The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-10 00:00:00

"if^;~~• "AIM K 4 4 a• 4 SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTER S ALL'S—TaIS EVENING. ►SIX o'cLocs. DONCASTER HANDICAP. 7 to 2 agst Achyranthes NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agst Recruit 12 to 1 agst Cutler TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 11 to 10 agst Grecian 5 to 1 agst Newminster 5 1 agst Mountain Sylph COlt CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Rhesus 20 to 1 agst The Italian 22 to 1 agat Haricot 22 to 1 agat Wallflower 25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn 25 0 1 agat Montague 30 to 1 agst Nancy 35 to 1 agat Knight of Avenel 40 to 1 apt Beehunter DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Prime Minister 6 to 1 agst Grecian 12 to 1 sgst Mountain Sylph colt—taken 12 to 1 agst Newminster 33 to 1 agst Ariosto 1,000 to 15 agst Lightfoot IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR,_took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. PETITIONS. The Earl of FEVERSHAM presented several peti tions from parishes in the North Riding of Yorkshire, praying for a restoration of agricultural protection. PASSENGERS ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Earl GREY moved the second reading of this Bill, which was intended to remedy certain defects which had been discovered in the working of the present laws, and which would operate to the prevention of the employ ment of a superior class of vessels as passenger ships. At present passenger ships going to America were obliged to carry provisions for ten weeks, and the Com missioners had Lo power of modifying this requirement; now steamers of 3 greeter power and of a superior class had been laid down which would make the voyage in a much less time than other vessels, and it was proposed that the companies should have power to modify the re gulations as regarded such steam-ships. It also pro posed under certain circumstances to permit with the consent of the passengers, the substitution of one sort of provisions for another, and to give the Commissioners a power of relaxing existing regulations in cases of ships receiving damage being obliged to put back. Lord REDESDALE drew the attention of their Lordships to the fact cf the number of deck passengers who were crowded upon the decks of the Irish steamers; there was a crie, the other day in which an infant had perished from being exposed to the inclemency of the weather on the deck or one of those steamers. In fact, the guardians of many of the unions in Ireland had paid far the passage of many of these unfortunate paupers, in order to get rid of the burden of their maintenance. He hoped the attention of the Government would be directed to his sl , bject. Lord ViIODEEIOUSE thought the cabin passengers stood aMiosL as much in tee 3 of protection as steerage pssgenoers, and hoc•td 01;4 the agents would receive di rections to see that proper prov'sioas and an adequate aunty of water should be provided fur them. Lord COLCHESTER alluded to the ca,e of several persues who last year were smothered on their voyage from Belfst to Glasgow, as a proof of thu necessity of reguls , ing steam pasienger vessels going only short ♦oyagee Earl GREY thought that it would be inexpedient to legislate on the subject of cabin passengers, they had the power of taking care of themselves by employing re spectable brokers. regard to the passenger ships for Ireland, the Noble Earl was' understood to intimate that he thought soma regulations would be desirable. Tne Earl of HARROWBY made some observations, but he spoke in a tone so indistinct that it was impos sible to catch even their purport. Earl GREY replied. The greatest care was taken of the emigrants by the Government agents in New Bruns wick and Canada. Lord MONTEAGLE bore witness to the great care and:indefatigable attention to their duties exhibited by the emigration agents in the British North American cob. vies. He thought the same legislative proteetion ought to be afforded to cabin passengers. _ . The Bill was then read u second time. PETITIONS. The Earl of FALMOUTH presented a petition from the guardians of the Wallingford Union in favour of an alteration in the law for making parochial assessments. The Earl of CARLISLE presented a petition from a person named Mitchell, a suitor in the Court of Chan cery. complaining that he had suffered grievously from the dilatoriness of that Court, and praying for a reform in its proceedings. SALE OF ARSENIC. The Earl of CARLISLE introduced a Bill for regu , lating the sale of arsenic, which was read a first time. REGISTRATION OF DEEDS BILL. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice, on be half of his Noble Friend the Lord Chief Justice, that he 'would on Monday nest move the second reading of this Bill. _ _ COUNTY COURTS BILL. be had to say that he had receivwd communications from Jever al po ti o' cnunt ;3., hich a- - pone the introduction or that or another mettsuro till some fature time. With respeet to the Mercantile Marine Bill, be might add that it was not his intention to intro elm., during the present session any provisions for the material alteration or amendment of that Act. PAPAL AGGRESSION BILL. Lord BROUGHAM announced that it was his inten tion to make divers alterations in this Bill, in conse quence of suggestions which be had received, and if he had not noticed all the suggestions which had been transmitted to him it was not from disrespect to the per sons making them. DESIGNS ACT EXTENSION BILL. On the suggestion of Lord BROUGHAM, The Esil of GRANVILLE ccnsented that this Bill should be referred to a Select Committee. PAPAL. AGGRESSION. Earl FITZ WILLIAM gave notice that he should to morrow, on presenting a petition, make some observations on the subject of the Papal aggression. Their Lurthhips then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Tne SPEAKER took tb Chair shortly bofore Four. Mr. MOWATT presented petition from Falmouth against the Bill. Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND gave notice that if the Government still persevered iu their intention of omitting the 2d and 3d clauses of this Bill, he should when any motion to that effect was made in Committee, move that the chairman do leave the chair. JEWS' (ABJURATION OATH) BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that he should on Thursday next move fir leave to bring in a Bill for the amendment of the Abjuration of Oaths Bill. SMITHFIELD MARKET. PRIMA FE BUSINESS. Mr. MASTERMAN gave notice of a motion for conn6el to be heard at the bar against the Removal of Smithfield Market Bill. The SPEAKER intimated that, in its present shape, the motion could not be entertained. Mr. EVANS moved teat in the case of the Man chester, Burton, Matlock, end Midland Junction Rail way Bill, the Standing Order No. 152, be dispensed with:—That leav^ be given to present the Bill, not withsianding the a,me was not pr. dented within three clear days after the presentation of the petition for leave to bring in ran soma—Agreed to. Mr. BROTHERTON that on the motion for the s , cond reading of the Caledonian Railway (Glas gow, Garokirk, and Coattridge, Polinc and Govan, &c., Railwa , 7s) (AmencimPat and Continuation, &e.) Bill, to move, tbas St4nding . Orders, Nos. 160 and 163, be sus pended; and that th, condideratton of the second reading be postponed Lill Frtd v ',ext.—Agreed to. SECOND READINGS. The following Bilis %w , :re then reaAl u sccond Buckingham, Brackle,v, tad Banbury Turnpike Road. Cork and Waterford hallway. ___ Mr. MASTERMAN was aware of that, but all he desired was publicity for his object. Lincolnshire Estuary. Mayfield Railway. Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway. Toweester, Bra. kley, and Weston-on-the-Green Turnpike Waterford and Tramore Railway. PETITIONS. L.)rd HOT euenteu a petition against the hler cabti!e Mann•; ..cc. SeverAi other =a,- titions were presented to a similar effect. HENRY preserved a p et i t i o n f rom t h e C ount y Down against the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Mr. W. 'WILLIAMS pre..en - ed a petition from several rtal . intm of hi g h . reipecteni . lity in the City, corn pLioing t,be proceedthp of her Majesty's Custom-house authorities. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition against the removal of Smithfield-m..rket. Mr. T. EGERTON presented a petition from a place in Cheshire egainst the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Several other petitions were presented to a similar Isfr•ect. SCHOLFIELD presente'l a petition from Bir 13mIglinm praying for the repeal of the window tax. Str B. HALL presented similar petitions from Mary leb ;ne. PORTAL presented a petition from Kingston, in jaTtmpshire, przvitg- for the removal of agricultural distniss• Alderman COPELAN D presented a petition against the removal of Smithfi e l d - market. 2,1 r. STUART presented e. petition from the attorneys and colicitors, praying that the salaries of the Vice- Chance llor and the officers 0 t be appointed be not paid out of the suitors fund; also a petition from Newark against the paper ditty. Mr. H. GRATTAN presented se vera l pet i t i ons f rom Ireland against the principle of c entralization; also se- Teral others coinpliining of agricultural distress. Colonel criATTERTON presented several petitions against Papal tt''"r,.; ;in'' 'S presented petiti ons from se- Air. R. 1) MANGL E vt.rftl places in Surrey e pics; the removal of Smithfield market. Mr. ALCOrli present ed p etitions to a similar effe ct. S!milar petitc.m . w.-.re preseetPd by the SOLICITOR GENERAL frotil .