The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-31 00:00:00

riiirti %Itittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. MANCHESTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The St. Leger Stakes. Iron Duke Jaarcishct The Welter Cup. Smuggler 811 ... Rosalinda ... The Artizan Stakes. Woolwich Pk.st-tempore ... 1 ... 1 ... 2 TAT TERSA LL'S—T HIS EVENING. Six o'cLocii. EMPEROR'S VASE. 5 to 2 agst Chanticleer 3 to_l agst Van Tromp QUEEN'S VASE. 5 to 2 agst Canzou ASCOT STAKES. 4 to 1 agst Esse :arius 4 to 1 agst St. Antonio 10 to 1 agst Vampyre 10 to 1 agst Glutton 10 to 1 agst Chicaneu& DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Windhound 50 to 1 agst Witchcraft 50 to 1 agst Tordesillas 50 to 1 agst Lady Geraldine colt 50 to 1 agst Wansdyke 50 to 1 agst Hardinge AITSTRIA- The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Posen of the 20th ;—" The advanced guard of the Riissians has been unexpectedly attacked, and detroyed by a division under Dembinski, near Jor danow, in Gallicia, not far from the frontier of Hun gary. 2,000 Russians were left on the field of battle, and 20 cannon fell into the hands of the victors. It is said that the Hungarians have possessed themselves of- Lemberg, but this requires confirmation. It is certain, however, that Dembinski wishes to pass into Poland by Galicia, and, on that account, a Russian force of 45,000 men has occupied the camp of Kalisch, and is to remain on the frontier." ITALY. The Roman Jioniteur publishes the following letter from M. de Lessepi;— _ _ "Messieurs les (;ommissaires,—You have, in my opi nion, four powers against you; the intentions of one of these were not understood, which gave rise to a combat over which a veil had better be thrown before entering upon a conference. After my arrival I was night and day in correspondence with your triumvirate. I made three proposals, which were almost re jeeted in a letter of Signor Mazzini, who declared that in his private opinion my proposals were of a nature not I) be easily accepted. I prepared the modifications thought possible, arid on receiving the annexed project (that rejected by the Assembly), M. Mazzini invited me to a conference with the triumvirate. I answered M. Accussi, the bearer of the message, verbally, that I would receive the members of the deputation. I have privately communicated to you, Messieurs les Commis saires, the dispatches one and two that I sent three days ago to my Government, and in which I explained the truth as I had found it, and you declared to me that my infor mation was exact. From this moment, acting in my own name as well as in that of General Oudinot de Reggio, Commander-in Chief of the French expedition in the Mediterranean, I assume my official character of Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic, the colours of which are displayed at the window of my habitation. I remain here in permanence, disposed to receive, dressed in my uniform, all those who may pre sent themselves officially on the part of the Assembly or the triumvirate, or by the commissioners delegated by the Natioual Assembly. The gravity of the case requires a prompt solution, and I shall await it till midnight. Custom requires that a piquet of honour be stationed at my door, with ordinances un horseback for the exchange of our respecive dispatches. " Done at Rome, at the Albergo della Germania, via Condotti, and communicated to the members of the de putarion, in a doable original, one of which remains with us, in the presence of M. de Gerando, Chancellor of the Ambassador of France, who has entered it on his minutes; and of M. de la Tour d'Auvergue, Secretary of Legation attached to my raksion. " 19 - h May, at two o'clock. " N.B. Coramikdoners have declared to me that they as yet have no other power from the Assembly but that of hearing and reporting. `.ln faith of which we have signed:— ` FERDINAND DE LESSErIi, HENRI DE LA TOUR D'AUVERGNE ; in the name of M. DR "GE DANDO, and by authorisation ; ED. LEBME, Private Secretary to the Minisier." " P.S.—The Commissioners of the National Assembly having, - upon bearing the above-mentioned dispatches read, verbally aekno:li-dged the exactness of the infor mation giv,m by me, have not thought proper to certify it by their signature, reserving to themselves to do it, if necessary, when the dispatches shall have been commu nicated to them in an authenticated copy, a communica tion which I could not make bcfbre the conclusion of the " FERDINA.ND DE LES/MPS." colvfn:ion, 31azzini's letter alluded to in the above document is dated Rome 16th, and professes to give the infor mation applied for by M. de Lesseps respecting the actual state of home. After asserting the right of Rowe to govern I:erself as she may think fit, it recognises the right of France to inquire whe ther or not it is a factious minority that imposes its .la/ill on the people, and endangers the peace of EuropT, and of France with other powers, by its obstinate and unjustified resistance, but declares at the same time that the present Government of Rome is that of the majority ; that the Republic was .tlonded by an Assembly elected by universal suffrage ; thst, notwithstanding the disorder in every branch of Government which the late regime had. bequeathed to its successors, the mere pro clamatioa of the republican principle at once re• stored order;_ for that while under th e P apa l Government &Lily einzdes would take place, not one could be mentioned as having taken place under the-Republican Government; that Rossi's assassina tion is a solitary fact condemned by all; that not withstinding the heavy financial crisis, the people meia staunch in its adherence to the Republic; for that in tte moment of danger the Municipal Coun cil::; which appeared the least favourable to that form, stepped forth unanimously, and confirmed their adherence to it; that now, in spite of the invA6n of France, Austria, and Naples, the Roman finances have bet:erel their condition, the paper munjey has risen 30 per cent from its late depression of 42 per cent., the army daily increases, and the po pulanous are ready to rise; that the Roman people hove but une determined will, the downfal of the Pope's temporal power; and that a return to the past can only be eff,cted over heaps of dead bodies and the ruins of the city. IMPERIAL PAIt,LIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tho SrEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. NIcuoLL t(ok the oaths and his seat for Cardiff. TURNPIKE ACTS. Lord DUDLEY STUART moved that the petition of owners and cc:u t iers of houses in the New Finchley road and Avt-nuc-road, for the introduction of clauses into Any ge, eral Bill which might be introduced for the continuance of Turnpike Acts, prohibiting the trustees of ttie Marylebone and Finchley turnpike-roads from erecting, or permitting to remain, any toll gate or bar on any part of the Finchley-road and Avenue-road, on the south side of or nearer to London than the Swiss Cottage, pr. seated to,the House on the 12th of May 1848; and the petitions tor continuance of the Maryleboue and Finchley Road Acts, from the trustees of Marylebone end Finchley turnpike-roads and the bonded credi tors cf the Marylebone and Finchley turnpike trust. presented to the House on the 3d of August 1848, be referred to the Committee on Group 19 of Private Bills. Mr. GREENE objected to the motion on technical groupds, and it was withdrawn. REPORTS. _ _ _ The following reports were consii!ercd and agreed to: — East, Lothian Central Railway (Abandonment of the Railway and Dissolution of the Company). Stockton and Darlington Railway (Consolidation of Acts, &c., Alteration of Line, &e.) Bill. _ _ __ THIRD READINGS. 'rho following Bills were read a third time and passed: Abdy'a Estate. EistAuglian Railways (Ely and Huntingdon Railway Extension of Time). PETITIONS. Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from Melton Mowbray against the alienation of Church property. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Melton Mowbray in favour of the better control of county ex penditure. - Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from mer chants and others in tho city of London against the continuation of Smithfield market. Mr. MARTIN presented petitions from Pontefract and other places in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in savour of means being taken to prevent trade in the 1 1, ) , !tiort and prostitution of %vonien. Mr. COCKBURN presented a petition from the Town Council of bouthanaptun, against the payment of magis tr..ites' dirks by fees. . Admiral GORDON presented a petition against the Scotch Registration and Marriage Bills. CANADA. In rpply to Mr. CHRISTOPHER, who alludpd to the peilication of the Canadian papers in the Times news paper before they were in the hands of the Members, Mr. HAWES stated that the papers were not d_livered to Members on account of the holi days. No favouritism was shown to any particular newspaper. In this case applications had been for early copies by the newspapers, which had been acceded to as soon as they were printed; a nd in many cases it was most important that the Government should avail them selves of the great publicity which the newspapers afforded - fir making the public acqtninted with impor tant public documents.