The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-10 00:00:00

In so many different shades and phases the princies pl of f ree t ra d e, and thrown upon - them the most dissi milar tints and coloure, will prove their eternal just ne.ss—the showers will descend--the sun will shine, and knowledge and truth, which beloepe to that great Tower alone, will continue to advance their light, penetra.ting even tc the domestic hearth, and li dispel- An the cl ou d s o f i gnorance. Everywhere the solid advantage s of free -trade prinoiph s "ill be felt, for they alone can renovate the condition nod ensure the permanent Prosperity of this country. Those meetings will he suspended—th e my s t er i es o f lif e aci d death w ill held on in their course—every day the ap pointed thousands will be born, and thousands mere of mouths, must be fed by that soil which is now said to be inefficient to supply the wants of those already in exis:..ence ; every increase of the population will 'urni`Jti an additional argument for the necessity of t s h'at great change. Death will continue as well as iife—monopolv will have its victims, and free trade m ust sometim es l ose i ts champion s—others will follow that excellent being whose loss made Manchester one !?re at place o f mourning --(Hear, hear)—be fore we again assemble here voices that now joi n i n cheering shout must be mute for ever • but if it b e so , as i t i s w i se t h at it should le so, and if they leave the world better than they found it by the advancement of the great causo—it will be no unworthy consolation for them, on the bed of sickness and in the anguish of death, that they ass i sted in making it so.—(Loud cheers.) And when th e li berated principle of vitality rejoins the great majority, should it meet there with those spirits of justi ce , who, in their day, labou re d an d tqaggled f or t h e good of the human race—who "rote, in defiance of calumny and persecution, some S T work o f p hi lanthropy and improvement, the )et them be told to gl a dd en even t h em that the seed y had sown while on earth had sprung up, bringing another harvest of their phil an th rop i c sp i r i ts w hi c h pervad e the world in might and majesty—that an other battle has been fought here and well fought for truth and peace_for right and justice, and that an ioNvtoher victy, one of the most splendid of all, has been nobility d that those obstacles to man's enjoyment of of character and utility to his fellovv•men andhopefulness for which his Creator destined him, haliehbeen entirely r emoved.—(Loud cheering.) words,e CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting in a few which had coy addressed them on the order and decorum bad always existed in their meetings, and ob serving th at the assistance of a single policeman never was required. He con c l u d e d b y express i ng a h ope , that th ey would all meet at no distant period, and by ,calling on th em to give three cheers for the Anti-Corn- Leagu e . W Three hearty cheers were given for the League, and the meeting separated at ten o'clock. ------- FREE-TRADE BATA O R. MEETING OF LADIES, CAMBERWELL. A nu merously -attended an d hi g hly-respect a bl e Tumeeting of ladies resident at Camberwell was held on e sday e t , r at the M ans i on -h ouse Ch ape l, i n th a t dis ior the purpose of hearing the Rev. John Bur -114 deli ver an address in support of the objects of the Bur -1 ree-trade Bazaar, to he held in Covent-garden Theatre i n May next, and explanatory of the prin- Ples of free-trade, and of the views of the great na tional Anti -Corn-law League. A. L. Saul, E sq ., o f t h e L eague was present, and to ok Part in the proceedings. The Rev. Mr. Beaserr called attention to the greatness to which this nation had arrived ; but this greatness was not owing to the existence of the corn laws, but had been brought about by the indomitable ener gy and the ingenuity of its inhabitants, in spite , 0 f those l aws. By i ts commerce and manufactures b en this country attained the position which she now maintained. By agriculture no country could become g r eat. Agriculture supplied the subsistence neces sary for mere animal life, but the various works 131 art which tended to advance men in the scale of civilisation were supplied by manufacture. One hundr e d men engage d i n agr i cu l ture could pro uce more than 100 men could consume. Those who could not find employment in agriculture must use their strength and skill in some other occupation. Bence, manufactures, with all the elegancies and con veniences they produced—hence great cities, and all the,,, wondr ous di sp l ay o f i ntellect they contained. The Rev. Gentleman then went on very clearly and beauti fully to explain the rise and progress of foreign corn- Inerce, and having paid a high compliment to Lords Pitawilliam, Kinnaird, Radnor, Ducie, &c., for their support, by their voices and pens, of the free trade cause, and shown that even the present l'irst Minister of the Crown, although he had turned out the late Ministry on the question of the corn -laws, begun himself to deal with them as aeon as he came into office, he urged that Govern tient was stepping beyond its province when it marred The trade and industry of the nation; that it was in stituted for the protection of the people, and that it acted unwisely when it set one portion of the com munity against th e o th er . Th e R ev. G ent l eman th en directed th e a tt en ti on o f hi s gent l e au di tory to , ie be le that they would work for it, and con t r ib u t e tawnatever their taste, skill, and ingenuity might die titte,.and were capable of accomplishing. He assured 'e 1 0 that anyt hi ng from their hands would be ac tor by th e L eague as a " free-trade offering.', lathe'‘(lr. Saux, entered into some intere s ti ng details re :l,.lve tithe pr ocee di ngs in favour of the bazaar in 0 1 7 4 er e parts of the coun t ry . H e affirmed that fro m about about 50 distinct stalls would be furnished veriet many provincial towns. He enumerated a b e s __); of articles which, it had been intimated, would in Zit_ to the bazaar, and created much amusement th en ,. ":I..?lnents on the various articles as he announced arti c l e i i i ... a then produced an ingeniously contrived 'which cupposed to be from the hands of a lady) ins, ad been left at the League-rooms that morn g, and • tag e , of cis w_b_lci! was intended to illustrate the advan teared ou r bread. At first sight, the article ap "akere 8115' like an ordinary label, such as is used in The 8 a , ePs, and bore the words " 41b. loaf, 7d." dbl. Pe or then drew 'lliearea , a thread, and the inscription cottage raven„ o in its place a comfortable labourer's e f comet- ed its I e-f. All around wore the aspect f.1 , (:)111 th: t e alhiematneandb peace, and the thick curling smoke th e was within! betokened the warmth and comfort the ( if bread r. Saul then explained that when it labourer was in as l ow, as indicated by a label, portion h igh, for not- a better condition than when of his earningshaving' to expe n d so large a Which could surround himself in the first necessary of life, ...Inch he would be other with many comforts of lein an ise then caused deprived. The Learned louas t f r ative labev, and another change in the " ii 9d. ' ll and this an inscription appeared " 41b. t aarii h i , nye 1 , 8 home ' t.. 'Lace to a view of "a poor 4 ePres eni „, when bread w nod • —d a nliserabl was at this price. The view alto dilapidated mw 11 e cottage, with broken thatch :tether 8, the windows shattered, and The presentia p r ( r* aPeakng a scene of wretchedness and Pear et Provisions er then explained that, as the Evsred. Another rose the poor man's comforts disap seriptiot c h a p 11 ge was made in the label. An c i . Th. _ appeared indicating that the 41b. loaf was re 'tPicture pre sent , associated with this inscription hla stod ,eu a barren la_ -a Lre e . , desolate wild, and on a shattered, ue sp eak , ..PPeared the words " gone to the union." ea rnq er explained ' of a w were that the operations of the oc , What he hadwo-fold; it not only raised the price o i. the only , e to buy, but it diminished the value of l'usel e e ° mtnodity he had to sell—his strength Netherwi gi tat T l his skill. He said, of the issue rives the suea there could be no doubt - and i i t l Peedily: le eess which he anticipated should ar se,,,east, dep enci t) be delayed, would, in some measure had t ° the on the assistance which they might at i tieen can Undertaking to which their attention tOterate the great triumph which was about to be ~ 4 he T ,„ erOf " e ueedin (4 : 1 114 e •gs were listened to tbroughout with ntion. .......„....,...................._...... liOrt,,, KENDAL, --',111.E CASE OE MATRICIDE. n.. ahin-2.`•"---Yesterdav afternoon he inhabitants of the tow excirt7ebpid Hatton Were thrown - into a state of the greatest Nigi ii Zelit by the fact that Mrs. Simpson,. their resaected N I ~-uti, had been murdered. Suspicion im m e diately 14,13,'P0bn Mr. Richard Simpson, the son of the mur o d f e t r h ed e Plac e ; 41 3' in the evening the respected minister t o I I ( .Ir. Whaley-, accompanied b}• a friend, hastened who itatiecie"4l- They 'waited upon the Coroner, 1 1.114 4 ,hia warrant for holding an inquest on the body, Old d ll rY was sum to meet at Middleshaw House, _ 4zatto , 4 rt a .. n• } min the statement of one of the female ac jt , ) 4 1 4 of the deceased, it appeared, that Simpson cth o e , in 44c1 gone home on Saturday the 30th .ultim . b eds stete of intoxication, and foUnd his mother . in herup, ii , 4 ,Y, nn which he insisted on her getting her ."-uch she refused to do, when he pulled Dtstloll to the floor, and abused her in a most brutal er t.. Last Saturday, being in a similar state, he re lier, - 4 uLa inhuman attack, but in a more ferocious man- s Wi th 1111c1 seized upon the pokert_and inflicted several blow llo op that weapon upon her. He left her lying upon the lite 'whence she was removed by the . servants to . A teethe,l'n being informed yesterday morning that his ti t , ' was in a Very dangerous state, and that she was not bikitt•C'tted to live long, he made an unfeeling answer. He iwkards gave the servant some rum, and ordered her to she w° w orn w ounds, and said in the roughest language, that treet';`"d soon come rourd again. The family is one of itrun, espectability, but the supposed murderer has been a tvieeti and dissolute character for many years. After the h e tt'ee of the servant had been heard, the coroner said Cpe u .,_ °4 itht it his duty to s►djourn the inquest till to-morrow ortem, telt,s-73'), that a post mortent examination of the body might thedZtiotleP'ea,,! The prisoner was then conveyed to the Kendal in ° 0 eorrection.