The Sun. — London, England, 1848-03-16 00:00:00

Vbtrb I.attion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING. six o'cLocx. No betting. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) DUNDALK. The Dundalk Election eomQiiee re•assembled at the usual hour this morning; Lord Harry Vane in the chair. Mr. CALVE R T i n ti ma t e d at th e o p en i ng o f th e Corn vattee that the petitioners were prepared with no other evidence to prove the point of alienage, but he insisted that the passport put in yesterday, and proving Mr. M‘Tavish to be an American citizen, was quite sufficient to sustain the allegation of want of qualification. Mr. Roonrie then addressed the Committee on behalf of the sitting Member, after which the Committee ad journed without coming to any decision. AYLESBURY. The Aylesbury Election Committee reassembled at the usual hour this morning; Mr. R. Palmer in the cheat.. James Franklin, a cordwainer of Aylesbury, proved that for several days before the election an extensive system of treating was carried on by Mr. Deering's committee. Henry Impey, a carrier, of Aylesbury, gave similar eridence. Christopher Williamson, a clerk to Mr. Tindal, the wititioner, and who acted as one of the poll-clerks at the Aylesbury election, was called to prove that on the day of the election he saw Mr. Bull, one of Mr. Deering's committeemen, and agent to the Duke of Buckingham, bring up the Aston Clinton voters to poll, and afterwards take them to the George Inn. Subsequentl7 the Rev. Mr. Owen, an active friend of Mr. Deering s, brought ap a number of voters to poll who were in a state of beastly intoxication. A lengthened discussion then arose as to whether the agency of Mr. Bull and Mr. Owen had been proved, and the Committee having cleared the room, and consulted together, in a short while decided that it had. A witness was called to prove that, before the election, a meeting of the electors of Aylesbury was convened, to hear Mr. Owen deliver a speech on the sulject of the Maynooth grant. The witness attended the meeting, and saw a large number of voters there who were liberally supplied with drink and refreshments. The Committee adjourned at four till eleven o'clock to-morrow morning. BE W DLEY. The, Bewdley Election Committee re-assembled at the ttsue.l hour this morning ; Mr. Wrightson in the chair. Mr. Sergeant WRINGHAM, having addressed the Com mittee on behalf of Sir Thomas Winnington,lproposed to call Mr. Elgie to rebut the case made out against the lion. Baronet, but Mr. ALEXANDER submitted that Mr. Elgie was one of the recognizances for promoting the petition presented against the return of Mr. Ireland, and, therefore, his evidence could not be received. Mr. Sergeant WRANGNAM replied, after which the room was cleared, and the Committee having consulted for a few minutes strangers were re-admitted, and the chairman announced that the Committee were of opinion that Mr. Elgio's evidence could be received. Mr. Frederick Thomas Elgie, a solicitor, of Wor cester, was then examined, and certainly his evidence excited the astonishment of the Committee, as no doubt it will our readers. Having explained the evidencee of the witness Bennett, he proceeded to state that, in the year 1841, he was the agent of Sir Thomas Winnington, and conducted the Bewdley election of that year. During the election heldiscovered that a praetice prevailed on the Conservative side of kidnapping voters who wore inclined to support Sir Thomas Winnington on the Whig interest; and in order to prevent the losses which Sir Thomas sustained in this way at the election of 1841, he took the precaution of engaging a number of navigators (between 300 and 400) who wore engaged on the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol .-verhampton Railway, at Worcester, to go over to Bewd ley, and Stourport, to protect Sir T. Winningtou's voters from the attacks of the other side. These men were, of course, engaged in this way several days, and the ex penses alleged by the other side to have been incurred for treating the voters were in fact for maintaining these men during the time they were acting under,,his direc tions. Several public-houses were open for their accom modation both in Bewdley and Stourport, and the bills of She publicans amounted to 7001. or 8001. In answer to a question from the Committee, Mr. Elgie stated that in consequence of representa tions made to him by the Conservatives that if these men remained in Bewdley or Stourport during the poll ing, it might endanger the peace of those places, ho consented to withdraw them. Ho did did believe there: was a public-house :in Bewdley or Stourport which was not engaged during the election on one side or the other. The precautions he had mentioned were absolutely necessary, for at the former election an attack was made upon one of Sir Thomas Winnington's friends, and a number of voters forcibly carried off. Other witnesses were called to confirm Mr. Elg io's statement, after which the Committee adjourned till to-morrow, at eleven o'clock. LOU - VAIN A LA SAMBRE RAIL- WAY.—(THIS DAY.) A special general misting of the bhareholders of this undertaking was held this afternoon, at the London Tavern. JOHN BARNES, Esq , President, took the chair, and called upon the Secretary to read the report, which was a most ♦oluminous document. It stated, amongst other things, that nothing had come to the knowledge of the directors which prevented their conscientiously affirming that the Louvain I la Sambre Railroad would, if brought into operation as contemplated, be as certain as any such undertaking of yielding a good and even a great return for the capital required for carrying it out. That the committee of shareholders, which had been appointed to co-operate with the directors, stated that the line was one of the best, if not the best in Belgium, and was capable of yielding great profit to the share holders, and recommended that a resident managing director should be appointed—that the works at Louvain and its immediate neighbourhood should be stopped, and those comprised in the section thence to Gastuche (Wavre) diminished in extent and delayed in execution as far as circunsstaaces would permit—that in any case the heavy engineering expenses incurred upon those works should be put an end to by the discontinuance i.f the English staff, and the substitution of Belgian em ployes; a measure which other considerations seemed to combine with the above to make most desirable; and they also recommended that the whole of any means at the disposal of the directors, be devoted to the completion and opening for traffic of the sections from Charleroy to Fleurus, they funning, from local causes, the peculiar portion of the concession to which a v. ry considerable and remunerative profit is insured so soon as it is opened; and the directors had acted upon the report s,, far as it laid in their power. The coarse, or trap e, of the line for its entire length has been approved, with the exception of the portion between Wavre and Gem bloux, which, on account of the negotiations to long pending with regard to a partial fu-ion of this company with that of the Great Luxemburg, and from other causes, is not yet definitively settled. The balance sheet showed an amount in the hands of the company up to the 31st of December, 1847, including `• caution " money, of 48,122/ ss. The CHAIRMAN moved that the 'report be received and adopted, and stated that it was in the contemplatior of the directors to nominate to the direction Mr. Wil kinson and Mr. Fisher, who were two of the committee of shareholders appointed at the last meeting. Mr. SHEPHERD wished to know whether, in case of a dissolution, the company could dispose of the sleepers, Tails, &c., upon which nearly 21,000/. had been ex- ?ended, and devote the proceeds fur the benefit of the shareholders ? The CHAIRMAN said, he believed the Government would not consent to their being sold. Tho motion having been seconded, Mr. SHEPHERD stated that the cull of IL per share about to be made was not likely to be responded to, as the shares were now selling for 10d. each, and he should therefore move an amendment, every proprietor being anxious to get as much as possible out of this unfcrtunate vandertaking. The amendment was, " That it was advi sable to suspend all operations, and that the directors be requested to realise every available asset, and endeavour to obtain forthwith from the Government the return of all or a portion of the caution' money, and that the money so obtained be divided among the shareholders." The CHAIRMAN said the amendment, if passed, could not be carried into effect, as a m eet i ng, in order to be l ega lly constituted, ought to be held at Brussels, but the directors were extremely anxious to come eeu co uld arty got al'r a back ngP ment by which the moneyinvested again. In reply to another qu..stion, the CHAIRMA N stated that the Government bad a claim t . o . their expe n di ng an per cent. of the subscribed capital i n that 30 per cent., carrying out th e works, and when their outlay exceed ed and they had finished one or two sections, they might with some probability of success apply to the Govern. ment for assistance. Mr. SHEPHERD wished to know what sum would be required to open a portion of the line? The CHAIRMAN said it would take about 40,0001. to complete the line from Charleroy to lieusart, and they anticipated a return of 15/. per cent. upon laid out on that portion wh en opened. the money Mr. SHERMAN said, in reply to a shareholder, that the original concession was obtained for 72,0001, but was not worth half that money now. When it was granted, however, it was worth a groat deal more, persons being mad to get concessions fur any money. It was agreed that 30,000/. should be paid when granted. 