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Ffi d gia w AND lattiatt Optittott. " Who runs may read." IV.F.MON. ~dh° seventy o f the w e d her has diayed the Madrid mail, we have n o news l ater t h an t h e 6 t h ; b ut l etters f rom e a me state that Queen Christina has written to the King of ee,.,Ves, r ecommending that the Count de Trapani should ~Z.r to Madrid forthwith, and take up his residence in that for some time, as the question of Queen Isabella's see g must soon be settled, and his presence would be antageous letter from ' Milan states that the Austrian General in com mand l4 , of the troops on the freatiers between Lombardy ~owitzerland has received orders from his Government to ghimself in readiness to march into Switzerland at a moment's notice. ip p Murphy, the Mexican Minister to London, has arrived on Sete recent to consult with M. Maximo Garro, his colleague, se,rilaeeAriAreaent events in Mexico, which have led to the fall of 114 0 relibishop of Paris has published a pastoral letter, Iming that the following relics will be exposed in the sed r i,,of Notre Dame on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, le tt , r ,ldaY next, being Passion Week, viz. :--A considerable IQs `` the true cross ; the crown of thorns; and ono of the Emof the cross. These relics, which belonged to the Sainte P e lle, were given, at the period of the Concordat, by the Pa r to Napoleon to Cardinal de Bellow, Archbishop of of Th y be preserved in the treasury of the metropolitan tig o - '• They were saved at the time of the first devaeta o,e_of the Archbishop's palace in July, 1830, and have ever l t ' a bee t n kept concealed. ( ttli e a ti erme, a Member of the Chatnber of Peers, and one eemowunders of the Constitutionnel, died at Paris on Wed -1)411)1'0Olivier (d'Angers) one of the most distinguished mem r4a2 the faculty, and ' whose name must be familiar to our teq, from his being so frequently called upon by the law 'lak e of the Crown for his evidence in medical jurispru wed in P ar i s t wo d ays ago , a t th e age o f 49. foliZter from Zurich, of the 9th, says—" The Valais has teal the example of Lucerne, in calling from Naples 4 n -‘,Y.85 officers. The greatest a g itation reigns in that 2ette, - „Caud. on the contrary, is perfectly tranquil, and • k z °as dismissed the troops who had been ordered to Ote zot tMselve s in readiness for action. The dispatch of M. Produced a great sensation here." ett e , 'rn by a letter from Ceuta, of the 22d ult., that the wo i w as very severe at that place. Th coast of Spain, ' r ° ll l Tarifa to Estapona, was covered with snow. 411 LAM, AND PO LIG . 4 1p 60 , 1 ' Court of Bankruptcy, Mr. Commissioner Holroyd I t h Zed the certificate of Albany Hoggin for three years, 4 such time as he should have paid 1,5001. to his teee t litek t i l : a Poachers indicted at Oxford for the murder of 110,4 Staite a the gamekeeper, at Croome, have been con , ~ of manslaughter. 4 114 1:44 n named Bowser was brought up at Bow-street, fhi l ia tborities of St. Giles' parish, in order to be removed *sa a...,, w e1l as a l unat i c. ' She, however declared that she NZ Te etly sane, and on examining the surgeon who pro her,r mad and the woman herself, Mr. Tywford ▪ " a tgn the order, as it seemed to him that the woman „. 41 1 4 i „ .. t a ill her senses. Lelte t r,,ew-square Mr. Ryder, the Chairman of the Board . "ge ' l4 nB of St. Luke, Chelsea, waited upon the magis- S4 e garding the Royal Belgrave Lying-in Institution, "%e a r o f a serious character being preferred, but the case 1 4 „erred for the purpose of hearing further evidence. Net t Huntingtower appeared at the Southwark Police ire of answer the charge of Captain White, who accused Igkil Unlawfully detaining a portfolio containing some '4l h. t !kan in China, and also certain articles of dress "glitt "°``' been lent to his Lordship. Lewd Huntingtower lehiteed that he had the property, but said that, as Captain • e W aS at the present moment passing through the Insul t7ele:hairt, he had lost all claim to the property, which eltte - ,'Y,,,he delivered up on receiving written instructions Nees,. - „,,, ° Tcial assignee. The magistrate, under the circum '...used to interfere. %.. 4 , COURT—FASHIONABLE. ▪ u tt 72Jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, ac- Oh 6 - ' 4 by the infant royal family, are expected to arrive 7th - - astle from Buckingham Palace, on Wednesday next, ' faster , r olidays, during which period a succession of wished visitors" will be entertained at the royal re m,.. "wde..,'Y the Sovereign. The Court will remain at Wind 111,1g Easter. 0)47 4 ° and Duchess of Cambridge intend to honour Oet t i, and Viscountess Barrington with a visit at `A N 'use, Berks, during the approaching Parliamentary L'se aK b;•! pee of De vons hi re has arrived at Devonshire House 'wteto-to"ata_vrorth, for the season. The Noble Duke is ex- L'oe Pass the recess at his villa at Chiswick. -ag e , p ate of Mansfield has arrived at Langham-place, from 4 4 ,ee, Perthshire. 1 t ft o f addington is much better. Th e N o bl e E ar l t Zte ilt i l suffering from a rheumatic attack. was on 'alola l ,. °f his Lordship's indisposition that the Countess's . Certl? a ppointed for Wednesday last, was postponed. g t "l4„ g 'CI Lady Worsley, who have during the last six F. 47 11 making a tour in Italy and France, have arrived tgLare arm arborough's from the Continent. ga 11 1 , 1 ":in, the Prussian Minister at the Belgian gaghutelsr accompanied to this aboutcountry by the Baroness six weeks in this kat r i kri ng l ll7lrX es er t fl j h o e u will remain with Chevalier -"tine Bunsen. Vee Z ar a MISCELLANEOUS. izte,°l6cal Societ is about to encourage the reedin t ee Poultry,by ho y lding an exhibition for that b purposeg Q! l _, Te esci a ngaing summer in their gardens. %"g ie tit a 3" morning, as Captain Doyle, of the Friends, t t - ' lo } tn aa sage, near Waterford, was in the act of assisting get clear of his vessel, lie unfortunately fell ove!