The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-22 00:00:00

line was proposed to be taken by the Bill froth a large num ber of the inhabitants of Stamford, and Lord Harborough. The London and York Company also petitioned against the line, in the name of one of their solicitors, Mr. Parsons. lir. AUSTIN objected to the reception of the latter petition, as being irregular, as the parties ought to have appeared in their own name. Mr. Sergeant WRANCIIIAM replied at some length, on the other side, in which he endeavoured to show that the two Imes were competing lines, and that though the petition might not be according to the usual rules, yet the neces.ity of the case should warrant the Committee in going into it. The Committee decided against receiving the petition in the name of "John Parsons," and proceeded to the conside ration of the other petitions. H UDDERSFIELD AND SHEFFIELD JUNCTION WAY. The fu r th er considerati ß on AlL of this railway was taken before Mr. Barneby and the Committee on Group C, this day, at iwelve o'clock. Mr. WHATELEY stated, Mr. Cope was anxious to correct a m istake into whi c h he had fallen yesterday, with respect to the radius within which he had estimated the carriage of teals. Mr. COPE stated that the radius was one of three miles, and not one mile, as he had said yesterday • that the whole a mount of the revenue f rom coa l s wou ld be in his estima tion 19,2801. 17s. Bd., that the whole quantity of coal he calculated would be 401,000 tons, but the net quantity was 219,572 tons. Mr • Hall, engineer to the Huddersfield Canal Company, Stated that one of the chief feeders was the Flockton coal field, the distance of which from the Manchester and Leeds Railway was about a mile and a half, that the Flockton field was the main source for which H uddersfield was supplied, and that there was no means by which the market at Huddersfield could be supplied without considerable expense and loss of time. On inquiries f rom M r . T EMPLE , M r . H a ll ex plained that the West Riding Junction Railway did cot afford sufficient tcoanzen , ience •, that the quantity of coals carried on the --e suY Canal from the Silkestone coal-field was 82,000 ; ti ns; and th at t hi s was the only commun i cat i on be ',..ween the Silkestone coal-field and Huddersfield, which t °° circuitous, and the places too distant from each then; that the tolls were Is. Id. per ton, and that the haulage Wit 3,. generally double that amount. !rt reply to a question from the Chairman, Mr. WIIATELEY said that the total cost of carriage by the r t . a. !waY would be Is. sd. per ton, including every expense of --idtraY ten and locomotive power, except putting the coal a_the line d taking it off. .I.t.t reply to Mr. Whateley, ( 1, 1 . 49 -r• all stated that the distance by canal to Hud thins'ecle 'was about thirty miles ; that the Flockton coal was in c ri':ueugh he could not say whether it was so little as 18 thi ef ' , Cud that the Silkestone coal was about 4 feet 6 inches th e chief Lock e state d , i n reply to Mr. Temple, that one of chief reaeon for carrying the line in its present course a e i s ci t " effect a junction with the Manchester and Hudders- Railway at Huddersfield. g l TEMPLE then proceeded to state that it wa . s . a ;;t nil take to suppose that the promoters of the oppositton d were induced by any desire of impeding the project, o . r t, e rt ed a uY other motives than those arising from a desire to th_vent th i ne going through their property at all. He tri 'a rn c i i s ted raiiw passage from the report of the Board of Trade in which . they stated their doubts of the 4,1 1 , Of the traffic proving sufficient to remunerate the i m p n th o e ld r,,,_,, rs nd he thought thatwas but points west ny should have proved all their points trmeet sa tisfactorily before they took from his client thepro -44' which s h e desired to retain. This property consisted 1 0 gardens, a plantation, a road, a shrubbery, stackyards, the ' an is- By the power of deviation given by Parliament , L Y would have the right to take not only a part but ti.eiewhhtohlee of this property. He complained of the way in Company had obtained the evidence on which ~,r grounded their allegations before the Committee. f ron ,'Y had not obtained the account of the traffic It a - o ,_the Directors of the Leeds and Manchester t a k . '"eY, but they had employed persons who had under to count the number of persons who got into the car le-X-3 of that railway at Manchester. This, to say the 4 ` s " , was a very insufficient ground on which to base their tis.sertions. With respect to the carriage of coals, the quail tiV of which was likely to be carried on the railway was es 131ated. at 401,000 tons, and the revenue more than w o _pot. , but this was, however, mere assumption. vu,udersffeld was at present supplied fom the Calder thitileY coal-field, which embraced the Flockton and iaeipilkestone coal field, and if the West Riding Junction e 1 ; aY, which was now b efore Parliament were carried intod there would be a b e tt er communication between these ,afi elds and Hudd ers fi e ld b y t h at railway, than by the fof l u l de rsfield and Sheffield J unc ti on, so that the supposition e revenue from coal was, at present, mere assumption, and no thing else. Th e es ti mates f or the execution of the ',"_° C it were also err oneous. Th e Company stated that r tunnelling would cost 351. per yard ; and they could es timate what th e i r expenses will be, because th e y h ave h a d field estimates from th e contractors for the Manchester and Shut.- line,on which line the labour had been obtained at the ra.:y l owest rate, an d w he re the cost had been 801. a yard. i I:.nt,e CHAIR MAN interrupted th e L earne d C ounsel by inti pZeg that this was not evidence, and th a t if h e w i s h e d to his point, he should have called individuals who could Prove what he asserted. Mr. TEMPLE said that this was p rove d b y t h e statements from the engineers of the line, who had stated that it was a obe four very rocky soil. There w 600 yards long, and yet foerrtehte viaducts, one of them b. cis that w as only guess work for the theca very considerable works there fo in r effi th c e ien l e , two ... nun for the tunn'welt and .that for of the • estimate of the expense. On these that the estim ates ,re and - thiA a viaducts, e t sr ug a h te t suspicion on the whole of the to f --••• Ws sufficient to induce the Committee re rain from giving their sanction Une of the objects Was to bring railway %ion with uni t h u e ntu ß i this into te c . the Huddersfield and Manchester Railwa, and, ior this purpose, they were forming two tunnels of d . a very . t4 ,_ Pensive nature, which line had been reported against by h " Board of Trade, and he thought that this line ought to illP ° stPoned until that line was sanctioned by Parliament. ca w een these two lines there was also a considerable in uer ence of level. On these grounds, insufficiency of proof, hi c°rre etness of estimates, and, lastly, that this line was l‘t r g ei3r dependent for success on its connexion with the b n chester an d L ee d s R a il way, h e su b m i tte d t h at t h e r.P a r'Y had not made out a sufficient case for the favour fhrePort of the Committee. h e me Committee after stating that they did not wish to vr:vrelkill.r. Whatley ' in reply, declared the preamble to be la • Nver - Q g o ing through th e c l a uses of the Bill, the expenses s3,calculated at 531,2581., and the capital proposed was op p r u n w l• The remaining clauseswere gone through without c l and the Bill passed through Committee, who de refer u that the Chairman should report it to the House. suggestion having been made by Sir W. CLAY that a theeanee should be made to the report of the Board of Trade, in whi t Om was cleared for the consideration . of the form in th e c the report should be made. On being . re-admitted, C6_AIIII4AN stated that he should communicate with the ' u rinan of the Board of Trade before making his report. The Committee (No. 3.) o' --,olnmittee assembled this day shortly after twelve c p e l t, MANCHESTER andiproceeded to inquire into the merits of the AbICCHESTER AND HUDDERSFIELD LINE. Of it '•„"-)AINEs said that the Bill proposed the construction li ne L imo of railway from the Sheffield and Manchester I :411 a! Ashton to Cooper -bridge. It was proposed to coin t h en c at Staley -bridge, near Ashton, to go on to Cooper-brid . ge, T he to form a junction with the Manchester and Leeds line. 2ii 'whole length of the proposed line would be tielf, 111 1,e.5, with a short branch of 1 miles to ro . 9 1 e Learned Counsel then proceeded to detail the the the proposed line very minutely, and the nature of Whitenhan ufa c tures and trades carried on in each town through tiff ° , ;Ile line would pass, and the great convenience it would or the rapid transit of goods. /2 ln ltnesses were then called to sustain the statement of the Counsel. lati o r ' Se, uteliff, wool merchant, deposed that the popu overlll.,°_i Huddersfield was over 10,000, that of Halifax to th e 'r" the proposed line would be a great advantage Propo'anufactures of all the towns ; he conceiveu that the the st ju floe would be very superior to the Leeds and Man r, and Leed s proposed line. R Pan'ARDv, counsel on behalf of the Caldon Canal , Corn- s elicires te - examined the witness, but nothing material was ev l' i ct /t e : other w it nesses, also extensive manu f acturers, gave tien ee Z to the eff ec t o f th e grea t i nconveni e n ce they expe eoale f rom the want of a more facile mode of conveying 0 their mills than they had at present. G- t erda y ap 00T -RACE FOR TWENTY POUNDS.—YeE §eilt -- martens. assemblage of the sporting fraternity were it p n r e e s; at th e ‘he out Three Cats, public.house, at Acton Bottom, to witness eeleb r , ch between East (of Westminster) and Moun joy, two kou n a r ` e d Pedestrians. The distance was to walk twenty miles, th e , receive six minutes at the start. In betting East was Pace7:°Urite at 6to 5. At the start they went away ata e g o o m od . Pleteird Performed the first mile in 9 min. and 7 sec., and . b 7 ruin fu Performed miles in 37 min., tied at a and ten miles were accomplished in con t i ' and 15 sec. Mountjoy retaining a lead of 300 yards. They Initeaevertakin. g ood i rate, and at the fourteenth mile East succeeded his opponent, and they walked together till . the mile,h'mself When Mountjoy relaxed his speed, and East avail , t anif " Of this advantage and went a.head, and it became . quite . W A , "t East was winning ; and at the seventeenth mile . Mountjoy vint:aPelled to relinquish the contest, and East went in an easy an "Mier, and covered the twenty miles of road in three hours a n d *p h arie,,rdsinutes, fair toe and heel walking. Much money wa s roils HARMONIC SOClETY.—Handel's Solomon Ulisse Performed at Exeter-hall to.morrow (Wednesday) evening. B n Birc h appears for the first time since her return from . Italy... f avej," E rAMPTOlll, APRIL 21.