22,000 i. when the line was finished and open for traffic, and 20,0001. more if the line paid on an average 51. per cent. for three years. It was stated by the Chairman that if e .in the present position of the company, the line was abandoned, there would be no assets to return to the shareholders. He ale° stated that it was not likely that the Government would guarantee a certain rate of interest upon the calls paid up. After a rather desultory discussion the amendment was withdrawn, and the report received. A resolution was then passed confirming the proposed call of 21, which it was agreed should be divided into three instalments, viz., 1/. to be paid on the Ist of May, 10s. on the Ist July, and 10s. on the Ist August. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman end directors, the meeting separated. THE §ii . X, LONDON, THUItSDAY EVENING, MARC PI i 6, 184 S . IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'clock. The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from Fowey, in Cornwall, signed by 1,000 persons, in favour of the navigation laws. The Earl of DEVON presented a petition from Donegal, on the subject of electoral divisions, in Ireland. The NOBLE EARL then moved for copies of the memorials, documents, and letters re ferred to in the letter of Mr. Stanley, addressed to the clerk of the guardians of Newcastle union, bear ing date the 15th of November, 1847, and laid before the House ; also copies of all memorials or applica tions from any proprietor in any other union desirous of having his property formed into an electoral division, with the answer thereto, and all correspondence relating to such applications ; also copies of an extract from the report of any Assistant-Commissioner, upon reference made to him respecting any such application; and also a return of the electoral divisions (if any) which comprise the property of a single person, or of two proprietors only, showing the extent of the population thereof. Earl FITZ WILLIAM said that it was a delusion to imagine that the poor-law in Ireland would be a relief to the rate-payers in England. Irish paupers would continue to flock to England until they were furnished with remunerative employment in their own country. Earl FORTESCUE presented a petition, praying that on houses of less value than 101. the poor-rate might be assessed to the owner instead of the occupier. for Finsbury, to present it, and then to move that it should be printed at the public expense.—(Hear.) Mr. E\VART thought that as it was intended to found a motion upon the petition, it would be better to have it printed by itself, instead of being lost among the voluminous masses of petitions printed by order of the Committee. It was very questionable whether the mode in which petitions were at present treated by the House was not a con siderable grievance to the people of this country. Mr. CRIPPS said that the expenses of printing formed a very serious item in the expenditure of the country ; he thought that if a much smaller number of petitions were presented it would be much better. The motion was then agreed to. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. Mr. E. DENISON postponed for a fortnight his motion for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the composition and management of the Ecclesiastical Commission of England and \Vales. SIR J. FRANKLIN'S EXPEDITION. Sir R. INGLIS wished to put a question to the Hon. the Secretary for the Admiralty (Mr. Ward), with respect to the expedition sent from this country in the year 1845 to explore the North West Passage, and in respect to which a great and natural anxiety prevailed not only on the part of persons co-n nected wit h that branch of science which that expedition was intended to improve, but also upon the part of the wives and families of those engaged in that re markable expedition. Those gallant fellows had now been absent for three years, and nothing had been heard from them for about two years and ten months. He wished to know what steps Government had adopted or were prepared to adopt in respect to the means to be employed to discover the expedition of Sir F. Franklin, whether they were prepared to send out an expedition in :search of that officer and his crew, and whether they were prepared to offer rewards to to any whaler or other mariner, who in the course of his voyage, or in the course of an extra voyage, might obtain any information upon the subject. He believed that if such an expedition had been sent from any maritime country in Europe, he did not think, and he hoped it would be found to be the case in this country, that there would be found the want of any pecuniary means to attain the object he had referred to. Mr. WARD said, in answer to the question put by his Hon_ Friend, ho felt bound to state to the House that there was, he was afraid, too much cause for anxiety for the fate of the expedition to which he had referred, for although the expedition went out fully equipped for the voyage, it had only taken out provisions for three years, and such being the case, there could be no doubt, unless something was heard with respect to it in the course of the present year, the situation of Sir John Franklin and his crew were in the greatest peril. He thought he could satisfy the House that the Government had not been want ing in caution on this subject, in order that every means should be adopted to secure the lives of Sir John Franklin and his crew. Three expeditions hed been sent out ; the Plover and the Herald were directed to enter Behering Straits together, and the boats of the Plover were directed to sweep the coasts as far as the Makenvie River, and every arrangement had been made to secure proper researches after Sir J. Franklin and his crew ; added to this Sir John Ross had been sent out in the Endeavour, accompanied by the Enterprise, both of which vessels had provisions for two years, and also an additional supply from Sir John Franklin and his crew should they be found to re quire it.—(Hear, hear.) He ought also add that re wards had been offered to any whale ship that would bring intelligence to her Majesty's Govern ment, and those rewards would be regulated according to the information received. Sir R. INGLIS wished to know whether his Hon. Friend the Secretary for the Admiralty was prepared to state the amount of the rewadrs.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") As the whalers would leave this country by the 21st or 92d of this month, he trusted the reward would be commensurate to the amount of human life proserved. Mr. WARD thought it would be unwise to state the amount of the reward that would be offered would be equivalent to the expense of fitting out a ship for the purpose. 1001. would be given for information of the ship's crew, and that would be increased in proportion to the value of the information. MEDICAL RELIEF. Lord ASHLEY then rose to move the following resolutions, founded on the evidence taken before the Medical Relief Committee in 1844 :—That every woman claiming medical assistance from the parish in consequence of being pregnant, shall be entitled, in all cases, to the aid et the mediae' officer with her first child, and also with the second or others which may follow, provided she present a certificate from the medical officer who attended in her previous confinement, stating that circumstances had occurred in it out of the ordinary and natural course of events, which render it desirable that she should have medical attendance on the next occasion of deli very. That, in the event of its being considered necessary to destroy the child in order to save the life of the mother, the union surgeon shall be at liberty to seek the assistance of another competent practi tioner, if he see fit, before the necessary eperations are performed, and who shall be paid for the assistance rendered, on produoing to the union or proper officer the joint certificate of the union surgeon and himself that such con sultation and aid were essential, previously to the expected legal and necessary deprivation of life. That it is expedient that medical inspectors be appointed by the Poor-law Commissioners, or by the Secretary of State, or with his sanction ; one to ehch district to which an Assistant Poor-law Commissioner or In spector is attached, at a salary not exceeding six hundred pounds a year, exclusive of travelling ex• penses, and exclusive of an allowance of a clerk, if the duties should require one. That the duty of the me dical inspectors should be to inspect and report on the medical tr4atment of the poor of the different unions, and on the fitness of the medical men appointed by the unions ; to inquire particularly into the treat ment of the sick poor in the union houses, and to regulate such treatment; to inquire into and report on the diets and healthful condition of the poor within them