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It remains to be seen how far this conclusion may be confirmed or modified by other considerations. The most important feature of comparison between the two sys tems is, as we have already stated, that the West Riding scheme is promoted in amity and connexion with the Manchester and Leeds Railway, while the other schemes are promoted in opposition to it. The argument which has been mainly urged by the promoters of the West Yorkshire and Leeds and Dewsbury schemes is, that the wish and interest of the important district of the West Riding was to retain its railway communications in its own hands, under . a system of local management. It has been alleged that the district in question has strong reason to complain of the manner in which it has been treated by the Manchester and Leeds Company ; that 'he interests of Yorkshire have been sacrificed to those of Lance. 'sire, which preponderate in the direction of that Company, and hat in consequence an intense local feeling has sprung up against he Company, which now demands, as a matter of right, to be eman. sipated from an oppressive monopoly. On the other hand, it is replied by the promoters of the West Riding scheme, that the Manchester and Leeds Company has at great risk and at an enormous outlay, openedout communicationlfrom which the country has derived the greatest benefit; that it has set the example of introducing a lower system of charges, both for goods and passengers, than any other leading railway; that the hostility to it in the district is very much owing to the injury that has thus been inflicted on canal and other interests; and finally, that the local feeling, instead of being, as is asserted by the other party, decidedly adverse to a connexion with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, is, on the contrary, decidedly in its favour. It is extremely difficult for us to discriminate amidst such con flicting statements, more especially upon a question so difficult to reduce to any satisfactory test as the actual balance of local feeling among the intelligent and disinterested inhabitants of a great dis trict like that of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and this difficulty is increased by the degree of excitement and party spirit which has unfortunately become mixed up in the question. We can only form our opinion upon such undisputed facts as have come before us in the progress of the inquiry. From these it appears that the Manchester and Leeds Company have certainly been the means of conferring very great benefits on the community. They have been the first of the great railways to introduce on a large scale the system of low fares and frequent third-class trains. They now run net less than ten third-class trains a day, at fares averaging Id. a mile, and carry at these fares at the rate of nearly a million third-class passengers a_year. The accommodation afforded in the first instance was not what could have been des , red, but the Company at once acceded to the repre. sentations made to them by this Department in regard to the cheap Parliamentary train, and provided a superior description of covered carriage, and they have since provided seats and roofs by their or dinary third-class trains. As regards goods, the Company state that they have brought down charges to the public as follows : ?Ea TON BETWEEN MANCIIESTBR AND HULL, 99 mites. Before the Railway opened, in 1840. About s. d. s. d. Corn, flour, &c 1 4 0 0 13 0 Cotton twist Manufactured goods The saving to the public by this reduction of cost of conveyance upon the traffic now passing by the various modes of conveyance may be estimated at not less than from 200,0001. to 300,000/. a year, independently of the very great advantage to the manufac turing districts of reducing the time of transit to their principal places of export and import, Liverpool and llull, to a few hours. As one instance of the benefits resulting to the manufacturing community we may mention, that very recently on a strike of the colliers in the Lancashire district being apprehended, arrangements were instantly made by the Manchester and Leeds Company with other northern railways, by which a supply of 20,000 tons of small or refuse coal, from the county of Durham, was rendered available at a low rate of cost for the engines of Manchester, whereby the danger of a stoppage of the mills, and consequent throwing nut of employment of thousses of hands, was in a great measure averted. We cannot doubt, therefore, upon the evidence of facts and figures, that the Manchester and Leeds Company is one which is fairly entitled to participate in whatever claim upon the favourable consideration of the Legislature may be derived from the plea of services rendered to the public. With regard to local feeling it is less easy to arrive at any decided opinion. Numerous and most respectably signed memo. ruats have been addressed to us by the advocates of all the different 'cheeses : judging from these we should say that not only is the assertion that there exists a strong and almost unanimous local feeling against the West Riding scheme Incorrect, but, on the contrary, that a decided preponderance of local support is it: its favour. A memorial was presented to us in favour of the West Riding scheme, which was open for signature for a few days in the middle of December, after the plans and sections of the rival schemes had been deposited, and consequently after an opportunity had been afforded to consider the details of the schemes, the general features of which had been matters of constant discussion through. out the district for months previously. It is stated by the memorialists, in their analysis of this memo rial, that it is signed by the Mayor of Leeds, by a majority of the Town Council, and by a most numerous body of magistrates, merchants, manufacturers, traders, owners and occupiers of mills, manufactures, lands, and property in the district, and chiefly in the immediate vicinity of the lines proposed to be made, and that it represents employment of steam power and labour to the amount of— Now. Horse power employed 13,000 Hands employed It is stated, therefore, that the West Riding scheme, although promoted in connexion with the Manchester and Leeds Company, and intended to be worked in harmony with their railway, can by no means be looked upon as a scheme promoted exclusively by that Company, or under their undivided control ; but, on the con. trary, that independent local support, and a guarantee for a saris. factory share of independent local management, are among its essential features. Considered in this point of view, the connexion with the Man chester and Leeds Company does not appear to us to be any disad. vantage, but the contrary. Indeed we are at a loss to see how the Peculiar traffic of the district, consisting, as we have had occasion to point out, of a very frequent circulation among a number of towns situated partly upon the new lines and partly upon the exist ing Manchester and Leeds line, and combined with a thorough traffic which must necessarily pass in a great measure over the Manchester and Leeds Railway, could be worked with any tolerable degree of safety, convenience, or economy, otherwise than by a perfect unity of action and good understanding among the different portions of the extensive system. This consideration also tends to show, that however highly we might be disposed to rate the advantages of competition, the proba. bility of securing them would, in the present instance, be exceed. ingly remote. Supposing the West Yorkshire and Leeds and Dewsbury schemes sanctioned with a view to competition, it is evident that all the motives that have hitherto proved so effectual in inducing hostile railway interests to combine, would tell with peculiar force. The independent schemes, from the nature of their works and the heavy cost of construction, could hardly be considered as commercial spe culations entirely free from risk, even if they could obtain the whole traffic of the district without competition ; and when we consider that they would have to compete for most of it with one another and with the Manchester and Leeds Company under great disad. vantages as regards economy of working, from the want of har mony and arrangement of trains, it seems highly probable that no long period could elapse before the pressure of circumstances drove them into a combination. As regards the West Yorkshire schemes, these objections apply with peculiar force, since they are absolutely dependent on the Manchester and Leeds Railway for an outlet for a great portion of their traffic. They are also open to the serious objection of creating monopoly on the one hand, while they propose to defeat it on the other, since they are intimately connected with the Leeds and Bradford Company, with whose line they are in direct compe. tition between Leeds and Bradford, and whose extended line through Skipton and Colne will afford an indirect check upon any attempt on the part of the Manchester and Leeds Company to raise fares, or to abuse its powers. This highly useful check would be, in a great measure, removed by an union of interest between the line from Leeds to Lancashire, via Halifax, and the line from Leeds to Lancashire, via Skipton and Colne. These considerations do not apply to the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Huddersfield line; and here undoubtedly, by the sanction of the proposed scheme in connexion with the Huddersfield and Man chester, a direct competition might be, in the first instance, esta. blished, from which Huddersfield might derive benefit from being placed on a through line between Leeds and Manchester. This through line would be shorter also by about five miles than the line from Manchester to Leeds, via Halifax. On the other hand, the connexion of Huddersfield and Dews. bury with Leeds and Manchester will be attained equally well by the West Riding Company's line and the Huddersfield and Manchester, should this last scheme appear npon its own merits deserving of the sanction of the Legislature. As a through line from Leeds to Manchester, this route would not be likely to