•- e w 'Nen the two vessels, and was drowned. Captain 118 a short time since wrecked in the Pandora, of I t igi tt t/ 2aB master, when she was waterlogged about 200 Ole 7, and h a d a mos t f or t una t e esca p e , having been '"wig• and for some time without t e " a Ya on her hulk, of t a (the Tagliona of Spain) whose dancing is the "." nation, has been engaged for her Majesty s exe . When h er name a pp ears i n the bills in Spain the fig h !tetnent is created as upon the announcement of a For her graces and beauty she has been styled ' "utralnen the Antelope of Andalusia. t'A b tI IdiAIVIEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. to --40.—. Il i' VOW and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) h L titt cl 8 FRIDAY, MARCH 14. li t Zt% ens 'lt DUTIES BILL.—(IN THE COMMITTEE.) ii s a horLelause (Sugar taken out of warehouse . for rt h a o in m e e d u a s t e th to . • N2 l / 4 " 1 1 1 ! Duty according to i , th , e i g h u o a u n t titi al e , s y asce abatement on entryac - Nr . ..ner tei - Zz ls3. a u n es cl ti l o a n ndii i„ • t put, " That the Clause stand part of 4 44... Ilia Com mittee . divided : 4 k MAJORITY—AYES, 104. 1, 44::!i,e • R . Fitzroy, Henry Nicholl, John t k ilttl n. Flower, Sir J. Norreys, Lord •:I..,t'inCk'oric Forbes, William O'Brien, A. S. e Fremantle, Sir T. Pakington, J. S. Ii• 1 4k k ue —n • Fuller, A. E. Peel, Sir Robert b ‘ttk tt l: l, 44l 44 ° Ittr. Gaskell, J. M. Peel, Jonathan Gordon, Captain Pluptre, J. P. li t, /t ak toi l i tile nz otint 2oul h burn, s l:yry I:u xin sel, e' l ' i e ll x p ander k Ni r i , , l ts . P C : te . r Gr r e a en a all, e Peter . ' Repton, G. W. J. 4::, _'etio, Grimsdit h, T. Round, C. G, u. 44 k,' 3 :kttr a i rai Halfo . rd, Sir H. Round,„John Hamilton, W. J. Rushbrooke, Col. e it in. ' l Harris, Captain Russell, J. D. W. 444 t 44 i: Hayes, Sir E. Ryder, G. D. 1 / 4 ,,,Lt4 e. Heathcote, Sir W. Seymour, Sir H. /I N% t t i t Hepburn, Sir T. Herbert, Sidney Shaw, Frederick Smith, Abel tk li t , . •u.'"( l Hinde, John H. Smith, T. B. C. kai r c -, • Hogg, J. W. Somerset, Lord G. s t t T to w • .._. Hope, Charles Spooner, Richard %.„ Yik .ol 7 l Ho, G. W. Sutton, Henry &t i t .r. ' Jerm yn, Earl Taylor, Edward Jocelyn, Viscount Tennent, J. E. ‘4.,' • %, Si r Jolliffe, Sir W. Thesiger, Sir F. • It. -* Lincoln, Earl Tollemache, John o '' ki4, 44 k4C lei t Z• It. Lockhart, William Tower, Christopher 9, L ora Lowther, Colonel Villiers, Viscount k t i. o :Y i ?, , ,lel t a G e t a Ti z w ie :; l , .A T. Vivian, J. Ennis A. Wellesley, Lord C. I'Nok be - " 444 M'Neill, Duncan Wood, Colonel titk 1 t4 :441,4 ' Ilarsham, Viscount Wood, Colonel T. k k k i l Martin, C. W. N t , 1 , 1 Wildmay,H. St. John TELLERS. ' 44 W"'" ~,' ~ Mundy, E. M. Young, John Neeld, Joseph Lennox, Lord A. 4 t 6 9, R MINORITY—NOES, 74. Forster, Matthew Osborne, Ralph k tli l l :s Gibson, T. M. Paget, Coloi,el Gill, Thomas Pact, Lord A. \ 11.11P.414Gladstone, Captain Palmerston, Viscount kk kA 3l l trie tn Haner, Sir J. Parker, John b S: ~ Thistle, Archibald Plurnridge , Captain latil ft Henley, J. W. Ricardo, J. L. Nl, h k. la Hume, Joseph Rous, Captain Olk it. ' w • J, • Humphery, Alderman Russell, tussell: Ltd.oorrd t i br • Hutt, William P4 e b44,hoebh James, William Stewart, John Kemble, Henry Tancred, H. W. N°4144 ' . : 1 1 ".4 - It b rs t c o h n e re f Henry T ri r ' :l r a n wnel3;;Thomas Nittk-. it il , Lemon, Sir C. Edmund '4 4 14 0,44 '44:kik, Sir ~, Manners, Lord J. Villiers, Charles li k ia; '• March, Earl t b % Vivian,l4, 4 • 4 4 : Warsland, Henry Wakley, Thomas • It, Martin, John Warburton, Henry Westerman, John Wawn, John T k i li tt a kZ, P j u • Miles, William Williams, William 10, ` . *o. r r . 7: Witealfe Henry Wyse, Thomas b*; 4o4 t,lig ki r — , Morris, David ,ii kg - Murray, Alexander TELLERS. Cw o „ , Napier, Sir C. Hawes, Benjamin li t t ' Norreys, Sir D. J. Hill, Lord M. /141 01 4t ifo? r , 1 paired off in favour of Mr. Cobden's 11;,1. p., -- , " o ramittee on the effect of protective duties ti3urt * 1 k lu it 'fa n ,_ re us Hill paired off with Captain Glad t" Gic of Mr. Cobden's motion on Thursday evening. T ° llr o ir,.n Craig paired off with Mr. Rice Trevor ' ll lli t tla Vir k 7 k r• Cobdens motion. ‘ 1 111: t et i n „ 11 , 1 11, AND THE PARKS.—The severe fros 14 4 4. 4; Y 4 0 Wednesday night, and continued throughout kIttIIII th e '' Yesterday, caused the pieces of ornamental th e icyarious parks to be again frozen over, and yes- A ti tPark e l v its of sufficient strength to bear : . In the iLe d ..„`,",e ice was in very excellent condition, and iNol'' FY the number of skaters was very great. t,tit: the b ° 0 , 13141, IN REGENT'S PARK.—Yesterday 0,4 kilai„ t 'Y Of a female, fashionably attired, was found q , 4 4 %, - ~,Ai. 4 - is:J.!' lake, in Regent's Park. She was appa t, tiei , 4, , --LY years of age, and about five feet two '"zeilti''''' , and her head bore the appearance of having t eL t4 4l l ,,ttitil ti T e thavFd. Her dress consisted of . a merino . billt e L"Ni ti ' With black velvet, a dark merino gown, in I.."l.tte`o wit n, white blonde cap, black velvet bonnet Zo c eatt e ' white satin ribbon, sable boa, cloth boots, AZ :7 °l4 ' ti tt i B a t r l elci ngs, and under g , arments of the usual de 't;Kell,Old e , t , 'ed E. Chats. On her person were found a Apllot e app ed —L t ugs, a white cambric handkerchief, a gold ti l 'til l ; 4 Pin . ' ,and jewelled, makers' names Elliott and k ov m 11 8 y to e , ll , l inion mounted in ivory. a silver pencil-case, °ltli,.to s t. he amount of 1/. 16s. 6d. The body was re ts(4 a rt if 4l 7lebone workhouse, preparatory to the hs t ; l 4 p cnt natlest. 44,0,,,,q, fo r ,. L 'ARtusTens.--It is stated that the . pro 'll twi n .. — 'eg a club to consist exclusively of barristers, A t titn, disc Skited by wised with much earnestness of purpose, and te4 : l l lt t 4 th e Promoters of the scheme, that inasmuch Lqii e tiny eve other profession has its club, the bar might Lillet 4 s ual kceetablish one for its members, combining all 'N ed () f i t litelnitnodations of a club, with the additional ad tat,- UPon w library, and other special arrangements to be of t P 4 i t an the plan is matured.