The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-08 00:00:00

1 )0 1, --- ------ ) , 11 thus secured, an d no t a single compassionate 41 ) 'llll ikeeiEee dfor the whose lives had been that , numbers Dis i t, 4 t!le red flaring flames of thousands of torches, ' 111 the hands of the soldiers, cast a light that Stti kte ed to be tinged with blood upon all around them, I e r : i e d as they passed along to bring up out of the 1101 (1,:h w ite h ic_ 11 , the . obscurity of right had buried them, the slaughtered Saxons, 4 4 Eleepy passed corpses of . joy, )114 d ong, his face radient with j and illlittillhanding with exultation, for that awful earn- SiasSkt eo se cured in his hands a power upon which he ikett toerceive no check, and to which he was de • th place no limits." t tt lttp fBrileters introduced into the novel are well l k, ' . ° 4l the ambitious vuluptuou4, end unprihcipled l ' 44,ltith his cowardly ' and wick-d followers and I t th e ' r t s . )to the sturdy f;retter .13.-rn hard, and the hero lie of l , l the lover 4 Beatrice—Al.4gous, the young '41013Y. There are scenes of battles, love !little' 11eeils, murders, and conspiracies scat. gre rc' e ' t u gh the three volumes, all of them written peepi attention to the manners and customs . of 4. %01 E t 14 that period, and being accurate delinea 7, 1, 4 - 1 sayings and doings of kings, nobles, pre -14 t h :" Q rs, and serfs, as they have been handed I),iti.V4lcient chronicles. Thus, besides being . kt4 ,,h3 7 e °ting to those who read only for their , 11 3! etl na l 't is also instructive to the student of Isti a-4 °f antiquities. With all these recom enrs, th is historical novel cannot fail of suc !kill We hope, soon will be followed by others . ti Y th e ,the , favourable notice of the public as h. hori;rst fAperiment of Mr. MicGsbe in t 15 teratue. 4,vp, FI N E ARTS. ii 4 Plt 'h i , ' EVG AA' D VANQUISHED. ,Allibi„' 74 nous contributions to th e Gr ea t Indus -44, ssi;, °ll, not the least noticeable for theeir pre ' two ,? i t the least admirable for their exculleeci, itte,lltheitrssal groups representing Satan under s tl kse 11 .,t asPeots, recently sculptured by Mr. E. liiii,j,, 4 esterday morning we had the gratifies h`tuliesfil these really beautiful masterpieces in liose`"° artist, whither we would commend all itl -ut llias t ri „ °f his art to hasten, especially if they 1 41 ate esh: enough to be numbered a ns mong the te;elt a dmirers of Milton. Mr. Stephe has ~'lll , i , for 1 .. 4 ef the two tremendous events he has L 'l tt alit s-Presentation with the sensibility of a poet IN i Itlis te4ll Y touching, sublime, and beautiful. ‘ita-iloth, veers of his majestic art be has embo .kt,ll,44's 44:141 forms the scenes rendered visible to N i l tt 0 "Y the numbers of " Paradise Lost"— iNlhei t . n,nee awful in their splendour and exqui- NV:,,, hat th - „ .. el °dY. As Milton proved himself a poet, `v CI 14 - ' 4 incontestably shown himself a sculptor. Its tle s ,,7ere to throw aside for ever from this Ne s t usti, - ;„and the mallet he would still have NiC i lap s °,` in all sincerity to secure for himself a Att t .. 4 ais 4,'110n. Both works of art display in a l itaCti kti'gree breadth of conception and delicacy of llii, i. "Bt: l eage of anatomy sad scope of imagi 11Wite ;LI Tempting Eve," is incomparably, to !iivava C o : 1 . ! better of the two . productions .. (and this pil,,,' Pop tr `'ssrt with a full appreciation of its coin °ltiNisLla that In, rnentous oct a,sion when the klatql:its-}sedovEer the slumbering form of . the first ~, e l ,..Pf see „Dy detestable arts to reads the or ,,,litot,Ttd Y• In the figure of Eve the sculptor %,"‘ or' g ed sh e levY attribute of feminine loveliness. . 4 04 'enter'''' symmetrical limbs are reposing on a 1 . ti tai t h es the body tying in a sort of uneulated L t lio ß k tte , A t h" face turned s..mewhat to the left shoal ``,RettitSto;in l ,be contrary, wi-h his" dewy locks dis aetd;_lilie that and his gigantic stature, " shapel and it 's N t : m4 t of some sera hic inhabitant of heaven, l ad citlte ll P h ,a f Y over the naked sleeper, wit every b aie I llesai L t t h st ~ e tense with an agonized vitality. i c ,,v , if I ' o p t 'e Tempter is grandly disclosed as cNi mat h unutterale anguish, of ineffable 4 4 o f ". 11I nniate wi b ckedness, and of matchless tilit dyes tellect—just as that of the Tempted t , v:l,tiese:uing serenity the graces of unparalleled ' l ol ll 'a* e the face of Eve is undoubtedly in its :L '4 ,4", (1 ets'i n t ,b ( mgh by an extraordinary skill i n the " . " 1 , 'Phi "'et there is thrown over the features the 241 sea.,_4inge and startling intelligence. In this we k la Oittscities of Mr. htephens s:: an artist. and ‘ . l l lii i l t n o t ti (lC), of the very highest rank, to have tis', 4 'i v "Pictiousl rendered apparent. " Satan t ato ' toe Arcangel," we have pronounced, 0 '4ll ‘ id ih, fib k ill „, t• a, scarcely so as . tI L NI i1 t1tti,,.. 6 , r °4 already noticed. Nevertheless, it 40,1 1 4 4 Wurij o l ;dged that, with a preference for the r 'ro, 14 by i ts art, this group also commands on l ti et, o s 'kit astomshiug disol. yof power and AI- N: 1 40 , N P'oportions of Michael, the arehatigetic I l s (4 wa , r,,, i ir t h." noblest symmetry, and the . whole 01 0 4 % i *1 h ail air of celestial in -piratioe. A 7, 1 ,.(1 11 , 1' !qt, li titi t o hb StUnio of Mr. E. B Stephens. at lli s. 'te,thre rt rii as a gift from the Elects' n Com 10yh Ithe st ,?, t ,l, to the Viscountess Pati.,erston. It *iti,d-"L handsome nuintenance of her illus. 1 ( tires 04 ° of the most gifted and patriotic d \ atets kto , fi t o, '•---f- . ----- - 1 , op A Nb„aisi sd "I•TQUANIES.—Viipount Mahon pre- A . ' h, i t,: a Y, but the proceedings did not offer many I . 4 osi'vt. ll - ; ; 4 t• The rearing of papers occupied an un skr'aet,--,,nl,ei and consisted chiefly of contributions ib k o h ni,'ili._. relative to the Tone, of L .rnion during W, $4. - t ,'es the First; the communication included a t 1 0: s„" • Wade, dated 1012. It referred merely to Ni_ l't 4 1 !:Pointment to minor offices under the consta -1;: utals .t i l n gotta percha of some cu r ru i s . s i ets l w i were N , k„, tz a z. thtr tha Jle o' se t a h l e of fo c un ar d d r i e n ss al B o Beaufort. al° o T e h g e e ; \ti t tl ls 3l tl el by ir. Doubleday, of the British Museum. i 'li„ ; tte st aelst an explanation of the method by which k i V 41641 torques, found in sepulchres and elsewhere, \S;s'weQwisted ; it was simple but ingenious, and at. t „Pet s ention than anything el.e in the course of the I k , tcannot help thinking that the secretaries dis \l, , dis k Much parsimony in the quantity of matter I t. "Ist 4 t - 4Ceasion, and the conclusion of the business 1).,,_e1i abrupt. 11'' oe \ 1° ,..t t - „ 1 ACCIDENT. A poor man named 1 1: \ ) Ter 1,.` 4 3' Years horsekeeper at the Swan Hotel, Os i' t ' death a few days ago under these circum , 1 1. " \ 1 1 0 ,,, ad, Rover mail-Coach had arrived at the i ' lle . a,s les."'l proceeded to assist in taking out the \) tlbleTe.rs_.having been detached were turned to ati,zs e e „,:mts the unfortunate man was undoing the ;VI t ,"! th s - i - side one being only attached by the pole ` 41 4 - 'cli - l uirnals becae restive an started awa ' , l 'i l l k. e s 7 7 o er the bridge. m Shortly after the coach got tr D 4 li sci o t vv orrall was shaken from the splinter ' 'ide al isest I , b .Den clinging, and the wheels passed over ',,et ti. ti i,.uls body. Surgical aid was rendered, but 'ot i k 4 yo - ,,Was found that the injuries he had suss se tt bo at F„ - the reach of human skill ; so, after lin ,'laakirlis h., A r hours, death terminated his sufferings. 1 4!, ''' , ll";' , . When a verdict of " Accidental death" ;t ot etA L e'reestershi re Chronicle. 141 1 4f1 4 1 : bs " )1 1'10N or PARIS.—The budget of tot; tr o '„, 4 4 th„ •uoLiuts, in receipts and expenses, to . f,lii.Zs6 te epts are included a sum of 4,400,0001. As. -1 .: - Oct; • ihe principal items under ths head of ysepi,eoler,;kui 3 3,586,00dt ; halles and markets, It q 'tt,,s h ~, a t s l n g\ al centimes, t,. 86, t•Of.; hydraulic es- Sk.t p ,%l A q in :',, ° °l. ; slaughter-houses, .000,000 f. ; a ,si th e , 'ue cemeteries, 608.:,.50f. ; rent of stands kil" 4 1) , bk- fruglAfares, 608,664 f. ; sewers, 0:,5 Of.; i , 4 t o pt 1'4;4. taX on funerals, 411,000 f. In the ex 11,N • th e -.lo ne -. r , Li the sum of 7.357,498 f. carried to ' , ( 4 4 0te4, vro z i t 'efectur e of police, and 6 . ,722,5 6f. for new , 5 11 / , "II ( 1, 11 !• Among the other items of expenses ~,,e,42,,,, 7 .6:..6 816 t. • hospices and charitable 11,0)149,,,-12li; retentions for the benefit of the 'tin q . -. L' ; works . of reparation, 9 - , , 4 f.; ex ki 41 4 , ib4tion, 3 4 66 0 3 f. • primary instruction, 1 % ')1• •• 4l, 41 118 1 ! 1, promenades, and works of art,131,. 76t. ; Ns,'2t,,_ctisy,"ud military ' service, 1,097,4 - 4. ; ex 44ttt;',`M. ;' t) f works, 485,300 t.; prefecture central qi t ) . :; e at ',Princip a l sewers , 73-,6C0f.; mires of k b ‘i1e,,1.-6640f. ; fetes and public ceremonies, il'iNCI acid cemeteries, 464,3e0f.; public worship ki 1/ 4 tkr t , l S o l.4 114 :1; 14 ," . 71 01 ' FROZEN FISH.—" It may be ~ p L t47 to th -a „Ys Sir John Franklin, in his First Over -1 g s 4 Oflt of ,e Seas " that the fish froze as they : i ) , l- h il ls ' s i : u l a '" n e a nets, and in a short time became a lc" I' 4 , wh'' by a blow or two of the hachet were . i h 11 v f i t , the intestines might be removed in lON ' r t 4, t hi I. i . e breathcompletely frozen state • they were iSit,ls e i ) wly tb ey recovered their animation. This 1„‘i141 el 'atvs ?, e ase with the carp; and we have had ,4( l, l taii,;"reiseatedl - as Dr. Richardson occupied P‘Mh 'ts iug the structure )' of the different species .1q N I tik iii pp n 11Zsi, Iti tis W e ' l ,' m the winter under the necessity of S'jti l ,sl o ,: le„ !aye seen a carp recover so far as to 1, '4l,,?'i ty 'r." 't vigour after it had been frozen for iN t lini t 'gi r ,..7 41. • Hearne, Mr. Ellis, and other tra lt k . th, Fssi, 's, also mention the power of many of 4 'l o% l ,l o :Ust (:riebndure intense cold—mosquitoes and N l , i t o lve, ~,,... e being frequently frozen into one ?ai i; e 4 ats, f n rc "lch, when thawed, renewed all their rte I ts ye r ev ,. Oh so hard as to bound from the floor i,bei 4118 .....: 1 be the fire; so were frozen leeches, a 'l4. l ds t , '• 0 0/0 . 9i,s, 14 4 4 , kat . 1%4 ° ot a i , l 4l,,, h kichtg in the centre of the Court of t4,llkerleah'lth formerly bore the equestrian statue of i er 4 1, jig °, i 5 to be in a few days taken down, and gel sited () ' l5 b e erected on the spot. —Ga li gnani. Ilir i ;to ,r . I'vi t ,,, ' Vmsfi t 's 1 .. : 41 ex : .... WINS IN laELAND.—A practical ai l l i... illtlres4l.Disrictkuu,ded tour through the counties of Cork,. iii l us ts 4 ~( 1 t o tb_and Tipperary, states, in a commuhi -1 ''. Ill t lta s Iv t i' l lore 4•;', Ballanasloe Star, that generally W . I r4 , l y lis v , Ne t t vst?ced state, especially in Cork, than Si Iti s Ot e ` si bs 5 . , this period in any year since 1846, not . kc:‘,llt,4lnee pee s Tones extent ,of the emigration, con ' ttl l % il l) i h 'The a - , k e et moment. It is only in some favoured ilS t t . of h . all t i "as been plan ' ted, oats being the favourite i, '4, , k t a t i .irect : m N'lii t eli N . tY than tons; there will be a much larger ). 