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Cabirb ISbition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) • WEST YORKSHIRE. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) A Learned COUNSEL bating stated that he appeared for tile Harrogate and Ripon line, by which all the tra ffi c on that line would be conveyed from Harrogate and Knares berough, The CHAIRMAN said that what had fallen from the learned Counsel convinced the Committee that the course they bad resolved upon to adopt would be the most convenient one, as it would have the effect of relieving the town and the city of a great number of people. He now would beg to express a hope that none of the Learned Counsel would introduce any topic that was not distinctly relevant to the subject, because, do what they (the Committee) would they would be obliged to sit there for a length of time, and at much greater inconvenience than those at the other end of the room. He hoped also that the counsel would give the Committee credit for being in possession of such local knowledge of the different lines, the population, traffic, &c., as would render it unnecessary for counsel to enter upon what he might call the A B C matter, and thus not substitute tongue for time. Mr. HILL said, that as he was placed in the unenviable position of senior counsel here, lie begged to assure the Committee that. he, and those who acted with him, would be far from doing anything from sordid motives, and would therefore do all they could to facilitate the bffsiness before the Committee; but he hoped the Committee would ask the House of Commons for the dom. meats on which the Board of Trade had founded their report upon this line. 'The CHAIRMAN said there was an order to that effect al ready before the House for all proposed lines approved of by the Board of Trade. Mr. HILDYARD then proceeded with the case fur which be appeared as counsel. He had laid before the Committee the plan of the Manchester and Leeds line, except the Bury and Heywood, which, if ex tended about four miles further than it now did, would give a great facility of access from a number of towns to:the main line. The town of Heywood had 15,000 inhabitants and Bury 24,000, and both towns had extensive cotton manufac tures, and the line had been approved of by the Board of Trade. Mr. Hayle, a witness, was then called, and his deposition was to the effect that the present roads between Heywood and Bury were very hilly and inconvenient. Mr. Sergeant nELLASIS opposed tho line, on behalf of the Eyre and Callon Canal Company, on the ground that the line would injure their traffic. The CITAIICMAN said it appeared to hint that the object of the I.earned Counsel was to prove his locus standi here. Mr. HILDYARD said that the line did not crows the canal at all, but ran parallel with it. The CHAIRMAN said the opposition appeared to the Com mittee to be very far fetched, and was matter more for con sideration when the details came to be discussed, than at present. Captain Latais, manager of the Manchester and Leeds line, deposed that there was a very extensive traffic between Heywood and Bury, and that there were very large ma chine and wool manufactories in each town. In cross-ex amination he said he had never seen an agreement by . the Manchester and Leeds Company to pay the Eyre Canal Company 40,000/. a year. The CHAIRMAN said that all this appeared to be irrelevant, as the question before the Committee was the proof of the preamble of the Bill. It was then agreed upon to admit the preamble as proved. The Burnley line was then taken up, and Counsel con tended that its necessity was so apparent that lie need not take the trouble of proving it, and, as the Bill was unopposed, lie would proceed to call his witnesses. Mr. John Moore deposed that Burnley was divided into two townships, one of which contained 19,000 inhabitants, and worsted and cotton mills to the amount of from 500 to 1,000 horse-power. The proposed line would considerably diminish the present cost of the transit of goods. Mr. Hopwood, cotton spinner, corroborated the last witness. Counsel said that this was all the evidence they intended to offer on this line, and would, therefore, proceed to the next—namely, OLDHAM. Oldham was divided into two branches—namely, Oldham proper and Mumps, and the question now before the Com mittee was, to carry on the line to Mumps. Two witnesses were calted, who deposed as to the utility of the line, and said that the population of Oldham was 24,000, and contained several manufactories, the transit of the produce of which would be greatly facilitated and cheapened by the proposed line. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS said he held in his hand a docu ment which, he contended, was an aeTeement, signed by Ceitain Lewes, entered into by the Manchester and Leeds Company, to pay the Canal Company a certain sum. If the Committee should be satisfied that that was a valid docu ment, he would propose the substitution of a clause in the Bill remedying this crying evil. The CHAIRMAN said the Committee were unanimous in de claring that they had not the power to insert any such clause in the Bill. Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS said his clients would then try their clause at another tribunal. All the clauses were then, with some verbal amendments, agreed to. The CHAIRMAN then announced that the Committee would go no further than this Bill to-day, and to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, they would proceed with the Huddersfield and Manchester line. Mr. BAINES begged of the Chairman to procure the order of the Speaker of the House of Commons to compel the at tendance of certain witnesses upon the West Yorkshire line, who had refused to come. The Committee on the C group of railways, consisting of Mr. Barneby, Chairman, Sir W. Clay, 'Sir Winston Barron, Lord Dalmeny, and Mr. Somes, sat this morning in Committee Room 14, on the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc tion Railway. Mr. WHATELY, who was assisted by Mr. Baines and Mr. Yatw, appeared for the Company, and after a brief opening address, relied on the Committee allowing the preamble of rho Bill. Mr. TEMPLE opposed it on behalf of a lady named Horse tail, but was not prepared to sustain his objection, in conse quence of his client not expecting the discussion to come on to-day. This objection the Committee overruled, although Mr. Wrier:me: expressed his readiness for an adjourn ment. Miss Horsetall's petition was the only one against the Bill, and the Company were ready to make her any rea sonable compensation for the injury she had sustained by the line passing through her garden. The Company were willing to give her 2,0001. for the injury done to her property, while the loss sustained could not be more than 300/.; altogether Miss Horsefall valued the property at 6000/. It was clearly an exaggeration, but the Company were wiling to bear an extravagant charge rather have their prospect impeded, and if the petitioner chose to appoint arbitrators, they were quite willing to abide the decision. Though ready, therefore, to postpone the consideration for the Committee, yet he thought that no great loss could accrue from proceeding. Mr. Thomas Smith. solicitor, was examined on the sub scription contract. By his statement it appeared that there were fifty-two subscribers to the undertaking, all of whom were locally interested. The amount of their capital was 37,850/. ; =id, besides these, there were 106 other share holders, whose subscriptions amounted to 90,150/. After a statement from Mr. Sutcliffe, who proved that the line eras likely to be beneficial to the town of Huddersfield, Mr. Charles Cope was called; by his statement it appeared that the iong traffic would 1)1 21,8811., and the local receipts 47,953/., which left a net revenue of 41,990/. That was pre suming that this was the only line between Huddersfield and Preston, but if the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway was carried out this amount would have to be altered. There were two Bills before Parliament, of which this was one. Tile other was the Manchesier and Huddrrsfield, which was an extension of the present Manchester and Leeds line. By the promotion of the proposed line a great advantage would be obtained in the facility of intercourse with the north-west Districts of the country, and, by that means, even were the other Bite formed a profit wc,ulil accrue to the company of more than three times the loss which they would sustain from the local competition of the Manchester and Huddersfield line. Mr. Locke and Mr. Gee, the engineers, were examined as to the difficulties of construction, and from their evidence it aproared that the works would be of a difficult and expen sive cilaraeter, in consequence of the abruptness of the coun try, and {?rough there would be both tunnellings and viaducts, as well as deep cuttings, yet that the estimate was up to the exp: , nse likely to he incurred, the highest gradient being 1 in 100, and that only throegh a space of The Committee allowed the preamble of the Bill to be proved, and deferred the consideration of the opposition to it till twelve to-morrow , when the inquiry is to be resumed. LYNN AM) ELY, AND IN ELY AND HUNTINGDON LES. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. TALBOT said it was not his intention to object that the town of Lynn would not be benefited by a line of railway between that place and Ely. Mr. AUSTIN would be obliged to his Learned Friend if he stated then what his objection was. Mr. TALBOT said the time for that was not come, but he would tell his Learned Friend that be had a very substantial Objection. ► Several persons were called wbo proved that the navigation between Ely and Lynn tray liable to be stopped in winter and summer, and caused great injury to persons engaged in trade. Others ware called ho proved that the proposed line would be of the greatest advantage to the agriculturists along the line, who on an average sent up 122,000 head of sheep in the year to London at a cost of 3d. per hea d, and an average of from 1;0 to 200 beasts at a cost of 2s. 3d. per head. Mr. Rastrick, engineer, examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, said he surveyed the line in question, and se lected it as the b es t t h a t cou ld be selected for a railway 'there were no engi neer i ng chtlicnities. They did not • here in the least with t h e b an k s on the navigation. They had bridges, but they did rot interfere in the least with drainages. Il e wen t over the line with Mr. Brunel, echo rho employed on behalf of the Bedford Level Commissioners,. and they agreed that not the least injury would be done to the banks,(ai o 7ges,?r navigation. He bad calculations of the expenses the line. ton:eneering cost was about 248,8261. The The makin g cos . t of land was about 51,174/. The line was made with a view to double set of rails, but only one set of rails would b e l a id d own. ear. Sage:nit WRANO BA3I said that the Company would Co nsent to the usual clause of laying down the double set of wren the Board of Trade required it. Th e caSC; for the promoters of the Bill having closed, Mr. TALBOT said that the time was now come for him to etate hie opposition to the Bill, which he would do in a very short time. His Learned Friend might have sent him awe) , Aram the Committee, if those whom lie represented made eom;:ensation to thsse whom lie (Mr. Talbot) represented. - fie did not mean to deny that a railroad corn- nitioic.ation would not be greatly beneficial to the town ,y / m. Ile did not rest his case as a competing case, for he admitted that in that view he would not have any locus atandi before the Committee, but on the peculiar circum- ' s tances of the case. The oljection then, was that the loss l oin would accrue frem the means now possessed by the parties for whom he appeared being taken front them, they would not be able to keep up and maintain tile cuts made for the drainage of the country, which was so neceseary even for the railway itself, for that was the point. The Commisaioners of the Eanbrink l eerke posed an income of 11,8001, their 9000 e, leaving them a balance of 2800/. They would lose ere-ball .their navigation tolls by at eto the the Railwa maintey nd the residue wo uld be totally inadequ ;lance of the drain. The Sout Leveland expenditure w as Commissioners had a total income of 5,050/., and liabilities 2,3501. They would lose 25. 3d. of if thug their navigetion tolls, anc4 which would be e q ual to 1,900/., a bal of 450/. The consequence would r be 103. thatwould a large acreag e tax of probably • sou or be imposed to keep the drains in a lit state. This was a pe culiar case, distinct from the rase of a turnpike-road or a canal, and he hoped he had established a &diluent case bc by t the Committee to establish a claim for couipenatioa o THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1845. pass. For himself, he (Lord G. Somerset) would not vote against the second reading, in the hope that the alteration would be made. Mr. COMPTON said that after what had fallen from the Noble Lord, he would not press his amendment. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the Bill was The Earl of FORTESCUE presented petitions from various places, complaining of the Bill passed last session fur abolishing imprisonment for debt under 201. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF Q UEENS BENCH, April 19. CUMMINS V. WILLESFOND. The Noble Earl also presented a petition from Exeter, signed by several hundred persons, against the sale of in toxicating liquors on the Sabbath, and several petitions against the Maynooth grant. The Noble Earl thought it almost needless to say he was opposed to the prayer of the latter petitioners. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY presented peti tions from Ireland against the Maynooth grant. - The Bishop of ST. DAVID'S also presented petitions against the grant, and two against the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. The Bishop of BANGOR presented petitions from different places in Wales to the same effect. The Earl of RODEN presented petitions against the endowment of the college of Maynooth, and others praying the House to appoint a Select Committee previous to the second reading of the Government Bill, to inquire into the class-books and tenets taught at Maynooth. The Noble Earl could not see how their Lordships could object to the Committee, seeing that it would have the double effect of allaying the excitement on this subject, and convincing Parliament and the country who thcr there was, or was not, doctrines and tenets taught at Maynooth which were detrimental to the British constiution. If there were, he did not think it would be becoming in the Government to persist ix their measure. He gave notice that, before the second reading of the Bill, he would move the appointment of the Committee. NEW POOR-LAW (IRELAND.) Earl RODEN presented petitions also from several places in Ireland, against a new poor-law in Ireland. MAYNOOTH. read a second time. THE NEW COMMITTEES. Lord PALMERSTON reported from the Committee on the railways in group B, that the Committee assem bled at twelve o'clock, at which Thomas Wyse, Esq., and the lion. F. F. Berkley were not present, and were not present for an ht,ur after that time. They, however, came within half an hour after one o'clock, but no inconvenience arose from their tempo rary absence.—(Loud cheers.) Lord G. SOMERSET said that as this was the first occasion on which these Committees had assembled, he did not intend to found any motion on the report which had been made. On a future occasion, however, if such a report were made, he should feel it his duty to move that all absent Members be taken into custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms ; and he trusted that the House would support him in this. Mr. WYSE was not aware of the necessity of such close attention to the rules of the House, but as this was the first time which he had made such an omission, he trusted the House would excuse him. Capt. FITZHARI)INGE BERKELEY was equally of opinion with the rule NI hich had been adopted. He was anxious to fulfil the duty which the House had im posed on him, but he thought that there was a defect in the rule by which the House wished to proceed. He was aware that sufficient time was no minally given, for there were fourteen days notice of attendance on the Committee ; but he had been absent from town for a fortnight, and it was not to be wondered at that such a thing should escape his memory. lie would suggest that some notice should be given by the clerk of the Committee, or by some other properly ap peinted person of the day of attendance. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET said that as the Chairman of the Committee had reported that no in convenience had resulted from the negligence of these gentlemen he did not propose that the House should take any proceedings respecting them, but he should ob serve that the notice of these Committees was published in the votes on Saturday morning, yet he had no objection to such a notice as the Hon. Gentleman had suggested; and should any further negligence occur, he should deem it his duty to take some notice of the matter, and he trusted the House would support BAIL COURT, April 18. (Sittings in Banco.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) THE QUEEN V. ALDRED. Lord BROUGHAM presented petitions from several places against the grant to Maynooth. He was quite anxious to bear full testimony to the conscientious feeling with which the Noble Earl was prompted in moving for an inquiry into the state and proceedings of Maynooth; but as he differed from the petitioners whose prayer he had presented, he would suggest that, before the inquiry was made at all, the parties summoned before the Committee should be examined not by way of oath, but by declaration ; for he thought that the evidence would be more free and full than if it were to be re stricted. If his Noble Friend (Earl Roden) was op posed to this grant, why did he not come for ward during the last fifty years in which the grant had been made. The endowment was in fact no endowment at all, or at least it was no more than it had always been since it had been granted. The child was a true formed child, though a small child it was true—(Laughter) — and with all the nature of the creature about it. Twenty ) ears ago he (Lord Brougham) had brought forward a proposition in the other 'House of Parliament fur paying the secular Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland, which was carried by a majority of 160, and he must say that he felt mortified—net ashamed—but mortified — that no advance had been made since that time. The Earl of MOUNTCASHEL could answer all the remarks which had dropped from the Noble Lord, but he should refrain from doing so until the measure came properly before them. He thought the Noble Lord wes clearly out of order, and he thought that the better plan would be to defer any discussion on the subject until the measure came before their Lordships. Lord BROUGHAM was really very sorry that ex cited his reproof. He would deprecate the Noble Earl's anger, for all anger was hard to bear ; but if he was so unfortunate as to excite the Noble Earl's reproof, he supposed he must bear it ; but he had one consolation, if it were not more severe in future than it was to-night, whether from experience or habit, he thought he should not find it intolerable. The Earl of CLARE presented 137 petitions against any grant to Maynooth, and also for some alteration of the working of the poor-law in Ireland, and expressed his deep regret that any increase was made in the grant to the college of Maynooth without any sufficient know- Isdge of the proceedings and influence of diet college. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented a great number of petitions against the grant to Maynooth, and stated that he thought that the way in which his Noble and Learned Friend (Lord Brougham) had treatal the conscientious scruples of these petitioners, he thought it was unconstitutional. Lord BROUGHAM explained that lie did not treat the petitioners with disrespect, but thought that if they condemned the grant they ought to have found out its fault fifty years ago. The Earl of lIADDINGTON presented petitions from Glasgow and other places, in favour of the grant to Maynooth. The Earl of EGLINTON presented several petitions against it. Lord WODEHOUSE also presented petitions against it from several places in Suff. lk. SMALL DEBTS BILL. Lord STANLEY presented petitions from Blackburn and several other places in Lancashire for the repeal of the Small Debts Bill of last year. The tradesmen con ceived that this Bill was a great injury to their interests. RAILWAYS. _ him. Mr. WYSE believed that the Committees ought to he attended, and he did not wish at all to shirk the re sponsibility which fell upon him as a Member of that Committee. Colonel WOOD said that he had received two notices of different significations, and for different purposes, and he wished to know by which of the two he was to be guided Mr. BARNEBY, Chairman of the Committee of group C railways, reported that Joseph Soames, Esq. had rot been present at the Committee until one hour after it had commenced its proceedings, but that no in convenience had resulted therefrom.—(Laughter.) Lord G. SOMERSET said that as the circumstances were the same, the proceedings must be the same as in the last case. The matter then dropped. NEW WRIT FOR LEOMINSTER. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved for a new writ for the borough of Leominster, in the place of Mr. Greenaway. THE DEVONPORT COKE AND GAS BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this Bill being made, Mr. HUME moved as an amendment that this Bill should be read a third time that day six months. Dr. BOWRING supported the amendment. Sir GEORGE GREY spcke in favour of the third leading, stating that the question was already decided by the Committee. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the Bill was read a third time and passed. PLYMOUTH AND -STONEHOUSE GAS BILL. The Plymouth and Storehouse Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. WEST LONDON RAILWAY BILL. On the motion of Mr. MANGLES the West London Railway Bill wss read a first time. NORTHUMBERLAND RAILWAY BILL. The Northumberland Railway Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a Select Committee. BOSTON RAILWAY. The Boston Railway Bill was read a first time. BARNSLEY JUNCTION LINE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. STEWART WORTLEY presented a petition against the Barnsley Junction Railway. Mr. DUNCAN presented a similar petition. GLOUCETER AND CARLISLE LINE. Mr. BOUVERIE presented a petition in reference to this Bill, but whether for or against we could not hear. SOUTH-EASTERN LINE. Mr. AINSWORTH asked for leaue to bring in a Bill for the formation of a Maidstone and Rochdale branch on the South-Eastern line. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY EXTENSION. Sir R. 11. INGLIS presented a petition from the heads of the Oxford University, praying that the House would .sanction the Great Western Railway Extension from Oxford to Rugby, in preference to the one proposed by the Birmingham Company. THE RAILWAY COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a nobleman in Ireland, which was prompted by a tenant of his in consequence of the line entirely destroying his farm. He also presented a petition from the siter of a nobleman, who complained that the line of the proposed railway would not only pass through the gar dens of the cottagers in which she resided, but would also cut off all the supplies of water from the whole of the village. This and so many other instances of trespassing on private property, that he should feel it his duty to-morrow, to take the sense of the House upon several clauses of the new Railway Bill, which in his opinion went to systematise this encroachment on private pro perty. I SHERIFFS' BILL (WALES). On the motion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE this Bill was read a second time. [LEFT SITTING.] Mr. T. DUNCOMBE rose to move, according to notice, a resolution to rescind the eleventh section of standing order, No. 87, which requires Committees on Railway Bills to make a special report of the reasons, which induce the Committees to adopt or reject the recommendation of the Board of Trade. In asking the House to concur with him in rescinding the standing order, he would state his conviction that the time bad come when the House should understand more particularly what was the relation in which the Committees of the house were placed with the Board of Trade by that order. (Hear, hear.) The questions involved in the numerous Bills upon which the Board of Trade had to decide affected property to the amount of ene hundred millions sterling, and four thousand miles of railway.—(Hear, hear.) By the decision of the Committee of the Board of Trade the fortune or the ruin of thousands would be determined.—(Hear.) lie thought, therefore, that the time had arrived when the House and the country should know whether tlie Committees of the House of Commons should be merely the puppets of the Board of Trade. It was time it should he known whether those Committees were to be responsible to the House and the public, or to a subordinate branch of a subordinate department of the Government. — (Hear, hear.) He did not very well know how the railway department of the Board of Trade was to get through its business.—(Hear, hear.) By this arrangement they would have 23 speeches of council for the petitioning parties ; 23 speeches more for the opposing parties, and 23 speeches more in reply, and in addition there would be a third party—the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, represented by the Hon. Baronet opposite (Sir G. Clarke) who would have to state the reasons why a particular line was chosen. The other day the Speaker called the attention of the House to a clause in the Midland Railway Exten sion Bill, by which power was given to the Company to make branches, and to take lands without giving :notice owners. He had been given to understand that the Board of Trade had been made cognisant of this clause, and yet they never drew the attention of Par liament to it at all. He contended, then, that in that ease the Board had neglected its duty. He also con tended that the Board had act( d the part of partisans, arid their reports were totally unworthy of consi deration by the Committees on the Hallway Bills. Unless it was to put the Committee of this House in subordination to the railway department, there was no necessity for passing that resolution at the time it was passed. He did not see the power that was vested in the railway department of the Eoard of Trade to Ga zette their intentions to report favourably or unfavour ably of Lily Bill, from whichvery bad consequences arose. The Hon. Member then proceeded to read a list of the names of lines reported against by the Committees, and the expenes incurred each day by the respec tive parties in each Bill, and contended that it was not fair or just to have such expenses entailed un less the report were favourable to the line. He further remarked that it was impossible that the Noble Lord opposite could attend to all the business of the Board of Trade, and therefore it had become a matter of necessity to employ subordinates, to whom a greater part of the business was left. The Noble Lord bad entered into some explanation upon this subject by mentioning a coalition that it was intended should take place between that and an other department by which greater facilities for the despatch of business would be offered, but no such coalition appeared to have been heard of at the Board of Trade. tie then called attention to the reports on the London and Yoak and the Non castle and Berwick lines, and said that a main trunk line had been divided between three different companies on one of their lines, but the noise kept up by the conversation going on be tween lion. Members on the beaches on both sides ren dered the Hon. Gentleman almost inaudible in the gallery. Now if the Board of Trade were to lay down one prin ciple of guidance one day and another principle another day, it would be impossible to place any degree of con fidence in their reports. They decided in favour of the London and York, with a view to the interests of the agriculturists—of the farmers on the line, and they proposed to send the general public, who wished to go direct to York, round by Cambridge. And why ? That they migkt bring the traffic on to the Eastern Counties line. He believe d that unless the House was determined to assert its own dignity, that nothing would result from the establishment of that Board. Sir G. CLARK could not admit that the reports of the Board of Trade upon the railway questions submitted to them had given dissatisfaction to the country. He believed, on the eontrary, that they had given satisfaction to all the country except those persons who have an illegal interest in the Bills against which the Beard reported.—(Hear, hear.) For his part he would bear testimony to the ability and assiduity with which his Noble Friend Lord Dalhousie had inves tigated the questions submitted to the Committee under his management. FOREIGN SPECULATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,-lYou are severe upon poor John Bull's " gulli bility," hut certainly justly so. If it was not for the sake of innocent children and poor wives (who are sure to be the eventual sufferers when the crash comes), men who persist in lending money to foreigners really do not deserve the repeated cautions given by yourself and other journalists. It is hardly credible that men who must re member some of the dreadful miseries to families that arose from foreign speculation in 1825 and 1826 (though many, perhaps, have gone to their last home), losing sight of all previous example, seem bent upon giving (for any eventual return is out of all question) enormous sums to companies they know nothing of; and for pur peses for which they have no guarantee will be carried out, and moreover to the great injury of English specu lation. Sir, Ido not apprehend much, if any, serious injury will arise from English railway speculation, though, perhaps, some inconvenience, fora time;—many of w hy, as fast as calls a re ma d e, t h e money the lines applied fo r to Parliame ht will not b e carr i e d out at ell ma n y will be postponed until next session; and the s uccessful lines, suppose they require man willing and able t o wor k, f u ll em anufacturers, full empl oyment to s spent—mind, zu our own county—giving f u ll employ impli.fleoor3, , employ ment millions , eton t for every m agricul turists, improving the revenue cheerfully, by increased consumption, creating a strong probability of further reduction of taxation, reduction of the national debt, and, better still, little occasion for the cruel New Poor law. Yet all th is interminable p ros pect of prosperity must be lost, because men are not satisfied with spend • ing their money at home. I can see plenty of employ ment for money at home for years to come, and safely. There is plenty of room for investment of money in Ire land, Wales, and Sc otland, in railwa y s . You can explain all this much better t han I can, end p ra y do it; urge upon o te to be paid. R em i n d , safe, is b e tt er th an twenty the foolish men, w ith mone y in hand, asking " who'll have them of the money len t to re p udiatin g N orth America; remind them of the s ums s p ent in mines in So uth Ame rica, Spanish Bonds, Portuguese Bonds, and a host of others; then, if that will not stop the madness at present existing for foreign investments, the case is indeed hope- less.