• • hurt;tterli of Southampton, had by Mr. WARL;;;IT f:...rn Stoke 1 , 4-4vioqr. , n. 711 E SIERCANTIT.E MARINE AND CONSOLI. DATION BILLS. Lord JOHN M ANNERS beggs.d to ask the Right non. Geutlsman at the head of the Board of Trade 10 - tether ':e had taken any notice of the .7svertsl dis turhances .hich taken place in vitAfAis por;it in cor:sequence of the oper ttion of the :ttlero,intile Marine 13i, anti whether he contemplated any alteration in the provisions of that Bill. 113 would ;deo st.k the Ri g ht Honourable Greittlen•an whether he intended during the pre ens se ss i ou to renew t h e C onso lid at i o n .Marine Bill, whiott land been broe-3 1 it 11 , der the notice of the Hcaso diving the last year? Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the Noble Lord had sail - ,.d him qa,. , stiot , s on Iwo stit.:;-eta which were totally distinct in character, th . -- - zp,h both referrA to the mer .canTale marine of this country. With respect to the Co.uoddation Act, to whiclvthe Noblo Lori had referred, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, teen issued for 1850, it appeared that the expenses of 92,4651., and wisbe.l to know whether ~it was the intention of the night Honourable Gen tleman to introduce any measure during the present session, for altering or amending the present Commission?—(Hear, hear.) Ir was also statad, in the report for 1850, that the Commissioners shortly in tended to raise a large sum of money upon the security of the rates, and he should be glad to know if the Right Hon. Baronet would sanction such a loan?—(Hear.) Sir GEORGE GREY replied that the Act establish ing the existing Commission would expire at the end of the present session, and it would therefore be necessary that some Bill should be proposed to Parliament for its continuance; but what changes would be proposed by that Bill, or when it would be brought in, he was as yet unable to state.—(Hear, hear.) with regard to the loan it would be seen by the report that the Commission proposed to raise it in the exercise of the power which they enjoyed under the Act of Parliament, and he had, therefore, no authority to inter fere.—(Hear, hear.) As to the expense of the Commis sion all he could say was that the accounts had been annually audited by an accountant appointed by the Home-office, and hitherto they had been found strictly correct.;.(lslear, bear.) CHURCH PREFERMENT. Sir B. HALL next directed the Right Hon. Baronet's attention to a return which had been laid on the table in pursuance of an order of the House. The return related to the number of preferments held by each bishop, but the Bishops of St. David, Ely, and Exeter had made no returns, and he wished to know if any thing was proposed to be done to obtain the required information from those three Right Rev. Prelates. Sir G. GREY said he had received no communication from the Bishop of Ely; but the Bishops of St. David's and Exeter wrote last summer to say that the return would take a deal of time, and occasion some trouble to collect.—(Hear, hear.) Since then he had not heard from either of them ; but the order of the House had been forwarded to them, and they had been pressed to make the necessary returns. Sir B. HALL, under the circumstances, gave notice that to-morrow be should move that the returns be made forthwith.—(Hear, hear ) JAMAICA. _ Mr. BERNAL wished to know from the Hon. Gen tleman the Under Secretary for the Colonies if Govern ment intended to take any steps for supplying the isltnd of Jamaica with free labourers, since the cholera had swept off more than halt of its labouring population? Mr. HAWES must decline answering that question till to-morrow, but he could state now that the return moved for by the Honourable Member for Cambridge would giv- the fullest information on the subject. REFUSAL TO RECEIVE ADDRESSES , - TO HER MAJESTY FROM ORANGE LODGES. Captain ARCHDALL asked the Secretary of the Home Department why he felt it inconsistent with his duty to lay before her Majesty certain loyal and dutiful addresses against the Papal aggression from Orange Lodges in Ireland, he having in 1848 presented to her Majesty similar addresses from the same body. Sir G. GREY replied that he had receivei three ad dressee within the last few months to be presented to her Majesty, and they were of the following character. The first was from the Grand Lodge of the Orami,e men of Great Britain, purporting to be signed by Lord Enniskillen, the grand -master, and other parties. The second was from the Loyal Lodge of Orangemen in Ireland, also signed by Lord Enniskillen as the grand master; and the third was from the Orange men of Liverpool. He thought it was not consistent with bis duty to present these addresses to her Ma jesty, on the ground of their purporting to come from societies which used secret signs, and *hick on that account were illegal. It was tru he, had presented addresses in 1848 from the same bodies; but this was an overeignt, and he alone ought to be c•ensured —(Hear.) But us regarded the addresses referred to by the HAI. Member, he thought he was only acting in strict accordance w:th his duty in declin ing to lay them before her Majesty.—(Hear.) BOROUGH OF DUNGA VON. veloclen keys, 3,0371. HP s tates that if the whole rail- v, e„is LA 'Li 47..: c the present renwal find wouA he sufficient. Mr. LAWLESS asked the Secretary for Ireland (Sir W. Somerville) the reason why no vaclucy had been announced in the representation of the borough of Dun g rvoli? Sir W. SOMERVILLE replied that all he could say ,t 1714,,, that the nvitti , r was not conutcted with his depart ment.—(Laughter.) GRANT TO MAYNOOTH. Mr. SPOONER, wished to aik whether the Chancel lor of the Exhequer intended this year to propose a grant to Maynooth. Lord J. RUSSELL said that tho general expanses for Maynooth were provided for by an Act of Yerliament passed three years ago, and he was not aware of any extra expenses which required to be provided for by an extra grant this year. JEWISH DISABILITIES. AN INDIAN TOWN DESTROYED Sir R. H. INGLIS inquired whether the Noble Lord, in giving notice of his motion for the removal of Jewish disabilities for Thursday night, had considered whether Hon. Members who had motions on the paper would give way to him on that night? Lord J. RUSSELL said he had not considered that, but he was anxious to bring it on as soon as possible, as the House had passed resolutions ou the subject at the close of last session. On the motion for, that the Speaker leave the Chair, Mr. W. WILLIAMS said that as the Chancellor of the Exchequer intended to make alterations in his Budget, ho should move that no votes be taken until the intended alterations were stated.—(Hear.) In 1848, the House would recollect, that after various statements had been made respecting the estimates for the Army and Navy, and Ordnance, the Chancellor of the Exchequer had consented to greatly modify the amount of the expense. He did hope that a similar course would be pursued on the present occasion. He would only refer to the reports of former years, and he thought that after the House had heard the facts, which he had to state sufficient reason would appear for an alteration in the plan now laid before them by the Government. By a reference to those reports, he found that in 1830, the Duke of Wellington, the highest authority that could be adduced on military matters, had for 138.500 men, asked the country to grant 10,993,0001., less by 2 442,0001. asked fur the Government this year, though they only wanted 122,000 men. In tne last year of Earl Grey's Administration, in 1834, the number of men proposed was 137,000, and the money 7,583,0001., less than the money asked for this year by 3.015,0001. It was also worth while to notice, that in 1835 Sir Robert Peel asked for 135.000 men, with a sum of 7,146,0001., being 3,787,0004 less than the money now demanded from the House. He would now ask the House to remember that 3,000.0001. was more than the amount of window-tax and paper-duty, end went far to meet the liquidation of the income-tax. He trusted that the House would never agree again to the exorbitant increase which had bean made in the military establishmeut of the country. In his opinion it was disgraceful. Talk of the Duke of Wellington's Go vernment, why that Noble Duke hod set an example to the present Government on the reductions be made in the army, and no man in the kingdom knew getter the necessities of the country than the Noble Duke. The Hon. Member concluded that no supply should be voted te.fore the amended Budget was presented to the House. Mr. _HUME thought tee House ought to have some explanation with respect to the estimates before they :sent into a Committee.. BY FIRE. (From the Calcutta Star.) The following is an extract of a letter from Rangoon, dated the 29th of January, giving au account of a terri ble fire which occurred there on the previous day. It should perhaps he stated that the edifices are without exception constructed of wood, and constquently dating the dry season are much more inflammable than at any other time:— "I may in truth Lay, Rangoon is no morel' Yester day, at 11 A.M., a dreadful coeflegration broke out in the heart of the town, utterly dseying every measure put in foree to check its progress. Tte Custoet•house, Main Wharf, Armenian Church, end the p: iecipal mere hunts' houses, are totally destroyed; whole streets of great length present to the view heaps of ashes, and so com plete have been the destructive efft:cts of the fire that old inhabitants have difficulty in pointing out the site of their former residences. It is estimated on a rough cal culation that at least 2,000 houses have been utterly de stroyed, and the loss of property at the lowest estimate amounts to fully 30 lacs of rupees, while that of life is incalculable. The fire extended about two miles in length and one in breadth, and in its fearfully rapid progress communicated to a number of country cargo-boats loaded with inflammable goods of considerable value. From these the fire ex• tended to the shipping in the river. Nine vessels, of which five had completed their lading, were burnt to the water's edge, and the remainder barely escaped de struction by slipping their cables and