— Post. 11 4: t ftilk , heshain, M.P. for the Eastern Division tee Hates Ord ered all the h ares an d ra bbits upon his ex 1111'"W4rth,es to be immediately destroyed. We trust this 4, tf4lo.example will be llowed not only throughout Nclel ' but every county in the kingdom.—Norfolk DUTY ON GLASS. RESOLUTION TO BE MOVED IN COMNIITTEE ON CUSTOMS ACTS BY MR. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. Resolved,—That from and after the expiration of Excise Duties on British Glass, and until the 10th day of October, 1846, the following Duties of Customs be charged on the articles under-mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, in lieu of the duties now chargeable thereon. Glass, viz. : s. d. Any kind of Window Glass, white, or stained of one colour only, not exceeding one-ninth of an inch in thickness, and Shades and Cylinders, the cwt l4 0 All Glass, exceeding one-ninth of an inch in thick.. ness, all silvered or polished Glass of whatever thickness, however small each pane, plate, or sheet superficial measure, viz. Not containing more than 9 square feet, the square foot Containing more than 9 square feet, and not more than 14 square feet, the square f00t... 2 0 Containing more than 14 square feet, and not more than 36 square feet, the square foot Containing more than 36 square feet, the square foot 3 0 Glass, painted or otherwise ornamented, the superfi cial foot All White Flint Glass Bottles, not cut, engraved, or otherwise ornamented, and Beads and Bugles of Glass, the lb. Wine Glasses, Tumblers, and all other White Flint Glass Goods, not cut, engraved, or otherwise orna mented, the lb. All Flint Cut Glass, Flint Coloured Glass, and Fancy Ornamental Glass, of whatever kind, the lb 0 8 Bottles of Glass covered with Wicker (not being Flint or Cut Glass), or of green or common Glass, the cwt. 3 0 Glass Manufactures not otherwise enumerated or de scribed, and old broken Glass, fit only to be re manufactured, the cwt That. from and after the 10th day of October, 1846, until the sth day- of April, 1848, there be charged on the said article one-half of the said duties, and from and after the sth day of April, 1848, one-fourth part of the said duties. FLIGHT OF SEA-GULLS.—Thursday afternoon some curiosity was excited in consequence of art unusual flight of sea-gulls, of the largest size, hovering near Bankside. A Mr. Johnson, of Bankside, succeeded in shooting one of them, when, under the wing was discovered a small bit of paper, with the words, " From Dagenham, in Essex, 1831." It is pretty evident from the flight of these birds to London that the weather must be very severe below bridge. GIVING GIN TO INFANTS.—At a Coroner's inquest held on Thursday before Mr. Higgs, on the body of a child aged three months, it was stated that the mother of the infant, a young woman who sings at public-house concerts, had been often observed to give it gin, she being herself in a state of intoxication. Mr. Leonard, surgeon, stated that spirits to an infant are as poisonous as arsenic to an adult ; and that upwards of a thousand children annually lose their lives from that cause and the neglect of drunken parents combined. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1845. !MURDER. AT SALT-HILL. TRIAL OF JOHN TAWELL. CONVICTION AND SENTENCE. AYLESBURY, FRIDAY. We subjoin the summing np of Mr. Baron Parke, with some additional particulars respecting the convict. The Court was opened at eighto'clock, shortly after which hour Mr. Baron Parke took his seat on the bench, and, after the commencement of his summing up, the crowd came singly and slowly in, making so great a noise, that, although the reporters were directly over the jury -box, and his Lord ship spoke in his customary clear and audible manner, a con siderable portion of his preliminary observations were entirely lost, broken and disjointed portions of his sentences only being audible. His LORDSHIP said, the prisoner was charged with the commission of a crime almost unparalleled in the history of human wickedness. The question was one of fact, and it was the duty of the jury to consider it, they being the judges of the question of fact. He (Mr. Baron Parke) would offer them such propositoins respecting the bearing of the law upon the case as he deemed necessary, and as such they should receive them from him ; but the jury alone should decide upon the questions of fact. He should inform them that the law with regard to criminal proceedings had been recently altered. Formerly, so far back as the history of the law went, and during even a great portion of his (Baron Parke's) own professional career, the practice had been for the counsel for the prosecution simply to state the case he was about to prove, without commenting on it. The witnessses were called, and the prisoner's counsel cross-examined them. Nothing but the merits of the case itself was submitted to the jury, and the consequence was that there was nothing to influence their minds in coming to a conclusion. But it had pleased the Legislature to alter this mode of conducting proceedings in criminal cases, and he (Baron Parke) thought the alteration a wise one. Counsel for the prisoner were now permitted to address such ob?ervations as they pleased to the jury ; but one result had been, that additional duty had been thrown upon the judge, and he was now obliged to assume a line to dissi pate the effects of appeals to the feelings upon the minds of the jury. It, therefore, became his (Baron Parke's) duty to dissipate the effects of some of the observations of the Learned Counsel for the prisoner. The case was to be proved, as they had been told, by circumstantial evidence. It was the only sort of evidence that could be obtained in most cases of a similar nature. The most atrocious crimes were committed in secret, but Providence had so ordered it that some traces were frequently left, which were sufficient to lead to the discovery of the perpetrators. The law had, therefore, wisely provided that direct proof of crime was not absolutely necessary; but, on the other hand, it was equally true that by circumstantial evidence the case should be so fully made out as to leave no rational doubt of its com mittal. He should, therefore, advise them