—(Cheers.) Mr. M061.17N presented a petition from Denbigh shire praying that the County Courts might be o,xtoived. Mr. COBDEN presenttd e petition in favour of the liberation of Mr. Shore from sev:ral Diss-nting congre gations, and in favour of the rep-al of the Septennial Act. ORKNEY AND SHETLAND GRIEVANCES. Mr. ANDERSON gave notice that on Tuesday, the 12th of June, he w mald move for a Select Committee to inquire into the allegations of certain petitions from the landholders, traders, and other inhabitants of Orkney and Shetland, complaining of various local grievances operating as impediments to the due development of the industrial resources of those islands. LUNATIC ASYLUMS (SCOTLAND) BILL. The HON. MEMBER also gave notice that in case the Bill should pass the second reading, he would move in Committee that the islands of Orkney and Shetland be exempted from its operation. SUPPLY. _ _ On the motion for the consideration of the report of the Committee of Supply, Sir 11. IVILLOLTGIIBY rose to move, pursuant to notice, a reduction of 50,000/. in the navy estimates, with reference :o wages and artificers. The vote of last year was 851,0001., that was reduced to 811,000/. in the estimates of the present year, being a reduction of 40,0001., and what he now proposed was to reduce that amount by 50,0001. He held in hie hand the expenditure for the last few years, but he could see no such sum as this as ever having been demanded of the House of Commons under No. 8. Take the seven years from 1835 to 1842 he found the average somewhere about 400,000/, while in the seven years from 1842 to the present time the average was 701,0001. Therefore that proved at once the vote now demanded from the House was consider ably in excess of the average of the last seven years, and at a period too during which they had ~been what was called creating a steam navy. The same was the case with regard to the workers and artificers ; for he found by the returns that the number of men employed in the dockyards had increased from 9,000 men in 1842 to 13,000 in 1848, exclusive of convicts; so that, both in point of men and money, there had been a continual increase, and he therefore wanted to know how it was that the Admiralty had not complied with the recommendations of the Committee which had sat upon this subject. It really was high time that the matter was looked into. With a navy, consisting of 70 vessels, of upwards of 72 guns each, they had a steam navy of 5,000 horse power, and he wanted to know where the limit was to stop ? How long was this extravagant waste of the public money to go on? At all events, some explanation was due to the House from the Admiralty, and be now felt it to be his duty to call for it. He had to ask on what principle this enormous expense had been regulated? He admit ted that there might be danger of war; but there was another danger, that of disgusting the people of this country at the enormous amount of our taxation ; and be thought no Member would be bold enough to get up in his place and say which of these two evils was the greater. The Hon. Member concluded by proposing the reduction of which he had given notice. Sir FRANCIS BARING, who was heard very in distinctly in the gallery, was understood to say that if the proposed reductions were made, other expenses, almost equal in amount, would have to be incurred. He did not think that our steam navy was more exten sive than was necessary; already a reduction of 86 000/. (we understood) had been made in the wages of the artificers, and a further reduction of 10,0001. in the wages of ? the officers. He quite agreed wish the Hon. Member (Sir H. Willoughby) that every possible economy ought to be practised in the expenses of the navy; but, at present, it would be impossible to make the reduction which had been proposed. Mr. HENLEY said the Right Hon. Gentlemen the First Lord of the Admiralty had stated that the number of seamen, and the efficiency of the force, must keep pace with the nuent-r of the force employed. That was a sound principle, but it was not carried out in practice. It wanted explanation oa the face of the cLeument, but of which he could see no explanation in that document. Putting aside the expenditure for the purpose of the creation and maintenance of a steam navy, it did so happen that in the first five of the last ten years the average number of seamen was rather larger, by about 700 or 800, than in the last five years. The average of the dockyard wages of those first five sears was 552,8621., but in the last five years it was 680,000/. There they had an annual increase of 140,0001. in wages, for no possible good reason that he could understand. The doCkyard wages, on the same number of seamen, bad in creased twenty-three per cent. ; that was the gross increase in five years; and the stores had in creased 11 per cent. He did think that was a state of things that made it very difficult to assent to the truth of the proposition stated by the First Lord of the Ad miralty that the gr.( atest economy had been observed. Captain PECLIELL said that he could only remind the House of the first occasion on which he had spoken of the working of the system, and he might say as he had spoken on all occasions, no person of any experi ence or consideration at all but could bear testimony to the truth of the statements of the recommendations which he had put before the country. These circum stances all confirmed him in the impression which he veLtared to convey to the House dar ing the two last years, viz., the reduction of the number of the middies in the Dockyards. 1k did not know what they were called now, but in the old times, when he was a comparative youngster, they were always called" Dockyard Middies."—(Hear, hear.) lie was glad to have the opportunity of confirming the statements which he had turmerly made with respect to the caulking of the ships in the British navy. If; as he had recommended, Jeffrey's marine glue had been used th re woutt, kave been no necessity whatever for improving the caulkin; of the vessels in the Briti.,ll nary, and he trns ed, therefore, that the reductions which he had recommended would be carried. But now the matter was different, if a vessel went round to Portsmouth or Plyme uth, and especially if it touched at Madeira, it required recaulking. And all this occurred because this valuable invention had not been applied to our royal navy.--(Hear.) He trusted, however, that it would short be used, for he firmly believed that it would be eminently useful to the whole of the service. In the caulking of small ships it would be especially valuable by being made instrumental in keeping the ships dry interneby, in preserving the hammocks of the seamen from dampness, and in promot ing the general comfort of the crew. He was satisfied that by the use of this invention at least 30,000 s would be saved to the country. • Sir C. BURRELL bore testimony to the statement made by the Gallant Member with respect to the ad vantage of the use of marine glue. He had tried it him self for various purposes and found it most invaluable. Sir F. BARING said that Mr. Jeffrey had brought the question of his marine glue before him, and the sub ject of his invention was Low under the consideration of the Admiralty. Sir JO FIN TYRELL bore testimony to the value of Mr. Jeffrey's discovery. It was a most useful and prac ticable one. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY then withdrew his amend ment, and the report was ordered to be received. COLONEL MURGOCH. Mr. SCULLY asked the Secretary at War to explain why this p . ntleman's widow had been refused a pension. Mr. FOX MA ULE spoke from memory, but if he was not mistaken, the case referred to by the Hon. G• ntle man was adjudicated upon as far back as the time when his Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign Affairs held tilt office of Secretary at War, and it had been con sidered by every Secretary at War since. Colonel Murdoch at the time he married the lady in question was 70 years of ege, and it was a rule at the War-office not to grant pensions to the widows of half • pay officers who married atter 60 years, as an induce ment would be held out to officers in the last stage of existence to marry ladies to secure them pensions. The report anti items were then agreed to. CIVIL CONTINGENCIES. The Souse then went into Committee of Supply, On the vote for Civil Contingencies being proposed, Mr. B. OSBORNE drew attention to the excessive amounts that were granted for miscellaneous estimates. Aitogetht r they amounted to about 3,000,0001., but as com pared with the grants of 1348 there was a reduction of 20,0002, though-upon the grants of 1347 there was an in • crease of 5,0001 The first item was for special missions, foreign and colonial; a sum of 6001. was put down as expenses incurred in settling the terms of the American boundary question; a similar vote was proposed every year, and altogether there had been expended by the Commission no less than 29,0001., and he wished to know how long that vote was to be continued. There was another charge of 2,0001. for the expense of Lord 11.into's mission; last year there was a similar charge of 2,0001., and h 3 w wpa i h s is h at. ed to ask wheth er it was to be continued, and was The nextth the total amount was stlsL that for had the e b x e p e e n_ year ()e el Wi ti,oi ilodoet:o, and the year Portugal, a d ivtiootne last Colonel for b beforeut there (he wbe lieved) there was another vote. The expenses of pas sages for bishops was only 1661.; that, he thought, was a matter of great congratulation, for last year it amounted to 1,209/. There was an item of 1,1004 for Mr. Sotitheron's expedition to Buenos Ayres; and an item of 1001. to the new President of Liberia. Now, he was not a sufficient geographer to know where Li .beria was.