anchoring on the Della side of the water. The schooner Thane, the pro perty of Messrs. Crisp and Co., had a most narrow escape, but by the skill and coolness of her commander and officers was extricated from her dangerous position. Surrounded by burning vessels, her foresail and top gallant sail took fire, and were speedily burning from their respective yards; her bulwarks also caught in several places, but the flames were soon extinguished, and lam happy to say that she escaped in safety. In the neighbourhood of the Armenian Church the fire raged with inconceivable fury. Scarcely an article of any description could be saved, so rapid was the progress of the flames. A large portion of the natives saved themselves from destruction by rushing into the river, where -they remained, deaf to every entreaty made to them to strive to arrest the progress of the devouring element. At 10 P.M the Custom-house, in which was stored a large quantity of gunpowder, blew up with a tremendious explosion, causing death and destruction tar and near; in fact, with the exception of a few mean huts in the suburbs, scarcely a single house remains of what once formed the large and thriving town of Ran goon. It is out of the power of language to express the misery and destitution shut meet you on every side; the eye behelds whole families crouching id ab ject dispair under the still sleeking ruins, and thousands whdhave saved scarcely sufficient covering for the pur poses of decency. A visitation so terrific in its nature has never before been experienced in this town. Which ever way you turn, the half consumed carcases of dogs, pigs, and other domestic animals meet your gaze; it is altogether the most complete scene of misery and deso lation that can be well conceived; and it will be many years, I fear, ere Rangoon again assumes its former im portance as a tradine port. Sr F. BARING sad he should give the neePssary r.xpltinatiqn when the Houie.,vras in Committee of Sup ply.)—Hear, hear.) Tito SPEAKER then put the question that the House .hould go into a Committee of Supply on the Ne.vy Estimates, and also the amendment of the Hon. Mem ber for Ltinbeth. Mr. WILLIAMS declining to press his amendmen , to a division, The House resolved itself into a Committee f Supply. " The origin of this dreadful conflagration iz some what remarkable. The Burmese ship Yathna yo Mahon had just dropped anchor on her arrival from Calcutta, when a native, induced by curiosity to see her, left a handy of oil on the tire in his housr, and betook him self to the Main Wharf for that purpose. During his absence the fire by some means communicated with the oil, and in an instant the house was in a blize, which speedily communicated to the adjoining habitations, and to sn incredibly short ~p ace of time the whole town was wrapt in one boly of flume. A strong easterly bre: , ze blowing at the time greatly aided the pr,gress of the fire, and rendered its extinction hopeless." _ NAVY ESTIMATES. Sir F. BARING then rose to bring forward the Navy Estimates, aLd was (LEFT SPEAKING.) MARCH 10, 1851. which an advoczte , coulci he placed; but, appearing ea namely, to farther the tetereete of truth and justice, it became an imperative duty upon him to take care that the jury „ere not led owey by any eloquence or sophistry from the real question at issue, and that they should clearly understand what were the points of evidence upon which the prosecution relied for establishing the perpe tration of an enormous crime against the prisoner; and if the evidence should be conclusive upon that point, that justice should not be defeated or a great criminal escape. The Learned Couniel then proceeded tem prat-ly and clearl to bring b fore the iury the prin cipal points in the overpowering evidence that had been given on behalf of the prosecution—the appoint ment to meet, the fact of the prisoner having left his house evidently with the intention of meeting his intended victim , the entire ebsenee of any evidence to account ler his time during !he eereid when the mur der was no doubt committed; the Wool upon his clothes; his false representations with regerd to the deceased, and his conduct when he was informed of the discovery of the dead body of the murdered girl. He sail that it th. y could reconcile all these circumstances with the in nocence of the prisoner, no one would be more gratified than himself at their coming to such a conclusion ; but, upon the other hand, if they should, as he teared, be sa tisfied that these circumstances clearly made out his guilt, their day to their country, and the solemn oath they had taken, demanded of them such a verdict as would alone be satisfactory to their own consciences, and the justice of the country. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE commenced summing up shortly before tour o'clock. He said that on the jury now devolved the solemn duty of saying by their verdict whether the prisoner was guilty of the crime laid to his charge; and it had been truly said that his fate was in !heir hands. Is was alleged on the part of the prose cution, that the prisoner, having had illicit connexion with this young woman, had formed a determination to destroy her, and in such a manner as that it should appear to be her own act, and that with this object he had wade the appointment with her on the evening of the 12th Oc tober. The first question they would then have to con sider was. whether the deceased was murdered; and se condly, if she was, whether the prisoner's was the hand that destroyed her; and in coining to that conclusion they must not give any effect to suspicions or probabili ties, but it was the they of the prosecution to satisfy them and to leave no moral doubt upon their winds th at he had committed the offence before they found him guilty of it. Ou the part or the prisoner it wascontended that the deceased might have destroyed herself, and it was, therefore, a very important cousideration for the jury whether the case was one of suicide or murder. His Lordship then proceeded most carefully and minute ly to go through the whole case, telling he jury in conclu sion that if they should entertain any fair or reasonable doubt of the guilt of the prison. r they ought to give him the benefit of suet! a doubt, and acquit him. The jury did not deliberate more than ten minutes, when they returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Streight, the clerk of arraigns, then called upon the prisoner in the usual form to state whether he bad anything to urge why judgment should not be passed upon him according to law. The prisoner made no answer. He appeared very slightly affected when the verdict was pronounced. The LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE then put on the black cap and passed sentence of death in a most impressive man• ner upon the prisoner. He said that atter a very long and anxious trial the prisoner had been convicted by a jury of his country of the crime of murder, and he must say the.t he entirely concurred in that verdict. His guilt had been brought to summary punishment, and his of tence had been accompanied by such circumstances of aggravation that he could not trust himself to comment upon them. His Lordship concluded by telling him that his days were numbered, and he conjured him to endeavour, by penitence and prayer, to obtain pardon from above, as in this world no mercy could be expected by hima. He then passed sentence of death in the usual form. The prisoner did not seem in any way affected by the awful sentence. He was speedily removed from the duck, and on his being taken to the carriage to convey him to the gaol he was received with yells and hooting by the assembled crowd. (B, fore Mr. Baron PARSEE.) William Wood. 20, was indicted for the wilful murder of Robert. BAmborough. Mr. T. Chambers prosecuted; Mr. Hawkins defended the prisoner. It appeared that the deceased was one of the officers of the Essex constabulary, and in the month of Novem ber last he had to convey the prisoner to Chelmsford gaol, where he had been committed by the magistrates at the Billericay Petty Sessions upon a charge of poach ing. The prisoner had a handcuff upon one wrist, and the deceased held the other, and it appeared that as they were passing a pond by the side of the road between Billericay and Brentwood, the prisoner suddenly snatched his hand away from the policeman, and struck him a blow on the temple, which knocked him into the pond, and before he could recover himself be jumped upon him, and forced his head under water. When the deceased was almost insensible the prisoner ran away, leaving him on the ground, but it appeared that shortly afterwards he came back and pulled the deceased to the side of the pond, where he left him. He was taken out soon afterwards, but died in a few days in consequence no doubt, as it appeared, from the medical testimony of his being immersed in the water. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter, and he was sentenced to be transported for life. These eases concluded the nusiuess of the Essex assizes. OXFORD CI 116' U T.— Worcester, March 7. CR° N COUR r. —(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) Benjamin Baldwin was indicted for the manslaughter of Hallman Cooke, at the borough of Tewkesbury. Mr. R. Kettle appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Huddleston defended the prisoner. On Christmas-day the deceased Hannah Cooke and her husband, who kept a public-house called the Severn Trow, at Tewkesbury, were bitting at home with several other persons in the house. About eight the prisoner, with three of his companions, came in. The prisoner and one of his companions were tipsy. After they had been in the Severn Trow some time they began quarrel. ling. The deceased endeavoured to step the quarrelling, and remonstrated with the prisoner, who, upon being spoken to, struck the deceased with his fist on the heat:. At first she went about her houseboldaffairs much as usual, but gradually became less and less disposed to " move about," until the day week after she had bean struck, when she sunk into a state of partial stupor, from which she never rallied. She died on the 10th of January. . _ After some deliberation the jury found the prisoner Guilty, strongly recommending him to mercy. Sentence —One month's imprisonment without hard labour. THE KAFIR WAR. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he rose to answer the question which had been put on Friday respecting the Kafir war. The Government had received several dispatches on the subject, one of which gave an account of an ineffectual attempt of Captain So merset to join Sir Harry Smith. The statements which had been received subsequently to that date were contained in private communications to Members of the House, and in the accounts of the outbreak published in the newspapers.—(Hear, hear.) A question had been asked about the extent of the forces in the Cape. At the close of the last Kafir war the number of men engaged in the colony were 3,303; at the present time the forces of every description amounted to 3,699; but Sir Harry Smith had sent home the second battalion of rifles, and orders had, therefore, been dispatched from the War-office for removing a regiment from Gibraltar to the Cape.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the expense °Cate proceedings, the House was aware that in 1848 and 1849 dispatches were laid on the table of the House, in which Lord Grey declared to the colonists that in future they would be expected to make provisions themselves for outbreaks of this nature; and in another dispatch written no later than last week this declaration of opinion was reiterated.—(Hear, hear.) He thought it right to make this announcement, and in sitting cl,wn he might as well add that there would be no objection to produce the dispatches to which he had re ferred.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME wished to know what the real state of the government of the Cape was? The declaration of the Secretary for the Colonies would be applicable to the Cape if the colonists were invested with the power of self-government, but unfortunately they had never en joyed that privilege. Now, the colonists themselves had openly declared, in public meeting, not only that they had nothing to do with the last war, but that the expenditure attending it was incurred by parties over whom they had no control, because they were appointed by the home authorities. " Give us," say the colonists, " the management of our own affairs, and we are quite ready to pay the piper, but not without."—(Hear, hear.) It was very well fur Earl Grey to write letters; but did he do what was his bounden duty, place the colonists in a position to protect themselves? As long as Earl Grey remained at the head of the deptitemsnt to which he belonged, he would sink any Administra tion.—(Laughter.) Every one acquainted with the Cape of Good Hope must know that with a frontier extending some thousands of miles, it was impossible for a person sent out from the Horse Guards to conduct the government and affairs of the colony as well us those who were resident on the spot. It would be recolhcted that the inhabitants in every village of the country met, and elected tour individuals as delegate. ' to consult with the Governor us to the formation c.f a constitution. Sir Harry Smith told those gentlemen the first thing they had to do was to vote for a military establishment, but they felt it their duty to reject that proposi tion, and the const quenee was that they were compelled to throw themselves on their constituents, who thought they had acted c3nsistently with the powers given to them. Then at the largest meeting ever held at the Cape two individuals were appointed to come over to England and represent the feelings of the colonists to the Government. These gentlemen had arrived, and one of them had been in London three months, yet nothing had been done by the Government. In fact, the colony %%as now under the rule of a military despot, inst•ad of a representative Government, and the result would be that the whole surplus revenue of the country would be swallowed up in the de fence of the colony, instead of being applied for the purposes of education in this country. As long as the affairs of the colonies were carried on in this reck less way, it was impossible the country could swim.— (Laughter.) He meant by a country swimming when it was able to pay its debts.—(Laughter.) He did think it was true that some decisive step should be taken in this matter; and, on that ground, he had been induced to make these observations to the House.—(Hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE said he would only advert to one part of the Hon. Member's remarks which was where he spoke of the Government as being employed in taking away from the colony all chance of obtaining a representative government.—(Cries of " No, no.") Sog far from her Majesty's Government having only taken the first step in this matter three days before the meeting of Parliament, an inquiry had been going on several months before, the remit of which was, that a representative Government, of the most free and liberal nature, had been in contemplation. It was, there fore, far from just to hold up the Government to repro bation as stifling all attempts of the colony to obtain re presentative institutions. Mr. ADDERLEY, though he did not entirely im pute it to the present Government that the Cape of Good Hope had not long since obtained representative institutions, yet stilt he thought that it was owing to a want of concert between the Government at home ann their officials at the Cape, that representative institu tions had not been established there, from the want of which a large expense would now be brought upon this country. He wished to ask the Noble Lord whether he had taken it into his consideration that British Kafrarita where these disturbances had arisen, was an entirely different colony from the Cape colony, under a different administration, and under different fiscal regulations?— (Hear.) He hoped that the Government did net delude themselves with the idea that they could call upon the Cape to bear the slightest share of the ex pense. He had risen to ask the Noble Lord whether a dispatch had been received from Sir H. Smith which would enable the Government to lay oa the table of the House the correspondence which had taken place on the subject: of the newt institutions, since the time when the letterseratent were first sent out up to the present time. Lord J. RUSSELL said that such a dispatch had not yet arrived. Mr. V. SMITH was afraid that the state of affairs was not such as to allow them to enter into a discussion at present on the'conduct of the Colonial Department. If such dispatches had Leah received, be wiNhed to know -.hen it was tie intention ef thc• Government to produce them. At the close of 1848 a dispatch of Earl Grey bad assured them that for the future the colonists should be matte responsible for the expenses of any future war; that it was tilo intention of the Government to bring io a Bill for the promotion of free institutions in that country, in order thet the colonists might take the management of their own affairs. With free institutions they might be able to pay their expenses, but 1:e was quite sure that they could not do so without teem. They had been assured from time to time that measures would be taken for that object, but no such measures had been intro duced. It was all very well for his Noble Friend to say that this was not the time for the introduction of those measures, but he believed that the only time for the crisideration of them by the House was, that when the colonists were in a state of suffering', and liable to expense. The frontier had been unnecessarily extended, and was, in feet, in a state wholly indefensible at the present moment. Lord J. RUSSELL could only say that the dispatches should be produced as soon as they were received, and with regard to the last observation of his Right Hon. Friend, he believed that the frontier was now in a more defensib!e state than ever it was before. Mr. G. BA.NicES thought it strange that the informa tion should have been received respecting this war before there were any communications with the Government. He wished to ask whether there was not some officer who could communicate with the Government in the ab sence of the Governor ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that in the abserce of the Governor, the Secretary of the Colonial Government was their correspondent. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the private leVer from which the information bad been derived came from the Commissary of the Govern ment. The subject then dropped. IMMIGRATION OF PAUPERS FROM IRELAND. Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE wished to ask a question which was of the greatest moment to the country. It referred to the immigration of paupers from Ireland. An inquest had been held by Mr. Carter on the body of a child of Mary Connell. The verdict was that the child, an infant of only four months old had died from exposure to the weather during its passage from Ireland. It was one of 750 passengers crowded upon the deck of the vessel without any covering but the uir, each of whom paid only 2a. for their passage. He had also understood that 1,000 pas as-noes had been brought over for Is. 6:3. a head. He wished to know whether any measures bad been token or were contemplated by the Government for the con duct of those vessels? Mr. LABOUCHERE believed that icquiries had al ready been made, but if not they should be immediate!). with a view to the rectification of thee abuies. Mr. CARDWELL observed that the I,enelties fixed by the i .I, : Ais_ i o s tiu ti ot n ut g oc a j ets of Parliament were quite inaue quhater to suppress the evil of over-crepAdicig. ,Il lr it t 'j ) R du E ee " a mi Rilltt admitted that they but he was LUKE Sir JAMES also slawd that the steps taken by the Governmentwith . increase thorn. •• respect to the over-crowding of Mr. LABOUCup,RE _ mt. steam-boats were wholly Ft ffictect.