The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-01 00:00:00

trbtrb '72tittion, SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken) 9to 1 agst The Truut (taken) 10 to 1 net Bastion (taken) 10 to 1 agst Needwood (taken) 20 to 1 agst Little Charley (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 6 agst Rambling Katie (taken) 100 to 7 agst Remus (taken) GREAT METROPOLITAN. 10 to 1 agst Corcebus (taken freely) 10 to 1 agst Pharsalus (taken and offered) CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Marc Antony (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 4 agst St. Hubert (taken) 4to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) DERBY. 13 to 2 agst St. Hubert (7 to 1 taken) 12 to 1 agst Greculus Esuriens (taken) 22 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) 25 to 1 aget Wild Dayrell (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Aurifer (taken) SO to 1 aget Rambling Katie (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wool sack at five o'clock. SPEEDY TRIAL OF OFFENDERS' BILL. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition, signed by the merchants, bankers, and other inhabitants of Cam bridge, complaining of the present state of the criminal law in respect to the prosecution for petty larcenies, and praying that jurisdiction be given to the magistrates to deal with all such case!. Also a petition from the cor poration of Portsmouth to the same effect. The noble and learned lord also laid on the table of the house a copy of the presentment of the grand jury of the county of Sussex at last quarter sessions, conveying the same prayer. ROMAN CATHOLIC PROCESSIONS IN TUAM. The Earl of DERBY said, in reference to a question put to the Government a few nights ago by a noble lord as to whether the attention of the Government was called to the fact of processions of Roman ecclesiastics in Tuarn having recently taken place, he wished to ask whether the law officers of the Crown had been in structed to take any steps for the prevention of the offence l ~._....,... Earl GRANVILLE said be believed the law officers of the Crown bad been consulted on the subject, and it was their opinion that the provisions of the act alluded to only referred to the regular clergy and not to the working clergy. The Earl of DERBY asked whether the noble earl had any objection to state the giounds upon which they bad come to such conclusion ? Earl GRANVILLE said he was not quite sure whe ther the law officers of Ireland were unanimous in that opinion, but the question was ultimately, referred to the English law officers, who had given it as their opinion that the clause referred to the regular and not to the secular clergy. The Earl of DERBY quoted the words of the clause, with the view of showing that it comprehended all ec clesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. He was not disposed to give any opinio❑ as to the policy of the law, but it was most important that that particular provi sion should be clearly understood. The Earl of EGLINTON said that during the time he had the honour of holding the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, he could confidently say that the law officers of the Crown entertained not the shadow of a doubt as to the illegality of those processions. Lord ST. LEONARDS ; was understood to say the law was clear in dealing with such processions, whether regular or secular, of the Roman Catholic clergy. The Lord CHANCELLOR said from the reading of the clause it appeared to him there was no prohibition to a Roman Catholic ecclesiastic wearing his habili ments. The act was a very stringent o:ie, therefore they should take care how it was applied. After some further observations the subject dropped. THE WAR INQUIRY. A Messenger from Mr. Roebuck's committee applied at the bar of their lordships' house asking permission for the Duke of Newcastle to attend and give evidence before that committee. The Lord CHANCELLOR said an answer would be sent by a messenger of the Crown. LUNACY REGULATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time. CONSOLIDATED FUND (3,300,0001.) BILL. This bill was read a second time. CONSOLIDATED FUND (20,000,0001.) BILL. This bill was also read a second time. COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT AMEND- MENT BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of this bill, which was agreed to. The Earl of EGLINTON moved for a copy of a letter addressed by the Hon. T. F. Kennedy, on the 15th of July, 1854, to his Grace the Duke of Argyll, chairman of a committee then sitting on the subject of the Crown estates of Kilconcourse. In doing so the noble earl entered somewhat fully into the subject. _ . The Earl of ARGYLL, in answer to the observations of the noble earl, said, the letter, a copy of which the noble earl required, was not in existence ; therefore, he could rot produce it. A VOTE OF THANKS TO THE COLONIES. The Earl of CARNARVON rose to ask whether it was tfie intention of her Majesty's Government to pro pose a vote of thanks, or some other public acknow ledgment, to those colonies or dependencies of the Bri tish. Crown who, either by their respective legislatcrs or otherwise have evinced their sympathy with the mother country by moral or pecuniary proffers of assist anee. The noble earl entered at some length into the subject, and urged that the;r lordships should act in this matter, although there was no precedent for so doing. The noble earl then enumerated the vari ous sums that the colonies had contributed to the Pa triotic Fund, amongst which he said Canada had sent 20,0001., her sister, Nova Scotia, had sent 2,0001., Van Diemen's Land had sent 2,0001., Australia had sent 4,0001., and other places similar large sums. Earl GRANVILLE said he agreed with the noble earl, that precedent ought not to govern them in this case. Her Majesty bad received assurances of a , .- sistance from various colonies, and most gracious answers had been returned to them. With respect to the question of the noble earl, he thought there would be some diffi culty as to the exact form of the vote of thanks, and also as he (Earl Granville) was given to understand that further assistance was on its way from other colonies to this country, he thought it would be premature to act at present. [LEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr, DERWIN took the oaths and his seat for Swansea. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of the Great Northern Railway (Church and Schools at Doncaster) Bill, Mr. FENWICK opposed the bill upon the broad commercial principle that money raised for one object ought not to be directed to another. Besides many of the shareholders objected to the Church from conscientious motives, and it was unjust to attempt to accomplish that by compulsion which ought to be left entirely to volun tary efforts. In the Great Western and the London and North Western Companies, the church and schools were established by voluntary subscriptions, and there ought to be no deviation from that rule in the present instance. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. HADFIELD seconded the amendment, regret ting that, amongs t a ll th e ev il s th at a ff ected railways, the,e bitterness of religious strife should b e one o f t h em PL u nderstood the majority of the sharehold ers h a d re-. jected the bill, and it would therefore be nothing less than f fadin orcing it up on them if the house passed the second B• that Mr the selD. B. EN ISON suppo r t e d th e bill, an d i ns i sted select decide whether t c omt l tee was the proper tribu na l t o he meanwhile, he might states ho'ld pass or not. I n th e that these schools and the church were absolutely required to meet the wants of the large body of mechanics which collected together in the neighbourlikloothpany had of e e lroncaster. t r use of Com- Mr. LOCKE thought it behoverdaitsheedd mons to consider whether money °ne Purpose should be diverted to another. He, for one, felt that a t v e e s d it s would be establishing a bad precedent if the this bill, and be would therefore rather lea ve schools al d church to 1 e erected by the voluntary con e . tributioos of the shareholders . , as had been done in the case of other companies. Lord STANLEY viewed this bill, not as a question of detail, but as a question of principle, and the house was just as competent to decide it as a committee up stairs. Well, then, he had no difficulty in deciding that the matter should he left to the voluntary efforts of the shareholders rather than enforced by an Act of Farlia m int. Mr. BOUVER.IE also believed the house was com petent to decide the question, and upon the principle that " property had it 4 duties as well as its rights," lie should support the second reading. Mr. LABOUCHERE believed the house would be doing great injury to the Church of England if it panel this bill. •Much better would it be for the house to leave these religious questions to be decided by the hareholders themselves. Mr. WADDINGTON, speaking as an active mem ber of the railway world, had no hesitation in support ing thim bill, as ono which was absolutely necessary for mottlog the moral and spiritual wante of the dependents ~.. ~_:~. on the Great Northern Railway. It was:quite hopeless to think of relying upon voluntary efforts. Mr. BRIGHT urgad the impolicy of Parliament forcing railway companies to provide church accommo dation for their servants. If they ones admitted that principle where was it to end ? _ . Mr. GLYNN preferred relying upon the voluntary principle to resorting to a bill of this nature. Surely the proprietors of the Great Northern Railway were sufficiently opulent to provide for the religious wants of their servants without having recourse to a measure of this sort. Mr. LAING took a similar view of the bill. Mr. B. DENISON seeing that the feeling of the house was against him, asked leave to withdraw the bill. The bill was accordingly withdrawn. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. SCOTT gave notice that on Monday next he should ask the Government whether any provision was intended to be made for the appointment of a chaplain to every one of the ships about to proceed to the Baltic and other places He should also ask, when the Under Secretary of State was in his place, whether the Board had taken any efficient steps fur the establishment of a system of communication between the engine•driver and the guard on every passenger train on every line. Mr. COBBETT gave notice that on this day fortnight he should move for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the hours of labour in factories, and to provide a, better system of inspection. (Hear, hear.) NEW WRITS. On the motion of Lori'. E 1,61.0, the Clerk of the Crown was ordered to issue a new writ for the election of a member of Parliament for the borough of Dudley, in the room of the late Mr. J. Benbow, deceased. On the motion of Mr. HAYTER, new writs were also ordered for Stroud, in the room of Mr. Horsman, who had accepted the office of Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland ; for Athlone, in the room of Mr. Keogh, who had accepted the office of Attorney-General for Ireland—(hear, hear)—and for Ennis, in the room of Mr. Fitzgerald, who has accepted the office of Soli citor-General for Ireland. ARMY . BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COMMITTEE. Mr. ROEBUCK, as chairman of this commit tee, brought up a report, which was read by the clerk at the table. It stated that the committee were of opinion that the objects for which it had been appointed would be best attained, and injustice to indi viduals would be prevented if its proceedings were con ducted secretly. Mr. ROEBUCK also asked that a message might be sent to the Lords' asking for the attendance of the Duke of Newcastle, to give evidence upon the committee. LONDON AND DUBLIN MAILS. In reply to Mr. TANCE, Mr. WILSON stated that arrangements were about to be made to expedite the mails between London and Dublin by an hour. He was not, however, prepared to state what might be the result of their arrangements. ESTABLISHMENT OF A GENERAL POLICE, &c In reply to a series of questions from Mr. PALE, Sir G. GREY said he felt most anxious on the sub ject of the establishment of a general police throughout the kingdom, but he could not say that he bad any mea sure in contemplation. As to the question whether the Government had any intention of introducing a measure relative to the reformation of juvenile offenders, be would remind the hon.!gentleman that an:act was passed last ses sion by which power was given to establish institutions of this character, and that power bad been extended to eight, and others had made proposals. It had been determined that no fund should be provided by the Government for the establishment of such schools. As to the employment of convict labour, a system had been in operation for some time which had been found very profitable. PROVISION OF FOOD AND FORAGE FOR TURKISH CAVALRY. Mr. OTWA:Y wished to ask the Secretary at War whether there was any agreement between her Majesty's Government and the Porte, by which her Majesty's Government undertook to provide food for the Turkish soldiers and forage for their cavalry in the Crimea, and, if so, if any and what steps have been taken to ensure the delivery of hay sufficient for the large body of Turkish cavalry stationed in or about to be, sent to the Crimea. Mr. F. PEEL in reply said that, by an agreement with the Porte, it was intended that there should be an auxiliary force of cavalry which would no doubt have to be fed and foraged ; but during the last few months such large c'ontracts had been entered into that it was not necessary to make any spenial provision for supply ing this force. THE POST-OFFICE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE wished to ask the Secretary of the Treasury, what, if any, new arrangements have been submitted for the approval of the Lords of the Treasury, for the classification of the letter-carriers of the metro polis, with a view of improving their salaries and super aunuations, and if sanctioned, from what date ; also, if it is intended to make any provision for granting to the letter-carriers, without deduction from their pay, some relaxation in the form of holidays, as recommended in the report upon the Post-office ? Mr. WILSON said as early as August last the Trea sury authorised the Post-office to make the whole of the alterations recommended by the report. In consequence of that authority there had been an amalgamation of the two classes of letter-carriers, nacrely, the district and the general, who would in futre be divided into four c4tsses, with corresponding pay. These would be brought under the Superannuation Act without being called upon to make any payment to the fund. With regard to the last question, each letter-carrier would be allowed a fortnight's holiday every year. PATRIOTIC FUND Sir J. PAKINGTON a•kcd the First Lord of the Treasury whether he had any objection to lay upon the table of the house copies of any despatches which had been sent in acknowledgment of the loyal addresses, votes of money to the Patriotic Fund, and other modes in which the colonies and dependencies of the Brit'sh Crown had assured her Majesty of their sympathy and zealous co-opention in the war in which this country is now engaged. Sir G. GREY said there would not be the slightest objection to produce them. He would take that oppor tunity of stating that addresses had been received from Newfoundland and New Brunswick, one enclosing 1,6001., and the other 4,0001. (Cheers.) POOR LAW. Mr. GRANVILLE VERNON . wished to inquire whether it is the intention of the President of the Poor Law Board to assimilate the law in England and Wales to that which exists in Ireland and Scotland, by intro- ducing, in the course of the present session, a bill for the purpose of making all mines rateable for the relief of the poor. Mr. i3AINES could not say that any specific measure was in preparation. THE BALLOT. Mr. 11. BERKELEY wished to ask the First Lord of the Treasury the following question :—The bribery and corruption which prevailed at the last general elec tion having given rise to an act against bribery and un due influence, expiring at the end of the next session, whether the Government contemplate a renewal of that act ; and also, whether it be the intention of the noble lord to permit the question of the ballot to be an open question ti the members of his Government ? - Lord PALMERSTON said it was probable that a continuation bill would be brought in. With regard to the last question, he could assure the hon. member that no change was intended to take place in the arrange ment on that subject. (A laugh.) NEWSPAPER STAMP. Mr. COWAN wished to know from the Secretary to the Treasury, if it was intended to proceed with the bill for the repeal of the newspaper stamp to-morrow even ing ? Mr. WILSON said the Army and Ordnance Esti mates stood for to-morrow night, and he was afraid they would take up the whole of the sitting. However, if anything should happen to prevent those estimates oc cupying the whole evening, the bill should be brought on. It was of great importance that no time should be lost in passing the bill, in order that the law might take effect at the next quarter day. THE VERNON GALLERY. Lord EBRINGTON asked the First Minister if it was the intention of the the Crown to purchase the Vernon bollection. Lord PALMERSTON replied that, in the present state of the national finances, he could not undertake to recommend Parliament to vote money for the pur chase of the collection. PROMOTION IN THE ARMY. Viscount GODERICH rose, pursuant to notice, to move that an humble address be presented to her Ma jesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to take into her consideration the present system of pro motion in her Majesty's army, under which non-com missioned officers rarely attain to the rank of commis sioned officer, and scarcely ever to that of field officer, and humbly to recommend to her Majesty that it is in jurious to the public service, and unjust to the private soldie d r in her Majesty's army. (Hear, hear.) He regretted that a question of so much interest and importance as this had not fallen into the hands of a more experienced and influential member than himself ; but, there was an impression in the public mind that promotions in the army should be regulated by merit alone, and hence the time had arrived when the purchase system ought to be r„ formed, if not abolished altogether. It was fraught with injustice, not only to the State but to the army also, and he was sure the house would Le doing an act of jnstice if it assented to his motion. There was one aspect of the question on which lie ought to touch particularly. The officers were drawn from a particular class of the community—he meant the wealthier class—and the privates were drawn from the poorer c'asies ; and there existed, consequently, a wide difference in the respective social condition effecting rn a t of the officers and men, which rendered the step from the ranks to the command very difficult. (Hear.) To this aspect he proposed tc confine hie remarks. By thewtle army an alteration in the system of promotion, the Govern would have commenced a useful reform of system. The Government might m eanc . CEl by the advancement Illence uy filli ng u i n Co - thb first instance the death vii tesement to them of meritorious sol diersbtunt2 would not at the same from the ran time be just er judiciou;s The right hon. gentleman then went purchase in the army. lad on to enl a r g e u po n the point of view from which henext t rposed to treat this question. I-1 e showed th a t it was ex private ie to impossible as a ciruinstances at present were, th at sol der had no chance of ever reaching a comissionel officer. There werewhorue rare instances of distinguished na Offi iteer isn rank o f true had risen from the ranks ; and he gave the Government every credit for the arrangement which had lately been proposed of affording the commander - in-chief th e oppor tunity of rewarding distinguished services in the field on the part of private soldiers by nominating them to coin missions, But this privilege ought to be niugh enlarged. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1855. Lock at the case of France, a nation so high in military prowess. (Hear, hear, hear.) Who were Ney and Massena but two of the greatest heroes whom France ever produced, and yet they each enlisted in the ranks, and rose by their talents to their proud positions. He might be told that the system pursued in that country did not apply to this. But he would show the house that it ought to do so. (Hear, hear.) [LEFT SPEAKING.] RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT NORTHERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Albion Hotel, Aldersgate-street ; Mr. E. Denison, M.P., in the chair. . . The Secretary read the report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, called the attention of the shareholders to the improved state of the account. 7. The report, as also various formal resolutions for the purpose of carrying out the recom mendations it contained, were adopted. The retiring directors were then re-elected, and a vote of thanks to the chairman brought the proceedings to a close. WEST-END OF LONDON AND CRYSTAL PALACE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Albion Hotel, Aldersgate-street ; Mr. Till in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained that, in consequence of negotiations which were now, pending between their company and two neighbouring companies, it was considered desirable to postpone the meeting for a month, before which time they expected to bring the negotia tions to a conclusion. In reply to a question, it was stated by the engineer that the works at present were confined to the tunnels, and thatle had already certified that the contractor had executed works to the amount of 52,0001. • On the motion of the Chairman, the meeting was ad journed to the 21st of March. EASTERN COUNTIES. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern ; Mr. D. Waddington, M.P., in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, vas taken ars iemd. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the result of the joint working of the Eastern Counties, Norfolk, Eastern Union, and other lines, from which it appeared that an increase of 77,5321. bad taken place in the revenue as compared with the preceding half-year, with an in crease in the expenses of only 8,7721., thus increasing the dividend from 3s. 6d. to 7s. per share. On compar ing the result with the corresponding period of 1853, they had the same dividend, 7s. per share, carrying over 4,0001. ; but the price paid for labour and materials was considerably higher in the past half-year than in 1853, and notwithstanding this they paid 7s. per :hare, and carried forward 11,0001. to the next account. This was the first fruits of their joint working. Some shareholders bast suggested a 7s. 6d. dividend, and to leave a bal ance of 4,0001., bet considering the report of Mr. Bruff, thar, engineer, and other circumstances, he thought the wise and prudent course would be to declare a dividend of 7s. per share for the past half-year. He then entered into statements to show that there was no substantial ground for certain rumours that had been circulated with respect to the state of the line and working stock, and also to the coal traffic. The board of directors had done and continued to do everything in their power to promote the interests of the undertaking. The coal traffic on the line in 1849 amounted to 17,5641., in 1850 to 21,2491., in 1851 to 22,483, in 1852 to 32,0231., in 1853 to 43,718/., and in 1854 to 80,581/. Allowing for the interest of the cost of working stock and deprecia tion of the permanent way, that traffic bad been worked for 30 per cent. on the gross receipts. He then adverted to the arrangement with respect to the Cambridge and Bury line, with a view to show that the deficiency of net traffic, after paying everything, only amounted to 2,4331., assuming the working expenses at 46 per cent., while the average of the whole was 43 per cent. The cost of these lines amounted to 17,0001. per mile ; he thought, therefore, that if they made similar arrange ments with regard to the Suffolk lines, which would cost only 10,0001. a mile, no loss would accrue from working them. The Eastern Counties lines passed through a rich agricultural district, and therefore the traffic on them was not so likely to be affected by the war as that of other lines passing through the manufacturing dis tricts. A long discussion ensued, in the course of which it was proposed that the dividend should be paid clear of income tax, but the motion was rejected. Mr. TOZER and other proprietors expressed themselves strongly against the system of constructing branch lines and extensions, and urged the propriety of local parties making them at their own cost instead of at the cost of the company. The past experience of branch lines in their district she vved them a ruinous drain upon the company. The dividend in 1853 amounted to 12s. per share, but in 1854 it only amounted to 108. 6d. per share. Estimates of expenditure on capital account would in future be submitted to the shareholders for their sanction, and, as soon as the present works in hand were completed, the capital account might be closed. The present working stock would be sufficient for many pars to come. The report waR arlopted and the dividend of per share declared. The retiring directors and auditors were re-elected, and The proceedings concluded with a cordial vote of thanks to the directors and officers of the company. SOUTH YORKSHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern ; Dr. Dymond in the chair. After some discussion on the traffic and the accounts, the report was adopted. A dividend at the rate of 4/. per share per annum was declared upon the guaranteed share stock of the com pany, another of 9/. per share upon the ordinary stock -- namely, 41. for the past year, 4/. for the year in which there had been no dividend, and 1/. for the year in which the 3/. dividend had been declared. The outgoing auditors and directors were re-elected, and the proceedings terminated. SOUTH WALES. The half.year}y meeting of, this comp?.ny was held on Tuesday at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington; Mr. C. R. M. Talbot, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the receipts per mile during the past half-year amounted to 8511. per mile, as compared with 8101. per mile at the corresponding period of 1853. The charges for the supply of rolling stock have, after much negotiation, been amicably settled with the Great Western Company. After making allowance for all the charges in respect of rolling stock which remained unad justed at the last meeting, the declaration of a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum can be recommended, leaving a balance of 3,831/. The expenditure on capital account during the half-year has been incurred in the prosecution of the works between Haverfordwest and Milford Haven, in the improvements of the Forest of Dean Railway, and in extending accommodation for the traffic. An abstract of the statement of accounts has appeared in Tire A‘un. . _ The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, remarked that while the charges for the maintenance of the permanent way, carrying, and general charges for the South Wales Railway were less than on the two broad (range lines, the Vale of Neath and Great West ern, the locomotive charges were very much greater. On the Great Western they amounted to 9 per cent. of the gross receipt•, on the Vale of Neath to 12 per cent., while, under the agreement with the Great 'Western, they amounted - on the South Wales to 30 per cent. In fact, the carrying and locomotive expenses amounted to 95,0001. per annum. There were only two courses open to them, either to amalgamate with the Great Western or to work the line themselves, and unless they did the latter he did not see any hope of an increaße of dividend. He estimated that they would save 30,0001. a year by working the line with their own stock. Resolutions were passed adopting thereport, declaring the dividend, and authorising the directors to raise 320,0001. on preference shares. WHITEHAVEN AND FURNESS. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at 3, Guildhall-buildings ; the Earl of Lonsdale in the chair. The report stated that the gross traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of December last amounted to 7,2061., and the expenses to 4,3921., leaving a balance of 2,8141. The increase in the receipts as compared with the corresponding period of 1853, was 1,4571., being up wards of 25 per cent. The increase in the expenditure was 1,0451. The terms of the agreement for the joint working of the line with the Whitehaven Junction Railway have been modified, and it is expected that it will work satisfactorily to both companies, and that a considerable saving will be effected in the locomotive charges. The amount now owing on the capital ac count, including outstanding liabilities, is 34,9781. The sum of 29,5941. has been paid upon the preference shares created in August, 1853. The works on theWhitebaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway are progressing rapidly, and the line will be opened for traffic in September. The capital account showed ;,that 437,9831. had been ex pended, including 3,0321. during the half-year. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was adopted, and, after some formal business, the meeting separated. WIMBLEDON AND CROYDON. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Tuesday, at Fendall's h otel, Palace-yard ; Mr. W. Reed in the chair. The report stated the directors had made every exer tion to overcome the obstacles presented by the land owners, and hoped that these difficulties were now nearly at an end. The late severe weather has also had the . effect of retarding the works. Notwithstanding these im pediments, there was reason to believe that the railway will be ready for the summer traffic, and no exertion will be spared to effect this object. The balance showed that the receipts were 20,4761., and the expenditure 2,0371. less that amount. The report was adopted, and the retiring directors were re-elected. The meeting then separated. EAST GRINSTEAD. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at East Grinstead on Tuesday ; Mr. J. D. Magens in the chair. The report stated that the late and present severe weather had retarded the progress of the works, so as to delay the opening of the railway at the time anticti- pated. The line is now nearly completed. The claim of a proprietor on the lino for 4; acres of land amounted to 5,5001., but umpires appointed by the Board of Trade assessed the amount at 1,4001. Tho receipts of capital account amounted to 47,8301., and the expenses to 45,7661., leaving a balance of 2,072/. After some discussion the report wag adopted, aPd the meeting separated. EAST LINCOLNSHIRE. On Tuesday the annual meeting of this company was held at the King's Cross terminus ; Mr. G. H. Packe in the chair. The report recorded the payment of the rent of the hne for the year by the Great Northern Company. It also referred to a scheme at present before Parliament for the amalgamation of the company with the Great Northern, a measure which would do away with the cost of a board of directors, and which would secure to the shareholders a 6 per cent. preference stock. On the motion fir the adoption of the report, Mr. GASKELL and Captain HALL condemned the project of amalgamation, and contended that the company was in a better position as landlords of the Great Northern Company than if they were to become its partner. The report was adopted, and the dividend declared. DUBLIN AND WICKLOW. The half-yearly meeting of this comp.: my was held in Dublin on Monday; the Bon. Mr. 1), - .nsonby in the chair. The report stated that the liabilities of the Dublin and Bray Company, assumed by the Dublin and Wick low, had necessarily fallen heavily on the resources of the latter undertaking. The directors had, however, by arrangements for abandoning the engagements conse quent on the proposed extension to Stephn's-green, con siderably reduced the amount of the original responsi bilities, the greater portion of which have now been liquidated. The union of the two lines, by which an addition of three miles to the original undertaking is secured, and the consolidation of the two companies into one, with a metropolitan terminus, were permanent advantages for which a present sacrifice might be re garded as wisely made. The receipts, from the partial opening of the line in July last, had exceeded the work ing expenses by 1,9281., which the directors recom mended should be carried to the next account. After considerable discussion, the report and statement of ac counts were unanimously adopted, and the meeting separated. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The directors of this company have just issued their report, which states that the amount of capital charge able on revenue for the half-year ending 31st of Decem ber last is 12,301,8561., including 277,6921. expended during the half-year. The mortgage debt amounted to 2,798,5261., the average rate of interest being 41. 3s. 6d. per cent. The total receipts for the half-year amounted to 512,3991. against 482,7721. at the corresponding period of 1853, and the expenses to 205,464/. against 206,0891. at the corresponding period of 1853. The balance of revenue applicable to the payment of interest and dividend and other fixed charges is 322,2471. It is recommended that a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum (less income tax) be declared on the ordinary capital, leaving a surplus of 20,1301. for the next account. BEALTII OF LONDON DURING THE FROST. (From the Report of the Registrar-General. ) The intense cold showed slight signs of mitigation un til the end of last week, and the deaths were 1,604. Zy motic diseases were fatal to 294 persons—namely, 31 who died of small-pox, 30 of measels (chiefly in the east and south districts), 47 of scarlatina, and which, as well as hooping-cough (82), prevails chiefly in the north dis tricts. Typhus was fatal in 36 cases, childbirth in 10, consumption in 201 ; bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma, in 404 cases, which exceed the corrected average of cor responding weeks by 156. The mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.779 in. The mean temperature of the air was 26.7 degs., which is 12.7 degs. below the average. The highest point, 41.2 degs., was attained on Saturday ; the lowest, 11.1 legs., on Monday morning, when the moon was in the equator. In the sun a thermometer rose to 53 degs. The dryness was 4.8 degs. ; the dew point was 21.9 degs. The wind was calm, and travelled at the rate of 330 miles over Greenwich. Electricity was positive and active ; snow fell on one day, and a thaw set in on Saturday. The season of extreF;ie cold has now, we may hope, passed over, and its effects have been seen in the tables of the last mix weeks, when the deaths of 9,408 persons have been registered. These deaths exceed the average by 1,968, which appear under various diseases, and were the indirect results of the low temperature. The temperature of the six weeks was 28.4 deg. on an average, and the deaths were nearly 100 weekly to every degree of depression below the freezing point of water. But the cold affected persons very differently, accord ing to their age, for in the five weeks that ended on Feb. 17, at the first age of manhood (20 to 40), the cold did not destroy 2 in 10,000 ; at the age of 60 to 80 it was fatal to 38 in 10,000. At the soldier's age, with the shelter that London affords, the mortality from cold is inconsiderable. If the average deaths at each of the five ages are. sub. tracted from the deaths in the five weeks of cold weather the numbers that are left representing the deaths by cold are 367, children and youths under 20 ; 159 young men and women of 20.40 ; 200 middle-aged persons of 40-GO ; 561 of 60-SO ; and 173 of SO and upwards. Upon dividing these numbers by the persons living of the corresponding ages, we find that the inottality by cold in the 100,000 was at the rate of 35 tinier Vie age of 20, and IS, 64,352, and 1,749 at, the four sub sequent ages. _ _ _ The temperature of the blood is about 93 deg., at which it is sustained with some slight variations even when the body is immersed in an atmosphere of 29 deg., or of a still lower temperature. • BLit the heat that is lost by the lungs and the skin is so gnat that it is not supplied with sufficient rapidity in the young and the old ; who, t) use a common expression, do not " stand the cold" so well as men in the prime of early manhood. The above numbers show that the power of cold on life varies according to definite laws ; thus the mortality by cold is (35) twice as great under the age of 20 as the mortality (18) at 20.40 ; but after that turn ing point the power of resisting cold decreases every year, and men of 90 and men of 30 have suffered from the cold that we have experienced in the proportion of 100 to 1 (or of 1749 to 17'5). And the general result is. that the danger after 30 of dying of cold is doubled every nine years of age ; fur out of the same numbers living to 1 death by cold at the age of 30, there are 2 at 39, 4 at the age of 48, 8 at the age of 57, 16 at the age of 66, 32 at the age of 75, and 64 at the age of 84. This series at least expresses very nearly the relative mortality by cold at the respective ages during five weeks among two-and-a-half millions of people. Exercise, ample supplies of food and clothing, and artificial external warmth, mitigate the effects of cold of London, and by sustaining the temperature of their sleeping rooms, the danger of the aged is much diminished. Cold is less fatal than dirt in the air and water in London, through which the cholera, dysentery, and other matters that induce zymotic