obtain a decided preference in competition with a Halifax route, having worse gradients, and five miles and a half of tunnels, one being a tunnel of three miles in length, constructed for a single line of rails only, and being also not in a position to supply such frequent or cheap trains as a route which combined the traffic of Manchester, Rochdale, Halifax, Bradford, and Wakefield with one another, and with Hull. And, after all, if the through traffic could be diverted to the Huddersfield route, this .advantage would only be obtained for Huddersfield at the expense of Halifax and Bradford, places of larger population. On the other hand, the intercourse of Huddersfield with Halifax, Bradford, Rochdale, Wakefield, Hull, and other places connected with the Manchester and Leeds and West Riding systems, would be inconvenienced in an extreme degree by any arrangement that tended to isolate Huddersfield from that system. Having regard to these considerations, and also to the improba bility of such a scheme as that from Leeds to Dewsbury an d Huddersfield being able to support itself for Lny length of time its an independent and solvent condition in competition with the Manchester and Leeds and West Riding systems, we cannot hesi. tate to express our decided opinion that the advantages off ered by the latter system in its integrity appear to us to be preferable to any prospect of deriving permanent advantage from a competition between two independent lines between Leeds and Manchester, it being assumed, of course, that the legitimate traffic which would flow along the Dewsbury and Huddersfield line, for the convenience of the public, and f.ir the accommodation of those places, would be provided for by adequate securities from the West Riding Com. pany. The question would have stood thus, independent of the volun tary offer of any specific advantages or guarantee on the part of the Manchester and Leeds and West Riding Company. They have offered, however, on condition of their scheme being sanctioned in its integrity, terms which we cannot but consider as highly advantageous, viz.:— To subject the whole of the existing Manchester and Leeds Railway, as well as the West Riding Railway, and all lines which Parliament may hereafter allow to be constructed by or amalga mated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, to the following provisions:- 1. The option of purchase and revision, as contained in the General Act of last session ; the latter option, however, to accrue immediately on the profits reaching 10 per cent. 2. A revised tariff of maximum charges lower than those usually enforced, viz.:— First-class passengers by ordinary trains, 2&d. per mile. Second class carriages to be closed and provided with glass windows. Third-claas passengers, Id. per mile, in carriages provided with seats, and covered, by three mixed trains at least each way per day at the ordinary speed. Coals, salt, lime, &c., Id. par ton per mile, including locomotive power. Corn, flour, Umber, &c. , 2d.per ton per mi'e. Cotton, cotton twist , wool , m d etals, &c., 3d. per ton per mile. Manufactured goods, &c., 4 An uniform parcel ratepe'r ton per mile. railway station:— including delivery withi n one m il e o f Up to 141bs. ......... s. d. „ 28Ibs. ........... *** ............... 1 0 „ 561bs. .......................... ••• 2 0 3. That clauses shall be inser;;1 " ;;;;;;e;r ..t binding them to submit to the decision of the Beard of Tr ade n or other auth or i ty c onstituted by Parliament for that pur pose , questions of dif ference With other Companies by which the public convenience is roir„, eeted. • : - .. - t.. . 1 -= , j. 'That ample `seurity for a due share of local management In r••lhedireetion both otthe West Riding and Manchester and Leed s .4 '; Companies shall be provided by the Act. ....,, s. And, fi na ll y, the \ Company pledge themselves to do all in a s.. 3 .' i • their power to carry' ottt such arrangements as will be most con tr.-% "' ducive to the comforeald convenience of the public, and to attend '4 ,io"ativeasonable slestions that may be made to them at any --; - hereafter with.ll s view. line 1 ......, 4 1w-didditiefLitigiVabove must be taken into account the greatly rioirparontee which is offered by the Manchester and Leeds Cpaniyliwn Mablished and prosperous undertaking, with a large revenue for the completion of all the schemes with which they are connected. The West Yorkshire scheme offers no such gua. rantee of this sort, except that which is derived from the guarantee of three and a half per cent, ilatitfost - given it by the Leeds and THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1845, NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. The THIRD EDITION of THE SUN 01 last (Friday) Evening contained— The Report of the Railway Department of the Beard of Trade. The Lists of Appointments and Promotior 8, the Bank of England Statement of Circulation, the List of Bankrupts, &c., from the Gazette of the same Evening. A Report of the Proceedings in the Common Law Courts. A Report of the Meeting of the North Wales Minera Railway Company. Market Intelligence and the Course of Exchange. Parliamentary Intelligence, containing a full repor of the Proceedings in both Houses of Parliamen up to a Quarter before Seven o'clock. THIRD EDITION OF ~ THE SUN." We have received many complain's from Subscribers who are frequently disappointed in not receiving the Third Edition. 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All the other observations are made at noon. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning 21 minutes after 6 Evening ..:43 minutes after 6. some weeks afterwards that he had learned, through M. MAzzim, that such had been the fact. He had brought down to the House several letters which had the appearance of having been " operated on," but their contents were not of a treasonable character; and if any treasonable letters had been directed to him they must have been kept back by Sir JAMES GRAHAM. He had obtained his information by no underhand or dishonour able means. He feared not inquiry, and let the odium of cowardice rest on those who refused it. He concluded by moving that Colonel MAI3E/MY be ordered to attend at the bar of the House. Mr. D'IsEAELI supported the motion. The warrant ought to be produced in order that its validity might be tried. Sir JAMES GRAIIAM opposed the motion, but stated that no circumstance had come to his knowledge, in re lation to the Hon. Member for Finsbury, which cast any imputation on his character as a loyal subject of the QUEEN, or derogated from his dignity as a Member of that House. Lord liowlcK had hoped that the Government would have introduced some measure to guard against these abuses for the future. As they had not done so, he felt bound to support the motion. After a few words from Lord SANDON and Mr. WAR BURTON, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that, as the Right lion. Ba ronet had distinctly declan d that nothing had transpired to show that the lion. Member for Finsbury had acted otherwise than as a loyal subject of her MAJESTY, and that nothing had come to his knowledge that affected his character as a Member of that House, he thought that, the position of the question was materially altered. Be was ready to take the declaration thus made. Had it not been made, he might have felt that, considering the circumstance that a high privilege of that House had in his opinion been violated, a further investigation was ne cessary. But ire thought that that declaration made a material difference, and ho now conceived that that in vestigation was now uncalled for. At the conclusion of Lord J. RUSSELL'S speech the House became very impatient for a division, and Mr. M. MILNES, Mr. HUMS, Mr. WATSON, Mr. AGLIONBY, and several other Hon. Members, spoke amidst much con fusion. Sir It. PEEL then rose and defended himself and his Government against the attacks of Mr. T. DuNcomnE and Mr. D ISItAELL On a division, the motion was lost by a majority o 75, the numbers being—for the motion, 113 ; againsi it, 188. On the order of the day being read for the House re solving itself into a Committee of Ways and Means on the subject of the sugar duties, Mr. Hoco brought forward his resolution for im - posing an equal duty upon East and Vest In Tian Sugar. After a lengthened discussion, the motion was with drawn. The House then resolved itself into Committee, the resolution was agreed to, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. The House adjourned at One o'clock. In the House of Lords, the debate of Thursday night last was productive of same passages of extraordinary in terest. Lord BEAUMONT addressed a few stringent questions to the Earl of ABERDEEN on a subject on which we have often had occasion to appeal, not without senti ments of profound grief and indignution, to the sympa thies of our readers. We allude to the military execu tions summarily inflicted on a handful of Italian re fugees, who, under some treacherous information or en couragement, and the influence of their own unaccount able infatuation, had made a rash and ill -concerted descent upon the coasts of Calabria, and a dis orderly march upon Cosenza, in June, 1843. It will be recollected, that among the victims who perished by decree of the " Commission," erected for the trial, as it was called, of these ill-fated martyrs to the cause of " Young Italy," were the two nobly descended brothers, BANDIERA, sons of the Admiral commanding the fleet of the Emperor of AUSTRIA. The untimely fate of these distinguished young patriots—for such they were, if an enthusiastic and disinterested devotion to the country of their birth and connexions be of the essence of patriotism—did not fail to attract that degree of commiseration throughout Europe, and especially in this country, which its touch ing and mournful appeal to the most generous feelings of our nature was so well calculated to excite. How the gallant and accomplished brothers can have been induced to embark in as attempt so romantic as that of releasing by "a demonstration of physical force some colleagues, who had been taken prisoners in the same political cause which they had