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reroof l6 ' A b u se Y NS 'ork" reci tes bErCOn r in such .ccor3; for 00- thing in ions 14 RrY nod is , being the age nfirrelti, once leh Pe r : privi; regard 0 1 , or anY tin der khouse pct and 4 from ' se, s e ein )f is - - Manis elauses.sa-(lfear, hear.) He believed that that liiiuciplewes already noted upon in well regulvelunions. He protested cg tinst the erneity of forcing o old people into the union -house, and separating them. He hardly though t that any gentleman would wish to see two old people thus forced to leave their homes, and not after wards be permitted to see each other.—(Hear.) But if that argument was good for the first dasise, it was better for the second. If it was cruel and abominable to separate an old man and his wife, was it not still worse to sepa rate a man from his wife if she were ill? Why should she be turned over to the care of a hired nurse, who might be, perhaps, a woman of bad character, instead of being permitted to have her husband to attend her ?—(Cheers.) .bie asked the Right Hon. Baronet if he would mike the law such that out-door relief should be necessarily granted in every case to persons of more than 60 years of age, for, if he would not, he should vote for the 'clause. —(Hear, hear.) Mr. DARBY objected to the wording of the clause. What was the meaning of suitable and decent ac commodation Y Different meanings would be attached to the different words by different boards of guardians. Then with regard to the second clause, who was to de termine when one person stood in need of the assistance of another? Both clauses were indefinite. Then with . regard t , ) the proposal to give magistrates the power in tended to be given them by this clause, he believed ma , kistrates would be very unwilling to have those powers. ne objected to out-door relief, without any test—there Ought to be a labour test in conjunction with the work ' . house test.. He should long since have proposed a clause to enact a labour test, if he had not met with great op- Position on the part of the boards of guardians, He -never would consent to giving relief to able-bodied men, without any test at all. The great hardship of the law vtas, that able-bodied men out of work could not receive out-door relief. He had never seen any case of cruelty or hardship to old people. He would defy any board of guardians to carry the provisions of these clauses into operation—they were too indefinite, and were conse quently impracticable. The Government proposition was great improvement on the existing law. Mr. STUAR f WORTLEY thought the clauses were intelligible, and if they waited until they could draw up a clause without a flaw, they would never legislate at all. Re agreed with the Hon. Member for Sussex as to the third clause. He thought it would open a door to the introduction of the evils of the old system, and he should oppose it, as he did not wish to interfere with the discretion of the guardians. With regard to the first clause, he approved of it, as, although he admitted that the orders of the Commissioners had in a great Measure carried out the objects of these clauses, yet he Would rather have those objects secured by legislative enactment. Lord STANLEY said that if these clauses were agreed to; they would, as far as the poor-law was concerned, frustrate the labours of the present session. —(Cheers.) It had been admitted on all hands that the present Bill made many advantageous alterations in the poor-l aw . zut he, for one, would rather that those advantages should be deferred till another session, than purchase them at the price of these clauses.—(Loud cheers.) His Ron. Friend who had just sat down had abandoned the third clause.He had admitted that he did not think it right to empower a single justice of the peace to overrule a decision of a board of guardians, and he had also admitted that if such power were conferred on a single Justice it would re-introduce the abuses of the old poor law and revive that system which had nearly brought the country to the verge of ruin. The first and second clauses met with the support of his Hon. Friend. He (Lord Stanley). however, • was satisfied that however humane might be the intentions of his Hon. Friend the Member •for the West Riding, and however humane ?night be the intentions of the Honourable Member for 'tresharn, a clause more cruelly bearing upon the old people could not have been introduced. It was a com- Pulsory clause, and would bear upon the aged and infirm Poor with the greatest hardship. The law as it stood at Present invested a large discretion in the board of t'llardians, the persons who, of all others, were most _cognizant of the peculiar circumstances of each particular ease. The board of guardians were not compelled to give out-door relief to persons above sixty years of age, be cause the law imposed no test upon them, but upon the • Necessity of the parties. A man of sixty years of age ,'fight be capable of doing a good day's work, while an %her - man of fifty might, from his infirmities, be a Proper Subject to be taken into the workhouse, or to ' relieved out of the workhouse. His Hon. Friend, and the Hon. Member for Eversham, wished to deprive the board of guardians, of this discretion, and confine ' !heir attentions solely to the age, without reference ;_o the state of health. The present law gave the . board of guardians a discretionary power of granting ?lit-door relief, if the parties were infirm ; and surely That was a much safer, a much better, and a much : more humane test, than the test of sixty years, which W as proposed by the Honourable Gentleman.—(Hear, from blr. Borthwick.) The present law provided that the board of guardians should have power to grant out-door relief, without separation of parties, in their ton homes, if they were in a state of bodily infirmity. ''sts lion. Friend the Member for the West Riding Ivished that state of things only to apply to parties above sixty years of age, whether' they were infirm or n ot ; and the Hon. Member for Evesham said that, if they Were above sixty, and were relieved in the workhouse, NY were to have separate rooms. The principle sought to be established by the Hon. Gentleman existed alreaay, T ut * , by the provisions of the present law, a power existed 1 1 1 the Board of guardians to allow the infirm or aged usband and wife to inhabit the same apartment in the Workhouse, only requiring the board to report such case to the Poor-law Commissioners, and subject to the re strictions they might impose. What would be the con sequence of the clause? Why, the board of guardians would have only to choose between the necessity of pro viding ag ed and infirm couples with separate a p ar tm e nts in the w or khouse, or refuse them admission altogether. They would be compelled from want of the means of accom modation, to adopt the latter alternative, and thus these poor people would be forced back into their hovels, ,subject to all the privations and discomforts of the lowest stage of poverty. The amendment, if carried, would operat e ser i ously to the disadvantage of the poor and of the rate-payers, and he called upon the House . to re ject it. Captain PECHELL supported the amendment. No thing could be harsher than the present mode of separa tion between husband and wife practised in the work houses. Mr. DENISON regretted that he should feel himself obliged to oppose every one of these resolutions. Mr. BROTHERTON did not think the clauses pro- Posed by the Hon, Member for Evesham could - be carried °ll t- If he thought they could be, he certainly would s upport them. He thought, however, it would be im• .. P°ssible to car ry out the wishes of the Hon. Member, be- C ause, to do so, an enormous expense would be incurred ri Providing separate apartments for the married in. kates of the workhouses. He had often wished to see th ' 6 Present law ameliorated, but he could never support rY proposition which was consonant with hi s feelin g s, st against his judgment. Colonel ROLLESTON thought - the boards of gitardians ought to have more power placed in their ands with respect to granting relief. Mr. is. HOWARD thanked the Right Hon. Baronet for not attempts to ameliorate the existi n g law. He could 1,„ support the motion of the Hon. Member for Eves -tn; as itwould leg paupers on a better footing than t h p • 3 thQuid, ose who were engaged our fleets and armies. He th ere f ore , give his decided opposition to the re i.solutions for, he believed that, if they were c arried, the y t "s"only hi hold out an inducement to persons to go into '''e' Workhouse. • Oir- CURTEIS thought it was desirabl e t hat p au p ers I. .keild be allowed certain times for recreation, W liMr. BORTHWICK shortly replied. The question on th they were about to divide was the first clause , a nd b e at only. H e wished that to be distinctly understood , se kose he felt convind man y Hon. Members would . for. that clause who would not vote for the third The Reuse then divided, when there appeared — For the clause 32 Against it 95 Majority against the clause • —63 th'a answer to a question from Mr. BORTHWICK on. third clause, Si r J. GRAHAM said guardians had the, power, h uger the 22d clause of the Poor-law Act, of ordering 4t. c.100r relief. t,. tl f : e . ESCOTT expressed his satisfaction at the de panon they had heard from the highest autho rit y ion ls subject in the House. He had often Contested the, s a il it ,at meetings of boards of g uardians, but had gene . a 15 .. 1 , been out-voted; he trusted, however , that gu ardians al old now interpret the Act according to its strict literal do s —al og, and act upon their discretion in ordering out relief in cases where it was obviously required. t s :h t e other clauses moved by the Hon. Member fo r s oana were then negatived without a division , Itt' .11.4,1 ; , r ,.._ "° STAFFORD O'BRIEN then moved the following ' l l to clause 20 :—" And be it enacted, that the k r an nissioners do and shall take order for the due per hq,.rnatice of religious services in each of such work ' I;4es, and for that purpose do and shall appoint fit te 4 9as, being clergymen of the Church of England, to a. to bens chaPlains in such workhouses, and fix the amount Nsi i ,Paid to such chaplains respectively by way of salary o : . , , , asi ci ittice for their services (which amount , when so 144 e ,, s hall be paid out of the rates accordingly) : alivays, that' no person who shall be so appointed i e chaplain for any workhouse shall act a s su ch li s a eak unless he be'approved for that purpose by the si t , of 'd i - 0 di oce se within which such workhouse is sp a 'ted." Issid he had for his proposal the sanctio n s , e s dple colleague o: the Right Hon. Baronet, the Lord so k e Zeot of the Council, 'Who ! ' in another place, had forted that a provision of this kind should be added ' the ; Present Bill ; and he had, also, the authority ,of ! . .st,, o4 ° o r-law Commissioners themselves:. The change_ til l e . , ll sed by t h e new poor-law was both BOOM! th r eligious one, as it took a large 'smeller ror from those who were charged with the ir la s ,,,..Aat care. Yet in the' original Act there Was no rea n . ll of a chaplain, except incidentally, in an amend tio introduced in the House of Lords in the interpreta- Om tse s ,_ Acting, however, on that mere mention of Poi tit s", Officer, the Poor-law Commissioners had ap- aui,.,,mseveral chaplains, and in 1839 they obtained the Ise lance of a mandamus from the Court of Queen's s p „:`,9l to enable them•to do so. In twenty-two union CZll.ouses in this counts Divine' service was per ei7l. gratuitously by 'clergymen Of the Established chi but the act of f Divine serelee was _a 4 4 1434 'tn of the 1 . I . Per"inin appeared, from a return ystuph c:been made to aw tne . nous that n there were, exclusive ,„ - , a rnaller,thi fi e ve s whew population tco",4l..from 109,000 to t) 4 1 ,000, whose aggregate popula tows, ZLS nearly 900,000, without chapels. In the whole • i ll t a,! 