generally, together with such other sanitary duties of every kind as may be required of them by the Secretary of Stote, or by the Poor-law Commiseioners ; and particularly with respect to the number of medical officers who ought to be employed in each Union, and, under the sanction of Poor-law Commissioners, 1 , to fix the salaries which ought to be awarded to them for their services in each particular union, or part of a union, in the district. That, from and after the montn of March next, the appointment of medical officers of unions shall be permanent during good behaviour, they being removeable only by the Poor-law Commissioners, whose decisions shall be final. That no medical person be appointed surgeon or medical officer ao v union unless he possess a diploma in surgery, and a degree, diploma, or license in physic, from one or other of the Universities or Colleges of Physicians or Surgeons, or Societies of Apothecaries of the United Empire, legally entitled to grant respectively such licenses, diplomas, or degree; and that if, under any circum stances, it should be found necessary to employ unqua lified persons, such unqualified persons must have a special permission granted by the Poor-law Commis sioners, under their handwriting, with the reasons for such permission annexed: all such permissions to be annually laid before Parliament at the commence ment of the session. That it is the opinion of this House that the Poor-law Commissioners should cause a list to be made out, by the proper officer in each parish of a union, of the poor ,who may be entitled to attendance from the medical officer of the union ; and that all such persons shall be at liberty to ask the assistance, without pre viously obtaining an order to that effect from the relieving officer, overseer, or other person, when so seriously ill as to be unable to leave their homes. That the poor thus applying shall not be entitled to such medicel attendance beyond twenty-four hours, unless they obtain the signature of the relieving officer to the printed order usually issued by him to the surgeon ; but which printed order shall in such case be given by the surgeon to the poor man in the first instance, to be carried by him or his friends to the relieving officer for his in • formation and counter-signature, as an acknowledg ' ment of the fact of such medical relief having been asked for arid obtained. That all casual poor requiring medical attendance be treated in a similar manner, the surgeon being at liberty to refuse further attendance, if the counter signature of the relieving officer be not obtained. In bringing these important resolutions before the House, it would be his endeavour to spare as much as possible the time of the House. He should take every resolution separately, in order that the House might discuss each on its own merits. He should abstain from entering generally into the question of the poor-laws, and confine himself strictly to the con sideration of medical reliefreferred to in the resolutions. He should confine himself exclusively to the ques tions embraced by his resolutions, and refrain from going into matters relating to the conduct of the Commissioners, past or present. He had been met by some Hon. Gentlemen with the objection that it was not the duty of a poor-law to provide medical relief, but as the . .law;had already made such pro visions, it was too late for Honourable Gentlemen to raise that objection. In order to economise the time of the House, he had placed the most impor tant resolution first, and, in the outset, he must be allowed to protest that Boards of Guardians did not pay that attention to the necessities of pregnant paupers which their condition demanded. He had, therefore, proposed that the House should' entitle pregnant women to medical relief in the first instance without having recourse to the order of a Board of Guardians. Boards of guardians were always- too anxious to save their parishes expense, and it would be seen by the evi dence which had been taken on this sabject that this practice of rigid economy frequently lead to the demise of unfortunate creatures, whose approaching periods of delivery 'required that they should be immediately supplied with medical relief. He would now refer to cases in which mutilation and death had occurred in consequence of incom petent midwives having been employed instead of properly skilled medical practitioners. He re gretted to bring such matters before the House. He would much rather that they had been adjusted out of the House, but as this had not been done it would be necessary in order to substantiate his motion that he should refer to some of the evi dence adduced before the Committee. Mr. C. BULLER said perhaps it would save the time of the House if he explained the nature of the provisions by which relief to pregnant women was given: If e woman who was pregnant could not get through her labour without parochial relief, the guardians, if they thought proper, were empowered to do so.—(Hear.) Lord ASHLEY proceeded—lt was just possible that when a woman in this condition applied for relief, if her husband earned 7s. or Bs. a week, that this might be made a ground of refusal. At present a pregnant woman could not be sure that when her hour of travail came on, that she would have the prompt attendance of a medical officer. To make this certain, in all cases of distress, was the object of his motion. Presently he should sug gest an improved mode of aceomplishing this. He was prepared to show that the reprisals and delays to which poor women were exposed when seized with the pains of labour had led to the most serious consequences, and that the employment of incompetent midwives had led to the mutilation of the child and the destruction of the mother. Mr. White, the relieving officer of the White chapel union cited several cases before the Committee in which the lives of both mother and child were lost, in consequence of inefficient attendance. He stated one case in which the midwife left the woman in alarm, and another in which it had been found neces sary to call in a surgeon to perform a painful and dangerous operation in consequence. He hardly liked to read the detals to the House, but he did not know how he could avoid doing so.— (No, no.) Tf he wished. to umintalu the resolutions he was proposing, he feared he must do so as he thought the statement alone would be sufficient to induce the House to accede to them ; but if they thought it was of too disgusting and painful a cha racter he would forbear. The Noble Lord then referred to other cases, showing the injury caused by the employment of ignorant women. He felt that he must make an appeal to the House, if, in deference to the feelings of the House and public propriety, he withheld the evidence before him upon this subject, he trusted that it would not be counted agains him when it came to be decided " Aye " or "No " upon the adoption of these resolutions. He knew that it might be the opinion of some persona that these resolutions would, if carried out, lead to a large amount of fraud, but he apprehended that that argument might be met by a clause in the Act, making it legal to attach the wages of such persons who had been guilty of the commission of fraud upon the union. Tnen it might be said that these provisions would ' tend to encourage immorality, inasmuch as they made no distinction between the married and the unmarried female. But could any person for a moment suppose that a woman would enter upon a course of guilt merely because she knew that in the time of her delivery she could have the assistance of the medical officer of the union. It might with far greater justice and propriety, he said, that the prospect of relief tended to the en couragement of immorality. The system as at present constituted was the means of inflicting great evil upon young females especially. Under the present system, young females frequently lacked the courage to apply to boards of guardians for relief, and frequently some of these poor creatures were compelled, in the last stage of their labour, to have recourse to the aid of unskilful practitioners. Vast sums of money were spent in this country in shape of medical relief, but the manner in which that relief was ad ministered :was most objectionable. He therefore begged leave to move the first resolution. Mr. WAKLEY seconded the motion. Mr. C. BULLER could not help complaining of the course the Noble Lord had pursued in placing upon the paper a series of resolutions of the whole system of medical relief as administered under ahe poor-law, and then, at the last moment, confining his attention and the attention of the House to one particular case in which the system was defective.— (Hear.) The Noble Lord had supported his motion by reference to the evidence taken in 1844, without taking any notice of what had been done by the Poor-law Commissioners in the interim, and the result would appear that it was the opinion of the Noble Lord, and if the resolution were adopted of the House too, that there was a neces sity for rectifying certain abuses which he would undertake to prove, had long since been most efficiently rectified by the Poor-law Com missiouers.