The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-06 00:00:00

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He was ~„....e as if some of his ancestors were to rise from their Z L 'i: s---though he had no wish in the world to see them— pot,:rte)—they woula be very much surprised at such ~' t and would strongly object to these proceedings. those 1-) NORREYS thought that notice should be given to , se persons through whose property the road was to He made, that they were about to take the land.—(Hear.) i,ccansidered that the giving of 250 yards, in addition to 100, mad ' was would be about a fifth of a mile on each side of the 'ul?e,r'ava- a monstrous power. f rr _ , tr. SOMERSET said that the Hon. Member had re ,,S,._ ea a, to clauses which had not yet come under discussion. j T on °lll d suggest that it would be better to urge objections When tb.a elauses were before the Committee. ,fr• HAYTER said, that if they intended to limit the ii 7er which the railway companies now had, they ought to ft,..',' some strong reason for so doing. The clause referred to not idly introduced, but was introduced in the model Bill !ft/reniature deliberation. It was impossible for engineers to mat.,l exactly the space which they might require. ODEHOUSE said that he was precisely in this A railway company had agreed to give a noble of his 20,0001., as a compensation for any loss that i - el l' 1 cation.a tri,, h lif or the tenants might sustain. That was a large sum ap -077t1Y, but his noble relative did not receive one sixpence a ,,,, for it was applied to a settled estate. It might be a fair „Lt:ltup,lust compensation, or it might be the worst bargain that to ', Possibly be made. If those railway schemes went e t a.,"_ s .FaY, who was to maintain the poor on the estate? It was this latter consideration alone that induced ef to k du , as the Noble Lord (Lord G. Somerset)—who con , fed the business before them in a manner which every R e o r t s° l l must admire—(Hear, hear,)—to postpone this clause.. h e I , r on ly With regard to that part of the country with which hin thought connected, bit with regard to every other part of it, s o - , t us ugh that the course to be adopted should be clearly („exPlicitly declared. tia `-aafise 20 was then postponed, and all the subsequent 11353 up to 39. On pclause 32, rel a ti ng t o th e cr o ss ing o f roa d s , b e i ng pro kr, sent A GLIONBY said he hoped the Noble Lord would con. `` I T i nsert the wo r d " highways" in this clause instead of c t rr , i 'age roads." to t i l ' G. SOMERSET intimated that he could not agree 7 14 a mendment proposed. on t o AGLIONBI expreesedhis surprise at such opposition toit,:t Part of th e N o bl e L or d, w h en a ma j or ity o f the Com aosir: had the oth er d a y d ec id e d i n f a vou r of a similar pro- I tri , . Though the clause was not the same, the principle NilNitit was was that of extending a just protection to the e 4 the cases to which the clause referred. He s oy \ s st Noble Lord had said that the effect !Sakis,"' in all cases to prevent railways from ffrovre r , toads on a level ; but that was a mistake : such Act, ti ," l B reserved to the Committee sitting on a special z Sade - r , s aY whether, in particular cases, roads should be esr e e a level, or whether the public safety could be Be kaa W4 hout such a provision.—(llear, hear.) There were the f oo tpaths by which children were accustomed to go to le shore, or ;ther places for amusement ; and where a NtiT ad was made for their accommodation, he was told Prot so „arly cases not even a policeman was placed there to la -he public. He had consulted the agent of one of the ,014 est railways, and also one of the ablest engineers in the Palai tr Y , both of whom told him they had for years felt that the al leti e l were not sufficiently protected. He had asked them all M e er the necessity of having bridges or conduits would at ssierfere with the progress of the railway business ; the ie 7 „„ w ,a B ,, that it would not interfere with it in the least. and t li"'ic were often driven to use a ladder in ascending Flat n, -set uding when they crossed a railway. He maintained at ai,i'eY ought not to be put to such an inconvenience. If 46' not succeed in inserting the word " highways" gene -4 li,,' 11 ,e should propose to insert in clause 44 these words or b r i s 'uroisany shall make convenient ascents and descents, aflie r ,7ges, or bridges over, or culverts under, the railway, slial s ," ll sc essary for the convenience of the public." Another tass 4 Which had been suggested to him was :—" And in those ts tde Where bridges either under or over can be conveniently , t tr i ,f t , r . l ti are reasonably required, the company shall, on the is . I Tion of two justices of the peace, construct such bridges Ban e i ci t t such ascending and descending approaches." The 'fa . - ember concluded by proposing to substitute ka') "high instead of'' carriage roads:' Ne s t. t il • PALMER agreed with the Hon. Gentleman on this % a i d • The case of bridle roads was one well deserving the sZ ati uu• He should suggest a reference to justices in at t -- -; of footways. L its . '. E m ,GERTON supported the amendment. . ;"'defi;" . ,_ 'YES thought it advisable to make the public Acts 'atter as possible, and to leave to the Committees on pia lis r l a, as little latitude as possible.—(Hear.) eltass,'RßY thought that the preservation of the foot ., k 'alii ,i lt s of the greatest importance. If there was not some -74T ' s pa to compel the companies to make proper ways in klqtl4l,l the paths which they intercepted or destroyed, ZIA in",!Y Butt carry their road across a path, and then make ~.'1 14 4; t he ings . on both sides, and leave it to those who 4 11,1„,„: 1 footpath to find their way as they could across the us ltl t , when the train was coming ?—alear.) Nl * '''LF4'Y approved of the proposition of the Hon. ,eros e for Cockermouth. It would be a most valuable im ;411%4,3-14%10 bring every footway before the Committee, as -.s carriage-way, as those who used the footways atr't„,,ast able to take care of themselves.—(Hear.) tal i s . ,7 1 ' PATTEN thought the amendment would do no L 11 % .." 4 ,5s the suggestion ' of his Hon. Friend the Member 'fit tokpaire (Mr. R. Palmer) were adopted. It would be % tub: 4l7 e it to persons on the spot to say whether the t t% • , 4r ,, o b,,, T ri g .7 s t o t ul i d n be ro e p r o o p s s i s n e g d e tha n t et the inquiry _444Z4l,wir footways should al take place in the Committee, he e t iN ilns Bl l to occasion expense to the companies , but h I "ei ~- 4 , ",.ailve the expense of the companies at the expense I t .'N 07 4 c---(Hear.) olllev n ;'• S OMERSET thought that the amendment would of salt ti , 4 Principle which the Committee would find very Volut - %Try out.—(Hear, hear.) However, as the sense Qopp o teniber s seemed so strongly in its favour, he would by l4 se se it. But he would propose either as a new clause, 4 til e tilddition to this, a provision such as was suggested kL i rliw a ° „ ll . Member for Berkshire. That clause could not Ikt„ eg i ,"? in a minute, and he would take time until the (11:1 - . 1 ' of the report to prepare it. At present he would I t. " Aid, t h,e insertion of the words in the Hon. Member's Nil*. J A l l ,ny's) amendment. li tt ilie -- :1 1 ..8 said, there could be no question whatever Vel e z o l i gnts of foot-passengers were equally importan tas s ie lON Persons who could afford to carriag eskeep ''th ° ngratulated the Hon. Member for Cockermouth k % toi l • Ilk t ' Wee which he had pursued. kZee ltd ",,,SON wished to express his opinion in favour of ll tt 'e t ti 01 •.ent. Foot-passengers had just as much right to 4 4 44 t1 e e 48 any other class of passengers. He e h e a n d v s e ee ni n en o e n e I t 4 fr ot :1 1 and Birmingham Railway gre e a t t ien in tre. ,e'e want of sufficient accommod for foot-pas. ki k tee tv ,t Harrow they had to go down steps on the one side, lo b ries t t ' en the other, and this he thought was extremely til:i t i s l 5; t he public safety. He would refer these matters, lli, he ft i .,!nstan ce to two justices on the spot, and hen let l ie ila rte - t e i t , etr ed, as other cases were, to quarter sessions. At Vas '"e, he wished to give every facility to railways. tios t ! 1(4, one of those who wished to offer still h any k 4 lidy :Pediments to these great projects, but r fast e .suggestion of the Hon. Member for Cocker hit 411,ktwithNBY his entire app ishedrobatito on. insert a clause affect the a - 44.", 4) , said he w leaving it to , an equitable tribunal to say whe -1414: ell resities of the public required any sacrifices to be ki t , ki q. t e, Part of the railway. k , r ati o t 8 001SIERSET said lie would consider what . other 447 est %would be required, and then frame a special clause it fas Ilas• ern as well as the views of the Hon. Member oppo • lig; s o - a aPecial clause he should submit to the Board of Ceri r ;`, l f, it were approved of by them . he would propose 4 1441 ," Committee, or on the bringing-up of the report. Ahm, Sl ,/iTHORP objected to the paragraph in the , 84 to - ,1 i mposed a penalty of 405. upon officers who ne k%, .q., 11,,,`,', 5 5e those gates which were entrusted to them, tVeir i i `sought it was not sufficiently heavy. This was , t hso2,t sti l .,, u tPted by the House, some few years ago, in the 11 4 ,,aat t ,, " are called " public conveniences," but what he k t hte; 4ll tes ere '.l More nuisances." He meant omnibuses.— ? More impudent fellows than those who drove 4 11 4 1 e" could hardly be met with, and when the penalty 6 „ ~,: them was Only 405., the evi t l . w t a t s e Te fo v r er fi a n b e at a e c d : Ni l ea k it t lt, u , v g e l l f .' t i h rn e p i r l is e ol l i i m ge e n n c t e w o those subs l fellows 'l )4 t mt th - o - ' he should like to sea the same principle ap .atit,.AGLlast of railways. ,41(1i?said - another paragraph in this clause ttiht'sa Fade violation of his views. The part to which he ,S"sa , s ll ttl e , i l compulsory for railway companies to build 141 , 411 v ,7;ul nothing about gates, or men to mind them. Lab ger is - ' s ued to establish ths inciple—that the foot l` a Ou.:' °4l (l be protected in e the r same way as the car iNis namely, -- namely, by putting up gates; and where „.11,14110Cng4t necessary, placing officers to mind . them. "ki t bese - g °Nv arguing in favour of any point by which he I , ,i s fa tow - t himself; his sole object was that the 5' 4 04 1 ; 4 have a right to have gates at all tilli,%._th ere weree f ootpa th s , an d men at those gates L . , aPot ql r Y• Now, h e wou ld ask the Noble Lord, were Zfltos ls t“fireds of cases where human life was endangered 17_,k, , n s ee of these precautions?