1 •3 1 of Cumberland there were but three chaplains; It u.e North Riding of Yorkshire there was but one • p o „ s _, in . the whole county of Durham, with its ' cistfuation of 325,000, there was no chaplain at Ch `At their Conservative elintes they drank the of u 2n, and it was boasted of as Op church 'me poor. rptiore , 1 ,634 it slight Wu been the church of the poor, but it then ceased to be so. A poet of another day had told them of " Ears too delicate to hear of hell," and by a horrible parody these words might now be ap plied to the Church. They deprived the poor of rights to which they had as good a title as they themselves had to their estates ; and if they persisted in this, they would not be performing the part of Christians and statesmen, but of tyrants and robbers. What case, he asked, had be n made out for depriving their poor of such rights ? What right bad they, in their power and wealth, to make their morsel of bread in this world con tingent on their willingness to surrender all tidings of another ? There were 135 workhouses without chapels, and 20,000 paupers without religious instruction ; and he asked what right had they to deprive the poor of the holy offices of the Church ? Let them show their own consistency—let them show their charity and their re spect for the poor, by their jealousy lest any misfortune should separate them from the holy membership of the Church. For the last ten years the poor had been deli vered over to practical atheism, which was worse than atheism ; but he hoped there would that night be a tri umph over sordid parsimony and a cowardly compro mise of principle. He heard with great pain the decla ration of the Right Hon. Gentleman, that he felt himself bound to oppose the introduction of this clause. He felt that neither now nor hereafter would he regret it, if the opinion of the House was declared to be at variance with his own. He would now conclude. He had spoken strongly, because he had had to describe a bad and a dangerous state of things—a state of things unworthy of any men who called themselves Christians ; but he hoped he had said nothing personally offensive. He warned the House not to refuse to assent to a clause so extremely important as that which he had brought under their serious attention. Sir J. GRAHAM said the Hon. Gentleman had ex pressed a hope that he had not used violent language on that occasion. He gave the Hon. Gentleman full credit for the purity of his motives, and the warmth of his feel ings ; but he thought the expressions which had fallen from him were hardly justified.—(Hear, hear.) He did not yield to the Hon. Gentleman in a desire to promote the interests of the Church ; but he very much doubted whether it would be promoted by an attempt to force the particular form of worship which the Hon. Gentle man and himself were attached to in every workhouse by the payment of a chaplain.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman should bear in mind that this was not a novelty proposed for the first time in 1834. The Gil bert Unions had been formed long antecedent to that period ; and when those unions were formed there had been no provision made for the appointment of chap lains. There were none appointed in those unions now. Captain PECHELL—Iii some of them. Sir .TAMES GRAHAM admitted that the Gallant Officer was a high authority on the subject of Gilbert Unions ; but he would admit that there was no provi sion made in them for the appointment of, chaplains.— C" Hear, hear," froth Captain Pechell.) The Hon. Gen tleman had described Divine worship, when celebrated in workhouses by clergymen, an illegal act. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN—When the clergyman is not licensed. Sir JAMES GRAHAM—SureIy it could not be contended that the clergyman of the parish would not be discharging his duty if he neglected to visit the poor in mates of the workhouse who were assembled together in his parish.—(Cheers.) He considered it was the bounden duty of the clergymen of the parish thus to attend to them. If a chaplain were appointed, he must be licensed by the Bishop, and, therefore, he could not be said to be celebrating Divine service illegally ; and if he were not licensed, then he would be, most probably, the clergy man of the parish, and he would not be acting illegally. In England and Wales there were 537 unions. There were no workhouses in twenty-one of these unions, in three the workhouses were very small, and of the remaining 513 there were chaplains appointed in 411 under the d4cretionary power vested in the Poor-law Commissioners; with salaries averaging nearly 50L a year each, and yet the Hon. Gentleman alleged that they were establishing Atheism by Act of Parliament.— (Rear, hear.) While the rule remained in force for bidding the inmates of workhouses to leave its precincts even on a Sunday, he agreed with the Hon. Gentleman that, they, were incurring a fearful responsibility if they failed to provide for their spiritual consolation ; but, since he had come into office, the Poor-law Commis sioners, acting in conjunction with himself, had issued an order, empowering boards of guardians to permit the inmates of the workhouse who were members of the Established Church to leave the work house on every Sunday, Christmas Day, and Good Friday, for the purpose, of attending Divine worship at their parish church, and also to permit mothers to be accompanied by their chil dren.—(Hear, hear.) The board of guardians were also empowered to permit such inmates of the workhouse as were Dissenters to leave the workhouse on Sunday for the purpose of attending Divine service in their respec tive places of worship, and in that instance, also, mo thers were permitted to be accompanied by their chil dren. He thought the motion of his Hon. Friend was not sustained by facts. If they were to render the appointment of a chaplain in every union compulsory, they would be lighting up the flame, not of true religioin,, but of religious discord.—(Cheers.) He repeated it, he considered it was the duty of the clergyman of the reli gion favoured by the Stater to attend to the spiritual wants of the inmates of the workhouse situated in his parish. The Hon. Gentleman might call it a cowardly compromise if he liked, but he certainly should shrink from the responsibility of attempting to carry the propo sition of the Hon. Gentleman, although he bore as sin cere an - attachment to the Church as the Hon. Gentleman. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN eiplained. He had not meant- to say that the Right Hon. Gentleman was not aetnated by any feelings of attachment and respect towards the Established 'Church. , Mr.. LIDDELL said workhouse relief to' the poor in the northern counties was of very trifling extent, and the aged and infirm were generally relieved in their own houses. lie had never heard of the want of spiritual ' as sistance in workhouses, of which the. Hon. Member .complained so bitterly, and did not believe any such want existed, at least in the county of Durham. •Mr. M‘GEACHY deplored the tone in which the Right Hon. Baronet had treated the Established Church. He thought it was the duty of a State' to provide spiritual instruction for its Members. He earnestly hoped that the House would assent .to the proposition of his Hon. Friend. Mr. C. BULLER thought the Right Hon. Baronet had shown himself a friend to the Church in taking the "course lie had adopted With respect to this motion. Mr. S FUART WORTLEY objected to the forcing on unions the appointment of chaplains. Mr. HENLEY thought the time bad come when the Legislature ought to interfere for the purpose of, secur ing to the inhabitants of unions , proper religious in struction. " - Sir J. GRAHAM explained, and the House divided; thg numbers were, For the clause l9 Against it - . Majority against the clause The CHAIRMAN then , reported progress, and the House resumed, the report was ordered to be brought up this day at twelve o'clock. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at ane o'clock. HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE.--A pa t: ty of the officers of the 44th Regiment visited the Milehouse races in a car riage and four, having hired a stage coach for the pur pose from . Weakley's Hotel, Captain Polliston acting as coachman, and one of the other officers filling the subaltern post of guard. On leaving the ground in the evening, the inside of the coach was devoted to the sergeants ; the back part to as many of the soldiers as could posssibly find a resting place, or a bar to hang on at ; while the officers occupied the . front -part of the carriage. Captain Pulliston taking the reins. From the way in which the vehicle was loaded, there not being many less than forty persons inside and out, it_ was with some- difficulty the car nage was started from . the • field, but once .moved, off, they went_ over the hill, to Swilly at a dashing pace—the Captain keeping , the, -road very cleverly, ' , All prudence, however, was evidently ex pected tc be- in the possession of whatever other party was on, the road. As might' have been' anticipated such a freak as this could hardly be expected to end without aciale accident—the patty passed through the village of Stoke anct:the more difficult part Of their homeward course in sat i ety, but in turning rather, too sharply the .corner of the road to come into.town tiy the xlrawbridge, at the northeastern barrier,. the coach lurched, and the weight of the load being thrown on one . side, down it went. The horses run offwith the pole, and the driver and his friends were strewed about the road in a most fearful plight, and a long list of killed and wounded• was anti cipated by - the witnesses of the accident, but miracu lously all escaped with some severe :bruises, except ea 'unfortntiate fellow named Smith, a • horsekeeeer in the employ of the owner of the horses, who fell under the vehicle and -received some severe contusions. The poor feliow was -taken .toi„the infirmary of the workhouse, and still lies ,in a ,dangerous state. - The horses proceeded towards the town, but -in passing over , the drawbridge one' of them fell, and his legs became entangled with the chains so firmly.that it re quired a - great number ofpersons and powerful levers to extricate them. This accident brought the other ; horses to a halt, or further and serious damage might have resulte l d in their passing through 'the streets. The horse that fell ran the pole into,his, breast, ind is not expected -to live, while the damage to the carriage is- estimated at hetless Than 501,—Devonport Tekgrqpife PIKE FISHING.