—At ten o'clock on Tuesday morning i e t wag resumed, when the jury returned a verdict of tom.lth. et, ettlintin.rder. " against the Jury returned The prisoner was tietti, "` ln, and informed o f their verdict ; e was .par seat7LY admonished which Coroner not to say anything .4 his defence, to he replied he had not anything S• It may be remarked, that one of the surgeons pre itlileclail thr.it he had seen the body of a man that had been , 'lrt, 76K, i/rize-fighting, and that the body of the deceased froklThe .I.i -111Paon) was much worse bruised than in that case. by aoner throughout in aiutained the greatest it dia l en ee. i!tehes from the Governor General of Canada, and teetetZe Gvvernor of the Ca_pe of Good Can a d a were received Qt futheri_coioniai.o:s*. Dispatches were also re " 4 wring9t of the W ed 4(4 C9louloo. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. April 9. FIELD GARDEN'S BILL. (Contalue 1 from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. M. MILNE'S enticipated only one geod effect from the measly e of the lion. Gentleman—the applica tion of waste lands about towns to the most profitable purposes. The agricultural pop u l a ti on wou ld not b e at ad benefited, nor did he think that the general advantagee of these alberneres wus sufficiently established. He supported the measure, because he thought it would lead to a teL.ficiel appropriation of waste lands in the vicinity or Urge end populous towns. Mr. EOUVLIdE oppost d the Bill, thinking it would interfere e ith the rights of property. It was unfair to prevent the owners of land from obtaining the amount of rent which was the real value of their land, and on these grounes he should support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Mr. Eecott), and vote against the measure. Sir JAMES GRAHAM thought this measure was calculated to effect a very useful object, and he thought that, as there would be ample opportunity for amending any of the provisions which were calculated to cause either public or. private injury, they might be amended in Committee. If the lion. Member had not taken the right way to do all he desired he would effect much, and for this reason he trusted the House would not oppose the second reading. There were some clauses to which he felt insuperable objections. He objected especially to that provision which secured the rent on the poor-rates; but these things might be altered, and he thought it would be hard if the Hon. Gentleman were not allowed to have his Bill read a second time. Lord JOHN MANNERS congratulated his Hon. Friend (Mr. Cowper) on having arrived at the second reading of his Bill, and he congratulated him also on the very remarkable opposition which it had met with. His Hon. Friend the Member for Winchester had stated that there would be some show of reason for this Bill if it had been brought in when wages were low; he could tell the Hon. Gentleman that the wages of framework knitters and of labourers generally were just as low now as they had been for years past ; and the feeling in the midland counties was all in favour of the Bill, as he could state from his own experience. He should, there fore, vote for the second reading, Mr. HINDLEY said, that if the lion. Member for Winchester pressed his opposition, he must certainly vote with him. There were several very serious objec tions to all the details of the measure, and he should, therefbre, oppose it. Mr. STUART WORTLEY hoped the House would not object to allow the Bill to pass through its present stage. He thought the object of the Hon. Gentleman who had brought forward the subject deserved all the consideration that could be given it. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Majority for the second reading... —74 he Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be commuted. AUCTION DUTIES REPEAL BILL. The Auction Duties Repeal Bill was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday• The Infcfcrncnt (Scotland) Bill then went through Committee, the report was read, and the amendment ordered to be printed. The Heritable Securities Bill also went through Com mittee, and the report was read. The Museums of Art Bill then went through Com mittee. An amendment was proposed by Mr. BUCK, which was afterwards withdrawn, on the recommendation of Sir James Graham. The Bill was ordered to be reported to-morrow. FISHER-LANE GREENWICH IMPROVEMENT BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be brought up to-morrow. PUBLIC MUSEUMS BILL. This Bill was read a third time, and passed. THE GLASS DUTIES EXCISE BILL. This Bill was also read a third time, and passed. The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill were reported, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. SUGAR DUTIES EXCISE BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The House then adjourned, at Seven o'clock. et irb 1211ttion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. GREAT WELCH RAILWAY, CONNECTING the Mineral and Manufacturing Districts of SOUTH WALES with BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LIVER POOL, the NORTH of ENGLAND, and SCOTLAND. Provisionally Hegktered pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. Capital 2,740,000/., in Shares of 251. each. Deposit 2/. per Share. ENGINEERS. Charles Vi noles, Esq., F.R.S.A., John Addison, Esq. BANKERS—London : Hanburys, Taylor, and Lloyd. SOLICITORS—Sandys and Pearson, 5, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street, London. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTs --Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates. The proposed Railway is intended to give a direct line of convey ance between Carmarthen, Swansea, Brecon, Hereford, Bromyard, and Worcester; at Hereford it will join the proposed Monmouth, and Worcester, and Shrewsbury lines ; at Worcester, the proposed Oxford, Tring, and South Staffordshire, and Birmingham a - A Gloucester Railway ; giving then by a direct route from South Wales to Bir mingham, Liver 001, Manchester, the North of England, and Scotland. It is proposed to connect with the main line, by means of short bra%ches, the Llanelly and Taff Vale Railways, and securing by those mineral lines, the produce of their districts to the main line. The obvi us importance of such a him to make the great mineral produce of South Wales serviceable to the manufacturing districts of Birmingham, as well as to give a cheap and safe convey-nee for the very large quantities of copper, speller, and other metals, sent from Swansea to Birmingham, Liverpool, and the North, needs no contro versy, and as a Passenger communication between those towns, the south of Ireland, the North of England and Scotland, a very valu able reference may be made to the Special Report of the Board of Trade, of which the following is an extract : " The accommodation of Herefordshire, Worcestershire, South Wales, and the important districts lying to the west of the present lines of Railway, will evidently at no distant period, require not only a wide guage hallway along the southern coast, to place them in communication with Loudon; but also a narrow guage Railway to place them in direct and unbroken communication through Birming ham with the manufacturing districts, and the great Railway system of the rest of the kingdom. The extension of such a Railway w ould be greatly facilitated by the establishment of the narrow guage, and of an into' est independent of the Great Western in the Worcester district; and, on the other hand, would be greatly impeded if that district were assigned to the Great Western district and to the wide guage." It is a well-known fact that the coal in the neighbourhood of Mer thyr is supplied as fuel for locomotive purposes on the Great Western, Bristol and Gloucester, Birminghau and Gloucester, and other lines even further north ; the saving in cost of having it so cheap on the line of Railway is a very great advantage to the proposed line, and will form no inconsiderable saving in the working of it. The 1 ngth of the main line from Swansea through Breco'. Here ford, Bromyard to Worcester, will be 99 miles; and from Carmar then to Llandovery, where the two lines would unite, 24 miles, or 123 miles altogether. By tile proposed Railway, the saving in dis. tance,• a li c am t , ,u N r ‘ii i l l i er b i e ,or u t p i r . - ards of 60 miles, and betw a ee c i Or C r a e rm spo a n rt di l i l i e g n o t % t ß o irnli ahp n ies An estimate of the Traffic has been carefully made by compete ne and experienced persons, based upon the greatly reduced char ges now made on the North Lines ; the results 01 which are as followa: PASSENGERS. Coach Traffic, Posting„ Conveyance of Mails, Far cels, . • . GOODS. Copper, Spelter, Merchandise, now per Road and Water* Conveyance...... * (Part only asatuned.) LIVE AIsD DEAD STOCK. To supply the Manufacturing Population of Stafford shire Coal, Iron, Stone, &c. &c. • • 43,072 16 10 13,456 5 6 45,199 12 5 £321,732 19 3 MINERAL TRAFFIC. Exclusive of London Traffic, Irish Traffic, or carrying the Irish Mails, coining via Milford Haven. Total amount of Traffic • • Less 40 per cent. cost of working • . 128,693 3 9 £193,039 15 6 Giving upwards of 7 per cent. on the Share capital. rowers will be taken to allow Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. on all calls paid up until the line is open. Full Prospectuses will be issued in a few days ; in the moan time applications for Shares may be made to the Solicitors ; or to the fol lowing Sharebrokers ;--Messrs. Hichins, Harrison and Co., or Messrs. Thomas and Sous, Threadneedle-street, London; Mi. James Pearson or Mr. Joseph Edmundson, Birmingham ; Mr Wootherspoon, or Messrs. Parsons and Townley, Liverpool ; Messrs. Seeboohn and Hoyland, or Mr. Frederick Tootal, Manchester ; Messrs. Edwards and ton, or Mr. Luke Arnold, Bristol ; Mr. William Lee, Cheltenham ; Mr. Thomas Splers, Gloucester ; Mr. A. Hindes, Leeds ; or Mr. Eaglesfield, Leicester. GREAT WELCH RAILWAY. TO TUE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE, Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares, of 25/. each, in this Company ; and I undertake to accept the same, and pay the deposit thereon, or any less number that may be allowed to me : and I tuidertake to execute the Agreement and Parliamen tary Contract when required. Name.. • • • • • • ... Re5idence................................ Trade, or Profession • Date • •• • . Reference • • An induent'al and opulent Provisional Committeewill be published in a few days. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.---(THIS DAY.) A special General Meeting of the shareholders of this Company was held this day at the London Tavern, in compliance with the advertisement, for the purpose of augmenting the capital stock of the Company, by the creation of 4,800 new shares, upon which not more than 141. 16s. per share is to be paid in the propor tions proposed. The meeting was numerously and re spectably attended. Mr. BOSANQUET was called to the chair at one o'clock, and Mr. DUNCAN read the report of the Directors, and the resolutions to be prOposed. Mr. DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY congratulated the Shareholders on the prosperous condition of their affairs, as evinced by the report ; but there were one or two matters to which he wished to call their attention. He had heard, in reference to their financial position, that they had been borrowing money to the amount of 710,000/., at various rates of interest, from five to six per cent., and that in a few years the lenders would enforce the re payment of the principal. Now, in reference to this question he should say that the Company would derive two ad vantages by the adcption of this report ; one was that they should repay this money, and for that purpose pro vide the necessary funds by the time they should be de manded ; and the other was that they should raise whatever money they wanted in future amongst themselves.—(Hear.) Let the Company recollect that the interest of 700,000/., at 5 per cent., was 35,0001. per annum; while, if they had raised the money amongst themselves, or, in other words, had become their own creditors, they could have had the money at four per cent., which would be only 28,000/ a year, thereby creating a saving of 7,000/. a year to themselves on such portions of the loan as they paid 5 per cent. for, and of course of a :till greater saving upon such sums as they paid 6 per cent. for the /-1, would now beg to call the attention of the weeitug to the pt,sidesi in which the Company - was placed in reference to another proceed ing. Lie did not mean to enter upon a reyiew of the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAYUEVENING, APRIL 10, 1845 course the Directors ha - I taken in the management of the Company's affairs ; that would do for the great meet ing in August nest, by which time Parliament would. in all probability. have to a certain extent declared their des titiy—( Hear, hear)—and when the Company would he in a position to pronounce their disapprobation or the contrary, as the case might be, of the progress the Legislature might have made in regard to them. —(hear, hear.) But is to the present position of the Company, he supposed they were all aware that the Board of Trade had made a report respecting them that could not he too highly extolled.—(Hear, hear.) That report declared in the most unequivocal terms that they had given their sanction to the extension of the trunk line, by which the Eastern Counties line would become the great trunk line from Shoreditch to the extremity of Scotland.—(Cheers.) But the Cam bridge and Lincoln Company had got another line in contemplation, which the Board of Trade had reported in favour of, namely the line from Tottenham to Farringdon-street. Now, if the Easttrn Counties Company made an appeal to the Board of Trade on he subject, he did think they had such paramount claims upon the attention of the Board that they would be heard with attention, and some importance would be attached to their remonstrances in favour of the extension of any line they should pro pose.—(Hear.) Now, he had no hesitation in saying that. the line from Tottenham to Farringdon-street would be a most costly line.—(Hear, hear.) It was a distance of only seven miles, but it would run through seven miles of garden and brickwork, and would cost, even according to the Company's own estimate, 800,0001.—(Oh, oh.) The Board of Trade, in giving their sanction to this line, did not consider that seven miles could be trawalcd in a very few minutes ; all they thought of was, that this great line ought to have a terminus in the metropolis. On the other hand, there was a proposition before them for continuing the line from Shoreditch to Finsbury. square, which it was said could be done for about 200,0001., because it would pass through property which Would be comparatively valueles . With regard to the Farringdon-street terminus proposition, all he would say was, that in his opinion, of all the superabundant and extravagant propositions that had been heard of during the present railway mania, this would be entitled to take precedence.—(Cheers and laughter.) He did think it could not be made for less than a million and a half of money, taking the difficulties into account ; while if the line were made by Shoreditch, at the ter minus at Finsbury-square, then Farringelon-street might be reached at a comparatively trifling cost—and therefore he did think that this subject required the beat attention of the Board of Trade. However, if the Cam bridge Company persevered, then it would be for this Company to consider what steps they should take to protect themselves —(Hear, hear.) A propo sition had been before the Board of Trade for making a line by Blackwall, Stratford, Epping, and Fenchurch-street ; and though the B oar d h a d not given this proposition thir sanction, they had not disapproved of it ; they merely recommended its postponement. He had no reason to suppose that the Cam bridge Company were not well disposed towards this Company, or that they would not co operate with them; but if they were resolved to follow up the Farringdon-street proposition, then it would be for this Company to consider whether or not they would take up the Blackwall proposition. —(hear, hear.) With these few observations he would conclude by saying he felt obliged for the kind attention with which he'had been heard.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said he had suffered the Hon. Gentle ' man to continue his observations without interruption, because they were of great importance and value to the Company; but at the same time he should say it would be absolutely necessary to keep strictly to the subject of finance, which was the only one they eould discuss at this meeting, according to the Act of Parliament. Mr. PATTISON, in answer to a question *cm Mr. Gurdon assured the meeting that the best possible feel ing existed on the part of the Cambridge Company to wards this Company.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. GURDON was proceeding to make some other ob nervations, when The CHAIRMAN said he regretted exceedingly being obliged to interrupt any speaker; but he felt compelled to do so in the present instance, the gentleman's remarks being irrelevant to the question before the meeting. kle then put the question, when the resolutions were una nimously adopted, and the meeting separated. NEW BRUNSWICK AND NOVA SCOTIA LAND COMPANY.—(THIS DAY.) The adjourned half-yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders in the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company was held this afternoon at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill; Mr. John Moxon in the chair. The Directors had to wait some time before there was a sufficient number of Proprietors in attendance to con stitute a meeting. The non-attendance, however, was not attributed to the little interest the great body of the Shareholders took in the affairs of the Company, but to the fact that there were several other commercial meetings of an important nature, convened in the City, for the same hour and the same day. The report stated that the surplus sum which bad been expended for the purposes of the Company was gradually diminishing. From 1839 to 1844 it had been reduced from 1,6221. 15s. 9d. to 9001. 19s. Bd. The last balance-sheet exhibited a balance in the Companies favour amounting to 8071. 10s. sd. The total receipts at Stanley, the settlement of the Company for 1544, was 1,7601. 3s. 10d. and the expenditure 1,9981. 2s. 11d. The total number of acres sold by the Company was 22,020, leaving yet unsold 538,397. The number sold in 1844, was 3,760. The inmigration of British and other settlers into the province during the last year appeared to have been less considerable than in former years. The number of purchasers of the Company's lands in 1844, was 36. The whole number of families settled amounted to 145. In the year 1844 the pro vince had produced 1,289 bushels of wheat, 2,083 ditto buck-wheal, 11,506 ditto oats, 178 ditto barley, 108 ditto rye, 103 ditto Indian corn and peas, 21,714 ditto potatoes, 3,021 ditto beet and turnips, 437 tons of hay, 330 cattle, 65 horses, 297 sheep, and 245 pigs. The new land cleared amounted in 1844 to 462 acres, and in 1845 to 518 acres. The quan tity of land stumped and ploughed was 180 acres. With regard to operations for the present year, the Directors had authorised their agent to make good the road from Stanley to Taymeuth, nine miles to the point of junction with the province road to Frede ricton ; and the Directors expected that a post-office would be opened this year at Stanley, and a stage con veyance fur passengers and parcels established to run between Stanley and Fredericton twice or three times a week. From her Majesty's Colonial Department the Company had hitherto received no encouragement. The report having been adopted, the follow ing gentlemen were re-elected Directors—Messrs.Moxon, Hallett, Morgan, Ogle, Potts, and Mr. Henry Bruce, auditor. Mr. Godson, from Kidderminster, *as then elected a Director, in the room of Mr. Palmer, deceased ; and Mr. Gowan, in the room of Mr. Blanchard, who had resigned. Mr. Godson was elected Governor, and Mr. Moxon Deputy- Governor. The meeting terminated with the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman and the Directors. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) °Li) COURT. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) The jury found the prisoner Not Guilty on the remaining counts of the indictment, and the prisoner was discharged. ROBBERY.—Joseph Bradshaw, aged 20, was indicted for having on, or about, the 28th of February last, stolen t wo and a half of tweed, two pieces of doeskin, and other articles, value 21., the property of Messrs. Mills and Hill, drapers, of St. Martin's-lane, his employers. Mr. Hill appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson defended the prisoner. From the evidence adduced it appeared that some articles having been missed from the prosecutor's shop, the prisoner's box was searched, and in it was found the various articles described in the indictment. A portion of these articles the prosecutors spoke to as closely resembling their missing pro perty, but could not swear as to their exact identity. On the part of the defence, it was set up that the articles in question had been given to the prisoner by his brother—a draper, carrying on business in Marylebone-street, Piccadilly, in whose service he previously had been—in lieu of wages. After Mr. Clarkson had addressed the jury for the defence, Mr. Justice Coledrige summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Another case was raised against the rnivner, for having pawned a piece of blue cloth—the duplicate of which was found in his box on its being searched—which cloth a shop man of Messrs. Mills and Hill spoke to as closely resembling a similar piece which they had missed a short time before the prisoner was given into custody. On the part of the defence, the brother of the prisoner swore to his having given him the piece of cloth in question more than a year and a half ago, for the purpose of sending it to his father, but afterwards the prisoner asked his brother's permission to send another piece instead, which he accord ingly did. After Mr. Justice Coleridge had summed up, the jury re. turned a verdict of Not Guilty, and the prisoner was dis. charged. and the Valais, who were expected in the course of the day. The Diet having been opened in the usual form. The President sand=--" Gentlemen, it is scarcely a fort night since you quitted this hall, several not satisfied with the result ~of your labours, and foreseeing that grave results-would arrive. But you did not think that your utmost anticipations could be exceeded. The Free Corps, irri - ated that the Diet was powerless in com ing to a decision with respect to the Jesuits, made an ir ruption on the territory of a confederate state. A terrible destiny has befallen these misguided men, and sorrow has seizNl on many honourable families. A federal army is on foot to lend its assistance to tie re-establishment of order in our country. The peace of Switzerland depends on what the Diet is about to do. This high assembly ought to have constantly before its eyes the importance of its mandate ; it ought to avoid entering too deeply into the causes which have produced these events, in order not to raise upi irritating discussion ; but it will examine the means of repairing the evil, and it can find them. A change has taken place i❑ the persons composing the directory, and has caused the resignation of our Hon. President ; but this change will not produce any modification in the instruc tions given by the Grand Council of Zurich." The reports of the Vorort, the federal commissary, and of the chief of the army were then react. The report of the Vorort states that after the defeat of the Free Corps the Directory invited the :several States net to neglect anything to prevent the renewal of such facts. It next gives an account of the measures taken when the Government of .Argau perceived symp toms of revolt in the Freiamt. 31. Neff having, on Apt it 2, sent word that these symptoms were no longer dis quieting, went to Lucerne to engage that state to treat the prisoners mildly, without thereby wishing to encroach on the cantonal sovereignty. The report concludes by making known the propositions of the two states.l I. Lucerne demands that the Diet should take severe measures to put an end to the organisation of the free corps: that Argau and the Bale country should be called on to pay the expenses caused to the canton of Lucerne by the recent invasion. 2. Argau demands that the Diet should come to some decision against the Jesuits, and that Lucerne should proclaim a general amnesty. M. Weber, Second Deputy of Berne, demanded, as a matter of urgency, that the Diet should address a press ing invitation to Lucerne to accord a general amnesty — the only means, he said, of healing so many bleeding wounds. Ile proposed also that a Committee should ►be charged to examine the other points. M. Stegvrart, Deputy of Lucerne, spoke against the sending of Commissioners, and the calling out of federal troops, as useless measures. Lucerne had, he said, called to her aid the primitive cantons, in virtue of Art. 4 of the compact ; and with such faithful confederates they considered themselves - strong enough to resin anarchy. Without blaming the measures of the Three. tory, he praised the commissaries and the Commander. u-Chief, who did not meddle with the internal affairs of their canton. But he protested beforehand against all intervention of the Diet in the cantonal affairs. Independently of the propositions which Lucerne had submitted to the cantons, he had to make another. The free corps, after havieg obtained their arms and accoutrements from the cantonal arsenals, and being fully supported, had entered the canton of Lucerne like robbers, to the number of 7,000 or 8,000. (The Deputy here entered into details of the matter. Accord inn to him there were 2,000 prisoners (who had not been ill treated) and 300 killed.) It was sufficient, he remarked, to look at the men in custody to see that they were the refuse of society.—(Loud marks of indignation from the Tribunes.) Lucerne was obliged to quit her friends and faithful confederates to apply to perjured men.—(Marks of disapprobation from the Assembly.) Written proofs of the connivance of the authorities of the cantons could now be produced. Lucerne insisted on the demands which she made in her letter to the Vorort of March 26 ; and, in addition, required satis faction from the cantons of Berne, Argau, Soleure, and Bale-Country ; and if that satisfaction was not accorded, she reserved to herself to take all proper steps for her preservation. The Deputy concluded by declaring that the Grand Council of Lucerne had proclaimed an am nesty in favour of the criminals of December 8, excepting only the most guilty. After this speech, which produced a s ensa ti on o f sad ness in the assembly, a report was read f rom th e f e d era l representative, M e G.Nracenffcl' dated Lucerne, Ap r il 4 , an nouncing Council of L ucerne h a d ta k en thatthe measures which led to hope that clemency would be shown. There were to be three classes of prisoners. Such as were under twenty years of age were to be restored to liberty, as well as foreigners, under the reserve that the courts of law were to pronounce against the latter an order to quit the territory of the Confedera tion. The second would be also set at liberty, but on certain conditions ; and in the ease of the third class, containing the leaders and functionaries, the ordinary tribunals were to decide, appeal to the Grand Council being allowed those found guilty. At the termination of the reading of this report, the discussion was resumed, and continued for six hours, in the midst of reciprocal accusations. At last the assem bly almost unanimously agreed to the nomination of a Committee of seven members to examine the present state of affairs in all points of view, and to make such propositions as it might deem proper. GRAND COUNCIL OF STATE. At a meeting of the Grand Council of State, held at Lucerne on the 4th, the instructions to be given to the deputies at the Extraordinary Diet were resolved on, and relate to the following points:- 1. The disarming of the free corps. 2. The withdrawal of the refugees from the frontiers. 3. The indemnity to be demanded from the cantons who have favoured the operations of the Free Corps ; viz. :—A rgan , B a l e country , B erne , &c. It wa s proposed should be excluded f rom the benefit of amnesty 1. The p r i nc ip a l c hi e f s an d instigators of the move ment. 2. Those who had assembled on the Bth of December at the Place des Mouline. 3. Those who were found at the inn with arms, for criminal intentions. 4. Those who were defeated at the Bridge of Emme. 5. All public functionaries, professors, officers, sub officers, who took part in the attempt. 6. All foreign volunteers. This proposition was not adopted, but another more moderate brought forward, whereby the amnesty was to extend to all but the authors and chiefs in the movement. The Grand Council decided that the trial of the offenders should take place immediately. SANGUINARY PROCEEDINGS OF THE GO VERNMENT OF LUCERNE. (From the Journal des Debuts.) An account was received yesterday from Switzer land, affirming that Dr. Steiger, one of the chiefs of the refugees of Lucerne, who was made prisoner at the late battle, was tried an d con demned on Thursday, and immediately shot. We would willingly doubt the truth of this news. This merciless act of vengeance would not do honour to the victory of the Government of Lucerne, and it cannot be by such sanguinary acts of reprisal that the Government and the friends of the Jesuits will strengthen their cause, or gain for sympathy and support. The number of the victims of this deplo rable civil war is already su fficiently great. The exact amount of the killed cannot yet be ascertained ; but it is said that out of the 600 men who marched from the half canton of Bale -country, only 100 have returned, and that a single man alone has got back to Liestal. TATTERSALL'S.-THIS EVENING . Six O'CLOCK. NEWMARKET lIANDICAr. 