--(Laugh ter.) Ott looking to the map he votes s d n h o e t s fi h n o d u T. d i t, rot have iif ho k h n a l n no t t h a El t ee s n ue i h t a pa in n the ce existed,repub (L lic. or that republic.—(Laughter.) )weThelinadthertehewreas an m vhed a of 4451. for triennial trumpets; and it was a curio us fa ct, —aug that though the trumpets were triennial the votes were annual.—(Laughter.) There was also 5001 for the tra velling expenses of the King of the Belgians ; it was a bid principle that any royal person or any private gentleman should call upon the people of this country, or the CoMmons, to pay such travelling expenses. He found since 1843 the Commission for settling the claims of British subjects in Portugal had cost 11,3601, and he behaved those claims were not adjudicated on yet. There was another instance—he would not call it a job—but he must say it was a most profuse expenditure of the public money, Lamely, that relating to the Commission for inquiry into the best mode of decorating the Houses of Parli.onent. He was not against encouraging the fine arts; he would make no attack on the frescoes; but he did think that 6,0001. was an enormous sum for that commission to cost the country. Then the most excessive thing was the In alth of the metropelis—(Laughter)--which cost 1,8001. this year, 3001. last year, and so on. Then there was 501. as a present to the King of Greece. He thought they would be much better employed in making presents to that enterprising traveller Mr. Layard. There was another curious item. It appeared that whenever certain parties took an Evan gelical fit the country was to pay for it Last year there was 5801. for thanksgiving for the famine. Then then) was a larger sum for the Sultan of Johann°. Who was the Sultan of Johann() ? they might p_ke any body in for l'oool.—(Llughter.) ColOnel 61.6'rHORif had always observed a very thin attendance whenever a money vote was under di3cussion. Thera were certain items in which it was impassible t, put any faith. This was especia:ly the case with regard to the Railway Department. This was particu• trly the cate with regard to No. 2 on the list. He had no hesitation in saying that he thought the railways ought to pay the whole of their own expences. lie bad no desire whatever to cast any reflezion on the Noble Earl; but he (lid think that some amendment might be made on this point. The Honourable and Gallant Member then went into a number of items, which it would be useless to repeat, in order to show the excess of charges in the department, and then further went on to say that he firmly believed that the lion. aad Gallant Officer at the head of what he might call the Court of Supervision, would be unable to make any effective alteration. Yet when he heard of the distress in Ireland and the distress in England, with which he was very well acquainted, he fat bound to contend against emtravagance in any of the Government estimates.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. F. FRENCH thought that it was perfectly un necessary to go into the several items, yet there was one to which he wished to call the attention of I is Right Hon. Friend below him (Sir W. Somerville) for there was one grant for 200,0001., which appeared to:him quite unnecessary. [LEFT SPEAKING.] ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A JEALOUS HUSBAND. Early on Monday morning one of the most delibe rate attempts to commit murder that has for a long time come under our notice, was made in the borough of Salford, by a young married man named John Burton ; the motive assigned for the atrocious act, which sprang from jealousy, being a wish to inflict summary vengeance on the seducer of his wife. Burton is the keeper of a small confectioner's shop on the Salford side of Victoria-bridge, and has been mar ried between three and four years, his wife being about his own age (SO years). They have only one child, a little girl nearly three years of age. For some con siderable time past Burton and' his wife have been on terms of intimacy and friendship with a young man named Giles Hardman, a weaver, who resides in Booth-street, Chapel-street, Salford, who is a widower, having (as we are told) buried his wife some months ago. Latterly rumours haie reached the ears of Burton that his wife and Hardman were too friendly, to which, however, he for a long time appears to have refused credence— no doubt, thinking such reports arose from the fact which he seems to have known—namely, that Hardman and she were sweethearts before their respective marriages. We may add also that he is said to have been doatingly fond of his wife and child, and hence he would be reluctant to believe her guilty. Unhappily for him, however, he was visited at his house in Cabel-street, Gravel-lane, on Friday evening, by a male acquaintance of his, named Connor, who told him he could furnish him with damning proofs of his wife's guilt, as he (Connor) had that night tracked her to a place where she had an assignation with Hardmae, and where he wit nessed sufficient to confirm the rumours in existence. The effect of this intelligence upon the mind of the wretched husband was most harrowing, and appears to have filled him with the diabolical intention of killing his wife's seducer, for on the day following (Satureay) he purchased a pistol, balls, and powder, for the purpose of blowing out the man's brains. Early on Monday morning he went to Hardman's house about hall past six o'clock, and knocking at the door asked the man's mother if her son Giles was in. " Yes," she replied, "heis up stairs in bed ;" on which he went up stairs to see him, salut ing his intended victim as he entered the bed-room, by calling out his name. Hardman, on hearing his voice, exclaimed, " Hulloa, Jack, is that thee 1' to which Burton replied by stepping forward into the room, closing the room door carefully after him, and feeling if he could fasten it inside, as though he had come to communicate something of importance. He then pulled off his coat, or jacket, and took from the pocket the pistol which he had bought on the Saturday, as above-mentioned, and presenting it directly at Hardman's head pulled the trigger. Providentially the priming flashed off in the pan, and the murderous weapon missed fire, affording time to Hardman to spring on his assailant, and to wrest it out of his hand. The struggle was a short one, as Burton made scarcely any resistance, but yielding his weapon with a melancholy sigh, said, " I am sorry it missed, but I have got another will do the job I intended." After Hardman had obtained the pistol, he said, "Now, Jack, I will forgive thee, and say nothing about it, if thou will promise never to do such a thing again ;" but the only reply he could elicit from Burton was a determined threat to take his life, sooner or later. Finding him so bent on murder, Hardman raised an outcry for a policeman, when police• con stable Hill was soon fetched to the place, and was informed of the attempt Burton had made, on which he took him into custody. The unhappy man again expressed his regret that the pistol had missed fire, desiring the constable to take him away at once, and said he was quite prepared for the worst. When asked what could have induced him to make such au attempt, he never offered to deny ; but told 0:e officer he would find a further supp!y of powder and balls in a drawer, inside his shop. After taking him to the Town-hall, and delivering up the pistol to the chief constable, Mr. Neal, the officer, proceeded to the shop of the prisoner (the key of which Burton had given him out of his pocket), for the purpose of searching for the powder and balls mentioned, but on his arrival he found the shop had been opened by the prisoner's brother-in-law, who said there were no such articles in this place. Disbelieving Ae.derson (the brother-in-law), the officer searched him, and bound the powder and bullets in his pockets; and ascertaining that he had heard of Burton's arrest, and had hastened to the shop and broke in the door for the purpose of removing the articles, the officer took him into custody as an ac cessory before the fact, conceiving from his conduct that he must have known what Burton was about. In the course of the day Mr. Neal, the chief constable, had the charge which remained in the pistol drawn, when it was found to be loaded with no less than three bullets. Yesterday (Tuesday) morning the two prisoners were brought up for examination before the mayor of Salford (Mr. E. It. Langworthy), Burton charged with maliciously attempting to shoot Hardman and do him some grievous bodily harm, and Peter Ander son as an accessary before the fact. After the facts of the attempt had been stated, as they are given above, Burton supplied an account of the circumstances which bad led him to the act, and whichta taking ng we ooo h a a s i s ) e nto animadvert incorporated i n our r on t ep he o r of the affair, t which Hardman had been guilty of towards him in feeling and severe terms. He said Hardman had once accused his (prisoner') wife of having been the cause of his own wife's death, and asked what sort of man he could be considered who would commit an act of adultery with the murderess of his own wife ? He said he had loved his wife fondly and dearly, but the prosecutor bad now robbed him of all earthly happiness, and his only regret was that he bad not killed him. He should have made the attempt earlier had it not been out of consideration for his child's, welfare, but now he was prepared for the worst. At the request of a person who gave him a most excellent character for kindness and affection towards his wife, and who spoke of him in the highest terms, he was remanded for further examination till the next morning .