—(Hear, hear.) He felt great pain in being obliged to oppose the Noble Lord on the present occasion, because he knew that the Noble Lord had done much to alleviate the sufferings of the poor of the county, and was looked up to by them as their best friend, but he could assure the Noble Lord and the House that this subject had occupied his constant attention since he had had the holding the office he now filled, and it appeared to him that the question was too intricate to be dealt with in the manner the Noble Lord proposed.—(Hear, hear.) It appeared to him that the principles and details of the questions were the most anomalous, the most important and the most difficult of any connected with administration of the poor-law, and he should have been exceedingly happy had the result of his deliberations on the subject enabled him to prepare some plan for the administration of medical relief on a new proposed principle.—(Hear, hear.) He apprehended, however, that no new plan could be devised for the administration of medical relief through the medium of the poor-law and the result of all the considerations he had been enabled to give the subject was, that it was impossible to give medical relief through the poor-law upon any general system, that should prove better or more satisfactory than that already in existence.—(Hear.) It was his opinion that if they were to establish a more extended or complete system of medical relief, they must abandon the system of local agency, and local rates, and administering the relief through the medium of the poor-law, and devise some system of centralization which would give from the funds of the county a system of medical relief adequate to the wants of the people. (Hear, hear.) His conviction was that medical relief could not be put upon a different footing to what it gas at present. In stating this he did not mean to say that it might not be improved in its details, as his belief was that it was only by that improvement that it could ba placed upon a proper footing. The expenditure for medical relief was considerably on ,the increase, and it could not therefore be said that any economy that had taken place in the ad ministration of the poor - law had been accompanied with any want of attention to the sick poor. The Right liononourable Gentleman, in order to prove this assertion, read several returns with respect to the expenses for medical relief, from which it appeared that from 1838 to 1846 the expenses for medical relief had increased one-sixth upon the sum originally paid. (LBYT SALE OP A VALUABLE COLLECTION OP EN ORANIRGB.—On Tuesday a sale by auction of a valuable collection of engravings; principally artists' proofs, was proceeded with by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, the superb u t by Muller,ro proof b e fo sold r e for h the t notice; —Lx rn f a,gd l o V btnhy e ne l l a i s n ad g lie t o, the following were worthy o f Watt, s. a Si o, e rp b p n - street, Strand. Out of th e 81. 155.; Highland Drovers departing for the South, lettere, sold for 41, Hs.; "The Reading Magdalen," after Correggio, by Longhi, choice proof before the letters, 141.; " Deerstalker's Return," by Willmore, after Landseer, artist's proof on India paper, sold for 81. 15 5 . ; " Bolton Abbey in the Olden Time," by Cousins, first class proof on India paper, sold for 41. 10s.; The Queen and Children, by Cousins, India proof before letters, so ld for two guineas ; Deerstalking in the Highlands, a fine set of artist's proofs, sold for 131. 55.; the Protestant Protest at the Diet of Spiers, after Cattermole, engraved by Walker, artist's proof, sold for 5/. 155.; "The Death of the Stag," artist's proof, by Ryall, sold for 71. 10 3 . ; " Not Ca ug ht Y e t," artist's proof, sold for 6/. 125.; "Christ Weeping over Jerusalem," after Eastlake, by Cousins, a fine artist's proof, sold for 71.; " Prince Charles Edward's entry into Edinburgh," engraved by Bacon, an artist's proof on India paper, sold for 51. The other engravings, although of the choicest description, fetched but low prices, those noticed above selling for about one-fourth of the price they were originally pub lished at. EXTRAORDINARY FACT.....-A gentleman, named Dutton, aged eighty, of the Brynne, near Wrexham, Flintshire, was listening in bed to his clock striking the hour of twelve at midnight, when, to his surprise, the last six strokes sounded much louder than the former. The old gentleman naturally supposed that a door had been opened. Upon harkening, he heard the jingling of keys, and to his astonishment, he was but too fully con vinced that an intruder had entered his bedroom, an d was about t o t a k e the contents of his bureau. He im mediately jumped out of bed, and clasped an individual having on a fustain coat. He held him tightly, and called lustily for assistance. The thief carried the fear less old gentleman through two rooms, when his son in-law and wife arrived, who succeeded in capturing the burglar, who is now safely lodged for trial in the county gaol. It appears the scoundrel had only been dismissed from the service about three rseks.—Kenti sh Gazette. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURTS, March 15. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.) WELSH V. TREVANIAN. This cause, which involves a question upon a mort gage to the Bank of England, relating to property in Cornwall to a large amount, was only part-heard, at the rising of the Court. Further bearing adjourned. (P.efore Sir J. KNIGHT BRUCE.) THE ATTuRNET GENERAL V. MUNRO. His HoNoun gave judgment in this case. The relators alleged in their information that the church, schools, and premises erected in St. Peter's• square, Manchester, had been purchased by subscriptions raised in 1832 among certain members of the Established Church of Scotland, and were vested in trustees by a deed dated 4th of April, 1832, under certain trusts, one of which declared that the church should be used for the pur pose of public worship in connexion with and according to the doctrine and discipline of the Established Church of Scotland. They c.mplained that the defendants had seceded from that church and in violation of the trusts, appropriated the church to public worship in con nexion with the Free Church of Scotland. They prayed an injunction, and an account of the pew rents and other income. The deed of April, 1832, was not enrolled as required by the statute, and the defendants, after the secession, had a new deed executed in February, 1844; and in their answer they contended that the deed under which the plaintiffs claimed was invalid for want of en rolment; and the Rev. Mr. Munro, although ordained by the Presbytery of Edinburgh, denied their spiritual and ecclesiastical authority in England. Ilia Honour declared that it was not necessary to state an opinion on the question of enrolment, as possession had been taken and held under the deed of April, 1832, which was framed in perfect compliance with tho statute of George 11. The question to be decided was whether the trusts created under that deed had been imNoperly adminis tered. With respect to the trust prescribing that the worship in St. Peter's Church should be in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland, the defendants declared that the practice and doctrines of that Church had changed. Now, on that point, after reviewing the evidence and materials before him, his Honour felt bound to declare that the doctrine, polity, and discipline of the Established Church of Scotland was the same in 1832, and the same down to the present time, as it was when Mr. Munro was ordained and inducted into St. Peter's Church. In compliance with the prayer of the relators' information, he also de clared that the spiritual and ecclesiastical authority of the Established Church of Scotland did extend to those in c(,nneirinn with it in this country, and that the Rev. Mr. Munro had been ordained a minister of that Church, and that he had ceased to be a minister in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland in July, 1844, and that he ceased to be in communion with it up to the present time,:and that the worship in St. Peter's Church had not been since July, 1844, and was not now, in con nausion with the Established Church of Scotland; and, therefore, that the practical administration of the charity was improper, and in direct contravention of the rights and trusts created under the deed of April, 1832. He therefore decreed that the defendants, whose pro ceedings ho designated as being contrary to justice, fide lity, and plain dealing, should pay the relators the costs of the suit, at least, up to this time. He also declared that the Rev. Mr. Munro, having ceased to belong to the Established Church of Scotland, ought not to be allowed to continue to act as:minister in St. Peter's Church; and he directed an injunction to restrain him accordingly. His Honour also decreed that the trustees should be changed, and that an account of the rents and profits should be taken. CONS'S I ORY COURT, March 15. (Before Dr. LUSHINGTON.) DAWSON AGAINST DAWSON. The wife, in this case, is the party proceeding against the husband for a divorce, on the ground of cruelty and adultery; and as no opposition was offered, the Court granted the divorce. ADMIRALTY COURT, March 15. (Before Dr. LUSUINGTON.) Motions were disposed of, this being default day, but they were not of public interest. For the defendant it was proved that two executions from the County Court had afterwards issued against the plaintiff', making together 431. 