espoused, from the State Prisons of the Neapolitan or of the Austrian Go vernment, against the organized power of either of those ancient and established monarchies, with means so utterly inferior to the boldness of their undertaking, and resources to fall back upon in case of failure, or even of temporary exigencies so falsely calculated, as those which they commanded, or those which they were induced to expect from the aid and concurrence of their southern compatriots ;—all this is to a great extent an unexplained mystery, the key to which is buried in the grave of the unfortunate sufferers. M. MAzzINI (whose name has been so often b rought up in recent Post office debates, as the " Magn us A po ll o " o f the move ment, and the destinies of Young Italy), has shown that so far from encouraging the design of the BANDIERAS, he used every means and all advice to dissuade them from carrying it into execution. But he has adduced, without absolute proofs, or the very strongest presump tions, to establish the fact, that they were betrayed into the snare of concocting the expedition to Calabria by pre tending colleagues in their schemes, who were, in fact, spies upon their counsels and actions, in the pay of the Government of Naples ; and who, at Corfu, had per suaded these refugees (after abandoning, in conformity with M. AIAZZINI'S remonstrances, their original design of an attempt to effect a rising within the States of the Church) to embark in a new scheme for effecting a landing, with the same purpose of b r i ng i ng a b ou t a political reaction, in the Neapolitan dominions. The story of their disasters, their utter disappointment of all co operation, their defeat, their dispersion, and the bar barcus judicial murder of their leaders, must be still fresh within the memory of all English men. Now, certainly, in relation to the dis graceful precedents of this affair and its catastrophe which had happened in this country—to the case charged and established on behalf of MAzZINI, against the English Government, of h a bit ua lly v i o l a ti ng the andaels and honourable purloin ingthe int e lli gence con f i d e d to t h e safe custody of it s P ost -office Depart ment seals ;—these transactions did assume a most suspicious appearance of a preconcerted kidnapping of brave, though, it may be, misguided men, into the toils set for their lives by a perfidious foreign Court, with the as sistance and complaisant turpitude of the British Go vernment. Lord BEAUMONT, therefore, had reason to assert, that if the truth of the facts which had gone abroad should be established, the " British Government had been conspirators in one of the foulest deeds of treachery that had ever been perpetrated by the most absolute and tyrannic States." But we are bound to acknowledge—and we do so with unfeigned gratification (not having been slow to impute to the Noble Foreign Secretary a degree of cul pable complicity in lending himself to the sanguinary resentments of the Courts of Austria and Naples)—that the Earl of ABERDEEN, last night, completely vindicated himself, Lord SEATON, the Lord High Protector of the lonian Islands, and the Governor of Malta, from every thing in the shape of previous knowledge of, or subse quent participation in, any of the measures which led to the concoction of the Calabrian expedition, the betrayal of the unhappy parties into the power of the Neapolitan Emissaries, the failure of the design, and the extermination of the BANDIERAS and their companions. On all these points we most frankly and cordially acquit Lord ABERDEEN, whose speech of Thursday night—pervaded as it was throughout by a tone of high moral feeling, i n genuous frankne ss , an d humanity—was concluded by protestations, the impres sive earnestness and solemnity of which have not had many parallels in Ministerial addresses delivered within the walls of Parliament. The great moral lesson it has taught, however, is that to which we adverted in a recent paper—namely, that the disho ne s t tampering— the shameless larceny-lilae practices of the Government to which Lord ABERDEEN belongs, with the sealed corre spondence passing through its Post office,—havo resulted, as all guilty means result, the specious pretext for which is the attainment of a presumed good end. Evil beginnings have led to evil conclusions. Let the wire drawn distinctions between g iving up th i suspected let terse themselves, and only communicating the sum of their pilfered contents, go for the . utmost at which it ate can be put by those who rely upon it—what then ? Certain it is, that what intelligence was communicated by England to Austria (with the the view even of diverting the latter Power from putting into execution her menace, that, in the alternative of our giving . refuge and protec tion in our colonies to the Italian s ubjects proscribed b y her Government, s h e w o u ld march troops into the Papal States, and take military possession of such posts as she might consider requisite guarantees for her own peace and safety) ; that information w as reciprocated bet ween the Courts of Austria and Naples, and sealed the bloody doom of the young and bravo BANDIERAB. Madrid papers of the 21st ult. have.been received. A military commission had been summoned to meet at Vittoria for the trial of the thirty-one officers and non commissioned officers arrested for a plot against tl:e Go vernment. No business was done in the Chambers on the 21st. The Three per Cents. closed at 331 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents. at 24 for cabh, and 24k- at 60 days ; the Debt without Interest, at 7i at 60 days, with prem. ; and the Vales at 91 at 30 days. The domestic intelligence in the Paris papers is with out interest. The accounts from Switzerland are on the whole satisfifctory. No disturbances or collisions between the adverse cantons had taken place, and hopes began to be entertained that the differences would be settled by peaceful negotiations. The Extraordinary Diet met at Zurich for the first time, on the 24th ult., but no business was done. The first question for dis cussion was the admission of the popular Deputies from the Canton de Vaud, which would be brought on the following day. The Paris paper, the Patric, publishes the following extract of a letter, dated Zurich, Feb. 23: " The envoys of the great Powers, and even those of the small German States, near Switzerland, have had conferences, in which all the eventualities that could arise in this country were considered. The canton of Lucerne has already yielded to the representations of one of the great powers (France), by withdrawing the order which had been given to General Sonnenberg to enter the territory of Argau in order to pre vent the attack with which Lucerne was menaced on that side. The accounts from Berne and Lausanne, whilst they express serious fears as to the maintenance of order, on the hypothesis of the Vorot net acting according to the instruc tions given to the Deputies of those cantons, say there is no reason to hope that the free corps will be restrained from action until after the decision of the Diet. Whatever may happen, France, Austria, Sardinia, laden, and Bavaria, aro firmly resolved to surround with a rigorous cordon of blockade all the cantons which may take any part whatever in the movements that menace the existence of the federal compact. M. de Pontois displays great activity. He is on excellent terms with the Catholic cantons. The new envoy of Prussia is expected to-day." The French Funds remained nearly stationary. The Five per Cents. closed at 1221., the Threes at, 85, and the New Loan at 85f. 90c. Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,213 f. 75c.; Roucn, 1,1201.; Havre, 9271. 50c. THIS DA Y'S NEWS LATE MURDER AT HAMPSTEAD ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST. (THIS DAY.) The adjourned inquest upon the body of James Delarue, the unfortunate man who was so barbarously murdered in the field near Haverstock-hill, was resumed this morning, be fore Mr. Wakley, Mr. G. I. Mills,and a:mostrespeetable jury. From the observations made by the Coroner on the last day, and the expectation that the prisoner viould be brought up, a considerable crowd thronged all the avenues leading to the Yorkshire Grey, on tiptoe to see him, and the inquest- room itself was thronged with the respectable householders in the neighbourhood, among whom we observed the Rev. Thomas Ainger and other clergymen, the churchwarden and over seers of St. John's, and other persons of public note iu the parish. Mr. Lander attended, as before, to observe the pro• ceedings on the part of the parishioners. The prisoners were undefended. Precisely at twenty minutes to ten o'clock the Coroner entered the room, and the names of the jurymen having been called over, the Court was opened by the parish constables. Inspector Gray was called into the room, and he was asked by the Coroner if he had, ag ree ably to his instructions, called upon the Governor of the House of Correction relative to the production of the prisoner at the Coroner's court ? Inspector Gray replied in the affirmative, and that the governor stated he could not give up the prisoner without the order of the committing magistrate. He had then proceeded to Mr. Raw linson at the Marylebone Police-court, who verbally ex pressed his wish that the Coroner's request should be complied with, and communicated that desire to the Governor of the Gaol. Under these circumstances, he (Inspector Gray) had not gone back, feeling assured that the prisoner would be produced this morning in the custody of the proper officer. Mr. WaimEy—Then the prisoner is not here. Inspector Haynes—He is not, Sir. Mr. WAKLEY said that all these difficulties had arisen, in the first instance, from mismanagement at Hampstead. On the first sitting of the inquest he (Mr. Wakley) had given instructions that he should be informed at the very earliest period if any one were taken into custody. There had been a person taken up on suspicion of being concerned in this murder. Now, by the evidence of the policeman Scotney, it appeared that he had been taken into custody at half-pastone on the morning of Wednesday, yet no information