4sl 41 usual, and flax will be cultivated tis• tte ire3'• In regard , e t tt t iv e det to the potato, the writer says, %Jo , t ,ach e ksle. er mined to try the potato this year on 1001 fo r es ro ot Go Where you will, the ground allotted 411 4 4t attellate meets your eye; in tact, there seems to la hroloß h:ess of its ever having failed; and this 141 15.., Ilitht emevarwhelming train of misfortunes which ti, i ,kl h ,"%fts li,',i Toes,, AL s o —a th e country." tilii`geillg held ir is or LONDON.—At the monthly 1 1 11 ',:. k r WA u at the Society's House in Hanover \ 11441.1.4-Itettlitr Sir G. Clerk, Bart., M.P., V. P., in t l t tit tts ,:sess rs gt,„9 l i and Mr. E. Robins were elected 40 1 14 44,1 4 %k t "• Vit. Rawlins and G. M. Fast were lkr ts t .la' or ths t ilt t e h a for the Fellowship. The report of the ye 'as Je u number of visitors to the gardens IS 4 is l idi plias ) , tl ete. , (ille n t peri_ presented an increase of 7,422 over N) t lit. 4 e, _lug the °f last year. The additions to the s , if sh k eaco.. enonth of February included a Bur a,h'kk,„..4a rZ t l e tli . eti . s ''olittr!t ...deer, _a sloth, a Stanley . cran . crane, Valiii. Z, e '• oisa s we ir leroottee (Percliz Poncheerza (4lsl44 ttc't the ' Wh n broeu prey pied bY Mr, Keith Abbot, A• Ap .the aaciety. g e t them with him . from Persia a 4 ,_ re, ard e ,,„ , a z v.eral extensive buildings are in i l l'i t:i • t t , ct,,, en % a rid will be completed in the early 1114 i 0 % 414 th e ll te, e cer b a vti,,..ete,,, penalti es N ottinghamshire has been tNikt'till a . for ti " 600/. each, upon the i -.we; prosecu esti n ob ., .ng received certain sums ofmoney, Niarsi c t s2 l , 4 es te tako ap account of some THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING. MARCH 8, 1851. HER MAJESTY'S COURT AND _ PRIVY COUNCIL. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon. At half-past two o'clock a deputation from the Corporation of the city of Dublin arrived to present an address to her Majesty, and were conducted to the Green Drawing-room by Sir William Martins and Mr. Arthur Blackwood, the general Ushers in Waiting. The Queen was conducted to the Throne by the Lord Chamberlain, his Royal Highness Prince Albert being by her side; the Duchess of Norfolk and the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe, Ladies in Waiting, the Great Officers of State, and a number of the Officers of the Royal Household were in attendance. Her Majesty was also attended by the following Ministers. viz., Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Earl G re y, the Earl of Carlisle, and the Mar quis of Clairicarde. The deputation from DAdin consisted of the Lord Mayor o üblin, Alderman Andrews, senior Alderman of Alderman Kinahan, High Sheriff of t. üblin, Aldermar Hoyte. Alterman Campbell, Alderma+l Cresharn, Alderman George Roe, J.P. DL. Alderman Hudson, Alderman Moy la-, Town Councillor Leland Crosthwait, ;.L., Town Coun cillor Joseph Casson, Town Councillor Classon, Town Coun cillor 4. illiam Harvey Pim, Town Councillor Jo=hita Watson, Mr. Thomas Vance, T.C., Town Councillor Arthur Baker, Town Councillor William Fry, Town Councillor John l'A•cy, Town Councillor Thomas Hutton, J.P. D. ~ Town Councillor Francis Codd, Town Councillor Richard Kelly, Town 4 ouncillnr John Jameson, Town Co ncillo- John Chambers, T. O'Brien. Bart., M.P., ?-ir Lucia O'Brie , Mr. R yn Ids, M.P., Mr. Henry Grattan, Mr. Grogan, M.. Snawg, and Mr. James Lambert. The f (lowing tficers of the corporation of Oublin were in attendance on the deputation, viz., Mr. Th mas Reynolds, Marsha of D blin ; Mr. William Ford, Town Cler- ; Mr. Francis Dowling, High Constable; Mr. Th mas wordbearer ; and Mr. James Curran, Macebearer. Mr. Frederick Sutton, private secretary to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, was iu attendance on his Lordship. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms lined the Throne room. Her Majesty being seated on her Throne, the deputation were admitted, and were received by the Lord Chamberlain, who conducted them to the Queen. The Lord Mayor read an address from the Corporation of the City of Dublin on the subject of the abolition of the office of Viceroy of Ireland, to which her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. - The Lord Mayor had then the honour of being presented to kiss bands. Sir timothy O'Brien, the mover of the address, and Town Councillor Leland Crosthwait, !.L., the seconder, had also the honour of being presented to the Queen to kiss hands. The deputation then retired. After the reception of the address her Majesty held a Privy Council, which was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Postmaster-General, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamber lain. the Master of the Horse, and the Groom of the Stole to the Prince. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. The Queen gave audiences to Sir George Grey, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and Earl Grey. The Court was attended by the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Marquis of Anglesey, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Treasurer of the Household, the Comptroller of the House hold; the Earl of Morley, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the Prince; Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. A. Nelson Hood, Groom in Waiting; Lieutenant- Colonel Francis Seymour, Groom in Waiting to the Prince, Mr. James Tyler, Lieutenant of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at• Arms. Sir George Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeo men Guard, Major Harmer, Standard-bearer of the Honour able Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Colonel Chaplin (Cold. stream Guards), Field-officer in Brigade Waiting, Captain Curling, Adjutant of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms, Captain Phibbs, Eon in Waiting, and Messrs. Forbes and Gordon, Pages of Honour in Waiting. Her Majesty's body guard was on duty in the Palace as usual. A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards (with the band) was on duty in the grand quadrangle of the Palace DESTRUCTIVE FIRES. A rumour Wtll4 circulated List evoning in the neigh- bourhood of the Houses of Parliament that Lambeth Palac© was on fir?, and was generally credited owing to the circumstance of the whole of that side of the water being brilliantly illuminated, throwing into bold relief the dingy towers of that an• dent building. Happily, however, this rumour proved to be incorrect, for on inquiry it was found that the palace was entirely uninjured, and free from any danger of coming in contact with the devouring element which was raging with great fierceness in its near vicinity. The scene of this fire our reporter fund to be the ex ►ensive premises of Messrs. Charles Ogleby and Co., vho carry on the business of spermaceti re finers and oil merchants in Paradise-street, Lam :-,eth- walk. The very nature of the business will At once show how great was the danger to be ap prehended from the first symptom of a fire on the premises, which extend from Paradise-strett to High• street, and are bounded on both sides by houses and ware•rooms, That port of the building in which the fire originsosd was a large pile of warerooms, three stories high, on the left side of the yard, which was enmpletely filled with spermaceti oil. It appeared that while the men were working in the upper story they were startled by a strong smell of burning, and they had scarcely time to ascertain the souse of it before the whole interior wa4 enveloped with fl Lines and smoke, and they say their escape ;uto the open air was most miraculous. This was show five o'clock, and in less than a few minutes afterwards ho whole of the building, including a tower attached to the end of it, was one mass of filmes, the heat arising from which was so strong that no one could approach in front of it. Dispatches were im mediately sent off to the different engine -stations, and on tneir arrival the firemen set to work with a degree of courage and quickness which is be yond all praise. By seven o'clock they got the fiacees completely under, but not before the building in ques tion was completely gutted and the roof destroyed. This is the more wonderful, as the whole yard was covered with barrels of oil, as well as the adjoining sheds. The loss sustained amounts to many thousand pounds but the proprietors are amply insured in several offices. FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE..--Independent of the great fire in Lambeth, the Brigade was called to five others. One was at No. 23, tikinner-street, Clerkenwell. It originated in the apartment of a Mrs. Smith, and 071 some of the neighbours entering the place to render as sistance they found the unfortunate occupier lying on the second-floor landing completely enveloped in flames. The engines of the London Brigade quickly attended, and the fire was subdued, but not until Mrs. Smith was so frightfully burned that the flesh peeled off her body when touched. A medical gentleman promptly attended, who gave it as his opinion that the poor creature could not possibly bye a couple of hours. FIRE AN CORNIIILL.—A fire, which was well nigh being attended with consequences almost as disastrous as that which occurred in Mark-lane, broke out on the premises of Messrs. Grosvenor and Carter, wholesale paper merchants and stationers, Cornhill. Fortunately the fire was discovered so early, or it is possible that the whole of the houses near would have been destroyed; as it was, however, the stock was damaged. A MANUFACTORY BURNED DOWN AT BATTLE BRIDGE —Yesterday morning, about half-past four o'cl , .,ek, a fire of a very fierce character broke out in the Patent Fire Lighting Composition Factory, belong ing to to Mr. 0. Priestley, at Belle Isle, Maiden-lane, Battle. bridge. The flames could not be conquered until the factory and the storehouse were totally gutted. The sufferer, it is understood, was not insured. FIRE AT MILE-END. —Shortly before the above fire broke out another one happened at No. 9, Wellington street, Waterloo• town, Able-end. The building was much damaged. Mr. Humm. the owner of the property, as insured ►n the Norwich Union Office. RAILWAY' RET URNS TRAFFIC RETU"NS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. opened, 1851. 1850. 1851. RRITISH. .--- -- 72 Aberdeen -••••••••••• • • • •• • • • ' • • • £Bl9 £1,2 5 5 37% Belfast and Ballymena •••••••• • • • • • • 454 5e2 17 Belfast and County Down ••.•••• • • • • • - 16 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 954 1,265 •27 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • 413 668 85%, Bristol and Exeter •.. 160 Ca1ed0nian............ •• . - ...... - 5,760 6,356 94% Chester and Holyhead..... ••• • • 32 Dublin and Behest Junction ••..• • . • 253 3:5 53 Dublin and Drogheda.. •••••- • • • • •. 786 792 6 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 804 977 16% Dundee and Arbroath ••••••• • • • .. • • - 354 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction '609 646 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen.• .. ••• • .• 67% East Ang1ian......... 79 East Lancashire .• 30 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ...: ~ :: 14,207913,787 12,539 95 Eastern Union •••• • • • • .... -.. .. 116% Edinburgh and Glasgow .••. • • • 71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee • 18 Furness Railway -•••.. _ • - • • ... • -- 461 171% Glasgow, and south-W estern ••• • .. 224, Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock •• •• 018 907 236 Great Northern and E. L......... 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3,920 4,20 262% Great Western 90 Lancaster and Carlisle...-. 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• ••• • • .... 12,091 14,5 2 39 Leeds and Thirsk .... .. 12% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. 87 253 518 % London and North Western ..... .... 40,204 41,859 5% London and Blackwell •• •••••• • • • • • • 601 750 173% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 7,465 7,630 239 London and South Western. • ....... 8,357 8,707 15 L , ndonderry and Enniskillen .. 125 14b 1136 Manchester, Buxton, and A% atlock, &c. 120 114 167% Manchester, Midfield, and Lincolnshire 5,129 5,857 9% Manchester and South Junction... - 358 410 28 Maryport and Carlisle -•• • • • • • ..... 580 613 49634 Midland ..... ....... ..... ........ 20,505 19,402 50 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 1,007 1 , 0 61 60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. ••- .. • ..... 1,851 2,098 146 North British •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• •• 3,170 3,113 222 North Staffordshire •. • ... .. .... .. 4,097 4,422 47 North-Western ...... •• .. . • 45 Scottish Central 32 Scottish Midland 47 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... 1,377 1,384 30 Shropshire Union .... ••- • . 58 South Dev0n........ ............... 1, 484 1 , 501 234 Soutt Eastern ..... ..... ............ 8,003 9,086 75 South Wales -..-...... - _ _ _ - 919 69 South York., Doncaster, and Go o l e :: 1,013 1,069 1,644 2 , 135 785 1 95 25 Waterford and Limerick • • .......... - 386 13 West Cornwall . 12 Whitehaven Junction ............... 182 193 293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 11,949 13,143 256 York and. North Midland . • ... .. 6,400 6,761 FOREIGN. 7634 Amiens and Boulogne. .............. 1,337 1,244 44 Di. ppe . • • •• • • .... • • ....• - 63 Montereau And Troyes 336 Northern of France ................ 15,581 16,830 143 Orleans to Il.•urges (Cent.) .......... 2, 5 20 3, 0 40 72 Orleans to Bordeaux .. .. 82 Paris and Orleans ............ _ .... 6,,,52 7,324 85 Paris and Rouen . - bi, 34 Rouen and Havre ..........„ _ .... 20 , 1 _ FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT,-.-011 Monday morn ing last, a fatal accident occurred at the railway crossing near the Collins-green station, on the Liverpool branch of the London and North-Western Railway. An old woman, named Ashton, who lived eta farm near St. Helen's, and was in the habit of going thither every morning with milk, went up to the gates as usual with her horse and cart, and was all•rwed by the gateman's wife to pass through; but just when the cart was upon the line the express train from Li verpool came past, and running over it broke the cart to pieces, and killed both the old woman and the horse, the former being thrown by the force of the shock into a field at the side of the line. The expense of the in •door poor of Glasgow is 101. 12:. 7 d.; and of_out-door, 51. 14s. 10d. per head per annum. SALMON FISHING.—Since the Ist of February only ten fish have been caught in the Doon. The take continues to be very moderate in the Tay, but not more so than in an average of seasons in February. The fish hitherto taken have been almost uniformly large, and a few 30 very heavy as to be exhibited for their size and symmetry. Prices in London have varied from 2s. to Is. 6d, per lb. during the last fortnight, according to the supply. A very erroneous impression prevails as to the tall in the rents of the Tay fishings. Some of the stations, no doubt, have fallen ofl, but others have proportionably increased; and, on the whole, the present rental of the river is about equal to what it was twenty years ago. Glasgow Constitutional. BURKE'S HI•TORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY, for 1841, corrected to the present time, and including many ad ditional Families, 2 vols. This importact publication ap pears at an appropriate moment, when the political excite ment of the day is drawing attention to that influential body— the Landed Interest. Th . . work furnishes such a mass of authentic information in regard to all the principal families in the kingdom as ha- never before been brought together. It relates to the untitled families of rack, as the "Peerage and Baronetage" does to the titled, and forms, in fact, a Peerage,of the Untitled Aristocracy; comprising par ticulars of upwards of 10(1,000 persons connected with them ! .. A wo rk of this kind k says the Morning Post) is of a national value. Its utility is not merely temporary, but it will exist and be acknowledged as long as the families whose names and genealogies are recorded in it continue to form an integral portion of the English Constitution. As a correct rec• rd of descent, no family sboud be without it." THE PAPAL AGGRESSION BILL,— The country will regard with mingled emotions of indignation and sorrow the proceedings last night, in the House of Commons, on the subject 01 the Papal Aggression Bill. Never did a Ministry cut a more sorry figure than they did during the d e li very o f Sir George Grey's speech. The Papal measure never was worth much. It fell far short of the necessities of the case; but whatever little value it possessed, has now been taken from it by the " modification? which Ministers have agreed to make in the measure. It has become a mere mockery. To waste the time of the House on such a Bill is an unwarrantable trifling with the country. How long is this state of things to last? How long is a Govern ment to be tolerated which dogs not know its own mind for two days t.gether?•—a Government which submits to mar and mangle its own measures, to propitiate opponents to such an extent as that they scarcely retain a trace of their ori ginal features?—eldvartiser. THE GREAT EXHIBITON.—A letter from St. Peters burgh announces that the Emperor of Russia intends to spend lie,00(),000 silver roubles in making purchases at the Great Exhibiti on . Hi s agents are spec i a ll y comm issioned to purchase every model which may be useful to Russian ma nufactures. BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—The usual monthly meeting of this society was held lest evening at the society's rooms, 20, Bedford•rtreet, Strand, A. Ilentrey, Esq., vice• president, F.L.S., in the chair. Numerous dona tions to the library were announced, and a great number of valuable British and foreign plants bad been received since the last meeting. After several new members had been elected, the continuation of M r . Stock's paper, " On the. 130%11 of Dung, SUffa i " vas read. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Rear-Admiral Barkeley, l C. 8., M.P., and Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, returned to London on Thursday night, from Portsmouth. Commodore Bruce, appointed to succeed Commodore Fanshawe as commander-in-chief on the coast of Africa, has selected Captain Henry Lyster (1845), who was promoted for his services against the pirates at Alaluda Bay, to be commander of his flag- ship, the Penelope steam-frigate. Commander Edmund A. Glynn (1848), promoted from the command of the Dart, 3, on the coast of Africa, has been appointed to the Penelope. Lieut. Henry Warren (1840), has been appointed to the Boscawen, 70, ordinary guard-ship at Chatham, and Lieut. William Wood (1845), to be first of the Alecto steam-sloop, fitting at Woolwich. The Rev. Edgar B. Barnes fiLs been re-appointed chaplain and naval instructor to the Prince Regent, 90, at Portsmouth. Master John Belam (1841), who has had several responsible charges of ships, and now uf the Ocean, flag-ship at Sheer. ness, has been appointed to command the Rhadamanthus, steam-transport, at that port. Assistant Surgeon—J. W. Elliot has been appointed to the Prince Regent. Second Masters—J. Rainbott (1846), and F. W. Rea (1849), to the Rhadamanthus; Richard F. Browne, to the Victory flag ship, at Portsmouth. Clerk—Charles Fisher, to the Alecto steam-sloop. Boatswains—John Goldsworthy, to -the Prin..o Regent; John James (acting), to the Boscawen ; Thomas Flintharn, to the Sionarch. ------- Carpenter—John Hooper, to the Prince Regent. PROMOTION. John Doyle (1841) the senior eligible clerk on the list, late of the Arab, 12, has been promoted to the rank of pay.. master. SHELL PRACTICE ON BOARD THE EXCELLENT.—The trial of shells was resumed again on board the Excellent yester day, under the superintendence of Captain Chads, Colonel StevenF, and Captain Pickering, 01 the Etyal Artillery, who are ordered to report on their respective merits. Captain Moursom's were alone tried on Wednesday and Thursday ; on Wednesday at the long range, 1,200 yards at a target and Topaz, and on Thursday at 5 0 and 800 yard ranges. As we have be:ore stated, these shells (percussion) were much ap proved and burst accurately, averaging b 3 per cent. good shells. Yesterday about one o'clock the testing of Mr. Moore's concussion shells commenced at the long range, at the ship-target and Topaz. Ihe committee, Captain Chads, Colonel Stevens, and Captain Pickering, were present, and also Colonel Dundas, K.A., Capt lins Lock, .Stk Word, Ryder, Elliot, Key, &c. Three shells will be tried at the three ranges of 500, 800, and 1,200 yards. The practice will Le continued from the Excellent tur several days to come, as there are other " concussion" shells, the invention of Mr. Freborne and Mr. Macbrey, are also to be tried and reported on by the committee. Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, left Queens town on Thursday, for Corfu, with the colonel and 403 officers and men of the 92d Regiment. 'Abe Apollo is afterwards to convey the 97th to Halifax, from Jamaica, instead of to New Brunswick. Alecto 6, steam. sloop, Commander Lavie, is about a dozen blue jackets abort. She will be ready for ea at Woolwich by the 11th, and will proceed to Devonport, calling at Ports mouth, on her way to the coast of Africa. Penelope steam-frigate will be complete at Portsmouth on the 11th, and will be commissioned with a complement of 300 officers and men, as 'the new flag-ship for the coast of Africa. Banshee steam-packet, Lieutenant-Commander Hosken, is now ready for sea at Woolwich. She is ordered to pro ceed to Plymouth to be paid advance and wait for orders. .bonetta, 3, brigantine, is now ready for sea at Chatham. She is ordered to Plymouth to be paid advance and to re ceive her finalorders for Brazils. Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, flag-ship of Vice-Ad miral Sir Gouge Seymour, C. 8., will have her defects com pleted at Spithead, on the 11th, and will be ready to sail on the 12th for the West Indies. Kingfisher, 12, Commander Harvey, will be paid off at Devonport this day. Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, is slowly entering her blue jackets. She wants 400 petty officers and seamen. It is expected that many of the Powerful's men will join her. Powerful, 84, Captain Hon. R. S. Dundas, will be paid off at Portsmouth this day. Rhadainanthus steam-transport, is ordered to be commis sioned by Mr. Belem as Master-Commander, and to be got ready for sea at Sheerness with all dispatch. Vulcan screw troop-ship, Master-Commander Penn, had her steam up at Portsmouth yesterday, received her water and provisions, and was to leave for Cork last evening to embark the 74th Regiment for the Cape. PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE SRALARL—Messrs. Hallett, Ro binson, and Co., have given notice to Commander Mony penny and the officers and company late of the Sealark, who were actually on board at the capture of the Francellina on the 6th of October, 1849, that they will be paid their re spective shares of the tonnage bounties and sale proceeds of the above vessel on Thursday, the 20th instant, at No. 14, Great George-street, Westminster, where the shares not then demanded will lie re-called for three months :—Flag, 311. ss. 0 0 1 3 ..0 3 5. d . 1 ; 1 d se . _; 6/ 2 . a o n s d . er s , d l . s ; o/ fi . ft 6 h s : 9 1 1 1 . d o . s ; . 4 th d i . r ; d si c x la t s h s , , tenth, *A Vs. ld. ; eleventh, 1/. 10s.; twelfth, 1 /. ; thir fsodn r ; t h e 710 m/ venth, 51. Os. 2d ; eighth, 4/. Os. 2d. ; ninth, 3 /. Os. ; teenth, 15s. PRIZE-140Y :Y FOR THE PLUTO STEAM.VESSEL.—Messrs. Hallett, Robinson, and Co., have also given notice to Lieut. Crowder, the officers and company of the Pluto, who wero actually on board at the capture of the Quatro Aniorinha, on the sth November, 1848, that they will be paid their re spective shares of the slave and tonnage bounties and sale proceeds of the above vessel, on Thursday, the 20th inst., at No. 14. Great George-street, Westminster, where the shares not then demanded"will be re-called for 'three months:— Flag, 1041. 16s. Bd. ; lieutenant-commanding, 238/.145. 4d. • fourth class, 59/. 13s. 7d.; filth, 531. 14s. 2d. ; sixt4,3s/. 16s Id.; seventh, 291. 16s. 9d.; eighth, 23/. 17s. sd. ; ninth, 171. 183. ; tenth, 111. 18s. Bd. ; eleventh, 81. 195.; twelfth. 5/. 19s. 4d.; thirteenth, 4/. 9s. 6d. • THE COMMAND OF STEAM-VESSELS, TO TILE IIDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln a letter that appears in your paper to-day, bear ing the signature of Sir Charles Napier, it is there stated that the saving to the State by giving the command of steam troop-ships to masters is only 66/. I send you, for your in formation, the expenses attendant on a commander and hi, tail, as well as those of a master and his staff; you will then see that the old Admiral is rather out in his calculation. I remain, Sir, yours, and a constant reader, Southaea, March 6. TaUTH. COMMANDER AND Ills TAIL. £ a. d. ..• 300 0 0 ... 602 5 0 ... IEO2 10 0 ... IE2 10 ... 129 5 0 ••• 91 0 0 ... 66 18 4 ... 63 17 6 1 Commander .. 3 Lieutenants ... 1 Master ... ... 1 Surgeon ... ... 1 Assistant-Surgeon 1 Purser ... ... 1 Mate .. ~. 2 Midshipmen ... Total sum ... £1,618 510 - Thus leaving out second-masters, of which the Apollo has ;wo and one assistant. MASTER AND STAFF. 1 Master ... ... 4 Second• Masters 1 Assistant-Surgeon 1 Clerk ... ... £ s. d. ..• 212 18 4 ... 292 0 0 ... 184 0 0 66 18 4 Expenses attending the Master ... 755 16 8 Ditto the Commander ... ... 1,6 q 3 510 £862 9 2 8621. 9s. 2d. saved to the public In pay only► and the work ten times better done and in a threefold proportion to what is done by vessels of that kind commanded by commanders. TAXES ON NEWSPAPERS. TO THE IDITOR OF TIIE TIMES. Sir,—ln your paper of to. day my attention was called to the following passage in a speech reported to have been made by Mr. Cobden, at a meeting held in r , ference to what The fact was that press only existed t a h r e i s c c a o l l u e n d tr t y h e h a " d t a n x o e a d a i o l n y p k r n e o s s w . l eTdhgee dailye' in London. It was scarcely known in the country." Being myself one of the many thousands of your country readers who receive your paper daily at a distance of more than 100 miles from the metropolis two hours after its publication, I was rather surprised at this statement. But I was still more surprised when I found, on a further perusal of the same re port, that the speakers at this meeting relied o n t h e super i or merits of the American press as a leading arg ument f or t h e repeal of all the taxes they condemn. Having through tra velled op portunities of witnessing the utter indiffer ence n v es is r i ly ted al t l h t e he United States, sta and having tes, I hav e had with which newspaper statements are treated, and the powerlessness of the press as an organ of opinion. The little fly-l eaves wh i c h are hawked about the railway cars for two cents a-piece, with the imposing titles of Heralds, and Couriers, and Chronicles, are generally torn up and thrown out of window as soon as the last quotations of cotton, or the news of the lat est British steamer, nave been ascertained. It would be as hopeless to attempt to redress a grievance, or advocate a reform, or vin dicate a principle, by appea li n g to the American public through the columns of the New York Tribune, as it would for me to try to set the speakers at St. Martin's -hall right by addressing this note to one of the weekly retailers of penny blasphemy in Holywell-street. The newspaper press of this country, as at present consti tuted, has a vast power, whether for good or evil we need not now inquire. Let it be once assimilated—either by the re moval of taxes or otherwise—to that of the United States, and it requires very little acquaintance with the two coun tries to assure us that frotn that moment its pow er is gone for ever.—l am your obedient servant, Bath, March 6. A. M. ' 'de member s,ed of set- HULL PUBLIC BATH ComraNY. --- On Thursday meeting was held before Master Sir William Horne to ar range the list of contributories, which is divi ed into th ree was decided gene ra l ly as re hpoarldtsihtgthi l e 9 fi s r h s a t r c e o s n , t a a n i d ns w t h h o e h na av m e es al o l f s s ig ev h e e n d ty th - e fi tlement, and paid the calla. All these persona were se t t l e d eighty-ninet hei their as contributories. The second portion of the list con s i sts of c ntributoriea wh o did not s i gn , he deed, but who p a id upon , sh a a n re d s. eNmobtrhaiche: e ighty names, representing garded the liability of this class. The third division of the contributory list contains the names of twenty-five persons, h lding one share each, and who agreed to accept the shares, but did not take them up. After a good deal of discussion, in the course of which his Honour expressed surprise and dissatisfaction at the mode in which the transactions of the company had been recorded in the books, the names of all the parties in the third portion of the list Avers expunged. Mr. Goodchap, the ofEcial manager, in his report, states that the company was formed in 1841, more with the desire of conferring a benefit on the inhabitants of Hull, than of making any profit ; 233 shares only were subscribed for, and about 3,30( /. was raised by calls. FORGERS EXTRAORDINARY.--CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—At Rochdale petty sessions on Wednesday last, Mr. John Whittles, o f N e l son - s t ree t, flannel manuf ac t urer, aged 58 years, was b roug ht up b y the county police superin tendents, Jarvis, of R oc hd a l e , an d Carswell, of B urn l ey, charged with having paid forged Bank :of England notes at Todmorden, Burnley, and other towns. When taken into custody on the day previous he had upon him 2201. in forged notes—namely, thirty-six Si, and tour 101. Bank of England notes. Joshua Butterworth, a dealer in wool, was also charged with a similar offence, and there were found upon him one 101. and twa Si. forged notes. The prisoners were remanded till this day. Several other persons, residents of Rochdale, Littleborough, and Todmorden, who are supposed to have been carrying on a similar business, and are con nected with - a gang, have absconded, but the police are making great exertions to apprehend them. The notes are said to be excellent imitations. —Liverpool Mercury of yesterday. THE CAPE OP GOOD Harr.--The 74th (High landers) and a strong reinforcement of the 91st (Argyll shir,) Regiment are under orders for immediate embarkation for the Cape., It is reported these troops will proceed, t 9 their deetwitioit fa 3 oteamcrie.Nriti4h Artnv klatch.' ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME GlRCUlT.—Chelmford, March 7. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL.) THE INIU.RUER, AT DO:eDINGHURST. Thomas Drory, 23, described as a farmer, was indicted for the wilful muieler of Jael Denny, by strangling her with a rope. Mr. E. James, Q.C. and Mr. Rodwell conducted the pro secution on behalf of Le Treasury; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Hawkins. The Learned Counsel for the prosecution having opened the case in a lucid and temperate manner, the following evidence was adduced:— Frederick Chancellor, a surveyor, produced certain plans of the neighbourhood of Brentwood—the spot where the body of the deceased was found, and the prisoner's premises. Thomas Last—l am the father-in-law of the deceased girl, Jael Denny. In October last I was living at Doddinghurst, in this county, with my wife end the deceased. We had been there just a fortnight. Previously to that we had been living at Mr. Drory's off-hand farm. I know the prisoner very well. He was living at this farm, and managed it for his father. On the afternoon of the 12th of October I saw my daughter in the cottage, about five or six o'clock. She was having her tea between six and seven o'clock with me and my wife. During tea she got up and said something, and then went out. This was about half-past six o'clock, as near as I can tell. I never saw my daughter again alive. We sat up that night until half-past ten o'clock for her. When she went out she had on a pink frock, a blue shawl, her mother's cloak, and her mother's old bonnet, and round her throat there was a piece of check. In consequence of her not returning. on the following morning between 5 and 6:o'clock, I went to search for her. I got to Mr. Camber's mead, or the Gravelpit Mead, and there I saw the body ot my daughter lying upon the ground. I w ent u p t o it. The body was lying with the face upon the ground, and I saw a cord round her neck. I did not touch her, and could not see how many times the rope was round her neck, but I ob served that the end of it was loose between the thumb and fingers of the left hand. The deceased was righthanded. She had her cloak and bonnet on, and her clothes were straight down and orderly. After making the discovery, I returned towards my own house, and as I was going along I met a man named Hammond, and we returned to the body, and turned it over. I then saw that her nose was pressed down tight, and that blood was flowing from the mouth, nose and eyes. The