diseases are diffused ; that while intense cold killed 1,604 persons in the five weeks preceding the last, cholera destroyed 7,222 in five weeks of last year ; and while cold killed 159 men and women of the age 20.40, cholera killed 1,909 at the correspond ing age. In all the religions of antiquity, before science had de monstrated the truth that dirt is the cause of innume rable diseases, men had been taught by their great law givers to regard personal uncleanliness as something de filing and unholy ; yet it is only recently that the arti sans, and even the middle class of London, have in -parts been supplied with baths, and with the means of -washing linen easily and at litt!e cost. The last return of " the committee for promoting the establishment of baths and washhonses for the labouring classes" shows that there are thirteen baths and washhouses in Lon don ; at which 1,220,739 baths were administered for 17,0621,, and 421,101 washings of the linen of about 1,684,404 persons were performed for 6,0961. Kensington, Chelsea, Hampstead, Islington, Hack ney, the Strand, Holborn, Clerkenwell, St. Lule, Shore ditch, Bethnal Green, St. George.in-the-East, Stepney, St. Saviour, St. Olave, and St. George, Southwark, Newington, Wandsworth, Camberwell, Rotherhithe, and Lewisham are still without public baths and wash houses. The city of London, which spreads its hospi table tables to the rich, has hitherto left its poor citi zens unprovided with baths and washhouses. Last week the births of 916 boys, and 874 girls, in all 1,790 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the ave rage number was 1,509. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 24. ZymoticDiseases 294 Diseases of Uncertain. Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and. Senses Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 55 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bores, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility 34 55 89 Atrophy Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance SQ Causes not specified DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851; 01853. Week %Vest Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts ------ - Totals 2,362,236 1,334 1,604 Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 916 ... 874 Total 3,780 TRIAL OF .21ID r,LE. DOUDET. Tim Court of Assizes of the Seine hi's been for several days occupied with the trial, not yet concluded, of Mdlle. Celestine Doudet, charged with the manslaughter of two children, the daughters of Dr. Marsden, a Lon don physician. Our Paris correspondent has at various tunes reported on the preliminary states of the prosecu tion which led to the arraignment of Mdlle. Doudet, on Wednesday last. The children, it will be remembered, had been entrusted to the accused for education. The trial, we are informed, excites great interest in Paris, from the position which Mdlle. Doudet formerly filled in the most distinguished household in the realm. Having already published the indictment at length, we now present a summary of the evidence from Galignani. Dr. Marsden, the father of the two deceased children, deposed that he had received, in London, several anony mous letters, informing him of the prisoner's harsh con duct towards his children. Witness at once despatched to Paris a relative, who, however, did not speak French, and allowed Mdlle. Doudet to act as interpreter to him. Six weeks after witness heard of the death of Mary Anne, and without any delay started for Paris. The prisoner did riot expect him, and gave him a very had account of the children, as being liar:;, thieves, gluttons, addicted to most immoral pi notices. Witness found two of his children tied down in bed. The prisoner said that it was the medical man who had attended them who had ordered them to be so tied. 'Witness had the children immediately set at liberty, and took them out with him. They looked so ill that he could not have recognised them. Happening to take them into a cap, they ate as if they were starved. On Mdlle. Doudet afterwards accusing them of• being little gluttons, wit ness gave her money, and said, " Take them every day to a confectioner's, and let them eat as much as they like, that will soon cure them." She took the money, but never laid out a sou of it for the children. Witness, not being able to carry back the children to London at the time, left them with their aunt, Mrs. Bradhall, and as he was not then sure of the prisoner's bad conduct, he allowed her to continue giving lessons to the girls. It was afterwards, when he took the childven to Eng land, that he learned from them how cruelly Mdlle. Doudet had treated them. Witness sent word to the French police to keep a strict watch over the prisoner, in order to prevent her from acting in a similar manner to other children. On the other hand, witness learned in Paris that Mdlle. Dondet calum niated him and the children, and ho at last determined to proceed against her in a court of law. The eldest daughter expired in England after her return, and up to the last moment she declared that Mdlle. Dondet had de prived her of food and frequently beat her dreadfully. After Dr. Marsden bad give❑ his testimony, his three daughters were successively called forward, and they all declared that Mdlle. Doudet had beat them most cruelly with her hand, with a rule, or in fact with anything that presented itself. With respect to the event of the 24th of May, they all declared that Mary Anne was most violently struck by Mdlle. Doudet, and knocked down, and that she at last lay on the ground quite insensible. In answer to a question from the President, the eldest daughter stated that after their return to England they had certainly written affectionate letters to Mdile. Dou det, because they were not sure that they were not again to be sent to Paris under her care. The servant girl, Leocadie Bailleul, deposed that Mddle. Doudet had always been kind to her, but that she beat the children, and illtreated them most dread fully. As to the scene of May 24, witness corroborated the accounts already given. Mdlle. Doudet afterwards sent witress for a doctor, and she brought M. Godinot, telling him that the child Mary Anne had thrown her self out of the window. Witness said so by the order of Mdlle Daudet. Witness afterwards went for Dr. Shrimpton, to whum'Mdlle. Doudet spoke in English. Witness had some idea of mentioning to the police the cruelties which she had witnessed, but always hesitated, not liking to make herself enemies, being only a servant. Dr. Godinot deposed that on the day in question ho had been called in to attend the child Mary Anne, who, he was told by Mdlle. Doudet, had a monomania of sui cide, but that in the present case she had fallen back wards after a violent fit of coughing. The prisoner also informed him that the child was addicted to some most vicious practices. Mdlle. Doudet hera addressed the court, and denied that she had ever spoken to the last witness of the child contemplating suicide. The witness Leocadie, the servant to the prisoner, being recalled, declared that there were no fixed hours for meals ; that the children .eat bread and butter and drank water, being allowed meat only twice a week. She declared also that in the middle of the night, for the slightest fault, Mdlle.Doudet caused the children to rise from their beds and to stand with naked feet and out stretched arms for a considerable time. The prisoner called that giving them lessons in deportment.' Dr. Shrimpton deposed that he was called in one day to attend the mother of the prisoner, when he remarked on the back part of the head of Mary Anne a large swelling, which, on his questioning, Madlle. Doudet de clared that the child hail thrown herself down in a fit of passion. On his inquiring what could have caused such an outburst, Madlle. Doudet declared that it was in con sequence of being reproached with giving way to prac tices to whit' all the children, she said, were addicted. Drs. Tardieu, Jobert de Lambaile, and Logier deposed to the state of the body of Mary Anne after death. The autopsy of,the body showed them on thu back part of the skull a black spot, apparently caused by a fall, which must have produced an internal effusion of blood. A wom in named Tessin, formerly the portress at-the Cit 6 Odiot, deposed that the children were most dread fully ill-treated at Madlle. Doudet's. Whenever they came into the porter's 1 Age and food was on the table they seemed to devour it with their eyes. The children were never gay and cheerful as children ought to be,and the whole five were scarcely ever seen playing together at the same time. Mme. Poussielgue deposed that Zepherine Dondet often complained of the brutality of her sister, the pri soner, to the little Marsdens. The I-Zev. Mr. Bradshall, a clergyman, brother-in-law of Dr. Marsden, gave an account of his visit to Paris to see the little Mardens on their father hearing that they were ill-treated. Witness came to Paris in June, 1853, and although he called twice on Mdlle. Doudet on the day of his arrival, he could not obtain admission into her apartment. The next day he saw the children, and was horrified at their wasted appearance. 'Witness had several conversations with the prisoner, who gave him a dreadful account of the vicious propensities of the chil dren. 