65.; that the carriage and harness were seized under them, and sold for 381. 9s. Mr. Bison ALDERSON said he should rule that there was no lien in this case, giving Mr. Baines leave to move to enter a verdict for the defendant, if that ruling was wrong. Ile had himself a strong opinion on the point. An innkeeper had a lien on the property of his guest for the payment of his bill, but he held that the plaintiff was not the guest of the defendant. His liabi• lily for the bill contracted by his friend did not make himself a guest, and the defendant a as, as regarded the carriage and horses of the plaintiff, a mere livery-stable keeper, and as such had no lien for the horses' keep, ex cept there had been an express agreement to that effect. An innkeeper had a lien which a livery stable-keeper had not, because the former was obliged to receive a guest, but the latter was not obliged to receive a cus tomer. He therefore directed the jury to find for the plaintiff, and told them the only question for their con sideration was the amount of damages. In forming their judgment they must consider what damages the plaintiff• had sustained by the carriage and horses being refused on the 11th of December. Had they been then given up the plaintiff might have removed them, and so avoided their being taken in execution ; but, on the other hand, the produce of the sale had gone i❑ payment of the plaintiff's debts. They would, probably, in con sidering the value of the articles taken, neither take the estimate of the plaintiff's witness nor the produce of a forced sale. The jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 30/ CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) John Mullan, aged forty, with no education, ‘‘,as in dicted for a felonious assault on Rebecca Mien, a girl' of the lowest order of intellect apparently, and aged seventeen. After hearing evidence the jury found the prisoner guilty of an aggravated assault, and His LORDSHIP sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned two years, with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. G. A. Young, surveyor, attended before Alder men Musgrove and Gibbs, to answer the complaint of Mr. Woodthorpe, the surveyor of the eastern district of the city of London, for neglecting to pay him 21. 25., as his costs and expenses, pursuant to an award of the offi cial referees of Metropolitan Buildings. Mr. Young said, he refused to pay this sum as costs to the district surveyor on the principle that those who endeavoured to serve the public ought not to be mulcted for their pains. In passing accidentally by America square, he observed a house to be in a condition dan gerous to the public, and he gave notice to the district surveyor of the fact. The surveyor thought the build ing safe, but he (the defendant) still thought otherwise, an brought the matter under the notice of the official referees, having no personal interest in the matter at all, and interfering solely for the safety of the public. He might see a hundred unsafe buildings in the course of a year, but he could not be expected to give warning to the district surveyor if he were each time to pay a couple of guineas for his trouble. Mr. Alderman MUSGROTE observed, he was not sur prised to hear this, for the public was an ungrateful master. He had been serving the public many years, and had never got anything by it, though he had spent some money. Mr. Woodthorpe said the case did not stand exactly as his friend bad represented. Mr. Young would not have been asked to pay anything if he had not appealed against his decision. The surveyor for the owner of the house concurred with him that the building was safe, and so did the official referees, who were also surveyors; and as these four surveyors were of one opinion, the magistrates would believe Mr. Young was wrong, and troubled them all unnecessarily. He had had eight at tendances on the subject, and this might occur every day if it were not checked by ordering the payment of costs. _ _ He handed in the award, from which it appeared that Mr. Young had alleged that the building was in a dan gerous condition, particularly as to the outer walls thereof, which were considerably out of the perpendi cular, the walls towards America-square overhanging towards the public way to the extent of thirteen inches. Mr. Woodthorpe had previously certified that the build ing was secure,end the passengers in no way endangered; but the official referees, on receiving Mr. Young's ap peal, visited the premises, and they decided that the huu•e was not in a rainous or d tngerous condition, and that it was not necessary to shore up, repair, or pull down the walls. And they awarded that Mr. Young should pay two guineas for their expenses, and two guineas to the City surveyor. The Magistrates, after referring to the statute, said their duty was only ministerial, to enforce payment of the award, without entering into its fairness or expedi ency. The fees must be paid. Mr. Young said he had paid the 21. 2s. to the re ferees, but he considered it impolitic to load him with further charges. Mr. Alderman MusunovE said, the New Building Act was filled with openings for vexatious interference and enormous charges, and he hoped Mr. Young would suggest how it might be amended. He had been a great sufferer by it, almost to the extent of the loss of a free hold house. Mr. Woodthorpe gave his fees to the poor-box. BO W-S TREE 7. Andrew Green, and his sun Samuel, were brought up for further examination upon the various charges of felony, obtaining money under false pretences, &c. There being nothing to implicate the son in the guilty transactions of his father, he was now discharged from custody. A number of other tradesmen now attended, prepared to prove charges against the elder Green, precisely si milar to those which had been already reported, naint-ly for obtaining money for the supposed insertion of adver tisements in is imaginary Parliamentary Chronicle, dur ing a number of years past. Mr. Ley, the son of the chief clerk to the House of Commons, proved that hi, father was defrauded of six guineas by the prisoner, by his representations respect ing this paper. Inspector Marsh said, a book was found on the pri• sonar, containing a list of signatures, purporting to be those of the subscribers to the work. Among them was that of Mr. Ley. Mr. HENRY had received a letter from Mr. Ley, deny ing the genuineness of this signature. The prisoner was prepared to stake his character on this roint.—(A laugh.) Inspector Marsh having proved that . all the prisoner' s statements respecting the printing of his paper, &c., were false, Mr. HENRY remanded him for further examination. A letter•carrier in the Post-office, named Horace Brown, who hail been detected by a messenger in the act of stealing two letters, and upon whom they wera afterwards found (the one containing is. 6d., and the other sixpence) was fully committed for trial on the charge. IVESTMINSTER. James Collier, described as a labourer, and Sarah, his wife, were charged before Mr. Broderip with the follow • ing gross outrage: — William Baxter, assistant to Mr. Lucas, of the Cock, North-street, Chelsea, stated that, between eight and nine o'clock on the previous evening, the defendants came in and asked for some biscuits and other refresh ment; with which they immediately regaled themselves, and on witness asking for payment, the male defendant very coolly observed, "That he did not mean to pay, be was hungry and thirsty, and should eat and drink as much as he pleased, and without paying for anything." Witness said he must have his money for the articles supplied, and, after some talk, the male defendant threw down halt a sovereign. Mrs. Baxter placed their change (nine shillings and fourpence) before defendants upon the counter, and requested them repeatedly to count it. The female observed that it was all right, and told her husband to take it up, but he refused, and let it remain upon the counter for a quarter of an hour, when he pretended that there was a shilling short. Both defendants then. made use of the most horrible and disgusting language, swore they would smash witness and his wife, and would demolish the windows, and, advancing - furiously to the bar with their fists up, threatened to attack them. The male defendant then took a sovereign from his pocket and tossed it up, and on its falling on the floor picked it up, and having deposited it safely in another pocket, pretended in a minute or two afterwards to feel in the pocket from which he had originally taken it, and then swore that witness had rubbed him of it. Witness attempted to put the fellow out, but he resisted violently, and made repeated blows at him, which. fortunately, did not take effect, and the female seized a quart put, and threatened to smash anybody's skull who attempted to interfere. The police were called, and they wore both taken into custody. In concluding hi s statement, witness said that the defendants created a disturbance for no less a time than three-quarters of an hour, during which business was entirely suspended. In reply to the charge, the male defendant said there was a shilling short in the change. Mr. BRODERIP observed that their conduct had been very violent, and