had been forwarded to him (Mr. Wakley) until nine o'clock of the same morning. It then appeared to him to be perfectly useless to call the jurymen together, particularly after he had been informed that the prisoner had been conveyed from Hampstead to Marylebone about the same hour that he had received his information. He should wish to know the pre cise hour he was taken away ? Inspector Partridge—About seven o'clock, Sir. Mr. WAKLEY—That was two hours before then. All this difficulty and contention, so unseemly in a court of justice, was solely to be attributed in the first instance to mismanage ment. He wished to know from Inspector Gray why in formation had not been conveyed to him at an earlier hour ? Inspector Gray stated that he had forwarded a letter to the Coroner between the hours of two and three of the same morning. Mr. WAKED believed that the ease was otherwise. The letter informing him of the circumstance had been received at nine o'clock. If things had been managed as they ought to have been there would have been no difficulty with the police -court. They should have proceeded with the inquiry, and they would have had the prisoner before them without any necessity for his going to the police-court at all. Such a thing had happened in the case of Merchant, who had mur dered a girl in Cadagan-square. He had not gone before the magistrate at all. There should be no difficulty at all, for if they were a court of justice why should there be any hesita tion in allowing the prisoner before them ? In the case of Crouch, also, it was in his (Mr. Wakley's) option to have sent him to the county gaol at once, the Coroner's jury having returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against him. But, what did he do? He told the policeman to whom the warrant had been given not to execute it immediately, as the magistrate might wish to have the prisoner produced before him. He (Mr. Wakley) addressed a letter to the Home Secretary, and, on the day before, an answer was returned by him. He would read that answer : "Whitehall, 28th Feb., 1845. Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this morning, representing that you have adjourned the inquest on the body of James Delarue, and that you trust there may be no im pediment to the production of Thomas locker, who is now in custody, charged with his murder, at the adjourned inquest. " Sir James Graham has no objection to the Governor of the New Prison producing the prisoner Hocker, in the custody of his own officer, at the inquest, on receiving a requisition from you to that effect; and he will direct that this information shall be given to the Governor. This course Sir James Graham hopes, will prevent all difficulty; but it must be understood that the prisoner is to appear before the magistrates, on his remand, with which the course proposed by you is not to interfere.—l have the honour, &c., " T. Wakley, Esq." " S. M. PHILLIPPS. That letter appeared quite satisfactory for the purpose. In spector Gray received his (Mr. Wakley's) requisition to the Governor of the New Prison, and his (Mr. Wakley's) instruc tions to the inspector were, that if he did not receive a dis tinct answer he should come at once to him at the House of Commons. The inspector was not to blame. There ap• peared every reason to be perfectly satisfied with the com munication he had received from the Governor of the prison. He (Mr. Wakley) had afterwards received a letter from Mr. Kilsby himself, and that also he would read to the jury. The following letter was then read:by the Deputy-Coroner : " New Prison, Clerkenwell, Feb. 28, 1845. Sir,--I beg leave to acquaint you that upon receipt of your letter this evening, requesting the production of the prisoner, Thomas Henry Hecker, before your inquest to morrow, I informed Inspector Gray, the bearer thereof, that the communication which I bad received from the Home office, signifying that Sir James Graham, the Secretary of State, had no objection to the production of the prisoner at the inquest, did not sufficiently authorise me to send the prisoner without an authority from the consulting magis trate, or to disobey the order of the visiting justices of this prison, posted on the 20th of June, 1842, a copy of which I have subjoined, but that I would send an officer to accom pany him with the documents to the committing magis trate, who would probably give an authority to deliver the prisoner to the police, for the purpose required. The committing magistrate declined giving such authority, but intimated that he had no objection to the production of the prisoner before you. "I regret, therefore, that I have no positive order upon the subject besides those contained in the warrant of commitment and the minute referred to. " Under all the circumstances, however, I have thought it my duty to send the above documents for the perusal of such of the visiting justices as can be communicated with early to-morrow morning, and shall be guided by the answer I re ceive. " I hope this will reach you before you leave town in the morning, as I am extremely anxious to assure you, that in the event of any disappointment taking place at the inquest, I have done all in my power to comply with your request in the absence of definite instructions. " I have the honour to be, Sac., " THOMAS KILSBY." The order of the visiting justices, to which he referred, was this : (Copy of the Order.) " NEW PRISON.-VISITING JUSTICES. " June 20, 1842. " Resolved,—That it appears to the Visiting Justices that the keeper will not in future be justified in sending any pri soner committed for re-examination by a Magistrate on a charge of homicide before the Coroner, in order to be present at the inquest." Now, unless the Governor had received a peremptory order from the Secretary of State, he (Mr. Wakley) was not surprised that he should have acted as he had done. But he was certainly surprised that Mr. Kilsby had not before re membered that this resolution of the justices was standing upon the books of the gaol. Thus the matter stood. The prisoner was not present, and, under those circumstances, he was disposed to recomm en d th at t h e i nquiry be further ad journed till half-past nine on Monday morning. Ile would re peat, then, what he had said on the last occasion, that if it was the jury's desire to go on with the inquest in the absence of the accused person, that p erson b e i ng only remanded, and not committed for trial by the magistrase, he (Mr. \‘'akley) would start no objections; ho would subject the jury to no further inconvenience, but go at once with the investiga tion. If it was their opinion that they should go on in the absence . of the accused person he would do so, but he had endeavoured, since he had been appointed to that office, to discharge its duties with advantage to the public. The utility of the Coroner's office was a subject of the greatest importance that could arise in this country. The office was calculated to ensure the greatest security to the liberties of the subject, and unless the Court had the power to have be fore it the person accused of the murder, the very foundation of the office was gone. Let them suppose that a time of commotion might arise. Such had been, and such might be again, and that a public meeting was called to complain of certain or general grievances. The people might entertain one opinion with regard to the right of public meeting, and the persons in powe r m i g h t enterta i n another and a very dif ferent opinion. He did not mean to refer to the present Go vernment, but to whatever Government might be in power at the time. The people, he said, might entertain one opinion and the Government another, and the latter might require that the meeting should at once disperse. sup posing that they did however meet, and that human life Was lost, that either the police or the soldiery in the discharge of what they conceived to be their duty might commit an assault on the people who had as sembled, that four or five, or ten or seventy, or a hundred might be concerned in this slaughter, and it might be that all this waste of life might arise from the violent conduct of persons in office. An inquest would be held on the bodies; the jury would sit to sift the inquiries and to investigate the matter. A. B. would be called and he might say that he saw the police fire and kill a man, woman, or child as it might be. They might ask him the question " Do you know the police man's number?" "I do not." " His name?" "I do not." " Would you know him again if you saw him ?" " Yes." " Where is he ?" "In the custody of the magistrate." They wanted him at the inquest, but he was not present. Now would it not be impossible to identify the guilty party in such a case? In Ireland several lives were lost in a some what similar manner. A number of the police were put into gaol, an inquest was held upon the persona killed, the police men were not identified, and none of them were put upon trial. Such a case might occur in England. Such was his opinion ; but if the jury did not consider with him, and if they wished the investigation to proceed, he was willing to go on with it. Several of the jurymen —Oh, no ; not in the absence of the prisoner. Mr. WAKLEY then referred to the medical evidence given in the case of the murdered man Delarue, and stated that such evidence could not be commanded by the magistrate, who was therefore obliged to take it from the Coroner's court. He alluded also to the power exercised by a Coroner's jury, of at once committing a .prisoner for trial without their decision icing subjected to the revision of the grand jury at the sessions. He concluded by again recommending the ad journment till half -past nine on Monday morning. Mr. Hazard (a juror) thought that there was no ne cessity for any further adjournment, as the business of a Coroner's jury was not to try a prisoner, but to record an opinion as to the manner by which the deceased person came by his death. When they had done this, he considered that as honest man they had done their duty, and that it was all that was requited from them. He did not see what they had to do with trying the accused party, and if they returned a verdict against some person or persons unknown—(Cries of " nonsense, we must adjourn," &c., from the other jurors) — Mr. WAKLEY said he must put an end to any discussion of such a nature, because, however good a man's resolution might be, his reasoning might be very bad indeed. Mr. Hazard—l am at liberty to give my own views. Mr. Waxixv—Oh, certainly; but they may not be cor rect, you know.