—(Hear, hear.) brought in to ernhrexe the , f ti o e b re ° f ore toped this di:c'eupss"mould a Eiil about repeated that subject, and he ' 1.. n be kept up no 1(a-igen—(M ar, bear.) The s ubject thenirepp,d. COMMISSIONER OF SEWERS. Sir B. HALL wished to ask the Rightme p o a n r . t m G e e r n i tleznan the Secreta r y of State for the a ques tion with refereuca to the MiAr(• Commis sioners of Sewers. By the report which bad just SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. The report of Mr. Barlow, the engineer, states that the opening of the Ashford and Hastings line to the public was delayed by various causes, although a single line was laid, and an engine passed over the entire line in October last. The work has been ose of unusul dif ficulty, not only from natural disadvantages of a geolo gical character, but from the opposition throughout, both to the deviations and to the opening of the railway; and it is theretore satisfactory to state, that these de , viatiuns and improvements, including an extension of 680 yards of tunnel, and reducing a long incline of 1 in 50 to 1 in 60 have been made at a large reduction of cost on the original contract amount of the line. The railway is made a double line throughout, and is laid principally with cast iron sleepers, the up-line being laid entirely with iron. On the Tunbridge-wells, and Hastings line the tunnels are complete, and the line is formed ready for laying the road from Tunbridge-wells to Whatiington, a length of 19 miles, of which 10i miles of single line are laid; the only work remaining to be done teing the completion of the permanent way and the stations, which may be effected in three months. Between Whatlington and St. Leonard's, seven miles, the earth work being very heavy, the railway cannot be opened before the autumn of this year. At the Brick layers' Arms station the works for an efficient water supply, by which the cost will be reduced to less than one-half the present sum, and superior water obtained, will be commenced immediately. The sum at present paid by the company for the supply of water at the London, Greenwich, and Bricklayers' Arms stations, is 8161. per annum—namely, at London-bridge, 300/.; Greenwich, 140/ ; and at Bricklayers' Arms, 376/. per annum. From a trial well in the chalk near NI, weross, it is feuud that a sepply of water, sufficient for both companies can be obtained and laid on to these stations at a coat under 4001. per annum. Both tit Ashford and London m ea ns will be used to de prive the water of the carbonate of lime which exists in that now used, and which causes the pres en t d epos i t i n the boilers. The test - iron sleepers are us-•d in the renee al of the old line as well ese in the new branches, and are new laid down to the exte n t o f 61 m i les of single , 41 miles on the Ashford e n d H ast i ngs 5 miles cn the Turnbridge-wells and H as ti ngs, 7 ; miles on the main hie, 3 miles on the Greenwich, 1 on ,'re Gravesend and Reeherter, 1 1211 it , at the Brick layers' Arms station, mile at the London r a ti on, and l mile at other stations. From tne experience obtained, the report states that the average teirability of the iron road may be safely n at al years, a Well will reduce the sum required renewal of the permanent way to tietite. 201. per mile per annum. The comparative first cast of tee p er _ lions of the new lines Lid in iron teed timber has b een as follows—wed, n ales Ter road, 3,3531. per mile, and of iron bleeper road, with half chairs, to avoid the use o; PLACES. iGe'nheerLnaoml.Paddoosnet:uopttitc_ne America (by Brit. pkt.)N March 14 .. • • America (by U.S. pkt.) N March 21 • • • • America (by US. pkt.) N March 95 • • • • A.frica (West coast).- N 14th of the month Alexandria* • • ... N 19th & 30th of mo. 9th917 h t ho o of f f t t h h m e e Belgium • . N pally Brazil ~ • • month California(TiaChagre . s . ) MM 3l month Ayres .. nth Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Constantinople* .. • • N 7th 17th 27th of mo Central America .. M2d & 17th (Amon. Channel Isles •. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Chili •• •• •• • M 17th of the month France • • .. M&N Twice daily .. • • Greece* • • • • N 7th 17th 27th efmo Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday Holland .. • • .. Wednes. & Satur. Honduras N 17th of the rnouth l Ireland .. • . Rh& N Twice daily .. •• , India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the month: India (via3larsoilles) N 7th& 24th of ruonth Mediterranean (via : Southampton) •• M 20th of the month Il.tedit,rr4neau (via ! Marseilles) • • N 7 th& 24th ofirionth; Mexico .. 2(.1 of the month ..1 Madeira • • • • .. 31 9th of the month Malta* .• 7th,i7th,t9tb, 2 7th l ! - &30th of month Naples* .. • • • • N sth 15th 25th °fru° Dover Papal States* .. N sth 15th 25th ofmo Dover .. Peninsular.. M 7th 17th 27th oi moSouthampt. Peru • - .. • • • • 31 17th of the month : :Southampt. TuleallY * • • • • • • N sth itth 25th ofmo Dover • • west Indies M 17th of the month i Southampt. West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M2d of the month ..:Southanyt. !Arrived The mails to those countries thus marked ( 5 ) are conveyed b; French packe via 31arseilles When duo. 'Liverpool.. Liverpool Southampt. Plymouth Dover Dover Southampt. Southampt. Southampt. Plymouth .. Dover Southampt. Southampt. •Southampt. Dover .. Dover .. London ILondon Arrived March 16 March 8 March 3 March 18 Daily 'Southampt. 'Holyhead.. !Southanapt. 'Dover .. !Southam pt. Dover ISouthampt. Southampt. .] Dover Feb. 24 Feb. 24 Arrived March 3 March IL Arrived Tu. Th.S March Twicedal. March 1, Tues. Sat. Moul.Thrt March 2 wicedat'• March 2i iMarch COLONEL WETHERALL, CAB., AND 11. ll.puty Adiutot-G. nt id, by toe direction et Sir George Grey, proceeded, on the evening of the 4ih inerant, to the scene or the seaeueifo disturbances in the North. THE EXHIBITION. PUBLIC AMUsENIEN'YS.—NEW lIIVPODROME AT KENSINGTON. The Royal Commiz wooers have received innumerable applications from theatrical and equestrian 'managers, snow-folks, &c., for permission to erect in Hyde-park, during the " World's Fair," temporary theatres, circuses, shows, and booths, but the Executive Corn tnittee have positively refused all such requests Among other managers who petitioned the Board was Mr. Batty, the lessee of Astley's, for a site in the park for the erection of a hippodrome, after the style of the celebrated one in the Champs Elysees at Paris, but on a more extended scale, and for which pri vilege he would contribute to the funds of the Com missioners five hundred guineas, but the offer was declined. . Mr. Batty has since become lessee of an ex tensive plot of ground admirably adapted for the purpose at Kensington, near to the turnpike, and within a few minutes' walk of the Crystal Palace, where a large number of workmen are now actively employed on the works, and from the estimates, models, and plans fur nished by the architects, surveyors, builders, artists, and machinists, it would appear that the Hippodrome will cost little less than 6,0001. Mr. Batty had previously made several extensive purchase of tborough-bred horses, as at least eighty will be required for this new curriculum, the ordinary trained hordes for the circle not being adapted for this peculiar description en enteil tairiment, so popular on the continent, but so little known in this country, and he is now eneging a corps of dashing ecuyeres from Paris and the other prin cipal continental cities, as female equestrians take the most prominent parts in the bold and daring sports of the Hippodrome, and likewise a troupe of fearless riders, native and foreign, for the Roman chariot races, Olympian Games, &c. Mr. Batty, how ever, will not be without rivals, as several well-known equestrian managers are also in search of sites for Hippodromes. Offers have been made to Mr. Wardell, the director of Vauxhall Gardens by a French troupe of riders, for the use of the Waterloo ground for a day entertainment, similar to the one produced some years since by the late Mr. Ducrow, but which Mr. Wardell declined. The vacant plot of ground in the York-road, Waterloo-road, with the railway in the rear, has also been eagerly, sought after, but i. is understood that the South- Western Oornpany, whose property it is, have declined to negotiate for an such purpose; in fact, the greatest possible difficulty has been experienced by speculators in obtaining ground in any desirable locality. The tlippudrome at Kensington will, it is understood, be opened by Mr. Batty, on the Ist of May, the day ap pointed for the opening of the Exhibition. THE OPERAS. The on dit in musical circles is, that her Majesty's theatre will be opened every night in the week for the performance of Italian and German operas, and the Royal Italian Opera Covent Garden, four nights. It was re ported that this establishment would likewise be,opeued the six nights fir the representation of Italian and French operas. THE THEATRES AND MUSICAL SALOONS. Every theatre sad sdoou is nJwlet - The last, the Strand Theatre, having been leased by Mr. Copeland, the well-known Liverpool tnanag=v, while the Gus- clan Saloon, City-road, has beGn I,urchased of Mr. Rouse, for a very large sum, by Mr. Beuj. Conquest, a very enterprising gentleman, formerly lsssee of the Garrick Theatre, who u,t..nds opening it on the 313 t inst. in nu improved tuyle, and with cwertaiuments of a very superior cha racter. At some of the " minors " the managers intend reviving their Christmas pantomimes, a stile of per fw mince with which foteigners are but little ac quainted. VAUXHALL GARDENS. This Methuselah et public gardens will likewise be opened every night in the week, and on a most exten de d scale of splendour, and worthy of the n puiation Mr: Wardell, its spirited director, has acquired. The illumina tions and fireworks will surpass in brilliancy any previous displays at the "royal property." Those fat.cinating ocuyeres Palmyra Anato, Pauline Cuz,lit, and Madame Lejars will grace the circle of the Rotunda Theatre. The great curnet-a-pisten player, M. Arban, from the Cen.ervatoire de Musique a Paris, is appointed musical conductor. Tue " note of preparation " is also sounding at Cre • morne and the Surrey Zoological Gardens; likewise at Roaherville and Terreca Pier-gardens, Gravebend; the Flota, in the Wyndham-road, Camberwell, and St. Helena, Rotherhithe, &e. THE are ber o n f ol e v a nd xh y b i i t t o io a n t s a a p ir r e t a m dy iti o rn iwn,ve in e addition to Artists en t u s m being painted, including a ver y beautitul one by Mr. several are Wm. Beverley (of the Lyceum), of the Holy Land, at the late Chinese Exhibition, Knightsbridge. SEABORNE MAILS, dispatch.] signifiesby[le ni g ht—and i the b m y m ails are maroernisenngt_f ro ns the General Post-offick From what port dis patched. ASSIZE INT ELLIGENC :,LL, CA it ti 1 L.