ordered them both to find good bail for the next three months. They were committed in default. SOUTHWARK. Thomas Brown, a well-dressed, elderly man was brought before Mr. Cottiugham, charged with stealing a carpet bag, containing clothes and linen, at the Rose and Ram Inn, Redcross- street, Southwark. Mr. Bell, the proprietor of the inn, stated that between four and five o"Clock on the preceding afternoon, the pri soner walked into the house, and having remained for some time there, he said that he was waiting for a gen tleman with whom he had business of importance to transact, and that he expected him every moment. This explanation threw the people of the inn off their guard, and while they were attending to the general business of the house, the prisoner availed himself of the opportu nity, and stepped upstairs to a bed-room, occupied by a Mr. Templeman, and possessed himself of a carpet bag filled with clothes and other property. He then descended, and passed quickly through the house, but was observed by the complainant going out . of the door, and having been pursued, he was taken with the carpet bag and its contents in his possession. The owner of the property said that he left the carpet bag safe in his bed-room when he went out at twelve o'clock the same day; that he had not sent for it, anti that the prisoner was a perfect stranger to him. The policeman, into whose custody he was given, said that, when he was searched at the station house, there was found in his pocket a new dark plaid scarf, with a ticket attached, marked 1842, 205.; also a scarlet flowered shawl, a pair of new white doeskin gloves, and other articles, all of which appeared to have been recently taken from some shop or warehouhe. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he had an ap pointment with a gentleman at the above house, who L desired him, in the event of his not meeting him there, to go up stairs and fetch away a carpet bs'g, which would find in ono of the rooms, and that ho did 5511 , 1 , was directed, and was then taken into custody. 17 , 1 _' 1 " respect to the shawls, and other articles found upon n'll7' they were his own property. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that be strongly sus p ected e'e r prisoner was one of those well-dressed men who, and the pretext of having business to transact at the horned of licensed victuallers, contrived to slip up stair', it'2, afterwards succeed in plundering them of mon e y whatever property they could lay their hands uP 011 : But with regard to the other property found in the r d . soner's possession, it was possible ho had stolen its '1 ) 1 therefore, for the purpose of ascertaining the fact, de should remand him for a few days, and then he she' ll be committed on both the charges. George Graham, a blind man, posseasinggreat strength` was charged with stealing a half-crown from Fr sucti Willis, at the bar of a public house. It appeared that the parties were in the public - 1 10 ' i : together, when the complainant having thrown don e halt-crown on the counter to pay for some liquor► t o moment the prisoner heard the sound it caused, hen ° a snatch at it, and passing it quickly into the hands ell an associate, then proclaimed his innocence wit h s oath, and challenged to fight any man in the place, i though blind, 'IN ho dared to stigmatise him as a thieL The prisoner, when called on for his defence, ari a I , was as blind as a bat, and that it was ridiculous to scan lion of stealing a half-crown from off the counter, wou l d it was impossible for him to have seen; that he w 0 ho not deny that he challenged any man to fight charged him with such an ofence. It was here stated that although the prisoner 0 . 11 blind, he had been in custody several times for comm it ; Ling violent assaults, and that he was tried at the Star s ' assizes tor a highway robbery; that he was a nten e rr, sussing great strength of body, and when engeg , A •i f street riots he frequently eluded pursuit by the rainul;', eith which he ran, and that knowing all the in and out of the Mint— a locality which he l" 0 knew, although deprived of his eye-sight—gave hin 2 ,, o 6 advantage generally over those who ventured to foss him. The prisoner was remanded, in order that his steeoc i6ts might be taken. THAMES. Mary Gallagher, the wife of a labourer in the an i i. l4 , of Ditchburn and Mare, iron steam-ship builders , brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with ststsli 4 , o knife and fork, a drinking glass, and a metal spoolit property of Thomas Gough, landlord of the Oral' House, Blackwell. It appeared in evidence that the prisoner brought h er d husband's dinner to the Orchard House on Tuesday, sl/ ;ha remained in the taproom for several hours sile r wards. About five o'clock in the evening Brown, t t: waiter, had occasion to enter the taproom, and SSW prisoner in the act of concealing a drinking-glas_ t e wb tt she was rolling up in her apron on her lap. He 0 0 ' information to his master, and some time afterwards , she was leaving the taproom, Mr. Goagh stopped i i , e 0 and told her she had better give him the glass she a secreted. She reluctantly returned to the taproot's' h e r Mr. Gough compelled her to take tke glass from 't e o pocket, and she also produced at the same time and fork, and a metal spoon, R hich she had also Pu'i Joined. They were identified by Mr. Gough, who had them in his possession many years. The prisoner, in defence, said she had poured "M e in the glass and used it, and she was not aware she P" - it about her when she was stopped. whir° Mr. Yardley—How am I to believe that ? was the knife and fork mid spoon ? Mr. Gough rep o that they were tied up in a bundle with the plates which she had brought her husband's dinner. Mr. Yardley—ln what part of the house were a 2 ,0 knives deposited ? Mr. Gough—ln the window of I' taproom. Mr. Yardley—Was her husband coming out with be r. . Mr. Gough —Yes, Sir ; both were comin g out togeth er { Her husband is a very hard-working man, and I dori o believe he knew anything about thi s . Sh e was a li lt intoxicated. Mr. Yardley—From the tenour of your remarkii suppose you don't wish to prosecute ? Mr. Gough ---14 Sir. Mr. Yardley—Very good. A great question 0 3 -11 arise how far she wa s li a bl e , h av i ng d one what she l ae under the eye of her hu s b an d. Th e M ag i stra te 1,1 ; addressed the prisoner, and sa id s h e was ver y ne ar ge . ting herself, lad her husband too, in very ° seria l : trouble. He should have com m i t t e d h er f or trial. i b ti , for the merciful construction p u t on h er ac ti on s by ° s ',: Gough, and he advised her to be more careful in War ne then liberated her on the int e rc ess i on o f the prof s cutor. RAIL WA Y SHAKE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, ILtisost 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, LSO!: shire, and Cheshire Junction, New, 7% dis.—East Lan shire, New, 6 3 / dis.—Lancashire and Yorkshire (late L. O B.), 11: 1 dis.— London and North-Western, 180— pi tw New Quarters, 2% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincl shire, Preference, par—Midland, 100—Ditto, Halved , ' O , dis.—North Staffordshire, '3i dis.—Soath-Eastern and Do f o A N 0.4, Clls. 3d. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N,.,* B.), No. 2, t p.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 1 4 al donian, 29%. MANCHESTER, Mancx 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lap t a shire, and Cheshire Junction, 6% -dis.—East Anglian, 1 . ",. ferenee (6 per cent.), 3 7-16—Iluddersfleld and Mann ter Railway and Canal, Thirds, 1% dis.—L ancas hire Yerksb ire, Fifths, % dis.—London and North-Western(Dfa s chester and Birmingham), Quarters (A), 2 5 A i p.-04 ditto (B ), 2% p.—Manchester, Bu x t on , an d Matlock, k„,' dis. slanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln s hi re , Preferen" j. , OR paid), par—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 7%? ; ii —North British, Thlii is 1 1 , 2 dis.—North Staffordshirelf lis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No 4, 2 15-16 haven and Furness, 8 1 4 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Beffic Extensions, No. 2, 1 / 2 p. LEEDS, MAaCII 14. St STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are to-day's pricsg' which a moderate amount of business was done :—East L a s t cashire, New, 61 4 n. dis.—Ditto, Quarters, 345. n. and West Yorkshire, 9 n. dis.—Great Northern, 714 4t „ t Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 17s. ad. dis.—Ditto ( 11 7, Riding Union), 635. dis.—Leeds and Thirak, 19 1 4 n• d r s London, Brighton, and South Coast, 30 n.—Manch.te4 Buxton, Matlock, &c., 555. dis.—North British, Thirds, i dis.— Ditto, Quarters, 1% dis.— Ditto, Extension. 6s. id' ," 1 1,4 —North Staffordshire, 18s. 9d. die.— North-Westero.',,, r dis. ex int.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 P e Berwicks), 7s. 6d.. n. p. . . . BIRMINGHAM, MAxem 14. STOCK EXCILCIGIC.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notl ° 4: ham, and Boston, 2 3 4 dis. (for pre. acc.)—North Sti l n s , shire, 16s. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) , 6d dis.—Shropshire Union, 665. 3d. die.—South Statfor shire, 565. 