'Witness, not placing implicit confidence in what she said, endeavoured to obtain information in 'other quarters, but not from speaking French, experienced a certain difficulty in accomplishing his purpose. He learned, amongst other things, that the governess so far departed from all the received rules of propriety as to think nothing of flinging- at the children what ever object might happen to be nearest at hand. It was the following fact that put him on the trace of her habits in that respect. Dr. Marsden had given the children a very handsome Bible with 'silver clasps, and on witness finding it all spoiled, and the leaves torn, he remonstrated with the girls on their ill use of it. They, in order to exonerate themselves, in formed him, th oug h w ith ev id en t unwillingness, that it had been spoiled by Mdlle. Doudet throwing it at their head. Witness explained to the court the result of some inquiries which he had made in the family of Admiral Elliott, where the prisoner had lived as governess ; she was there considered so eccentric as to lead to the idea of a commencement of mentai alienation ; and there, as in the present case, she endeavoured to set the various members of the family against each other, and accused any of them that displeased her of some act of improper conduct. The widow Espert, aged 50, living on her property, deposed that she knew the prisoner and her sister. The latter frequently complained of the great severity of the prisoner to the little Marsdens, declaring that she not only beat them cruelly, but deprived them of a sufficiency of food. Witness spoke to the pi soner on the subject, and learned from her that tl.e declarations of the sister were quite exaggerated ; that she pursued the English system of education, and that when once her sister left the house, and no one interfered with her (the prisoner's) plans, everything would go on in a superior manner. At last, the sister left the house, but the children, far from Improving in appearance, be came absolute skeletcns. Witness feeling much for the poor children often called to see them, and found them always dispirited. When they played about they were so weak that they could scarcely ran by the side of their hoops. Witness at last, being more and more affected by the state of the children, wrote to Mdlle. Doudet, re monstrating with her on her conduct, and beseeching her to change it. This letter was read in court, and the witness was complimented by the president on the very proper feel ing which it displayed. Several other witnesses were heard, and all confirmed the evidence already given of the prisoner's cruelty to the children. Mme. Melingue deposed that Zepherine Doudet had complained to her of her sister's conduct to the little Marsdens. The children were in excellent health when they arrived in Paris,. and everybody admired them ; but it was soon reported in the neighbourhood that they were shamefully beaten and half-starved by their gover ness. When Mary Anne became seriously ill witness heard Zepherine Doudet exclaim—" God grant that she may live, for if she dies my sister is undone." The prisoner here declared that this deposition was a tissue of lies. Tassin, formerly porter of the Cite Odiot, deposed to the wretched appearance of the children, and the reports in the neighbourhood against Mdlle. Doudet were so notorious that more than once persons have come to his lodge to inquire who was the woman that behaves with such cruelty to the children placed under her charge. When Dr. Marsden was expected in Paris, Mdlle. Dou detealme to witness's lodge and said—" The father of the children is going to arrive ; I am uneasy about the bad state of their health caused by their vicious propen sities ; I hope you will support me." The prisoner likewise denied the truth of this de position. Mme. Hooper deposed to the dreadful state of the children, and stated that once hearing several reports concerning the conduct of the prisoner towards them, witness went to remonstrate with her and was shocked at seeing the children look so ill. The eldest, Lucy, not having appeared, witness pressed Mdlle. .Doudet so ear nestly to let the child come down stairs tlat at last she con sented, and witness was horrified at seeing her look quite like a spectre. Witness finding how the children were treated wrote to Dr. Marsden to inform him of the situa tion in which she had found them. Mmes. Sudre, Perrett, Masse, Bonnet, and Chardon net deposed in a similar manner as to the shameful treat ment of the children by the prisoner. Mdlle. Doudet declared that all this testimony was false and had been concocted amongst the witnesses to ruin her. Dr. Tessier, of Paris, who visited tiro children by direction of their father, said that he had found them in a deplorable state of leanness. Mdlle. Doudet told him positively that they had brought themselves into that state by a shameful habit, which was inveterate, and, in which they indulged with a sort of pbrenzy. The witness was confounded on hearing the children confess in tho most cynical, unconcerned manner that what was said was quite true. He advised a moral treatment, and the as sistance of a minister of religion. He also recommended gymnastics ; but he strongly objected to the employ ment of coercive means. In the first interview, Mdlle. Doudet spoke to him of Dr. Marsden as a frivoloui and dissolute man, who thought more of pleasure than of his children. Mdlle. Doudet said that she would write to the father, but that she was sure he would consider gymnastics too dear. When the accident occurred to Mary Anne he was not immediately called in. When he went, the accused said that the accident had been caused by a fall, which followed a violent attack of hooping cough, followed by convulsions. At that time all the children had a frightful appearance, as if half starved. When reports began to be spread about, Mdlle. Doudet sent for him, and said that in consequence of them she desired that a physician of his standing should be seen in the house. He went there and saw little Mary Anne in a sort of lethargy. The witness was shortly after visited by Dr. Maratm, and in consequence of the grief which that gentleman manifested entertained doubts that the detestable opinion which Mdlle. Doudet had given of him was well-founded. Mdlle. Doudet, after tire commencement of th© prosecution, twice called on him, to beg of him to be favourable to her. As he had not seen anything in the house which did not appear regular and correct, he had nothing to say against her. Two mouths after, at a time when he thought the affair at an end, he recived a second visit from Dr. Marsden ; he was accompanied by a fine child, who was the very picture of health. It was with difficulty that he could recognise in her one of the poor creatures whom he had seen so ill. He asked him self if such a transformation could have been possible, if the children had been guilty of the vice imputed to them, and he was convinced that it could not be so. Assuredly that vice had not existed ; if it had, its ravages, or what he had considered its ravages, could not have ceased so promptly. The accused here said that she had not written to Dr. Marsden, in conformity with the advice of Dr. Tessier, because she had orders from the father how she was to treat the children ; she affirmed that the witness was mistaken in what she had said as to Dr. Marsden con- sidering the lessons of gymnastics too dear. She added that Dr. Tessier had, by his own observations, ascer tained the existence of bad habits in the children. Dr. Tessier declared formally that he had never seen anything himself. He had naturally believed the de clarations of Mdlle. Doudet, especially as she had stated that it was the aunt of the children who had initiated them in vice. The accused replied that the doctor was mistaken ; but the witness persisted in his statement. "You see, accused," said the President,"" that your system is constantly the same. To ruin all the members of the family, and to accuse them of corruption—that is what you do. Your acts are full of perfidiousness. We have already twelve witnesses, before whom you have been guilty of this shameful conduct. Have you any motive for suspecting the doctor's testimony ?" "I do not wish to suspect it," answered the accused. The Advocate-General asked her why, in spite of the orders of Dr. Tessier, she had employed coercive mea sures? The accused answered, that it was by his orders that she had tied the children's hands. Dr. Tessier per4isted in saying that he had never ad vised anything of the kind. Dr. Josse stated that in 1853 the young Alice Mars den was brought to him by her aunt for consultation, principally as to the point of his believing her ad dicted to certain vicious practices. Witness, from her clear complexion and frank replies to his questions, de clared that he wa,s firmly convinced that the child had not by any means the propensities alluded to. Mdlle. Dowman, governess, aged 23, deposed that since January, 1854, she had been attending to the edu cation of the little Marsdens. Witness never saw any thing to lead her to believe that they were addicted to vicious propensities. Their health had been since then always good. The prisoner here said that the witness had'several times spoken to her of the vicious conduct of the chil dren. Witness—Oh, never ! never ! that is altogether false. Mademoiselle Zepherine Doudet, governess, aged 24, at present residing at Pierrefitte, deposed to her living for six months with her sister when she brought the Marsden children to Paris. The children were, she said, difficult to manage, and she herself had ascertained that - one of them, Emily, was addicted to vicious prac tices: Dr. Marsden himself had mentioned to witness and