— C4eint,p,rd, Mal ch b. THE DODDINGHIT HST MURD -SR. The proceetitrigs in this extrasiedieary case were re- I etemed this morning at eight o'clock, at which hour Lord Chief Justice Campbell took his seat on the bench. The prisoner was then placed in the dock. He ap peared very downcast throughout the day, and sat with his head btu ied in his chest, apparently absorbed in deep bought. Mr. E. James, Q.C., and Mr. Rodwell again attended as counsel for the Crown; and Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bod kin, and Mr. Hawkins for the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON then proceeded to address the jury for the defence. Having expre.sed the deep anxiety he felt upon the occasion, and entreated the jury to dismiss from their minds all the prejudice which must almost, he sold, nttturaily be crewed by a case of this description, he proceeded to comment upon the evidence which had beets adduced for the prosecution. With regard to the medical testimony, he entreated the jury to look at it very carefully; and he said that, although no one could &Wet the great experience and the extent of scientific knowledge possessed by Dr. Taylor. still a good deal of his evidence was purely theoretical, and it was possible that he might be mistaken, and therefore he said, evidence of that description ought not to have such weight with a jury as testimony of a positive character. lie called their attention to a case of poisoning disposed of at the Central Criminal Court, in which upon the medical evidence as to how long before the death arsenic had been administered, that question was left to the jury, and they returned a verdict of guilty ; but it was afterwards discovered that the medical gentleman, al though a man of gnat experience and knowledge of his profession, was certainly mistaken, and the woman was not convicted; and he urged upon the jury the possibi lity that the medical witnesses were mistaken in the pre sent instance. There had been a most excessive degree of zeal imported into the case, and the police-officers had evidently done all they could to hunt up evidence against the prisoner. A most aggravated and dreadful crime was suggested to have been committed, and of course he could not complain that all proper eedravours should be Made to detect the guilty party, if guilt really existed, but at the same time a prisoner ought to be dealt with fairly, and no evidence ought to lie made use of but that which was legitimate and legal. The Learned Counsel then commented at considerable length upon the evidence of Inspector Coulson, and particularly upon the fact of his having serorn originally that he had carefully com pared the piece of rope found in the prisoner's box with that which was round the neck of the deceaet d, and that they entirely corresponded. He said that this statement turned out to be entirely false, and that it was periectly clear that if the two pieces of rope had been examined, it must have been seen immediately that they did not cor respond, because they were twisted different ways, and yet, it it had heppened that Ceulson had died between the tint and second examination, his deposition would have gone to the jury as a tact. that the two pieces of rope corresponded, and the life of the prison: r might have be ea sacrificed upon evidence which was not true. With - I,gard , c the evidence of the censtable Lennan, and the conversation he was represented to have had with the prisoner, he said it appeared to him rather fa vourable to the prisoner than otherwise; for if he bad really been the man who committed the dreadful crime there could have been no necessity for his inquiring how many tiered; the rope was. round her neck; and the ob servation that he afterwards made, " Well, I don't care, I did not do it," would seen, to imply merely, that if a crime had been committed, he was not the guilty party, • and nothing more. As to the letter regarding the child, it seemed to him that if it was to have any effect • at all it was in favour of the prisoner. It was suggested that his ehject in destroying this poor girl was to re lieve his self from the inconvenience of her being in the iamily way, but if he really believed that this letter weuld exeuer ate him Irons all liability, and the evidence went to show that this was the case, then there was an entire abet nce of motive tar the commission of the crime. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to observe upon the possiniliry of the deceased having destroyed herself, and while he admitted the extraordinary character of some of the circumstances, he contended that it was impossible for the jar s to come to a positive conclusion upon their oaths that she did not commit suicide; and he said he should call medical witnesses, whose evidence he hoped would it fluence the jury, and induce them to be of opinion that, at. all events, there was a doubt upon the subject, and that the prisoner out ht to have the benefit of that doubt. Ile should also, he believed, be able to show there, by positive testimony, bow the prisoner employed his time on the night in question alter he had had his tee at his own house, and he should satisfy them that until past nine o'clock on that night the prisoner could not have committed the murder, if murder there was, and if he did this he was certain the jury would not come to the con clusion that the murder was committed after that hour, in the absence of all evidence on the part of the prose cution to show how the deceased passed her time in the interval between leaving her mother's cottage and the period in question. The Learned Counsel concluded a very eloquent and able addreers by stating that he should call before the jury the witnesses for the prisoner, and his life would then be in their hands. He thanked God the responsibility was with them, and he trusted Provi dence would guide them to a righteous decision. The following witnesses were then examined for the prisoner:— • John Thorpe, surgeon, of Malden, examined by Mr. Paacoca—fie stated that he had been 27 years in prac tice. Had had considerable experience, and had occa sion to inquire into cases of suicide cud homicidal :aurae , gelation. He had recently seen a case of suicidal stran gulation. The inference he shrub draw from the evi dence he had heard given in the present case was, that he thought there was a doubt as to whether it was a carte • of suicide or not. In his cross-examination by Mr. JAISES, the witness said he had never seen a case of strangulation till the one in February. In that case the skin was not lac c rated, nor did the tongue protrude from the mouth. There was no analogy iu the violence in this latter case, nor in the manner in which the rope was held. Lie agreed with Dr. Taylor that the first coil round the neck would produce insensibility. By the C.IIRT—It I Saw any marks of violence on the body which I examined in February, it would make a great oifirrence in the opinion I should form. Fr ederick Pollock, a surgeon, residing in Hatton garden, London, and practising for the last thirty years, had had his attention lately directed to the subject of suicidal and homicidal strangulation. He was present :it one case of death by suicidal strangulation in January last. Having heard the evidence given in the present case, he felt, considerable doubt as to whether deceased died by her own hand. On cross-examination he admitted that the marks of violence in different parts of the body would be very met tenet evidence in inducing him to arrive at a conclusio n as to the way in which death had been caused. He be lieved that the first coil round the neck must have pro duced instant insensibility. The blood from the moue h and nose, and the lacerations of the neck, indicated grey it violence—the tongue protruding through the teeth wi is also indicative of violence. The bruises on the body, an d the flattening of the nose, could not have been caused b y the failing forward of a heavy woman. By Mr. PEACOCK—I do not think the violence was greater than might have been used by a determihe et suicide. Sueennah Hubbard deposed that the prisoner returned from his work between half-past five and six o'clock on the evening in question. She believed that he suckle d the calves as usual, and alter that he took his tea witch witness, and having changed his shoes he asked for a. basket and straw to put some eggs in, and having goe the eggs he went out about half-past six or seven, an d. she saw no more of him that night, having gone to be d at eight. Witness rose at six the next morning, and th e prisoner got up immediately afterwards, and went about his work as usual. Isaac Gay, a labourer, employed by Mr. Hammond., one of the witnesses examined on the previous