—Yours, &c., A MECHANIC AND SUFFERER IN 1825. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions against any further grant to Maynooth, and from Stirling against the sale of intoxicating liquors on Sundays. The Earl of WINCIIILSEA presented a large num ber of petitions from the counties of York and Somer set, against the Maynooth grant. The Noble Earl at the same time presented petitions against intemperance and the unions of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. Several other Noble Lords presented petitions against the Government proposition respecting the College of Maynooth, Mr. Sergeant KINGLARE moved for a new trial in this case, which was a breach of promise of marriage. The circumstances were fully reported when the action was tried. The plaintiff had recovered 7001. damages. The grounds stated were that the evidence produced at the trial relative to the income of the defendant, who was a lieutenant in the army, was not correct ; that the state ments made as to his keeping five horses were without foundation ; and that the defendant had acted a most pru. dent part in breaking off the match with the young lady, when he discovered that his income did not amount to more than 2501. a year. Lord DENIIAN refused the rule. TROTTING MATCH—BOWLES V. MILBOURNE. Mr. V. LEE moved for a rule for a new trial in this case. The action was tried in London, and a verdict given for the defendant. It appeared that a wager for 50/. a side, for a trotting match, was laid between the plaintiff and another party, and that 201. a side was placed in the hands of the defendant, for the pui pose of securing the performance of the wager. Previous, how ever, to its cowing off, the plaintiff' demanded from the stake-holder (the defendant) the money which he had placed in his hands, which the latter rt fused to give up. The plaintiff then brought his action, but a verdict passed for the defendant. It would appear according to the argument of the Learned Counsel that the principle upon which the verdict passed did not fairly apply in this case, and he, therefore, contended that the plaintiff ought to h sve recovered.—Rule nisi granted. Mr. Rountsort stated that in this case an indictment had been preferred against the defendant for certain slanderous words he had spoken of and concerning the Mayor of Yarmouth. To this indictment the de• fendant had pleaded not guilty, but he was now an xious to withdraw that plea, and plead guilty, and he hal also instructed him (Mr. Robinson) to express his (defendant's) regret that he had made use of the words complained of. Mr. MARTIN said that he appeared on the part of the prosecutor, who had felt himself compelled to insti tute the present proceedings, in doing which he was not actuated by any personal feelings toward the de fendant, and after the expression of regret which the defendant's counsel had made, he was willing to forego all further proceedings against him on payment of the costs. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE—Very well. LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS. On Saturday, Mr. Elias Ben field, a merchant, resid ing in Great Tower-street, was indicted for having assaulted the Hon. Captain Charles T_,_=wis, of the Grena dier Guards, on the evening of the 31st of March, and for obstructing a detachment of the Guards as it pro ceeded from the Tower to the Bank. The defendant, it appeared, was standing on the pavement talking to a friend, when the picquet passed ; the foremost soldier requested him to move on one side, and then endea voured, by laying his hand on his shoulder, to put him on one side ; the defendant refusing, was about to be forced off by the soldiers, when he laid hold of Captain Lewis and pushed him into the middle of the road, and then struck him violently over the head several times with a piece of rough wood, which he held in his hand. Mr. O'BRIEN, on behalf of the defendant, said he was anxious to plead guilty to the charge, and to express his deep regret for the assault he had committed. From several serious domestic calamities the defendant at times evinced great irritability of temper, and to that he attributed the uncalled-for attack. _ _ _ Captain Lewis had consented to withdraw tills charge on condition that .51. were presented by him to some charity. The RECORDER congratulated the complainant on the kindness of feeling which he had shown to the defendant. It was a very sericus offence, but he would not stand in the way of the complainant's mercy, and therefore should only bind the defendant to keep the peace. Captain Lewis requested the 51. might be put into the poor-box of the Mansion House. On Saturday Mr. Lewis, of the firm of Israel and Lewis, sheriff's officers, Strand, attended before Mr. Alderman Farebrother for further examination, on the complaint cf Mr. W. Cole, of Clapham, for substituting a gold watch and diamond ring for similar articles of greater value, the property of Frederick Lindsay Cole, seized under an execution for debt. The evidence pre viously taken was read over, showing that the effects seized by the sheriff having been advertised for sale by auction by Mr. Izod, the complainant employed a broker to purchase certain articles. He bought only the diamond ring. Upon seeing it Mr. W. Cole found it was not his brother's, and waited upon Mr. Izod, who said the ring would be sold at a future time, and offered to return the money if the ring produced had been purchased in error. From the evidence of Mr. Harding, a solicitor, it ap • geared that the defendant, who acted as a sheriff's officer, sold him the ring by private contract. He gave 20/. for the watch and ring. On the evening of the same day, or the next morning, Lewis asked him to allow the ring and watch to pass through the sale as a matter of form, as that would be more regular. No application, however, was made for the articles till after the sale, when Mr. hod by letter, and Mr. Lewis in person, applied for them, that they might be sold by auction and bought in. Mr. Harding parted with them for that purpose, receiving Lewis's written undertaking to return them or forfeit 501. At the sale they produced 32/. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER, after consulting with the City solicitor, pronounced his decision from a minute drawn up by the latter. He said Lewis, it was admitted, had lawful possession on behalf of the Sheriff, and the right to the property remained in Cole, as the lawful owner. The officer had a right to sell the articles to Mr. Harding for 20/, if he intended to account for the money to the Sheriff. If he intended to suppress the fact of that sale, and to appropriate the money to his own use, that mo ment he completed the offence, and no act of the parties subsequently could alter the character of it. It was immaterial what Lewis had subsequently done r.ith Mr. hod or Mr. Harding, to endeavour to recover the pos session of the ring, after inquiries respecting it had been instituted. If it were a bona fide sale of the ring to Mr. Harding, there could be no reason for inserting the article in the catalogue, and by doing so strong evidence was afforded that the former sale was a fraudulent con version, and not a bona fide sale. A jury roust determine the intention of the officer, and he should require him to find sureties to answer any charge that might be pre ferred at the sessions. Mr. Manning said, if the officer had been irregular in his proceedings, that would not subject him to be con victed of felony.—The defendant was bailed. A person who gave his name as William Pearce, was charged with obtaining money by false pretences from the proprietors of the Morning Advertiser newspaper. Dr. SHERIDAN, the editor, began to state his charge, when the prisoner interrupted him to assure the magis trate that the charge was scandalous, malicious, and ab surd, and was an attack on his reputation, which he de fied him to prove. Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL entreated him to be quiet till the complaint was made. Dr. SHERIDAN stated that he charged the prisoner with sending to the newspaper a fabricated account of an in quest, which was not holden till the following day, and which did not give the verdict the prisoner had antici pated. lie had a clerk to prove that the prisoner de manded and received 2s. for his false account, and he had a reporter to show when the inquest was really holden and what the result was. lie did not, however, wish to press the charge against the prisoner, but merely to show that these tricks were not to be played. The prisoner said he had borne a good character on the press for 24 years. Sir CHAPMAN said, as Dr. Sheridan had kindly with drawn the charge, it was unnecessary to go further into the matter, and he discharged the prisoner. BO W-STREET. CHARGE OF SIjOGLING.-CAUTION TO STEWARDS OF VESSELS.