ground, the spot whence I had moved the face, had blood upon it. After this the body was removed to my own mouse in the same state in which it was found. By Mr. Ceeursoer—l have been married some years to the mother of the deceased. Before I lived with the prisoner at the off-hand farm I lived at South Weald in this county. The deceased bad lived with us at that place. She had not been at Mr. Drory's long before she went into service. She was in service about eight months and then she went into lodgings at Brentwood. After this she went to see her sister down in Suffolk. and stayed there about five weeks, and then she came back again to us at Mr. Drory's. She had been promised marriage by a man named Aaron Byat while we were living at Mr. Drory's. I think the deceased left Byat's company and that he did not desert her. After this she was acquainted with a man named Hubbar ;, and it was said that he was going to marry her. I don't .know whether he left her or not. I don't know how long they kept company to gether. The deceased used to go sometimes to Brentwood fair, but I don't know that she ever danced at any of the booths there. The prisoner managed his father's farm, and used to send fowls and calves to market. I don't know that he used to kill the fowls or bleed the calves. I have seen him kill pigs sometimes. The prisoner was engaged in reap ing last harvest, and I remember his cutting himself; but I don't know what trousers he had on at the time. He cut one of his nails right off, and he went home directly. Re-examined—lt was wheat harvest when this occurred. I never saw the prisoner bleed a calf. The prisoner was living at the farm at the time my daughter was there, and they were intimate together. Mr. W. Hammond—l live at Doddinghurst. I recollect seeing the last witness on the morning of the 13th of Oc tober, about eight o'clock, in the meadow adjoining his cottage. I heard him making a noise, and I went up to him, and he took me into Gravelpit-mead, where I saw the body of the deceased in the position he has described. She was lying a little upon her left side, and quite dead. I observed a fur tippet lying upon the ground near her. I felt her arms and legs and found they were quite cold and d of the rope off the nbwgana slnetvrdalsaesbf:itohnojuent neck—thatfttrhhhoeaenl fleshft state httpaoura:trosvenata tlstewhi stiff, and then I. assisted Last to turn her over, and I then noticed the end of a cord, about an inch and a half hanging loosely on her left hand. I observed that her face was black and very much swollen, and there was blood bubbling from her mouth and nose. I next noticed a cord round her neck. It was twisted three times round it. I took one turn cord was very tight round the neck, and n e mt mol k noti a t e b i ncne cut p t e d o h ruf e t oh d tot ue fhm s i ee house. e r e idolttir,t,hgeaasahsnwvtdeeaol neck, ci o l en i ustog described. rdakei over ved l t o edH h r o t. asehteiwt Aftert a h ie ns l e . consequence of the excessive tightness of the cord. I did I had left Last in charge of the body I went to the pri soner's Lo t at home, and, in consequence of something I had heard, I gave directions to my brother, and went myself to Mr.. Colson, the police superinte n d en t, an d I accompanied him to the house of Mr. Moore, at Shenfield. This was a con trary direction to the spot where the body was found. Mr. Colson found the prisoner at Mr. Moore's, and we all went to the spot where the body was lying. As we were going along the prisoner asked me what made me out sowing so late in my field on the previous night? I told him I was not sowing anything, but I had drawn on a couple of loads of soot. A person going from the place where the body was found to Brentwood would have to pass this field. I was in the field about eight o'clock on the night before, and this was the time the prisoner referred to. I was about in dif ferent parts of the field for twenty minutes. I knew the pri soner and the deceased very well, and I had frequently seen them together during the last two years, and they appeared very familiar. Of la e they had not appeared very familiar. The last time I tied seen them together before her death was about three weeks before it occurred. Upon that oc casion I saw ;hem-in the prisoner's father's mead. By Mr. Bordefx --The deceased's father took me to the place where the body was !Mind. I don't know which of us touched it first. I do not think any one had interfered with the body before us. There is a gate in the field I have sp ken of, which would lead he m the prisoner's farm to Brentwood. I knew the man Wheel, in whose house the deceased had 'edged. I may have seen him on the Sunday before the in quest. but I do not r. collect receiving any communication trom him respecting the deceased. Re examined—There was a green lane on one side of the field, and a road on the other. Louisa Last lam the mother of the deceased. She was 21 years old on the 13th of last June. I know the prisoner, and had for some time lived at the Beech-house Farm, which he occupied. I knew that he was intimate with my daugh ter for shout a year and a half ',Core last October. On the 12th of October the deceased was living at our cottage. We had moved from the tam on the 29th of Septem ber. I had t cted as housekeeper to the prisoner, and lily husband worked on the land. I remember the evening of the 12th October. My daughter went out for a short time on that evening, between four and five o'clock. She re turned home soon afterwards, and came to me in the .garden, and in consequence of something she said I prepared the tea. It was about our usual time for that meal. I and my husband and the deceased sat down to tea, and while she was having her tea my daughter looked at the watch and got up and drank her tea, and laid her bread and butter down and went out. She put on my old bonnet and cloak, and a piece of check folded as a handkerchief was placed round her head and neck. She dressed herself very hurriedly, and did not tie her bonnet. Before she went out she said something to me about an appointment, and on the following morning, when I asked the prisoner where my child was, and he said he did not know, he bad not seen her, I told him it was not true, for he did see her the day before, between four and five o'clock, and talked to her, and ap pointed to meet her at half-past six at the stile nearest to my house, and had gone to meet him. I then asked him where he left her, and he said he had not seen her after five o'clock, and that he had been to Brentwood afterwards. My daughter was in good health when she went out, and she ap peared cheerful and in good spirits. I never saw her again Jive. I expected from her leaving her bread and butter in the way I have described that she would have returned almost immediately. I first saw the dead body at my own h o use. I observed that her bonnet was crushed both before and behind in the state it now appears, and I also observed stains of blood upon both the corners of the piece of check. I likewise no ticed some of the hair of the deceased upon the cape of the cloak she had worn, and likewise a rent which was not there on the previous night. On the 3d of September, before this, I remember a youth named Gibling being at the prisoner's house. At this time I knew my daughter was in the family way. I said to the prisoner, in Gibling's presence, and also in that of my daughter, that he must be a villain to think of marrying Miss Gibling when my daughter was seven months gone in the family-way by him. I had heard be was going to be married. The prisoner made no answer when I said this to him. I spoke to him two or three tunes afterwards upon the subject of my daughter's condition, and we used to disagree. Gibliug was the brother of the girl to whom I had heard the prisoner was going to be married. On the 29th of September I and my husband went to the prisoner's house to receive some fruit trees we had left behind. My daughter was at the cottage alone. I suddenly missed the prisoner from the garden, and upon my returning home I found him under my bed in my bed-room. ia)y daughter was down stairs in the keeping-room, and she appeared hot and Hut.- _ tied. The prisoner, upon seeing me, came out from the bed, and handed me a paper, which I read, and he said to me, Here, are you going to sign this?" I saw it was my daughter's scribbling. I tuld the prisoner 1 knew nothing about it, and I was not goinr to set my band to any paper whatever. The paper appeared to have been just written. It was then put in and read. It was dated September 29, 1850, and was as follows: " This is to prove that this trouble that I am in is not by Thomas Drury, although I suppose it has hecn reported it is, and, therefore, I wish to satisfy the minds of those who may read this note, that I wish them to trouble themselves about their own business." It was addressed to the prisoner. r'-`r Examination continued—l cannot say whose writing is upon the envelope of the letter. The prisoner did not pro duce the envelope, but merely showed me the paper. This occurred in the bedroom, end I immediately went down to my daughter and spoke to her, and then went out, leaving her and the prisoner in the house. I did not know my daughter was in the family-way until the 3d of September, and in the ordinary course she would have been delivered at the end of October, and linen had been prepared for the baby, and every requisite had been provided. Before my daughter came to live with us she had occasionally been in service, and she used frequently to go backwards and for wards to the prisoner's farm. When she could not earn enough to support herself by her needle, lused to assist her. She was very clever at dre•smakieg and staymaking, and could turn her hand to anything. By Mr. Hamxixs—The letter is all in my daughter's writing. It was open when it was produced to me, and it had not been folded. I remember that the prisoner cut his little finger very badly last harvest, and I dressed his finger for him, but it was bad for a long time. My daughter did not dress very smartly. Elizabeth Hammond—l was at Mr. Last's house on the morning of the 13th of October last, and saw the body of the deceased there. I helped to undress her between one and two o'clock in the afternoon. I observed that her face was very black and swelled, and her mouth was bubbling with blood, and her torgue was protruding from it, and clinched very tightly by the teeth. Blood was also orzing from the nose, the eyes, and the ears. When I took off Vie cloches of the deceased I saw that her body, from her waist to her shoulders, was very black indeed, and her neck was quite lacerated by the cord through the skin. I also observed on one of her wrists the marks of both rows of teeth, as if of a bite. Mr. Thomas Colson—l am superintendent of the Essex constabulary, and am stationed at .14rentwood. I remember Mr. Hammond coming to me on the mon ing of the 13th of October, and f.,iving m e i n f o rmation of the discovery of the I body. accompanied him to the meadow where the body was lying, and afterwards I went to Sir. Moore's, at Shen field, where I found the prisoner sitting by the fire with his back to me. I asked him it he knew Jael Denny. He said he did. I then asked him when he saw her last, and he said,' "Last night, about half-past 5 o'clock, up QUI laud." siktd biz if he had beard anything abut her that morning, and he said he had not, but he had seen her mother. I then told him I had received information that she was murdered, and it was highly necessary he slims go with m e t o t h e s p o t. H e replied " Very well; I will go." Before we started I asked him if he had made any appoint ment to meet her the night before? and he said he had not. I asked him if he bad cot been in the habit of keeping com pany with her, and he said he bad not for nine or eleven months past. I then went with the prisoner to the spot where the body lay ; and, when we came up to it, the prisoner looked at the body, but did not speak. We were there about twenty minutes, and the body of the deceased was then taken to the old man's cottage. Before this was done I had taken the prisoner into custody. When the body was removed I observed that the nose was pressed almost flat to the face.