--On Saturday last an. immense pike was caught in Bassenthwaite-lake by' a young man named John Stanley, who certainly secured his Unwieldy prize La a manner somewhat novel in the art of:angling. Whilst fishing for perch by the side and near the head of the-lake, and baiting with the minnow, the bail was pre sently- swallowed by an enormous pike, and the moment the fiN4 found himself hooked he rapidly took off, and made his way further into the lake. When the "tyrant of thestream" had hehrly'stripped the young . man's line off his wheel, it suildenly.stopped, otherwiiw lt.would have snapped his frail taphitog in an instant, and thus helm regained its liberty The alller, however, commenced working the fish, with 4. view of exhausting him, by first. draw ing him towards the shore, .444 then letting him off again into the lake. In this Way ici wrought on for upwards of two hours, the pike, frequently wren& his - whole line off within a yard or two: At length, the young man observed a piece or wood or railing lying on the ground, about three yards long, with a nail in the eta of it, which he .contrive 4 !!) get bold of, The pike by this time was getting weaker, but was f`0111131,1611 too strong for his frail tackles 'he determined, however, trving his chance of car-tire with -his new 'weapon, and Arawing the immense fish as near him as he c,*uld with one hand, whilst with-the other he struck at it, and succeeded in driving the nail into the pike's head, up to the very wood. Stanley then leiekly landed his prip on terra firm, when it proved to be a full-grows} 144,C, 44 inches in length, 22 iuclleLin firth, atxd weighwg leas ay% 2811). THE S!'/ 4 4 LONDON, THURSDAY EirENlNex JULY Qs, 1e44. AMENDED RAILWAYS BUJ4 ft A lift'', TO , ArFACH CERTAIN CONDIT4S OLWE ' CONSTRUCTION OF- -FUTURE--RAILWAYS - , AUTHORISED OR TO 'BE AUTHORISED BY: : ANY ACT OF THE PRESENT OR SUCCEEDING SESSIONS OF PARLIAMENT, AND FOR I OTHER PURPOSES IN RELATION TO RAILWAYS. Note.—The clauses marked (A) and (B) were added by the Corlimittee. 1. Whereas it is expedient .that the concession of powers for the establishment of new lines •of railway should be subjected to such conditions as are hereinafter contained for the benefit of the public; be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, arid by the authority of the same, that if at any time after the end of twenty-one. years from and after the Ist day of January next after the passing 'of any Act of the present or of any future session of Parlia ment, for the construction of any new line of passenger railway, whether such line be a trunk, branch, or junc tion line, and whether such new line be constructed by a new company incorporated for the purpose, or by any existing company, the clear annual profits divisible upon the subscribed and paid-up capital stock of the said railway, upon the average of the three then last pre ceding years, shall equal or exceed the rate of 101. for every 100t~ of such paid-up capital stock, it shall be law ful for the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea sury, upon 'giving to the said company three calendar months' notice in writing of their intention so to do, to revise the scale of tolls, fares, and charges, limited by the Act or Acts relating to the said railway, and to fix such new scale of tolls, fares, and charges, applicable to such different classes and _ kinds of passengers, goods, and other traffic on such railway, as in the judgment of the said Lords Commissioners, as suming the same quantities and kinds of traffic to- con tinue, shall be likely to reduce the said divisible profits. to the said rate of 101. in the 1001., and so from time to time at the expiration of each succeeding period of twenty-one years ; provided always, that no such re• vised scale shall take effect, unless accompanied by a guarantee, to subsist as long as any such revised scale of tolls, fares, and charges shall be in force, that the said divisible profits, in case of any deficiency therein, shall be made good to the said rate of 101. for every 1001. of such capital stock ; provided also, that such revised scale shall not be again revised or such guarantee with drawn, otherwise than with the consent of the company, for the further period of twenty-one years. 2. That whatever may be the rate of divisible profits in any'such railway, it shall be lawful for the said Lords Commissioners, if they shall think fit, at any time after the expiration of the said term of"-twenty-one years, to purchase any such railway, with all its hereditaments, stock, and appurtenances,. in the name and on behalf of her Majesty, upon giving to they said company three calendar months'' notice in writing of their intention, and upon payment of a sum equal to twenty-five years' purchase of the said annual • —divisible profits, estimated on the average of the three then next preceding .years ; provided always, that if the average rate of profit for the said three years shall exceed the rate of 10/. in the 100/., it shall be taken at only 101. in the 1001. for the purpose of cal culating thereon the amount of such purchase-money; provided also, that if the average rate of profits for the said three years shall.be less than the eattrof 10/. in the 1001., it shall be lawful for the company, if they shall be of opinion that the said rate of 25 years' purchase of the said average profits is an adequate rate of purchase of such railivay, reference being had—to the . prospects thereof, to require that the rate of purchase, instead of beingealculated - upon such average „rate of profit, shall be taken 'at a valuation, to be deternained, in case of dif ference,- by arbitration. 3. (A.) That nothing herein contained shall be con strued to subject to the. said option of revision or pur chase any- railway- made or authorised to - be made by any Act previous to. the .present .session.;. and that no branch or extension of less than five miles in length of any existing line of railway shall be taken to be a new railway within the provisions of this. Act ; and that the said option of purchase shall not be exercised as to any branch or extension of any existingrailway,,without in cluding in the purchase the existing railway ; also in ease the company of proprietors of the same shall require - that the same be so-included. • " ' 4.,,(13.) And whereas it is expedientahat the policy of calling into exercise the. powers of revision or purchase hereby reserved,,Or eitheenf them, should in no,manner be prejudged, by the provisions-of -this Act, and should remain for the future consideration of, the Legislature, upon . grounds of general . and ':national policy ; and whereas is not the intention of this Act, that under the said powers of revision or purchase, if called into use, the,. public resources should be employed to sustain an undue competition against any independent company or companies ; it enacted, that no such notice as hereinbefore mentioned, Whether Hof, revision or pur chase, shall be given, until provision shall have been made by Parliainent, by en. Act or Ads to bepassed in that behalf, for authorising the guarantee or the levy, of the purchase. money,hereinbefore mentioned, as the case may be,'and , for determining, subject to the conditions hereinbefore mentioned, the: manner in-which the said options or either of-them shall -be exercised • provided' always, that before any application is' made to i'arliament for the, powers to exercise the said options or either of them, three months' notice shall be given by, the said Lords Commissioners to the company or companies to be affected thereby, of the intention so to apply. 5. That from and after the commencement of the pe riod of three years preceding the peri. .at which the option ol ransom or purchase becomes available, full and true accounts shall be kept of all sums of money re ceived and paid on account of any railway within the provisions hereinbefore contained (distinguishing, if the said railway shall be a branch railway, or one worked in common with other railways, the receipts, and giving an estimate of the expenses, on account of the said railway from those on account of the trunk line, or other rail ways) by the directors of the company to whom such railway belongs or by whom the same may be worked, and of the purposes and things for which such sums of money shall have been received and paid ; and every such railway company shall, once in every half year, cause a halt-yearly account in abstract to be pre. pared, showing the total receipt and expenditure on account of the said railway, for the half year ending the 30th day of June and the 31st day of December, respec tively, or such other convenient days as shall in each case be directed by the Lords of the said Committee, under distict 'heads of receipt and expenditure, according to such form as may be required by the Lords of the said Committee, with a statement of the balance of such ac count, duly audited and certified under the hands of two or more directors of the said.railWay company; and shall send a copy of the said account to the Lords of the said' Committee on or before the last days of August and Feb ruary respectively, or such other days as shall in each, case be directed by the Lords of the said Committee in each year ; and it shall be lawful for the Lords of the ', said Committee, if and when they shall think fit, to ap point any proper person or persons to inspect the ac counts and books of the said Company ;. and it shall be' lawful for any person so authorised, at all reasonable times upon producing his authority, to examine the books, accounts, vouchers, and other documents of the company at the principal office or place of bUsiness of the company, and to take copies or extracts therefrom. • 6. Companies to provide one cheap train, 'each way, daily. (This clause remains virtually unchanged, see clause 25 of former Bill.) And with respect to all rail way companies subject to theseo-bligations which shall be open on or before the Ist day of November next, these obligation , shall come into force on the said Ist day of November ; and with respect to all other rail ways subject to this obligation, it shall come into force on the day of opening of the railway, or the day after the last day of the session in which the Act shall be passed, by reason of which the company will become subject . thereunto, which shall first happen. • - 7. That if any railway company shall refuse or wilfully neglect' to comply , with the provisions of this act as to the said cheap trains, within a reasonable time, or shall attempt to evade the operation of such order, such com pany shall forfeit to her Majesty a sum not exceeding 20/. for every day during which such refusal, neglect, or ' evasion, shall continue. 