—Manthester Courier. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS COMPANY.-WINDING UP. His Honour Sir W. Horne sat on Wednesday morn ing at his chambers, Southampton-buildings, for the purpose of appointing an official manager to wind up the affairs of this company, and settle the list of contri butaries. Mr. WILLIAM BOYCE JamEs, solicitor, of Basing hall-street, presented an affidavit on behalf of the pe titioner, which was to the following effect:— That Tunb a r i llg a g y Wells; in October, 1845, the above-named com pasnry was formed for the purpose of establishing that communication the e ° b in s t p a ' a c n e; w a B , r p i registered on the 6th of September - • - under previous, t h e provisionally on s a i n t y d Joint-Stock Companies and Tunbridge ge Wells Direct R • ailway Company" (Hal le tea line) ; that a • shortly af ter the provisionalpimted prosp e ct us w as issued pro moters, in which it was stated registration by the to be 350,0001., to be si.. that the capital was of 20/. each, deposit a vi 2esd into 17,500 shares all the shares had been *air" share ; that of application to 408 applicants,°wUr on letters addreses were in the possession of deponent; . names and of thrm had paid the required deposit intot, th t e hLt many 1 of the company, and the sums so paid amounted in the aggregate to 3,4861., Is bile the actual amount of the deposit payable was about 35,7001 . , so that there still ' remained 32,2141. of the deposit unpaid in respecct of the shares allotted. Then follows a statement of the manner in which the deposit money had been ex pended by the committee of management, as appears by the auditors' accounts, and in which it is set forth that the amount paid for furniture, rent, salaries, printing, and sundries was 542/. 17s. 7d.; cash to Mr. Hallett, 500/. Then follow various other sums, such a s MEssrs. Dawson, for advertisements, 1,1721. ss. 6J.; cost of action against Mr. Molineux,.. 299/.; &c.—making a total of 2,965/. 138 7d. To this is to be added 4,280/. 18s. 6d., liabilites incurred by the committee and still remaining unpaid, and which consists of such items as 2,0001. for solicitors' costs; l oca l agents, 5411. SJ. GI.; Sir John Reticle, 2621. 10a; Mr. Hallett, 1 , 401 1. The deposition concluded by stating that there is now a balance to the cradit of the company in the banker's hands of 700 1 . of the deposit money. Mr. Henry James Norris, of 13, Soutbampton-build ings, and 22, Upper Gower-street, Bedford -square, having been appointed oillei3l manager, entered into the t required recognizances. viz., 5,0001. for the due discharge of the trust reposed in him. MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNCTIi )N. This line was inspected on Monday last by Capt. Laf fan, one of the Government inspect ;r.5 of railways, on that section completed from Amtergate (where it joins the Midland Railway) to ltowsley, when ho ex pressed his satisfaction at the very substantial manner in which the bridges, aqueducts, and tunnels were con structed. The opening of this important line will in all probability take place next Monday, which will furniqi a direct communication from the metropolis and the south with the fashionable watering-place of Matlock. WISHAW_ AND COLTNESS. On Tuesday a special meeting of the shareholders in this company was held in the Black Bull Hall, Virginia street, Glasgow; Mr. A. Gl, agow, of Auchen-with, in the chair. The advertisement calling the meeting having ben read, The CHAIRMAN said they had met for the purpose of considering. end determining in regard to a Bill now pending in Parliament, entitled " A Bill to effect the Sale of the Wishaw end Coltness Railway to the Caledonian Railway Company." As it was the third time that Bills had been submitted to them, he did not think it necessary to do more thrn simply to move that it be approved. By this Bill the Wishaw Company were guaranteed from the Caledonian Company 10i per cent., which was equal to 522. 6J. for every 25/. share, payable half-yeasty. The arrangement would be, he conceived, a most favourable one for both parties. The Bill was then unanimous'y approved. After the appointment of directors the meeting cc parated. NEWSPAPERS AND THE TELEGRAPH IN AMERICA. —At the last meeting of the directors of the New York, Buffalo, and Albany Telegraph Company, it was decided to reduce the rates for newspaper communica tions and dispatches to eight dolla r . ; p er wee k, or one third less than the previous rate; and at the same meet ing a dividend for the last six months was declared of six per cent. on the profits of the company. THE WORKS AT THE BRIGHTON TERMINITS.—Few persons are aware of the extent of the works being car ried on at the Brighton terminus. There are at this pre sent time upwards of 730 men emp l oye d i n t h e locomo tive and carriage departme n t s a l one, an d a v i s i t to these workshops is exceedingly interesting. The company do all their repairs at Brighton, but have not up to the p resent per i o d , ma d e any large engines for their own use, a l t h oug h they h ave every facility for doing so ; b ut t h e y are so we ll s t oc k e d with first-rate engines, having 60 more than they have daily in use, that they do not require to make any new ores at present. The men are employed chiefly in repairs, and making crossings and points. They are building, it is true, a smal tank engine, to run on the Eastbourne branch, which will be used with economy. Mr. Craven is the superintendent of the locomotive department. By an alteration in the boilers and the construction of coke over. s at Kingston, he has effected an enormous saving in the consumption of coke. No less than 10,0001. has been saved in the consumption of coke alone within the last six months. We shall no longer be considered a non-producing town with such a factory as the ab ove h e re. The company make their own station engines, pumping engines, engines for lifting coals out of vessel-1, and, in short, they . do everything connected with a railway. Mr. Smith is the superintendent of the carriage department, and he has constructed several first-class car riages lately upon a new principle, and they completely take the shine out of the others. There are 230 men employed in this department. The company also make all their wrought iron from clip pings and parings, which, after being heated in a fur nace, is shaped by an immense hammer worked by steam, but which is regulated with so much exactness, that the regulator can s t r ike with the force of twenty five tons, or reduce it to the tap of a small hammer. This portion of the work is well worth seeing, but the most interesting part of it is the planing and cutting in the tur n i ng d e p ar tment. All the machines are worked by a seam engine of twenty-five horse power, The company are about to enlarge their terminus, carrying out the sheds to nearly double the length to what they are now. One of the most important things to the town will be the arrival of three fire engines, which they intend to provide forthwith. This is not only important to Brighton, but to all the towns to which the line runs, and in the event of fire will be very valuable. The Brighton line may safely be said to stand A 1, among the various lines in the country, especially with regard to its being in first-rate working condition, and it is a line which has met wiih fewer acei&nts than most other lines. The utmost re gularity is evinced throughout the works, and there is every prospect of the line increasing in popularity. Economy is studied in every department, and we must not omit to mention the very efficient and able manage ment of the traffic by Mr. fountain.. His civility and attention are the theme of general praise.—Su&or Ex press.- LAUNCH.—On Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, a splendid new ship, named the Toronto, of 513 tons register, was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. I)enny and nankin, Dumbarton. For workmanship and finish, this vessel fully supports the previous high eha racti,r of her builders, while her model reflects very great credit on the taste of Mr. James nankin, by whom she was designed, and leaves no doubt that her owners, the Messrs. Allan, of this city, have added another "clipper" to their numerous fl,et, so favourably known in the Canada trade. The Toronto was at the Jiro mielaw in l!ttla more than two hours after the launch took place, and is now loading ter Montreal, for which p.)rt, we believe, she sails on the 15d1 proximo.—Nn . l,ll British Mail. RICHARDS AND DRIVER.—This race of 110 yards for five pounds aside came off at the Flora-gardens, Bayswater, and, after a tight race, Richards was de clared the winner by half a yird. Betting even. Driver for choice. AN EXTRAVAGANT CH ARG E.—Every man likes being taken for a gentleman, and yet no man likes being charged as one—in a railway hotel bill.—lunch. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-S7REE7. A young servant girl named Catherine Henessey, lately dismissed from service, was placed at the bar charged with having concealed the birth of a❑ illegi timate child. It appeared from the evidence that about a month ago the prisoner took up her residence at the lodg ings of her father, at 3, King-street, Drury-lane, having been discharged from her situation the day before. Her father, suspecting that she was in the f am il y wa y, turned her out of doors, and then she was received as lodger by a woman named Cain, living in the next house. She was repeatedly accused of being pregnant, both by Cain and another woman in the same house, named Taylor; hut she always denied the imputation with apparent indignation. She seemed to suffer considerably from indisposition, and one morn ing between three and four o'clock, was seen to go several times to a water-closet, evidently in the greatest agony. Both the women accused her of being in labour; but she still denied the charge, and, at about four o'clock, said she would go into the next house, and lie down upon her father's bed fur a short time, as he would be gone outs lodgings,paSleh,etiwiians, to admit that s h e h a d a afterwards s t f e u a u , n b d u i t u s t b i l e l r r f e a r t u h s e e r d ' been delivered of a child. Mrs. Taylor, however, sent for Mr. Bennet, the surgeon of the parish, and he corroborated the suspicions which had been enter tained respecting the prisoner, who was then induced to go to the workhouse, where she confesed she had been prematurely delivered. Constable Bashford, 5 F, proved that upon receiv ing information of the above circumstance, he ex /mined a cesspool referred to in the course of the case, and found the body of a f u ll- grown c hild i n t h e soil. Mr. W. Bennett, surgeon, deposed that the child was full-grown, and did not exhibit any external marks of violence; and the matron of the workhouse gave evidence of the defendant's admission while under her charge. The defendant made a long statement to the Court, in which she corroborated the evidence given by Cain - and Taylor, but d en i e d th at h er E ither had done more than desire her to go and see a doctor, after which she d 4 not like to return to his house. She said she was examined by D r , H arr i son , t h e p h ys i c i an to the family in which she had lately resided, and he had reported th a t s h e was i n t h e f am il y way , upon which her mistress desired her to confess, saying that she would do something for her then. She (the de fendant) th en confessed everything to h er mistress, who, however, i mme di ate l y t urne d her out of her situation. Th e reason why he had not confessed to others was, th a t s h e feared being treated in the same way by th em a l so. She was 1$ Mr. HE NRY committed the pr i soner for trial on the charge of co ncea li ng the birth. years of age. WESTMINSTER. John Davey, a youth about 17 years of age, was charged bef ore M r. Burrell w ith a ttempting to obtain a sovereign by means of . a forge d l e tter. Mr. 11. I. L. Sl y stated he kept t he Kin g 's Arms, Great Colleg e - s t reet, Westm i ns t e r. On that morning a little boy br oug h t a letter t o his house, directed to him, and of whi c h the follow i ng is a copy :—" Friend Sly, can you oblig e me with a so verei g n till to morrow, as I sin without any money to go on with, having paid all away. Your humble servant (signed) MICHAEL MORDEN.II He at once knew that it wa s an attempt at f raud, and be i ng s hown the prisoner by the boy, George St o d en, a boy eleven y ea rs of age, stated ga v e him in charge. that he was going d o wn Abingdon street, on an errand for his master, Mr. Potter, a musical instru ment-maker, No. 2, Bridge street, when the prisoner stopped biro, and asked him to take the note produced to Air. Sly, and if he was not in to give it to Mrs. Sly, and if he was asked how Mr. Morden was, to say very well he further said it was very likely they would give him a sovereign, which be was to bring to him, and he would give him something. Police -constable Miller, of the B division, who ap prehended the prisoner, said he admitted having given the boy the note, but ho had himself been sent with it by a man on the bridge. On searching the prisoner he found a sheet of the same description of note paper. Mr. Michael Morden, of 46, Lambeth-walk, eating.. house keeper, said he was very intimate with Mr. Sly, but he had never written to him for mmey, nor was the note produced in his handwriting. Had known the prisoner from his cradle, but had never seen him write. Prisorler, who declined saying anything, NV3£ coin :flitted to the _Middlesex Sf-ssions. MARLBORO PGII-STREET. James Brown and John Kent were brought before Hardwick, charged with having committed a burglary in the Hercules Pillars public-house, Greek street, Soho. Police-sergeant Miller, G 14, said he was on duty about four o'clock that morning, when he noticed that the side door of the Hercules Pillars public house was open about half an inch. He pushed at the door, which was slammed to directly, but not before he had satisfied himself there was some one standing behind it. Witness asked who was there. A voice answered, " I am the waiter belonging to the house—is it four o'clock yet ?" Witness said he must ascertain if the waiter was really speaking to him, and therefore he must have the door opened. \Vitness then rang the bell several times, and hearing window opened at the back of the house, he went round, and a person asked him what was the matter. 'Witness mentioned to him what had just taken place, when the person with whom he was conversing said he would come down, as he was the waiter. Witness was let into the house a few minutes afterwards, and while proceeding to make a search he heard a noise as if some person had leaped out of the window. He ran into the street, and saw the two prisoners, who had evidently just jumped from the window, and were endeavouring to make their escape. 'Witness pur sued, and called to a police-constable to assist. 'Wit ness took Brown into custody, and Kent was taken by the other constable. On searching the prisoners a quantity of cigars, about Bs. worth of copper money, a silver pencil-case, and a coat were found in the possession of the prisoners. Police. constable, Pawson, A 313, said he was called upon by the police-sergeant to stop the prisoners, who were running away. 'Witness joined in the pursuit and took one of the prisoners into custody. Mr. Morbay, landlord of the Hercules Pillars, said he fastened the door, before going to bed, the pre vious night, when an alarm was given that his house had been broken into. Witness went down stairs, and found that the bar had been forced open, and partly ransacked. About two pounds of cigars were stolen, and a quantity of copper, together with a coat and a silver pencil-case. The property found in the hat of one of the prisoners, and on their persons, was the property stolen from witness's house. The pri soners had obtained an entrance through the kitchen window, which they had contrived to unfasten. Mary Sheen, the servant, said she fastened the window the overnight. The prisoners declined to make any defence, and were fully committed. MARY LEBONE. James Pomroy was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, for final examination, on the charge of having stolen several bottles of wine from the goods yards of the Great Western Railway Station, Pad dington. The evidence gone into upon the former and pre sent occasion, went to show that the prisoner was in the employ of Mr. Bell, a contractor for the removal of goods upon trucks on the line, and that on Monday morning, 21st inst., at an early hour, prisoner was seen to alight from a van, in which was a large quantity of wine, consigned to Sir John Warrender, Ebury-street, Pimlico ; he made his way into a stable, in which were soon afterwards found some full and empty bottles. No doubt whatever could exist with regard to the wine having been stolen by the prisoner, who was committed for trial. SOUTHWARK. Richard Ward Pelham, one of the Ethiopean serenaders, was charged with com►nitting an asssault on Charles Lambert Smith, a professional singer of Yankee songs. The case having been heard, Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he should call upon the defendant to enter into his own recognizances of 511., and find two sureties of 251. each, to keep the peace, and also to pay the damage sustained by the com plainant. GREEN iFICII. Richard Thomas Graham, described on the police sheet of Evelyn-street, Lower-road, Deptford, gen tleman, was charged with assaulting Thomas Gunn, of East street, Walworth ; James Davis, of Thomas street, Kennington, and his wife, Sarah Davis, under the following circumstances:— Mrs. Sarah Davis stated that she was going home from Greenwich Fair with her husband and father in law —it was about two o'clock, when she met the prisoner in Union-street, who came up to her, took indecent liberties with her, and knocked her down. Witness said her husband was at hand, and would punish such cowardly and disgraceful conduct. Prisoner said he would serve her husband with the like sauce if he appeared. Never gave him the least provocation, not even spoke a word to him previously to the attack. Thomas Gunn proved that he heard a noise some 150 yards ahead, and ran forward, when he saw his daughter-in-law on the ground calling for aid, and complained of the prisoner. Witness was in the act of picking her up, when he received a violent blow or brows which struck him to the ground; whilst on the ground the prisoner blackened his eyes and kicked him most siolently about the jaws and cheek. lie called' murder, murder." Prisorer ran towards the fair, and a policeman came up and secured the prisoner. Robert Davis said having been out to spend the day, he was returning home with his wife and father in-law. Witness heard his wife call out, he ran to wards her, when he saw the prisoner strike her to the ground. Murder was repeatedly called, and the police coming up the prisoner was secured. The witnesses, Gun and Davis, showed the severe effects of the prisoner's violence about their heads, eyes, &c. Police constable 292 R, proved the assault on last witness, and said he caught the prisoner in his arms hilst in the act of running away. A married woman, who was going home at the time, corroborated the different assaults made by the prisoner. The witnesses were severely cross-examined, but their testimony was unshaken. Mr. TUAILZ said he was sorry to see a person of the prisoner's apparent respectability in so degraded a position. The evidence proved to him that the pri soner had acted most disgracefully. He would leave him the choice of going to the sessions, if he did not approve of his decision. He meant to fine him the full penalty of 5/. in each case, in all 151., or three months' imprhoninent. He had cruelly assaulted a wife, father-in-law, and son. The prisoner retired a short time, and returned, saying he was advised by his friends to pay the fines. Rorer. ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, MAY 29.—The gun-carriage noticed on the 18th of the present month as the invention of Captain the Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice, R.N., is to be tested at the butt by being - fired from on Thursday next. The origin of the plan about to be tested by the select committee at Woolwich has been claimed by Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Rochfort, Artillery Liberating Army of Portugal, late H.E.1.C.8. Artillery, who states that in the year 1831 the plans and models of a new gun-carriage were prepared by him, and submitted fur exhibition before Sir James Kempt, then Master-General of the Ordnance, by whom the Lieutenant Colonel was referred to the late General Miller, at Woolwich. General Miller declined to re commend the alterations proposed, alleging they weie tQo radical, and would be too expensive, and therefore they could never answer. Lieutenant-Colonel Itochfort admits that his plan comprised the substitution of iron for wood for all calibres and all classes of carriages, a perfectly different and not removable frail hand spike, and a quadrant indented under the breach of the gun, with a toothed pinion and handle to give the fficer or gunner the means of directing the gun alone with greater facility to the right or left, as occasion may require, without having recourse, as is now the case, to handspikes, whereby the carriage itself has to be moved tote pondere, altogether. A plan similar to Lieutenant-Colonel Rochfort's was tried at the Royal Arsenal during the time General Miller was Director-General of Artillery, having a fixed trail hand. spike attached, for directing the gun, which was desig nated " the monkey tail," from the position it occupied. ' Captain the lion. W. E. Fitzmaurice's plan has nothing of that kind, the movements being given by a cross handle, similar, but much smaller, to the steering-wheel of a vessel, and by his principle he moves the gun car riage, quoins, and everything, toto ponder e, just as it is delivered from the Arsenal, and only requires the addi tion of four pieces of timber, and a rack and pinion, which costs six shillings. It is immaterial to Captain Fiszulaurice's plan what size or length the gun is, as the carriage increases in proportion, and is male the main power, it composing the lever, which can be worked nosily with one hand. It may be stated that none of the officers who have seen Captain Fitzmaurice's plan have ever witnessed anything of the kind before, although the principle of moving the gun iu the segment of a circle was known long antecedent to either of the inventions. POWERS OF THE COURT OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON.—An important question is likely to arise with reference to the powers vested in the Court of Aldermen, which is looked forward to with more than ordinary interest. We are given to understand that some important records of the wages, for the past four or five crnturieF, will be brought forward; and, if the care be established, the decisioa of the Court may be regaided as final. The matter is one F moment to the eitizms of London, and is watched very closely on all sides, being a question of monopoly, and the improper exercise of assumed power on the part of the courts of certain city companies, which, we understand, has not been contested for more than a century. The case will be brought before the Court of Aldermen on the sth of June, when a full Court is expected; and, being open to the pubic, will, doubtless, be numerously attended, Mr. Alderman Salomons transacted business at the Office of the Commissioners of Railways yesterday in the Board of Trade, REFORM of the LAWS RELATING TO LUNACY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SETA: Slll,—The endeavours being made by the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society for bringing the subject of lunacy before ihe Government must meet witn the ap proval of ail aho have seen the injurious effects of our present laws on that subject. The ease with which pers ;ns of sound mind can be seized and placed in confinement, from motives of malice, caprice, or ignorance, is truly lamentable, Medical men and others, more regardful of their own immediate in terests in too many cases, or desirous of being considered learned in these matters, have written large works on lunacy, and have extended the original meaning of the term, mental imbecility, to such an unwarrantable ex tent, that the most trifling individual eccentricities can now be construed into and made to appear as the effects of " mental delusion," and the energy with which an individual will repel such a charge is only taken as stronger evidence to the contrary; and the consequence is that persons having any motives for wishing the in carceration of an, individual, find it one of the easiest things in the world to do so. The sub.), et is one of vast importance, and the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society have used, and are using, their best efforts for bringing the matter seriously before Parliatneut, and it behoves an enlightened public to second their exertions in every possible way; humane men should bestir themselves to get the alteration of those laws which permit so mon strous an evil, and one which the Legislature have no interest in continuing; on the contrary, it must cause men of any reflection the most acute pain and regret. Instances might be cited to illustrate the pernicious effects of those laws permitting the confinement of men and women on charges the most trivial and absurd; but suffice it to say, that perfectly sane men are annually seized and placed in confinement, subjected to all the horrors of a hopeless incarceration, separated from their friends and relatives, shut out from all that renders life desirable or even endurable, without the least hope or opportunity of proving their own sanity, or of letting friends know where they are, or appealing to any tri bunal. These are not fictions, but facts, and fearful facts; and as members of a community professing good will to man, as we would relieve another's woes, and bear one another's burdens, let us unite hand and heart, and make an effort for the removal of a stain from the legal enactments of this country, so fearful to contem plate and dreadful to endure. The annual meeting of the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society has recently taken place; may I not suggest that it would be well that their excellent objects may be more extensively considered by religious bodies in par ticular, and indeed by all humane and intelligent indi viduals? Surely they are worthy of their serious reflec tion. Can we calmly sit down, in inactivity and inani tion, and refuse to exert that influence which our several positions in life give us, while such acts are being per petrated in our very streets and houses? Assuredly, if we can we must not think it too much to be held one day accountable for those heart-felt pangs, those agonies of mind and sufferings of body, caused by our apathy and neglect of duty. Let it never be said, "Ye saw me an hungered and fed me not, thirsty and gave me no drink, in prison and affliction and ministered not unto me," or the emphatic rejoinder must be---" Inasmuch as ye did it not for the least of these my disciples ye did it not to me." As the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society would gladly afford any information on the subject, and pro bably be willing to give a form of petition to both Houses of Parliament, which might be re copied and remain for signature at our chapels and meeting-houses, and other places usually adopted for such purposes, much good might be done with little trouble; and we have every reason to hope that the public and religious bodies will make their voices heard in this matter, and not let slip an opportunity of making that reparation for past apathy or neglect which is i❑ our power. I would, in conclu sion, give a passing hint to those who may peruse these lines; and that is, to be on their guard what support they give, or money they subscribe, for the purpose of erecting new asylums, for even pauper lunatic asylums are not free from abuse. Could we remove the walls that separate the inmates from our view I fear we should be constrained to admit that a goodly number of sane, well meaning individuals are now suffering the miseries of unjust and hopeless incarceration within establishments we are accustomed to look at as charitable and honour able institutions. Be up and doing, and let not the sin of apathy and neglect be laid to our charge—" For the cry of the oppressed has come up to my holy place, and I aid deliver them, and will not tarry." I am your obedient humble servant, JAMES THOS. GODDARD. London. CITY OF LONDON CIVIC ELEC- TIONS.