5 to 1 agst Croton Oil S tot agst Strathspey 8 to 1 agst Celeste 10 to 1 agst I-am-not-aware 10 to agst Ma Mie 10 to 1 agst Vol-au-vent TWO TIIOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Idas 5 to 2 agst Kedger CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Cataract 9 to 1 agst Obscurity 10 to 1 agst Semiseria 16 to 1 agst Era 25 to 1 agst Wineseur 25 to 1 agst Strathspey 25 to 1 agst Queen of the Tyne 30 to 1 agst Celeste 30 to 1 agst Yheomun ac Knuck 30 to I agst Trueboy 33 to 1 agst The Pride of Kildare 40 to 1 agst Ould Ireland DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Alarm a to 1 agst Idas 14 to 1 agst Kedger 17 to 1 agst Clear-the-Way 18 to 1 agst Pam 20 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 25 to 1 agsWeatherbit 28 to 1 agst Pantasa 30 to 1 agst Mentor 40 to 1 agst Fuzbos 40 to 1 agst Laird o' Cockpen IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. -- - Creditors t onR Grand ai l w J a u y n Junc t ion The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock, when, after the presentation of several petitions on private Bills, the following Bills were road a first time: —The Railway Bill; the London and South-Western Railway and Belfast Railway Bill. r rt Bill, and the Taunton Gas Bill, were Preston and The Hartle- WYr t e he ß E a x il e w t a e y r a ß nd ili C ; read a second time ; and the Thames Navigation Debt was referred to the Committee ; against Petitions were presented against the London and York the West Ridi n g Junction Railway, the Huddersfield and BillaPUI(113d Upward the re t i dhe Dublin Branch;r a d n t d i m r e ° . bßiaainlcwh7tstewrhßichailway, the Waterford and Kilkenny Rail way, the Derby and Bolton railway, and the Liverpool and Bury Railway. Petitions were presented in favour of the London, Western, and South Staffordshire Railway, the Hereford Railway, and the Eastern Union and Harwich Railway. JEWISH DISABILITIES. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Birmingham, in favour of removing all the civil disabilities under MAYNOOTH. which the Jews labour. Petitions from various places in England and Scotland, against the grant to Mayncotb, were presented by Mr. Muntz, Mr. Buck, Mr. Aaron Chapman, Mr. Powell, Mr. Packe, Mr. Masterman, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Busfeild, Mr. Stafford O'Brien, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Thornely, Mr. 0. Duncombe, Sir Charles Lemon, Lord Ashley, K r , garre67 Plumptre, Captain Plumridge, Mr. Antall, and [evenl other llon. Members. HILL-COOLIES. Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from Leighton Buzzard against the importation of Hill-coolies into the West India colonies. The Hon. Member also presented two petitions from the operatives of Scotland praying the House to limit the hours of labour. MEDICAL REFORM. Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from the medical practitioners of Scotland against the Meiical R fi rin Bill. COUNTY COURTS. Mr. ESCOTT presented a petition from Mr. William Leonard Platt, a barrister of considerable experience, stating that from his personal knowledge he was con vinced that great abuses existed in the smaller Crown Courts of this country, and praying for their removal. MAYNOOTH. Mr. TATTON EGERTON presented several petitions against the increased grant to this establishment. NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. HUTT presented a petition from the Legislative Council of New South Wales, praying for an equalised imposition of duty on all colonial corn introduced into this country. He said that from the character of the petition which he had to bring under the notice of the House, he trusted the House would favour him with its hest attention. The voice of the peti tioners, as heard through this petition to the House, came from a distance of no less than 12,000 miles across the ocean, a compass which embraced half the globe. The petitioners had heard that the House granted a remission of duty on all corn introduced into this country from Canada, except at a nominal rate, and they conceived that it was but right that all the colonial possessions of the British Crown should be placed on the same footing ; and he trusted that no invidious distinction whatever would be made with respect to them.—(Hear.) The Governor of New South Wales had received a dispatch from Lord Stanley, forbidding the imposition of any dif ferential duties on goods introduced into the colony from foreign States, and they conceived that while they were thus precluded they ought not to be placed at a disad vantage with regard to Great Britain. They had also heard that the protection duty of id. per pound had been removed from Australian wool, and they prayed that a similar protection might be extended to the agriculturists of New South Wales as was enjoyed in other portions of the British empire. Capt. BERNAL presented a petition against the pro posed grant to Maynooth. Mr. SHAW presented a petition from Dublin com plaining of the differences of treatment of the Established Church in England from that in Ireland. MAYNOOTH COLLEGE. Mr. ORMSBY GORE presented petitions from several places in Chester against the Maynooth grant. Colonel T. WOOD presented petitions from Islington, Hammersmith, Pimlico, Chelsea, and other places, against the grant to the College of Maynooth. Petitions to the same effect were presented by Sir R. Ferguson from Dover, Lord Newry from Yorkshire, Mr. B. Dennison from the West Riding of Yorkshire, Mr. S. O'Brien from Yorkshire, Mr. Alderman Thomp son from places in Westmoreland, and Mr. T. Duncombe from Islington and other places. Mr. HUME presented a petition from Arbroath, praying that the heavy charges which are levied on British shipping for lighthouse dues may be modified and reduced. Mr. MANGLES presented a petition from medical practitioners of Guildford against the Medical Bill. Mr. C. BERKELEY presented petitions from several congregations of Wesleyan Methodists in Bristol against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. Alderman HUMPHREY presented a petition from the churchwardens and overseers of St. Olave's, Southwark, also against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. BLE WIT T gave notice that he would, on the 28th of April, bring forward the motion of which he had given notice regarding tobacco. LORD ELLENBOROUGH. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would, upon that day fortnight, move for copies of all correspondence con nected with the recal of Lord Ellenborough. • DOG-STEALING. Mr. LIDDEL gave notice that he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent the offence of dog stealing.—(Laughter.) LUNATIC PATIENTS. Lord ASHLEY said he would on the 24th inst. move for leave to bring in a Bill for the care of insane pa tients. SINDE. Mr. HUME asked whether or not it was in the power of the Government to lay before the House an estimate of the revenue arising from the province of S:nde, and the expenses of maintaining that province. Lord JOCELYN said the Government had as yet received no authentic returns on the subject. 31 A YN 0 0-Tii: Sir C. NAPIER said that he wished to put a question .o the Right lion. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Government. Having observed that two gentlemen who held office under the Government abstained from voting on the question of the grant to Maynooth,—(Hear, hear) —he wished t ) know from the Right Honourable Gentlemen whether those Honourable Members were absent from accident or design ?—(Loud laughter.) He also wished to know whether those Honourable Gentlemen still continued to be Members of her Ma jesty's Government, and if they remained so, whether this question was to be an open question. 7 —(Cheers.) Sir R. PEEL said that he begged to say in reply, that he could not take upon him to say whether those Honourable Gentlemen to whom the Hon. and Gallant Member referred were absent by accident or design. He begged to say that there was no change in the mem bers of her Majesty's Govermi nt, and that there were no removals. With respect to Maynooth, be considered that to be a Government question—(Hear, hear)—he considered it to be a question of the utmost importance, and he would do everything in his power to promote the success of it.—(Loud Opposition cheers.) Mr. HUME said that he saw in the notice paper for to-morrow,oniby his Hon. Friend the Member for Shef field, to the effect that any provision for the purposes of education in Ireland, should be,,paid out of the funds ap plicable to ecclesiastical purposes, and, as it was important that they should understand how that question was to be brought forward before they went on to the consider ation of the Government measure, he begged to know from his Hon. Friend in what way he intended to bring on his motion ? Mr. HINDLEY rose to put a question before the Hon. Member for Sheffield answered the question of the lion. Member for Montrose, but was met with such repeated cries of " Order, order," that the Hon. Member had to resume his seat. Mr. WARD said he felt obliged to his Hon. Friend, the Member for Montrose, for having given him notice of his question. lie felt it necessary to give some ex planation of the course which he meant to pursue. When he gave notice of his motion, he never in tended that it should be made a rallying point for all those who wished to oppose the Government measure.—(Cheers.) Though a Member of that House for twelve years, he was not ashamed to confess that he was scandalously ignorant of the form in which the question was to be put. As he understood, the motion which the Speaker would put from the Chair in case he pressed his amendment would be—" That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the question," and in that case he had reason to believe that his amend ment would be made the point on which the Govern ment measure would be opposed.