-A man named John Murphy, who stated that he was second steward on board the City of Bou logne steamer, now moored near the Custom-house, was placed at the bar before Mr. Jardine, charged R ith smuggling on shore a bottle of French brandy, with in tent to defraud her Majesty's customs of the duty. A constable of the Thames Police proved that about seven o'clock on Friday evening he was walking along the Strand, when he met the prisoner carrying a bundle in his hand. He asked him what it contained ? to which he replied, nothing, except dirty linen ; but suspecting there must be something more valuable than he stated, witness inquired whether he had not some brandy about him, to which he answer e d th at h e had a little. Witness insisted on seeing it, and for that purpose took him down Milford-lane, where, on search ing him, he found the bottle of brandy he now produced in his side-pocket, which he said he bad brought ashore for the purpose of drinking with a friend he was going to visit. Witness then took him before the inspector, by whose directions he was detained, and the goods were seized. The prisoner in his defence said he cer tainly brought ashore half a bottle of brandy, or there abouts, in order to treat a friend ; but not wishing to take it to him unless it was full, he went to a shop where he had it replenished, but on his coming out he unluckily met the constable, who questioned him, and he admitted immediately that he had the brandy. He had no inten tion of disposing of it. Mr. JARDINE asked whether the practice of conveying goods ashore from the foreign steam boats was carried on to any great extent? The Inspector replied, that he believed there were im mense quantities landed at various times. Mr. JARDINE said, if such were the case, the only means to be adopted for stopping these proceedings was to make such persons who were detected feel how ex pensive it was to treat their friends to smuggled brandy. However, as this was the first case of the kind brought before him, he would mitigate the penalty from 5/. to 20s. or in default he must commit the prisoner for a month. Murphy stated that the bottle was only half full of smuggled brandy when he came ashore. Mr. JARDINE said, that if there had been only a single glass in the bottle, he would have been just as culpable as if he conveyed ashore a large quantity. The prisoner paid the fine, and was discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BEGGING LETTER GANG.— Charles Jarratt alias Con ten, Philip Musgrove alias Richard Wright, and Robert Owen, were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged by the Mendicity Society with being confederated together for the purpose of obtaining charitable contributions from the nobility and gentry, by means of false and fraudu lent pretences. The Earl of Listowel and Mr. Bailey, M.P., were present to prefer charges of imposition ag ainst the prisoners. The two first prisone rs were taken into custody in the derived from the unestimated profit of the Railway on an average of three years. Adjourned to Twelve o'clock to-morrow. TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING. six O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 5 agst Idas 7 to 2 agst John Day's lot. 4 to 1 agst any other. CHESTER CUP. 9 to 1 agst Obscurity 10 to 1 agst Semiseria 10 to 1 agst Ould Ireland 16 to 1 agst Era 20 to 1 agst Portrait 20 to 1 agst Trueboy 25 to 1 agst Winee.our 30 to 1 agst Ratan DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Idas 9 to 1 agst Alarm 12 to 1 agst Weatherbit 16 to 1 agst Pam 20 to 1 agst Clear-the-Way 25 to 1 agst Winehelsea 25 to 1 agst Pantasa 30 to 1 agst Old England SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS, FROM TUE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Whenever Lord John Russell shall bring on for discussion his Resolutions touching the condition of the Labouring Classes (which stand at present for the IQt of May), we hope the House of Commons will be induced to give to the whole subject a fair and earnest discussion. In the entire range of English politics there is no question more vitally connected not only with the general welfare of the State, but with the well-being of every particular interest of whieh it is composed—than what shall be done during the next ten years towards elevating and improving the condition of the great mass of our population ? It may not be easy to answer it—but it is obvious enough that it must be answered, and that without much further delay. Taking only the commercial aspect of the subject—con sidering the labouring classes only as they are sub servient to the support and advancement of English commerce, their condition urgently demands, and affords scope for, very extensive improvement. The minute and extensive Parliamentary inquiries instituted during the last few years into the sanatory state of the populous districts in which our chief manufactures are carried on have made gene rally accessible a large amount of new and valuable informa tion concerning the merely physical causes in operation affect ' ing the health, morals, and general intelligence of the working classes ; and we believe that among those I whose attention has been directed to the results of these inquiries, no doubt is now entertained, that, indepen dently of all other measures, the condition of by far the greater portion of the inhabitants of these districts admits of very material improvement by the adoption only of arrangements for the better construction, cleansing, and lighting of their dwellings, and supplying them more efficiently with air and water, Serious difficulties, It will be said, present themselves in the application of these new ar rangements. This, of course, must be anticipated. There are difficulties in the way of every great im provement. The first and greatest will, in this case, probably be found even in the habits and prejudices of the labouring classes themselves ; and others may arise from an occasionally necessary interference with rights of property found to be identified with the continuance of old arrangements. But there is nothing in these, or in any other obstacles which can be fairly anticipated in doing what is most clearly expedient for the improvement of our large towns and populous districtsts, which ought to stand in the way of an immediate commencement of practical measures. Free trade—emigration—education—have each their special op ponents upon grounds more or less tangible, and, for one reason or other, perhaps, not easily dealt with ; but it is not very likely that any influential class or party will be found to offer any serious opposition to the better lighting, cleansing, and ventilating of the working man's dwell ing. It is, we believe, only necessary for the middle and upper classes to earnestly devote some little time and attention to the subject in the exercise of the Legislative au thority, imperial and municipal, which has been placed in their hands for the benefit of all, in order to carry into effect, within a few years, every one of the recommendations hi therto offered to the Legislature by the Health of Towns Committee. It is the more important to direct public atten tion to this portion of the physical aspect of the condition of the labouring poor, as it has evidently not yet received nearly the consideration it merits. Not only is defective sewerage, ventilation, and cleanliness constantly marked by the prevalence of fever among t h ese subjected to its in fluence, but it is productive of indirect effects upon the social economy of the population, which, though less obvious, are still more important and extensive in their operation. It is now established beyond doubt, that, chiefly from this class of causes, the lives of labourers and artisans are commonly shorter by one-fourth, er even one-third, than those of the classes comparatively exempted from them. And during life, besides the suffering endured by the individuals, a large additional burden is thrown upon charitable institutions, hospi tals, and dispensaries—whilst the early death of parents leaves a great number of children without a natural guide or protecter, diminishes their chance of receiving a proper training, facilitates their falling into crime, and in some shape or other almost inevitably makes them a burden on the public. A diminution of bodily health and vigour tends everywhere strongly to the destruction of habits of industry, and interferes, with overwhelming in fluence, to prevent the development of that intelligence, independence, and spirit, which the friends of the working classes of society so much lament their want of. Physical produces mental depression, and the mind shares the dulness and apathy forced upon ti!. body. Thus, the lowest stage of wretchedness is usually accompanied by the least sensibility to it, and often by an entire absence of desire to escape from the consequent degradation. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE GREAT REVENUE CASE—THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL r. SMITH. At the sitting of their Lordships this morning, THE SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he had to show cause against a peremptory rule obtained by his Learned Friend, Mr. Kelly, for a writ of distringas, commanding the Sheriff of Middlesex, on or before the 22d day of April, to take five or more of the gentlemen who were to form the special jury on Wednesday in the important case of the Attorney-General v. Smith, over the defendants' ex tensive distillery in Whitechapel, for the purpose of examin ing the works and mach nery. Now he had the greatest objection to such a course. and, if it was granted in this in stance, it could not be refused in others. The Lonn CHIEF BARON—The first question is, whether the court have power to grant the application, if the Crown refuses its assent. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was of opinion that the court had not the power. The LORD CHIEF BARON—There have been cases of a jury going to look at a horse, or a house, but that was by consent of parties. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—Does the Crown object to the jury viewing the premises? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL-4'es certainly, my Lord. The LORD CHIEF BARON—Then, under these circum stances, I am convinced the Court has no authority, by statute or common law, to make the order. When a rule nisi was granted, it was only granted on the supposition that the Crown would not object. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—The jury will have the model explained to them on the trial, and it will only confuse their minds if they see the premises, and he believed there was no necessity for such an application. Mr. F. KELLY exceedingly regretted that there should be any opposition to this motion, as he considered it only fair and reasonable. Ile certainly was not prepared with any authority bearing on the case, but in a celebrated horse cause, not long since, the Learned Judge suggested that " Running Rein," the winner of the Derby, should be produced for the inspection of the jury. The Sol-lawn-GENERAL—Yes, but the horse was net produced. Mr. Baron ALDERSON—And the principal object in the case referred to was, for the witnesses to have an opportunity of identifying the horse. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL strongly condemned their appli cation to the Court, the evident object of which was to create a prejudice against the Crown proceedings and in favour of the defendant. Mr. F. KELLY urged, at considerable length, that it was a case in which the Court ouf,ht to grant the order prayed for. The Lon]) CIIIEF BARON—We are decidedly of opinion that the Court has not the power to grant the application ; but, if we had, just on the eve of the trial, it would most likely be impracticable, and certainly unjust towards the Sheriff, his officers, and the jury, to call upon them to as semble, without reasonable notice. The trial takes place on Wednesday, and when the jury are in the box, the applica tion (if it is thought advisable) can be renewed, and, if acceded to, they may be accompanied by an officer of the Court. After considerable discussion the Court refused to make any order for the jury to view the premises, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said there were two other Ex cise informations against James George Smith, and bewished to mention to their Lordships that it was the wish of the law officers of the Crown that they should be decided by trial at bar. The LORD CHIEF BARON—You had better name the subject again on Wednesday. IM PERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. NEW WRIT FOR DENBIGHSHIRE. On the motion of Mr. YOUNG, a new writ was or dered for the county of Denbigh, in the room of Sir W. W. Wynn, who had accepted the office of steward of one of her Majesty's manorial courts in the said county. NEW WRIT FOR PEEBLESIIIRE. On the motion of the same Ho`. AIENBER, a new writ was ordered for the county of Peebles, in the room of W. Forbt s Mackenzie, Esq., who had been appointed one of the Lords of the Admiralty. The Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Bill was read a seccnd time. The Chester and Holyhead Extension Railway Bill was read a second time. THE SOUTHAMPTON AM) DORCHESTER RAILWAY. On the question being put for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. COMPTON moved that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. MACKINNON opposed the amendment. The Bill was to connect Southampton with Poole and Dor chester along the sea coast, and the railway was calcu lated materially to benefit the district through which it would pass. The only objection to the Bill was that the railway would pass through the New Forest, which was undoubtedly public property, and should be given for public purposes. Captain BARRIS supported the motion. Mr. G. BANKES regretted that the Board of Trade had decided in favour of the worst of two lines proposed ; but rather than have no railway at all he would nor.ote against the second reading of this Bill. Mr. F. BARING thought that the Chief Commis sioner of Woods and Forests would not oppose a railway which had been recommended by the Board of Trade if there were not strong reasons for it.--(Hear, hear.) Lord O. SOMERSET was understood to explain, in the absence of his Noble Friend at the head of the Woods and Forests, that unless some alteration were made in the B on ill a , c i c t o w u o n u t l o d f b t e he hi i s n j, (;L ry or t d he L r i a n i c l o w l a n y 's) w d o u u t l y d to oppose it, cr,,eagon to the crown lands tbrouull which it would FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, APRIL 15.—The average price of wheat in the week ending on the 12th of this month was 17f. 16c. per hectolitre, and that of rye llf. 27c. The duties on impor tation remain at 37f. 50c., on wheat and rye 21f. 50c. per 1,000 kilogrammes. The export duty on both twenty-five centimes. The Chamber of Representatives continued to- day the debate on the organisation of the army. On Sunday evening a great number of German emigrants arrived at Antwerp by the last train. They will shortly em bark for the - United States. DREADFUL ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND ROBBERY AT BIRMINGHAM.-Early on Saturday morning a dreadful attempt at murder was made on an elderly woman, at her own residence, in Cleveland-street, in the above town. It appe ars th a t the old lady, who se name is A . skew, is a w id ow , w h o lived by hersel f on a small income derivable from mill power, which she let off to a number of tenants. On Friday evening she left home to visit her son, Mr. Askew, the landlord of the Leopard, in Brierly-street. She remained there until near eleven o'clock, when she returned home to her house and went to bed by herself. About one o'clock some thieves ng removed the shutt e r from the window of the back kitchen, and h av i cut out a pane of g lass, they broke off the insid e f aste ning, and effected an e ntrance into the place. They th en procee d e d up stairs, taking with them a large poker, and entered the bed-room of Mrs. Askew, and struck her a violent blow on the head, and two other severe blows on the hands. Fortunately-, however, this violence did not take the desired effect, and the poor woman violently screamed out, upon which the robbers made their escape out of the house, having broken open some boxes, and ransac k e d the place below in search of money, which the well known habits of Mrs. Askew had led them to expect. A woman who lived in the house adjoining Mrs. Askew's, heard the screams, and went to the old lady's assistance, and found her literally covered with blo o d, i n a ver y exhausted state . A number of pol ice officers were speedily o n the spot, and tr a c k e d the thieves out o f t h e house by the marks o f b l oo d, which they lef t w ith th e i r h a nds, but they could not, however, get any c l ue to their retreat. Mrs. Askew was tilt n rem ove d to t h e G enera l Hospital, which is close to her residence, and there she received ever y necessar y attention, and afte rwar d s gave such info rmation as enabled the officers to find concealed in her house con siderable sums of money. Fifty sove reigns were found secreted creted i n her bedstead, and a few sovereigns and silver in other parts of the house. It was no doubt the knowledge that the old woman had the money con ealed, whi ch led to th e d rea dful attack upon h er life, although it would appear the parties had no knowledge of where it was concea l e d, or t h e y c ould have obtained it without difficulty. Mrs. Askew is still in the hospital, and the officers are actively engaged in search of the offenders. first instance for attempting, by means of a forged letter and petition from Mr. Best, of Greenwich, to obtain money from the Earl of Devon. , It Lppeared that it was the practice of the defendants to concoct petitions, setting fe,reh cases of great afflic tion and destitution, and to make use of the names of different clergymen, as parties recommending the cases of the petitioners to the benevolent consideration of those noblemen and gentlemen to whom the petitions were addressed. In the case of the Earl of Listowel, the name of the Rev. Mr. IN; icolay, of St. Katherine's, was used, and the petition was so plausibly drawn up, that his Lordship addressed a rote to Mr. :IN icoloy—who had offered to be the " almoner of his henna) '—enclosing a Post-office order for IL, or the relief of the alleged case of misery. The Rev. Gentleman was natu rally cut prised at receiving such a communica tion, and an explanation having taken place, a statement of the occurrence was forwarded to the office of the Mendicity Society in Red Lion square. Horsford, one of the constables, was instructed to keep a look-out for the Forties, and on Tuesday last he succeeded in falling in with them accidentally in Pall mall. Having kept a watch on the na , ,tion of Jarratt and Musgrove, he traced them to the residence of the Earl of Devon, in Berkeley-square, on Wednesday morning, and after the visit to his Lordship's house bad terminated, the constable took them into custody. It was then discovered that the defendants had been palm ing off a petition on Lord Devon precisely similar in character to that furnished to Lord Listowel, with the exception of the locality and names of the parties who furnished the recommendation. Mr. Best came forward, and on being shown the let ter and petition purporting to be in his handwriting, immediately pronounced them both to be forgeries. Jarratt denied all knowledge both of the letters and the defendant Musgrove. Almgrove said he had re ceived the letter from a man in the city that morning, who had promised him a shilling if he brought back an answer. He also declared that Jarratt was an utter stranger to him. llorsford said the defendants were not aware that lie had watched them on the day before he took them into custody to a coffee-shop in Strutton-ground, where flu y had lodged together for some time. Mr. HARDWICK said he was quite satisfied with the evidenc.? of the guilt and the connexion of the defend ants. The course of imposition they pursued was one which ought always to be visited with the rigour of the law, inasmuch as it tended to check the stream of pri vate benevolence towards real objects of commiseration. He should therefore send them to prison for three months. The third defendant, Owen, was charged with at tempting to impose on Mr:Bailey, M.P., No. 6, Bel grave-square, by means of a petition and recommenda tion from the Rev. J. Nicolay. When the defendant was searched a number of cards of noblemen and gentle men were found on him, together with an ample supply of materials for future frauds. He had &so two begging petitions, directed to the Countess of Wilton and the Earl of Bradford. _ _ _ The defendant, who shed tears, admitted his guilt. He had been driven by severe destitution into the course adopted, and he was truly ashamed of the degrading situation he had placed himself in, by connecting him self with such a gang of bad characters. Mr. HAnnwick hoped the punishment which he would now have to undergo, would have the etfcct of bringing him to a true sense of his scandalous conduct, and would induce him to seek some honest means of get • ting a livelihood. The defendant was sent to hard la bour for three months. STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, APRIL 18.