—EXTENSION OF THE iIIANCII The following is an abstract of the amended Bill " for the regulation of elections in the city of London, con nected with the Corporation thereof, and for preserving the peace, good order, and government of the said City," about to be issued to the members of the Corporation:— " Preamble—ln the preamble it is stated, that whereas by the 11th of George 1., cap. 18, it was enacted ' that the right of election of aldermen and common council• men for the several and respective wards of the said City should belor,g and appertain to freemen of the said city of L - mdon, being householders pa3ing scot, as therein after mentioned and provided, and bearing lot when re quired in their several and respective wards, provided that the householders pay respectively the true and real value of 101. a year, at the least, for each house, and that such householders be respectively the sole occupiers of such houses, and have been in actual possession for twelve calendar months next before such tl ction:' and whereas it is advisable that the said right of voting for the aldermen and common councilmen for the several wards of the said City should be extended and enlarged; be it enacted: Clause 1. That so much of the said recited Act as regulates the right of voting at the said elections, and the time of the polling, in all cases be repealed. " Cbuse 2, That the right of voting for aldermen, common council, or ward officer, for any ward in the city of London, be vested in every freeman who shall occupy within the said city or the liberties thereof, as owner or tenant, or solely or jointly with any other person or persons, any house, warehouse, counting-house, office, chambers, shop, • or other building, and shall be rated at not less than 10/. per annum to the police-rate, or to such other rate as the mayor, aldermen, and com• mon council may determine, and in case of the discon• tiauance or amalgamation of the police-rate with any other rate. " Clause 3. The service of summons to pay scot and bear lot to be deemed good service, if made at any such house, warehouse, counting-house, B,:c. " Clause 4. Polling at wardmotes to commence at ten, A.M. next following the day fixed fur the election, and at corernon halls at nine o'clock in the forenoon of the following day. The polling to continue for such one day only, and close at four. In the case of the election failing on Sunday, Good Friday, or Christmas-day, then that it be on the next following day. " Clause 5. Declaration to be made by the electors in lieu of oath:—' I du declare that I am a freeman of Lon don, and an occupier of premises in the ward of and that I have not polled before at this election, and that I am rated in my own name to the police-rate for the ward of —.' The vote of persons thus refusing to declare to be rejected and disallowed. " Clause 6. False declarations to be punished accord ing to the statutes provided in the cases of persons con victed of wilful and corrupt perjury. " Clause 7. Aldermen and common councilmen to be disqualified it they take the benefit of any Act for the rebel of insolvent debtors, be declared bankrupt, or shall make any composition with their creditors until twenty shillings in the pound is paid, or shall altogether absent themselves from their duty for six calendar months consecutively, unless pr,vented by illness or other rea sonable cause, or by leave of the Court, or shall be con victed of fraud, or of any crime, then and every or any such case such person shall thereupon immediately te come disqualified, and shall cease to hold the office of alderman or common councilman as the case may be, and the Court of Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London shall thereupon forthwith adjudge the said office to be vacant. " Clause 8 furnishes the declaration to be made by freemen in lieu of oath or affirmation, on taking up the freedom :—‘ I, A. 8., do solemnly declare' that I will be good and true to our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria; that I will be obedient to the Mayor of this City; that I will maintain the franchises and customs thereof, and keep this city harmless in that which in me is ; that I will also keep the Queen's peace in my own person; that I will know no gatherings nor conspi racies made against the Queen's peace, but I will warn the Mayer thereof, or hinder it to my power, and that all these points and articles I will well and truly keep according to the laws and customs of this city, to my power. Frovided that the qualification for the office of common councilman be the same as that of an elector, the declaration cited to be filed in the same manner as the oath or affirmation to be tsken or made, as now by law directed to be filed. " Clause 9 provides that the declaration shall have the same effect as taking the freeman's oath. " Clause 10, and last, provides that the Act shall be a public Act, and that it shall be judicially taken notice of as such." MANSLAUGHTER BY A QUACK.--On Saturday an inquest was held upon the body of Ann Flannigan, a young woman who had died from a poisonous medicine admi nistered to her by an Irish quack doctor the previous week. She had for some months laboured under a scrofulous sore on her hand, about half an inch square, but which did not prevent her from following her usual occupation. Hearing of this quack, she applied to him, when he pro mised her a speedy cure of the hand, and ordered her to procure a bottle of tar water. Having put a powder into it, he ordered her to take a wine-glass full fasting every morning. She took the first dose on Saturday morning, tha 12th inst., and in less than three minutes she was a corpse. The gas liquor found in the bottle has been partially analysed by Mr. Greenwood, surgeon, who believ,,s it to contain impure sub-carbonate of ammo nia in large quantities, naptha, or oil of tar, and sulphu rate of hydrogen in large quantities. He also thought it very probable that it contained prussic acid, the effects produced by the tests applied warranting that conclusion. The jury, after hearing the evidence, re turnPd a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Fran c i s Daly, alias Murphy, who is described as ama about five feet six inches, and a hawker of brushes, but occa sionally practising quackery. The police are making active inquiries in order, if possible, to ascercaiu his whereabouts.-- Wakefield Journal. A NOBLE EXAMPLE.—James Mackenzie, Esq., or the firm of Messrs. Tugwell, Mackenzie, and Glut terbuok, benkers, of Bath, has liberally given 1501. to the Bath United Hospital, and 501 to the General Hos pital. The sane gentleman has recently presented the cashier and clerks of his firm with sums amounting in the whole to 1,1204 in acknowledgment of their faithful services.—Bristol Mirror, THE COUNTRY MARKETS. •-a NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAY 29.—The arrivals this morning are on a moderate scale. Trade ruled very dull, at about previous rates, both for English and foreign wheat. Oats and other articles unaltered. WISSECH, MAY 26.--We have a much less supply of grain, and although cur farmers are unwilling to submit to any de cline, the wheat trade is dull, and where sales are made Is per quarter less money is taken. Oats are not quite in so good demand, but no lower in price. Wheat, white, 44s to 475. extra, 49s ; ditto, red, 405 to 45s ; extra, 46. per quarter. Oats, B%d to 9d per stone. Beans, old, 32s to 345; ditto, new, 30. to 33s per quarter. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MAY 29.—Since this day week we have had about 160 head of cattle from the north of Scotland, by sea, which are of the very best description of meat, including three heifers of the Angusshire breed, which, for symmetry and finished excellence, will be very difficult to equal. One of them got the first :prize. at Forfarshire Agri cultural Society, and are exciting great attention here to-day. They were fed by R. Scott, Esq., near Brechin, and are shown by Mr. Swan, salesman, Edinburgh. There is rather a falling of from the ',order counties, to which the quality is excellent; with sheep the supply is short, but the quality is a full average. and a good supply of lambs. The supply of beef will cote" prise about :'5O head of beasts. Trade is by no means brisk• yet all kinds are snaking more money, and all will be sold. The number of sheep is 3,387. The mutton trade is active at an advance on last week, and nearly all sold. Lambs are also et good inquiry at 8:1 per lb, and all sold. Prices—Beasts, 5§ to 4; :-td per stone of 14Ihs ; sheep out of their wool, 51d to 6d; lambs, 8d per lb, sinking the offal. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MAY 29.—There were in the market to-day 75 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 280110 imperial, whereof 66 sold thus : —lB at 1/ 8s Od, 35 at. 11 75 6 d , at 1/ 7s Od, 1 at I/ 6s 9d, 3 at 1/ 6s 6d. Average price of the whole, 11 7s 6d 1-12th. 12 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold et 31s, 1 at 30s, 6at 295, and 3at 28s. 5 sacks barleyelell' whereof 1 sold at 2 'e. 6 sacks peasemeal, whereof 1 sold at 20s. 24 sacks pot-barley, whereof 15 sold thus: --I at 1/ 9s Od, 3at 118 s Od, 3 at 1/ 7s 6d, 1 at 1/ 5s Od, 4st 11 4s 6d, 3atll4s N. 3 sacks brosemeal, whereof 1 sold at 275. EDINBURCII HAY AND STRAW MARKET, MAY 29.