—(Hear, hear.) He t tss 0 to t z attempts that had been made by certain Ot L teol b ,u Stop up these footpaths altogether, they tlaajmass - ,., - , auch nuisances ; and he quite agreed IN c 't il l ,„' them were • but though they were such, yet ) )tt o r s t :ll l ,7 li i r 4 er i f ‘ s necessary for the use of the public, and no ~3 attended to. Now he would ask, was R t e alli c h gate or other protection at both ends of a foot "as ass through a populous town, 4 ' 3 %I I s td b tLitit and ~ Y r ailway? On such footways, men and ~to. ou,eu..fidren were continually passing, and it was 4 44": . tl i :oat the publication of the starting and arriving % 1, 6 ' ra inssufficient warning. Therefore, he ~_ i xv a was requiring the erection of thee t `, 4 th ea " i : sas, :Ler o al c c e fi a ra use where necessary, and then tPlItio t o l° 0 ;al justices the detail. He begged to move h:,4 4 . Ait t ,,,, the words " highways" for " carriage-ways." ,laia: r td e ' doubted very much if even that would have kl.ssen,,t a fi t, far he could not see what use a gate would 4R,,a0t, , w. S63 a s ll to mind I t iglar t al sh '''RSET conceived that if the Hon. Member's f it t oti ng ic.)19(1 be agreed to, it would have the effect o kt lP etet" a b l e lw aYs altogetherleast, if . a line of , s a s ny if Ito % kli be n cr made l it it would be rendered almost useie L ale,.'al, It o - t ?ssed by four or five hundred gates, and men r. - "pt vr, '; s kept up at the expense of the company. He liZta',„qtpX., ll ,ot a stile be sufficient ? th ( Zeo „ n `i. so - 5 y,,,-- How was a horse to cross a style ? qt'e a 7 tll (l e ,,, -c4 tSET—Where there were bridle reads r, 7 es. -43 ; but foot paths were not necessary in 'qi it)4;4 olto, 144,..1,4„4 souts, L - -The Bill contained no provision for ililie,„ -e ndr e ." 4 SET could assure the Hon. Member that (p;. '" 4 B ; - ,7, 1 - were inserted, it would be found to be so tame d ,lbe r - ult,t it would be rendered nugatory by A lt ~,t(oh " ,a e, s , vl i exceptions that would be intro the"4l l z „, - ater li h e lived that, giving the power proposed by 4„ 4, de o , „ to local justices, more real harm than good h o 'ala l isse w ould " i t Public. On the whole he did hope that N victe not agree to this proposition, and if it 11,..kr, Ann al tu it he would resist it, for he conceived it ili g .7 4 e OLIO - 2,7 v ,, i8 ed course to adopt. IkOsis te kittlit . 1 11 1 , 1. thought it would be better for the le 44 4 . /,.' at it was ill-advised, than that it had been Rh 4 , I c „ , . ;tiles were to be made, he would ask why th s ,, ti t 1 , de o ,„ , And surely, if local justices were 11 . 42!e tt riclg o ; e ' _ competent' to decide as to V Z‘lty ,e(114411, n ere and were not necessary, t':v"!tati,sr a to gir e°Rl Petent to form a judgment as to the "Ide t rli th. r-- (Hear.) Clause 49 had been alluded to L h ° III 18 a3e ,s•ip, 4 4 y f or „ , and on referring to it he found it L `tstr-(,, 4' o d oubt protection protection of the owners of land, and `% Al? tar hear vt they would take care of them tliNtZ(ll4 )bui Were the public to have no pro tt,ti'i,lit , po Witit r ' th il _ e ar-) On the whole, ho was so strongly .. It` NI t . 11 (1 aio justice and fairness of his proposition, House . upon it, for he conceived he : 1 : 1 4,* i CA tt , t Y bi nl i .. ll l , tle MA, t., ' ADArg‘: u - not doing so. "IT a nd 'Whi c h ' l 4 said that it was not the 49th st,la st ti le his Noble Friend referred, but to the li t? 1 / a ase lltic l it 44 e, th clauses. The clauses were perfectly h i 11 4 . ( I th at as not at all necessary, because one clause TO 'tate the othe r . st , th to 8 r should be passed also, and . he did - sa, t Is ' l 3' that if the words were inserted they ;rinourable Member fer Cockermouth °lt'd have the effect of preventing the Committee from making any alteration whatever. The parties who were to be protected were not the railway parties, but the public. It was not reasonable, in securing the interests of the public, that they should require that 300 or 400 gates, and 300 or 400 gatekeepers should be appointed, when, perhaps, their services would not be required uftener than once or twice in the twenty-four hours. Doing so would be highly expensive to the company, while there would be no adequate benefit to the public, and he, therefore, hoped that the House would negative the proposi tion of the Hon. Member for Cockermouth. Mr. HAYTER said that he quite agreed that if these words were inserted, the Committee would be deprived of the power of making any alteration. He believed that railways were of great advantage to the public, and he should, therefore, protest against the insinuations which had been thrown out against those Members who came down there to render assistance in maturing these projects. Gentlemen connected with the landed interest conceived that all these projects were detrimental to them, and they entertained a jealousy of all those who supported these projects, and that their object was some private end, and not the public good.—(" No," from the Ministerial side.) He did not feel that he was actuated by any private end, and he should, therefore, persevere in his course. His object was to do justice, and that should be done to both parties.—(" No doubt of it," from the Ministerial tide of the House.) What was the case? If these gates were erected, two gatekeepers would be required for every single footpath, and thus the company would incur an expense of 1001. a year for every one of them, and if there were 300 or 400 the expense would be 6001. a year for all these footpaths. [The Hon. Gentleman was corrected by a Member opposite, who stated the expense would not be 600/., but 60,000/. a-year.l At any rate, it would be enormous. In the case of bridle-paths, he ad mitted that some regulation was necessary, and a clause might be introduced for erecting a proper tribunal for direct ing the placing of gates ; but in the case of footpaths on level ground, he thought they were unnecessary. r LEFT SITTING.] PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5. I'ROPERTY-TAX BILL. Order for Committee read ; .11otion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment pro posed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in order to add the words " this House w,ll, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof:— Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided _ MAJORITY-AYES, 96. A'Court, Captain Darby, George Mackenzie, T. Adderley, C. B. Dickinson, F. H. Mackenzie, W. F. Aglionby, H. A. Duncombe, A. Maimers, Lord J. Antrobus, Edmund Escott, I3ickhain Westerman, John Arkwright, George Ewart,:William Newport, Viscount Bailey, J., jun. Farnham, E. B. Nichol], John Bernie, Colonel Fitzroy, Henry Peel, Sir Robert Barclay, David Flower, Sir J. Philips, Mark Baring, F. T. Forbes, William Pringle, Alexander Baring, W. B. Forster, Matthew Ito Heston, Colonel Barneby, John /killer, A. E. Russell, Lord J. Barrington, Viscount Gisborne, Thomas Ryder, G. D. Baskerville, T. B. Gordon, Captain Sandon, Viscount Benbow, John Gore, Montague Smith, T. B. C. Bentinek, Lord G. Goulburn, Henry Smythe, George Boldero, H. G. Grahain, Sir J. Somerset, Lord G. Borthwick, Peter Greene, Thomas Someston, Viscount Broadley, Henry Gregory, W. H. Spooner, Richard Broadwood, H. Grimsditch, T. Stewart, John Brotherton, J. Halford, Sir 11. Stuart, Lord J. Bruce, Lord E. Harcourt, G. G. Stuart, Henry Bruce, C. L. C. Henley, J. W. Thesiger, Sir F. Buller, Sir J. Y. Hepburn, Sir T. B. Vivian, J. Ennis Busfelld, William Herbert, Sidney Wakley, Thomas Cardwell, Edward Hindley, Charles Wall, C. B. Carew, W. H. P. Hope, Charles Wellesley, Lord C. Chetwode, Sir J. Hope, G. W. Wodehouse, Edmond Clerk, Sir G. Inglis, Sir R. H. Wood, Colonel CliTo, R. H. Johnstone, Hope Wood, Colonel T. Colebrooke, Sir T. Legh, G. C. Wortley, John S. Colquhoun, J. C. Lincoln, Earl TYLLERS. Corry, Henry Lowther, Sir J. H. Young, John Cripps, William Lygon, General Baring, Henry MINORITY-NOES, 23. Anson, Colonel Marshall, William Strickland, Sir G. Bouverie, E. P. Morris, David Strutt, Edward Buller, Charles Muntz, G. F. Tancred, H.7,W. Christie, W. D. Murray, AlexanCer Wawa, J. T. Curteis, H. B. O'Connell, M. J. Winnington, Sir T. Duncan, George Plumridge, Captain Ebrington, Viscount Pulsford, Robert TELLERS. Hawes, Benjamin , Rico, E. R. Osborne, Ralph Humphery, Alderman Sheil, R. L. Blovritt, R. J. (IN THE COMMITTEE.) First Clause (the Rates and Duties by the recited Act granted to .be continued and charged for the term of years), page 2, line 1 :—Proposed to till the blank with " three :"—After wards proposed to fill the blank with " two :"—Question put, " That the blank be tilled with ' two.' " The Committee divided : MINORITY-AYES, 17. Anson, Colonel Fitzroy, Lord C. Irakley, Thomas Blewitt, R. J. Hawes, Benjamin Wawn, John T. Bouverie, E. P. humphery, Alderman Yorke, Henry H. Busfeild, William Morris, David Butler, Colonel Osborne, Ralph THUM. Christie, W. D. Strickland, Sir G. Curteis, H. B. Duncan, George Tancred, Muntz, G. F. MAJORITY-NOES, 69. A'Coart, Captain Farnham, E. B. Newport, Viscount Adderley, C. B. Fitzroy, Henry Nicholl, John Agliouby, H. A. Flower, Sir J. Peel, Sir R. Antrobus, Edmund Forbes, William Philips,Mark Arkwright, George Forster, Matthew Pringle, Alexander Bernie, Colonel Fuller, A. E. Rice, E. R. Baring. W. B. Gordon, Captain Rolleston, Colonel Barneby, John Goulburn, Henry Ryder, G. D. Barrington, Viscount Graham, Sir J. Bandon, Viscount Benbow, John Grimsditch, T. Smith, T. B. C. Bentinck, Lord G. Halford, Sir H. Smythe, George Bolden), H. G. Harcourt, G. G. Somerset, Lord G. Borthwick, Peter Herbert, Sidney Spooner, Richard Brotherton, J. Hindley, Charles Stewart, John Cardwell, Edward Hope, Charles Stuart, Lord J. Chetwode, Sir J. Hope, G. W. Stuart, Henry Clerk, Sir George Johnstone, Hops Thesiger, Sir F. Clive, Robert H. Legh, G. C. Vivian, J. Ennis Corry, Henry Lincoln, Earl of Wellesley, Lord C. Crippe, William Lowther, Sir J. Wodehouse, Edmond Darby, George Mackenzie, W. F. Wortley, John S. Dickinson, F. 11. Metieill, Duncan TSLLSU. Escott, Bickham Manners, Lord J. Young, John Ewart, William Masterman, John Baring, Henry LIVERPOOL GREAT NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE. YESTERDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, 10ft, and 5 only if declared. (48 Subs.) Mr. W. S. Crawford nd Cure-all, aged, list 51b (Loft) 1 Mr. Thornton's Peter Simple, aged, 12st 101 b Captain Boyd's The Exquisite, aged, Ilat 3 Mr. Blackburne nd Tom Tug, aged, lOst 21b The following also ran :—Mr. T. 011iver's Vanguard, aged, 12st 101b—Mr. Holman's The Page, aged, list 101b--Capt. France's Brenda, aged, llst 711:r—Mr. J. Kelly's Clansman, aged, 11 at 61b—Mr. Barnett's Boxkeeper, Ilst 41b—Mr. Atkinson's Ceremony, Ilst—Alr. Milbank's Peter Swift, aged, lOst 121 b —Lord Altord's The Stranger, aged, lOst 101b--Mr. Mare's Nimrod, aged, lOst 81b—Mr. Thompson's The Romp, aged, lOst 41b—and Mr. Westley's Brilliant, aged, lOst 41b Betting-5 to 1 agst Tom Tug, sto 1 agst Vanguard, Bto 1 agst Brilliant, 8 to 1 agst Brenda, 10 to 1 agst The Romp, 10 to 1 agst Peter Swift, and 10 to 1 agst Peter Simple. A good race with the first four. Clansman fell at the brook and broke his back. 501. given by the Earl of Sefton, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft ; 3 yrs, 6st 71b ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st. One Mile. Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren, 3 yrs, Est 41b...(Abdale) 1 Mr. Mostvn's Master Stepney, 3 yrs, est 71b 2 Sir J. Orerard's Erebus, 4 yrs—Mr. J. Scott's The Duke of Rutland, 3 yrs—and Mr. T. Cretchley's eur-de-Lion, 3 yrs, also started. 3to 1 agst Jenny Wren. Won by three lengths. BETTING AT LIVERPOOL—CHESTER Cur.-10 to 1 agst Cataract (t)-12 to 1 agst Semiseria (t)-15 to 1 agst The Era-20 to 1 agst Obscurity-20 to 1 agst Winesour-20 to 1 agst Strathspey-30 to 1 agst Pride of Kildare (0-30 to 1 aget Yheoman ac Knuck-40 to 1 agst April Noddy (t). DERBY.-1O to 1 agst Alarm (t)-15 to 1 agst Kedger (t) —l5 to 1 agst Idas (t)-15 to 1 agst Cobweb colt (t). Very little done. By some accident the train which brought our parcel was left behind, and did not arrive in London until nearly three hours after the usual hour. BIRM INGHAM AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY. BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY EVENING.—A meeting of the Proprietors of the above Company, took place this afternoon, at the Company's office, in Lawley street, to confirm (or otherwise) an agreement entered into on the Bth of February, 1845, between the Directors of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway and the Directors of the Bristol and Glou cester Railway, on the one part, and the Directors of the Midland Railway, on the other part, for granting a lease in perpetuity to the Midland Railway Company, with an option of purchase of the railway from Birmingham to Bristol ; and to authorise an application to Parliament to carry the said agreement into effect. SAMUEL BOWLEY, Esq., of Gloucester (the Chair man), said the chief object of the meeting was to con sider the leasing of the line to the Midland Company. Before, however, they proceeded to that part of the busi ness, he la ould move the following resolution relative to the dividend : " That a dividend of 40s. per 1001. shares, 10s. per quarter share, dated prior to Ist of July, 1844; Bs. 4d. per quarter share, dated Ist of August, 1844; 6s. Bd. per quarter share, dated Ist September, 1844; and ss. per quarter share, dated Ist of October, 1844 (free of income tax), amounting to 22,8031. 13s. 4d., be now declared, and that it be mad• payable on the 6th inst." The resolution having been carried, The SECRETARY then read the agreement between the two Companies :—" The Midland Railway Com pany to pay to the United Birmingham and Bristol Company an annual rent, equivalent to 6 per cent. on their united share capital of 1,800,000/. The Midland Railway Company to undertake all the liabili ties up to the present time, &e. If an Act is not ob tained this session, the application shall be re newed next sessio-, or until an Act shall be ob tained, and, in the mean time, the Midland Com pany shall work the lines from Birmingham and Bristol, on the same terms, so as, in any event, to carry out the objects of this agreement. The Midland Company to have the power of purchasing the two railways at any time after the expiration of three years from the commencement of the lease, by giving six months' notice, ending with any half-year, upon payment of 1501. for every 1001. stock in the two Companies." The CHAIRMAN, having stated the grounds upon which the agreement was deemed necessary by the Birmingham and Gloucester Company, proposed a resolution that the agreement be entered into. The motion was unanimously agreed to, after which the Secretary read the report of the Company, which was also received, and the meeting broke up. RINGING THE CHANGES.—Master Jones rang on Friday night several peels on seventeen different bells in Fitzroy square. This he cleverly effected, without any ;apparent fatigue, by running from No. 1 to No. 17, and pulling the area•bells violently, one after another. The tones were very distinct, and a beautiful echo of each was heard in the drawlng-roome of the respective houses. Master Jones, who is only nine years of age, wound up his masterly performance with a grand triple bob-major on the visitors and servants' bells of No. 18.—Punch. Tuesday morning a shopman, in the employ of Mr. Byefleld, operative chemist, of Exham-street, Paddington, was seriously injured by the accidental explosion of a fulminating mix ture, which blew out the windows of the back warehouse, and knocked the shopman down senseless. It is feared the young man will lose the sight of both eyes. The Rev. Mr. Tyler, Rector of St. Giles's, has been appointed to the Canonry in st. Paul's, vacant by the death of the ReY. §kineY Smith. It is confidently reported that Mr. Gladstone will return to the Cabinet, and hold an office in the Admi nistration yet higher than that from which he recently receded. The Right Hon. Gentleman has, it seems, re considered the subject of the increased gr an t t o May nooth College, and has intimated that he is prepared to support both that grant and the other projected educa tional institutions of a liberal constitution, in Ireland.— Evening Paper. SPIRIT of tha PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAI. STANDARD.—The Property-tax Bill was last night con sidered in Committee, and its clauses agreed to. Our sum mary will have shown the details of the night's proceedings, which were singularly tame on the part of the Opposition, though two amendments were proposed, to be defeated, how ever, by overwhelming majorities. One expression of Mr. Muntz deserves to be noticed. " The Right Honourable Baronet," said the Member for Birmingham, " had im proved, to a certain extent, the condition of the in dustrious classes at the expense of the other (i. e., idle) classes." We doubt whether a higher panegyric was ever pronounced upon a statesman, even with a pur pose of eulogy, but in the particular case it is infinitely more honourable, because offered with all the sincerity of a re proach. Sir Robert Peel has improved the condition of the industrious classes; but this has been to a certain extent at the expense of the idle classes. Must not this be always the case, and ought it not to be always the case ? There has been no general deterioration, but the reverse, a great general improvement. The idle classes are no worse off than they were, but a great deal better ; everything to be purchased by money, except labour, is a great deal cheaper than it has been within the memory of the existing genera tion. Ought not this, then, to be the golden age of the wealthy ? But labour, though not yet as highly paid as it ought to be, has been enhanced in value by Sir Robert Peel's measures, at the cost, no doubt, of the profit, although in no respect at the cost of the property of the rich. And is not this just what the most perfectly wise statesman ought to de sire to accomplish ? GLOBE.—Mr. Thornely's questions, and the answer they elicited last night from Sir Robert Peel, respecting the admis sion of the cargoes already shipped—with more to follow— from New Orleans of slave-labour sugar, the growth of the repudiating State of Louisiana—throw fresh and strong light on what Lord John Russell termed, with such perfect justice, the " impracticable and illusory distinction" attempted between the produce of free and slave-labour. According to Sir Robert Peel's view of our subsisting treaty with the United States, an Order in Council must be issued, admitting these car goes on the most favourable terms. These slave-labour sugars will, therefore, come in on the footing of free-labour sugars. Nay more, according to the new-fangled ad valorem sliding scale (as Mr. Ewart pointed out) they will come in on better terms than the growth of free-labour. Mr. Ewart said—" He wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet was aware that all the sugar coming from Louisiana was brown muscovado sugar, and, therefore,;would come into this eountry at the duty of 235., and not at 28s. ? So that, in fact, this slave-grown sugar of the United States would be imported at a lower duty than the free-labour sugar of Java, Siam, and Manilla." This is a prospect which Mr. Thornely contem plates " with great satisfaction. He begged simply to state that the produce of sugar in Louisiana was such as would give great profit on its exportation to this country, and that there was every reason to believe the new trade would be carried on to a very considerable extent." The temper of some Liberal Members seems to be to take alternately " the bit and the buffet" with edifying patience. Parliament, under the magnetic passes of the present Minister, appears to be quite suspended in its faculties of discerning inconsistency, or resenting injustice. The threat of Moliere's maid to her mis tress, " Vous serez, ma foi, Tartutliee," appears accomplished in the transfused spirit of Peel through the British House of Commons. We cannot participate the satisfaction at these surprises on a partial and hollow policy. We cannot comfort ourselves with cargoes of sugar for the exposure of English sense to the world's mockery. It was only the other night that the United States' evasions of subsisting treaties, as regarded our products, were mentioned in the House, and admitted by the Minister. For the sake then of these slippery customers—for 'the sake of giving them a protected market—of encouraging their exports at the ex pense of fairer dealers—we legislate. We legislate to admit Louisiana to our markets, while we exclude Brazil. We legislate to admit the evaders of treaties en a privileged foot ing, while we break off treaties with those who offered reci procity. And all for love of the African race. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Their Lordships met at Fire o'clock. A messenger from the Commons brought up a number of private Bills, which were severally read a first time. A NOBLE LORD presented a petition against the open ing of public•houses on Sundays. HARBOURS OF REFUGE. Lord COLCIIESI ER rose, pursuant to notice, to move an address to her Majesty, praying that she may be pleased to order that a copy of the report of the Commissioners, appointed in April last to inquire into the state of the harbours in the British Channel, be laid on the table. As he understood that her Majesty's Mi nisters did not intend to offer any opposition to the motion, he would occupy their Lordships but a few minutes, in stating his reasons for considering it important that the paper should be laid before their Lordships. For one hundred miles of the southern coast of England, extending from Portsmouth, there was not a single harbour capable of affording shelter to ships, or a place where a squadron could ride in security in time of war. Such a state had been long complained of; but the only attempt to remedy the deficiency was by the construction of the Breakwater at Plymouth. On the re commendation of a Committee of the House last session, the Commissioners were appointed to inquire and examine as to the best positions for the construction of adequate harbours of refuge, and their labours concluded with the re ion which was the subject of Isis present notice. He would only add, that ho concurred in the opinion of the Commissioners, as expressed in the last paragraph of their report—that in a matter of such great national and commercial importance, pecuniary considerations ought not to interfere.