--Sales during the present week have been steady, but not exten sive, and prices are firm at last week's rates. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 18.—There has been a better inquiry for most descriptions of short wool, at very firm if not improved rates. Long wool is unaltered in value, and a steady business doing in hogs, whilst wethers continue neglected. LEEns.—There has been an improvement in the markets both on Saturday and Tuesday at both our Cloth Halls; the demand has been brisk for goods of all descriptions calculated for the summer trade ; low-priced Tweeds for shipping have also gone oft' more freely than has been the case for several weeks past; there has been no alteration in prices, and the stocks of fine and middle cloths and fine Tweeus is lower than usual at this season. Many of the larger buyers have been in the town this week who have purchased freely ; the shipping trade is also improving. On the whole business is quite as good as usual in the warehouses at this period of the year. . . BRADFORD MARKET, Munn)Av.—There is nothing dif ferent either as regards the demand or prices of wool since our last. There is no marked improvement in the yarn branch, which for some time past has been very depressed. We cannot learn that there is any decided improvement in the demand for pieces to-day; yet the recent accounts brought from America being more favourable, an active business is likely to follow. MANUHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had a heavy and rather declining market for all descriptions of cloth this week, accompanied by a strong inclination to sell even below the general rates asking, but 1,0 progress can be made. It begins to be surmised that the great increase in the production and the certainty that it will also continue to increase for a long time to come, is the real cause of the recent decline. Our dyers were never so slack, at least for a long time past ; always a sign of bad home trade. Yarns are still slightly drooping, though a good quantity is now shipping.—Leeds Mercury . EXECUTION of JAMES CROWLEY. WARWICR, FRIDAY.—At least five thousand persons of the lowest of the low were mustered on this occasion to witness the dying moments of the unhappy culprit. Early in the morning the idle and dissipated of the lo caiity assembled without the prison doors. What is de nominated the " funeral sermon," was preached by the chaplain on Sunday; therefore, this morning prayers only were read in the sacred edifice. The prisoner maintained the utmost firmness through out the service, which never abandoned him to the end. To view the sad procession, had not his arms been pinioned, a casual spectator could have scarcely guessed the criminal. While the latter process was being undergone, he said in a firm voice to the officials around him, " I did not go down there with any intention of shooting that man, so help me God." About eleven o'clock, attended by the gaoler and others, be mounted the scaffold, and immediately placed himself underneath the fatal beam. Perceptibly, not a muscle moved, and though he was expected to have addressed the popu lace, the only words he uttered were to his executioner (a man from Nuneaton), to whom he said upon his ad justing the rope, "It's too forward—it's too tight—it's too much under the chin." Upon the fatal bolt being withdrawn, the body of the young man appeared for a moment in a stationary position, thus yielding for awhile, to his friends who were present, the pleasing hope that he had died without a struggle. As is usual in such cases (to their shame be it spoken) a number of females were present, and scarcely had the soul of the deceased taken its farewell flight from its earthly tabernacle, than the scaffold was crowded by members of the " gentler sex " afflicted with wens in the neck, with white swelling 9 in the knees, &c., upon whose affections the cold clammy hand of the sufferer was passed to and fro, for the benefit of his executioner. It is rumoured in Warwick that the young lady to whom Crowley was attached has given her word that many matters pertaining to his family shall be made public, in order that at least he may ensure the sympathy of his former acquaintances and the world in general. That unhappy dissensions have long existed amongst them cannot be doubted, and lamentable, indeed, is it that they should have brought the deceased to so sad and so untimely an end. The prevailing opinion is that had the plea of insanity been gone into, a verdict of man slaughter would have been returned. The memorial was signed by the parties upon the coroner's inquest, and nine out of the twelve jurymen upon his trial—the three being Mr. Jones, of Bennett's Hill (foreman), and two others, who were out of town. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS. The next mail for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, via Marseilles, will be be dispatched from London on the evening of the 24th instant. The next mail for Lisbon, Madeira, Spain, and Gib raltar, from Southampton, will be dispatched from London on the 27th instant. The next mail for Sydney, New South Wales, w be dispatched from London on the 30th instant. NOTICE TO MARINERS. LIGHTHOUSES ON THE ISLAND OF GOTHLAND. " Admiralty, 17th April, 1845, . - "Sir—With reference to my letter to you of 26th Feb., announcing that His Majesty the King of Sweden had ordered two lighthouses to be constructed on the island of Gothlar.d, in the Baltic, and that the light on the southern point would be exhibited next spring, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty to acquaint you, for the information of the Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyds that by that expression you are to understand the spring of the year 1846. " And further, that the building of the lighthouse on the northern point Rill not be commenced till the southern light has been completed.—l am, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyds." LLOYD'S COLLECTION OF CHARTS. " W. HAMILTON. The Netherlands Government has presented to the establishment of Lloyds copies of the maps and charts published in that country by official authority. STOURBRIDGE.—TnE GLASS TRADE.—On Sunday last the various glass houses of this and every other neighbourhood were relieved from the presence of the officers of the excise, and as each house required the ser vices of three officers, a considerable number of their worships will, as in the judgment of Alike in the old song, be wanting a job. No doubt many of them will rejoice at being relieved from a duty which required their presence at all hours of the night in places not cele brated for their cleanliness. Already the country teems with reports of numerous embryo establishments which are to be called into active operation forthwith, for the manufacture of glass ; and as a consequence, lead, and the other ingredients required in the manufacture, are r i s i ng i n price, but more especially the important article of fuel, on which the advance, consequent on the demand for the iron trade, is so great as to increase the cost at the various glass viorks; more than double. The great increase in the price of coals is f e lt as a ser i ous evil by a ll th e m anuf a cturers of this district, and more especially at this particular juncture by those engaged in the glass trade. The price of best coals at the pit is now 12s. 6d. and 13s. per ton.— Worcestershir e Chronicle. NEVER DESPAIR.—It is told that a maiden lady of fourscore on being asked at what age a woman ceases to think of marriage, candidly told the Interrogator that he must apply to an older woman than herself. The age at which an old man's vanity in affairs regarding the sex comes extinct Is equally dubious, A INIP UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD -- CAMBRIDGE. A Mel' Under the administration of Lords Grey a n " -; bourne, the question of reforming the two Lrniversitl:lB and ia adoring them less exclusive, made considtrµea progress, in as well as out of Parliament; Bed once confidently expected that, long before this, COn„-n. derable changes would have been made. Ihe Pr e V — i e derane, however, of such Members as form the sl at of the majority in the present Parliament, has tilt. % it back ail hope of success for some time to come, all • is highly to :he credit of that able member, Mr. Christr; that he :till perseveres. His motion, this year , 'Os for a commission of inquiry into " ail matters relating it. the privileges, revenues, trusts, and to the state of edr r d lion, learning and religion in the Universities of ford and Cambridge." f the n From the various details with which the speec h s Bon. Member for Weymouth abounded, we will se ' e lhe tew of those possessing most general interest. Regius Professorships in these Universities have ende f 5. meats 6,f 2401. each per annum; and the Arabic Pr e i . e reo sorships of 6401. There are eighteen canonries, t;,'to ben, fices, and several other preferments annese u i , e 3 variou; Professorships, and several canonries ati ac. to Headships of Colleges. The Universities itsveho perpetual copyright (if all works they publish ; chile private authors have but forty-two years. They — t he also a copy each of every work published in tots United Kingdom. They are exempt from the ets ,„"aa of mortmain. They have the peculiar powers 0f g — t 9; ink; degrees for practice in the Ecclesiastical Coerthe and with their degrees, individuals can pass tbrolig h • inns of court in considerably less time than otherifl.ty Their church patronage is immense. The Uni Ye h r ' i t be of Cambridge has in its gift 305 livings, of which has declared annual value is 113,000/. ; that of Oxford 'O3 440 livings, of the value of which there is not c e b d ; plete return ; but, if calculated upon the basis ( " Awl Cambridge return, their value will not be less 308,000/. per annum. Beside this the two insti tuti ; have the granting of privileges of the value of 173,°0 r per year to those who receive them. They hav e . 