—(Laughter.) The inquest was then adjourned till Monday. At a later period a communication was received from the Governor of the gaol, stating that the prisoner would, be in attendance, if wanted, this day. r* • * "" 114 . • , 0 1,CLUI • A , At ' , • -. 7 1 - 1 z IP IN, ftr al 7 "‘ _V ‘ tett'rr; sr 41114 - f - , , 0014 ;tl' •- jj, ‘,"•" -h it Er • mos 4 . * • , 'bk ()IT • ,Y0,7 4 .0; 1 ", • • SECOND EDITION: Bradford Company, a concern whose total capital is only 400,0001., and which is not yet completed. The Leeds and Dewsbury line has no guarantee whatever. Looking at the formidable nature cf the works upon these lines, the doubtful prospect of a remunerative return, and the-position in which they are placed with reference t• other lines, we must be blind to all the analogies furnished by railway experience to overlook the contingency that in the event of the present period of excitement having passed away before the undertakings are completed, portions of them may be abandoned or left unfinished for considerable periods, a result which, from the complete net-work of connecting parts proposed to be established, would be highly injurious, and all danger of which would be com pletely obviated by giving a preference, under proper conditions, to the scheme proposed in connexion with the Manchester and Leeds Company. It certainly appears to us, that if the general advantage of the public and of the important districts connected with the railways in question is to be taken as the test in deciding upon the claims of the different schemes proposed, the offer of these gnarantees, in addition to the other advantages pointed out, must be held to give a preference to the scheme of the West Riding Company. It may be convenient to include in this report certain other schemes in the same or adjoining districts, and which, to a certain extent, may be affected by considerations of a character similar to those already referred to. The extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway, sanctioned last year, to Skipton and Colne, has been mentioned as affording an useful alternative route horn Leeds to Lancashire. Its principal claim, however, rests upon its being an useful local line, opening up a considerable extent of country hitherto unoccupied. From Shipley, where the line branches off from the Leeds and Bradford Railway, up the valley of the Aire, to beyond Keighley, the line traverses a district of considerable and increas. lug manufacturing importance in the worsted trade, of which Brad ford is the chief emporium ; and the connexion of this district with that town and Leeds must be looked upon as very desirable in completing a system of railway communication for the West Riding. Beyond Keighley the line traverses an agricultural die. trict, of which Skipton is the centre, from which large quantities of produce are sent to the densely-peopled manufacturing districts in the vicinity. Both as affording a means of transport for this pro. duce, and for the excellent lime of the same district downwards, and as giving facilities for the cheap conveyance of coal . upward', the line promises to confer much local benefit on the towns and districts which it traverses, both on the Yorkshire and Lancashire side. Its gradients are good and easy, and there seems a fair pro bability of a traffic sufficiently remunerative on the capital of 500,0001. required for its construction. We are accordingly aware of no public grounds why it should not receive the sanction of Parliament. The Burnley branch of the Manchester and Leeds Railway from Todmorden appears almost a natural consequence of the other ex tensions connected with the last-mentioned line, which will place Burnley, a thriving manufacturing town, with a population of 11,000, in railway communication with Blackburn, Preston, Fleetwood, and the whole north of Lancashire. Tl. is Branch, which is only eight and a half miles in length, and est4nated to cost 240,0001., will thus connect many of the large and important towns or. the Manchester and Leeds line by the shortest mute with the North of Lancashire, besides affording local accommoda tion. We arc aware of no opposition to it on public grounds, and of no public reasons why the sanction of Parliament should ue withhed. The extension of the Manchester and Leeds Company's present Heywood Branch for four miles to Bury, is opposed by a com peting line from Bury to Heywood, proposed by the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale Company. Of the utility of the Branch, as giving a connexion between Bury and the populous districts beyond, with Oldham, Rochdale, and, through the Manchester and Leeds Railway, with Wakefield, Leeds, Hull, and the eastern part of the kingdom, there cannot be a question, indepen dently of the success of the proposed Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool line, of which, if sanctioned, it is an indls. pensable link. The Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Company have, accordingly, included it in their scheme, but they will be equally satisfied to meet the Manchester and Leeds line at Bury as at Heywood ; and, accordingly, the question appears to lie between the Manchester and Leeds, and the Rossendale Company. With regard to this point, the Manchester and Leeds, and Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Companies, contend that, upon public ground;, it would be highly inexpedient to place a short link of four miles in what must, in all probability, become an important through.line of communication from some of the chief manufao. turing towns of North Lancashire to the east of England. in the hands of a Company like the Manchester, Bury, and Rossendale, formed for quite different purposes, and avowedly seeking the pos session of this branch merely as a protection against possible com petition. A more inconvenient arrangement for the public could hardly be imagined than that a mile and a half to Heywood of the short line of less than six miles between Bury and the Manchester and Leeds Railway should be in the hands of the Manchester and Leeds Company, and the re maining four miles to Bury in that of an independent Com pany, with no identity of interest. This argument appears to us decisive, in addition to the advantages which the Manchester and Leeds Company are in a condition to offer for conducting the large local traffic between Bury, Oldham, and Rochdale, and the places on their line. Had the Heywood Branch not been con. structed, it might perhaps have been a question, whether the whole line up to the junction might not have been placed in the hands of the Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Company, of whose scheme it is a component part. But as the Heywood Branch is already made, there can be little doubt that it will be better, even for the purposes of the Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool traffic, that the junction with the Manchester and Leeds Railway should be at an important town like Bury. We have to report therefore, that, on public grounds, it ap. pears to us that the branch of the Manchester and Leeds Com. pany is preferable to the competing scheme of the Rossendale Company. The Barnsley Junction.—This is a line 9i miles long, with an estimated capital of 300,0001., proposed for the following objects :- 1. To afford an alternative line from Manchester to the east, by making a short cut from the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, at the Penistone summit, to the North Midland Railway near Barnsley. 2. To give a communication both to the east and west for the manufacturing town of Barnsley and the surrounding district. 3. To open up the Silkstone coal field. It might have been doubtful how far the two first objects would have been sufficient to jestify the requisite outlay of capital, or to affbrd any prospect of adequate remuneration, mere especially as the line, from the steepness of its inclination, being a continued rise of 1 in 95 for 9 miles, from near Barnsley to Penistone, is not well a'apted for through-traffic. The opening of the Silkstone coal field appears, however, to be an object of very considerable importance, more especially with the prospect of a great extension of Railway communication throughout the eastern and central counties of England. We think, therefore, that if this object is properly attained, it is sufficient, in connexion with the other two, to warrant the construction of the Barnsley Junction line on public grounds. Representations have been made to us, to the effeot that this object is not properly attained by the line in question, which is said only to skirt part of the coal field at a level too high for con venient access from the principal pits, in order to attain the eleva tion necessary to carry a line with locomotive gradients to the Penistone summit. This is a point upon which, if we had been able to command more ample means of investigation, we should have been desirous of obtaining more accurate informa tion, being of opinion that the opening up of the Silkstone coal field for transport towards the east and south, ought to be consi dered as the primary and paramount object of the line in question• We must content ourselves, however, with directing the special attention of the Committee on the Bill to this point, and stating that in expressing an opihion that there are ne sufficient public grounds to prevent the sanction of Parliament from being given to the Barnsley Junction line, we have proceeded on the assumption that the line does, as represented by the promoters, open up in a proper manner the Silkstone coal field. The Huddersfield and Manchester, and Sheffield and Hudders field Junction, are also lines connected with the district in ques tion, the consideration of which we reserve for another report, as they appear to us to depend upon questions of detail not materially affecting any of the lines already enumerated. In conclusion, we beg to draw attention to the passage of the Fifth Report of the Select Committee of last year, in which it Is stated, in recommending that reports should be made to Parliament by this Department upon railway schemes, " That no such report should be held to prejudice the claims of private persons, the examination of which should be altogether reserved to the Houses of the Legislature." In ►ubmitting to Parliament, in conformity with the recommen dations of that Committee, the results at which we have arrived, with a view to the information and assistance of Parliament in forming a judgment upon the schemes in question, in so far as our report may be available for that purpose, we are anxious that it should be distinctly understood that we have arrived at these re. sults solely upon public grounds, and to the exclusion of all consi derations how far such results might require to be modified by a due regard for private rights and interests. DALHOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER. D. O'BRIEN. S. LA ING. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Although, for the time of year, we had a fair average sup ply of most kinds of vegetables offering. the demand was steady, at fully last week's quotations. Fruit was in better request, at late rates : —Potatoes from 3s 6d to 5s per cwt. ; Turnips, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Carrots, 5 8 6d t o ; Coleworts, or Greens, 3s 3d to 4s ; and Leeks, Is to is 9d per dozen bunches ; Apples, 2s to 4s; Pears, 3s to 8s ; Spinach, 216 d to 3s ; and Onions, 25 to 3s per half sieve ; Forced Potatoes, 8d ; Pine Apples, 8s to lOs; and Filberts, ls to is 6d per lb.; Savoys, Is 3d to 2s per dozen; Forced Rhu barb, Is 3d to 2s 3d ; ditto Asparagus, 6s to 8s ; Horseradish ; 2s to ss; Brocoli, 2s .to 4s ; and Celery, is to 3s per bundle ; Oranges, 5s to lOs ; and Lemons, 8s to 12s ; and French Beans, 2s Gd to 3s per hundred. NEVITGATE Awn LEADENTIALL. We had a very extensive supply of both Game and Poultry, owing to which the trade was heavy, and previous rates were with difficulty supported. Fowls sold at from 3s to 7s ; and Chickens, 2s 6d to 5s per couple ; Hares, 2s to 3s ; Part ridges, 2s to 3s ; Turke,s, 3s to 78 ; Pheasants, 4s to 5s ; and Geese, 5s to is each. The supplies of Meat being more than adequate to meet the wants of the buyers, the general de mand was heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. NEWPORT. Prime Mutton sold readily at full prices, but all other kinds of Meat were heavy. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. • BILLINGSGATE. There was a large supply of Fish, owing to which the trade ruled heavy, on somewhat easier terms :—Turbots, 6s to 188; Cod Fish, 2s to 8s; Plaice, 2d to 4d; and Whitings, 2d to Gd each ; Mackerel, 16s to 18s per 120; Salmon, 2s per lb. ; Soles, 2s to 2s 6d per pair. WECT2rECHAPEL. We had a sluggish general demand, at barely stationary prices :—Beef from 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 5s ; and Pork. 3s to 4s per 81bs. EUNGERFORII). Each kind of prime Meat was in steady request; but with all other articles the trade was inactive, at previous currencies. DREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to 7id ; of Household ditto, sid to bid per 41bs leaf. SIDE NX.ARKET. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; Middling Hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; Inferior ditto, 4s to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin : Market Calf, 6s Gd to 8s; Long-woolled Sheep, 4s to ss; Short ditto, 3s 4d to 4s; Lamb Skins, is 3cl to is Gd; and Shearlings, 6d to Bd. RAT MARXETS. SMITITFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/108 to 4/ 10s ; use ful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5/ 3s ; fine Upland ditto, 51 4s to 5/ 8s; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 5118 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 163 to 1/ 18s ; Wheat Straw, Il 18s to 2/ per load. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 108 to 4/ 128 ; useful ditto, 4114 s to 5148 ; fine Upland ditto, 51 5 s to 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 4/ 8s to 5/ 16s; Oat Straw, 1116 s to 1/ 18s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ per load. Trade tolerably active, at full prices. "WurnscuArmL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ lOs to 41 10s; silOs useful ditto, 4/ 12 s to 5/ 4s; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5s to ; Clover Hay, 4/ 10s to 6/ ; Oat Straw, 1/16s to 1/18s; Wheat Straw, 11 18s to 21 per load. Supply moderate and trade firm. DOVER RAILWAY.--Mr. Whitehead, the secretary of the South-Eastern Railway, has resigned his ;office, owing to 11l health. DEATH or MR. WOODRUFFE.—Mr. Woodruffe, one of the barristers practising in the Insolvent Debtors' Court, (lied at his reeitionce at Bayswater, on Wednesday evening. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public are respectfully informed that this THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDAY, MARCH. 8, When will be produced (first time in this country), Verdi's new Opera, ERNANI. With new scenery by Mr. Marshall, Ernanl, signor Moriani; Ruy Gomez, Signor Fornasar Carle Quinto, Signor Botelli ; and ElTira, Madame Rita Borio. To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by 31. Perrot, entitled EOLINE ; ou, LA DRYADE. The Music by Signor Pugnl. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall. In which will appear Diddle. Lucile Grahn, Mdlle. Louise Weiss, Mdlle. Ferdinand, Mdlle. DomeLsse, Mdlle. Casson, Mdlle. Moncelet, &e. M. Toussaint, M. Gosselin, M. Di Mattia, M. Bertrand, M. Perrot ~`' l'' nth rnv. LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1845. The House of Lords met at Five o'clock. On the motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, certain returns relating to the sugar duties were ordered. The Lou CHANCELLOR then moved the second read ng of the Bail in Error Bill. Lord CAMPBELL said that he had himself introduced this very Bill last session, when it had been opposed by the Lord Chancellor, who now himself proposed it. After a few words from the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Lord BROBGITA3I, and Lord DENMAN, the Bill was read a second time. The Earl of DALHOUSIE presented returns from the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, and the House adjourned The House of Commons met at Four o'clock. Mr. W. B. BARING took the oaths and his seat for Thetford ; and Mr. C. TOWER took the oaths and his seat for the county of Bucks. After the presentation of various petitions, Sir T.' FREMANTLE: said it was the intention of the Government, to introduce a measure on the subject of mixed marriages in Ireland. Mr. ROCHE, who had come all the way from Ireland for the purpose, was about to put a question to Mr. ROEBUCK on the subject of his statement that the Irish Members had run away from their posts, when he was interrupted by the SPEAKER, w ho informed him that it was irregular to allude to a debate which had taken place during the present session. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then rose to direct the attention of the House to the proceedings of the Post-office officials in opening his letters. At the time that he had pre sented M. MAZZINI'S petition last year, he had no idea that his own letters had been opened, and ;t was only LATEST PARTICULARS LAST NIGHT. The details in connexion with the murder of Mr. Delarue are hourly, through the exertion's of the officers of the detec tive force, being brought to light ; and the discoveries stated to have been made since the last adjournment of the Coroner's inquest tend to throw great suspicion on, if they are not found directly to implicate, another party, who, although not in custody, is under the surveillance of the police. During yesterday the cesspools at the house of the ac• cused's father, as also at his lodging in Victoria-terrace, were searched, with a view to ascertain it' there were any other evidences of guilt secreted there. The poor father of the alleged murderer offered every facility to the police, and in assisting them in their search he himself discovered amongst some rubbish a diamond ring, of which he at once gave them intim-illation, and accompanied Inspector Furlong, of the S division, to Marylebone Police-court, where the ring was ex hibited to the magistrate. It has been since shown to the deceased's brother, who at oncc identified it. On further search being made, the gold chain described by Mr. Daniel Delarue as being attached to his brother's watch when he last saw him alive was discovered, and there are here and there spots of blood, clearly indicating the tit was taken from the body after the murder was perpetrated. Another disco very which more clearly brings the murder home to the ac cused, and which proves the cold-blooded atrocity which ac tuated it, has been made. The public are already aware that a letter was found on the deceased person appointing to meet him at a certain place, and which bore the signature "Caroline." Among the papers at the supposed murderer's lodgings has been discovered an exact copy of that letter, and on their being compared the handwritings (which has been proved to be that of Thomas Henry Rocker) in both are identical. The letter found on deceased's person had the envelope stained with blood, and the infe rence therefore is, that on the murderer discovering what it was, he returned it to the deceased's pocket, in order to allay suspicion. A third black kid glove, covered with blood, was found in the clothes of the deceased, and, on its being com pared with the one discovered by the police at Hocker's resi dence, it is found exactly to match. The accused's brother, James Hocker, still in custody at the Hampstead station, is exceedingly communicative; but avoids all mention of the murder. lie was visited yesterday by Captain Hay, one of the superintendents of police, and Mr. Superintendent Carter. I'he former also visited the spot where the metier was committed. On inquiry yesterday at Prison, it was ascer tained that the prisoner had made no statement respecting the sanguinary deed with which he stands charged. He exhibits the same indifference as at the police-court when before the magistrate. At intervals he becomes exceedingly taciturn, whilst at other times he cheerfully enters into conversation with the turnkey. At no time since his com mittal has he alluded to the murder of Mr. Delarue, but on hearing on Thursday that his brother had also been taken into custody by order of the Coroner, he for a few minutes be came somewhat agitated, but, having made no remark, he shortly resumed his former firmness. He has not been visited by any of his friends since his remand. It appears that Government, on the very day on the night of which the supposed murderer was captured, had deter mined on offering a reward of 1001. for the apprehension of the murderer, and it is alleged that Watson was aware of this, and was thus induced to give the information. The evi dent reluctance of this person afterwards ,to come forward, and a declaration made by him having been heardon Thurs day that he would not do so on Saturday, induced the Co roner to bind him over in the sum of 501., and it is understood that his movements have been strictly watched by the police ever since. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TILAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail• ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with tho receipts of tho same week in the previous year : Week Last ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. Feb. 22 Arbroath and Forfar 175 ls 3 21 Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. ••• • • • 2,7.1)0 1,652 - Brandling Junction . - Bristol and Gloucester . . 21 Chester and Birkenhead . 398 320 20 Dublin and Drogheda. •••• • • • • 569 - 28 Dublin and Kingstown .. • 610 560 23 Dundee and Arbroath . • ......... 234 171 22 Durham and Sunderland . ••. •. 645 636 22 Edinburgh and Glasgow .• • • 23 Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. 3,453 3,077 22 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .•• • • • 1,460 1,191 22 Glasgow and Greenock. •• • • 653 689 22 Grand Junction •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 7,176 6,259 22 Great North of England •.•••• • . • • • • 1,541 1,249 23 Great Western •••• • . • ..... •••• • • • • 12,724 10,617 21 Liverpool and Manchester •• • . 24 London and Birmingham . 14,471) 12,888 23 London and Blackwall.. • ..... 767 582 22 London and Brighton ..... ••••• • • • • 2,992 2,2 , 0 25 London and Croydon .•..•• • • . • . 812 195 27 London and Greenwich • • • .• . 745 638 22 London and South Western .•••• • • • . 4,405 4,294 23 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 866 741 24 Manchester and Birmingham...-. • • 3,244 2,763 22 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc- 6,282 5,354 22 Midland Counties ••• • • ..... 9,014 7.288 22 Newcastle and Darlington •••• • • • 1,028 - 23 Newcastle and Carlisle.... ••••• • • • • • 1,567 1,400 23 Newcastle and North Shields.. •• • . 372 279 21 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,287 1,068 - Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans .... 3,536 24 Paris and Rouen 3,683 2,978 - Preston and Wyrc ••• • • ..... .• •• • 222 22 Sheffield and Manchester •••• • • • ••••• 652 485 27 South Eastern • . 22 Taff Vale . •• •• •.• 940 584 578 502 23 Yarmouth and Norwich • • 180 - 22 York and North Midland . . 2,214 1,466 CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY, IN THE MATTER OF THE LUDLOW CHARITIES. ''he further arguments in this part-heard case occupied his Lordship the whole morning. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH I.—Wind easterly, fresh breeze and fine. DEAL, FEB. 28.—Wind S.E. to E., fresh breeze.—Std. Macedon, Hong-Kong; Harriet, Jamaica; British Merchant, Mobile, and Henrietta, New Orleans, and the whole of the outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind E.S.E., blowing hard.— Arrd. Susan, Seville, for London, out twelve days, sails split. DARTMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Arrd. Baltic, Cadiz, for London, mast sprung, and other damage ; Clydesdale, Lisbon for Lon don, seven days ; sails split. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Arrd. H. M. S. Rolla, Eastward. FALMOUTH, FEB. 28.—Wind E. fresh gales.—Arrd. Eliza, Jones, Ichaboe. Off, Atalanta, Rio for Ilamburgh, Condor, Brinsen, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Rotterdam. 27. Swedish brig Donna Maria, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh. WHITSTABLE, FEB. 28.—The schooner Emerald, Murphy, got ashore on the Middle Sand to-day, but came off at high water, and proceeded for the River. COWES, FEB. 28.—1 t blew very hard last night from S. to E.S.E.—A foreign barque in the koads drove much, but has received no damage. The Gustaf Adolph, from Laguna to Antwerp, which arrived here 26th, was struck by a heavy sea on the passage, lost boats, &c., and met with other damage. OFF IDOVER, FEB. 27.—James Cruikshank, Demerara. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28.—Wind S.E., fresh.—Sld. Splendid, New Orleans ; Hibernia, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Pan dora, China; Colchester, Aden, Lima; Rio, Gambia; Jane Landell, Magistrate, and Mary Hannah, Africa; Maloma, Havannah ; Tinamara, Cecera, Oronoca, Augustura, Empire, Philadelphia; Stephen Whitney, New fork; Margaret, Halifax ; Dash, Newfoundland. Off, Tartar, Charleston. CLYDE, FEB. 27.--Sid. Cashmere, Scotsman, Demerara; Jane Christie, Trinidad ; St. Fillan, Newfoundland. CORK, FEB. 26. Arrd. Caroline and Eliza Keith, Ichaboe ; Mary Winch, Bingham, Rio Grande. YARMOUTH ROADS, FEB 21.—Arrd. Lark, steamer, Brix ham, with damage, having been in contact. MONEY and COMMEMAAL NEWS. CITY, Q UARTER TO THREE. The Cotton market at Liverpool, yesterday, continued firm. Sales 8,000 bales, including 2,000 on speculation.— Shares were better, especially Dover and Brighton. Birming ham and Gloucester, 133 t z 4 ; Eastern Counties, Perpetual, No. 2, 1 1 / 8 ; Glasgow and Greenock, 16 ; Grand Junction, 110 1 / ; London and Birmingham, 22912 31 ; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 424 ; Ditto and Brighton, 604 %; Ditto and South-Western,7B% ; Ditto and York, 7%; Cambridge and Lincoln, .3% r; Churnet Valley, 7 1 4 %; Manchester and Birmingham, 66% 7 1 A ; Midland Counties, 126 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 11% 12% ; Newcastle and Carlisle, 122 3 A ; Newcastle and Dar. lington. New, 31% ; North British, 134 ; Sheffield and Man chester, 104 ; South-Eastern, 42 1 % ; Ditto, No. 2, 11 ; Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, 8 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 64 ; Northern of France, 5%. Accounts of the 24th December, from Buenos Ayres, give no conclusive information upon the subject of the war. A letter has just appeared, addressed by Mr. A. Mallalieu to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and urging the injustice of an intervention in favour of Monte Video, to which our Go vernment is said to be inclined. The writer states that the sway of Rosas has been beneficial to his country, that the charges brought against him are grossly exaggerated , and that our trade with the Argentine Republic is bec omin g too valuable to be risked by mixing ourselves up in a local contest. The circulation of the Bank of England iu the week to Saturday last, was 142,265/. more than in the p recedin g week ; the public deposits were 607,7521. more ; and the bullion was 145,236/. ; while the rest was 49,855/. less, and the seven day bills 46,887/. less. There is scarcely any business doing in the Funds. Con- sols are 99% 3 / 4 for Money, and par for Account- P eel le ° , bills have alternated from 595. to 625. prennutil io • oeo Three-and- a-Quarter per Cents. have been 103 A to &Del° the Three per Cents. 100% 1 4 to . Nothing has Rerl Bank Stock. i ab 4 An advance has occurred again in Spanish Act_ v 2B to l l there is no alteration in the Threes. The former ar,T, to ll and the latter 40%. Po r t u guese Converted bring °l'Colar being also very firm. Mexican are 36% to Nan 8 64 t j) bian 13 3 / 4 to Ix, Brazilian New Stock is worth ~. 87%. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. are 63 to 'lo_o Shares are buoyant, especially Brighton an d South-i' ChI3RITISH F urnet Valley UNDS are fIuc THIS tuatin DAY AT ONE 0' CIO (From the Official List.) ,„,o, 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ........ .... '"". A 37, 3 per Cent. Consols Anns .............. . ... 77 tai New 3 1 4 per Cont. Annuties ............ lO3 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860... 194 Consols for Account ........................ 100 _ Exchequer Bills 13%d. NI. .a. 1,000/. ..... 6 : 01 ; 500/. Ditto Small — ...... 7, ~n pas. e Ditto Advertised ..... - LOC" PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'C Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.......... -; 8 7h Ditto New Bonds, 1829 and 1839 86 00 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...........• 100 / 16 Columbian Bonds ..................... 11 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent. 3° 36 Ditto for the Account ............... 70 Ditto Deferred Stock ............... .....18%, Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent ...... r,,,•. Ditto Converted ........ .. ........... 0.., Ditto for the Account . .......••••• 61ys Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1840... ? Ditto for the Account .. ....... .. ° Ditto 3 per Cent... .................. 4°41 Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent ...... .. s Ditto Deferred ..................... 00 63 Dutch 2% per Cents ...... .. _ A Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... 7,.,,, PRICE OF SHARES AT ONE O'CLOL'f,,d. RAILWAYS. PAID. PO S P ' . 3 Aberdeen Birmingham and Gloucester 100 2% ................... ............ ° to o /35 Ditto. half Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 ...... 6% •• •' . tO 5 " Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... 58 ..... to Caledonian 5 ...... 