to lay down the rule, that they should first (consider what had been proved to their satisfaction, and then to consider whether all those facts were consistent with the guilt of the prisoner. If they thought that they were consistent with his guilt, and that there was nothing inconsistent with it, and he could suggest nothing inconsistent in the evidence except the prisoner's previous character, then they should consider whether they were inconsistent with his innocence, and they should remember that the existence of the crime alleged was not inconsistent with the other facts of the case. Whilst on that part of the question he should observe that the Counsel for the prisoner had admitted all those facts, but had asserted that the law required not only that those facts should be proved, but that it should also be shown directly that the deceased had died by poison, and that a sufficient quantity of poison to produce death had been found in her stomach. That was not true of the law. It was not neces sary to give direct and positive evidence in every step of the case. There was no difference between direct and cir cumstantial evidence, if the evidence was sufficient to satisfy their minds that death had ensued from poison. It was not necessary to prove what quantity of that poi son was necessary to produce death by the testimony of any person who had actually seen human life de.troyed by it, nor was it necessary to prove that such a quantity as would destroy life had been actually found in the body. The only positive fact which the law requires to be proved was the finding of the body, where such was possible. He said " possible," because in such a case as a person being cast overboard at sea, for instance, the body could not be pro duced, and the jury should be contented with positive evi dence of the wilful casting overboard. But where possible the body should be proved to have been found. This was necessary, because formerly persons had been found guilty of the murder of persons who were afterwards found alive. The body of the deceased having been found, it was to be considered whether the prisoner had adminis tered poison to her. The quantity was not necessary to be proved. He (Baron Parke) agreed with the Learned Counsel for the prisoner that it was necessary to prove that poison had been administered, and that, if it had been, that the question would be—whether it had been administered to the deceased by the prisoner, or by herself. The only allega tion that she had done so was that cf the prisoner himself; and if the jury thought the extraordinary story told by him was worthy of credit, it would agree with the latter mode of accounting for her death. But if they did not believe it, they had no other conclusion left than that he had committed the crime imputed to him. The Learned Judge then pro ceeded to comment upon the evidence of Mrs. Ashley and others, who deposed to the perfect health and good spirits of the deceased up to a few minutes previously to the discovery of her lifeless body, and to the medical evidence of her state of perfect internal bodily vigour, leaving no doubt that she had not died from natural causes. He then went to the evidence of Messrs. Champneys and Pickering, the surgeons, who, on opening the body of the deceased on the day following her death, at once smelt the odour of prussic acid. There, then. was evidence at once of the presence of prussic acid in the stomach on the day following a sudden death, accompanied by appearances such as would be symptomatic of sudden death from that powerful poison. Mr. Cooper, the chemist, had analysed the contents of the stomach sub-. sequently, and found a quantity of pure prussic acid in it. With regard to the quantity of prussic acid requisite to kill a human being, it had been proved that less than a grain would kill in some eases, as appeared by the melancholy in stance so frequntly referred to of the seven epileptic patients in Paris ; and Mr. Cooper had proved that more than a grain existed in the stomach of the deceased. His Lordship then went to the consideration of the conduct of the prisoner, and observed that it would be necessary for the jury to couple that conduct with all the other evidence, in order to judge how far it bore out or contradicted the inferences which might be derived from it. It appeared that on the day in question the prisoner had gone to the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway, and had taken his place for Slough. It was proved that he left his coat at the Jerusalem Coffee-houseAbefore going down, and he told the waiter that he was going to dine at the west end of the town. That was untrue, and he must have made that false statement for some purpose or another. Ile went down to Slough at five o'clock, and between six and seven Mrs. Ashley went round to the deceased's house, in consequence of the noise she heard of stifled screaming. She met the prisoner in the garden in a state of agitation so great that he could not undo the latch of the gate. She opened it for him. As to the observations she had made about fearing that her neighbour was ill, he could not say that the priso ner must have heard it, and therefore it went for nothing. Let it pass. However, after she had got in at the door of the deceased's house, she turned round and saw the prisoner looking at her; and such was the effect upon her, that she felt alarmed, and closed and fastened the door. At seven o'clock the prisoner was seen by a post-boy, and he was then running towards the station. At ten minutes after seven he was at the railway station. He was next seen getting into an omnibus, and desiring to be set down at Herschell House. What his intention was in going to Herschell House did not appear. He was traced back again to the station, and an alarm having been given, a signal was made by the electric telegraph, and he was seen to ilightfrom the railway carriage at Paddington, and was thence traced home. When he was taken up next morning, and told what he was taken for, his answer was that he knew no one at Slough. It had been suggested by the Learned Counsel that that was lite rally