—This port, from its Itiat,;able Position, is now acknowledged by all conversant with the Bra nt ' to be the b es t i n the kingdom for the em b arkat i on o f mu. wi th 1 ; In the co urse of last season vessels sidled mAit hl y, an d arid ori e rY great success. They have re-commenced their voyages, 30 0 emia tu rday last the St. Ann's, a fine ship of 650 tons, le" wit h by railgrants and nu merous ca bi n passengers. Th ey came dawn 1, 01,2 1 ', 43 ' o n Thursday in three hours, the greaten portion ofthem re or 4 , 'eft their homes, in various counties, only the same hoe rs . n t Sailing from hence they are clear of the Channel in 24 Other vessels will follow. last , 11 , Et, AI AYNOC.TH rreeting was held gov„,g.it at Lyon-strcet Chapel, New Kent.road, to consider the Men t propo s al with respect to Maynooth, D. W. Wire, set t ;: r in the chair. The me e ti ng was com p ose d c hiefly of Dis. tue etin s . and the following resolution was adopted :—" That this to Irej g ' 'x ° PPosing the endowment of the Roman Catholic Church th, an . 5 not actuat e d by an y w i s h to d epr i ve fellow-subjects en;en"` Persuasion of any equitable privilege, civil and religious: tending for the dependence of the Roman Catholic teachers tine , I t ntar Y support, it is d es i rous o f p l ac i ng t h em i n th e p os i. " i ehs in its judgment, ought to be occupied by every reli. CO ununity." Mr. Greene, ' Mr. Hiams, and John Bo ooke, t0ei 0 % . 4 2, 0 addre ssed the meeting. Resolutions that petitions in see t — "ay with the above resolution should be forthwith pre. Passed to Pass bo th Mouses of Parliament, praying that the Bill may not ifere also ca rr i ed. an t„ e's rs. Chalon, Stanfield, Leslie, Christall, Stump, it 4 7,_a r rd, have left in the packet-ship Victoria, for New York, it here the e s tood, to p a i nt the hall of Congress of the United States. eWerea l arge number of people to see them off. They left waki ey 3,lEAriourts OF SOIDISANT REPORTERS.—Mr. 11 : 1) .. at an inque s t y es t er d a y, h av i ng been sh o wn a % it t•er n Which a p peared a report of proceed i ngs on Saturday editor the Guildhall Police-court, stating a charge made by the re the the Mo rn i ng Advertiser against a person calling hiss-self a re por s t 'r, for h aving imposed upon that paper by sending to it a ot " sin e . ,an uest that had n been , said some time 6tellbnee h ad inq read in the p apers "8 reports held of inquests that said to have he ld„ici hi min Paddington, not one of which he had ever r het to -t 4b 'leat;d ne w as headed " S e d uc ti on an d S u i c id e, " an d contained -rot e et ters from th e suppose d se d ucer to hi s victim, and he hi an written in a very affecting strain. The name h eld :"`"t e- house and street in which the alleged inquea was the k r - i s k g i ven, but no such public-house or street ever existed in t llend B .'• The editor of the Morniny Advertiser was to be examcom ror thr. steps he had taken, and if other editors followe d . a hlip am . Mei the character of the press would be raised in public ,VrOtak i L", as the fabricators of false and injurious intelligence N ib A uc detect ed. Punished, and their infamous calling be even ' vestroyed. THI4; N, LONDON,_TUESDA y EVENING, APRIL 22 1 1845. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. MONDAY, APRIL 21. The following Bills were read a second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Railway. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Direct London and Portsmouth Railway. Chester and Holyhead Railway (Mold Branch and Purchase of Chester and Birkenhead Railway) (No. 2). Liverpool and Bury Railway (Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway and Bury Extension). Southampton and Dorchester Railway. Lynn and Dereham Railway. Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway. Northumberland Raflway. Edinburgh and Northern Railway (No. 2). Saint Ives Junction Railway. FOREIGN SPECULATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You are severe upon poor John Bull's " certainly justly so. If it was not for the sake of innocent children and poor wives (who are sure to be the eventual sufferers when the crash comes), men who persist in lending money to foreigners really do not deserve the repeated cau ti o ns given by yourself and other journalists. It is hardly credible that men who must re member some of the dreadful miseries to families that arose from foreign speculation in 1825 and 1826 (though Tally, perhaps, have gone to their last home), losing sight of all previous example, seem bent upon giving (for any eventual return is out of all question) enormous sums to companies they know nothing of, and for pur poses for which they have no guarantee will be carried out, and mor eover to t h e grea t i n jury of English specu lation. Sir, Id o not appre h e nd much, i f any, serious injury will arise from English railway speculation, though, perhaps, some inconvenience, for a time ;—many of the lines applied for to Parliament will not be carried out at all m any will be postponed until next session; and th e successful lines, suppose they requ ir e 100 millions, why, as fast as calls are made, the money is spent—mind, in our own country—giving full employ ment to every man w illi ng a nd able to work, full em ployment for manufacturers, full employment to agricul turists, improving th e revenue cheerfully, by increased consumption, c reat i n a strong probability of further reduction of taxatio n, reduction of the nati onal debt, and, better s till, li tt l e occas i on f o r the cruel New Poor law. Yet all this interminable prospect of prosperity must be lost, because men are not satisfied with spend- ing their money at home. I can see plenty of employ ment for money at home for years to come, and safely. There is plenty of room for investment of money in Ire land, W a l es , all this much bett er th an I ca n, and pray do it; urge upon and Scotland, in railways. You can explain the foolish men, with money in hand, asking " who'll have it?" that five per cent. at home, safe, is better than twenty promised, b u t never meant to be paid. Remind then? of the mon e y l en t t o r epudiating North America; remind them of the sums spent in mines in South Ame rica, Spanish Bonds, Portuguese Bonds, and a host of others; then, if that will not stop the madness at present existing for foreign investments, the case is indeed hope less.—Yours, A MECHANIC AND SUFFERER IN 1825. The following Bills were referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders : South Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hastings). Kingstown and Bray Railway. London and South Western Railway (Epsom Branch). Erewash Valley Railway (No. 2),—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Colonel Rolleston, Mr. Gaily Knight, and Mr. Evans. South Eastern Railway (Maidstone to Rochester),—Re port from Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Plumptre and Mr. William Henry Bodkin. South Eastern Railway (Branch to Deal and Extension of the South Eastern, Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway),—Report from Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. William Henry Bodkin and Mr. Elphinstone. Harwich Railway,—Petition for Bill ; referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. SATURDAY, APRIL 19. Cambridge and Lincoln Railway,—Committee on petition, for additional provision, Tuesday, April 22. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway (Tyne mouth Extension),—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, April 29, at twelve. Hull and Gainsborough Railway,—Committee on project, Tuesday, April 29, at twelve. Direct Northern Railway,—Committee on project, Monday, April 28, at twelve. Mr. Hayle, a witness, was then called, and his deposition was to the effect that the present roads between Heywood and Bury were very hilly and inconvenient. Mr. Sergeant BELLAsis opposed tho line, on behalf of the Eyre and Caldon Canal Company, on the ground that the line would injure their traffic. The CHAIRMAN said it appeared to him that the object of the Learned Counsel was to prove his locus standi here. Mr. HILDYARD said;that the line did not cross the canal at all, but ran parallel with it. The CHAIRMAN said the opposition appeared to the Com mittee to be very far fetched, and was matter more for con sideration when the details came to be discussed, than at present. Captain Lawes, manager of the Manchester and Ls & line, deposed that there was a very extensive traffic between Heywood and Bury, and that there were very large ma chine and wool manufactories in each town. In cross-ex amination he said he had never seen an agreement by the Manchester and Leeds Company to pay the Eyre Canal Company 40,0001. a year. The CHAIRMAN said that all this appeared to be irrelevant, as the question before the Committee was the proof of the preamble of the Bill. It was then agreed upon to admit the preamble as proved. The Burnley line was then taken up, and Counsel con tended that its necessity was so apparent that he need not take the trouble of proving it, and, as the Bill was unopposed, he would proceed to call his witnesses. Mr. John Moore deposed that Burnley was divided into two townships, one of which contained 19,000 inhabitants, and worsted and cotton mills to the amount of from 500 to MONDAY, APRIL 21. Newry and Enniskillen Railway,—Second reading, Friday, April 25. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway,—Second reading, Friday, April 25. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway,—Second reading, Friday, April 25. Midland Railways Company (Birmingham and Gloucester and Bristol and Gloucester Bailway Purchase),—Committee on petition, adjourned till Friday, April 25. Bristol and Gloucester and Birmingham and Gloucester Railways,—Committee on petition, postponed from Wednes day 23d till Monday, April 28. Goole and Doncaster Railway,—Committee on petition, postponed from Wednesday 23d till Thursday, April 24. Cork and Bandon Railway,—Second reading, Friday, April 25. Manchester and Leeds Railway (Burnley Branch and Old ham and Heywood Branches Extension),—Report, Wednes day, April 23. Guildford Junction Railway,—Committee on petition, ad journed till Monday, April 28. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAT. GLOBE.