day, wen it with a team to Chadwell on the day in question, and me his return stopped it the Rising Sun public-house, about half a mile from his master's field. Jesse Barnard, a hay-binder, was at the Rising Sun on. the evening in question, and saw the prisoner walking along the path towards Brentwood; that was about half past seven o'clock. Samuel Parker, landlord of the King's Head, Brent! , wood, deposed that the prisoner came to his house on Saturday evening, the 12th of October, about twenty or twenty-five minutes past eight, and had a glass of half- • and-half. He had a basket with him. He went into the parlour, where there were ten or a dozen persons. Proud, the butcher, spoke to him. The prisoner after ' wards hat some refreshment in the small parlour, and witness observed nothing peculiar in his manner or ap pearance. He always considered prisoner a person of very amiable and inoffensive character. John Proud gave evidence in corroboration of that of the last witness. During the time he was in conversa tion with him at the King's Head be noticed nothing peculiar either in his manner or appearance. He always considered him a mild inoffensive young man. John Hudson, a fishmonger of Brentwood, was also at the King's Head, and saw the prisoner there. His evidence was to the same effect as that of the two pre ous witnesses. Henry Lemon, a grocer of Brentwood, saw the pri soner at his shop between half-past nine and ten on the night of the 12th of October. He purchased some swear, and took it away in his basket. George Wheel, a labourer, of Doddinghurst, knew the deceased. She applied to lodge in his house just before harvest. She lodged some time with him. Sometimes she ap•.eared in good spirits, and sometimes not. He had many times heard her say that she car ried a line in her pocket, with the intention of hanging herself. He had beard her say so three times in the course of a week, within ten days or a fortnight of the time of her death. That occurred when they were talking about the primmer. He did not notice what the conversations were about, as he thought the threats were all gem:eon. Mary Wheel, wife of the last witness, also deposed to the deceased, while the lived with them, being no t ver y cheerful occasionally. She heard her say she had a razor in one hand and her hand round his neck, and had attempted to cut his throat. She also said she bad at , teineted many times to make away with herself, but there was alwae a something to prevent her. She said she had ate misted it with a razor and a line. Her husband was present and beard all that was seid. Wi t ., Lees thought she was gammoning. W. D Wright, a farmer, of Brentwood; Joseph Port er, of Sn en fiptd - h a ll, and cherchrvarden of the pa r i s h ; Samuel B' wrifield, farmer , of B ren t w ood; William e Vs rein. farmer, of Shenfield; and John Marthen, o f PilgOm' Hatch. all gave the prisoner an excellent cha racter as an amiable and ineffensivc men. This closed the case for the prisoner. Mr. JAMES then made a most elteinent end cow; ineing reply, which W 441 listened to with breathless attention by a crowded court. He said that tiie poeition in which he painful in I stood at that moment was on e of the most MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—Lincoln, March 7. The calendar for this county contains the names of fifty-five prisoners, of whom four are charged with mur der, two with manslaughter, three with stabbing, one with abusing a girl under the age of twelve, five with endeavouring to conceal the births of children, five with arson, one with uttering c.tanterfeit coin, one with f,rgery, one with endangering the hafety of a railway passenger by throwing a stone of great weight upon the carriage, seventeen with burglary, one with robbery with violence, and the rest with larcenies. CIVIL SIDE —(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) THOMPSON AND ANOTHER V. ACOCIES. This was au action for money paid and for freight earned iu carrying a cargo of timber from Boston to London. A sum of money had been paid into court, leaving a balance of about 201. in dispute. The Learned JUDGE, in accordance with the previous decision of the Court of Exchequer, held that the plain tiffs had brought th e i r act i on ' too so on, and directed_ a nonsuit, but re s erv e d l eave t o th e pl a intiffs to enter the verdict for them if the C our t u pon a consideration of all the facts now proved should think that they were en titled to do so. LARIDGE v. DIXON. This was an action on the cap, to recover compensa tion for the injury which the plaintiff had sustained by the defendant driving his gig against her. Verdict for the plaintiff —Damages 1501. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) This morning the following prisoners, each of whom had pleaded guilty to a charge of endeavouring to con ceal the birth of a child, were called up for judgment— namely, Ann Jinks, aged 25; Mary Andrews, aged 40 ; Sarah Leeson, aged 20 ; and Ann Winch, a ged 24 . The Learned JUDGE, in an impressive address, w arne d the prisoners of the wickedness and danger of any de parture from that mode st propriety of conduct w hi c h young women ought carefully to observe. He was very glad to learn that ono of them, Ann Winch, was now married to the man w ho was the f ather of her child, and he should pass upon her a sentence which, though ap parer: tly more severe, was in truth less severe than that w hi c h, be intended to pronounce in the other cases. The other prisoners had all been in prison for many months, and the sentence upon them would therefore be a further imprisonment of one month with hard labour. Ann Wincl had been in prison for a very snort time, and the upon her was, that she be imprisonedth ree months months with hard labour. 'timer, a boy only twelveyears of George iodic cod for wilfully setting le fire to a straw stack, the property. of Ann Nobles. Tee) jury almost immediately Acquitted the prisoner. Robert Meggitt, a ge d 74, was t i Booby, indicted for the wilful mur emr of George Si n d erson on the 7th of daylYf October last, by stabbing 9 a him with a knife in his belly.. Mr.. Boden appeared for the prosecution, and the pri soner was defended by Mr. Flowers. The first wi tness called was the prisoner's son, who stated that his fa her was about 70 years old, that he had limed with him many years. On the night in ques tion the pri soner went to bed between nine an d ten o'clock.. fie slept with his wife on the ground floor. Soon teter he had gone to bed witness heard a great noise lin the room down stairs, 513 d on getting up to see what was tho matter he found his father with the tongs in his bands. and nothing on but his shirt, exclaiming, that he would beat some one's brains out. Ile appeared, as the witne: a expressed it, " cpiiie crazed," and very violent. Witness tried to quiet him, and when the tongs had been 'liken from hire the prisoner put on his trousers, still being held by his son and grandson, whom the noise had alarmed. Robert Morley, a neighbour, came in, and litidieig the prisoner, his :wen, end grandson, all in their •shirts, told teem to get their clothes on and he would hold him d 'wn. Studerson, the deceased, who had also come in. assisted in holding the prisoner. In so doing he tweet a coed deal of viol, one, and told him that it he were not quiet he should "shake him to &lath." The prise ncr complained of choking and wished to get up from e bet, wine on being let 10050 he stabbed the de ceased in the belly with a clasp-knife, such as he was in the habit of cerrying in his pocket; after he had stabbed ,him, the prisoner said, "I dreamed a dream last night that I should kill some one with that knife." The Learned JUDGE then carefully summed up .! . .- • t, '.''ce ... 40 th- , pri6....Z..,tafe of cui,!i, and okede their opinion upt_.n thar, question before he went into th oth?r part of tie case. Tl:e jury almost immediately returned a verdict o Not Guilty, on the ground of in sanit y . to the The prisoner was thereupon ordered to reraain in custody until her Majesty's pleasure be known. In the case of two women o f then a me of Bel the la,* charged with child murder, the grand jury ignored bill. Mr. Whitehurat, Q C., sat this afternoon in the grand jury-room to try prisoners. Charles Lee, aged 26, and Will iam Palmer, aged 181 were couvic , ed before him of t wo se p arate charges 0' arson. Both offences were committed on the lst of Fe' bruary, when the prisoners had be en out of gaol only eats, ewe days. One consisted in setting fi re to a stack of d toe property of James Osgarty, at Anwick, the other is setting fire to a stack a barley and a steck of wile ° straw, the property of Edward BISCOIFD, at Ler singham. Both prisoners were transported for life. March 8. CROW N COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice C oLva 17, inog) CDARGE OF POISONING.