3d. dis. (for pre. ace. )_ BRISTOL, &ARM 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Great Weston, ters, 1% 2 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 11i p.—Midland Old, par-- 10/( castle and Berwick, 2 p. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MARCH 14. r,r , STOCK EXCHANGI.—The sa l es are —N ewcas tl e and .„ lisle, 100—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (late N. A nd P r YORK, lifeatcla 14. ' STOCK EICHANGE.—The following were th e inotittlo 131 n i, this day: —(rest Northern, :OA—North British, Thirds, !;r . , Ditto, Extension, 4s. 9d.—York, Newcastle, and Bert on . No. 2 (late New Berwicks), 10%—Ditto (G. IT. E. chase), 8143. EDINBURGH, MARCH 14. „,„ t h ftb. STOCK EXCIIINGE.—The sales are—Dundee and N.A e N, 275. 6d.—Glasgow and Ayrshire, 151.—Great Northern , at o ? Is.—Nurth British, 211. ss. —Ditto, Quarters, 1112.- - PA A , Thirds, SlB.—Edinburgh and Northern (Newperts). 44 PROMISING DISCIPLB OF ISAAC WALTOP' o f The youthful Marquis of Bowmont (son of the DIM Roxbura,he), who is only eight and a half years of 1 4 . 7 1 captured six salmon with the rod on Saturday afterll°,o in the Noble Duke's water opposite Floors Castle. Ins every command over the mysteries of the gentle 10 " 0 - 0 as promising of future triumphs as it is, we hal e a ts doubt,.much owing to the enthusiastic and affecti°%if precept(irsbip of his Lordship's grandfather, the lst e of Charles Dalbiac. The whole of the fish were 1 2 1 t be by his Lordship with Out assistance. The weight 0 : 11 ,„,0 whole was 551 b., and the largest weighed 1411).- -0 Chronicle. Or [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Teas and Co ff ees delivere d , riage free, at the wholesale prices, by which mesas, f s '",,, lies residing in the country. whose consumption is Il lr i rof are enabled to purchase on - the first market terms, tk i r j os• string all the intermediate profits of retail @stab 1 00 tents. Sample& and a list of prices forwarded (WI it h application by post. References or cash is expecte d 0' first order. Mansell and Co., wholesale tea-dealelll Bucklersbury, Cheapside. oolt rADTERTISEMENT.]—TEII CARL 07 AMOROSO- 0 AND HOLLOWAY', PILLS —s. oatorindlEf are by this stiractillo 'medicine, a ft er every ether means had f sd. De* extraot trona 4b. Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina. Leghorn, Feb. 21, Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint yea that year pine Oi'Lf effected a cure •f a disorder in iny liver and summit all the 0 : 0 ; eminent of tho factiltY, at hone and all ever the esnuasst, bees able to effect r nay, not ever the waters St Carnataa sr ;4 rienbad. (Signed) . P.ALeseastrea.” These weaderral cure any disease- of the liver er storiack.—Sold (ales Io11•^;01 Oimtmeet) at Protessqr lotablishmeat, 144, strmi 4, ‘ll mediate rendpfs throagkiiit Le etvillood world. S. On the 13th inst., at BIRTA No. 80, North Frederick -I,— ( Dublin, the lady of Sir James Pitcairn, Inspector-Goal- 0P Military Hospitals in Ireland,of a daughter. 01 On the 10th inst., at Barrow .House, Somerset, the - J. H. Blagrave, Esq., of a son. ofh On the 11th inst., Mrs. Henry Lee, of Balhant, Stirroff daughter. tAi ri Ou the 11th rAc inst., at Cheltenham, the lady of w--• Hunt, Royal Navy, of a eon. tb° On the 11th inst., at Ardmore, Waterford, the lad,' of Rev. T. P. Thirkill, of a daughter. illy . On the 12th inst.,in Welbeck-street, the lady ef Dr. of a son. Id On the 12th inst., in Bond-street, the wife of Mr. vw- Asprey, of a (laughter. ER On the 13th inst., at Margate, the lady of R. HOY-, of a son. or; the lith inst., at:Burntwood, Vrandemwth.a he wife of Edward Herring, Eq., of a son. AI ELI. h On . the 18th of September AKK l l ast, at St. David's 1, , c o or Hobart-town, Leader Cox, eldest son of Leader Esq., of Vanbrugh-fields, Blackheath, to Louisa i° ~ r to r t• daughter of John Swan, Esq., of Beaulieu, near town. ' , DIED. On the Bth inst., at Charlton, Dover, Joshna Platt, P 641. On the 12th inst., at Brighton, Elizabeth, the wits o f jamin Wilson, Esq. Agi t ' On the 12th inst., at Kensington, Frederick Georg' worth, youngest son of Charles Sturgeon, Esq., barrister; 4 0 On the 12th inst., at Tunbridge-wells Amela Marl.' Moore, youngest daughter of the Rev Tunbridge-wells, F. Moore• o r On the 12th inst., at Avon Lodge, St.. John's-wood,e,,yo l bella, second daughter of Captain IL Mangles Denham, P"' Navy, aged 16. - " Te London: Printed and Published 147 lIURDO YORP O lat No. 112, Strand, Printer , at he Bun Office, rie• d , 0 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th• cOU bliddleass, Thursday, March 16, lea APPEAL IN CRIMINAL CASES. Lord CAMPBELL presented a Bill for establish ing a court of appeal in criminal cases, which was read a first time. PETITIONS. The Bishop of OXFORD presented a petition from Witney against the Bill for the removal of Jewish disabilities. Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition, praying the House to adopt measures to prevent the circula tion of the bull In cans Domini. Lord STANLEY presented a petition from a lodge of Odd Fellows, praying that their society might be placed upon the same footing as other benefit societies. PASSENGERS' BILL. Earl GREY moved that the House do resolve itself into Committee on the Passengers' Bill. Lord STANLEY complained of the emigrant tax which was levied in Canada upon emigrants, which in some cases amounted to 30s. a head upon each person imported into the colony; whereas in New York the emigrant tax could not under any circum stances amount to more than a dollar and half. The effect of this system would be to transfer the whole tide of emigration from Canada to the United States. Earl GREY thought it was necessary for the colonies to adopt some method of preventing the immigration of old and helpless pau pers, who would from the moment of their landing become burdens on the colony In many instances, grandfathers, crippled and help• less, and totally incapable of earning their living, had been sent out from Ireland to Canada with their grand children, and had, from the moment of their landing, become burdens upon the colony, and it certainly was the duty of the Colonial Legislature to prevent the emigration of helpless paupers who were incpable of ondertaking the labour necessary to maintain themselves. The Earl of HARD WICKE complained that the Bill placed the shipowner between two fires. He was to allow twelve feet space to each passenger if his ship carried a surgeon, which surgeon would be a great expense to him, but if he did not carry a surgeon, he was to allow fourteen feet space to each emigrant, which would prevent his carrying out as many possengers as his ship was capable of accommodating. After a short conversation in which Earl Grey, Lord Stanley, Earl Fitawilliam, and Lord Lyttleton, took part, the motion was agreed to, and the House resolved itself into Committee on the Bill. On the first clause being proposed, Lord STANLEY rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAIER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. Sheriff Hill appeared at the bar, and presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and common council of the city of London, in common council assembled, against intramural burials. COMMITTEE OF SELECTION. Sir W. HEATHCOTE moved that the order of the 10th February, containing an instruction to the Ccmrnittee of Selection to delay the appointment of Committees on certain private Bills, be discharged. Sir DE LACEY EVANS presented a petition from the various charitable institutions of the me tropolis, praying that the legacy duty of 10 per cent. might be remitted in their favour. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented several petitions against the admission of Jews into Parliament. The Right Hon. Baronet also presented several petitions against the Bill, forr i establishing diplomatic relations with Rome. Mr. WILCOX presented a petition from Falcon • bridge against any increase in the naval and military establishments of the country. . . Mr. B. CABBELL presented a petition, praying the House to adopt some more equitable mode of levying the poor .rates. Mr. F. O'CONNOR presented a petition praying for the repeal of the attorneys' certificate duty. Sir W. HEATIICOTE presented a petition from a place in Hampshire against the Bill for the establish ment of diplomatic relations with the Court of Rome. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from a place in Ireland, praying the House to take measures to suppress horse racing. Mr. S. CRAWFORD:presented a petition from Rochdale against certain clauses of the Health of Towns Bill. Mr. CHAPLIN presented a petition from the solicitors of Salisbury against the certificate duty. MEDICAL OFFICERS. Lord D. STUART presented a petition in favour of the appointment of paid medical officers to super intend the sanitary condition of the poor, and to give them medical relief. Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from medical practitioners in Stroud, praying that they might be inployed under the Health of Towns Bill. DIPLOAIATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME. Mr. S. WORTLEY presented a petition from Rothesay against diplomatic relations with Rome. ODD FELLOWS. Lord MAHON presented petitions from six lodges ofOddFellows, praying that they mightbe placed under the provisions of the Friendly Societies' Act. HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL. Mr. MACKINNON presented a petition from a place in Monmouthshire in favour of this Bill. THE RECENT RIOTS. Sir WILLIAM CLAY—Sir, I beg to give notice tha I shall to-morrow ask the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, in consequence of the explanations recently Oren by the Attorney-General of the state of the law as to persons having a remedy against the hun dreds or counties in which they reside for damage done to their property by riotous proceedings, it be the intention of the Government to introduce a measure to amend the law in that respect. STAMFORD. Mr. WOOD gave notice that on Thursday, the 30th of March, he should move the appointment of a Committee to inquire into a petition of the electors of Stamford, complaining of the conduct of the Marquis of Exeter at the last and former elections. He begged to move that the petition be printed. Sir R. H. INGLIS said the Committee on Public Petitions met now twice a week instead of once, as formerly, and that, no doubt, the petition referred to by the Honourable Member would be in the hands of himself and other Honourable Members as soon as it could be by a motion to that effect. The necessity for making motions for the printing of petitions with the votes was now in a great measure superseded, in consequence of the more frequent meetings of the Committee. lie hoped, theretore, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would withdraw his motion. Mr. WAKLEY hoped that his Hon. and Learned friend would not be caught in the trap set for him w ieh eed h l e ed " had out presented of by his Right lion. Friend. He had himself been "h a prit e motion n t d o ,on have the a petition vi.hground that it would no doubt be printed by the Committee. That Committee decided that the petition should not be printed. He subsequently moved that the petition should be printed ; the Chairman opposed it, and, there not being forty Members present, the motion was lost. Mr. THORNELY said that he had the bonour to be the chairman of the Committee referred to by Use Hon. Member for Finsbury, and he could assure the House that the reason why the petition was not printed was because it stated no personal grievance, nothing more than a mere indi vidual opinion, founded upon a vast amount of statistical information furnished in various Parlia mentary papers. If the House were to adopt the plan of printing such petitions, the House would be inundated with them. Upon great questions of public importance, such as currency or bank ing, individuals would have only to embody their opinions in the form of a petition, get some kind Hon. Member, like the Hon Member TILE DIELLONA. The Mellona and the George came into collision in 1845, and subsequently the owners entered an action for 1,1001. The ♦alue of the ship first named was 5401. A tender was made and accepted. The case was referred to the registrar and merchants, and the award was assessed at 760/. The owner of the Mellona refused to appear. Drs. Addams and Robinson held that the George having accepted bail for the 5401., they could claim no more. The QUEEN'S ADVOCATE and Dr. BATFORD held that the owners of the George were entitled to have the full award. Dr. LUSIELNGTON having gone over the material facts of the case, considered that the tender must be held good. The other parties could have gone before the registrar. Costs to follow the decree. SALYAGE.-THE ROWENA. This was a suit for salvage for services rendered to the Rowena, while on a trading voyage to Sierra Leone. The salvors alleged she was out of her course in Sep tember last. The master died, and the principal salvor brought the ship home to London. The ♦alue was about 1,1001. A tender had been made and refused. After hearimg civilians, The COURT considered that there had been good ser vices rendered; and also held that there was a legal claim for salvage. The Rowena left Sierra Leone in September, and soon after the master died. The ship fell in with the Mary, the master of which, Mr. Acra man, brought the Rowena into Cowes. The provisions on board were short, as well as food, water, and medi cine, aNd a vessel so badly provided ought never to have been sent on so long a voyage as from London to Sierra Leone. The Court, consiering that there was some risk to Mr. Acrarnan, as there had been fever on board the Rowena, awarded 1501. and costs. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUl7'.—Stafford, March 14. CROWN couft f. John Hem y Hell, 25, Samuel Runner, 28, and John Hewson, 23, were indicted for assaulting Benjamin Ro berts, at Westbromwich, on the 21st of December, put ting him in bodily fear, and stealing from his person 691. 55., the property of Walter Willisms. Mr. Gordon prosecuted, and Mr. Huddleston, with Mr. Kettle, defended the prisoners. The prosecutor had been to Birmingham and received the moneys for his master, Mr. Williams, which was placed in a handkerchief. He called at the Wheataheaf on the road, where the prisoner Hewson was. Roberts left him there, and went on by the packet-boat to Brum ford-bridge, whence he proceeded along the canal side towards his master's house. In a minute or two after an attack was made on him by four men, who stifled his cries, and robbed him of the sum named in the in dictment. It was dark at the time. The men got over the rails, and ran along the side of the towing.path. A policeman, named Bates, hearing cries of murder and robbery, ran after and took Ilewson, on whom was found a lite-preserver and two knives. He said his aame was John Jones, and that he carried it for pro tection, as he was a hawker. It was proved that he was in Fisher's public-house near the bridge just before the robbery, and that, on Miss Fisher saying the boat was coming he went out, and directly after the robbery was committed. The evidence was not so strong against the other pri soners, but it was shown they were associates of Hew son's, and were arrested on the canal side. The fourth man was not found or identified. llewson was found Guilty, and the other two prisoners were Acquitted. liewson was sentenced to be transported for seven years. George Hampton 21, and Edward Hemmingc, 23, were indicted for wounding Henry Higginson, at Stoke upon-Trent, on the 19th of December, with intent to kill and murder him. The prisoners were prosecuted by Mr. Metcyard, and defended by Mr. Vaughan. The case having been heard, the jury convicted the prisoners on the minor count of the indictment, for a common assault, and they were sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Several other cases of stabbing and wounding were disposed of during the day, and the Court rose at seven o'clock. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Derby, March 15. The Commission for this county was opened yester day by Mr. Justice Maule, who immediately after pro- ceeded to All Saints Church, where divine service was performed. There is an entry of seven causes, fonr of which were disposed of ; nothing transpired that would justify a report. There are fifty-one prisoners fur trial, but the great majority of the cases are mere sessions cases. There is a case of arson, one of forgery, and one of cutting and maiming. It is worthy of remark that of the whole fifty-one prisoners there is not one who has received a commonly good education. There are eleven who can neither read nor write, and the re mainder can only read and write imperfectly. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 14. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) SMITE P. DEARLOVE. This was an action of trover, for a carriage and two sets of harness. The defendant pleaded that he was not guilty.*: Mr. MARTIN (Mr. Hoegins with him) stated the case for the plaintiff, and callcd witnesses to prove t h e fol lowing facts:— The plaintiff was a gentleman, and the defendant was the keeper of the Queen's Hotel, at Harrowgate. The from time plaintiff had a private house, where he lived, at Harrow gate, but kept a carriage in the defendant's coach-house, if and nrodme b h tiei o da r s r e rt o s o w in gtah histee defendant e x stables. cep t one fln o m thati night,m ewwayhtoen he came h paid him. In October and Dec em b er h e was absent home about nine o'clock, and left again at three the following morning, and his coachman did not know whore he was, except that he understood he was in London. On the 11th of December the coachman went for the carriage, Mrs. Smith wishing to go out in it, when the ostler of the defendant, by his orders, refused to let it be taken out, that being the con version by the defendant necessary to maintain this form of actioa. At that time there was due from the plain tiff to the defendant 171. 18s. for keep of horses and the account of hotel expenses of a friend of the plaintiff, he having sent his friend there on his responsibility, and 21. for himself for sherry and lemonade. This debt was not disputed, and upon this the defendant rested his claim to a lien on the carriage and harness till it was paid; and whether in law he was entitled to a lien or not was the question in the cause. It was proved by one witness for the plaintiff that - the carriage was'worth between 801. and 901., and the har ness 101. each set, . WII %ea be r, /WI km. Ilan iik . %yr 413 A erld aihd lett boi wit tit)! tar