—The motion was agreed to. LAW OF DIVORCE. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a re spectable citizen, named Stephen Pierce, complaining of the present law of divorce. The NOBLE LORD put off the presentation of his Bill for giving the Privy Council jurisdiction in cases of divorce till next Thursday (this clay week). COURTS OF COMMON LAW PROCESS BILL— COURT OF SESSION (SCOTLAND) BILL. Lord CAMPBELL Laved the order hf the day for Mr. RICE said that the 49th clause applied to this case, and he hoped, therefore, the Honourable Member would not press his opposition. Mr. IVO OEHQUSE protested against the supposition that the landed interest entertained any jealousy of those who supported railways, or of railways themselves. He had lived, during the construction of the Norwich and Yarmouth Rail way, very near to it, and he had never sustained the slightest inconvenience from it, and such had been the case with a Noble Friend in his neighbourhood. In the case of a special train, the adoption of the suggestion of the Hon. Member would cause great inconvenience. In one instance, a phy sician's attendance was required at Yarmouth ; a special train was taken, and, in consequence of there being no im pediment, he performed the distance between Norwich and Yarmouth in a quarter of an hour, which would otherwise have taken him nearly two hours. With respect to the jea lousy supposed to be entertained by landowners of railway projects, he would beg to assure the Hon. Member for Wells that he never was more thoroughly mistaken than in that supposition. Mr. TATTON EGERTON thought, in the cases of public roads and highways, these gates were necessary, but that in the cases of footpaths it would be a needless expense and trouble to the companies. Mr. ENTWISLE said that the object of this Bill was to consolidate the regulations so as to curtail the proceedings in Committees on Private Bills. In his opinion, the Hon. Member for Cockermouth would find that the exceptions to the rule which he sought to establish, would be so numerous as to increase the business before Private Committees rather than decrease it, and he, therefore, conceived that the adop tion of the words proposed would be the very means of de feating the Hon. Member's own object, and he therefore trusted that he would withdraw his opposition. If the ex pense were increased to the companies, the public in the end would have to pay it. Colonel SIBTHORP hoped that the Hon. Member for Cockermouth would divide the House at once. They talked of the expense of railways ; he thought that ought to occupy little consideration. He entertained great jealcusy of all these schemes, and he hoped the Hon. Member for Cocker mouth would persist in his opposition, and bring this clause to a test. Dr. BOWRING said that the excepted cases were the many. He did not think that in more than one case out of twenty would it be necessary to have a gate and a person to watch it. They ought rather to legislate for the nineteen cases than the one case. GRIMSDIT di wanted to know by what words the Hon. Member opposite (Mr. Aglionby) would get rid of the objection that had been urged against the amendment. Mr. AGLIONBY said that there was an entire misconcep tion of his argument and amendment. He did not mean to put an end to all great railway schemes. The words which he would introduce into the clause were, first, the words " highway," and then, " except where otherwise provided by the special Act." He thought that their first object ought to be the public safety, and that expense ought to be a secondary object. He considered he was more correct in requiring that the public should be protected where protection was necessary than the Hon. Gentleman near him (Dr. Bowring), who said that they ought not to legislate for one case because there were nineteen cases which did not require legislation. Lord G. SOMERSET thought that the tenour of the Hon. Gentleman's speech was to afford protection, but that the tenour of his clause would not have that effect. He conceived that the public would have less protection under the words which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman sought to introduce than under the clause as it stood. What he would propose would be this, that whenever a public road, in a populous district, interfered with the rail ways going upon a level, a special clause should be intro duced to provide for that. Mr. AGLIONBY thought that would do. Mr. DARBY said that if the Honourable Gentleman meant by his amendment to give the Committee the power of allowing public roads to be crossed, without the railway company being compelled to put up gates, and to keep persons to watch them, he would do well to persevere.—(Hear, hear.) But if that were not his object he would advise him to withdraw the amendment, and pro pose it in a subsequent part of the Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY said he had not intended to impute in consistency in a personal manner to any Hon. Member. With regard to his proposal, as there seemed to be an agree ment as to the principle, and differences appeared to exist only as to the means, it would be better for the present to withdraw his amendment, and re-introduce it at a future period.—(Hear.) His idea had been that clause 44 might be expunged altogether if his amendment were agreed to. The amendment was then withdrawn. Lord G. SOMERSET thought the Hon. Gentleman had exercised a very sound discretion. The object of all who had taken part in the discussion was, he believed, the same. It would be much better to propose the words upon the con sideration of clause 44. Clauses 33, 34, and 35 were then agreed to. On clause 36 being read, Mr. WAWN said he understood it was the intention of some of the companies to abandon branch lines which had been projected. In such cases they would be compelled to place the roads in the condition in which they found them. Lord G. SOMERSET said that when application was made to Parliament to sanction the abandonment this point might be considered. Clauses 36 to 41 inclusive were then agreed to. Clause 42, was agreed to, with a few verbal amendments, as was also clause 43. Lord G. SOMERSET then moved that the Chairman re• port progress, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past Four to Five o'Clock. The House resumed at Five o'clock. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Mr. PHILPOTTS presented a petition complaining that the standing orders in the case of the South Wales Railway had not been complied with. The petition was referred to the Select Committee. TRENT VALLEY EXTENSION. Mr. MARE PHILIPS brought up the Trent Valley Extension Bill, which was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time. BLACKBURN, ACCRINGTON, AND CO L N E RAILWAY. General LYGON presented petitions complaining that the standing orders on the Blackburn, Accrington, and Colne Railway had not been complied with.—Referred to the Select Committee. HEYWOOD WATERWORKS. Mr. STRUTT brought up the report of the Select Committee on the Heywood Waterworks. It stated, that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. Mr. ESTCOURT brought up the report of the Select Committee on this railway ; and it also stated that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with. Mr. SPOONER moved for the report of the Select Committee on the London, Worcester, and Staffordshire Railway. The HONOURABLE MEMBER also moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the London, Birmingham, and Staf fordshire Railway. Mr. BROTIIERTON presented a petition from the inhabitants of Heytesbury, the purport of which we could not catch. — MUSEUMS OF ART. Mr. EWART said that he rose for the purpose of moving for leave to bring in a Bill to enable town councils to establish museums of art in corporate towns. The merit of the measure was almost entirely due to the Hon. Member for Taunton, who had acted with him on the Committee which sat upon the subject. That Com mittee recommended the establishment of schools of de sign, and first of all it recommended the establishment of a central school in the metropolis. It also recommended the establishment of schools in the various manufacturing towns in connexion with the central school. Only one thing was wanted now, and that was, that the central school should be devoted rather to the purposes of a normal school for making masters, than for the purpose of elementary education in art. That was the original design of the school, as his Right Hon. Friend the Member for Oxford, to whom the country was greatly indebted for his exertions with regard to this subject, would well remember. But that design had not been fully carried out. As yet, the central school in London was not a Normal School of Art, but he trusted that they were making advances towards that more perfect system which existed in foreign coun tries. Another recommendation of the Committee was, that exhibitions or galleries of art should be established in the various manufacturing and other large towns of the country. It was not intended that those exhibitions should be limited to the temporary purposes of mere ephemeral exhibitions.—(Hear, hear.) The Committee were anxious that those mu seums should contain specimens of antique art, of me daaval art, and of modern art. That recommendation had not been carried into effect ; and it was to remedy this omission that the present Bill was proposed. The Committee had hoped that the Go vernment would have assisted, if not by the formation at least by lending its co-operations with those who were willing to form these provincial museums, by obtaining perfect casts of the best specimens of antique and modern works, and distributing them to the various manufacturing towns to be deposited in their museums. In London such a gallery bad been established, but it was by no means perfect. He under stood it would be necessary to procure for that gallery new casts of the various works of antiquity. But the object of the present measure was to diffuse these various specimens of art throughout the country ; to send them to the museums of Manchester, of Glasgow, of Birmingham, of Coventry, sad of all the large manu facturing towns. He asked them to pass this Bill in order to enable tho town councils to defray the the expenses necessary for these museums by the im position of a small borough rate, so as to admit the po pulation ertiownue rpoutehsdy to aideeasiest in h possible ttere formation ms.Many per sons of these museums either by the subscription of money, or by presenting them with works of art. It was to encourage these exertions that he ventured to propose the present measure to Parliament. There were peculiar circumstances at the present time which allowed a facility for the diffusion of works of art throughout the country, which had never been enjoyed in times past. By means of their railways they could send casts of improved specimens of works of art to the different manufacturing towns, and it would be the fault of the Government if there was a single manufacturing or large town in the country deficient of a museum of such a character, as might give a sound taste in art to the population of that town, and thus enable them to apply the skill they would obtain in the arts to manufactures. He trusted, therefore, that they should see before long the system of schools of design perfected throughout the country, and that the central school in the metropolis would become what the Committee recommended it should be. It was well known that, till the Romans had such an abundance of statues in Rome, that the mind of the people was improved through the eye, they never became aware of the value of the arts ; and it was the same with the people of this country. It had been said, that England wouln not make any great advances in the arts, because it was a commercial nation ; but he believed, if they adopted the recommendation of the Committee, that like Venice, the large manufac turing towns of this country would be quite capable of appreciating the value of the fine arts ; with this view he called on the Government to assist in promoting this object, and to wipe away the stain that hung upon the artistic reputation of the country.