0 . 1 : 0 1) half per cent. returned by Government on the s";ato duties on degrees, which duties, with fees, are p al ' them be the individua had ls. Cod , The 'Universities at one time the monopoly 0„,",d. printing of almanacs, and charged the Stationer's tfrio pany 1,000/. per annum for its exercise. That bodf,,o, 1775, declined to make the payment ; and the Act posing a Stamp Duty upon almanacs having P aj aa shortly after, the Universities possessed sufficient in once to procure the insertion of a clause by which 1. 0 , 5001. a year each was permanently secured to th of * in the shape of the payment from the BOavu.„ s e Stamps and Taxes, and though, when the al rw duty was repealed the revenue ceased to derive eititO benefit from this source, yet the payment i s j t he I continued ; though nothing is done in return n it a way of service to the public. The Univeesities have,jiihe the Queen's printer, the sole right of printing fr om Scriptures ; and, until a recent period, their profits "hr this source amounted to about 12,000/. per annul: ll ' o S sides an additional advantage of 6,000 Z a yew: , i v drawback upon all the papers so used. When a sl e3- o, monopoly in Scotland was abolished, a short tim e j o b , by the exertions of Dr. Thomson, of of Coldst rj sse and one or two others, aided by TAe ,ere paper—Scotch Bibles being saleable here, t hat brought at greatly reduced prices into corafe,"ttet with English ones, and necessarily reduced th e I'm to the great benefit of the poor and the saving the funds—or rather the increased exertions Wi t " s ad same funds—of Bible and Missianary Sabbath-schools ; the poor having been previously 7, - p dea and the circulation of the Word of God greatly The for the profit of these great religious institutions! .or monopoly has been virtually destroyed; but the 11 : 1 t he sitics still possess, in addition to the ordinary Prt Hit i t sfe advantage of paying no paper duty; and they the like exemption upon works printed in sev'ere'' gnages. There are many particulars in which the 1-luiv e , - 6 A l het need to be reformed, in order to render them, Tiii' b *igl) in science, literature, or religion, worthy of th e of position they assume, and of the great advantag e possessi s . The main question, however, for general disctas si° the religious exclusiveness of these institution s. t ars Cambridge persons not of the church establishos en admitted to study; but, whatever their attainmeri ts ,,s;rtr not take degrees. At Oxford, subscription to the 0 0 1 y nine articles is required, and therefore they are '„ ° , tl es' excluded. It is a common notion that these $' " t here elusively church foundations, and that therefore " t jS, is no hardship in the matter. Bat the le„ c ,, - oeo that the Universities were founded by Roman Coi", - ; 03 0. and various endowments were added in Catholic " r oes Since the establishment of Protestantism, °f e es j professorships, &c., have been set up. So tliatl y ter question of right, depending upon the views iing'f the tions of the founders, Catholics and member `t o the atablishment have an equal claim, in proportifA As to endowments made by the respective founders- ~,0 0 0 Protestant Dissenters, they have no such claini; „a. many eminent men, members of the Church , ~1,.1 vccated their admission on the ground of ns t o de pediency and benefit; considering that increa se ""„,-„dicO tion would give a stimulus to learning, soften P r ' , coos° remove animosities, and produce harmony am ent i l ffietill classes of the people. Probably, ere long, the f may be met, by further additions, at the expert 6e the State, and on condition of all parties being elig,N e. l The discussion upon this question has hap . perei t oy f: portunely, we think, while the scheme of more r,f e rti• endowing a Roman Catholic College is under cogis7. 0 tion ; though no one, in or out of Parliament, 11 0 ,' - , r obr we know,hes noticed the connexion of the two. " 00 - gtst as a good point of resistance to the 2,f.a3 11 0 Bill, that some independent member should inov,.., e . t bir substitute for the whole grant, the admission o'f lies to Oxford and Cambridge, as a matter Of arising from Catholic foundations ; leaving Is 1 0 11 c elr like other denominational institutions, to voltr.itarY port.— Initehaven Herald. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—BOTANIC WATER r o la", GREASE.—When the hair is becoming thin, aril",,.e he' d ' off, the only effectual remedy, besides shaving I di ed is the use of the two above named articles, al PIP; fro w , ternately—the botanic water to cl e anse the TO') 0 scurf and as a stimulant, and the bear's gre 0 11 ; e o f t he nourisher. If any further evidence was requit virtues of bear's grease for renovating and 1/r7,1, / 111 the hair, Mr. Catiin's account o f th e qua ntity 0 ,, 0 4 ; the length of hair obtained by some o f the rican Indians, would be a sufficient answer. P e ° l o o°,, Sons, 119 and 120, Bishopsgate-stre e t, who 6- 0 " d duced the use of bear's grease in this cor A ntrY, Jill fi r :, fat and kill the ani ma l s , recommen d ti re sdre; chase none other but with their names an ni n6. t printed on the pot, or the chances, are their 01 01 7 he spurious article. All vegetable oil s a pplied to' are worse than useless. ff SIR WALTER SCOTT ON BEM:Tr.—III one O 9 p- 142 delightful descriptions of female loveliness whi fro' the pages of this interesting writer, he alludes 0 04; grant and balmy mouth and pearly set of teeth, t ts ing among the first attributes of f:'ininine beavAP o Fr e i care and conservation therefore or ornament it . s ec ts ° cions and important, cannot fail t o becomr/ °hi high interest, and our own experience indv,ces 115 , reo r s sitatingly to recommend " Rowland's (Monter Dentifrice," as an indispensable apperulege to gu' es er / o of beauty, and as calculated to licivnten and qeetb' the advantages of " B a lmy Breath," a n d " Pearli in all their beauty and perfection. t • O ° WRONG S IDE OF A S TREET .—A rernarws.- hle P of the effect which this idea has upon proper O r 091 staneed in the fa c t o f th e i mmense premises of . „ It iOe h Rundell and Brid ge , on Ludgate-hill, having lerbotlr for so long a period without finding a tenarA, 21 ', 1 " ' in the most p u bli c th oroug hf are i n Lond'en, o 'llo 4 their spacious and admirably-lighted rlleries, „ ef itv to very many trades. Aft er having br.en to let fo r bee' f, three years, during wh ic h periorfi the rental bl is t gradually reduced to a f ract i on , of what t h e ;( s oil a l n time commanded, they have been leased to a Mr . Al late of Graham and Smith, who, it would aPre 4,- l f .; connected with the late house of Everington'st selector of the varion: s Continental and British - t ecV; factures for which ;hat establishment was celeliOt an d an appointment, requiring no ordinary judgrilie,° ce to agility; and., it seems, that having acted in de n 0.-I,tio the populs' e not i on a b ove a ll u d e d to, h e i n t e nds c f o f t ile the pub to his aid by giving it the berrO% thousands he has saved in the purchase of his let °ofl r THE S HAP WICK MURDERS.—The more wretcvei vict, Sarah F reeman since her trial has assunt eu ri. l er meanour somewhat becoming her awful situst i %e 1 , understand that she has generally behaved well ° 1 „ 0: 010 sentence, displays much shrewdness in her t o and understands everything she r ea d s . Sh e has* , ' 1 ;011 made no confession, nor has she expressed a: 4eci x see any one. Her brother, nevertheless, was itan ore: see her on Sunday, when, after affirming that: iOO body was against her," she strongly asserted her 13 ",,§10, ie cence, and attempted to criminate the relative therL,'"„ t her. At present she exhibits so resolute a tone thal:t.r 09 , " hopes are entertained of her making a confession. e ese cir that her spirits are, at times, exceedingly good. 1, :"; 00 /' tion is fixed for Wednesday next.—Taunton Coorif • 0° BIRTH S. O brIt On the 15th inst., a t Di tc hl ey , t h e D uc h ess of of a son. On the 17th inst. Mrs. Augustu4 Banks Taylor, d., well, of a son. le d the On the 17th inst., at Milton-terrace, Gravesen li, -1300 p of Captain Archibad Park, of the 29th Regiinor t 0 Native Infantry, of a daughter. f 01 4 On the 18th i ns t., a t P ort l an d- p l ace, th e l a dy .0 o f Davidson, Esq., of a son. T or C. On the 18th i ns t:, th e lady o f C a pt a i n I sac l t e, .--• o f a son, still-born. Cot OP On the 19th inst., in New B r idg e - s t ree t, Mrs. 0 a daughter. or , On the 19th inst., at Clare Lodge, S:ydenhatn, 30 ' s r, li g Letts, of a son. of t ile At 4h P , At the Hyde Parsonage, Bedfordshire, the lady Edward Bullock Webster, of a son. MARRIED. 'fl a On the 17th, inst., at Leckford, Hants, Williana —4, e - Esq. ' to Emily, eldest daughter of the Rev. France ton, M.A., of liamilton-terrace, St. John's-wood. DIED. On the 15th inst., at Southerndown Giarttorgillt; Catherine James, wife of Abraham Verity, On the 15th inst., at Elm cottage, Welwyn, ger e e Batten, Esq. ; aged 87. On the 15th inst., James Cotterell, Esq., of Allen a or S Kensington, aged 69. tb etiP On the 16th inst., in Alpha-road, Reg e nt' s -park , b it , it e relict of the late Mark Paltner, Esq., of Boston, Lief; f" . ' On the 16th inst., a t B ramco t e , N o tt s , H enr y En'e. 4 Town-Clerk of Nottingham. Or, the, 17th inst., at Blackheath, Mrs. Charlotte - On the 18th inst., at Upper Tooting, Surrey, a Smith, late of Walbridge, Gloucestershire, aged 86. 7( , VOUS" London : Printed and Published by KURD() - - No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tits Sun Otgize7,4'.„ g - Strand, in the Preehact. of the Sayoy, in th e ‘'°'" Middlesex, Monday, April 21, 1845.