8. Board of Trade to have a discretionary power of allowing alternative arrangements. [This clause is the' same as the former clause 27.] 9. That no tax shall be levied upon the receipts of any railway company from the conveyance of passengers at fares not exceeding ld. for each mile, by any such cheap train as'aforesaid. 10. 'Certain companies to convey military and police forces at certain charges, 5 and 6 Viet., c. 55. [ This is the same as the former clause 29.) 11. Railway companies to afford additional facilities for the transmission of the mails, 1 and 2 Viet., c. 98. [This is the same 'as former clause 30.] • 12. And whereas electrical telegraphs have been established on certain .railways, and may be more ex tensively established hereafter, and it is eXpedient to provide for their due 'regulation; be it enacted, that every railway company, on being required so to do by the Lords of the said Coininittee, shall be bound to allow any' person or persons authorised by the Lords of ' the said Committee, with servants and workmen, at all reasonable times to enter into or upon their lands, and to establish, and lay down upon such lands adjoining the line of such, railway, a line of electrical telegraph for her Majesty's service, and to give to him and them every' reasonable facility for laying • down the same, and for using the same, ..for the purpose of receiving end' 'messages on her Majesty's ser vice,' subject to such reasonable ,rernuneratfon to the company as' may be agreed upon . between theconapany and the Lords of'the said Committee,,or in case of disa greement, as may be settled by . . erbitratien ; 'provided always, that. subject to a prior right of use thereof for the purposes of her Majesty, such telegraph may be . used by the Company, for the purpciSes of the railway, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the par ties, or, in the event of difference, _may be settled by arbitration. . . 13. That where a line of electrical telegraph shall have been established, upon any railway by, the company to whom such railway belongs, or by, any company; partnership, person or persons, other Wise than exclu sively for her Majesty's service, or exclusively for the purposes of the railway, the use of such electrical tele graph, for the purpose of receiving and sending mes sages, shall, subject to the prior right of use thereof for the service of her Majesty and for the purposes of the company,. and subject also to such equal charges, and to such reasonable regulations, as ,:may be from time to time made by, the said railway eeraiittnyo be open for the sending and.receiving.of messages by all persons alike, without ftivotir, or preference. 14. And Whereas by an Aat passed in the 4th year of the reign ail& Majesty, intituled, " An Act to regulate Railways." power is given to the. Lords of the said Com mittee to appoint any' proper person or persons to in.; apect any yailway, and the gtations, works; and buildings, and th,e en,Oes 'and carriages belonging hereto ; and ii order to carry the Provistons•of: execu-, ifoP 4 ip PTS4e4 1 40 t4O said Tme !)9 40*.cr /if !)OW 4t,,, • fut . :zaliAgn Il i be it enacted, that thesai pirxer w giy9,n ,to the Lords orihe said ComMittee, ..ap‘p§inflit proper Persons ISTinspeei-railiva,Ya- Sha r7-extend: to-- authorise -the appointment by:the ' ir..ords',of' the 'said -. Committee of. any proper perso n or pe r s ons , f or suc h p u rp oses 'off, in spection, as are' by 'the said-Act:authorised; and also, for the purpose of enabling the fords of.thc saidCOnimittee to carry tho provisions of th?s'nfid of the'Said Act, hnd. of any general Act relating' to railWaYs, into executiion,; and that so much of the last-recited Acts as provides that no person shall be eligibleto the appointment as in spector, who shall within one year of his appointment, have been a director, or have held any office of trust or profit under any railway company, shall be repealed; provided always i that no such .`person shall, exercise any poWers of interference in the affairs of the company. 15. Repealing provision of 3 and 4. Vie., c. 97. (S: as former clause 35.) .. , .16. Board of Trade may direct prosecutions to ' vent railway companies from contravening , or exceed the provisions of their Acts. [Same as former elauSe ; 17. Notice to be given to the company. Prosecut: to-be under the sanction of the Board. Of Trade; within one • year after the offence. • [Same as for] clause 37.]:: : • """ ' ••' •: companies .18. And.whereas man y railway.. have I rowed money , . in 'ti, manner unauthorised by their Act incorporation or other Acts of Parliament relating the said companies; .upon the , security. of, loan . . n or other . instrum en t s p urpor ti ng .. t o g i ve -a .. curity for • the repayment of the principal sums 1 rowed 'at certain dates, and for the payment interest thereon in the meantime : and, whereas sueh notes or'ether Seedrities - issued otherwise than unde loan the no Inch Otes 'provision of some Act Or Acts - Of Parliament have legal validity, and it-is exPedient that the issue of a illegal securities should be stopped ; but such loan n, or other securities having been issued and receive c t in good faith as b e t ween the b orrower an d l en d er , an for the most part for the lawful purposes of, the undertaking and in ignorance of their legal invalidity, it is expedient to confirm such as have been already _ issued ; t be it enacted, that from and after the passing of i this Act, any, railway company issuing any loan note or other. negotiable or a s s i gna bl e i ns t rumen t, purporting to bind the company as a legal security - foe money than to the said r a il wa y com p an y o th erw i s e than under the provisions of some Act or Acts of Parliament authorising the said railway Company to raise such money and to issue such security, shall for every Such offence forfeit to her. Majesty a sum equal to the sum for which such loan note or other instrument purports to, be such security: provided always, that any company may renew any such loan note or other-instrument issued by ,them prior to the passing of this Act, for any-period or periods not exceeding five years from the passing of this Act. • 19. That where any railway company, before the 12th day of July, 1844, shall have issued or contracted to issue any such loan notes, or other unauthorised instruments, the company may and shall pay off such loan notes; or other instruments, as the same may fall due, subject as herein before provided ; and, until the same shall be so paid off, the said loan notes or other instruments shall entitle the holders thereof to the payment, by Pe company, of the principal sum and interest thereby agreed to be paid. 20. That a register of all such loan notes or other in struments shall be kept by the secretary, and 'such re gister shall be open, without fee or reward, at all rea sonable; tithes, to the inspection of any shareholder or auditor, of the undertaking, and of every person_inter ested is any such loan note er other instrument desirous Of inspecting the same. 21. Remedy for recovery of tithe-rent charged On nail way land.. [Same as former clause 43.] 22. Communications to and from Board of Trade, ser vice of notices, &c. [Same as former clause 44.]' • •, 23.' Penalties. [Same as former clause 45.] • ' , 24. That where the word " railway" is used . in this Act, it shall he construed to extend to all railways con structed under the powers of any A - ct of Parliament ; and when the words "passenger- railway" are used in this Act, they shall- be construed to extend_ to all rail ways constructed under the powers of any Actl of Parliament upon-which one-third or more of the gross annual revenue is derived from the conveyance of passengers by steam or other mechanical power ; and whenever the Word "company" is used in this Act, it shall- be construed to extend- to include the proprietors for the time being of any such railway ;'and that where a different sense is not expressly declared, or does not appear-by the context, every word importing.the sin gular number or the masculine gender shall be takenito include females as well as males, and several persons and things as well as one - person or thing. . i 25. That thle Act may be amended or repealed by any Act to be passed in this session of Parliament. I COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday a Special Court was held, for the purp of receiving a report from the Parliamentary Co mittee• upon the Criminal Justice (Middlesex) Bill, Corporation Officers Bill, and the Charitable Bill no% Parliament. THE LOSS OF LIVES AT BLACEFRIARS BRIDGE. TwO or three members having risen at the same ti e, .to . call the attention_ of the Court to the late 'dread id accident at Blaekfriars-bridge, - ' - Mr Am:me:role handed-in a notice of motion, "to e into consideration the state of the piers 'for embarki g and landing passengers on - and front steam-boats ; - d also the present laws for regulating steam-boats on e river Thames, and the necessity of applying to Pan a ment . for further power, fcir the better regulatiin thereof, and that the subject be referred to the Naviga tion Conimittee to examine and report thereon." Mr. T. IL ,HALL said there existed in the Court a very great and natural anxiety to give expressinn to t .e feeling occasioned by the awful calamity which had . - curred at Blackfriars-bridge on Thursday evening; a d he thought it necessary . to mention that the Chairman .f the Navigation Committee was not aware of the inte . - tion of the Lord Mayer to bold a Court, and had go . e up the river on business connected with the COrporati. , or he "certainly' would have attended in his place in ord • r to make any explanation which might be required as o the responsibility of that Committee. The Lord Mayer was perfectly . . aware of the difficulties which the Na 4- gation Committee had to encounter as to the navigati. n of steam-vessels on the river Thames; and that dou s had been expressed, even ba=the Inembers of her M - jesty's Government, with regard to the powers of ti e Committee. His •Lordship . was also aware that there were .individuals connected with the river-who completely set at defiance the authority of 'the Cdmmittee, and that a difference or Opinion existed in the body itself, calcu lated to prevent that whi c h un a n imity _would .hakreeffe - tually 'fee bmplished,,(llea.e, hear.) That' there shou d I be a per t supervisi on o f a ll encroachinetitiand inn - vations, end that a 'controlling power should exist som - Where, there could be no dOnbt. many Werelof opinion •thet the authority sh6uld belong to the Navigation Co I mittee.....At all events, t h at po i nt ou gh t to b e sett l e d, s nothing but the r e p et i t i on o f such calam i t i es as t h had to ; deplore, was . likely - to arise front the :continuan e i r of had existing irregularities, and the operation of i inefficient and divided controL—(Hear, hear.) Sir P. LAURIE. _up on l oo ki ng _ over M r . A n d er t o 's notice of motion, hOped that the words "if necessary," In reference to going to Parliament, would he added ;tor ,e much feared that an app li cat i on to Parliament would, to a certain extent, put the rights and privileges of the chi tens of London in jeopardy.