—(Hear, hear.) He had now shortly stated the principle of the subject he intended to bring before the House. He did not think it necessary further to dilate upon it, but would conclude by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Town Councils to establish museums of art in corporate towns. Mr. WYSE seconded the motion. Every day's expe rience showed the necessity for diffusing education not only in great towns but in the provinces. Establish ments had been formed in many principal towns, and the best effects had been produced. Taste, however, for art, 'was not sufficiently diffused in the country. Many of the schools of design had not the means of availing themselves of the contributions in books or works of art which might be given them, by reason of their having no place sufficiently extensive to receive them. Without granting the power to Town Council to raise such a fund, how could they expect to create a taste for the arts in the country, for they knew how little guarantee to the success of an institution arose from the exertions of private in dividuals. They were aware that there were institu tions to which individuals were willing to contribute works of art, valuable books or specimens of natural history, but from the circumstance of there being no building in the locality capable of holding them, those who would have so contributed were obliged to retain, on their own premises, those articles which they would otherwise have given to the public, and thus an impediment was created to the advance of the fine arts in this country. He was anxious with his Hon. Friend to provide a remedy for this evil, and he had some years ago introduced a Bill for a similar purpose. He did not expect any opposition to the introduction of this Bill, and ho would defer any remarks of his to a future stage. lie would second, with great pleasure, the motion of his Hon. Friend. Sir W. JAMES thought the motion was highly worthy the attention of the House. He was gratified to state that an Honourable Friend behind him had given to an institution at Hull a large collection of classical casts, and that their value was appre ciated. With respect to corporations, as re modelled by the Municipal Reform Bill, he was glad to see that they were becoming anxious to pos , gess collections of works of art. But he remembered that when they were first reformed, most valuable works of art, some of them the pictures of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and others of high eminence, which had been presented to the old corporations, and also antique plate, WHAT IS A POUND ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The Government having in the speech from:the throne, announced its intention of extending the present banking system of England to Ireland and Scotland, it becomes es sential that we inquire whether this system is as perfect as its votaries would induce the community to believe—whether, in fact, it is based on correct principles, or whether its po pularity is not owing to its not being understood. It will be in the recollection of every one that when the Right Hon. Baronet at the head of her Majesty's Govern ment introduced the present system of banking to the notice of Parliament, be began by asking, what is a pound? and . he defined th e p oun d t o b e a quant i ty of gold of a given weight, and of a certain degree of fineness. Now, I am not inclined to quarrel with this definition of a pound, but I could have wished the Right lion. Baronet had gone one step further, and after having told us what the pound is, he then would have informed us how it gets its value, or in other words, how money g.ts its value? and I think it will be found that, on this last question, and not on the first, the whole theory of the currency hinges. To reach the first principle of a currency (and thereby as certain how money gets its value, and to deduce therefrom its true nature) is the object of this letter, and I think I shall find it more easily by searching for it amongst the simple transactions of primitive life, than it I attempted to trace it amidst the complex relations of our own marvellous country. I will, therefore, take a tribe of naked savages, roaming the forest without any other means of subsistence than that to which chance directed them. The principle of progression being innate in the human character, even these unfriended beings would not always remain in this degraded state, and the first step theAwould take towards ameliorating their con dition would be to protect themselves from the inclemency of the weather; they would build themselves huts, they would clothe themselves with the skins of the animals they took in the chase, and they would cultivate small plots of land around their huts. In the nature of things one man would be the more successful cultivator, and another the more successful hunter, and the natural consequence of this would be, the hunter would have some of the spoils of the chase to spare, and the cultivator would have some of the pro duce of his field to spare. These two, seeing they respec tively possessed a superabundance of that which the other wanted, would naturally be desirous of effecting an ex change. I will suppose the hunter saying to the cultivator— " Winter is coming on, I have more skins than I want ; you have more corn than you require; I will exchange my skins for your corn." " Granted,' says the cultivator, " but how are we to exchange ; my corn has required the labour of half a year to bring it to perfection, whilst you can procure a quantity of skins in a few hours • my corn is therefore of more value than your skins." They would, however, ulti mately come to an equitable adjustment, and effect their ex change with reference to the labour represented by the re spective commodities. As their little society progressed, they would find it neces sary to have a regular medium of exchange —money, in fact; but, being ignorant of the metals, they would be obliged to substitute something else for their medium of exchange ; for argument's sake, I will say the beaver skin. So the beaver skin would become the money of this tribe, its value being based on the trouble it would take to procure it, and it would exchange for other commodities with reference to the labour they represent. I would here direct attention to the distinction I am en deavouring to establish, and which, if I succeed in establish ing, will strike at the root of what I consider a popular de lusion respecting money ; it is, that money is not both the medium of exchange and the standard of value too, but that it is only the medium of exchange, and that labour is the true standard of value—a standard by which money should be estimated equally with every other commodity. Let us test this by what is going on around us ; a yard of cotton, which can now be bought for a shilling, would, fifty years ago, have been worth two shillings; so that, if we «•anted to buy a sovereign with cotton, we should have to give twenty yards for it, whereas, before, it might have been bought with ten yards. Why is this? The improvements in machinery have enabled us to dispense with sixty or seventy per cent. of the labour that used to be worked up in cotton. Cotton, therefore, not representing the same quantity of la bour, has become depreciated in value, and we have in con sequence to give a greater quantity of it for those things which represent an unvarying, or nearly an unvarying quan tity of labour. _ _ Again, if a mountain of refined gold were to be disco vered, gold would immediately become cheaper, and the twenty yards of cotton might purchase two sovereigns; not that cotton had become dearer, but that gold had become de preciated. But why, under such circumstances, should gold have become depreciated, seeing that its value in use had remained precisely the same? Simply because it would be more easily obtained, because less labour would be used in obtaining it. The concurrent approbation of mankind has selected gold as the chief medium of exchange on account of its inde structibility and hardness, but there was not any inevitable necessity for its having been selected. The concurrent ap probation of mankind might have selected tin or iron as the medium of exchange ; yet no one will contend that this con current approbation would have given to iron or tin the same value as gold ! . But why not? Because they would be more easily obtained, because less labour would be used in obtaining them. If we do not make labour our standard of value, we are absolutely without any standard by which to estimate the value of gold ; and, then, when we ask how money gets its value, we are told that is the concurrent ap probation of mankind which gives it its value, or some other reason is assigned equally absurd and unphilosophical. If I have succeeded in showing that labour is the origina tor and standard of value, it follows, as a natural sequence that the circulating medium representing such value should expand with the creations of industry, whilst the new system of banking is based on the dir ec tly o pp os it e p r i nc ipl e , that of limiting money without reference to production. The practical effect of this change must inevitably be, that, as production increases, each unit of money will represent a greater quantity of the creations of industry, and that prices must continue to decline so long as production conti nues to increase. This would not be of so much importance if society were in a less artificial state ; but, as it is constituted in this country, the new banking