true, because the deceased did not live exactly at Slough, but a little distance from it. It had also been sug gested that he wished to prevent his wife from hearing of his improper connexion. It would be for the jury to say what degree of weight would be given to those explana tions. He had told several falsehoods respecting this trans action. and it was for the jury to say why he wished to keep secret his having been to the house of the deceased. It appeared that, when the nature of the transaction, and the reason why lie was taken into custody, had been ex plained to him, that it would have been the part of any reasonable man, if innocent, at once to have disclosed the entire that lie knew about it, and what had taken place. There was abundant evidence to show that the prisoner was at the house at the very moment the deceased had died. When informed of the nature of the charge against him, he told those falsehoods already mentioned. His Lordship read over the conversations of the prisoner with the con stables when taken into custody, and then went on. On the Friday, about one o'clock, the prisoner had an in terview with his legal adviser (Mr. Williams), and after that interview, and not until after it, did lie make any attempt at explanation, or give any account of what had taken place, and the account he then gave was that extraordinary state ment which he (Baron Parke) should read at full length for them. (His Lordship read the statement made by Tawell to the two constables, in which he said the poor unfortu nate woman had once lived in his service; and gave the account of her putting something out of the phial about the size of a thimble into her glass, and then drinking it off, &c.) Here, then, the prisoner had represented himself as present when the poison was administered, and, as it was found in her stomach, it was for the jury to say whether the question did not amount to the simple one, of whether she had deStroyed herself, or the prisoner ha d adminis tered it. If he thought that she had been threatening to poison herself, he certainly should at least have stayed to see what the effect would really be upon her. The jury. should next observe, keeping that story of the prisoner's in mind, that no such phial as that described by him was found in the house. The fact was proved by Mr. Thomas, who had sold him the poison in the morning, that the pri soner had prussic acid in his . possession on that day. He (Mr. Baron Parke) did not give much weight to the obser vation of prisoner's Counsel that he would not have been likely to go back next day to the same shop for more if he were conscious of guilt, "because in cases of murder, espe cially in cases of murder by poison, it was found that great precaution was not always used. The next question was that of motive; and for the purpose of coming to an opinion on that point, his Lordship thought it neces sary to give a brief history of the connexion between the prisoner and the deceased. Having gone through that portion of the evidence which detailed the commencement of that connexion, his Lordship came to the scene be tween the prisoner and ttse deceased in his house, which Baron Parke commented on as showing the extraordinary affection and devotion of the deceased for the prisoner. With striking self-devotion she said, that in order not to prevent the union of the prisoner with the lady he was *about to be married to, she would go out of the world, and be dead to the world, even to her own mother, from that day forth ; and the jury had heard from that very mother, that from that time she had never heard o her unfortunate daughter until after her death. She kept that promise. She did go out of the world, and went from place to place, until she went to reside at Slough. It appeared that there she had received from the prisoner an allowance for her maintenance of 1.31. a quarter, or 521. yearly • and on the day in question it would seem he was to have taken her her quarterly allowance. When taken into custody the sum of 121. 10s. was found in his pocket. From that fact it might be inferred that he had gone down with a sort of mixed feeling, either of paying her the money, or, if he had the opportunity, of accomplishing his purpose of poison. ing her. But as to his motive for destroying her, it had been suggested that no man would commit such a dreadful crime for the sake of getting rid of the expense. That he (Mr. Baron Parke) should say was not a matter to be easily judged of. His Lordship then went into the:evidence as to the alleged attempt made by the prisoner to poison the deceased in Sep tember last. There was no sufficient proof on that occasion that he had administei ed prussic acid to her; but it was re markable that after drinking porter with the prisoner on the 30th of September, she should have been so ill, and that after drinking porter again with him on the Ist of January she should be taken ill again and should have died. But no direct and positive proof had been given that she had ac tually taken poison in September. It was only supposition. His Lordship having thus prepared the jury for the questions THE SUN, LONDON r they would have to consider, read the evidence, and made some brief comments on it, but without adding anything If the evidence ad duced (said he, in conclusion) left any rational doubt upon their minds—a doubt which, as sensible men, they thought had weight, but not a trivial doubt, created by ingenuity, but a rational doubt—they were bound to give the prisoner the benefit of it. They must have re spect to all the circumstances of the case, particularly to the presence of the prisoner just before the death of the deceased, and the fact of prussic acid being found in her stomach ; they must consider the conduct of the prisoner both before and after the death of the woman ; and if all that evidence left any rational doubt upon their minds, God forbid that they should not give the prisoner the beneit of it. It was their duty to do so, for they were bound to convict no one on evi • dence which left any rational doubt upon their minds. But if they thought they could not explain all the