—(Hear, hear.) He believed the Secretary of State to be disposed to take all power to himself, and had embraced the advitie of one' Mawr Jebb, who' recommended that the City should ,be called upon to erect a new prison upon five acres" Of ground. . Now,' where that enormous space was ,to he obtained, Miles's,. indeed, it was to be found , in the river, h e could not tell.--(Hear, hear.) . These was no .spot except Smithfield upon , - whi c h ' such an enormous ~ Speculation could be at all likely o be reduced'to practice. Th ese attempts to build gaols of frightful magnitude should b e c l ose ly wa t c h e d.—(H ear, hear.) With respect t o t h e control of the river Theme, he had not the slighest doubt as to the efficient exerei e of the milted power of th e L or d Mayor and the Na v - gation Committee . without an_ appeal to Parliaitient t all.L - 4Hear, heat) - Mr. PncoN said it w ou ld _be recollected. that befo e steamers wgeemplOyed in the . Thames the stairs a d landing-places.within the jurisdiction of the. LOrd May r were kept in repair, and the expenses were defrayed, the City 'of .London. The complete authority rested with the , Corporatioa. The introduction of that ne species of navigation did not 'abate that authority., the.contrary, it rendered the exercise of the.powerp_ao e necessary ' by' he introd uc t ion o f" new dangers .-- (He 'hear.) As to the Tegulation of the steam-vessels, t e Waterwen's Company, from who m the hcenses were oh- ta i ne d i were , un d er existing circumstances , not empowered to inflict penalties foe the violation of the rules ; but that defect could be supplied by the 'Lord Mayor and Alder men, who might, in his opinion, at once conferthe powei, and thus aelneve the remedy.---(gear, hear.) - - - - • 1 Mr.Noanis • said he was anxious to C a li' t h e att e n d* of the Court-0 theimportant question o f the state ' of the a-' piet at. Blaeltfriars-bridge, where the melancholy acci dent occurred. - Ile recollected when the Blach.friara - bridge Committee arrivedat ttie. con c l us i on . o k .:t i ieir i ' bOurs,' they requested that the question as to the state" of the pier th ere should be referred to .a Committ ee . and . a. discussion. of some length took place as tb whether the subject Estates Committee: Navigation C omm i ttee, or the Brg Committee: He ad v i se d ,upou id e ‘ should B eeie go E e that Occasion- that' the matter should be submitted to the Navigation. COmmittee as more appropriate to the. however, it by whose it was refer re & to the, report furte r plaits duties of that Cotainittee than, to ' those of - the Other. UlioltuimeeitEteslytate , °w and papers.' were : ,called . for and the consideration of which:report was deferred , to another p er i o d. Th at period had un f o rt u nately not yet arrived..--(ilear, hear.) The question of . course 'was at • the' present' rn ivoent before the Committee, and would no doubt 'be.seo.n brought forviard. After some,remarks from other member's, , Mr. Gittin4u 2 said . ..it . w as quite . imp oss ibl e for any one to iiippOse buf that. • t he, Corporation m i g ht h ave ,'remedied: the existing, evils long ago, if , they : had :acted gi ears:3. ltncea nsidnceen,etrh4eY.— (gear , condemnation alluded' hear.) , He expected from a judgment of th a t description. What, h e aslied;*ould . to lawimt h ilell ad lYter n dd o in t- tah o lla t t od vti Zel the effect Se naturall y the public ear when it should go forth, as it, no 'doubt, - *Mild `next, Ay, that the very spot on 'which the dreadful ' occurrence had !taken place, had been condemned two yearS ago ? . .4(Cheers.) How monstrous was it that the greatest corporation in the country should be. told that what was formally condemned. by 'the Committee :appointed by, them to superintend the affairs. of tha , river was allowed to remain as-if formally sanctioned •byt i thein and' that they were only roused into a • re e ell eA tib n . 6 1) the'eentenee'hy the terrors of the' disaster I;e.("Clieers-,) gointo the at once, without It Was (Mr: Greshain Contended) absolutely and' indis- . putablY necessary , . questi on o waiting for the slow operation o f a notice of: motion.—. (Hear, hitir.) The Court ought to refieet that similar and hadh -40.ePW at other piers accidents might banpeni 1 60 4 : - Itelooti - ,'m oil,* ' o ll i o Villii,t4llo94B or ..-... a . . • , ~,... -,...,... t.,.., ; z;D::1 L;uill:;tau euovias4:l4 . '`,., zw) .. . :: .. :... , Tut tao:lptriib eueie,,4 1., : . .tams`.—.banollaholl . - ......1 el hsienibi..s cid an; bill ' e x parents to their children, arid the gss . dren to `'their!pirents, was attributable •to th nul, ne'lleglect of J l --.tlie—Ciirporation—of—London.---4Lou arias—e - f -4‘ Hear ; hear," and - 4 !.1Voolo-7) He ins isted that his charge wt's, just._ If they argued in tbeir defence that they had no, power, why 'did they not - sap who; shad the power, and - who had refused : to exercise it? If they said the power , lay with the Lord Mayor, why: 4id. they not distinctly say so, and Calf upon him to periorm -so serious, a. duty ?,. :--,•-(Cheers.). •The'.CoUrt of , c 4 .,ainmOti Conneil had the City 'funds at theirceinthand, sired sbOwed that they, pos-- sessed :that authority in tio :great variety ;of ways; and surely,as, they were invested withlarge corporate s.utho:' city, they were bound. to devise . a remedy for the evil, , particularly as they li!td, inopfy to 'carry out the object. -- , •-(tlear,. hear.) There-were several Of ;the inhabitants of the, ward in which the calamity had occrirred, - at the bar, ready to .present a petition, praying the Court to, give their immediate attention to the subject. n :Be added his entreaty to theiri.- .He had:spoken strongly,: and in the opinion of . :lnany, :perhaps; harshly, on- the subject; but it was. one ealealated.te,operate powerfully upon the feelings. of any mrin,Of common hamanity.—(CheerS.) ..: ' The LORD' MAVOP rose. He said it might be . :tatis 7 factory to the Court to know that a code 'Of lawsfor the regulation and management of the 'river Thames Wad be submitted to the Committee of Aldermen on Saturday 'next, and that the conservancy was of itself a sufficient power upon whichto to' act on all'Occasion s , hOWever fin, • portant, and rendered quite unnecessary any application to Parliament for assistance or sanction. • When 'these rules should be agreed to, there: would be no delay in nor check to their operation,--(Ch eers .). , With respect to tits..deplorable accident whi c h h a d Occurred, it was necessary, after whit had been stated as to that diSaster, ;. that he should say a few wOrda. „It-appeared.froin the .startcruents. which had, been made, that the pier, at Black-' friars-bridge had been cOndemnedfOr the last two, years. He regretted that his predecessor in office Was' not pre sent, ' to state,- why he had not acted trin that sentence of condemnation-- 7 why ; he had pot proceeded as scion as • possible to apply a remedy.—(Hear, hear.) At the same time, he could not help saying that the Navigation Com ' mittee ought to have reported . to hint (the Lord Mayor) that such a "dangeroui pier existed. lt the Com mittee; had,given him that information; he would at once have removed the 13liekfriars-bridge pier as completely and effbctually as he had removed the pier at London-. bridge.'—(Loud cheers.) In his opinion the Navigation Committee ought to have renewed their application from time to time with ceaseless, persev,erance, until they accomplished that the accomplishment of which they knew and aclinoviledged to be paranioint. 'lt was their duty to follow by aw Object whiCh melancholy experience now pointed out to, them should have been long since attained.—(Cheers.) In his opinion, the pier ought not to have been at the place where it is at till. Any one who would look. at the Illackfriers-bridge Act must say that the erection' was made directly in opposition to it ; so that there was neither. authority nor excuse for what had been done.--(dear; hear.) His lordship. concluded by stating that on Thursday next (this day), he should go up the river, examine'ill. the piers, and issue orders with respect to them, which, he would take ire shonld be obeyed: Upon the motion of Mr. OBBARD, the standing order was suspended, in order that the Farringdon-ward With- Out petition, in praying 'for the immediate erection of a substantial pier, might be presented. In answer to questions from Mr. KING, the petitioners. said they knew the - Alaekfriars-bridge pier had been under condemnation for the last two or three yearS,• and that they did not care by whoin the pier might 3enaltde, as their only object was to have an ellietent' and secure one. , ' • Mr. Kula-, upon the part of the Bridgehouse Estates Committee, said that the members thought the question, of the erection of a pier so important, that it ought to be snbmitted to competition, and that the vast plan of em bankment proposed by the Government necessarily caused delay.—(Hear, hear.) Under all the circumstances, the Court ought to be very cautious how they sanctioned any plan. Mr. R. WILLIAMS believed that the public mind would be, in a great degree, relieved by what had been stated .that day in the Court, provided immediate steps were taken to carry out the object of those who had con demned the course of apathy which had been so long pursued.--(Hear, hear.) The petitioners did not appear at the bar to advocate any particular plan of building. Their only object was' to'have a secure and effectualpier, and the public would hold the Court responsible fOr what might henceforward take place, for they believed that the Corporation were chargeable with having allowed individnals to erect piers, no matter where, and to pocket the money of the people, witheut caring anything about the danger incurred by those Who paid, or the disgrace reflected upon those who granted the favour.