7% ,•• . to ~,, I; ' Chester and Holyhead 5 ...... 8 1 /s, l e or w elil Churnet Valley 2 ...... 7 1 iii"A' t ~ Cornwall ... 3 ...... 4% •••••'• t o o , Pirect Northern Eastern Counties 141. 1 2 6% .2 ............ 1 2 7% ii : : to ' Eastern Union Ditto Extension ' 11 4 2 3 /4 ' ... to ' Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto New Quarters .... Great. South and W. (Irish) 5 ...... 12 ••••• .. to / Ditto Extension Great North of England 100 ...... ••"" - to ' .. Ditto New 5 ...... 43 ... . to / Great Western Ditto % Shares 5O ......10 0 , ...... to ' Ditto Fifths Guildford, Farnham, Portms 2% ...... 4 1 0,••''' to " Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selby 5O ...... 88% ...... to 1 ,4 , Ditto Half Shares Lancaster and Carlisle l5 ..-.. 32 1 .... ; to 6 , / , 11 London and Brighton 5O ..... 61 '''' to "4 .... •s, London and Croydon London and South Western 41%. .... 79 ...... to ", Ditto Consolidated Bths 6 . .. 24 .."'• to I" Ditto New 2 2 1, 4% ............ .... 11 1 4 ........... t t 0 0,4 5 664 London and York... .... Manclie,tet and Leeds • 73 .....1 40 „;ii; . to °", Manchester and Birmingham 40 ... 67%, ,°' ,to - Ditto Quarters Midland .. , 100 ...... 127, .. v ''' to Ditto New ... ............. Newcastle &Darlington ;;une 24 .. ...... -'-' . t ..... t o 1 Ditto New Brandi ing Newcastle and Berwick 14 1 ••; to ' , North British Ditto New 1 ... 3 ".' t o , Norwich and Brandon lO ....:: 161 •"*.. to , Ditto, New Richmond and West End June. 1 . 3 '''.. t° Scottish Midland ... 11' • 14 ... ,to Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2' .... 4 •'". to South Devon lO ...... 166 to , . . 1." South Eastern and Dover Ditto New, No. 2 ~ „, ill ••".: to , Ditto New, N 0.3 2l ... 8 "..' t o r South Wales Treat Valley ..... 47 4°: to / West Corn%;all Yarmouth and Norwich 2O ...... 2 7 t ° 15 York and North Midland Ditto, Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS . 4 0 . Boulogne and Amiens 6 Bordeaux and Toulouse . 2 2 ........ :.. 26 : 1 ... in t i°° Great Northern of France 4 5- . nl l ... ...... Lyons and Avignon 2 ...... 2 4. ' ... . ' e Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux .....2 .... ° ' to Paris and Orleans ' 20 ....•• 47 ...‘.. v / stet Paris and Rouen . ...... 4 3 ........ 0 0 Tours and Nantes ... 1 ...... sg& Chielgr MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Fs-B. ... 0 1 4 ' l o i continues steady, and prices generally s"", e , 9d of and Holyhead, 8% ; Lancaster and Carlw' sn d OK" chaster and Birmingham, 66% 67 ; Sheffield 94,V,Pie Quarter Shares, 13; South-Eastern. NO. aiein3ol4 , Junction, 6%; Ditto, Half Shares, 2N 13 1 ablit li ;oo l ' 1 61 chaster, and Cheshire Junction, 8 1-16 ; 1 31 "Dive.fi s f ;o' and Accrington, 5 1 4 ; Bolton, Wigan, al l ir ".110 j c i t 'cor ) Cambridge and Lincoln, 3%; Churnet `,„% ri als " 'l,, Huddersfied and Manchester Railway and `-', 0 1 1 '6 ' don and York, 7 ; Newark and Sheffield, l' v 9 0 '' tester, and Wolverhampton, 1%; Trent I T '' sile ° ( .1 / 1136 00 11 ; /e SLAVERY IN THE UNITED ST.4.TDV X 4004 Orleans papers publish the following tria l : ye be:slsl l l' passed upon the offender:—"Pauline, Si t 00 fr erg r. Peter Reppeneck, was tried at New °eat e ese e hr for!o charge of having struck her mistress so 33 w aelt 9 'ile'r ding of blood. It was proved that about si/t,,`' w hot 3 w iti 3 o Reppeneck went to St. Louis, leaving his w h ile 'biir ° ;,:tv,, sented to the neighbours as being crazy, And as prose ecc dols. in money, in charge of Pauline, who i t " ' he slat v ozordt; paramour. Immediately after his departurel gro,floprerel! session of her mistress's rooms, and remo ve ' gre• and her three young children to a back cabbi• bo ot b o of er tlf testified that Pauline frequently cants a nd , t he r fref l e ci l '; ' with a leather thong and her fist, and tua .00 1 t of her husband's intercourse with the sla ve r „)rre u t iie b ,',er o led him to strike her. Her testimony w 1,0039610 'that of Dinah, another slave, who had w i l dtes _os f 0 6 . treatment of Mrs. Reppeneck and her chl,,ooo:igooiop,ii occasions, and who finally informed $ N owipboa , „o,.., through whose interference it came to th e ., 0 00 0 tvi police. The testimony was so direst an n °s 1 0 3 e Pauline was convicted and sentenced to be P tpo nco to t of February, though the sentence wasp° Act t inj ot 28th of March, 1846, in consequence of tile it y ( 10' Aog. , ,• now pregnant." HYDROPHOBIA BY THE BITE or A i , t terl b iS/ 0 1 —A strong hostler, aged thirty, neve r ~tit b ° 00 0( 1 re t o three years ago a healthy horse, to w" 3 'oo ;11 fodder, bit him on the left fore-arm, bu t soft, i der ,f r by itself without any perceptible sear, „flog jje ‘,lO lees night, the patient was found lag c oalP h ich , 0 , symptoms of hydrophobia. He did 0o ; i0,,0!, ce ls , ticular pains, but of inexpressible angu is t 0, 0 0 0 forced to throw himself about eon stau lint l Poci:4` f, limbs violently, and to scream out iric es ! rod! ',el, sciousness was unaffected, he showed no oo 3 P t ios ° O 4 and could control himself sufficiently . 0 4 ,1 highly congested the pupils contracted wariad rated and difficult; the skin m oderate t v ,„gi'e'l,o; The patient spat frequently, and expectoroauth oerorld, mucus, the pituitous membrane of the 11 . 1 4 .ber e t° olg'(l , y and dry. During the whole disease li e ,. l " n d irre,ga r rO s p , was discharged. The pulse was smal l t'„l, eor el t Of A i bright light increased the patient's ang ul " , al e° was dead in nine hours after the contal elle' _ tack.—Medical Times. ha. le A VALUABLE CARGO.—A vessel 41. the to 0 ,1",,0'.4 , arrived in the London Docks had on board ° lew d - - 00- 0 01. t o. and the greatest quantity of spirits ever rec 1 000 ce , ported in one vessel, consisting of no less th ....4 1d, fro in ",tsa fot cases of brandy, the duty on which alone, talo . th is the sum of nearly 60,0001. The importation , f,, t ic r je Cr" ever, being from America, and, consequentl thJs ysi " o p use, under the navigation laws, the whole of been necessarily entered for exportation only. hear d fr ar °lll l t ; c e of e , THE SUGAR Dums.—Aire :on 0;11f00061011 rity on which we can rely, that the new thg' ~e e n na jel come into operation until the 14th of March, ,4,4,f) solutions should be passed by the Ilouse ca to ' co atiaciVeot: of f , which was the time stated when they wer ° „Is'or t 'pet, FOOT-RACING AT DONCASTEO% .0 06 ;1), c o tt. afternoon a match for 501. aside, between 3falee_.4hire es,ar e of Sheffield, and the celebrated Barlow, of 71tt t;'" t rt mances in America we noticed, a shoat time " a l,foar tie r , 0 5 ' off on Doncaster raccacourse. The distanc e " ro pieg„ t icli ta tOi a l o starting at the four mile starting - Pet e ttia , and ending at the winning-post. The ond, ferire:1,400011.0;10:, spirited, was in favour of Maxfield, sixty Po , it h the t ap 10 0' o r the signal being given, Barlow ju m p ed off it fro%; Pof e et 4 00 do ;1 kept for a short distance, when Maxfield tor diately afterwards dropped back to his for . la 11 nf , 4 . 0 0 - nued his lead for some thne , Max field again P"' during the race, but his triumph each Um _Acw.tta oe r .d • Barlow again leading him within flftY 3' 011 `1,,, • tag d e 'd 'Ate the race in his own hands, his opponent e g eca_ l o4 o, ll ,, e (0 . time he had reached the starting post 9 , . r. 1 1 _, eois where he declined further contest, and 13„:„1t.,,he I; o tinpe f ',o l in an easy winner. The distance was si cu ft ,, J at th? 01'0 0 05r than twenty-one minutes, the first rounast.s.onasrietiedu.7.t_flt,leise the winning chair, being performed ins de round in 10 minutes and a few secon. s. etatt o , I.. tch " up to the mark," and previous to stact. ,p _t nee , a o e ' f p0ar,7,1 , 0 V posed. Soon after the termination of II e S Rc trange, e n r g o e tr o d f s t i h ie e ffi con od rr w,thcaicnhiewoLf,,,belitrl ecaeisiiiirbr 5 0 O s stand that the same ef D 1 5, 01 4,00; Doncaster Chronicle. Al4 "`" rlY"'` t ifi l ' ° ' 0 ' HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPT quat te efit ti o THE CHEsT.— Yesterday evening the /Or i on ', in ° t i t , e lisi t r e 'd til , ; 0 1; above charity was held at the board-r.. ht. a., 00_0 0 4 re street. Dr. Dickson, M.D., of Curzon t , cr°"' :Moe. eljrote, Osborne P. port, read by the secretary*, icouragingPc'totent : 4 " a tic i le parties are matched to runt/Ll:eat.' financial department was in a most in t he p of e at-P ett a r e / receipts amounted to but 8001., ou` vr total n umber ed i ti A e ad i Ttte e tel total was as many thousands. Thethousandt won- - r eia• k, t e sieved is now nearly three report builds ceoeo•vie in-patients two hundred. The or the np ton a Ke ltt , nimously adopted. The report ss a t nr°.oo, hid cite the new structure now in P wg , r h e e present ti tae Latioterace that all pecuniary claims, PP. t d ° l , !' tae ttdie" t ' h e foe ta e 0 4 0 dated, including the first bu,fi __ d laying ds of vo te heavy cost of enclosure; drainage, , n the an ord!" /I) grO l t - Y er by Prince Albert. There yet refuel ?s e very ee _st _,eo the sam of 3,0001. Thaukchaviug t ,, r ; t he P r ' Chairman, the meeting separated. te ll ." 0. •iir of the new structure will be caloP le I *i Se e rs-pl ace ' v aCe 3 • s or nere-i fle r3rl On Thursday, Feb. 27, in , of John Powys, of a son. the lady On the 14th ult., at Tours, liter of 'of 1 . . e. of a daug c o, grave, Esq., prematurely. T. dy so .r at the ell° 10. or On the 22d ult., the wife caoirlillr. esbY , j por ttil i On the 24th ult., at Little .ae the wife of Sir W. St. Lawrenc e o' l 50 f• On the 26th ult., at GlOUcceestceirs-rPilaec, eiw.t., - 114131 fa i g urc' sr 31 1t. r. On the 24th ult., at St. Pane nt,o„p tg lis to Miss Field, of Albany-street, log' Ed ipbv t pr D/Ept „s treettci , at 41, Q tte l ?JP C' ). 500 0 r On the 25th ult., of croupy ,_ . „,,lt e r 0 Jane Isabella Smith, second aa u eb of landscape gardener. 1 , , Gloac c ' On the 25th ult., at Toe ---dov I Peach Peach, Esq., aged TB. 0%, ~llg ca 0 0 London : Printed and Published A ,bl; ., so tlie No. 112, Strand, P rinter. at in Strand, in the Precin ct of the an Middleauffiiittirdeir. March if I*" 4°. J al CI ( ial)