circumstances of the case—the presence of prussic acid, and the conduct of the prisoner—if they believed his statements unworthy of credit, and conscientiously thought he was guilty of the offence with which he was charged, it would be their duty for the sake of public justice, that the administration of that justice might not be disparaged, and that the confidence in the public in that administration might not be shaken by a person not being convicted upon evidence which, upon due deliberation, was calculated to produce an impression that he was guilty. It was now their painful duty, after the advice and assistance he had given them, to form their own delibe rate conclusion. He would add nothing more, but would leave the issue entirely in their hands. Mr. GuNNuso begged to remind his Lordship that he had not mentioned the evidence which had been given with re spect to the prisoner's character: The Learned. JUDGE then said there was one circumstance which he wished also to remind the jury of, and to which he had already adverted, but only in a general way—he meant the good character which the prisoner had received from several witnesses. Such evidence was admissible in cases of this kind, because it went to show the general impression of the habits and feelings of a person. The prisoner was re puted to be a kind-hearted and benevolent man. Jt was ad mitted by his Counsel that he had been transported for some offence, the nature of which they had not been told; but it was said that it was not one which was calculated to affect his character for kindness of disposition. His Lordship then react over the evidence alluded to, and left it for the jury to decide in reference to its value to the prisoner in his present position. The Learned Judge concluded his summing up at 35 minutes after 11 o'clock, and the jury then retired to consider their verdict. At five minutes after 12 o'clock the jury re turned into Court, and a passage was immediately cleared for them, in order that they might face the prisoner whilst de livering their verdict. The prisoner looked extremely pale, but advanced to the front of the dock with a firm step. The names of the jury having been called over, The Clerk of the Crown said—Gentlemen, are you agreed your verdict? Foreman—Yes. The Clerk of the Crown—What say you, is the prisoner guilty, or not guilty? Foreman (in a loud and firm tone)—GUILTY. The Clerk of the Crown, addressing the prisoner, said— You have been indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Hart, and you have been found guilty of having committed that murder., What have you now to say that the Court should not give you judgment to die according to law? The prisoner made no reply. The usual proclamation fur silence, whilst the Judge was pronouncing sentence, having been made, The Learned JUDGE put on the black cap, and addressed the pri-ioner in the following terms :—prisoner at the bar, the jury have just returned their unanimous and deliberate ver dict against you. They have performed their painful duty under the solemn obligation of their oaths, and it now remains for me to perform my duty, by telling you that for that horrible, base, and cowardly crime, of which you have been convicted, upon clear and satisfactory evidence, you must die an ignominious and horrid death on the common scaffold. You thought to commit that crime, and you thought no eye would see you, except that eye which sees all things, and to which you probably paid no regard ; but, happily, circumstances were discovered, and numerous co gent and satisfactory reasons have been adduced which have left no doubt on the minds of the jury, as they have none upon mine, nor, I will venture to say, upon the minds of any of that numerous auditory who have been listening with painful attention to the trial, that you are guilty of one of the most diabolical offences that ever man committed. We now see, almost as it were with our own eyes, you mix ing the poisonous ingredients in the cup from which she was to drink in a moment of unsuspecting confidence on her part, supposing that you were her benefactor and protector. You hurried her—you hurried her in a moment, without allowing her an instant for the preparation of her thoughts, to give that awful account for which you have now only a few days left you to prepare. I will say nothing more of your heinous offence, because I do not wish to aggravate those feeelings which I hope and believe are at this moment tearing your mind. I wish it were so, that you may be brought to repent of that grievous sin, and of that course of your life which has been marked by hypocrisy, during which you wore the garb of a virtuous, peaceful, benevolent, and religious body of persons. I say to you, repent of those grievous indulgences of your passions, and the crimes of which you have been guilty, when in a state of mind so devoid of all feeling as to commit this wicked and cruel murder. I will say no more. I hope you will profit by the little time left you, which will not be longer than the law allows, and endeavour to repent of your crimes. Pros trating,. yourself at the Throne of Mercy—seeking there, through the grace of the Almighty, and the merits of the Saviour, that mercy which you cannot obtain from men. It remains for me to pass upon you now the sentence of the law —that sentence is, for the murder whereof you have been convicted, that you be taken from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, there to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and that your body be taken down and buried within the precincts of the goal wherein you shall be confined after the pacing of this sentence ; and may God have mercy upon your mi serable soul. During the peeing of the sentence the prisoner appeared calm and unmoved, but when the last words of the Learned Judge were uttered the muscles of his face became slightly convulsed, and he walked back into the dock without the assistance of any person. Notwithstanding the calm demeanour of the unhappy criminal throughout the trial, and even while sentence was being passed upon him, his strength became exhausted when he