—(Hear, hear.) He had made up . tlis mind at present to abandon the notice that stood in his name for to-morrow, in order to bring the subject before the House at a future period, with the view of getting an intelligent expression of the opinion of the House upon it. He should be sorry if they lost this measure, which was of great value as a boon of a conciliatory character towards Ireland. He begged to say he should bring f orwar d hi s mo ti on at a f uture period, as he wished first to have an expression of the House upon the subject. Mr. HINDLEY wished to ask the Right Hon. Baronet at the bead of the Government if this was not an additional reason for delaying the second reading of the Bill. His question was whether the Right Hon. Baronet would delay the second reading of that Bill. He would appeal to the Speaker—(Laughter) —if the reason why Hon. Members put their names to the corner of the petitions they presented was not to show that they had read them? They were required by the spirit of the orders of the House to read every petition that they might know the nature of them, and explain to the House properly the wants of their constituents. He could assure Hon. Members that he had had no time to read the petitions he had received that morning, he trusted that th e Ri g h t H on, B aronet would give himself, and other Hon. Members, the op portunity of discharging thefr duties properly. Sir R. PEEL said he had come down to the House under the impression that the Hon. Member for Sheffield (Mr. Ward) would persevere in bringing for ward the motion of which he had given notice, respect ing the grant to the College of Maynooth. But though he (Sir Robert Peel) had just heard the Honourable Member announce his intention of postponing his motion to another stage of the Bill, still that was no reason why he should delay the second reading of the measure beyond to-morrow. However, the adopting of that course would not preclude the Honourable Member from persevering in his motion on a future day. Thererore the Hon. Member will see at once that there will be another opportunity afforded him, or any other Hon. Member who may choose to do so, of presenting petitions against the principles of this Bill. Even before going into Committe e on the question of the endewment of the College of Maynooth. But rt the same time he felt bound to say that, under all the circumstances, he did not think it unreasonable that be should press on the question at the time he had given notice of his inten tion of doing so. Mr. T. BUNCOMBE would wish to ask a question of the Hon. Member for Sheffield (Mr. Ward). It was this. Would be not be in precisely the same situation in making his motion at the time he had now stated as if he brought it on to-morrow in accordance with his ori ginal motion ? In his (Mr. Buncombe's) opinion be would, and, therefore, he would wish to ask him, did he intend to give up his motion altogether ?—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME begged to ask the Speaker wh e th er i t would be competent for him to move an amendment at the same time that the Hon. Member for Sheffield (Mr. Ward) moved his upon thie question ? The SPEAKER said that the Committee on this Bill could not entertain the motion of the Hon. Member for Sheffield (Mr. Ward) otherwise than as an instruction to the Committee, which instruction he (the Speaker) understood would be to the effect that the support of the College of blapooth should b e d e f rayed out of the Consolidated and ; therefore, if the motion of the Hon. Member for Montrose should be to the same effect, it could not be put, as it would be impossible for the House to give two such instructions to the Committee at the same time. Dir. HUME—Then he understood that the motion of Mr. WARD said he would state that to-morrow. THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAM BRIDGE. Mr. CHRISTIE then rose to make the motion of which he had given notice—" That an humble ad tress be presented to ber Majesty, praying that she will be graciously pleased to appoint a Commission, to inquire into and report upon all matters relating to the privi leges, revenues, trusts, and to the state of education, learning, and religion, in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the colleges of these Universities." He felt the difficulty of the subject he had to bring before the House, but looking at its importance he did not shrink from the responsibility. There was no sub ject that was of more importance than the one he had now to bring before the House. The subject of the universities was one that it was diffi tult to touch upon, but still it must be considered that there were many points that were deserving the con sideration of the House. He would now refer shortly to what had taken place There was an endowment for each Regius Professor of 240/. a-year. Tht re were endowments for the Lord Almoners, Professors of Arabic in the two Universities, of 640 L There were eighteen canonries, three benefices, and various other pieces of preferment annexed to different professorships in the Universities. There were various canonries attached to the headships of different colleges. In addition to this a sum of 5001. a year was paid to each of the Universities by the Board of Stamps and Taxes. The history of that payment was singular. It appeared that in former times the Universities possessed the exclusive privilege of printing almanacs, for the excuse of this privilege, the Company of Stationers paid to Universi ties 1,0001. :a year. Iu the year 1775 the Com pany of Stationers declined to make the payment, and in an Act which passed shortly afterwards imposing a stamp duty upon almanacs the universities had interest sufficient to procure the introduction of a clause authorising a tayment to them by the Board of Stamps and Taxes of 5001. a year each. The duty on almanacs had been repealed, but the payment to the Universities of 1,0001. a year by the Board of Stamps and Taxes still continued. Now no one would grudge that payment of 1,000/. a year to the Universities ; but it was only fair that in return for payment made services should be rendered ; and he should like to know what services the Universi ties performed in consideration of that payment. The Universities shared with the King's printer the mono poly of printing Bibles, Prayer- books, and Psalms. For a return, which was made in 1815, of the value of Bibles and other books printed under this monopoly it appeared that each of the seven years ending the sth April, 1815, the average va'ue of Bibles, Prayer Books, and Psalms printed by the University of Cambridge was 21,293/. ; and by the University of Oxford, 30,417 L ; calculating the profit of 25/. per cent, which might be considered as a moderate profit, it would give 5,000/. a-year to Cambridge, and 7,000/. a year to Oxford as their profit from the bible monopoly. This monopoly was exercised under peculiar advantages. There was no paper ditty paid on the paper in which Bibles and Prayer-books were printed, and they also en joyed an exemption from paper duty on paper used in printing books in the Latin, Greek, Northern, and Oriental languages. The amount of paper duty remitted to Oxford on this account for ten years, was 37,345/, and to Cambridge, 28,248/, giving 3,7001. a year to Oxford, and 2,3301. a year to Cambridge. The Hon. Baronet the Member for the University had moved for some returns of the amount received for stamp duties on degrees. Those returns showed that the public revenue had received from that source 2,730/. on the average yearly from Oxford, and 3,340/. from Cam bridge. He thought, however, that the Hon. Baronet was hardly justified in considering that as a set-off against the evils which he (Mr. Christie) complained of. The payment of that money was made by persons who matriculated at the universities and took degrees. A master of Arts had to pay 6/. for stamp duties, but he also had to pay as much as four times that amount, in fees. In fact, he (Mr. Cristie), thought the stamp duties were a benefit to the Universities, for one and a half per cent. was returnad from the Stamp office, and this was not given to the person who had matriculated but went into the coffers of the Universities.—(Hear, hear.) By the Copyright Act a copy of every book that was published in the United Kingdom had io be sent to the Universities. From the evidence which was taken before the Copyright Com mittee, it appeared that this was looked upon as a heavy tax upon all authors. By the existing law an author could only possess a copyright in his own works for a period of forty-two years, but the Universities had a perpetual copyright given to them on any book which they might pub lish. There were many other advantages which the Univertities possessed. They were exempted from the operations of the Statute of Mortinain. An other important privilege which they possessed was, that with respect to the medical profession, The universities possessed the peculiar faculty of grant ing degrees for the purpose of practising in the ecclesias• tical courts. The universities also possessed the peculiar privilege of saving time to the students for the other law courts, for au individual who had obtained a degree in one of the universities had the great advantage in some of the inns of courts of passing through his novitiate in a considerable less time than others could do. Another advantage which the Universities possessed, and one which gave them consi derable power, was the amount of church patronage which they held. The University of Cambridge held church patronage to the extent of 305 livings, and he saw by the Cambridge Calendar, that the aggregate value of upwards of 113,000/. a year. The patronage of the University of Oxford was still more ex tensive, for it comprised not less than 440 livings. The calendar of this University was not so explicit as that of Cambridge in stating the annual value of these livings ; but if he estimated them according to the rate, only those in the possession of the University of Cambridge, the sum would amount to 308,0001. a-year, and beside this, they pos sessed privileges worth to thos e w h o conferred' upon them not less than 173,000/. a year. In addition to all this these Universities were, in many in stances by far the most advantageous avenues to the learned professions, and in some instances they were the exclusive avenues to the professions. Be hoped that it would not be said that the State had no right to inter fere with the universities, for he had alway understood that the State possessed permanent authority. But if this were at all doubted, ie would cite a passage which ap peared in a State document someyears ago. The doctunen t to which he referred was a commission issued at the time the Right Hon. Baronet opposite was Secretary of State for the Home Department in 1827. It was a commission for inquiry into the state of the Universities in Scotland. It stated that several omissions and other irregularities had been committed in these Uni versities and giving a power under the au thority of " our sovereign Lord the King" to inquire into and amend those irregularities. A doubt, therefore, could not bo entertained of the power of the Crown to interfere w i t h t h e Universities ; and he only Asked the Right Hon. Baronet to con si•nt to extend the same inquiries to the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. It was right that the State should see that universities and colleges were provided with proper statutes and laws, and that these were properly observed. The Honourable Member then read from an Oxford publication an extract, to show that in that university the statutes were very badly observed. One point in which the system in operation in the Universities principally differed from the system enacted, enforced by the statute, was that the professors of the Universities who, according to the statute, were obliged constantly to give lectures the attendance on which was enforced by the same Acts, now formed no part of the system ; for many of them who ought to lecture gave none at all, and those who did lecture could hardly get a dozen pupils to listen to them. All the education was now conducted by college tutors, who were not controlled by the Statutes. (LEFT SPEAKING.) ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Noruyidt, April 8. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) ALLEGED MANSLAEGIITER.—Raymond Caches, aged 48, was indicted for that he, being an apothecary and man-mid wife, so negligently, carelessly, rashly, and feloniously con ducted himself in his attendance on one Jane Mary Lovett, in her delivery, as to inflict divers mortal wounds on her body, whereof she died on the 9th of January last, at Los tessy, in this county. Mr. Evans and Mr. Palmer appeared for the prosecu tion ; Mr. Prendergast and Mr. O'Malley defended the pri soner. it appeared that Mrs. Lovett . had and that on former From the evidence of Honor Morhteadr nineand oethhiledrrwenitbneestesrees occasions a difficulty had presented was well known by the occasion which terminated fatally, danger from which itself in the removal of medical th e placennietna, was taken ill, and the defendant January the poor woman to th i e ncrease with each labour. On the 19th of but it did length, and did not arise, at difficulty anticipated called in to attend her at eleven . o'clock. For some time the the nurses suggested further advice. The d e f en d ant, how ever, declined it, saying that "if there w as a room full of doctors they could do no more than h e Was doing. " After this he seemed to be using great exert i ons with the view of relieving the patient of the placenta, and after a while a round substance came forth, such as had never been seen before by the nurses ill their experience, and he was then seen to use his scissors under the clothes. At that in stant the features of the sufferer underwent a sudden change and shock, on which the "doctor" observed "she was very sadly, and he would go and fetch some medicine." So sav ing, he placed the substance above mentioned, and some other thing which he had afterwards taken from the bed, in a vessel, which he took away with him. In the course of half an hour afterwards the patient died in great pain, and, being duly buried, nothing more would, perhaps, have been heard of the case, had not the defendant, when interrogated by her mother, stated that the substance he had taken away was a tumour, weighing three ounces and a half; and that he had taken it to Mr. Crosse, the well-known surgeon in this city. This wa s , f or the time, satisfactory to the in quirer, but afterwards a suspicion was excited that the de fendant had not conducted himself properly towards the de ceased; and her body being exhumed under the direction of the Coroner, was submitted to examination by Mr. Crosse and Mr. Francis, who ascertained that the uterus and a considerable quantity of the large intestines had been torn away. The evidence of these gentlemen was given to day to the above effect, but as its details were of a purely profes sional character, it may suffice to state, that they gave it as their opinion that great blame was attributable to the de fendant if the removal of those parts was ignorantly effected by him, and still more so if it had been accomplished ry know ingly. At th e same time, they admitted that the casewas not one of eve -day occurrence, and th a t no stronger term the than ignorance ought t o b e attac h ed to his treatment of patient, while the mos t s killf u l surgeons and operators were known to have " made mistakes," POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday Gefo?ge Williams, a tall young man, of very smart appearance, described as an accountant, was placed at the bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with feloniously utter ing several pieces of counterfeit money. Mr. Powell, juri., attended on behalf of the Mint to conduct the prosecution, and Mr. Atkinson as solicitor for the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of Alfred Borlin, a youth living in Brunswick-plac, City-road, that while passing the aouse of a confectioner in the City-road, on the preceding evening. his attention was attracted by the circumstance of a person in the shop cutting a base half-crown, and handing it to the prisoner, wh. ) th en presented some good ' money, and in a hurried manner left the shop. In consequence of this oc currence the witness's suspicions were excited, and he was induced to watch the further movements of the prisoner, whom he subsequently saw enter several public-houses,. at one of which he obtained four half-crowns in exchange for a corresponding amount of smaller silver. The prisoner was closely followed by a male companion, with whom he held a short conference on leaving each of the shops, and at more than one of which the witness had ascertained he had en deavoured to pass base coin. The prisoner ultimately en tered the shop of a tobacconist, where a similar transaction took place, and soon after he had left that the witness gave information to a police -sergeant, who followed the prisoner as . far as the Eagle ' and then took him into cus t o d y. Mr. Frederick Smith said, the prisoner called at his shop and purchased some biscuits, in payment for which he ten-. dered a half-crown. Witness immediately saw that it was a piece of base metal, and after defacing it, returned it to the prisoner, who then handed him the value of the biscuits iu good money, and hurried out of the shop, leaving the bis cuits he had bought upon the counter. • Mrs. Phyllis Almond said the prisoner called at her shop and purchased a cheroot, tendering a half•crown in payment ;. she gave him his proper change, and he left the shop, Lint ims mediately lie had done so she discovered the coin to be abed one, and sent a messenger in pursuit of him, who found be was already in the custody of the sergeant. The prisoner closely questioned the witnesses with the view of shaking their evidence as to his identity; but they all positively adhered to their previous testimony, and the witness Borlin declared he could not be mistaken, as he did not.once lose sight of the prisoner from the time be left the confectioner's shop until he was taken into custody. The police -sergeant, who took the prisoner into custody, said the latter had been searched at the station, and that among other articles found upon his person was a quantity of silver and copper money, amounting to about 245. or 255., which was good coin. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, earnestly pretested that the witnesses were entirely mistaken as to their identi fication of him ; and, though he must, of course, admit that lie was in the City-road at the time in question, he denied that lie had been near any of the shops at which it was al leged that the base coin had been offered. The prisoner was proceeding in a similar course of strong denial, when be was checked by his solicitor, who advised him to reserve his defence. Mr. BINGHAM said, that after the clear and positive evi dence that had been given against him, he had no alternative but to commit the prisoner for further examination, and be mast be brought up again next week. Ar. application was then made by the prisoner's solicitor Mm notice acceded o to, b to ut ac s c a e k p i thebasillioftoirldhriseqculiiernet,d7elluicshuaAll4r.sßhionugnsha, the parties, that their sufficiency might be inquired into. LASIBETH. Yesterday Mr. Williams, proprietor of the New Inn, in the Bridge •road, Lambeth, being in attendance at the court, on other business, requested the advice of Mr. Norton as to how he should proceed in a case in which a person, calling himself a German Count, had obtained 20s. from him under false pretences. From the statement of Mr. Williams it appeared that the L " h C ad olla h t on j o llhan ured " Count" (who sometimes•wrote his name and at others " Count Albert --:—") , emnipla n ined the his house with his patronage, and run up a bill of upwards of wasllt/. aware i l t to w a a 'e s v b e u r waas simpleno tw h a d t eb h t e o i f . , ae as sda h y e , before the Count left his house, he sent him '5 from his dressing room a letter addressed to Messrs. Meyrick and Co., bankers, at Hamburgh, with a request that he (Mr. Williams) would seal and send it to the posts:Ace. lle did so, and the Count immediately after applied for and obtained 205., on his posi tive assurance th a t M essrs. Mey k " r were his bankers, and that he had w r i tten for a remittance.'c Instead of a remit tance the Count's letter • came to his house by return of post; and it was quite clear that the bankers at Hamburgh had no funds in their hands belonging to him, and that in fact the letter • was a mere manoeuvre to throw him off his guard. Mr. Noirrois inquired if Mr. Williams had been made ac quainted with the contents of the letter written by the Count to the bankers ? Mr. Williams replied that he had not ; and said that though the letter had been send to him unsealed, he had not had the curiosity to open it. It, however, came into his hands, having been returned from Hamburgh, but as it was written in the German language he was unable to read it. Mr. Norsrou remarked, that the guilt or innocence of the writer of