system will act most severely on the producing classes for the benefit and advantage of the non-producing classes. It will greatly increase the value of all fixed incomes. The owners of estates having annuities to pay out of them will find this measure will increase the real value of those annuities, inasmuch as, though the money value remains the same, it will command a greater quantity of those productions which spring . from and give value to their estates. On the same principle, it will increase the interest of the national debt, and increase the value of all salaries paid to public officers. It must be a self-evident proposition that a very low range of prices and a very high rate of taxation canno st t ahl l ee on or g te.dt c ub o c: exist. The sweeping change which has been made with, respect to agriculture will render other tcilanges appropriation in e- i t oo a ff b . l ah e l e ee which are now scarcely dreamed on—such as ue t b h t e , national estates (except those which are requisite to maintai the splendour of the throne), an,d and a e proceeds to the liquidation of the National national. These are som official n o! s t a b la e ri i e n s t , er b es ot t h o e n ou t n h t e y d a e n b a t of the fruits which will ultimately_ spring out of the reduction legislation of the last four years.. -1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, A CONSErtvATT‘r— LineOlnsbire, Feb. 28, 1843. VATIVE. THE SALT -HILL MURDER. The trial of John Taw], charged, upon the coroner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of Sarah Hart, at Salt-hill, on New Year's Day, will take place next week at Aylesbury. An application will be made, on the part of the Crown, as soon as the commission is opened, for a day to be fixed for the trial, in consequence of the immense number of witnesses who will be examined ELECTION NEWS.—As a proof of the importance which is attached to the Registration, we may mention that we saw at the door of a marine store shop, an iron grate, having on it in large letters the word " Register."—.Punch. LONDON JOURNEYMEN BAKERS' PROVIDENT INSTI.. TVTION.—On Wednesday evening a meeting of the members and friends of the Surrey and Kent Auxiliary of this Society, for- the purpose of explaining its objects, was held at St. George's Hall, Webber-street, Blackfriars-road. Mr. Neckey was called to the chair, and the meeting was addressed by the 'Se cretary, who said that the necessity of the meeting was pro duced by the circumstance that there was dissension endea voured to be thrown among the friends of their society, by the esta blishment of another institution, which would be productive of serious evils. 'the present institution was formed some years back for the purpose of supplying a fund for the members in sickness, granting of pensions to their widows and orphans, and for ele vating their moral character by supplying means to afford them the advantages of lectures on intellectual subjects. After some se, yore strictures on the proposed institution, the basis of whose cons:l -tution was, that none of the trade should marry till they could take a shop, the speaker concluded amid considerable applause. Several other speeches in the same tone were delivered, and resolutions to support the existing, and to discountenance the proposed institution, were unanimously agreed to. After which the meeting separated. STEAM-BOILER EXPLOSION AT BLACKWALL. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.) The names of the sufferers are as follow : Killed—Thomas Wright, Richard Grimes, James Chapman•—all la bourers. Scalded and wounded—Jonathan Smith, fitter; Joseph Baddomp„ smith ; George Neale, boiler-maker , Thomas Whltcombe, engine driver ; William Ingledew, labourer ; Alexander Mahoney, labourer ; Joseph Vincent, labourer ; and Mr. Lowe, the manager of the works, who experienced a very narrow escape when the explosion took place on board the steam-ship Gipsy Queen, in November last, when ten lives were lost. As many erroneous statements have been already given relating to the terrible calamity of yesterday, and the causes which led to it, we are induced to lay before our readers the following correct version of the facts:— At the mouth of the Elver Lea (there Called Bow-creek). and close to the Thames, is a range of factories, which steam navigation and other improvements have called into being. The most prominent are the Thames Plate Glass Company's Works and the steam-engine factory of the Sannida Brothers, one of whom was killed by the explosion on board the Gipsy Queen last November. • The business has since been carried on by the surviving brother, Mr. .Joseph Sammie, a gentleman of the Jewish persuasion, whose name and that of his brother, as connected with many improvements in the arts and sciences, and particularly with the atmospheric railway sys tem, is well known. The factory, dwelling-house, and workshops oc copy an area of about an acre and a half on the banks of the Lea. The machinery of the factory was put in motion by a steam-engine, or rather two of eight horses power each, and the steam.was supplied by a large tubular boiler, which first begun to work about three months ago. This boiler was originally intended for a new steamer. • and was tendered with the boat in which it was placed. The • boat was built by Messrs. Fairborn, the engineers, and the boiler was manufactured by the same persons front a design of Messrs. Milner ' (formerly Braithwaite and Milner), of Bath-place, City-road. The engines of the boat were made by Messrs. Milner. After the re- Jection of the boat by the Waterman's Company, the boiler was pur chased for the low price of 30 guineas by Messrs. Saumda, for the purpose of supplying steam to the engine in their factory at Black. wall. Yesterday morning, soon after the men employed in the factory had returned from their breakfasts, and the works were in nal operation, the boiler gave way with a loud explosion, dealing death and destruc tion around. Every wan in the engine -house was either killed or wounded, and the steam-chest and outer casing of the boiler were shattered and distributed in all directions. The explosion was distinctly heard along the whole line of the Blackwall Railway, fl - om Fen church-street to the East India Docks, and in Greenwich, Woolwich, Bow, Bromley, Stepney, and Limehouse. The mischief done on the premises, and in the immediate locality, was terrific. The engine house was in an instant reduced to a heap of ruins, and the principal part of the materials hurled to a considerable distance. The premises of the Thames Plate-glass Company's works, the Crown Tavern, and numerous tenements adjoining, are damaged, and the windows and frames blown out. Portions of the boiler were found in the Plaistow marshes, ou the opposite side of the river, about 150 yards from the factory. In the same place the body of one of the unfortunate suf ferers, which had been blown across the creek, was picked up in a mutilated condition. It is believed that he was on the top of the boiler and in the act of easing the safety-valve when the occurrence t h ,o a i l l , o p r ei s i t ed. L, d la i i i e d other t)ie3p , victims outer easing of the boiler, and the steam-chest, are completely wereaet s ed to h r a7e n b d e c e l n os ki e l t l oedthlestwh whore instantaneously. th the destroyed, and the 'top row of tubes bent, and thrown over on the side. The other rows of tubes, wills two or three exceptions, hare escaped Injury. The destruction of the engine -house was complete. It was a building about 100 feet square, and not more than nine feet high. The engine itself did not sustain much damage. There appears to be only one opinion as to the cause of the acci dent, and as it has been given by more than one practical man, there can be no harm in publishing it. It is necessary to premise that the steam-chest was found divided in three pieces. One piece, and the largest of the whole, weighing about half a ton, was carried a distance of 200 yards towards the premises of Messrs. Turner and Co., of the tar and turpentine works, carrying away in its Pro gross a portion of the parapet wall o f a h ou se, and passed over the road, where it tell against the side o f a warehouse door with such tremendous force as to shatter the doorpost, and demolish portiona uc of the brick-work. The next largest piece, about six cwt., waslass car riedCom- in an opposite direction towards the Thamesila of s ome premises on the materials fell into opposite side of the road. A quantity of the fallen pany's works, and the piece where the connexion the steam-pipe was made was found in a field in the rear of the boiler were found in the s y d yards the rear of the adjoining bolts, and t an t d ite ser b e a w a s, c o o t nn t e h c o te e d ro wi wn th in the groun the Creek, a a n n d d pieces of iron, nuts, Tarorn, computation there were not less than premises. At a m°der • at g e lass broken by the concussion. The five thousand panes d. werebr: kh e e m eii,. l,shatteredThe residence r i e n s i severaldene of lir.dwellings,jol, and,iow.tarhan, dwelling-horse of Mr. Lowe, the manager . IV a o n r s k ta s , n s e l d tua c t o e ns n id ear era t b h l e n tl of the works, s and the parapet was blown i m i . i i ri n , d i t o u sa r • o -fr d al s n p i e l a s u window was s iate at one r corner of the yard, also suffered, and T h e windows were all broken, damage. grin" r r o o f f a t i i r me . S T a i l a n ul ud e s s t's ri r t( e - m gl i:e " s down. Mr. Joseph Samuda, the surviving partner of the firm, NM at Croydon, on business, when the explosion took place, and a mes foreman r t . h s e a i him u fi d ll a ° s c t of e n ' t it ' rr e dbortnilneite which senger was sent after Lim innnediately afterwards, lie appeared l e :"e e s r3 t: rn corner brother, lnlad( l i i c as naon f ts o r l i l n o g w hi ed ime atio ,muchclosee, r a e ff o e pn e e t et e ui d i lei on i i rt 30. ro.hearinghssit.ii deprivedo3 ft do with the manufacture of the boiler, and that he purchased it merele to drive the works of the factory, because he had not time to make a new one, and that It had not been used more than five or six times when it came into his possession. He stated that he believed the water had got very low in the boiler, and that gas was generated instead of Steam, and an explosion was the consequence. There were various rumours in circulation, and statements made by the men employed on the premises respecting the pressure of steam on the holler. None of theta, however, can be depended upon. The boiler was certainly capable of bearing a great pressure, but there is great blame to be attached to some one, and the deplorable acci dent on board the Gipsy Queen, last November, when Lowe narrowly escaped with his life, does not seem to have operated as a warning to him. Ile has, however, the reputation of being a very careful and skilful man. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 5. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. Mr. WRIGIITSON presented - t; petition from Don caster against certain clauses in the Yorkshire and South Midland Railway Bill. The Ulster Railway Bill was brought up, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. PROPERTY-TAX. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER appre hended, from what the Bight llon. Gentleman had said in the beginning of his speech, that it was not necessary for him (the Chancellor of the . Exchequer) t o f o ll ow himthrQugli fill his topics, Nei ther would he follow THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 6l 1845. going into Committee on these two Bills. He said it would perhaps save trouble if he were to mention then the ;amendment he wished to propose to the first Bill. Some difficulty might arise respecting the manner in which the service of the process ought to be made, or dishonest persons might serve their own turns by inducing a foreigner to swear that the service had been duly and properly effected.—(Hear, hear.) Now to obviate this he should introduce a clause providing that the service of a process abroad should be made either by a British subject or by a notary public.—();lear, hear.) Before he sat down he wished to allude to a point connected with the other Bill. A Noble Duke who was not present—he meant the Duke of Hamilton, who was the hereditary keeper of Holyrood House—was extremely anxious to preserve all the rights and maintain all the privileges of the place to which he belonged.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Duke was apprehensive that this Bill would interfere with the liberties of that House, but he believed the Noble Lord on the Woolsack would confirm him in the statement, that it was impossible that they could at all be interfered with by that enactment. Lord BROUGHAM said, the amendment of the Noble Lord had certainly removed, in a great degree, his ob jections to the first measure. The notary publics of France and Germany were men of high respectability, whe held responsible offices which were recognised by the laws and Governments of the two countries. The circumstances of the case might be quite evident, their perjury might be quite clear, and yet the know ledge of this might not be of the smallest use in the ap plication for a writ of error. The judgment, notwith standing the knowledge of these facts, would stand. The service by a notary public in France would be perfectly satisfactory, though in other countries it might not be so ; and he thought it would be better to specify in this Bill in what countries the service was to be by a notary subject, and in which it should be by a British subject. In the country where the service was to be by a British subject, it might come through the instrumentality of a judge's order. In the islands of Corfu and Zante it was impossible to depend on the notaries public, and he thought no better plan could be adopted than to let the service be proved by the affidavit of a British subject. He thought the amendment might be introduced in Committee. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that he thought it would be better to see the operation of the Bill in the details of the Court of Equity. Lord CAMPBELL asked if his Noble and Learned Friend would name a day ? The LORD CHANCELLOR said the first day after Easter. That, he thought, would be a sufficient time of ascertaining the operation of this Bill in the Courts of Equity, and he wished for this time, for he did not like to legislate in the dark. Lord ASHBURTON said that he was sorry to say that the being a British was not a sufficient guarantee for perfect good faith ; and that, therefore, the better mode would be, when the notaries 'public were not to be depended upon, the notice should be served by a British subject under the supervision of the British Consul resident in that country. The LORD CHANCELLOR the put the motion, and the House went into Committee pro forma on the Com mon Law Process Bill ; the Common Law Process (Ireland) Bill ; and the Court of Session (Soctland) Bill. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY reported progress and obtained leave to sit again on the first day after Easter. COMPANY'S CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL, AND THE COMPANY'S CLAUSES CONSOLI DATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of the Duke of BUCCLEUCH these Bills were read a first time, and were ordered to be printed. CONSTABLES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The House went into Committee on the Constables (Scotland) Bill, and On the motion of the Earl of DALHOUSIE, words were introduced to enable a constable to act in any other part of a county, as well as in the district to which he was appointed, but under the direction of the sheriff. The Bill went through Committee with this amend. ment, the Earl of SHAFTESBURY reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION BILL. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) which had been, in some instances, in possession of the old corporations since the time of Elizabeth, were disgracefully brought to the hammer, and sold by auction He was happy to see symptoms of a better taste, and, if the improvement went on, perhaps the reformed corporations would send their children to classical schools, where they would become acquainted with the old verse— " Ingenues didicisso fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinitesse feros." —(A laugh.) And perhaps in course of time they would recover the reputation for hospitality of which the old corporations ought to be proud.—(Hear and a laugh.) He could only say that he thought the country was much indebted to the Hon. Member for Dumfries for the trouble he had taken on this subject. • Mr. MARK PHILLIPS thought it was of the utmost importance that a taste for literature and the arts should be encouraged in the rising generation ; and he thought some such proposition as that which had been made by his Hon. Friend should be adopted by the House. He (Mr. M. Phillips) hoped that his Hon. Friend would give sufficient time for discussion of the merits of this Bill in the country, to prevent any hasty expression of opinion upon that which was intrinsically good in itself. He had great pleasure in supporting the introduction of this Bill. He hoped that, when the Bill would be carried into operation in large towns, the museums would be opened at such towns and under such regulations as would be advantageous to the working classes. Mr. HUME said he had no doubt of the justice of the motion of his Hon. Friend, and only wished that it would be enlarged, in order to give power to the councils not only to provide museums, but places of recreation for the people —play-grounds and public walks. The greatest desire existed among the lower classes to take advantage of the exhibition of works of art, and he believed that every Hon. Member would bear testimony to the propriety with which the humbler classes conducted themselves on these exhibitions.—(Hear, hear.) Some years ago Mr. Buckingham had introduced a Bill which comprehended the provisions of that which the Hon. Member was about to introduce, and a great deal more. Ministers should lend all the in fluence they possessed for the establishment of such institutions. They occupied the minds of the people, refined their taste, and prevented them from being engaged in bad projects. He submitted it was a subject well worthy of the atten km of the Government, and he was sure, if they would only consent to adopt it, the step would do them mere honour than any other measure they could bring forward. Mr. BERNAL said the manner in which the Hon. Member for Dumfries had brought forward the subject did him great credit; but he trusted the Honourable Member would not dovetail his plan, but con fine himself to one proposition He thought it was highly gratifying that, so far as they could learn the outrages which had been committed in public museums were not perpetrated by any of the labouring classes of the country. No operative that he was aware of had been convicted of an offence of this nature, but he be lieved the outrages which had been committed were per petrated by persons moving in a superior walk of life. This was the only capital in Europe, he believed, th a t was without a museum of art, and when they saw what was done in a neighbouring country, and the impulse that had been given to a love of the fine arts by the King of the French ; he thought that they should stir themselves to form a museum of art in this metropolis which would be worthy of the English nation.—(Hear.) Many of the works of rrt of the middle ages were going to decay, and he would implore the Right Hon. Baronet to direct his attention for the purpose of findidg some means to preserve them . Sir R. PEEL said that the subject of which the Hon. Gentleman had alluded, hal not altogether escaped his attention. But many suggestions of a similar kind s were made, such of which, individually considered, wa worthy of public favour, and of those suggestions h could only select such as appeared to be most im portant. Vibirbr 'ambition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) Sub-Committee, No. 2, assembled this morning in Committee-room, No. 6, in the cloisters of the House of Commons. The Committee consisted of Sir J. Y. Buller, chairman, Mr. F. Mackenzie, The O'Conor Don, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Eliot Yorke. EDINBURGH AND lIAWICK RAILWAY. Mr. VENABLES appeared as agent for this Bill. The necessary formal proof of notices, &c., having been gone through, the Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. The petition was un opposed. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. Mr. VENABLEs appeared in this case, also, as agent for the promoters of this line ; engineer Mr. Miller. This petition was also unopposed ; and the necessary proofs of the service of the notices, accuracy of the plans, de posits, &c., having been adduced, the Committee decided that the standing orders had been complied with. The object of the Bill is to alter and amend the North British Railway and the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Bills, and to effect a junction of the two lines. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAIL- WAY (IRELAND.) This petition was unopposed. Mr. Venables appeared as agent. The length of the line is 97 miles, and the capital 1,200,0001. Engineer, Sir J. M'lsieil. Standing orders complied with. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. The next petition called on was that of the South- Eastern Railway Company. Mr. BURILB appeared as the agent in support of the promoters' petition. Mr. HAYWARD appeared in support of a petition com plaining of noa•compliance with the standing orders, by Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Chairman of the North Kent Railway Company. Mr. DysoN appeared to support a petition, presented on the part of Lord Bexley, a landowner on the line. - The Bill is to enable the South-Eastern Railway Company to makqrailways in connexion with the South- Eastern Railway, or the branches thereof from London to Chilham, and Tunbridge and Paddock-wood, with a branch to Faversham-creek and to Stone, near Dartford; and also to make railways, or branch railways, from the South-Eastern Railway and Tunbridge to Tunbridge Wt•lls, and from Maidstone to Rochester, and from Ashford to Ilastings ; and also to alter and extend the Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate branch of the said South-Eastern Railway, and to make a branch therefrom to Deal, and to widen certain parts of the London and Greenwich Railway, and extend the same railway, and for other purposes connected with the said South-Eastern Railway. . _ Mr. Bungs put a witness forward to produce the pub lic notices with respect to the Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells branch. The only newspaper in which the notices had appeared was a Kent newspaper. Mr. HeywAan objected to this, on the ground that, as a. portion of the l3ill applied to works to be done in the counties of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey, the notices should have been inserted in newspapers in the three counties. Mr. BURKE said the newspaper applied to a branch which was confined to the county of Kent. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and The Committee decided that the standing orders had not been complied with, as notices should have been in serted in the newspapers of Surrey and Sussex. Mr. BURKE then prayed for an adjournment, in order that the promoters might consider what steps they should take. _ _ _ __________ This was granted, and the Committee adjourned for a week. TAT TERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING. Six o'CLocK. CHESTER C ur. 10 to 1 agst Cataract 13 to 1 agst Semiseria 20 to 1 agst"Zanoni 25 to 1 agst Yheomun ac Knack _ DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Alarm 15 to 1 agst Idas 15 to 1 agst Kedger 15 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 20 to 1 agst Pam 30 to 1 agst Ironmaster 40 to 1 agst Annandale Mr. SHAW presented. a petition against the system of National Education in Ireland. Sir G. STRICKLAND presented a petition for the reduction of the naval ' s and military establishments in the country. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. BLEWITT gave notice that on an early day, after Easter, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the several Acts of Parliament which pro hibited the growth and curing of tobacco in Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. GISBORNE gave notice that he should, on an early, day call the attention of the:House to the subject of the powers of the Board of Trade with respect to railways. CONDITION OF THE LABOURING POOR. Mr. BORTHWICK, seeing the Noble Lord, the Member for London, in his place, would beg leave to ask him a question. In the last session of Parliament, the Noble Lord called the attention of the House to the distressed condition of the labouring population. Since then he (Mr. Borthwick) had had many communica tions from most districts upon the subject; and, there fore, he would wish to know whether it was the inten tion of the Noble Lord to bring the subject before the House this session. Lord J. RUSSELL begged to say, in answer to the Hon. and Learned Member, that it was his intention to bring the subject forward, with a view to proposing some legislative measure upon it, shortly after Easter. CIVIL DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS. Mr. TRELAWNY, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury, in his place, begged to give notice that he would to-morrow ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether it was the intention of her Ma jesty's Government to introduce, this session, any mea sure providing for the removal of the civil disabilities of the Jews. Sir ROBERT PEEL begged to say, in answer to the Hon. Member's question, though the Hon. Member had said he would not put it until to-morrow, that her Ma jesty's Government did hope, at a very early period of the session, to bring forward a Bill for the removal of the civil disabilities of the Jews, at least so far as municipal and corporate disabilities extended.—(Hear, hear.) SUGAR DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, in answer to a question from the Noble Lord, the Member for London, that with respect to the sugar duties and property-tax questions, he was anxious to make such arrangements for the discussions upon them as would be most convenient to the House. He was willing that the discussion upon either of these ques tions should be taken to-morrow, upon the report, or upon the third reading on Monday. Mr. LABOUCHERE wished to know if he correctly understood the Right Hon. Gentleman, in stating that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to make any a Iteration in the classification of the sugar duties this session ? _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied in the affirmative. In answer to a question from Lord John Russell, he begged to say that he would now defi nitively fix Monday next for the discussion on the sugar duties. DUTY ON COALS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to a . question from Lord Howick, said he was most anxious to bring on, at as early a :period as possible, the proposition for the remission of the export duty on coals. SUGAR DUTIES. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in answer to a question from Dr. BOWRING, said it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to make any substantial •hanges with regard to the duties on sugar. Sir R PEEL was understood to say that, as there were a great number of articles upon which the duty was to be taken off, and about which there was no substan tial difference of opinion, it would be desirable that a selection of such articles should be made, and the ques tion with regard to them settled.—(Hear, hear.) POOR-LAWS (IRELAND). In answer to a question by Mr. BELLEW, on the subject of poor-law unions in Ireland, and the debts to which some of them were subject, Sir J. GRAHAM said that the report on the subject was not yet prepared ; but as soon as it was ready it would be laid on the table, together with the Treasury minute with regard to it. CLEFT SPEAKING.) both for the prosecution and the prisoner, the great majority of whom will have to travel a distance of be tween thirty and forty miles. Wednesday next will be the day named for the trial to take place, should it meet with the approbation of the Court. The number of persons who have made application to be present during the proceedings (which are expected to oc cupy nearly two whole days) would fill the Court (which is somewhat confined), even if it were five times its present size. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, who had been retained by the prisoner, to conduct his defence, will not, it is confidently stated, be enabled to undertake that arduous duty, Mr. Kelly having received a heavy brief with a fee of five hundred guineas, in a cause to be tried on the Home Circuit, at Maidstone, where the assizes occur in the same week as at Aylesbury. Mr. Montagu Chambers and Mr. J. J. Williams, who were present to watch the proceedings at the coroner's inquest on the body of Sarah Hart, at Salt-hill, on the part of the accused, will be en gaged elsewhere on their respective circuits. In the ab sence of these three gentlemen whom we have named, we understand that Mr. Gurney and Mr. O'Malley have been retained for the prisoner by his solicitor, Mr. Bevan, of the Old Jewry. Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Pender gast have been retained on the part of tee Crown. In order to accommodate as many persons as possible during the trial, various alterations and arrangements are being effected in the interior of the Court, by the orders of the High Sheriff. The prisoner continues to be supplied daily with a dinner from the White Hart Inn at Aylesbury, the prison regulations permitting an accused person, before trial, thus to obtain his meals. He is only restricted as to quantity with reference to wine and beer. His appetite continues very good, and his usual spirits, until within the last dry or two, have not forsaken him. He has been taking hyarocynic acid, medicinally, nearly ever since he has been incarcerated, the prisoner alleging that he is labouring under a complaint which renders that medicine necessary for his health. Several consultations have taken plrce withiu the last few days between the accused and his professional advisers. We may state that he looks forward with confidence to the result of his trial. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Rattler, screw propelled steam-sloop, one of the steam-trial squadron, came up to Spitshead during the night of Monday, and came into harbotr yesterday morning. She left for Woolwich this day to have some alterations made in her machinery. The Hibernia, 120, was taken into dock on Monday afternoon ; her copper was stripped off yesterday. Captain Richards took up his appointment to her yester• day, and hoisted the pendant overthehouing at one o'clock. The Fantome, 16, Commander Sir F. Nicolson, Bart. was paid advance wages yesterday at Spithead, and her crew completed by a draught from the Victory. She sailed to-day for the Mediterranean to relieve the Scout, 18, Commander the Hon. J. H. Drummond, whose period of service has expired. The Belvidere, 42, Lieutenant Ward commanding, was paid off this day. The Siren, 16, was undocked on Monday, her dock being wanted for the Hibernia. The Siren has been overhauled and examined, and will complete her refit in the basin. The Harlequin, 16, is in the basin, waiting to be docked and brought for re-commission. The Dwarf steam (screw) vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Proctor, left this afternoon, for the river, -to transfer her company to the new tender Fairy. The Black Eagle Admiralty steam yacht, Master- Commander S. B. Cook, left this afternoon, for Wool wich. The royal yacht Victori a an d A l b ert has got her steam and the jack up in the harbour for a cruize. DEv( NPoRT.--The Mutine, 12, Commander Crawford, was at Madeira, all well, on the Ist ult. In her trial of sailing with the Osprey, 12, Commander Patten, Water witch, 8, Commander J. Francis Birch, and the Pan taloon, 8, Commander Wilson, after leaving Plymouth Sound, she butt them by a long distance upon every point of sailing, especially in light breezes, before the wind. They only had one trial, having parted company in a gale a few days after leaving port. The Canopus, 84, was commissioned on Sunday by Captain Fairfax Moresby (1814). The Dee steamer transport, Master Commander Driver, put into this port, on her way to Cork from Portsmouth, on Sunday. The Rolla, 10, Commander Simpson, came into har bour to repair defects on Saturday. The Daring, 12, Commander Matson, joined the Es piegle and Flying Fish in the Sound on Saturday. The Netley tender arrived on Sunday with supernu meraries from Portsmouth.