to her sister the' propensities of all the children. Witness could not state any ono thing which her sister could be reproached with in her mode of bringing up the children, except perhaps a little extra severity. Witness had not left the house because her sister ill treated the children, but because a change of air was prescribed for her own health. Witness never spoke to any person whatever about her sister, as ill-treating the children. Never said that she did not give them enough to eat. Never said that her sister beat them. Here the numerous witness6s who had deposed as to the confidences of the witness to them repeated their declarations, to which the witness persisted in giving a most positive contradiction. Some letters from the children to witness were hero read, in which they speak most favourably of the pri soner, but the style i,va4 so different from what a chill could be ,supposed to write that witness admitted it to be her opinion that some one must have dictated them to the writers. When asked whom she suspected witness declared that it must be some of the Marsden family. Emily Marsden, being again called in, deposed that the letter written by her had been dictated to her by Mdllee. Doudet at the Cite Odiot. but that by her di rections it was dated from Chaillot, where witness's aunt lived, in order to lead to the belief that it had not been dictated. The prisoner denied positively that she bad ever dic tated the letter in question. This closed the case against the prisoner. Her own witnesses and the addresses of counsel are still to come on. The proceedings were then again adjourned. At the sitting of the Co.ri on Monday, when the laughter occasioned by the precipitate retreat of the counterfeit advocates had subsided— M. Nogent St. Laurens spoke for the defence, and dwelt on the excellent testimonials which his client had received from persoi s of the very highest consideia.- tion, commencing by the Queen of England, who had giien her the following certificate :—" I consider Mdlle. Cdlestine Doudet an excellent person, of a mild disposi tion, and amiable character ; but her education has been too good for her situation of wardrobe woman with me, and I think that that of governess would suit her better. I look on her as a woman of the greatest probity and worthy of confidence.=Buckingham Palace, April Bth, 1842." Ho said he believed the whole to have had its origin in calumny, and hoped the jury would acquit his client. The case was at this point again adjourned. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. HALIFAX. The following address from Sir Charles Wood was posted in Halifax on Tuesday : " TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF HALIFAX. " Geutlemen,—At a period of no ordinary importance, I have been called upon to undertake the heavy and re sponsible charge of-the direction of the naval resources of this country. " If I had only consulted my own wishes, I should have remained in an office where I have taken the deepest inte rest in the administration of our Indian empire. " I did not, however, consider myself justified in shrink ing from any post in which it was thought that whatever service I could render would be most usefully given to my Sovereign and to the country. " My acceptance of the office of First Lord of the Ad miralty makes it necessary that I should appeal to you, gentlemen, to pass an opinion upon my conduct by your votes. "I am more than usually anxious that, by again send ing me as your representative to Pali!' ment, you should mark your approval of the course which I have taken, in pursuance of what I believed to be the clear line of my public duty.---I have the honour to be, gentlemen, your grateful and obedient servant, " CHARLES WOOD. " Belgrave-square, Feb. 26." Sir Charles will address his constituents to-night, and the nomination will tako place on Saturday. There is a rumour that the seat will be contested by Major Ed wards. SWANSEA.. The election of a member for the boroughs of Swansea, Neath, &c., in the room of Mr. J. H. Vivian, deceased, took place at the G-uildhall, Swansea, on Tuesday. Mr. S. Benson proposed, and Mr. S. Gardner seconded, the nomination of Mr. Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn. There be ing no opposition, the mayor, Mr. J. T. Jenkin, de clared that gentleman to be duly elected. Mr. Dillwyn, in returning thanks to the electors, told them that he had begun life as a moderate Whig, and, although in his youth he had entertained rather extreme views, he was a Liberal still. He was an advocate for free trade and for the removal of religious disabilities. As to the re peal of the corn laws, he thought the House of Com mons bad resisted that change long after the people had become convinced of its necessity. He was also in favour of a more popular system of representation. Mr. Dill wyn, in conclusion, referred to the war, and said he would support such measures as were calculated to bring it to a speedy termination consistently with the maintenance of the position which this country occu pied. He believed that th e war wou ld b e pro d uc ti ve o f great reforms in the administration of the army, and lie should give the greatest consideration to that important question. Three cheers were given for, the newly elected member. THE MONTROSE BURGHS. There is likely to be a keen contest for the represen tation of the Montrose Burghs. Sir John Ogilvie, a Forfarshire ltindholder ; Mr. Edward Baxter, a manu facturer, Dundee ; and Mr. J. S. Trelawny, being the candidates in. the field. Mr. Trelawny is thought to have no chance of succeeding ; but Sir J. Ogilvie and Mr. Baxter have each large parties in their favour. All -the candidates belong to the Liberal interest, Mr. Bax ter, as a financier and Free-trader, coming nearest to the late representative of the burghs, Mr. Joseph Hume. The election takes place next week. • FORFARSHIRE. No opposition will be offered 'to Lord Duncan, who has been appointed a Lord of the Treasury. THE NUISANCE REMOVAL ACTS. —Yesterday amended bill in committee to consolidate the Nuisances Removal Acts was issued. It now - contains 50 clauses, and a number of forms to be used iu carrying the same into operation. - ,-- PARIAMENTABY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Fsp. 21' EPISCOPAL AND CAPITULAR ESTATE g ; Orde\ f9r second reading read ; motion made, asu,t, proposed, " that the bill be now read a second Amendment proposed, to leave out the word a _ . ° 4 l at the end of the question to add th e words t day six months." Question p ro posed, " T h 3, L dif o ' now' stand part of the question." The 114f°' ayes 102, noes 66. - AYES.-102. Archdall, M. Greenall, G. Baines, Et. Hon. M. Grenfell, Chas. Baring, Sir F. Halford, Sir H. Biggs, W. Hall, Sir B. Bland, L. frl. Hamilton, G. A. Booker, T. W. hianmer, Sir J. Ilouverie, Hon. E. P. Hayter, W. ratten, J. Percy, Pritchard, e. B u sell• r• - G. Sandal's, qaw i e , C• V, Scobcll, t. Bramley-Mcore, J. Henley, .T. sit d' Tirotherton, J. Herbert, H. shelleY , c o, Cavendish, G. Heywood, J. sibther',. if. Child, Smith Ilm•sfall. T. Cobbett, J. M. Ho t horn, Lord Sintjth", sil j.g.o. Cobbold, J. C. Johnstone, J. Spooner, .. Stafford, Ari Co'e, li A. Kinnaird, A. Cowper, W. F. Knatchbull, IV. DArymple, Viscount Langton, W. Dent, J Lan ton, „ a non, „. , Dering, Sir E. Duff, G. Lowe,Ee nn I t , .Lord A . F. I SB \ ‘ tt : : ; en i d c lidi o ei)j t ; L id :r° WalPo le 'f,, Duncan, G. Luce, T. Warner, j. Duncombe, 0.. Mackie, J. yhatina n ,; S, Dunlop, A. Macgregor, Jas. li'biO re '''J. Dunne, Col. Mandeville, Vis. whitest °. 0, Egerton, E. • Miles, W. Al'hittrore,,,f, Elliot, . Mona, Viscount icu oint;,: Emlyn, Vis. Montgomery, Sit G. wini3o ,r o li Ewart, W._ Moody, C. waloughbf.' Ferguson, J. Mestyti, T. Fitzgerald, W. Mull lugs, J. Vorteseue, C. . Napier, J. Freestuu, Col. Newdegae, C. Frewen, C. North, Col. J. Vold . t T O °. To fOrl r 4, P' GrOSVO° W." fuller, A Galwey, Sir W. Glyn, G. North, F. Oliveira, B. Pakenitam, T. H. Greaves, E Pakington, Sir J. NOES-66. re jig., ~ A. J. 0. Adair, R. Hadfield, G. 00 1- Anderson, Sir J. Hanbury,Capt.Hon.C .r Fig° a ' ' F. , Bailey, Sir J. II astie, Ales. r imingt oth 6 , Ball, E. If mite, Archd. lieW n ' 0. Barrow, W. Ileadlam, T. iticar p, ~ Cabbell, B. Heywortb, L. iar a N, Clay, Sir W., Bt. Hutt, W. Sbir le • c 4. ,1. ,, 0 , Clifford, Col. H. M. Ingham, R. Sian"'ol s " Coles, H. B. Kennedy, T. Stri cl ' l' 0, 6. Cowan, C. Kinr, J. viol ° f. Craufurd, E. H.J. Laslett, W. 11 10 1. 1 m l , Crook, J. Liddell, H. T. ViinC e ' ~ I , Crossley, F. Lindsay, W. . o . 3 o o iofti t Duckworth, Sir J. T. Macartney, G. Iv , ti'. Buncombe, T. Miall, E. vigil on , i voi": • Da Pre, C. Egerton, Sir r. Evelyn, W. Ferrer, J. Mines, R. Michell, W. Morgan, 0. Morris, D. 11%.,,, )1. Fenwick, IT. Fors J. 31urrough, J. Oakes, J. 10 16 Lickle 0 11 0 1. 0 sowbr Gardner, R, Gordon, A. O'Brien, P. Parker, R. Gwyn, U. Pechell, Sir G. COUNTRY ,41ARS0,5* EDINBURGH MEAL MAIMEII--,, ° O P (' There were in the market to-day, 14 oe''l 4° weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thil i 0 at 0/. Os Od, and 0 at 01. Os. , _ ..„,.. EDINBURGH HAY AND ST*A" f i l i . FEB. 27. t . li cl 'i There was a large supply of straw o f °,:aliolejl6f.'; the market. The prices to-day were as ' fi le °' i tri e Oat straw, from 6s 6d to 8s Od per ke, rl / 1 0 0 ", tron ; wheat do., 5s 6d to 7s 6d ; barley al& pet " Hay from lld to 13d ; new ditto, Cod t' ° ro. 'r li t -.ARKET--.„a,!lf p First. S ' O ` l lA ~ 38 s sa --' 0 ,1 ,i 5 ii 276 Oil -- IP " s s OS / 4 Od —s ~.4 J .