—Whenever Lord John Russell shall bring on for discussion his Resolutions touching the condition of the Labouring Classes (which stand at present for the Ict of May), we hope the House of Commons will be induced to give to the whole subject a fair and earnest discussion. In the entire range of English politics there is no question more vitally connected not only with the general welfare of the State, but with the well-being of every particular interest of w hieh it is composed—than what shall be done during the next ten years towards elevating and improving the condition of the great mass of our population? It may not be easy to answer it—but it is obvious enough that it must be answered, and that without much further delay. Taking only the commercial aspect of the subject—con sidering the labouring classes only as they are sub servient to the support and advancement of English commerce, their condition urgently demands, and affords scope for, very extensive improvement. The minute and extensive Parliamentary inquiries instituted during the last few years into the sanatory state of the populous districts in which our chief manufactures are carried on have made gene rally accessible a large amount of new and valuable informa tion concerning the merely physical causes in operation affect ing the health, morals, and general intelligence of the working classes ; and we believe that among those whose attention has been directed to the results of these inquiries, no doubt is now entertained, that, indepen dently f all other measures, the condition of by far the greater portion of the inhabitants of these districts admits of very material improvement by the adoption only of arrangements for the better construction, cleansing, arm lighting of their dwellings, and supplying them more efficiently with air and water, Serious difficulties, it will be said, present themselves in the application of these new ar rangements. This, of course, must be anticipated. There are difficulties in the way of every great im provement. The first and greatest will, in this case, probably be found even in the habits and prejudices of the labouring classes themselves ; and others may arise from an occasionally necessary interference with rights of property found to be identified with the continuance of old arrangements. But there is nothing in these, or in any other obstacles which can be fairly anticipated in doing what is most clearly expedient for the improvement of our large towns and populous districts, which ought to stand in the way of an immediate commencement of practical measures. Free trade--emigration—education — have each their special op ponents upon grounds more or less tangible, and, for one reason or other, perhaps, not easily dealt with; but it is not very likely that any influential class or party will be found to offer any serious opposition to the better lighting, cleansing, and ventilating of the working man's dwell ing. It is, we believe, only necessary for the middle and upper classes to earnestly devote some little time and attention to the subject in the exercise of the Legislative au thority, imperial and municipal, which has been placed in their hands for the benefit of all, in order to carry into effect, within a few years, every . one of the recommendations hi therto offered to the Legislature by the Health of Towns Committee. It is the more important to direct public atten tion to this portion of the physical aspect of the condition of the labouring poor, as it has evidently not yet received nearly the consideration it merits. Not only is defective sewerage, ventilation, and cleanliness constantly marked by the prevalence of fever among these subjected to its in fluence, but it is productive of indirect effects upon the social economy of the population, which, though less obvious, are still more important and extensive in their operation. It is now established beyond doubt, that, chiefly from this class of causes, the lives of labourers and artisans are commonly shorter by one-fourth, er even one-third, than those of the classes comparatively exempted from them. And during life, besides the suffering endured by the individuals, a large additional burden is thrown upon charitable institutions, hospi tals, and dispensaries—whilst the early death of parents leaves a great number of children without a natural guide or protector, diminishes their chance of receiving a proper training, facilitates the ir fallin g into crime, and in some shape or other almost inevitably makes them a burden on the public. A diminution of bodily health and vigour tends everywhere strongly to the destruction of habits of industry, and interferes, with overwhelming in fluence, to prevent the development of that intelligence, independence, and spirit, which the friends of the working classes of society so much lament their want of. Physical produces mental depression, and the mind shares the dulness w an re d t it e ga ed th n y ess for is ced us u u p ai on ly t a h ec e obmodp3an,. iedThupotheelelonwtessetnestiabgileitof to it, and often by an entire absence of desire to escape from y the consequent degradation. DREADFUL ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND ROBBERY AT BIRDIINCHAM.—EarIy on Saturday morning a dreadful attempt at murder was made on an elderly woman, at her own residence, in Cleveland-street, in the above town. It appears that the old lady, whose name is Askew, is a widow, who lived by herself on a small income derivable from mill power, which she let off to a number of tenants. On Friday evening she left home to visit her son, Mr. Askew, the landlord of the Leopard, in Brierly-street. She remained there until near eleven o'clock, when she returned home to her house and went to bed by herself. About one o'clock some thieves removed the shutter from the window of the back kitchen, and having cut out a pane of glass, they broke off the inside fastening, and effected an entrance into the place. They then proceeded up stairs, taking with them a large poker, and entered the bed-room of Mrs. Askew, and struck her a violent blow on the head, and two other severe blows on the hands. Fortunately, however, this violence did not take the desired effect, and the poor woman violently screamed out, upon which the robbers made their escape out of the house, having broken open some boxes, and ransacked the place below in search of money, which the well known habits of Mrs. Askew had led them to expect. A woman who lived in the house adjoining Mrs. Askew's, heard the screams, and went to the old lady's assistance, and found her literally covered with blood, in a very exhausted state. A number of police officers were speedily on the spot, and tracked the thieves out of the house by the marks of blood, which they left with their hands, but they could not, however, get any clue to their retreat. Mrs. Askew was then removed to the General Hospital, which is close to her residence, and there she received every necessary attention, and afterwards gave such information as enabled the officers to find concealed in her house con siderable sums of money. Fifty sovereigns were found secreted in her bedstead, and a few sovereigns and silver in other parts of the house. It was no doubt the knowledge that the old woman had the money con ealed, which led to the dreadful attack upon her life, although it would appear the parties had no knowledge of where it was concealed, or they could have obtained it without difficulty. Mrs. Askew is still in the hospital, and the officers are actively engaged in search of the offenders. 1,000 horse-power. The proposed line would considerably diminish the present cost of the transit of goods. Mr. Hopwood, cotton spinner, corroborated the last witness. Counsel said that this was all the evidence they intended to offer on this line, and would, therefore, proceed to the next—namely, LYNN AND ELY, !AND ELY AND HUNTINGDON LINES. _ (Continued from our Aiternixnl Edition of yesterday.) Mr. TALBOT said the time for that was not come, but he would tell his Learned Friend that he had a very substantial objection. Several persons were called who proved that the navigation between Ely and Lynn was liable to be stopped in }venter and summer, and caused great injury to persons engaged in trade. Others were called who proved that the proposed line would be of the greatest advantage to the agriculturists along the line, who on an average sent up 122,000 head of sheep in the year to London at a cost of 3d. per head, and an average of from 170 to 200 beasts at a cost of 2s. 3d. per head. Mr. Rastrick, engineer (examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANuitAm), said he surveyed the line in question, and con sidered it the best that could ltie selected for a railway line. There were no engineering difficulties. They did not inter • fere in the least with the banks or the navigation. They had bridges, but they did not interfere in the least with drainages. He went over the line with Mr. Brunel, who was employed on behalf of the Bedford Level Commissioners, and they agreed that not the least injury would be done to the banks, or drainages, or navigation. He had calculations of the expenses of making the line. The engineering cost was about 248,8261. The cost of land was about 51,1741. The line was made with a view to a double set of rails, but only one set of rails would be laid down. Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM said that the Company would consent to the usual clause of laying down the double set of rails when the Board of Trade required it. WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF EFFINGHAM.—Pro hate of the will and codicil of the Right Hon. Kenneth Alexander Earl of Effingham, late of the Grange, in the county of York, but at Brighton, was granted on the 16th instant, to the executors:—The Right Hon. Henry Earl of Effingham (late Lord Howard) the son of the testator, the Right Hon. the Earl of Rosebery, the Right Hon. Lord Dalmeny, and William Hervey, Esq. The personal estate within the province of Canterbury, sworn under 120,0601.. His Lordship died on the 13th of Feb ruary last. Bequeaths to his wife, Lady Effingham, 1,000/. for her immediate use; also leaves her 1,2001. a year, 4001. a year by power of appointment under the will of the late Duke a Norfolk, and 8001. a year by a like power under the will of the former Earl of Effing ham. Directs that the sum of 4,0001., which his Lord ship received with her on marriage, should be distributed by the trustees among his younger children equally. By the will he bequeaths to his three younger children 12,0001. each, and a legacy of 1001. each to be paid with in one month. By the codicil he bequeaths to his daughter, Lady Baring, a sum of 4,0001., and to his daughter, Lady Charlotte, an annuity of 1501., and to his younger children a further legacy of 2,0001. to each. Directs that his plate, jew‘ls, and books shall descend as heir looms. The residue of his estates, real and personal, he leaves to his son, the present Earl, and to his heirs and assigns. The will is dated July 28, 1837, and the codicil July 31, 1844, signed "Effingham." THE MURRAIN IN SCOTLAND.