--Eliza Smoak,' ag ed was indicted for the wilful murder of Frances Page. a Mr. W. H. Adams conducted the prosecution, 1111 Mr. illmore dfended the ri. The W deceased, e Frances Pag p e, was soner the wife of a farm er residing at Stow, in this county, and at the time of her death was between 50 and 60 well old. The prisoner was in their service. It is well known that fanners prisoner in the habit of using a solution of arsenic for the Par; pose of dressing wheat, and some time before t November last a large quantity of this preparation had been boiled in an iron pot at Mr. Page's for that Pc!: pose. The stuff had been emptied out of the iron P Ol I : a large tub for use, and the iron / pot was then ta back to the kitchen in order that more might be bo lls ; but no more was required, and then the iron pot We: placed in the yard outside the kitchen door. It bad I: lid on It, but it was not cleaned out; for out of ir he 7th 0: iron pot beyond all question came the poison which e,:' stroyed the life of Mrs. Page. According to tic Pr!, sonar's own statement, on the morning of the 7th e.,! , November she took a gill full, or half a pint, out of the iron pot, and boiled it in the coffee for thatbar out master or mistress's breakfast. Mr. Page wen t morning before breakfast, and Mrs. Page bad breaksbet fasted when he returned. He took a cup of CO before he had finished his breakfast Mrs. Page was tell ° ill. She was in died at a bout - soon great :agony, and that ,„,- is minutes to ten o'clock the same morning-717a, rather less than two hours from the time at whicu - 0 , had taken the poisoned coffee. The medical man W o r of the stntt_ was sent for came immediately, but she was in a state of collapse when he arrived, and quite beyond the a l o e medical skill. The surgeons stated that her death __a unqu. stionably occasioned by arsenic, bu t that there 1 : 1 5 no other case on record in which so ra p id an effect takes been produced by that poison. Mr. Page wee Ilis e u c ,lol ill almost immediately after his breakfast, but he goer soon recovered. The prisoner had stated to the_a; stable, and afterwards to the coroner, that think it would have killed her mistress; ehe only thl e r it would make her badly." She also said that she 0 .. e .i if had any complaint 66she did n ot against her master or mistress; and appeared, in fact, that they had always treated her pith great kindness. When asked the reason tor wh o _, be et tee done, she had said to one witness that her mistress het, down like a bull-dog that morning; and to another, it i „ on the Saturday before her mistress had charged her With killing a fowl, and she had told her mistress that em did not. port These were a t r he e material circumstances pro ved 10 stir f the Mr. WILLMORE addressed the jury on behalf 0 prisoner. _ The jury having remained in deliberation a short to e. found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter onlY• tO Prisoner Li. The Learned JUDGE, in sentencing t he e a n ig.. transportation for 15 years, implored her day an- is, of to reflect with penitence upon the fatal ons"l°°„%,.. 2 the 4 testedThnight i the rash and wicked act of which sbe had bee° gr i _ igea Thomas Brown, aged 22, and George Plognir" 0 ! 0 0 com mitted o f pleadedin carrying af guilty in t he hous e on , charge i l e: g B t o t a a November of b l last, 1 r Y w hi c h they .6 Thomas Lidster, at Craislound, from pro pertYj os i o g - same prisoners were also indicted tor br e ,„ 00 and entering, on the 7th of November last, the 0 64,0 1 of William Hopkin at Grayingham, and will aA P er e d, ' no great quantity of violence therein. To this indictment they Pl guilty. •ao 04 The Learned JUDGE having summed up the preys etts the jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the P - 0 on'' convictions . for felony, under which they bad We ° The Learned JUDGE sentenced them fined at Kirton, were then given in evidence• for the terms of their natural lives. eal:t ed to be ton s . _ __rig_ -- - --- CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUII- OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) „ T or. THE TRIAL OF MARY ANN PARSES FOR rE"" a (Continued from The Sun of SaturdaP) r t ~t e The Rev. Mr. Jesson was then called, aud b e t i s d 0 appeared i e n vi t d h e e n p c o e that he had never been out with the Earl of SOW - , whati" remaining ehas alleged. dip 0 0/ l yguad repe ed t ot w si i n f c e e o l f e a av m in a g n h n e a r m fa ed th s er h 's er h id o a u n s . e she had traYePlir:ds* the It was further proved that she did not e L l vier e t n, h t e b P : l rag : livci:'repinoerrtea of the Earl, and had asked her brother w -- rt ja ilelt like, having once pointed out a person as had intimate also mwiatdhehaimfa, i his L°ori In who was not at all like him. She had ets ° ,,,' I s 1 te,, to the statement of a young man living ewes J-L , .-' SP` t° the date et child's birth. fa lse statement the ols child b ig ' Os s'it sr Mr. COOPE R contended that some one might ba i 0 1 sumed the name of the Nobl e Earl, and so deceive,' the seduced the defendant, and that she, thinking it ivalP Earl, had persisted in the charge. ,d .. 00 Or The RECORDER, in gumm in g up, s aid the main q t lion for the consideration of the jury was, whether L 7,01 the defendant had been d eceived in supposing the R to to be the father of her child. a he) rOO The jury found her Guilty, but recommende the t mercy, thinking she h ad been the dupe of Sheridan. b r tr 4 'l' Jane Lewis, 31, spinster , was then put upon e ,8.04:), The evidence against her was that, in Februsr%; o 6 0 she was living at Ell.mere, in Shropshire-- a k 0 t er s miles from Hyde; that no on e had ever seen ber to w t o I all, and that not any of Parkes' family ever Itp e w ell she was acquainted with M ar y Parkes until the i r kal ei seen together at Birmingham , and that she we _,,d w ild Parkes and Sheridan hadAliv ed to g ether as man i" The jury found her Guilty. ; a 00'1' The RECORDER said he should r es p ite therg §b e rids ,: both the women in order th at, if pois ible, 4.4100 Co' might be taken and tried before he pass ed sel l ' them. The trial lasted all da y.' v S. RAILWAY SHAKE MARli — 'r BRISTOL, MARCH 8. r ttl I STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues d c , r ,, e /a i, 64 ,! 1 , transactions to -day were as follow :—Midland ' t -wester -. ex div.—South-Eastern and Dover, 11736- -Gtee* . gith -Ditto, New 171. Shares, 1% die. LI V Mit , le t. P ' J UL MARCH 8 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market. wa s ste , ""J la II 3 day, and a good business has be a _ _ i c es. „ _ ev A , been done t h i rp • transactions were as follow • irkel tD _o a , Lancashire, and Cheshire, .-- Aberdeen, . .....c a ledere, 221. Shares, 4 dis• an d yort 13 3-16—Great northern shire, 60 1 • (B), 12 A —Lancashire d TOW i A— itto, Fifths, • Lds en sno 17 1 % - Liverpool, Cr 6 13-16 dis.-- ee Lan don, North- Western _ osby, and Southport, % Pr,„. „-. D . ,i tito Fifths 53/ , 131 - Ditto, New Quarters, u 7 4. r . 100 1 ' Line ° 'P Quarters,4 i P..- Manchester Sheffield, and D 1 61. NewP7rel till 1853, 14L A , ' Ditto, Preference, 1114,a..--• % a/ 11 Midland, 6 P reference, L„ p..... Matlock and Midland ~,,• i Diu • North 113filwm! ... - Ditto, Prefer o, Halves. 13 3 y dis.— . .., 6 ,, __ Preference 5 h t 6—North Staffordshsiraery sEl d fi;r' North- Western, minham(B I 'l Preference, 12 3 / 4 — S hrew b- r, 114'. Ditto, Third Shares, 5 13-16- Shrewsbury and Che s t , e ni. sleek 11.16 . ird Shares, 85/ _ is Oswestry , and Chester, tu sav ior tie, dis. — South-Eastern and Dover, 27U--Y°l27...fte-' fast and Berwick, 22-ork and North Midland, and Ballymena, 4 — Dutch Rhenish, 47i dis. , t S MANCHESTER , MA ncg *P. business d° Toorr eototearna been a large bus mie to. day • B.—There has loses firret i.;;. at improved prices, and the market a c . A Cilther °e ' • tran • sections were as f o e —Blackburn a,. „_„ 4 . 0 .0a. - Caledonian Pref ow • East Lancsuihire, Knyaien. , erence, 6 1 A-- Riding Quart - ers, a 34 Leeds Stock, 034-... West -000ek, 5 1-16 d' is.—Sheffield, New Preference, 19 P; ~,a sb ire, l l . o dis.—Soutb- Eastern Counties, 27%—East Ne w l' Qissr." ' —London and North-Western, 131—Ditto, Sorth' Wstern' p.—Ditto (C), Quarters, 3 1-16 ate, 3 5.16 die, % dis.-Sheffield Stock,—Am bergate, BIRMINGHAiI, Alaital; 8 n ". to .do l'rer e 7' STOCK EXCHANGX.— The only snt'e— !Viand ( e trans . 1 Dirt' li „, Shrewsbury 34 1 ,9 % and Birmingham (A), 4,e d d Dover, 277. mingham and De bv) 37 3 S E ste,llln ' ~ , /. 4- _:..2. th* a a ---------ni wont ' 1 ) and [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- Holloway --- ri 0 Legg , Pills an Excellent Remedy for Old Wounds, Sor go / ear Scrofula.—Mr. Turner, of Penshurst, offered for t fool the from a dreadful sore leg, the diseased part eztendiug ,tioe foot to the knee, and causing a severe scorbutic ;V tr i e dl which spread over the whole surface of the leg' r ec ea d ° every available remedy without being able to heel o . ..A 0 1;4 the least good whatever to it. At 1 th he coinnsen'r,,f bitzr eng k me n II .• • Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and, to the astonisa R y a io• self and others who had seen the dreadful state his leg w- week ,.. these fine medicines effected a sound cure in about 6 1, 0 11 ' —Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Helloing lishment, 244, Strand, London. ------- 131RTHS OF A SON. Cosull iiin On the 6th inst., at Clifton, Lady Isabella Grant. dar On the 4th inst., at Southampton, the wife of H. W. Bill, R.N. tit• On the sth inst , at Ousby, Cumberland, the wife c d Rev. James Bush. OF A DAUGHTER. ...... , T ;foilr l4 ' On the sth inst., at the Parsonage, Thorpe bies , shire, the wife of the Rev. Duncan 'Travers• ro pt or , On the 7th inst., at Lansdowne -villas, West )3 the wife of John Milton, Esq --- ItABBLED. artliaw On the 6th inst.. at St. Luke's, Chelsea, Benjamin to Jones, Es,q., eldest son of B. Jones, Esq.,_ of li r ,efT o g ea • . Fra sees Bellina, only daughter of T. Hoilaby, Esq., of On the 6th inst., at St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, A. P. to derson, eldest son of A. Henderson, Esq., of Park-lanet Emily Mary, only child of the late Robert P. More' South-crescent, edford-square. DIED- On the 4th inst. , at Pickhurst, Hayes, Kent, Lady 0 1117' tine Eustatia Morl and, a g ed 76. On the 6th ins t., at Notting-hill-square, El i za beth, re lict of the late J. P. Carpenter, Esq., aged 69. On the 6th inst., at Tainfiald-house, near Tanntoo, 7c,. Lieutenant - Gen eral Sir Stephen R. Chapman, C' e rs : K.C.11 ,Colon el Commandant in the corps of Royal Eg° ee On the 6th inst., at Hamilton-place, New-road, St• cras, Mrs. Isaac Moore, aged 63. ,riaa London: Printed and Published by MURDO No. 112,. Strand, Printer, at 7'he Sun Offir-e, 1 0 %," .t Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Wit, " liddlesex, Monday, Muck 10, 1851. 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