the letter would very much depend uprin the lan guage or terms o f th e l etter, and, therefore, the applicant's first duty was to have his letter translated: • Mr. Williams said, he had no moral doubt the party was a regular swindler, for after leaving his house, he (Mr. "Williams) discovered that he had borrowed money from the waiters of his establishment, and, in fact, laid most of his servants under contributions. He had also ascertained that the Count was at present living in first-rate style at the west-end of the town, and not content with good living merely, bad entered into engagements with a job-master for a carriage and horses to drive him about town. He (Mr. Williams) should, however, take his Worship's advice rela tive to the letter, and if he found, as he anticipated, that it was net a request for the remittance of money in the hands of the banker belonging to the writer, he should certainly have the Count apprehended. CART ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, a little girl, in crossing Compton street, Soho, at the corner of Dean-street, was knocked down by a horse and cart. So rapid was the accident that it was truly wonderful how the driver managed to pull up in time to save the child, as it was the wheel rested on her arm. On being removed from under the wheel the girl was found to have received some severe contusions from the horse's feet, but she is likely to recover. No blame was at• tached to the driTer• OPENING OF THE SWISS DIET PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The C'onstitutionnel has received by Extraordinary Express the proceedings of the Swiss Diet, which derive so much interest and importance from the cir cumstances under which it has assembled. " We have received from cur Zurich correspondent, by Extraordinary Express, the account of the sitting of the Diet on the Ist instant. The countenances of the Deputies assembled wore, for the most part, an ex pression of painful feeling. Those of Lucerne were of so radiant a character, as to call forth the indignant shouts of the populace. The police of Zurich were obliged to have them escorted by a band of agents in disguise, in order to protect them from the fury of the public. " The discussions were less bitter than was expected, and with the exception of the speech of M. Stegward, of Lucerne, the language held was dignified and ealm. Finding it impossible to come to a decision in one bitting, the Federal Assembly has appointed a commission to present propositions suited to the exigency of the occasion. This Committee has a general authorisation, which will permit it to carry its investigation as far as it may judge desirable. The Liberal party succeeded in placing four Members on this Committee, viz., M. Furrer, of Zurich ; M. Weber, of Berne ; M. Kern, of Thurgoire, and M. Blumer, of Glaris. The ultra-mountain party with much difficulty succeeded in appointing three—M. Schmid, of Uri ;M. Calame, of Neufchatel ; and M. Muller, of St. Gall. The most sensible check experienced by the ultra moun tain party was the exclusion from the Committee of the deputy of Lucerne, for it has always been customary for the members of the three directing cantons to form part ofimportaot yoliiical commiaecs." SWISS DIET.—SITTING CF APRIL 5. All th e deputies were present except those of Less* • ..=.4—.00. the Hon. Member (Mr. Ward) aas to come before the House in the shape of an instruction to the Committee. Mr. HINDLEY said he would wish to know what course the Hon. Member fur Sheffield intended to pursue ? . Mr. PRENDERGAST, OR behalf of th Amiertded that the course pursued towards him ewhat birth, as it was anfair to expect from every arked' is so- ' • --- critical a profession the consumnia kitlejr Cooper or a Dr. Conquest, whose f rY-he largely quoted. . ":7" 1-_-' Justice PATTESON, in summing nal e, tIgIW -- - E 14.14 that the question was not whether the defi!! i removed the parts in question, for no man in his senses could do that; but it was for the jury to say whether, under all the circumstances, he had done more than fall into a mis take. For a mere error of judgment he did not think that a medical man ought to be made criminally responsible, unless he had displayed gross professional ignorance or inattention to his patient. The nurses all bore testimony to his kindne s s and attention, and it would therefore be for the jury to say whether they thought he had acted with such gross igno rance as was imputed to him by this charge. The jury, without much hesitation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. With this case terminated these assizes, and a Norfolk Circuit, which will long live in the memory of those engaged in it, by reason of the very important criminal trials by which it has been signalised. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester,. April 8. (Before Mr. Baron PLArr.? POST-OFFICE Konafcanis.—Lesain . Clifford, aged 24, a policeman of the Gloucestershire constabulary, was indicted for having forged a receipt for money purporting to be the receipt of William Smart, with intent to defraud Moses Smart. Mr. 'Whateley, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Godson, Queen's Counsel, Mr. Alexander, Queen's Counsel, and Mr. Bros ap peared for the Crown ; Mr. Greaves defended the prisoner. It appeared in the evidence of this singular and interesting case, that the prisoner was the grandson of Moses Smart, the surveyor of highways, living at Tetburv, whose son William had found it convenient several years since, in consequence of the loss of some pigs by the vicar of the parish, to breathe "the air of liberty in America." The reasons for his ab sence having gradually diminished, lie wrote to his father for 5/., to enable him to accomplish his voyage to England. The prisoner, aware of this circumstance, conceived and executed a scheme to defraud his grandfather of 51. in the followieg manner:—tie assumed that his uncle, William Smart, had already landed, forged a letter in his name, ad dressed to Moses Smart, Bevorten, near Tetb urv , and dated it from Saddlesworth, near Manchester. This letter he en closed to a friend, named Bartlett, at that place, with a re quest that it might be there . posted that any answer to it might be forwarded to the prisoner, and that the transaction might be kept a profound secret, as the writer of the letter was for a family reason, that his friends should think. that he was residing in Manchester. Bartlett complied with the request, and,posted the letter. Moses Smart read with de light the intelligence that his son had reached Liverpool in safety, and was then residing at Saddlesworth, with a com panion of his voyage, and the letter concluded with a request tbr the sum of 5/., to discharge the liabilities of his journey to Tetbury. The old man addressed his reply, according to the instruction contained in the letter, to his son at Mr. IVilliam Bartlett's, Royal Mills, Saddleswortlf, intimating that he would forward a post-office order for 54, instead of bank- note, and requesting to know at what office it should be made payable. This answer was received by Bartlett, and by him immediately forwarded to Clifford, who forged another letter in the name of William Smart, desiring hie father to remit an order on the Manchester post-office for the 51. This letter was also inclosed to Bartlett, who posted it at Saddlesworth, whence it was received by Moses Smart, 'who immediately procured a post-office order, which was duly received by Bartlett, who had been desired by the prisoner to open it, and after getting the order cashed to deduct half-a-' crown for his trouble and remit the remainder to himself' (Clifford). Bartlett, unwilling to sign the name of William Smart to the receipt for the money, wrote to the prisoner for such authority, whereupon the prisoner forged another letter from William Smart, giving Bartlett full power to receive the money, who accordingly received the 5/., deducted the half-crown for himself, and then remitted by another post- office order on the Cheltenham post-office, the 4/. 17s. 6d to the prisoner. On the 30th of November William Smart • really arrived at Liverpool, and immediately proceeded to his lather's house at Tetbury, in this county. The prisoner, in ignorance of his arrival, se n t a l e tt er o f thanks from the. son to the old gentleman, which Bartlett posted at Sad- , dlesworth, and which letter was delivered to the father, after the return of his son. The contents of this letter naturally produced an inquiry as to the post-office order; and, on its being discovered that William Smart .had never heard of the transaction, an investigation took place, Bartlett was taken into custody, but released on the pro duction of his correspondence with the prisoner. On the 11tH of I)ecember, the prisoner was arrested in Cheltenham, and the letters from Bartlett found in his possession, toge ther with the one from Moses Smart. to William Smart, which inclosed the post-office order. On his apprehension, the prisoner stated to the police-officer who took him into custody that lie had received a letter from his uncle, William Smart, who was at Bristol, directing him to inclose the letter to Moses Smart, applying for the 51. to Bartlett, and that he acted only in pursuance of his uncle's instructions. This statement was sought to he supported by the produc tion of a letter, bearing the Bristol stamp, of August 30, 1844, Which stamp proved also to be forged, and it was also made apparent that, at the period of that date, 'William Smart was not in a position to correspond with the prisoner. After a trial which occupied nine hours, the prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. John Barnard, aged 42, an agricultural labourer, was charged with stealing from a post-office letter, at Abinghall., on the Bth of March, a half-sovereign. The same counsel appeared as in the last case. A letter, containing a half-sovereign, had been forwarded by mistake to a lady at Abinghall, whose, servant employed the prisoner to carry it back to the postmaster. On his road to the office, lie opened the letter and abstracted the money, which he immediately changed into silver at a neighbouring beer-house. He was convicted, by the consent of the counsel for the Crown, of a common larceny only, and sentenced to one month's hard labour.