descended the ladder which leads from the dock to the gaol-yard. He fell upon the ground in a fit, but he was immediately raised by the gaolers who were conducting him to his cell, and he recovered in a few minutes. His spirits, which, during the time he was in prison pre vious to his trial, were unusually good, have now sunk to the lowest possible ebb. Up to a late hour of the even ing he continued to pace his cell, and cry "Oh dear, oh dear, what will become of my poor wife and my children !" Dinner was served to him at his usual hour for eating, but he declined to partake of it. Later in the evening he ate some beef-steak. Whether in seriousness or other wise, his conduct gave evidence of a feeling of certainty that he must be acquitted. He not only invited the person who daily served him with his meals to visit him at his house, but anticipating that his trial would terminate on Thursday night, he actually had a carriage in readiness to convey him to his home. His son, by the unfortunate woman Hart, was in Court during the trial. He is a very fine lad, about five years of age. When the verdict of Guilty was pronounced by the foreman of the jury, a murmur of applause was heard in Court, but it was at once suppressed. During his trial the prisoner maintained a bearing approaching almost to levity. Several gentlemen were permitted to stand in the dock, which was a capacious one, during the pro ceedings. On Thursday, during a momentary absence of the Judge, one of them being near-sighted, raised his eye-glass to look at Tawell, who, when he observed it, immediately went up to the gentleman, and asked—" What does thee mean by looking at me more than at any body else!" The gentleman was so taken by surprise at the question that he could make no reply except to stammer out, " I beg your pardon; I did not wish to hurt your feelings." During the temporary adjournment which took place each day, the prisoner talked and laughed in a confident manner with some persons who stood in the space between the dock and the counsels' table, and who, as it afterwards appeared, were his witnesses as to character, and persons connected with his legal advisers. Another incident will also better convey an idea of the man's character than a laboured at tempt at description. A prisoner who had been convicted and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation came into a room where Tawell was, and while he was crying and groan ing bitterly, Tawell began to comfort him by saying that he should not fret, that Sydney was a very nice place, and that in a short time he should get on very well, and not be sorry f,,r the change. The children of the deceased woman, Sarah Hart, of which the prisoner is the reputed father, were in the neighbour hood of the Court throughout the trial. It is stated that the prisoner's present wife wished to be accommodated with a seat in the Court during the trial, but that her friends dissuaded her from availing herself of a fa vour which would have been granted, but which could only have augmented her sufferings. On Thursday, while the Court adjourned for a quarter of an hour, the prisoner wished to have a glass of brandy-and water; the Governor would not accede to his request, but he was allowed a sandwich and a glass of wine, which he swallowed with avidity. DISCOVERY IN LIVERPOOL OF SIX HUNDRED POUNDS' WORTH OF STOLEN PuOPERTY. On Wednesday a middle-aged man, of genteel appear ance, named Edward Ford, tailor, of No. 28. London road, and his wife, Margaret Ford, were brought helot-, Mr. Rushton and Mr. Houghton, at the Liverpool Police court, on a charge of having received about six hundred pounds' worth of stolen property. The Court was densely crowded. Mr. Davenport defended the prisoners. Mr. Dowling, the head constable, briefly stated the circumstances. Ile said the prisoner was a tailor and a draper, carrying on business in this town, and that he had hitherto enjoyed among his neighboursan extremely good character. Recently, however, Mr. Superin• tendent M‘Donald received private information of some stolen property being in his possession, and went to the house, accompanied by other officers, for the purpose of making a thorough examination of the premises. The result of their search was, that property of all sorts and descriptions, but more particu larly that species of goods connected with the business of a draper, was discovered, to the estimated amount of between 5004 and- 1,000/. Nearly all the pieces of cloth were new, They were cut and sliced in various ways ; the tickets marked with the prici, were taken off, and each piece was thrown upon the floors of the rooms and the shelves of cupboards, in confusion. There were an immense number of dress and body coats, satin, silk and figured vests, ladies dresses of the most beautiful and costly patterns, shawls, boas, mantles, and every other description of apparel. As might be expected, the greater part of these still re mained unidentified, although an immense number of persons had already made applications to the police, and of these several had been enabled, by a strict examina tion of the goods lying in different parts of the house, to swear to portions of them being their property. Six persons then came forward and identified various articles which had been stolen from them. _ _ Mr. Davenpoit, who appeared Forihepri:oners, urged that if there were suspicions against Ford himself, his wire could not be legally implicated. Mr. RUSHTON said he should commit both for trial at the sessions, which commence on Monday, and this was done accordingly. Two cart-lo — ucis of stolen property were removed from Ford'a house to the Police Commissioners'-office. MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS. A Public Meeting of the members of this Association was held last night at the Hanover-square Rooms, for the transaction of business, and to consider the provisions of the New Bill for regulatinc , the Profession of Physic and Sur gery, lately introduced into Parliament. On the motion of Mr. MoottE, R. R. Pennington, Esq., was called to the chair. _ _ _ Mr. PENNINGTos, who on taking the chair was received with considerable applause, said, that the general practitioners had but recently awakened from their slumbers, it being only three months since they had set about to collect their scattered elements of strength together, so as to apply them to the formation of that Association. He had much pleasure, however, in noticing the great progress which had already been made; for he might state, that during the course of a lon g professional life, he had never witnessed more energetic and unwearied exertion than had been exhibited in carry ing out the present organisation of the general prac titioners.