— (The witness here produced the rope that was taken from the neck of the deceased. It appeared to be about a yard long, and rather smaller than the little finger.) The knot was nearly in front of the neck, and the bite of the noose was nearly under one ear. The first coil was drawn very tight, and the flesh of the neck had swelled round it. I ob served that the hair of the deceased appeared to be very much matted together with blood and dirt, and the side of her mouth was bloody. After the body had been removed the prisoner was searched by a constable named Lennen, and I observed some blood on his breeches. They were common corduroy breeches. I asked him how the blood came upon them. Where the blood was there was moisture also, which appeared quite fresh. The prisoner, in answer to my ques tion, said that it was not blue I that was upon his breeches, but some stuff he had had to give the calves ; and when we went to his house he would show me the pot he kept the stuff in. He also said he had a letter in his box that would show that the child was not his. I had said nothing to him about any child before he made this observation. When we got to the prisoner's piece he took me to an outhouse and pointed to a pot, and said that was the pot he had referred to. I looked at it, and tohl him it was all over cobwebs, and I showed it to him that he might see it was so. There was a spoon in the pot, and that was also covered with cobwebs, and could not have been made use of fur some time. After this I west into the prisoner's bedroom, and I saw bis box open, and I observed Lennan, the constable, take out the letter and the envelope that have been produced. In a till in the box I found some pieces of rope which I produce. They do not correspond with the cord fouLd round the neck of the deceased, but at first I thought they did. They are abi,ut the same size, but the web does not correspond. The rope that was taken from the neck of the deceased was in the constable's hand, and when I took the rope from the box the prisoner said, " That is not part of the rope." I after wards handed in the trousers and the pot with the stuff in it to Dr. Taylor. Cross -examined—l once stated in my evidence that the rope found in the prisoner's box appeared to have been cut from the same piece that was round the neck of the deceased, but I afterwards found that I was mistaken, and told the coroner so. It was possible that some one else might have made some remark about the pregnancy of the woman and the child before the prisoner said anything about the letter that was in his box. William Lennan, one of the Essex constabulary, said,—l received information of the death of Jael Denny on the morning of the 13th of October, and I afterwards accompa nied Mr. Colson to Mr. Moore's house at Doddiughurst. The prisoner, myself, and Mr Colson rode in a cart to bar. Hammond's house, and as we were going along„ I heard the prisoner say that he saw Jael Denny about half-past five o'clock the previous night. He said this in answer to the question that was put to him by Mr. Colson, and he added that he had met her about twenty roods up their mead. He said at the same time that he had not met her by appoint ment, but accidentally. The prisoner afterwards said that he left his own house about seven o'clock, and went to Brent wood. We rut up the horse and cart at Mr. Hammond's, and we three then proceeded to the place where the body was lying, and I then unhooked the clasp of the cloak that was on the deceased. The ribbons of the bonnet were entangled in the rope, and I was obliged to cut off the one on the right side. I then took the rope from the deceased's neck. There were three turns and a half altogether round the neck. All the three whole turns were very tightly drawn. The body was then carefully placed upon a large field gate, and taken to Last's house as speedily as it could be carried. I remained outside with the prisoner while the body was being taken in, and he said to me that he had a letter in her own handwriting that would certify that the child was not his. Before he said this I had not made any mention of a child. The prisoner then said that he had beard her mother say that she would destroy herself, and he added that the mother had come to him about 14 days before and askedhim if his razors were all right, and he told her he would go and see, and he did so, and found them all right. The pri soner then said that he inquired of the deceased's mother why she asked such questions, and she answered that she had heard Jael say that she would destroy herself, and she thought she would get at his razors. Superintem,ent Colson then came out and told me to bring in the prisoner, and I did so, and we searched him, and found some money and other articles in his possession, and we then proceeded to the pri soner's farmhouse. The witness then narrated the particu lars of what sulisequently occurred upon the searching of the prisoner's box and the discovery of the letter and the rope. Cross-examined —When I was examined before the coro ner I swore that the two pieces of rope appeared to agree. John Herries—On the 12th of October last I was in the prisoner's service. I remember the evening of that day. I saw the prisoner and the deceased together. It was about half-past five o'clock, as near as I can tell, when I saw them. I first saw the deceased, who appeared to come in the direc tion from her home, and she walked up the footpath to the home mead till she came to a stile, aid the prisoner left the farmyard and went towaros her, and they met at the stile. They discoursed together at the stile for about twenty mi nutes, and then they parted, and both returned to their homes, the deceased taking the footpath leading in that di rection. I left work about six o'clock. My way home led in the same direction as the deceased's cottage, and as I was going along I overtook the deceased going towards her own borne. From the farmyard to the cottage was about five minutes' walk. Before I left work I saw the prisoner in the house, and he paid me my wages. The prisoner asked me it I was ping to Brentwood, and I told him I was; and he said he had a collar at the collarmaker's, and he asked me to bring it for hint, and I said I would. After he had paid me he said he must make haste or else he should be behind with his work that night. I had frequently seen the prisoner and the deceased together before the time I have mentioned, and I once heard the prisoner say that he should like to "shake her off," for he was carrying it on so far it would bring him into trouble. Cross-examined —The place where the body was found I should say is a quarter of a mile from the stile where they met. It was drawing very near seven o'clock when I started for Brentwood. I did not hear any cry or alarm as I was on my way there. Mrs. Last recalled—l never said to the prisoner that my daughter would destroy herself, or anything to that effect. I rever heard hsr say any Ling of the sort. I Lever went to the prisoner to ask him if his razors were all right. Nothing of the sort ever occurred. ;eorge Nicholls said—l live at South Weeld. I know the prisoner. I remember on Tuesday, the Ist of October, being with him in a field at plough. There had been a sale shortly before at Mr. ➢loore's, and the prisoner said he should blow Mr. Hammond up for pcandalising his chef acter at the sale. He went on to say that he had been to Jael Denny's house on the Sunday morning to get her to write a letter to certify that the child did not belong to him ; and he added, " George, you will hear of something very serious about Jael Denny, for she told me on Sunday morning that she would make away with herself." Mr. W. H. Jenkins--I am a baker at Brentwood. I re member that on the evening of the 12th of October last I was near Mr. Millington's gate, at the entrance of Brent wood nearest to Doduinghurst. I saw the prisoner on this night. He was coming towards me from the Doddinghurst road. I sp ,, ke to him first. It was about five minutes past eight o'clock. James Millington—lam a carpenter and builder at Brent wood. I know the prisoner. He came to my house on the night of the 12th of October, and brought a basket and some eggs that I had ordered. It was a few minutes past eight o'clock, and while lie was in the house my clock struck nine. The prisoner appeared to be astonished, and pulled his own watch out, and I told him he need not be surprised at our clock striking, as it was about three-quarters of an hour too fast, and the prisoner then said that his watch was twtinty minutes past eight. Susan Twin proved that she knew the deceased, and that at one time she lodged at her house, and that she left in July, 1850. She knew the prisoner, and he was in the habit of visi.ing the deceased while she lodged with her. The de ceased employed herself in needlework and conducted herself very respectably. Another young man besides the prisoner used to visit her. W. S. Hubbard deposed that he and his wife went to live in the service of the prisoner after the Lasts had left, and he proved that between six and seven o'clock on the even ing of the 12th of October the prisoner went out with a bas ket which had some eggs in it, and that he said he wai going to Brentwood. The prisoner took the key of the door with him, and he saw no more of him until the next morning at six o'clock. Mr. William, a surgeon residing at Brentwood, spoke to the appearances presented by the body of the deceased upon the post mottem examination. The face was livid, the eyes were swollen, and the mouth was also livid and the tongue protruded from it. There were also the marks of a deep in dentation upon the throat, evidently caused by a rope, and death was undoubtedly the effect of strangulation. On the right hand there was also the marks of a bite from a human mouth. The witness likewise proved that the unhappy girl was in a very far advanced stage of pregnancy, and he ex pressed a confident opinion that the death was not the result of her own act, but that she bad been strangled by another person ; and he also said that her chest appeared as though it had received a heavy blow, or as if some person bad knelt upon it. The witness also said that the effect of the pressure by the first coil of the rope upon the trachea of the deceased must have been to cause immediate insensibility, and it was impossible lhr her to have made two other coils of the rope round her neck afterwards. He had examined the prisoner's mouth, and bad formed an opinion in consequence with re ference to the bite that appeared upon the girl's hand. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked the witness what that opinion was? —The witness said that from the regularity of the prisoner's teeth, and the absence of any indentations of teeth upon the hand, he bad formed the opinion that the in jury was of just the character that would be inflicted by such a mouth as the prisoner's. Dr. Taylor gave similar evidence. He expressed a de cided opinion that the deceased, from the position in which she was found, and the manner in which the rope was fixed round her neck, could not have destroyed herself; he said that it would have been impossible for the deceased to have screamed, or have given any alarm after the first coil of the rope was round her neck and tightened in described. It being now eight o'clock, the further proce edi ngs in this 1 trial were adjourned to this morning. t h e manner ..—.—,----- t took place yester day the patrons and friends of this society WIDOWS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—T. te e, Ludgate-hill; the day evening at the London Coin JR annual meeting that this society had ex- The report commenced by stating fli c ityror the last ten years in rais- Rev. J. Charlesworth, rector of St. Mildred, in the chair. perienced the greatest di those cases which they from imperatively called upon to relieve. their nature had been relieved during the past year was ing funds requisite to relieve The number of pe rsons ngscale :—By grants and exceeding 205., • 405., twenty-nine ; 605., three ; thirty-eight; Bus., to nineteen. Twenty-five had re ceived allowances and wee 108, in the followi ng -- towards the purchase of materials for manufac ceived grants nineteen , &c.; thirty, stccks for trading; and the remaining n to u r m e. ber 'for different articles of clothing, furniture, &C. There ~e , ., six pensions of 5/. per annum to females above 60 years of ag e. The receipts for the past year amounted to 1921. 14s. 7d., eaid the expenditure to 1911. 4s. 4d., l eav i ng a balance of 1/. 10s. The report was adopted; and after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting separated. NKw FRANKLIN EXP.EDITION.—W• learn that it is the intention of Lady Franklin to send out again the Prince Albeit, with boat parties, for the Search of Regent Inlet and the region south and west of it. The expedition will be c ,, nmiancied by Mr. Kennedy, late an (Beer in the Hudson Tiny Company's service, who has had great expe rience in Arctic travelling. That gentleman (lately arrived from Canada for the mission in question) is now in the north engaging some of his men, and endeavouring to find some person of sufficient enterprise, knowledge, and pereargance t 9 WS. Charge. WAR WWI 9f MG Otto WE pities cot RT C 1 RC ULAR. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morning, attended by Colonel Hon. Alexander Gordon. The Royal Family took their usual pony and walking ex ercise yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, Viscount Canning, Lord Broughton, Lord Marcus Hill, and Colonel Hon. Charles Grey, had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty last evening. A deputation of ladies, consisting of the Mi,ses Lawrence, Marshall, Cubitt, Witten. Simpson, and Fuller, had an audience of the Queen on Thursday, at Buckingham Palace, to deliver an address on the occasion of presenting a carpet, executed in needlework by one hundred and fifty ladies of Great Britain, to her Majesty. The ladies were accompanied by Mr. Francis Fuller. The address was read by Miss Lawrence, and was most graciously received by her Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the studio of Mr. Thoroycrolt on Thursday afternoon, to inspect the equestrian statue of her Maj. sty the Queen. A derutation of the Local Marine Board of London, con sisting of Mr. Duncan Dunbar (chairman), Mr. Anthony Ridley (deputy. chairman), and Capt. William Drew. bad an in'erview with the !Veit Hon. Henry Laboucbere yesterday, at the Board of Trade. Major S. Hill had an interview with Earl Grey at the Co lonial, ffice, yesterday. Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Malta. Ceylon. and Hong-Kong. POLISH AND HUNGARIAN REFUGEES• We understand that the Government have undFrtaken to provide a sum which will furnish about 81. co each of he Polish and Hungarian retugees who have just a rived at Liverpool from Turkey, for the purpose of pay ing their Fa,sage to America. Considering the extreme difficulty which forcigners now experience in obtaining rinplo3 went in this cuutiir), and the suffering.: which the Polish refugees now resident here have already under gone, and the difficulty their friends find in procuring for them even a scanty support, and the great demand for labour which at present exists in America, the measure of the Government appears to be prompted by the moat humane feelings towards the rerugees. It appears, how ever, that certain gentlemen, belonging, we believe, to what is called the extreme democratic party amongst the Poles, have taken upon themselves the serious responsi bility of advising these poor men to remain in England, at the risk of their being exposed to the most abject misery. It is nut easy to conjecture what motives may have ins[ired the authors of this advice, but it is tole rably clear that unless they have large and immediate funds at their disposal, it cannot have originated in a due regard to the welfare of those to whom it is offered. Thefollowingletter — has bEen received by Lord Dud ley Courts Stuart, from Mr. Dioiy, formerly secretary to Kossuth:— " UNIVERSAL EMIGRATION AND COLONIZATION COM- PAN T. 4` Liverpool, March 5, 1851. " My Lord,—Your Lordship is no doubt aware that the refugees, 253 Poles and 9 Hungarians, have arrived. I went on board the ship, when still in the river, and told my countrymen what arrangements have been made for their short stay, and subsequent conveyance to Ame rica, with which they seemed highly satisfied. But this day there arrived a Mr. Slanislaus Women acid his friends from 14,,nd0n, and by holding out delusive pros pects to his countrymen, changed their minds; even the Hungarians, who seemed disposed to leave forhwith for America. began now to waver, and ask for a few days' considers ion. _ thii eme; gency, and fearing lest the poor men should be made victims to false prospects, and be Ex posed to certain starvation, I feel it my duty t o r eques t your Lordship may use his well- justified authority with the Poles. Lieut. Charles Szulczewski's presence here w-uld do a great deal of good in openin g the p oor de luded men their eyes as to their real position. As for the Hungarians, I trult Mr. Pulazky's letter, handed to them by me, will produce the necessary effect. " I remain, my Lord, " Yolas very respectfully, (Signed) " M. _Dion% " To the Right Hon. L,rd Dudley Coutta Stusrt, M.P., 80." BUN GA II lAN REFUGEES• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Dearing that some hundreds more of these brave, suffering men have arrived (or are about to arrive, in this country, I , ould thank you, should a subscription be made for their relief, to again put down my name for one gui. , eu. Who can reau of the noble bearing ano generous doings of these peace-loving, Chrimian like, and brave people, as de scribed in a late work by the Baroness Von Beck, but must keenly sympathise with them in their sufferings, and pray that the hand of the Almighty (who ruleth in the Hear , ns above, anti among the inhabitants of the earth beneath), nidy be speedily rai,•en to cru h (by direct or indirect means) the foul despotism that is desolating the Continent, and to avenge the patriot b ood on those who thus tyrannically held possession of the earth. Bev. vi. 10. I am, Sir, yours, &c. Cheltenham, March 7. IFSI. DAL ETH. COUNTY EXPF NDITURE.—A meeting of the autho raid of the metropolitan parishes took place yesterday even ing, at the court-house of Marylebone pariah, Marylebone lane, Oxford-street, for the purpose of organizing the several parishes in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey in favour of the passing of a Bill already introduced into the House of Commons by the "Lancashire Committee," the second reading of which is fixed for Wednesday, March 12, having for its object the establishment of representative county financial boards throughout the kingdom, for the control of the expenditure of the county rates. After an hour's slay, occasioned by the insufficiency of the attendance, Mr. Nicho lay was voted to the chair. H e briefly open d the proceed • ings, and Mr. Day rose to address the meeting, but Mr. Halton having suggested its adjou r nment , the proposition moved by him was seconded by Mr. Day, and adopted. Th e meeting - then dispersed. JOURNEYMEN TAILORS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The annual dinner in aid of the funds of this charity took place last night at the London Tavern , and w as exceedingly well attended, about 220 gentlemen sitting down to the ex cellent fare provided. It was expected that the chair would be taken on this occasion by Mr. Lushington, M.P., b u t owing to the importance of the discussion coming on in the House of Commons, he was not able to attend. In his absence Mr. Cartwright, the celebrated dentist, presided, and discharged the duties thus hastily assumed in a very able manner. During the evening subscriptions were announced by the secretary to the amount of 7001. and upwards; and as the funded property cf the institution is now nearly 15,0001., its financial position must be regarded as very satisfactory. The musical arrangements of the dinner were under the direction of Mr. Land, and Mr. Harker was toast master. NEW BARRACKS IN ST. JAMES'S-PARS..- - The Government have decided upon building a new wing to Wel lington Barracks sufficiently large to accommodate an addi tional battalion of the Foot Guards, the expense of which will amount to 40,0001. United Service Gazette. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF ATHLONE....- Her Ladyship died at her residence, in South-street, on Wednes day. Her Ladyship was relict of William Frederick, the last Earl of Athlone, to whom she was united in 1814. THE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA.—It is rumoured that an intention exists. on the part of Government, of re uniting the civil government of Malta with the military command in the person of a general officer now in command of one of th o distiicto..... United Serge Gazette. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF LORDS, March 7. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. DESIGNS ACTS EXTENSION BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table the Tithe Commissionerb' Report for 1850. PETITIONS. Lord BEAUMONT presented a petition from the Law Society against the second clause of the L aw of Evidence Bill which authorised the examination of p art i es to the suit and their wives; he personally did not a gree w i t h the prayer of the petition, because such evid ence would always be t a k e n for what it was worth, and the evi dence of the parties might lead to the disco very of fur ther eviden ce; b u t s till the opinions of the petitioners were entitled to attention, and he hoped the Bill would be referred to a Select Committee. Lord BROUGHAM bore evidence to the high re spectability of the petitioners; but forty-nine out of fifty of the county court judges had reported in favour of the plan. The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented a petition from Galway praying for the establishment of a packet station on the west coast of Ireland. COUNTY COURTS EXTENSION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM rose to move the second reading of the County Courts Extension Bill. So long ago as the year 1825 Lord Althorp brougbt in a Bill for the better recovery of small debts. That Bill went but a little way; it merely proposed to give jurisdiction to small debt courts in cases in which the amount in dispute did not exceed 101. Lord Althorp handed over the Bill to the late Sir R. Peel, who was always anxious to promote any measure of law reform, and Sir R. Peel cheerfully undertook the task of reform. Two Commissions of Inquiry into the common law, sad another for inquiring into the law of real property, were issued by Sir R. Peel, and the reports of those Commissioners were most valuable, and many impor tant changes had been introduced, grounded upon the reports of those Learned Commissioners;*.and so im perfect had these changes been, that it some of the emi nent lawyers who had died within the last quarter of a century were to revisit Westminster lull they would seemly believe that they were in the same country in which they bad passed their lives. He had himself; in 1840, introduced as Bill for establishing courts of local ju risdiction. In that Bill he had originally given jurisdiction to local courts, in cases of debt, to 1001., but on the re presentation of the Commissioners he had reduced it to 201. That Bill was rejected by a small majority com posed of proxies. In 1842, Lord Lyndhurst had intro duced a Bill which was in all essentials identical with the Bill which afterwards became law, and he regretter that more had not, been done. Last year a measure was proposed extending the jurisdiction of these courts to 501. in cases of debt. There was no man who could deny that these county courts had worked admirably. In every man's neighbourhood a tribunal existed where a man's dispute with his neighbours could be speedily and cheaply settled. In two years and nine months 1,200,000 causes had been disposed of in these county courts, being at the rate of 420.000 causes ayear, and the amount of property adjudicated on must have been about 2,000,0004 a-year. The last year's Act gave an appeal upon points of law upon sums above 201. In five months 4,000 of these causes had been disposed of, and there bad not been more than four appeals. Now, so far as regarded contentious jurisdiction, so far as regarded the ousting of the jurisdiction of the superior courts, he did not propose to extend the jurisdiction of these courts. The four classes which were included in the Bill of 1830, but which were now excluded by the county court jurisdiction.were bankruptcy,equitable jurisdiction, arbitration, and courts of reconcilement. He proposed to extend the jurisdiction of the county courts to cases of bankruptcy, gradually to absorb the bankruptcy juris diction in that of the county courts. He also proposed that all matters upon which a Master in Chancery could decide should be, upon the order of the Court of Chancery, remitted fo a countycourt for decision, so that instead of parties being brought from Cornwall to Chancery-Jane, they should have equity administered to them in their own district. He also proposed that all parties, whatever might be the cause or the amount in dispute, should be enabled to submit the matter in dispute to the county court judge as an arbitrator, sub ject only to have points of law, as is the case at present with regard to arbitration, raised in the superior courts on their award. In a great variety of cases at present, more particularly in cases of disputed amount, when a case became ripe for trial it was found that it was impossible to try it by a judge and jury, and the judge ordered such a case to be referred. Now he proposed to give parties a power of referring such a case at once to a county court judge. (Hear, hear.) In ordinary cases of arbitration there was sometimes a tendency to protract proceedings. Now the county court judge would havenotemptation to protract proceedings, because he was not paid by the number of sotings, but was paid a fixed salary. But he set still greater store by his proposition to make these county courts courts of reconcilement. It was proposed that any party suing or sued on any matter whatever might cite his adversary to appear before a county court judge in reconcilement, and the parties thus uppearing might state, the one his cause of grievance and the other his defence. In every profession, and in the law as well as others, theta must be a better and worse class, and as a skilful and honourable solicitor was the greatest blessing a i e;ghbourhood could have, so there could not be a greater curse than one of the worst class. But a respectable solicitor might be misled as to the merits of his client's ease ; he proposed that no i.: . arise!, no sttornPy should attend the court of reconcilt merit. but that the parties should go unattended by legal .4d visers and state their case. The judge wou'd at once see whether or nil a party had good grounds for proceed mg, arid it he had none, and the judge told bite so, in eine cases out of ten litigation would cease. These courts had been tried on the continent and had succeeded. In France they were compulsory; but if that were :he case here they would gradually assume the eharacler of courts of law rather than of courts of reconcilement, and therelore he did cot propose to make them compulsory. In Switzerland, in some of the cantons it was compulsory, in others it was optional; where it was compuls-ry it was said to fail, where voluntary it succeeded. These courts were most suc cessful in Denmark and in Hamburg's, and the number of causes brought before the courts of law had di miniehed two-thirds since the introduction of courts of reconcilement. The introduction of these courts would put a stop to the system of attorneys telling clients they were sure to gain, and then asking them fur 401. or 50/. on account to carry on the cause, because the client would at once go to the county court judge and get his opinion. This reconcilement process, coupled with the arbitrative power, would at once prevent the occur rence of scenes such as those to which lie had alluded. These were the provisions of the Bill which he i.ad introduced to their Lordships' attention. In Scotland they had long possessed the advantage of local courts, and almost all cases were originated in the courts of the sheriffs depute, and out of 22,000 cases brought in these courts iu one year, only tine hay-third of the number was appealed against. The value adjudicated upon was 300,000/., only 6,000/. had been appealed against. Nothing ceuld be more ueju,t than to render a suitor liable to expense for that protection :, hteh the country was bound to give biro in return for his allegiance. This principle had been unanswerably demonstrated by the profound and learned Jeremy Ben ham. He did not take any blame to himself for any undue haste in proposing these measures, for he felt that it would have been desirable to have established local courts with these extended jurisdic tions many years ago, and this establishment would tend to incresse the respect of the people for the law. Lord LANGDALE was convinced that the adminis trative points of the bankrupt law, and of the Court of Chancery might be well adminis tered by the county courts. He never could see any reason why parties residing in the coun try should be compelled to come before a Master in Chancery sitting in Chancery-lane. He believed that in matters of arbitration it was of importance to have as an arbitrator a person in authority. They should bear in mind that if they extended the jurisdiction of these courts, they must have judges enough—they must have ample judicial power; if they d!cl not they would either have hurried decisions or un due delay. He agreed that it was a great abuse, that a person seeking justice should have to pay for it. Justiee was the subject's right, an d t h e country wa g bound e to render it to him, y e t at t h e same t i me they were bound to allow an ad equa t e remunera ti o n tdthe agents to who were empl o y e d, an d w h o d e voted their time acting for the suitors. n to Lord BEAUMONT thonght . get rid altogether of th e be ris d advisablei c t io limitation. t ien irduced a debtor ;hese courts to 50/. This limitation it would f o t u h ld e b i portion of his c l a i m. He to abandon owing more than 501. to h a old out, and thus for ce hi s jurisdiction o b cou rts in sums a Ove 2Ol. d one away with , the superior He should also wish t o ace the concurrent f as man y attorneys took causes which. might w e ll h ave of costs. He objected t o t h e proposition of f ree ing suitors from all payments f o r justice, its it would te ed to promote litigation, and was th ere f ore dangerous. i s county courts into for the the d ecided s sake the superi or courts Lord CRANWORTH considered it all right that the losing party should be compelled to pay his adversary's cost, but what was objected to was, the tax upon justice. Now in the Court of Chancery this tax amounted to 150,000/. a year in the shape of fees, which amounted on an average to 101.;p er h ead per suitor. After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord BROUGHAM replied, and the Bill was read a first time. Their Lordships then adjourned. _.,..______ HOUSE OF COMMONS, March 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes to Four o'clock. NEW MEMBER> Mr. PRINSEP, the new Member for Harwich, took the oaths and his seat. The Hon. Gentleman was in troduced by Mr. 'lorries and Mr. F. Mackenzie. ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF LOHD-LIEU- TENANT OF IRELAND. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, accompanied by several Aldermen, appeared at the bar, and presented a r.e:i!ion from the corp.ration of that city, against the abolition of the office of Lord-Lieutenant. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were reed a second time, and or. &red to be counnittedi— Lancashire said Yorkshire Railway (Fifth Share). Metropolitan Cattle Matkt. COPPER MINER'S IN ENGLAND. On the mutton that . tLe Copper Miners in England Bill be read a becund Mr. SI6ONER objected to the Bill on the ground that the principle of it wail to set aside the claims of , all the creditors of the company unless they became partnere in the un d er t a ki ng , which lag for - 4