—(Cheers.) He hoped that petitioners would never again appear at that bar, praying for a remedy for grievances, the exist ence of which was a dishonour and a reproach to those to whom they were represented.—(Cheers.) Mr. T. H. HALL submitted, that the Court ought to recollect that the Navigation Committee could not re commend the erection of a pier upon any particular spot, until Something decisive should be done in the great scheme of embankment.—(Hear, hear.) Lord Lincoln had given notice, that on the 30th i ns ta n t, b e s h ou ld introduce a Bill in Parliament, for the purpose of exten sively embanking the Hier, from the City to Westmin ster. )Clow could the Corporation then, at once, erect a pier upon any spot within that large space ? They'. were bound to look at the question in all its bearings.-- (Hear, hear.) In the meantime, that, he admitted, had nothing to do with ' the ricketty pier which had been con demned two-years ago, and ought to have been removed the moment after condemnation.—(Hear, hear.) The petition was then unanimously referred to the Committee. Thornhill Park is directed to be sold by Mr. George Robins, by private treaty. It should seem there is nothing in Southampton's beauteous vicinity, that can approach this splendid mansion and estate. Sir William Curtis has in vain essayed to rent it furnished for the season of yachting, but the executors of Sir Barlow Hoy, think they are prohibited from disposing of it, except as a most eligible purchase. A reverend and highly ta lented correspondent of ours, makes the following com mentary upon the property. :—" I hope the place is marked in Thornhill Park where the bones of the famous racer Emilius are interred." He was the founder of a race of " giants" in their way. - - - Mr. Westley Richards, gun-manufacturer, Bir mingham, has succeeded in combining various qualities of steel, suitable for the manufacture of sword blades ; it has all the toughness of the Indian Wootz, with a beautiful, Damask surface, but has much greater elasti city, which _gives it a decided advantage over the Eastern material. Specimens may be seen at Wm. Bishop's, No. 170, New Bond-street, and at the manufactory, Bir mingham. REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA.—The recent visit of the Emperor of Russia to this country has excited an unsuual interest about the, vast empire which he governs, with a will and •a hand to the power of which there is ho limit; and this. interest is-likely, as we understand; to be imme diately gratified, in a most unexpected manner by the publication of such extraordinary ." revelations," touch ing all RuSsian institutions, social as well as political, as ,no press but that/of England would dare to put forth. Hitherto the accounts we have received of Russia and the Russians. have been prepared and put forth by travellers only—:. , individuals, however worthy of credit and attention, who could not from the brief time they .passed in the country, by possibility have penetrated be yond the surface, which alone presents itself to a travel ler's, eye. , But these.," Revelations of Russia " are said to be the rekilt Of . many years' residence and observa tion, and Undei such circumstances of official and social position as render , theta moretrustworthy than anything else of the kind that has hitherto been given to the world. This work-is also said to contain the " Secret history," never before made public, of that extraordinary revolu tion which placed the present:Emperor on the throne.' • HOSPITAL ,TOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OS THE CHEST, BROMPTON.—Considerable anxiety has been expressed, and several inquiries • made, .as to the probable ceMpletiOn of the new • hospital at Pelham crescent, BrompiOn, and of which it may be remembered his Royal Highness Prince Albert laid the first stone, on the 11th lilt, ,Iteeems that, although the ground plans : and elevation are fully completed, yet the specifications of the builders are, not thoroughly decided upon, and hence the apparent delay. The works, as far as they have proceeded, form a beautiful specimen of workman ship, although ; evideutly eopied'•from the .:new .building now in progress,, in.- :Lincoln's _lnn-fields. 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Ross and Sons Can, with the greateSt confidence,- recommend the above dye asiinfall4brecff4dne at their establishment;. and la dies or gentlemen requiring it are requested to bring their friends or :servants with them to see how it is used, which will enable them to. do it afterwards without the .chance of failure. Several •private- apartmenti devoted entirely to - the above" purpose, and some c !their este lilisliment hoingused it; the effect produced can be at once seen: They think it necessary to add, that by attending strictly to theinstructiona given with each bottle of dye, numerous persona have succeeded equally well without coming to ,them. l ---,Addiess Ross,and•Sons, 119. and .120, Thshopsgate.-street,the belebrated Perruquiers, Perfumers, Hair-cutters,:and flair-dyers.—N,B.: Families attended at their own residences, whatever the distance: • REDUCTION- Or , FARES ON THE 'GRAND 'JUNCTION ANA;I r o ',AND ButaimonAiLlt..tn,w4ri.—Wa have great pleasure, in announcing: that a considerable _redaction pf the fares • bet Ween Liverpool 'and London is 'aboUt to_ be made almost immediately; the Dire:3loA of did Grand Junctidn and the ,London and Birmingbem Railway Companies. having both decided in favour of s uc h a s t e p. This is pile ,g,tua first results- or- the cordial understa n din g iyhi'ch now exists 'be tween the two companies. We Lelieve that it will befound e4ually,advantapane .to. the public and .to the companies theinattelVes, Coupled with the acceleration of the mail trains just effected, •it sires the -pablic' greater . iocommetia-... tion,at cheamratel at the,sametinieLtitat 4 411145 t add to the influence and popularity of the cop:IRA : a ,the end to their income aiso.-,:.&ircrpoo/Ximq, - • „ AIM' Dig TOSATO r eStO4y. a general nieeting 'of 'the GoTernors of ,c 11440,, was held in' the - Board-room of the,;P4pa4saiy. Aldersgate ', 'street, ter, theLpi!rp§* . S piecsiog .The.l eiciretarY, :34-r- 3 / 4 1 , 1 :93d, bayieg:Tead the 1n11111419 9rAhp.:prpOilhlg'` aleOrik . :a ballot 'was taken, n Dr. ot several sUciessful . iiiedieal publicationkq• •- • alAcq . - ill t :"~ A(:i i i - 3ulls:ra , PV!Vtre'r..P.`n s•-• SUMMEir.itSSIZES. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Woreegier,fuly 23. etrft - Star l .--(Berory 116., Serape ntATcrignixr.) (Attire siting:of-1W thle - 'indriltig, the triel, forpe_wgyi - ponmenced. pain, end gr. 4reayes *ere rtainecl on the counsel. ttre deterrht was - unrepresent e d by As Mr, GE,EAyEs.roselo 0 14 1 the.proceeslingg, he was -I nk teirtfiltrilgiLthe 'defendant iVlip Claimed his - right to have the' ;indictment read albudio.iliejurly.s., • := -•-• • - The Learned JUDGE left the Court fuLtliepurnOse -df con sulting the Lord Chief Justice oaths subject, and, ,on his re ) Wen . ; obSeried4-Aq iny Lefinied Brother, whe kriforll44Pit That henevek in. his+ lif* heard kif such a proceed'-a ing, but if the defendantthinks that any g oo d i s t o be got by it, let it be rea d?' , - N4*ton::-Theri, ujt. LOH; -I say, let It be read. , Tlie ~Learned 4tuia.E-k1 have alrea4ilikl so, Sir: heofficor of the Court then monunenced : reatling the: docn. Mentin - qhestion; 'which 'was Said - to be nearly ten =feet in Jiength; the perusal occupied fifty -" cV A l fiP9.9s(Pr, ease for :tlie'prosecution, said toa . t a most painful duty devolved upon him,.entaiting as it - equally - painful-en the jury. arid. on file - teamed o.4dgeibe?Pre whom:he-had the .honour-to- appear; and pre ,rnisieg : his observitions ,with ,B9MG,,furthOr :rot:darks, the 'learned 'counsel stated,that the - , facts of the case were few and agi ;weak', appear froth the Subjoined statement, -The .4efouclaza, AliguStusiNewton;•ilehcc resided at , lit; Paul's COttage, Chelterthain,happened. spate time since tobe sited by amine 'merchant: of 'the name of Healey, for the sum of ,12/.)145. ; tb thisaction- he-madeno defence',' and jiidgment, t 3ras taken for the full amount by his Own: consent, on_ the 2d. -of May, 1843. On the . 28th of June, the, defendant being at -the time -at the iGlonceSter sessions, Was - arrests 1" hy the . ' aheriffisofficer for the above: dehti.wherenpon ilie:Cluitried his . privilege of freedom from, liability ~.to ,arrest, which was at : length conc e d e d by the - Learned Serleant Ludlow, w h o pie , _sided. Laded. on condition. that the' defendant *mild net take the ,benefit,Osuch dischargei. order, however, topreventany, .misunderstanding, it was suggested that the terms - of the undertaking Should be put -into Writine;' whereupon the fol ',leWirrg document was diawn.up - *- • .. . • " IMALEY V. NEWTON. . . ' " I hereby undertake not to bring an/ Aqion in respect of :any . arrest-in the said. action made this trioniing against any perso . n, or pelsouss.; ;and ;hereby undertake th a t t h e Plaintiff in the said action shall be. at _liberty to execute, or cause to 'be executed; the said - writ, in the' same imunter as ,if no such_ arrest bad taken place ;Land' that the 'case shall, in all respects, lie„ponsidered as if in : point of fact no such 'arrest had taken place as aforesaid: -" 28th June, 1843. "AgGITSTIIS NEWTON." affidavit was afterwards made, ..as,was alleged, on tile part of the prosecution, for the purpose of ,doing away with this undertaking,. the law not permitting two arrests for the same debt, unlestrthe' party arrested have consented to take: it out of the general rule ; it became, therefore, in som e de-: gred necessary that the defendantahould give some such docu ment as the bile . above `set out being discharged; he duly -attended the sessions,iand afterwards retired to-his cottage at St. Paul's, Cheltenham, . Acting, pn the undertaking which had been already given,'the officer proceeded to make a second ..arrest. , The cottage .was • surrounded -by its own grounds, having in front a. lawn. The sheriff'si officer rang' the bell 'at' the front, door; inquired for the defendant, and was answered in the , negative; the door being slanimed in his face. Thereupon, the officer climbed over the wall at the back; and being aware that a large dogwas kept upon the premises, took with him 'a loaded pistol, as a necessary pre caution_ against the animal ; - nor did this-appear to be a needless step ; for no, sooner did the servant girl observe him Making an. entrance in 'the way described than she loosed the dog in question; which Was only taken alray under a threat of shooting . hint Ina short -time- considerable ex citement preVailed in:the neighbourhood, and a large body of the populace colleeted'armind the hank. The officers -then made their way to - the rear, when' Mrs. NeWton inqUired of them. their business. ; The warrant. Wad shown to and' was read by her through a window, consequently it could not b e supposed but that the defendant was well aware of the errand on which the officers hadicome.. The. house was stated to have, been as well-pretected as the liberal use of bars, bolts, barritedes, &c.; Would admit ; and from half-past eleven till one o'cloek the -offieers 'remained hovering around it, the crowd in the immediate neighbourhood gradually increas big, in the interim. 