—A good deal of excitement has been caused throughout the north generally, and also in the southern cattle markets, by various conflict ing statements at present in circulation with respect to the appearance of the murrain in Ross and Caithness. The Aber deen Herald of the sth instant contained the following para graph :—" The murrain has broken out with great violence in Ross-shire and Caithness, both in cattle and sheep, from which it has been conveyed to Edin burgh by stock from the north—many of which have been obliged to be carted from the ship to be slaughtered, and has made the trade very dull there. Every precaution should be used by dealers and farmers to keep the infection from this county." The John 0' GI oat Journal states, " that there is net the slightest ground for believing the report thus circulated, and that the cattle exported from the north were shipped in excellent order, and were only seized with the distemper wheat infected in the stalls of the Edinburgh cattle agents." A correspondent in Ross-shire informs us that the first appear ance of the disease occurred about five weeks ago, amongst the stock of a gentleman who had brought a bull from London. This animal was admitted into the byres in a diseased state, and ere it was discovered that such was the case, the infection had seized all the cattle, young and old. The pestilence next spread among the sheep, to such an extent, that, from the time of its appearance up till the 4th instant, no fewer than thirty-four lambs alone had died. Dire as are the effects of the pesti lence amongst bestial, the woolly people suffer much more. We trust the desolating progress of this devouring evill will speedily be arrested, and that prompt and judicious measures will be adopted to prevent the spread of the malady.— Inverness Courier. DARING ROBBERY.—Thursday afternoon, between twelve and one o'clock, the following daring robbery took place at Mr. Anthony Blanchett's, the Royal Oak, Pitt street, Tottenham-court-road. It appeared that two men entered the parlour of the above house, which is situated upon the first floor, and requested to be accommodated with a steak, previous to which they had a pint of ale and a bis cuit. No suspicion arose for some time after their departure, when the landlady having occasion to go into her bed-roam, which is on the first floor back, discovered it had been broken open, and a tin cash-box, containing 251. in gold and silver, stolen ; also a silver watch that was hanging over the mantelpiece. One of the men was dressed in a black frock coat and trousers, and was about forty years of age ; the other, considerably younger, was dressed in a brown taglioni. EXPERIMENTS WITH LARGE GUNS AT LONG RANGES.—Lieutenant”Colonel Chalmer, Assistant-Director-Gene. sal of Artillery, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hardinge, K.H., Roya Artillery, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Harwich, to inspect th grounds or sands on the sea coast in that quarter to ascertain if an eligible long range can be obtained for carrying on practice during the summer with large guns, on Lieutenant-Colonel Dun- LAW INTELLIGEN CE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April2l. (Sittings in Banco.) THE GREAT REVENUE CASE THE ATTORNEY -GENERAL V. SMITH. At the sitting of their Lordships this morning, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he h ad to show cause against a perempto r y rule obtained by hi s Learned Friend, Mr. Kelly, for a writ of distringas , commanding the Sheriff of Middle sex , on o r before the 22d da y of April, to take five o r more of the gent lemen who were to form the special jury on Wednesday in t he important case of the Attorney-General r. Smith, ov er the defendants' ex tensive distillery in Whitechapel, for the purpose of examin ing the works and machinery. Now he had the greatest objection to such a course, and, if it was granted in this in stance, it could not be refused in others. The LORD CHIEF BARON—The first question is, whether the Court have po w er to grant the application, if the Crown refuses its assent. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was of opinion that the Court had not the power. The LORD CHIE F BARON—There have been cases of a jury going to look at a h or se, or a house, but that was by consent of parties., Mr. Baron ALDERSON—Does the Crown object to the jury viewing the premises? The SoLicrron-GENBRAL--Yes, certainly, my Lord. The LORD CHIEF BARON—Then, under these circum stances, I am convinced the Court has no authority, by j ur y will have the model statute or common law, to make the order. When a rule nisi was granted, it was only granted on the supposition that the Crown would not object. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL — T he explained to them on the trial, and it will only confuse their minds if they see the premises, and he believed there was no necessity for such an application. Mr. F. KELLY exceedingly regretted that there should be any opposition to this motion, as he considered it only fair an d reasonable. He certainly was not prepared with any authority bearing on the case, but in a celebrated horse cause, not long since, the Learned Jud g e suggested that " Running Rein," the winner of the Derby, should be produced for the inspection of the jury. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL --Yes, but the horse was not produced. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—AwI the principal object in the case referred to was, for the witnesses to have an opportunity of identifying the horse. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL strongly condemned the appli cation to the Court, the evident object of which was to create a prejudice against the Crown proceedings and in favour of the defendant. Mr. F. KELLY urged, at considerable length, that it was a case in which the Court ought to grant the order prayed for. The LORD CHIEF BARON—We are decidedly of opinion that the Court has not the power to grant the application ; but, if we had, just on the eve of the trial, it would most likely be impracticable, and certainly unjust towards the Sheriff, his officers, and the jury, to call upon them to as semble, without reasonable notice. The trial takes place on Wednesday, and when the jury are in the box, the applica tion (if it is thought advisable) can be renewed, and, if acceded to, they may be accompanied by an officer of the Court. After considerable discussion the Court refused to make any order for the jury to view the premises. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said there were two other Ex cise informa tions against James George Smith, and he wished to mention to their Lordships that it was the wish of the LORD CHIEF BARoN—You had better name the subjec law officers of the Crown that they should be decided by tri a l at Theb ar. again on Wednesday. das's and Mr. Monk's principles, Lord Guildford, the lord of the manor on which the practices were formerly carried on at Deal, having objected to any further experiments being carried on there. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered that a number of guns be made on Mr. Monk's principle for the use of the navy. One of Monk's long 56-pounder guns, of 97 cwt., has been required for the use of the Excellent gunnery ship, at Ports mouth, Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, Knt., and it will shortly be put on board. The present Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have invariably shown a desire to render the Royal Navy efficient, by introducing new inventions of a meritorious nature, on their utility being proved, without reference to the station or influence of the inventors, and deserve the approbati)n of the country for their strictly impartial conduct. SALE OF THE 1 LEFT PRlSON. — Yesterday the second portion of the sale of the building materials of this " town in minature" was resumed by Messrs. Pullen and Son, the City auctioneers; the portions sold were the materials composing the chapel, the coffee and wine-rooms, and the northern wing of the prison. The produec of the day's sale was upwards of 1,000/. OPENING OF THE NEW "'OWN HALL AT COLCHES TER.—The public opening of the new Town Hall is now the Recorder, and Mr. John Round, fixed for Thursday, the Ist of May. The worshipful the Mayor has received letters from Mr. Sanderson, M.P. iMges"teward, intimating their intention of wi‘ beinglli•rti.ll,upost:rhennesdoeh:n onlyt on t a h s e ooucrc representative,a s i on. Sr H enbar but y pt e i r n us th al e nearer theirh expressions of Town ( tall are most relation of one of the aldermen of the borough. We town, and pe culiarly the building committee, whose cil havebeen enottmteerpreissi nato fieunt f htt a eah v ref o yo u urt r pom e e d ent rhi b neg y ge thenotfl Inhabitantse mt mayor een n:eawn w . odifTt the a close.—Esser Standard► labours are gra ti n fy ow ing brought nearly to beenseeah haawemgocipmsoeturra landetxenz resembling her, er , R • — A Surroszn CHILD MITRDE • n adjourned inquest was held on Saturday at the vestry-room, St. Magnus Church, ondon.bridge, before Mr. Payne, on the body of a new-born female child, supposed to be the illegitimate offspring of Elizabeth . and the body of the Robinson, of Norwich. The deceased was brought in a common inquiries to be made at hamper to the London-bridge.wharf on Good Friday, by the the parcel was booked, Ramona steamer, from Yarmouth, with direction that it was to be w a s apprehended, and taken before the left till called for. On Thursday week, in consequence of the du e N n en o c d p r el w a ae sai womanc: dhan,dtao smell ea which mirietde place E emitted, Tli a hi atewCe it Coroner owßn was sbr ascertained caused n l : en e , d w ho, it was learned, she said, was still-born, and she declared named Scott, a relative of the prisoner, secretlyt tildeeleliriwycehhreaditihad become of it. The description of the .octly agreed with one booked at Norwich for London by but the proof not being sufficiently clear, the accused was dia. eh a r d. tesTtihmeon, juryy returned a verdict in accordance with the medical viz., " That the decased di e d f rom th e nave l string n 0 t being secur ed, but whether that o ccurred from accident g charge or design there was not sufficient evidence to show. , . THE SWEEP INGS OF THE PARI S S TREETS .—A journal states that the sweepings of the streets of Paris, sold in the mass, produces 500,500 f. (20,020/.) per annum, a nd w hen re. tailed u t han 3,600,000 f. ( 144,000 !.), b e i ng disposed o f a t the rate of 3f. to sf. the cubic metre or yard. T wenty .t wo years ago the mud of P aris was contracted for a t 75 , 0 00 f. ( 3 , 0001 ); in 1831 for 16 0 , 000 f. (6,540 L) ; and flow, for wore theft h a y a o n out again in portions, after having b een k ept i n p i ts to ro t , returns 104,94 RAILWAY COMMITTEES. Committee (No. 2.) WEST YORKS 11 IR E. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) A Learned COUNSEL having stated that he appeared for the Harrogate and Ripon line, by which all the traffic on that line would be conveyed from Harrogate and Knares borough, The CHAIRMAN said that what had fallen from the learned Counsel convinced the Committee that the course they had resolved upon to adopt would be the most convenient one, as it would have the effect of relieving the town and the city of a great number of people. He now would beg to express a hope that none of the Learned Counsel would introduce any topic that was not distinctly relevant to the subject, because, do what they (the Committee) would they would be obliged to sit there for a length of time, and at much greater inconvenience than those at the other end of the room. He hoped also that the counsel would give the Committee credit for being in possession of such local knowledge of the different lines, the population, traffic, &c., as would render it unnecessary for counsel to enter upon what he might call the A B C matter, and thus not substitute tongue for time. Mr. HILL said, that as he was placed in the unenviable position of senior counsel here, he begged to assure the Committee that he, and those who acted with him, would be far from doing anything from sordid motives, and would therefore do all they could to facilitate the business before the Committee; but he hoped the Committee would ask the House of Commons for the docu • ments on which the Board of Trade had founded their report upon this line. The CHAIRMAN said there was an order to that effect al ready before the House for all proposed lines approved of by the Board of Trade. Mr. HILDYARD then proceeded with the case for which he appeared as counsel. He had laid before the Committee the plan of the Manchester and Leeds line, except the Bury and Heywood, which, if ex tended about four miles further than it now did, would give a great facility of access from a number of towns to the main line. The town of Heywood had 15,000 inhabitants and Bury 24,000, and both towns had extensive cotton manufac tures, and the line had been approved of by the Board of Trade. _ _ _ . . The sass for the promoters of the Bill having closed, Mr. TALBOT said that the time was now come for him to state his opposition to the Bill, which he would do in a very short time. His Learned Friend might have sent him away from the Committee, if those whom he represented made compensation to those whom he (Mr. Talbot) represented. He did not mean to deny that a railroad com munication would not be greatly beneficial to the town of Lynn. He did not rest his case as a competing case, for he admitted that in that view he would not have any locus standi before the Committee, but on the peculiar circum stances of the case. The objection then was that the loss which would accrue from the means now possessed by the parties for whom he appeared being taken from them, they would cot be able to keep up and maintain the cuts made for the drainage of the country, which was so necessary even for the railway itself, for that was the point. The Commissioners of the Eaubrink works possessed an income of 11,800/., their labilities were 9,0001., leaving them a balance of 2,800/. They would lose ore-half their navigation tolls by the railway, and the residue would be totally inadequate to the mainte nance of the drain. The South Level Commissioners had a total income of 5,050/., and their liabilities and expenditure was 2,350/. They would lose 2s. 3d. of their navigation tolls, which would be equal to 1,900/., leaving them a balance of 4501. The consequence would be that a large acreage tax of probably 9s. or 10s. would be imposed to keep the drains in a fit state. This was a pe culiar case, distinct from the case of a turnpike-road or a canal, and he hoped he had laid a sufficient case before the Committee to establish a claim for compensation to be derived from the unestimated profit of the Railway on an average of three years. Adjourned to Twelve o'clock this day. sum MARY OF NEWS AND Publtt 14) ptatom " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. Accounts from Alexandria, of the 9th inst., state that ➢Mehemet Ali had been residing at Cairo for some weeks past, and intended in a few days proceeding on a visit to the lower provinces, and thence to Alexandria for the summer. On the evening of the 3d it blew a terrific gale of wind at that place. Reports from Syria had been received of the plague having broken out at Jerusalem, and that the number of deaths is 40 a day. The following is the distribution of the British vessels of war in the Mediterranean :—At Malta—The Formidable 84, bearing the flag of Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, the Commander in-Chief ; Ceylon 12, receiving-ship, hearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, second in command, and super intendent of Malta dock-yard ; Amazon 26, Snake 16. Locust war-steamer, Beacon and Bonetta surveying vessels. At Gib raltar, the Scout 18, Flamer and Medba war-steamers. On her way from Malta to Barcelona, the Devastation war-steamer. At Corfu, the Orestes 18. At the Piraeus of Athens—the Tyne 28, and Geyser war-steamer. At Smyrna—L'Aigle 24. At Constantinople—the Virago and Hecla war-steamers ; and at Beyrout the Warspite 50. The Courrier du Havre mentions that the French Govern ment intended to seize on the Sooloo Islands, situate be tween Borneo and Mindanao, and to form in them an esta blishment similar to that of the Marquesas and Otaheite. Lieutenant-General Count Gazan, Peer of France, died last week at Grasse, in the Var. The Paris journal, L'UnivPrse, boasts that the Society of the Jesuits is, at the present moment, more flourishing than at any former period, and that their number throughout Europe, and especially in France, has increased within the last year to an extraordinary extent. From a census taken in March last, there were upwards of a thousand more Je suits in France, than at the corresponding period of the pre ceding year. The programme for the public entertainments in celebra tion of the King's fete, on the Ist of May, have been approved of by the Minister of the Interior. They are precisely the same as those of last year. The Gazette des Tribunaux states that a prosecution is contemplated against the member of the Chamber of Peers and the Deputy who lately fought a duel, and that permission to this effect, as regards the Deputy, will probably be applied for to the Chamber of Deputies, as without that no legal pro. ceedings can be taken. The Minister of Public Instruction, in compliance with the recommendation of M. Charles Ledru, the Advocate, has nominated the nephew of the late M. Armand Carrel to a bursarship at the college of Henry IV. The Sud of Marseilles states that the Duke and Duchess of Salerno, parents of the Duchess d'Aumale, are expected to arrive there shortly, on their way to Paris, accompanied by the Count de Trapani, brother of the King of Naples. Zte4t."W JIM 30) 2' 0 2wlt.ht, At the Brentford sessions, George Mathews, a young man, was fully committed to take his trial on five charges of for - gery. He had forged the names of several tradesmen of Brentford, and obtained sums varying from 5/. to 6/. at Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., bankers, Charing-cross. Thomas Marrs, the late secretary of a benefit society at Bermondsey, was charged at Southwark Police-court, with breaking open the box containing a portion of the society's funds, with which he absconded. The prisoner denied the charge, and in accounting for his sudden flight to Ireland immediately after the robbery, he said that the stewards lent him some of the funds of the society, and that being unable to refund the same on the day he expected, he went away, not wishimg to meet the members of the society until he was in a situation to repay the money.—He was remanded. At Marylebone, John Thomas Potter, an omnibus driver, in the employ of Mr. Brewer, proprietor of a Bayswater omnibus. was charged by Alfred Norton, another omnibus proprietor, upon two summonses, each of them for the offence of furious driving. Both cases were proved, and the defendant was in one case lined 40s. and in the other 20s. At Lambeth Mr. Benjamin Myers, a tailor, carrying on business at No. 72. Oxford-street, was charged before Mr. Henry with furious driving, and running over George Jones, a child of four years of age, by which the latter was so seriously injured that its life is at present in great danger. From the evidence it appeared, that on Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock, the prisoner, while driving along the New Cut in a gig at a furious rate, knocked down the child, who received serious injuries by the horse trampling upon him. The prisoner said he should have pulled up the moment the accident happened, but the fact was that his horse became so alarmed at the noise made by the persons present, that he became quite unmanageable. He was remanded for a week, but at the same time admitted to bail for his appearance on Monday next, COURT—FASHIONABLE. The Duke of Devonshire left town for the Continent on Saturday. At her Majesty's next drawing-room, on the sth of May, Lady Blanche Somerset, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, is expected to make her debut. Major-General Sir Hercules and Lady Pakenham and Miss Pakenham are daily expected in town from the Government House, Portsmouth. Lord Guernsey has arrived at the Earl of Aylesbury's re sidence in Grosvenor-street from a tour. The Earl of Meath has left his seat, Kilruddey, for Dublin. The Hon. Lady Williams Wynn and Miss Wynn arrived in town on Monday last from Copenhagen. Sir Henry W. Wynn, her Majesty's Envoy at that Court, is expected in about a fortnight, on leave of absence. VIISCEIMAIMMOUS. The river steamers this day were gaily decorated with flags in bonenr of her Majesty's visit to Blackwall, to see the Great Britain steam-ship. The day has been most favour able for the royal visit. The debts of the Duke of Sussex have all been paid with but two exceptions—the first is a bond given to Mademoiselle d'Este for 10,000/., and the second is the account of his Royal Highness's legal executor, which amounts to a considera d ble sum, owing to the great expense incurred in the adjustment and settlement of all claims upon the estate of the Duke. Mr. Bowes, Member for South Durham, in reply to an application from some of his Wesleyan constituents to vote against the Maynooth grant, says he had always supported the grant, and must be consistent. He concludes his letter in these words :—" If I am to forfeit the confidence of those I have now for some years had the honour of representing, I could not wish to do so on any fairer ground than that of my remaining the consistent advocate of religious toleration." On Monday evening a meeting of the subscribers to the De Beauvoir National Schools was held in the school -room, " to take into consideration certain allegations lately made in a court of justice in Mr. ➢lonckton's case, which seriously affect the character both of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, the master and mistress of the above schools." Mr. Alexander Rayson in the chair. On the motion of Mr. Lake, solicitor to R. Benyon De Beauvoir, Esq., it was resolved to appoint a Committee to investigate the matter. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal Naval Benevolent So ciety was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's street, to distribute grants to distressed applicants. Amongst the members present were Admiral Sir E. Codrington, Ad miral Dundas, Admiral Hawker, Admiral Lord Radstock, Commanders Houghton, Gray, Tyte, Marshall, and many other gallant officers. Captain Dickenson was in the chair. From the financial statement it appeared that, including the balance remaining from the last audit, the receipts since the previous quarterly meeting amounted to 1,580/. The sum of 5031. had been distributed in relief, and deducting other dis bursements, a balance of 9711. was left in the hands of the treasurer. A further sum of 500/. in the whole was now awarded to other applicants. Thanks were then given to the chairman, and the meeting separated. Sir John Edward Swinburne, Bart., and the gentlemen forming the Committee of the Artists' Benevolent Fund, have presented their late secretary, Mr. Martin, librarian to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, with a valuable silver inkstand, in testimony of their sense of his services to that Institu tion. The subscription to defray the cost was confined to the members of the Committee. Mr. Galliot, the gentleman who, with Mr. Bevan, the so licitor of the Old Jewrv, conducted Tawell's defence, had several interviews with Mrs. Tavel], at Berkhampstead, during the past week, for the purpose, it is stated, of making representations to the Home Secretary not to interfere with the possession, by the Rev. Mr. Cox, of Tawell's confession. It seems now pretty clear that the contents of the document will not met the public eye, till the books and manuscripts of Mr. Cox may hereafter be transferred to other hands. Yesterday forenoon information was received from Bow street at the several police stations throughout the metropolis, that between Sunday week and Thursday some person or persons feloniously broke and entered, and also endeavoured to set on fire the parish church of West Wycombe, in Buck inghamshire, from which was stolen a gilt chain attached to the pulpit. A reward of 50f; has been offered by the parish authorities to any person giving such information as may lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offender, and a further reward of a similar amount has been offered by the Home Secretary for such evidence as may lead to the dis covery and conviction of the parties. The Government has also offered to pardon any accomplice (except the person or persons who actually attempted to set fire to the said church), who shall come forward and give such evidence as shall lead to the same result. We are happy to find that a church for the sailors of the port of London is about to be established, and that this mea sure has received the sanction and support of the highest au thorities in Church and State. The First Lord of the Admi. ralty is to fill the chair at the meeting to be held in the City, and the Bishop of London will propose the first resolution. The church is to be built near the London and St. Katherine Docks, where there is, throughout the year, a daily average of five hundred sail of vessels ; and though thei r crews do not live on board, yet hundreds of them board and lodge in the immediate locality. The sittings in the churc h will be en tirely free, and we trust this great undertaking will receive a large share of public support : it is intended for a class of men who have great claims on the nation , and whose reli gious interests have been hitherto grossly neglected. It is rumoured, and it is said on good authority, that a dis covery has been made by one of the Customs' officers, of a captain of a vessel which has recently arrived in the port, having possessed the keeper (V a public-house or tavern, in the neighbourhood of the docks, of about 101bs. of cigars, which were Ile surplus or unexpended stores of the ship, and which the said captain had obtained on cond ition that the cigars in question were for his own private use, and not for sale or merchandise, he having made a declaration to that effect previously to having obtained their delivery. It is supposed that the officer must have acted upon information in the matter. If the rumour be correct, the captain has, of course, made a false declaration, and thereby obtained the cigars surreptitiously, and it will be a question whether he will not be liable to proceedings for a fraud on the re venue, in addition to the actual seizure of the goods which has taken place. Yesterday evening, at half-past six o'clock, an explosion of gas occurred on the premises of Messrs. Avery and Moore, silkmercers and haberdashers, No. 171, Tottenham-court road. It appears that one of the shop-nen wa s engaged lighting one of the gas burnings in t he shop-window, when on applying the light, the gas momen taril y exploded with great violence, the flame communica tin g to a quantity of valuable goods in the window. Every exertion was used to extinguish the flames, but without eff ect, the fire making rapid progress. The fire-engines and brigademen were sent fur from Crown-street, Wells .street , Oxfo rd-street, and their exertions happily succeeded in extinguishing the flames. The stock and premises are insured in the Sun Fire-office. SUDDEN DEATH OF MISS BYNG'S COACHMAN. — Yesterday Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Red Li o n, Clarges. street, Piccadilly, on the body of Aaron Carman, aged 54 years. Sarah Carman, widow of deceased, said he lrAd been coachman to Miss Byng, of Charles-street, Berkeley-square, upwards of twenty years. On Thursday morning last he felt himself Unwell, but in consequence of witness being away from home, he did not speak of it to any one until witness's return in the evening. Deceased then went to bed and partook of some brandy.and.water. In about an hcur he said he was very ill, and requested medical aid to be sent for. Mr. Davis, of Curzon-street, promptly attended, who administered stimulating medicines to deceased, but he died in about an hour. Mr. Davis attributed death to rupture of some blood-vessels in the region of the heart, or disease of that organ. Natural death.!' OLDHAM. Oldham was divided into two branches—namely, Oldham proper and Mumps, and the question now before the Com mittee was, to carry on the line to Mumps. Two witnesses were called, who deposed as to the utility of the line, and said that the population of Oldham was 24,000, and contained several manufactories, the transit of the produce of which would be greatly facilitated and cheapened by the proposed line. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS said he held in his hand a docu ment which, he contended, was an agreement, signed by Captain Lawes, entered into by the Manchester and Leeds Company, to pay the Canal Company a certain sum. If the Committee should be satisfied that that was a valid docu ment, he would propose the substitution of a clause in the Bill remedying this crying evil. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were unanimous in de claring that they had not the power to insert any such clause in the Bill. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS said his clients would then try heir clause at another tribunal. All the clauses were then, with some verbal amendments, agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then announced that the Committee would go no further than this Bill to-day, and to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, they would proceed with the Huddersfield and Manchester line. ➢lr. BAINES begged of the Chairman to procure the order of the Speaker of the House of Commons to compel the at tendance of certain witnesses upon the West Yorkshire line, who had refused to come. The Committee on the C group of railways, consisting of Mr. Barneby, Chairman, Sir W. Clay, Sir Winston Barron, Lord Dalawny, and Mr. Somes, sat this morning in Committee-room 14, on the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc tion Railway. Mr. WJIATELEY, who was assisted by Mr. Baines and Mr. Yates, appeared for the Company, and after a brief opening address, relied on the Committee allowing the preamble of the Bill. Mr. TEMPLE opposed it on behalf of a lady named Horse fall, but was not prepared to sustain his objection, in conse quence of his client not expecting the discussion to come on to-day. This objection the Committee overruled, although Mr. WHATELEY expressed his readiness for an adjourn ment. Miss Horsefall's petition was the only one against the Bill, and the Company were ready to make her any rea sonable compensation for the injury she had sustained by the line passing through her garden. The Company were willing to give her 2,000/. for the injury done to her property, while the loss sustained could not be more than 300/. ; altogether Miss Horsefall valued the property at 6,0001. It was clearly an exaggeration, but the Company were willing to bear an extravagant charge rather have their prospect impeded, and if the petitioner chose to appoint arbitrators, they were quite willing to abide the decision. Though ready, therefore, to postpone the consideration for the Committee, yet he thought that no great loss could accrue from proceeding. Mr. Thomas Smith, solicitor, was examined on the sub scription contract. By his statement it• appeared that there were fifty-two subscribers to the undertaking, all of whom were locally interested. The amount of their capital was 37,8501.; and, besides these, there were 106 other share holders, whose subscriptions amounted to 90,150/. After a statement from Mr. Sutcliffe,, who proved that the line was likely to be beneficial to the town of Huddersfield, Mr. Charles Cope was called ; by his statement it appeared that the long traffic would be 21,8811., and the local receipts 47,953/., which left a net revenue of 41,9901. That was pre suming that this was the only line between Huddersfield and Preston, but if the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway was carried out this amount would have to be altered. There were two Bills before Parliament, of which this was one. The other was the Manchesier and Huddersfield , which was an extension of the present Manchester and Leeds line. By the promotion of the proposed line a great advantage would be obtained in the facility of intercourse with the north-west Districts of the country, and, by that means, even were the other line formed a profit would accrue to the company of more than three times the loss which they would sustain from the local competition of the Manchester and Huddersfield line. Mr. Locke and Mr. Gee, the engineers, were examined as to the difficulties of construction, and from their evidence it appeared that the works would be of a difficult and expen sive character, in consequence of the abruptness of the coun try, and though therewould be both tunnellings and viaducts, as well as deep cuttings, yet that the estimate was up to the expense likely to be incurred, the highest gradient being I in 100, and that only through a space short of six miles. The Committee allowed the preamble of the Bill to be proved, and deferred the consideration of the opp os iti on to it till twelve this day, when the inquiry is to be resumed. MUSEUMS IN LARGE TowN3.—The Bill to establish museums of art In large towns is to be read a third time tomorrow (Wednesday). The title has been altered for the third reading. The object of the measure is to establish museums in corporate towns for the instruction and amusement of the inhabitants, by awakening their feelings to the treasures of art and wonders of nature. The admission to the places is not to exceed one penny eseb person, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 11. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. GRANT TO MAYNOOTIL _ The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions against any further grant to Maynooth, and from Stirling against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. The Earl of WINCIIILSEA prevented a large num ber of petitions from the counties of York and Somer set against the Maynooth grant. The Noble Earl at the same time presented petitions against intemperance and the unions of the saes of Bangor and St. Asaph. Several other Noble Lords presented petitions against the Government proposition respecting the College of Maynooth. The Earl of FORTESCUE presented petitions from carious places, complaining of the Bill passed last session fur abolishing imprisonment for debt under 201. The Noble Earl also presented a penn on from Exeter, signed by several hundred persons, acramsi, th e sale of in toxicating liquors on the Sabbath, and several petitions against the Maynooth grant. The Noble Earl thought t almost needless to say he was opposed to the prayer of the latter petitioners. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented peti tions from Ireland against the Maynooth grant. The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S also presented petitions against the grant, and two against the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. The Bishop of BANGOR presented petitions from different places in \Vales to the same effect. The Earl of RODEN presented petitions against the endowment of the college of Maynooth, and others praying the House to appoint a Select Committee previous to the second reading of the Government Bill, to inquire into the class-books and tenets taught at Maynooth. The Noble Earl could not see how their L,rdships could object to the Committee, seeing that it would have the double effect of allaying the excitement on this subject, and convincing Parliament and the country whether there was, or was not, doctrines and tenets taught at Maynooth which were detrimental to the British constiution. If there were, he did not think it would be becoming in the Government to persist in their measure. He gave notice that, before the second reaching of the Bill, he would move the appointment of the Committee. NEW POOR-LAW (IRELAND.) Earl RODEN presented petitions also from several places in Ireland, against a new poor-law in Ireland. MAYNOOTH. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from several places against the grant to Maynooth. He was quite anxious to bear full testimony to the conscientious feeling with which the Noble Earl was prompted in moving for an inquiry into the state and proceedings of Maynooth; but as he differed from the petitioners whose prayer he had presented, he would suggest that, before the inquiry was made at all, the parties summoned before the Committee should be examined not by way of oath, but by declaration ; for he thought that the evidence would be more free and full than if it were to be re stricted. If his Noble Friend (Earl Roden) was op posed to this grant, why did he not come for ward during the last fifty years in which the grant had been made ? The endowment was in fact no endowment at all, or at least it was no more than it had always been since it had been granted. The child was a true formed child, though a small child it was true—(Laughter)— and with all the nature of the creature about it. Twenty years ago he (Lord Brougham) had brought forward a proposition in the other House of Parliament fur paying the secular Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland, which was carried by a majority of 160, and he must say that he felt mortified—not ashamed—but mortified— that no advance had been made since that time. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL could answer all the remarks which had dropped from the Noble Lord, but he should refrain from doing so until the measure came properly before them. He thought the Noble Lord was clearly out of order, and he thought that the better plan would be to defer any discussion on the subject until the measure came before their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM was really very sorry he had excited reproof. He would deprecate the Noble Earl's anger, for all anger was hard to bear ; but if he was so unfortunate as to excite the Noble Earl's reproof, he supposed he must bear it ; but he had one consolation, if it were not more severe in future than it was to-night, whether from experier.ce or habit, he thought he should not find it intolerable. The Earl of CLARE presented 137 petitions against any grant to Maynooth, and also for some alteration of the working of the poor-law in Ireland, and expressed his deep regret that any increase was made in the grant to the college of Maynooth without any sufficient know. ledge of the proceedings and influence of that college. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented a great number of petitions against the grant to Maynooth, and stated that he thought that the way in which his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) had treated the conscientious scruples of these petitioners, was unconstitutional. Lord BROUGHAM explained that he did not treat the petitioners with disrespect, but thought that if they condemned the grant they ought to have found out its fault fifty years ago. • The Earl of lIADDINGTON presented petitions from Glasgow and other places in favour of the grant to Maynooth. The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions against it. _ _ Lord WODEHOUSE also presented petitions against from several places in Suffolk. SMALL DEBTS BILL. Lord STANLEY presented petitions from Blackburn and several other places in Lancashire fur the repeal of the Small Debts Bill of last year. The tradesmen con ceived that this Bill was a great injury to their interests. RAILWAY S. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a nobleman in Ireland, which was prompted by a tenant of his in consequence of the line entirely destroying his farm. He also presented a petition from the sister of a nobleman, who complained that the line of the proposed railway would not only pass through the gar dens of the cottages in which she resided, but would also cut off all the supplies of water from the whole of the village. There were so many other instances of trespass ing on private property, that he should feel it his duty, to-morrow, to take the sense of the House upon several claLses of the new Railway Bill, which in his opinion went to systematise this encroachment on private pro perty. I SHERIFFS' BILL (WALES). On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE this Bill was read a second time. CORONER OF THETFORD. Lord WHARNCLIFFE said that as he was on his legs he would state what had been the result of his in quiries at the Home Office with respect to the motion of the Noble Earl (the Earl of Mountcashel) the other night, respecting the refusal of a Coroner holding in quests in Thetford to make any returns of the number of inquests held by him on infants without being paid for it. The result of his inquiries was that there was no case on record obliging a Coroner to make such re turn ; but he would suggest to the Noble Earl to put his motion into a shape, calling for the return without stipulation, and he thought that if that were done, the Home Office would require the return, and it would be for the Coroner himself to consider where he should get his recompense from. The Earl of MOUNTCASIIEL said that he should adopt the suggestion made to him ; and he accordingly moved that the Coroner of Thetford do make a return to the House of the number of inquests held by him upon infants, of one year old and under, from the 10th January, 1832, to the 10th January, 1842, distinguishing those infants which had been recently born, and those to whose deaths verdicts of murder had been returned by the Juries. Tha return was granted. COMPENSATION FOR DEATHS BILL. Lord LYTTELTON, in moving the second readiug of the Compensation for Deaths Bill, said that the object of this Bill was to give compensation in the case of death occurring by accident, to the relatives of persons killed, not only to the wife, but to the parents of the deceased person. If a person were only injured by an accident he obtained compensation, but if he were killed, his family, who were great sufferers, obtained no thing to lessen the serious trial which they sustained. The object of this Bill was to obviate what could aot but be looked upon as a very great evil. Lord CAML'BELL said that he perfectly agreed with the Noble Lord on the necessity for a Bill of this sort, but he thought that several details might be amended in the Committee. This Bill provided for the compensation to be given in cases of death, but nothing in case of accident where life was not destroyed ; as for instance, when the wife of a labouring man, who was throwngrom a stage-coach, and was con fined for six weeks. In that case there was compensation for the injury in the first case, but who was to pay for the care, anxiety, and loss of time which were suffere d by the husband and the family. He (Lord Campbell) had delayed his Deodand Bill till this Bill was before the House, in order that the two Bills might go down to gether; and he should therefore wish to see the necessary alterations made in this Bill to render it complete. The LORD CHANCELLOR thought that the ob servations of his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Camp bell) well worthy of attention, and be would suggest that his Noble Friend should suffer his Bill to be referred to a Committee up stairs, in order to amend the details of the Bill, and in anticipation that his suggestion would be accepted he would vote for the second reading. Lord LYTTELTON having assented to the proposi tion the Bill was read a second time. MANCHESTE% MAGISTRATES' BILL. On the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH this Bill was read a second time, and the House adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 21. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. NEW WRIT FOR DENBIGHSHIRE. On the motion of Mr. YOUNG, a new writ was or dered for the county of Denbigh, in the room of Sir W. W. Wynn, who had accepted the office of steward of one of her Majesty's manorial courts in the said county. - NEW WRIT FOR PEEBLESHIRE. On the motion of the same HoN. MEMBER, a new writ was ordered for the county of Peebles, in the room of W. Forb es M ac k enzie, Esq., who had been appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury. The Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Bill was read a second time. The Chester and llolyhead Extension Railway Bill was read a second time. THE SOUTHAMPTON AND DORCHESTER RAILWAY. On the question being put for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. COMPTON moved that She Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. MACKINNON opposed the amendment. The Bill was to connect Southampton with Poole and Dor chester along_ the sea coast, and the railway was calcu lated materially to benefit the district through which it would pass. The only objection to the Bill was that the ' railway would pass through the New Forest, which wits undoubtedly public property, and should be given for public purposes. Captain HARRIS supportal the motion. Mr. G. BANJOS regretted that the Board of Trade had decided in favour of the worst of two lines proposed ; but rather than have no railway at all he would not vote against the second reading of this Bill. Mr. F. BARING thought that the Chief Commis sioner cf Woods and Forests would not oppose a railway which had been recommended by the Board of Trade if there were not strong reasons for it.