-- -s Od to --5 Od . 1 ordp' DUBLIN, FEB. 28. fi jill e i ja The break up of the ice on the canals , %to , 1 07 the roads by the thaw, enabled the farla s ; 0 ,41 0 4 supply of grain to market; but purchaser', b e a far greater reduction in the prices t i s :wort submit to. The consequence was that sal e " limited. • . . a b COAL MARKET.—Fss. 2° o f I' Prices of Coal per ton at the close of tJe `, a u s eol../9, , lletton ..... "*„.::::„.., Eltaeswwacrltl,,. . ....... ~: ,,., ,ili A ll•••''' ~"' ° Hough fla, ~, , „ , 0 South Nel ics :;o l ' Cowpeu ....i e . Haswell. Derwatal DALKEITH MEAT, Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto s. d. • Davison's West Hartley 19 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 19. 0 Longridge's Wet Hartley 19 0, Tanfield Moor l7 6 Walker Primrose C Grey's West Hartley lB 6 )IP l fl yt [ADVERTISEMENTI—Igrany thousee_ c , l 4 , o l3e , c0 0 , ,, tt , 1 effected without medicine, by Du 13eP 1 . , 0 ,0 ,/,' 6 's ".„'" 0 . 0 lenta Arabica Food, of indigestion (drli;;OAil l t; nervous, bilious, and liver cornplaia o Voo quote a few :—Cure No. 52,612.- - ' t co .- cop!, Countess of Castlestuart.—" Rosstre l° ' O O d , Ireland, 9th December, 1851.—The D ° •t, '4r/, Castlestuart feels induced,in the in tor cs nt 130 k i manity, to state that Du Barry's exc ell • e ice s 'tk o b f ic i a nd F i o g o e ( s l ti h o a n s b cu il r e e ; d grea her t , of faanlyi y,neiffarear'esrla,uadnindg.in s T y b l b i fe s t e r' F i c . O o u n :C s u l n i i d e i ms e e r s s e c ei lvile : 3' c i F f ! i tc . Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. „ a il: 4, Of dyspepsia, from the Ri g ht Hon. th e ,:` - r oo it Decies.—" I have derived considerable Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and e i s se , (o 4 , yourselves and the public to authorise_l!A..4o these line&—Stuart de Decies." Curo3,lloo,Y;tipt'i,), the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross.- d lef .00 sive nervousness, with pains in my neck 0 ,0 , ty , tx , f ii re,: neral debility, which rendered my lif e s4°„,' l o N t been radically removed by D u Barry's l'e% e rce," . e —Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Ski, o ooo 4 ,' 4,203.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nel'oce i„or with cramps, spasms and nausea, fo,or tually removed by Du Barry's deliei°lo4,l"' short time.—Rev. John W. Flavell, c p Norfolk." Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty 1 ° 0 " - * agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, est,t, 6 te;100 pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness al , 0 ,"fol:i) mitings, have been removed by Du BOP —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling,. near Dtri o sti c jo„ No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, ill' )30N,,,,Jy A ral debility have been removed by D u r e rtil'fal' Food.—James Potter, Athol-street , d fie:0 11 ;04 tors, suitably packed for all climates, I_ ll 110 0 ,1 a Mons —llb., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; super-refined, 11b., 6s. 21b., 11s. ; 61 ;, te? e ,o The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, h io office order. Barry du Barry and Co•l c t,d l / street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, 63, 63'0 her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; also j JO; Graeochurch-street ; 330 and 45 1 , St r tver Oxford-street ; 55, Charing-cross ; 4, 54, Upparßaker-street. pgt' i o [ADVERTISEMENT.] TUB WAR IN Os : 1 4 0, PATENT RECONNOITRING GLASSES.— MeSniCCV4' mons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, bet 2441 opposite the York Hotel. By j A e , la rip' Letters Patent for valuable and extraer f o e , in the most powerful and brilliant Tcl es po i r tob course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, t o t 0 0' 4 of objects viewed through them—of grcl., „050'00 army, navy, and others. These telescoPe' vt itri o r, A l l ', ordinary powers that some 3? inches,ooo,_derd piece, 'will show distinctly Jupitcr's and the double stars; with the sa.° - 01 0,1orr e ir,;' seen a person's countenance three m iles ore ol and an object from 16 to 20 miles. Thei i • ic'' 0 1) 01 09•; sizes, with increasing powers accorcling";cer!,l", ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to nio, sy,4 above, and the Georgian;with his 6 satellivotf:ol,f Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly -111 f A liti A t ' powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size ° a iot ,ll ,lo, i ;,' a person can be seen and known 1i• ralics o tb e t s;;;lit l io every purpose on the race-course, and c os ° , , country scenery, and ships are clearly 6 0 11ti l ' of iroO i li They are invaluable for shooting, deer ato 111,0 r ift` att f sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, race-course, camp, and perspective g'7, e ov, i llpr„g power.—Newly-constructed Spectacle oPr o i d ri°' o cc; est transparent power. The valunb, ° ,o o 4 ot ° 4 11 ; from this invention ie, that vision u; sg 0;4 preserved and strengthened, and 1 . ,.,e 1 " 0 ,1 ,4 1 Ve i l ! enabled to employ their sight at w:ol ll ,. c e e 'ca , pation—can see with these lenses of ' l , O P 0 .000.t r o ; ing power—and they do not require trfill atof to the dangerous effects of further poi,Letoto f 0 o r. ness—New Discovery.—The Organic : I' s ' o tiV r s o . o nary powerful, small, newly-invented Je 0 .10 8 entirely different from all others, tO S O , o er C A ll kind that has been, or probably of% n 0t0t0f,,, 4 Being of the same colour as the skin, 1 1 ,, a t °f gik ot y enables deaf persons to hear distin ct t rop ( a ) , 0 publie assemblies ; the unpleasant seie a ffor A pe in the ears is entirely removed ; and 39, Ale ante that possibly could be desired„.. 0r 1 , Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the nt::" BIRTHS , i io , , ;0 l ior r' " OF A SON. villa -, •00, On the 28th ult. at 16, Hanover 10'0 the wife of John Rendall, Esq of Line ° / ~ at-law. 0 OF ADA CrOlloo* w arego' On the 26th ult., at Spilsbury A i c- . Rev. Chas. Carey: e MARRIED' Y . ffri t 0 P g. ol o 0' On the 21st ult., at Andover, the s eo,, A , io' M.A. of Birmingham, to Blizabel'iog, rP' 0 ' itr i i 4 daugh i ter of the late William 1)°// $.4 / Wallop, Hants. On the 27th lilt , at SC James% Ilthieri°ll4 of Glasgow, to . Louisa Jane, only daughter Dodds, of the Caledonian Railvial. j S " fo' - ' I' DIE D' , o f Do rt pit'l On the 24th ult., Mr. Joh n Wild'a' , ti tb e„ i , after a prolonged illness, aged 5 9 . lace, P." ,ter On the 21stult., at Lansdowne-P.,ex Each „") Mr. John Harbush Davidge, of the S" _ . ,0 1 ' g , f fi:i 11 a b 11; segebalc°loollld/' On the d 2Dsothwnuslhtir,etoihun, iillaoinr°pns'i:;;,...-,t:rgrixe`l;3,fe;p9Pir.p• Soho, o -,,,,,,,, ci . Q,.. .0 . Jo O hn n the 27th nit., E . :t 21, Clarero n % 14/ oe° ve of c ook , ,Goi: oogoe , 0 ,0e 0e .)," 55. On the 27th ult. at the Sonth-se 0,0 street, Mr. Win. ult., aged 7 1 1, 0 -Olt, 5 1 ' On the 27th ult., Thomas Keating, jun., Esq., °, 131 :3 Y: u 4' 79, St. Paul's Churchyard " ------- -.WO ° Plf Aa bf ooi°' o 0 a d : Printed and Publish- so b , 0 0 at rhe • i of No. 112, Strand, Printer/ 6 0 .0 Y, I li Strand, in the Precinct oohe P 1 1600. Middlesex, Thuradai, 141,c)../,,,,t,lTEßatr-, 1t444, 8. ; Area, 28.; ( HY,Diaeeevery Tuesday Ptialtall, Plecadill3 E VIE COIJRT ii,,ii INDTIAgerPut ed Itsst day of 501 I..trAIITERLY GENER. 74 Bartno d for that ' g ut., at Eleven o'clock i: iiimT E 6 l ; Z Alltrnentllj S a t r o e el l ( ) , " tt P rt a ( / krter,/ost granted by grta„4nl,ay, at the Head 144'441! 4r, Strand ; 7 u i kai's.et'al 'SoSulialwft e a s rk , ......4 RUG R. T 41Britgsh Bank, 21 MEETI: or As 4 111 a T TEE of th e ‘l, u_l%,T ASSOCIATI, • relt inst., t'l the 4.4.„P01t5.%,?: ~11,,i,,,ittli,,,)t,s,is,,,,ti,erttnizaLjtotor.,,, itwEinNsi,,,Afi;Rol,: 41441 g the r P o-ibl ) ' it g 04 th "P ' 14 i 0 Governmen N: 8 entitled to the c also fto support Ppointed a memb( thio, .1:0alon, and to us lo 4y ',..g expresses tht to r garded as a : tide`' will effectually ll.:li3elnent which co _nt_eeting consi lott.kt4tt 171.ttrallnl . to 11 1 to the supp 4 t,eharlotte•row, Lon Cliklai czeretarles, and llow tleos,S.ro respect] *l4 clock precisely. ti0,i044,0 Meet at No. 41kre?IfIkielt5Teeeclinl lkib,,, S LlTlti, for ti , kViotinnissioned Off InqitiPPtiens and don gnott th en, which has .1 ( re lt u, et,Pecially felt i 'gat. ""' have been rer tliii(„. of 5/. or a r ,k., and gives the i,,,p; an additional t;,„°s or dontion. An::!8 of 250/. will 1?' tota!Dr?gignent subsern 4 4 41 . j. l lege as lover] , T 4, ruses the govern "'l' tilicl Prl°'il] ir ,...: , .....:: ....... ...._ . N°l-gbltßS' 0] kep t , ~f . the Soldier's Ve ts'" eANRIGA.TI ' offices, 25, Lin C),L,J)ItRg' 11,,,,nteRRTARIES , ma. a ,(4,,,,..q0111. Applies] her Applies] to C1141:/itRS' o ttrkiilfaidttee ars anxio kl(1,,)'; near London, hiNt4t, 12tr5e Lei,lienoeisJ,es tr .l\ -- -- 41 , E Z4 A , , -A t OP PROFr. ) ,r 01k. 1 , 3 04, ofented will ktoitirs',,l/ . 4 153 of the ~11, ,80oatained ir '', P '''t'llgras requi i,4,7,,," ttan In mar 4, ti0 1l ' kotected aurora from). to tha a, , 1 , ,. 1i ' T CUM 1-ii,l4,.Ottt44'M Paid 1 c)l,, tpangnyaoyfbtli CHAI I\l k q -1 ei E ty , 1 N ire, West troad -4,„', Co4,q--7, et 4 of the k7ol_eatl Ttoled:,(6l. Twenty , Ar„,lerPool, oze, 2 rlAn e s it, eater, ' E " tirm i . ' ,' 2; t, gr,,,t, ngham I( --‘' '411(1-..€1,14'gow, t, " Greenocl Iref;„ Dumfries „ --.4td --Dublin A telfast. C ork, Queensto, \,. 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