'The , officers, consequently, con ce al e d 'themselves near the back door, under the shade of some pop lar-trees then in leaf; watchingiattentively the only mode of egress in the rear. -Their patience was finally rewarded, by seeing it at length gently opened. They waited no longer ; but rushing- forward, pushed it fully open against the wall 'behind. On forcing the door thus, they met Mrs. Newtonin thepassage,. saw one of the defendant's sons near her, and Newton himself, whom they instantly arrested, at the foot of the staint The defendant -did not- hesitate to charge the officer with breaking into. his house, reiterating repeatedly his complaint, which was over and again denied, though the 'charge would Seem,at length, 'te 'have been admitted. The defepdant, upon his arrest, was -taken to,Gloncester. On the Bth of July he made an affidavit for the purpose of procuring a writ 'of habeas 6otpas, which he obtained: On the 14th of July he was brOnght from Gloucester gaol before Mr. JuStice Malik., and thereupon alleged two reasons for his immediate diseharge : the first Of these:was, that the plaintiff having con - vented to his liberation upon a previous occasion, was stopped , ftom again' taking_hint for the same debt, the second arrest being illegal; the second allegation was, that he ought to be discharged from prison, because he had been' arrested by 'means:of a forcible entry into his honse. It was upon these. twe•grounds that the defendant was charged with perjury; no mention was made of the undertaking. already adverted to. • When before Mr. Justice Mettle, the defendant asserting that two arrests, had been made for the same debt, was about to be released from custody, when the_ undertaking was pro duced, and the Learned Judge, considering that the second arrest was not illegal, ordered him back to custody, on which occasion he was transferred to-the Queen's Bench-Prison. It may be as well to mention here, that an action of trespass was brought by- the defendantegainst four of the individuals who were to be witnesses against him to-day, 'for:the forcible en try into his house detailed above, a verdict passing against them for the. sum of - 50/.1 they, howeVer, - being all made parties to the record in that instance, were of course incapa cited from aiding each other by their-evidence. The above • is a condensed,' statement- of the whole of the facts connected with this . somewhat extraordinary case, as they 'were' detailed in the opening speech of counsel ; the Proceedings, as will be seen shortly,. were brought suddenly to a close, in consequence of a deficiency iu the evidence ; it is, therefore, out of our power to draw an intelligible account from the imperfect testimony adduced on the trial. William George Stratford, clerk in the rule department of the Court of Exchequer, produced. the affidavit of. the de fendant made on the Bth of July, and also two writs. Charles Thomas Lewis, officer-of the Queen's Prison, pro duced a writ of habeas corpus, from the office of the Queen's Bench Prison. Robert • George Whatley, attorney ,at Cheltenham, and Commissioner for taking. affidavits,- proved the swearing of the 'affidavit in question, his own signature and . that of the defendant; and added that he attended for the 'purpose of taking the.affidavit at the .defendant's request. James • Boodle, solicitor at Cheltenham, was attorney in the cause of Healey r'. Newton. Was present at Gloucester in Court when the defendant was discharged, by an order of Mr. Sergeant Ludlow, on the *2Bth of June, 1843. It is not true that Augustus Newton was discharged out of custody by any order; direction, -or consent of mine, but I told the sheriff's officer that I would not bring any action against the sheriff if he would let the defendant Than was after lie had. signed an undertaking in my presence. He was there upon discharged. , I stated what have already mentioned, in an,under tone, to the officer. The defendant claimed his privilege as a barrister attending sessions, and.tho Learned Sergeant Ludlow (the Recarder of Gloucester) said he would make na order, bat that the: privilege should , be allowed. Mr. Sergeant Arcugnutv-rpo you think, Mr. Godsoii, that that amounts to perjury? , . • Mr. GOosoX—l submit that it doei, My Lord. - Boodle's examination continued—Mr. Justice Maule stated that a discharge for, privilege would have been right, arid would not have prevented a second arrest. The application for defendant's discharge on the ground of a second' arrest has failed. -This. undertaking answers that ground. Cross-exaMined by the defendant—James Bennett arrested the' defendant in the Shire Hall, at Gloucester, and took him before the Court. Sergeant Ludlow said that .the defendant should be protected during the sessions, on each party under taking to bring' no action. After the undertaking was signed, Boodle told me no action should be brought against the she rift'. I let him go at liberty in consequence of that. I should not have done so otherwise. • . Mr:Sergeant-ATcnertr.kr , ---The queftiOn is, whether per jury canhe assigned •or not on these facts. Chief Justice Tindal agrees with. me that as the offieer, would not have dis charged the defendant but for what passed between Boodle and the officer, though there is a suppression of truth in the affidavit, yet an indictment for perjury cannot be maintained. G. Wilson, constable and prosecutor, gave evidence rela tive tO the mode of making the arrest; • .The cross-examination of.the witness by the defendant was continued at great length, relative to irrelevant matters, when it was interrupted by Mr. Sergeant Axer-rEaLigv,- who inquire& " What on earth ha.g,this to do with the subject - bolt:ire us ?" Defendant—lt goes against the credit of this witness. Mr. Sergeant Arairmu.nv-'--Do• you wish to discredit a witness favourable to yourself ? • • - The, soreraau 9f.the Jury-- 7 We are : atreid, my .Lord, that the defendant will do hii case an injury. Defendant to the' witness-=Did yon ask Mrs. Newton if I were at. home.? . Witness...-Yesi she said ihatLyou were not, but that she• had pistols, And would shoot me. • • Re , examlnedl 'am 'the prosecutor in this ease: I said to the defendant, " I :clid riot break open the dem', and you know it." The door was opened from the inside purposely. After some further conversation, the Learned JUDGE, ad dressing the jury, told them thathe thought the evidence in . sufficient to support theindictment, at.the same time he con sidered the case one very proper to be inquired into. The jury accordingly returned a verdict ofNot Guilty NORFOLK Jiilq 23. TheComrnisslon fbr' the county of Suffalk Was opened' his ;afternoon, and it is said thakthe Courtswill be opened for the dispatch of business at .an early hour. to , :inerrow.. The ea lender if a very heavy ana indeed. It contains the names of fifty ; prisoners, the majority of vilicen- are charged with the frightful crime of arson....This . :documeht is now before us, and in order to give some insight into the State of this county, we think wei'cannet de better thari shovt"the names and ages of the respectiveparties r .CASES 4ND ?IpcoNEEs, rteniy'Sergeitat,lailiodr2l; read and write ireperibco. 'Eliza (his wife); aged 22', read'and write . well.. 4a l Xlol l :l4licliand, aged 53; read and write imperfectly: _ Robert Roper, aged 15, neither, . ~,);. • James Snuth; ageil la, neither: " ' Jirinesiriend, aged 27, read and write' , imperfeetly. . Wm. Cattermole, aged 18, read and writeilsnOrfeCtlY. Tiorley,' aged 18, read and write imperfectly. This prisoner was acquitted on a similar 'Charge last circlet.. John, Williams;aged 29:,.read and write imperfectly. „ J.. Durrant, aged 17; read and writeiipperfectly. DavidJackson,aged 14;"read,Aird*Tite imperfectly. John WoOds; agedifilifieithet . • •• • Samuel Jawb,:aged 28, neither.. . • Aifu INiannitig, aged 32 read and write James Thurlow, aged W. Ed-Botwright&aged 22, read and writtimperfectly. John Spilling; aged neither., David Clow Cad 40, neither. All - thoie noes tab frarn the western 4lvision of the County, Those ; yhioh,(l4llv. Fe:famished tiY the - eastern : , • "Itabert Grim*kle, aged 38, read and writ© well. (TWO threkiehifelklfterg.) -- • William fraies,'agod'2o, neither, JasclikX3arnott, aged 21,' • - 04 - iref aged 11, neither:' LA: N isiiiißandrill, agediikie ltd. ff- •11:Loq ,Iwr e p aged 21 4.u,either:_ !:: (7:: ',:f , • arymend aged 45, read and.write gged 33; neither,' : C Davy, Aged 13, Robert 44 0 • . • 0.0 I Wickki4e ,e 0 14ed .14trid aged;aLankaster;-read: " Tbis is, indeedi.a tierefolied state it - not, how , eYe4o4§jr.te7esil the ,vl,ll4han tti devi..s9*e remedy. ?, • • • DispatclnS weave 'soht 'off' frbm :pan t.tc .ofirer cirs cfeibrilOr'tugl y . ri4 CJ 7 ba iV3 '- ellitol4o4' . . WINDSOR;- WEDNEspAY.—The wow' Alberl,r7f*fircitri,:t4W Vriiiee, r . -thi`pleisore., r;itin ."s,_ clf . - the - ' eatr \ zit_ also tooklritairTp ,, fri -- -'n ,f9..riy phaeton. - 'llerl!iflesVArcr Prince Albert visited the Duchess of K6iirit - _frogrtiOre Lodge.. l, Tlie .„..e41 1 14 1 / 4 4.1-t;01:04 - (aocompanied , by' the Dowa,ger ggli,,LTAteliom)o:a.ndi_ the . -I'rineess Alice were taken their usual .valls ,aud rides-in the .kreneon. ~c ' l7ll, s ,,jpetW.r(qii.,-1-lcury Labouchere t oo k his depar turefrom the Csetlb to-day. . ' JiSit'?tobArt Peel arrived at, the Castle from town this it • ' ' ' 'it ernotin . iat.n. visit to the, Queen. . ..In - the:lafternoon the illustrious party rode out. The ...Q(l,o4Setitr44ineis 0-I'3Douglas, the C oun t ess o f ,Mattfte, eititib!N".and the etuntess de Grey, .occupied an open eari,,,,.,,tt;.e' cifJ four. i...11is Royal Highness P r i nce Wliqi 7 E - Wag'dli'llorselia6li: - 'the Marquis of Douglas and r theacpaerriositizWaithren-her Majesty and his Royal Ili g hness, ,ptkoMNAl l 4 l o.l l 44 aed Bouverie, were also og hoFsakaeli, 4101 on. Miss - Paget, the lion. Miss ;Litidellptanilußail')DelOrey, were in : an open carriage and four. The Royal party re t u r ne d f rom t h e i r excurs i on liTorTiliei!,seven o'clock. -. Her Roptl Ilighnuss the Duchess of Kent took an warelaken in the gardens of the Castle in preltfterebou, . . , xl dirair party at the Castle this evening ineladeti,her,Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady qhqrkitte 111194h 1 pte.Countess Wratislaw, the Marquis "anifiSfaichtoress or DOuglas, and Earl and Countess 4),:!;,1%,?. Jo • "tile Scots Fusilier Gtiarda.was in attnel 'once at the Castle during dinner. Her Majestys private band afterwards attended and peredithieil the remainder of the evening. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Martin-IC-nese -13-eCTi,-Terrti?vilyepterday morning, by the South-Western Rairway, at seven o'clock, for Southampton, to be present at the,shoN'iif 1h / V4st ot England Agricultural Asso ciation;:jiis RoYal ,Iligness returned to town 'in the evening. .. d The - Dulie T and Duchess of Cambridge and the Ifere tiitary', Qran Duke and Duchess of Alecklenburgh , Strelite i ' *tended by .Baron Knesebeek, honoured the Etirf and 'Countess of 'Wi4on with their company to in err - in - Grosvenor-square, yesterday. • Sir• Robert' Peel left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank had an interVieW, With the Chancellorof the Exchequer yes terday; at his official residence in Downing -street. ' -Colonel MacdOnald, of Sierra Leone, had an inter " +IOW with Lard Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial -office. Disnatches"iv&ei received at the Colonial-office yester 4ay, f?*ifiy'Oorernor of Gibraltar. .:,:,Mr..idigtatn:Vomptroller of the office for the Reduc .tion' of the National Debt, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The:BishOp of London had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a .meeting -on Tuesday ; those present were the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Lord President of the Council, the Dean Of Westminster, and the Earl of Besborough. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The beautiful weather of the last few days has had a wonderful effect on the craps. The harvest in the county of Essex has already commenced, and in the neighbourhood of Rom ford ha become very general. Several fields of wheat, barley, and oats have been cut, and throughout the coun ties of Kent, Sussex, Essex, and Surrey, grain of every description presents a most luxuriant appearance. Not.. withstanding the long drought which has prevailed for such a lengthened period throughout the whole of the 'agricultural districts, which had at serious effect' on the early crops of grass, and which it was calculated would have caused. hity to be - exceedingly dear, the late refreshing showers. have caused the crop of after grass t o b e most abundant,, and the mowers are now-everywhere engaged in cutting the second hay harvest. Some wheat and oats have al ieady been housed in the most excellent condition. The hod grounds of the county of Kent are looking extremely r Efeautitul, 'the plant is remarkably healthy, and freer .from the grub than has been known for a number of years. The prospect of an abundant and early harvest; is cheering in the extreme, and should the present 0.14 P weather icontinue, the harvest will become ge-_, Bra i throughout the country ,in the course of a week or ten, clays., ROBBERIES.—On Tuesday information of the fol— lowing daring and extensive robberies wan received at the various station-houses of the metropolitan police Stolen from the person of Miss Hudson, while in the National Gallery, Trafalgar-square, a crimson silk purse containing five sovereigns and some silver. On Saturday morning last, about twelve o'clock, from the pocket of a gentleman, between the Bank of Liverpool, Water-street, and the Exchange News TO01:0, a brown leather pocket-book, containing two 10/. Bank of England; notes,. a 50/. ditto, endorsed in red ink, "Eli Pearce„l9th July, 44," a 51. ditto, en d orsed, "J. Harris tett Sons," same date, and a bill for 721. 16s. 6d. From the person of a little girl, five years old, whilst playing in North-street, Lambeth, a necklace of five rows of coral beads, with gold slap. From the residence of Sir Au— gustus Clifford, the Usher of the Black RP,,d, No. 74, Eaten-square, six silver fiddle-headed ''...essert spoons, crest, a leopard holding a spear in the 'Light paw, motto, Virtus mille seota." From 10Z, ?..;trand, a small ma hogany case, containing three.ltp:,' -a-half dozen of silver Fromthe' ncil cases two dozen dittg 'thimbles, and a t oo th p i c k . house of r,. Lime, 13, Haberdasher -street, East Hoxton, a sur;tl eau French gold watch, a gold Maltese cross, a I `ialtesegold ring, pin and chain, and other property "contained in a leather portmanteau. The robbery was, committed by a man of middle stature, very stout built, and walks lame; he was dressed as a. mariner, and is tattoed on the right arm with the figure of Christ on the Cross, sun, moon, and s t ars , an d a heart with a dart through' it. Fro m 7, U pper Berkeley reet, eleven silver tea spoons, two pair of su gar t ongs, marked "F. E. L ., " six silver dessert spoons, nine ditto table spoons, a sugar spoon, thirteen silver forks, four salt spoons, two butter knives, and two pickle forks, all silver. From the house of a surgeon in the City, name. not mentioned, an immense quantity of valuable pro— perty, consisting of rings, pins, coins, surgical instru. merits, &c. SALE OF HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS AND IVIIANU SCRIPTS.--Last week a sale took place at Mr. Fietcher'a rooms, Piccadilly, of a valuable collection of historical autographs and manuscripts, some of great rarity, and among which are upwards of two thousand Exche quer documents from the time of King Edward 111., selected from a large quantity of documents sold under the authority of Government, reaching over a series of reigns of successive Kings. The autographs, &c., are those of some of the most eminent peers, philosophers, poets, &c. Among the chief of the lots disposed of, we mention the following :—An Essay upon the Character and History of the Scottish High landers, extracted from the Quarterly Review, being a critique on the " Culloden Papers," with very numerous autograph corrections, by Sir Walter Scott, 2/. 4s. ; an. autograph note of Napoleon Buonaparte, of four lines, 355. ; proof sheet of Lord Byron's " Hints from Horace,' with numerous corrections in the Noble Author's auto graph, and a letter to Mr. Murray on one of the leaves, relative to " the damned cutting and slashing," which he will not allow unless it is against his friends . Moore, Campbell, Scott, Sze. &c., 4/. 10s. ; Charles I.'s; autograph to a document, in fine preservation, 1626, Nelson's order for secresy, signed " Nelson and Bror.ae," dated on board the Amazon, in the Downs, 12tt, Sep tember, 1801, 15s. ; an interesting letter of James Watt, the celebrated engineer, urging the. comple tion of some cast from his bust, 1818, 183. ; a speech of Sir Robert Peel, with the autograph corrections of the Right lion. Baronet (the speech was extracted from a newspaper report, to which additions were made), 175.; autograph of Captain James Cook, the celebrated voyager, to a draft on the Commissioners of the Vic tualling Office for 2,000 rix dollars, in payment of sup plies to the Resolution and Discovery, dated Cape of Good Hope, 28th Nov., 1776, with th e or d ers o f t h e COnirnissioneri-for payment, signed James Hanway and others, IL 10s. MajOrlGeneral Morison has paired off for the remainder of the session with Sir John Yarde Buller, Bart. LONDON SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUNG FENIALM—On Tuesday the ninth annual meeting of the supporters of this Society, which is established for the purpose &rescuing from vice and restoring to society young creatures under fifteen years of age, was .held at the a s yl um , Tottenham, the Rev: George Greaves, MA., rector, Heru e , Ba y , in the chair. Amongst the company present were se veral ladies of the'Society of Friends, and the following ge e _ tlemen :,--The Rev. John,. Brewster, Esqrs., & C. Mr. J. B. Glanville, 11. F. Richardson W. Thomps on, rad E th e report. Th e l ast year was one prosperity, the rec e ip ts having exceeded. Ta1b0t,4...s ur y t , H. secretary,he 700/. Her M a j esty the Queen anted dn the Society a donation r i s c ously ple a sed t f 2 o o b ec s o l m . e Duringpat patron ess, and othfousneporefe farmer ede nted years 137 D ow a a l r r h r e a s d e the year eight females were restored to their families, six were sent to service, four left of their own accord, and forty-seven remained in the asylum, where they were receiving a sound, moral, religious, and useful education. Several letters were received from the parents of the recipients of the charity's bounty, ack nowledging the be ne fiCi a l e ff ects upon their chil dren a the discipline of the asylum. Since the formation of the Society 101 brothels were put down, two procuresses were convicted; and 346 young females were rescued from infamy through its instrumentality. The late Mr. Earles Somers, of Chertsey, bequeathed the Society 2001. The receipts amounted to 2,0111.25. 5d., an d t h e expenditure. fi gured at 1,326/. The report, in conclusion, regretted the failure of the Bill introduced by the Bishop of Exeter, as if it had been carried it would have assisted the Society in suppressing brothels, and prosecuting traffickers iu vice. The report having been adopted, the officers for the ensuing year were elected, and thanks voted to the chairman. At the close of the meeting the Committee led the ladies and gentlemen at tending it over the building, which presented peculiar ad vantages for its objezi, and is capable of affording accommo dation for 1,50 ir.inates, with every convenience for domestig and other .urposes. MORTALITY OF TAILORS.—In the registered causes of death of 233 persons, mitered during 1843, in the eastern And western unions of the metropolis, under the general head of " Tailor, " no less than 123 are registered as havi:4 died of disease f the respiratory organs, of which 92 iir'ere of con sumption ; 16 diseases of the nervous system,'oi'which eight were of apoplexy ; 16 of epidemic or coote.'gious diseases, of whom 11 died of typhus; 23 of disiel ee of uncertain seat, of 'whom 13 Were vict i m s of dnpsy, bight of diseases of the digestive organs and e'. - a c of " heart d i sea se ," w hil s t, o f the whole, only 29 died of old age." DREADFIT, SUICIDg OF A FEMA.LE.- 2 011 Tuesday expired,. at the GreenWich union, the unfortunate young I'c4Ais)e, rAtuedilannah Diball, aged eighteen, who precipi tated herself from a second-floor window of a house near the Ma4i§tratO's Police-office, Woolwich, on Saturday last, and reolved such injuries, that Sergeant Perry, 8 R, and constable (iladerin,l24 L, immediately sent off for Surgeon Stuart and Ittr, Waters, the relieving officer, who both most promptly. attended the former, after dressing her wounds, advised her removal to the union, which was doneby his order. The un- Sortunate deceased was subject. to fits of aberration of iatel iqcts, 44 la 011 e of these she destroyed her life. MISSILE • - . - -7---.-:-Ni _ , . ,-... ,0 * , - s . _-.--- --' ; - 1,, ~•;,,..,,,,....„..f,--A:"......„„ \ '_., 1,G•,;1•(---...:. I , i_ . •7 - - .......-.3;,...* ~ ~... .... J. -, : -,2, 5 , , r ..a.•-x tat_ -tizt-ii el -fiffrat‘j,, 0 _ r t• ;t gale' 41