—(Hear, hear.) Lord G. SOMERSET was understood to explain, in the absence of his Noble Friend at the head of the Woods and Forests, that unless owe alteration were made in the Bill, it would be his (Loffl Lincoln's) duty to oppose it, on account of the injury the railway would occasion to the crown lands through which it would pass. For himself, he (Lord G. Somerset) would not vote against the second reading, in the hope that the alteration would be made. Mr. COMPTON said that after what had fallen from 01 ; Noble Lord, he would not press his amendment. I amendment was then withdrawn, and the Bill was read asecond time. TILE NEW COMMITTEES. Lord I ALMERSTON reported from the Committee on the raii,.ays in group B, that the Committee assem bled at twelve 'clock, at which Thomas Wyse, Esq., and the llon. ~.~,Berkley were not present, and were not present for .n hour after that time. They, however, came wir.;„ half an hour after one o'clock, but no inconvenient., ../IS Q from their tempo rary absence.—(Loud cheers.) Lord G. SOMERSET said that as this .<is the first occasion on which these Committees had ass,hi e d , he did not intend to found any motion on the -.nort which had been made. On a future occasion, howev, if such a report were made, he should feel i his duty to move that all absent Members be taken into custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms ; and he trusted that the House would support him in this. Mr. WYSE was not aware of the necessity of such close attention to the rules of the House, but as this was the first time which he had made such an omission, he trusted the House would excuse him. Capt. FITZHARDINGE BERKELEY was equally of opinion with the rule which had been adopted. He was anxious to fulfil the duty which the House had im posed on him, but he thought that there was a defect in the rule by which the House wished to proceed. He was aware that sufficient time was no minally given, for there were fourteen days notice of attendance on the Committee ; but he had been absent from town for a fortnight, and it was not to be wondered at that such a thing should escape his memory. He would suggest that some notice should be given by the clerk of the Committee, or by some other properly ap pointed person of the day of attendance. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET slid that as the Chairman of the Committee had reported that no in convenience had resulted from the negligence of these gentlemen he did not propose that the House should take any proceedings respecting them, but he should ob serve that the notice of these Committees was published in the votes on Saturday morning, yet he had no objection to such a notice as the Hon. Gentleman had suggested; and should any further negligence occur, he should deem it his duty to take some notice of the matter, and he trusted the House would support him. Mr. WYSE believed that the Committees ought to be attended, and he did not wish at all to shirk the re sponsibility which fell upon him as a Member of that Committee. Colonel WOOD said that he had received two notices of different significations, and for different purposes, and he wished to know by which of the two he was to be guided? Mr. BARNEBY, Chairman of the Committee of group C railways, reported that Joseph Somes, Esq. had not been present at the Committee until one hour after it had commenced its proceedings, but that no in convenience had resulted therefrom.—(Laughter.) Lord G. SOMERSET said that as the circumstances were the same : the proceedings must be the same as in the last case. The pirattt-T then dropped. NEW WRIT FOR LEOMINSTER. Mr. T. DUNCOM BE moved for a new writ for the borough of Leominster, in the place of Mr. Greenaway. THE DEVONPORT COKE AND GAS BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill being made, Mr. HUME moved as an amendment that this Bill should be read a third time that day six months. Dr. BOWRING supported the amendment. Sir GEORGE GREY spoke in favour of the third reading, stating that the question was already decided by the Committee. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. PLYMOUTH AND STONEHOUSE GAS BILL. The Plymouth and Stonehouse Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. WEST LONDON RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Mr. MANGLES, the West London Railway Bill was read a first time. NORTIIUM.BERLAND RAILWAY BILL. The Northumberland Railway Bill was read a second time. and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. BOSTON RAILWAY. The Boston Railway Bill was read a first time. BARNSLEY JUNCTION LINE. Mr. STUART WORTLEY presented a petition against the Barnsley Junction Railway. Mr DUNCAN presented a similar petition. GLOUCESTER AND CARLISLE LINE. Mr. BOUVERIE presented a petition in reference to this Bill, but whether for or against we could not hear. SOUTH-EASTERN LINE. Mr. AINSW 0 RTII asked for leave to bring in a Bill for the formatir•n of a Maidstone and Rochdale branch on the South-Eastern line. GREAT W ESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSION. Sir R. 11. INGLIS presented a petition from the heads of the Oxford University, praying that the House would sanction the Great Western Railway Extension from Oxford to Rugby, in preference to the one proposed by the Birmingham Company. THE RAILWAY COMMITTEE OF THE ISDARD OF TRADE. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to move, according tO notice, a resolution to rescind the eleventh section of standing order, No. 87, which requires Committees on railway Bills to make a special report of the reasons which induce the Committees to adopt or reject the recommendation of the Board of Trade. In asking the House to concur with him in rescinding the standing order, he would state his conviction that the time had come when the House should understand more particularly what was the relation in which the Committees of the House were placed with the Board of Trade by that order. (Hear, hear.) The questions involved in the numerous Bills upon which the Board of Trade had to decide affected property to the amount of one hundred millions sterling, and four thousand miles of railway.—(Hear, hear.) By the decision of the Committee of the Board of Trade the fortune or the ruin of thousands would be determined.—(Hear.) He thought, therefore, that the time had arrived when the House ar,d the country should know whether the Committees of the House of Commons should be merely the puppets of the Board of Trade. It was time it should be known whether those Committees were to be responsible to the House and the public, or to a subordinate branch of a subordinate department of the Government. — (Hear, hear.) He did not very well know how the railway department of the Board of Trade was to get through its business.— (Hear, hear.) By this arrangement they would have 23 speeches of counsel fur the petitioning parties ; 23 speeches more for the opposing parties, and 23 speeches more in reply, and in addition there would be a third party—the Railway Department of the Board of Trade—represented by the Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir G. Clerk) who would have to state the reasons why a particular line was chosen. The other day the Speaker called the attention of the House to a clause in the Midland Railway Exten sion Bill, by which power was given to the Company. to make branches, and to take lands without giving notice to the owners. He had been given to understand that the Board of Trade had been made cognisant of this clause, and yet they never drew the attention of Par liament to it at all. He contended, then, that in that case the Board had neglected its duty. He also con tended that the Board had acted the part of partisans, . and their reports were totally unworthy of consi deration by the Committees on the railway 8i115.. . Unless it was to put the Committee of this House in subordination to the railway department, there was no necessity for passing that resolution at the time it was passed. He did not see the justice of the power th that was vested in the railway department of the Board of Trade to Gazette their inten tions to report favourably or unfavourably o f an y Bill,' from which very bad c onsequences The . H to on. Member then proceeded read list the of arose. names of lines reported ag a i ns t b y Committees, and the expenses incurred each day e by the respec tive parties in each Bill, and contended that it was not fair or just to have such expenses entailed un• less the report were favourable to the line. He further remarked that it was impossible opposite could attend 0 the that the Noble Lord business of the had b Board of Trade, an d t h erefore it h ecome a matter of nece ss ity to employ subordinates, to whom is greater part of the b • usmess was left. The Noble Lord had entered into some explanation upon this subject by mentioning a coalition that it was intended should take place between that and an other department by which greater facilities for the dispatch of busi • ness would be offered, but no such coalition appeared to have been heard of at the Boar! of Trade. lie then called attention to the reports on the London and York and the Newcastle and Berwick lines, and said that a main trunk line had been divided between three different companies on one of their lines, but the noise kept up by the conversation going on be tween Hon. Members on the benches en both sides ren• dered the Hen. Gentleman almost inaudible in the gallery. Now if the Board of Trade were to lay down one prin ciple of guidance one day and another principle another day, it would be impossible to place any degree of con* Hence in their reports. They decided in favour of the London and York, with a view 10 the interests of the agriculturists—of the farmers on the line ; and they proposed to send the general public, who wished to go direct to York, roiled by Cambridge. And why ? That they might briT g the traffic on to the Eastern Counties 'ilia. He believed that unless the House was determined to assert its own dignity, that nothing would result fro* the establishment of that Board. Sir G. CLERK could not admit that the reports of the Board of Trade up on the railway qu.estion. submitted to them had given dissatisfaction to the country. He believed, on the contrary, that they had given satiZactien to all the country except those persons w ho ma hare an illegal interest in the Bills against which the Board reported.—(Hear, hear. For his pat. i.