Dyer Edwards, of a daughter. he i ll ' - On the 29th ult., at Ilull-place St. John of C. F. B. Sweetland f ' 2 Esq,, a a tot , . ___.----''' John's-wood, t the Rev. G. D ry an, , o terf On the 27th ,, ult., at S il t. A L 4 e lti on E a lj rd's Church, near ,r r ' or tol l " Lee, of Bart., of to Ilenriett 111 " Swanton bag a argaretta, eldest daughter of t Theophi sir - - . On the 22d ult., the Rev. D D lE li ß c • hael Terry, M.A., Beet° Of Dummer, Hants. On the 24th ult., in London, Robert Hayes Welcb , " s4 :ett On the '24th ult., at Edinburgh, Majo - r- Dalyell, Bart. w alla , ' On the 26th tilt., at lc Dubai], " Ingstown, near Carroll, Eeq., aged 64. On the 27th ult., in St. Gil ' Norwich,P a g e ''' Giles 's-street Scott, Esq., aged 66. cloir On the 28th ult., at Welton House, Yorkshire,A nlie, WI of the late R. Raikes, Esq., aged 76. oll e On the 28th ult., at Adtl Camberwell, Ge ingtou-place, Rowe, Esq. _..../ General .1.0- London : Printed and Published by 141URDO 1 1 ; No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Oftlee , 4? " Strand, in • the Precinct of the Savoy, in - the `"- Middleaex, W edueaday, May 3, 1848.