--• Supplies of all kinds again large. Oat straw, from 5s 6d t° 7s 6d per kemple of 16 s t ones trop; wheat ditto, 6s Od to 8s Od ; barley ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od. Hay from 7d to 9d per stone. COAL MARKET. -Y ESTERDAY. - ESTERDAY. Bate's West Hartley... 13s 9d Northumberland Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s Od Percy... Carr's Hartley Chester Main l3s 3d Eden Main los Od Holywell Main l4s 6d Lambton Primrose ... 155 3d New Tanfield North Percy Hartley.. 13s 9d Lambton Old Tanfield Ord's Redheugh Original Tanfield l2s odlWhitworth 135 Od South Peareth • 13s Odl Adelaide Tees Tanfield Moor Walker's Primrose Wall's End, &c Tees ......... ....... .... 16s 3d Acorn Close Framwell Gate ..... .... 14s 9d De rwen t wa t cr ll art l ey IGs Oa Gosforth . ... l4s 6d Hartley Gibson Heaton ,W. E. Elgin Hedley Killingworth l4s 3di FOREIGN FUNDS. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BzusiELs, MAT 29. Actual Debt, 2 per Cent . Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ........ Loan of Thirty Millions, FourporCent.... Ditto Three per Cent • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto . Ditto,ditto,lB4o .• .. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • SI Ditto,ditto,lB42 887 i Ditto, 1844............. •• •••• • • • • •• • 81 Ditto, 1836... .• .. ••••••• • • • • • • ....... Ditto, 1838 ••..•••••••• •• • • • • •• • •• •• Ditto of the City, 1832 .. • Ditto, 1843 ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • •• • • 87 Bank of Belgium...". , ... .......... 67% Issue of 1841 • • ..... •• • . .. 100 Exchange on London, 25.50. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Mai 25. 5 per Cents. ........ •••••• • • • • • • .... 89% 9-1 6 4 per Cent... .• .• • • .................. 2 1 ,4 per Cent..... • • • • 1 per Cent........... Loan, 1834.... .• .• .• .• Ditto, 1839 Bank Shares • . • • • • • • • • • Esterhazy's Loan •• • • •••..•• • • • • •• •• .• ,••• •• •••• 1,128 RAILWAYS. •••••••.... 96%34 • •••••••• 9/04., 96 •••••••••• 70% 71 The Northern.... .. Gloggnita Milan .. Leghorn • • • • • RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• BRISTOL, MAY 30. STOCK EXCHANGE —The market Is still tame, and almost escent. The only transactions to-day were in Great Weste"" Quarters, at 6% dis. LIVERPOOL, MAY 30. STocK EXCHANGE.—The Share market remains wlthout-insPOff ment, and few transactions going forward. The salessiser—La and Yorkshire (11. and IL), Fifths, 98s. 91.—Ditto, Prefteneer London and North-Western, - New. Quarters, Ws; Set. p. Grimiby Docks, 91. 18s. 9d.—Midland, Ilaives, 6s. 3d.—North Ll= (A), 218—South-Eastern and Do ver (N o. 4), 6%—Yore Nvwm" and Berwick (Original Newcastle and Berwick), P‘tensious and 2, 7 1 ,‘ di?.—Ditto G. N. E , 6 per cent., WI 1850, 815. North British, New Preference, c. par. BIRMINGHAM, MAT 30. STOCK EXCIIANGX.-2'he only transactions to-day have been- Stour Valley, 103 i —London and North-Western, 124.. YORK, MAY 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions t o -d a y h ave b ee n AO f°xl : lows :—Great Northern, 10%—North Briti s h, Thirds, 3h—T"s. Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), 12 j —Ditto 0 1 ;,„„ E. Purchase), 4—York and North Midland (East and West Rio"' Extension), 15—Eastern Counties S. BUDE.—MIRACULOUS ESCAPIL—On Wednesday' evaning, May 25th, the very high spring tides, whic h had rapidly flow e d u p our r i ver f or the last three et' four days, tempted the juveniles to enjoy this beatilife' scene, by sailing up and down the river ink, pleasure boat belonging to Mr. J. Crocker, of Dudes, - This col lrcted a large group of children on Sir Thomas Aeland'• , new bridge as spectators. There happened to be tw°, of the iron bars gone fro m th e s id e o f t h e b r i dge , an d here a little girl about three years of age, the daughtv,r, of Mr. Gilbert, of this pla ce , s lipp e d t h roug h, en d fell into the current flood. The child fell on the lower side of the bridge, and drifted through one of the arches sad a considerable distance up the river before any _ o° , came to her rescue. Mrs. Petherick mad e a kellittr"Z attempt to save the poor little thing; she went Thro water, but found it was too deep. There were a fir" many others present, but were all lookers on, expressief their sympathy, but making no effort to save the eilil° At length two men, good-hearted and brave seamen (masters of vessels), hearin g th e screams w h en ON were a considerable way off, ran w ith a ll t h e i r Ea*" and were soon on the spot where the little child T' B9 ' with her head under the water and life almost extiact--- they plunged in and rescued her; and Mr. Denam, geon, being on the spot, he ordered her to be pal; warm bath, which was immediately attended to. ." 0 child appears to be recover i ng , an d i s lik e ly live. The names of her preservers are Jermyn and Gil l. —Devonshire Chronicle. A CULLODEN MEDAL.—A medal commeme.---T d of the battle of Culloden was f oun d l ast wee k i n a ge l d on the Longtown-road, nea r B ram pt on . I t i s o f c opPe' , about the size of a crown piece, and in excellent pre servation, servation, thanks to a fine coating of rerugo . The °I verse presents an equestrian figure o f th e bl u ff Duke °f Cumberland, " in his habit as h e li ve d," an d l oo ki n g 1 , part of the jolly but c h er t o p er f ec ti on . Th e lik en ess 1 . 1 well made out and the cumbrous military costume an equipment s o f t h e per i o d g i ven in wonderful d e tai l' Encircling the figure i s th e i nscr i pt i on " Pr% OF CUMBERLAND, BORN 15 AP., 1721." On the rover° is the field of battle, exhibiting the poor "plaids" 11 ) 4 °, 5 in utter discomfiture before a b o d y o f advancing Evb: lish, of all arms, cavalry, infantry, and artillery. In ti ;;; foreground a cannon is discharging itself spontaneous against the flying rebels, and the inscription is " LION JUSTLY REWARDED. CULLODEN. 16 AP., 1746! century has passed, and a very different feeling 51 °,7. exists with regard to the brave clansmen who foug ht and fell on Culloden Muir, in what they considered just cause; for at this very time a subscription is on foot to erect a monument on the 'field of battle to their: memoriareteßsCa attack a . a — Aceskinnibure ris oßrimer, MURDER.— Mrs. imru ehßtuswEb J ournal.w i th husband o n such oiv ni rs the. a dweirlT b o u u s : onte day, the 7th o f M ay, on the turnpike -road betweel with a bullet fro m a p i sto l , and afterwards cutting Lai t on , evening nowdf wh o, Southern and Banb ur y, b y s h oot i ng her through the hesur bet throat, died after very great suffering on Tuesday Oyu ing. The murderer is now i n O xford Castle for t he murderous assault; but he w ill, t h ere is no doubt, ue fully committed on the capital charge of murder. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The high E s ti ma ti on i n which Holloway's Pills are held for the Cure of Indigestion, 4ige'r: In a letter written by Mr. J. H. Bell, of Geelong, to la agent agent for the sale of H o ll owa y' s Pill s an d Oi ntmen t, at 1%1! 1 ' bourne, Port Philip, he say s , Gratitude obliges me t o ptIV, lish the great ben e fit my w if e has received from the vie of ) these unparalleled Pills. We arrived in Melbourne about nine years ago, when she was attacked with indigestion and constipa ion of the bowels, after short ,_ time , at.. she is per' for other medicines without relief, she tried Holloway's Pills' going b to st o c f on h s e id l er h ab , Le e a l pe d n ip s; f e e l and ly by cu c r o e n d ti a n n u d in i g s ntoowtaekne enjoying m g or .Holloway s Establishment, 244 all Druggists, and at Profess Strand, London. thfeor for a BIRTHS. SG:ro:/nelnrt:tthhEPheeesoq22l 2 ;7 , 3'5 : 0h : , i f i l i fla n'. 8 ! I t. ::: daughter. stoe,r.iteg w t. at Spriug-hall, Suffolk, the lady of il• oafthaßsroonciham, Surrey, the wife of J. C. ent-street, Mrs. Beaumont, of On t a son. On the 28th inst., at Southampton-street, Strand, Mrs. W. H. Tilbury, of a daughter. at Netting-hill, M rs. W. A. Buckley , of at Glocester-t errace, Hyde.par k-gal' d a enOOsan, daughterttt h hh e ee w 22.B i B f t e thh n o i f ins. li stt . l A ' A . Mitchell, Esq , of a s on . _... MAR On the Ist inst., at Kin R gston lED , . Canada West, Capta ill Paynter, Royal Artillery, to Anne S4rab, daughter of .Lieuv Colonal Fenwick, Royal Enginters r r On the 2&l inst., at Heaton Nerd-, Charles John SartA -d, i of Stockport, son o f the late John , anford, Esq., Berj.,,i -g N I, to Emily R ose, only daughter of E. Armstrong, L'". of Lower Brought. n. On the 24th i nst., at Great Oakley, Essex, Mr. R. Cole, to Caroline, s econ d d aughter of the late Mr. W. Gibu° „s, Colchester. DIED. On the 26th i ns t ., at Oxford, Mr. J. Brockwell, of Princes street, Cavendish-square. On the 26th inst., at Fareham, llants, Charles Reeve, EA . ' of Carlton, Cleaveland, Yorkshire. On the 27th inst., aged 15, Helena Applayard, second daughter of F. Chase, Esq., of Langley-loige, Luton. On the 27th inst. at Avenue-lodge, Brixton-hill, Surrey' T. Halliwell, Esq., aged 73. On the 28th inst., at Bath, Mary, relict of the Rev- Peck, aged 81. On the 2eth inst., at Ealing, Mary Ann, wife of George Cruikshank, artist, of Atuwell-street, I'entonville. London: Printed and Published by MUBDO YOUN P ig o No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No-, 1 ',. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 0 1 . W I'Lturiday, May 31, 184 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, MAY 31, 1849,