—(Cheers.) The minutes of the last meeting, held in Dec. 2 ; 1844, were then read and confirmed. The SECRETARY then read the report of the Provisional Committee, a long and elaborate document, setting forth the progress of the Association up to the present time. It stated that already the Association numbered 3,800 members, scat tered over every county in the kingdom, which number was still increasing, and fully justified the Association being called a national one. It also entered into afull analysis of the provi. sions of the new medical Bill, which it'condernned in many essen tial particulars, especially the constitution of the Council of Health, which it held to be a violation of the representative principle, and ought not to receive the support of the general practitioners. It concluded by recommending the Association strenuously to oppose the new Bill, and to rest satisfied with nothing short of a charter of incorporation, in which every general practitioner who had been enrolled for five years should have a vote. The amount of funds subscribed for the objects of the Association was stated to be 1,269/. 14s. 9J., of which 285/. ss. had been expended ; 1201. still remained unpaid, which, when deducted, left a balance in hand of 859!. The report having been received, 'Air. J. Bow LING moved that it be adopted and forthwith printed. Mr. WA LLER (of Cirencester) seconded the motion. On the Chairman rising to put the motion, Dr. LYNCH stood up in the body of the room, and claimed the liberty of making a few remarks. He agreed with much that was contained in the report, and especially in what it stated respecting this being the most momentous crisis that had arisen in the history of the medical profession for half a qentury. Hence it was that every energy, effort, and senti ment, should be made use of to ensure co-operation. Their opponents were felicitating themselves on the prospect of divi sion at that meeting—an event which he hoped would be averted on this occasion by every opportunity being given of full and fair discussion. While agreeing with the main features of the report, there were two points to which he objected. The recommendation that none should be eligible as councillors but practitioners of fifteen years' standing, or be entitled to vote except they had been enrolled five years. He would move, as an amendment, that that portion of the report be struck out. Considerable interruption took place at this stage of the pro ceedings, the great majority present expressing their strong dissent to the course pursued by Dr. Lynch. After an expla nation from the secretary, that the adoption of the report would not bind the Association to the suggestions contained it, but that they would be fully considered in detail at a future meet ing, the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. BONNEY, of Brentwood, moved the next resolution— That the Association shall be entitled the National Associa tion, in doing which he made a few remarks showing that the extent of the Association fully warranted the assumption of that title. WOOLRIDGE, of Southampton, seconded the resolution, which was put to the meeting and carried unanimously. Mr. FULLER then moved a resolution, declaratory of the great advantages which the Apothecaries' Company had con ferred on the profession, and thanking them for their disin terested conduct towards the general practitioners in the en deavours of the latter to obtain a charter of incorporation. Mr. Fuller, in support of the resolution, pointed out at some length the advantages which had resulted from the Apothecaries' Act of 1615. The resolution being seconded by Mr. George Bottomley, of Croydon, was unanimously agreed to. Mr. CLIFTON then moved a resolution, protesting against the proceedings of the College of Surgeons in obtaining and carrying out their recent charter, and condemnatory of the constitution of that body. The resolution was seconded by Mr. CJIALDECOTT, of Dorking, and carried by acclamation. Resolutions were then severally proposed and adopted by the meeting, censuring any course of legislation that would tend to degrade the general practitioner, and especially of the plea sure introduced into Parliament by Sir J. Graham, unless it underwent extensive alterations. A petition, embodying the sentiments of the resolutions was then agreed to, and the meeting, which was a very numerous and influential one, separated. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday at a meeting of the Commission for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at Gwvder House, Whitehall, at a quarter before three o'clock, attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater. The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Colborne, Lord Mahon, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Si r Robert Harry Inglis, Bart. 3 ; Mr. Benjamin llawes, M.P. ; Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. 'l homas Wyse. The meeting broke up at five. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken an airing in the royal gardens yesterday. The royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen ; Mr. Barnard, her Majesty's Charge d'Af faires in Cobourg ; the Earl and Countess Clanwilliam, Viscount Canning, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, the Right Hon. Thomas Pemberton Leigh, and Sir George Anson. The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended during dinner and performed the following pieces : Overture—" La Clemenza di Tito" Waltzer—" Lovelev Rhein Klailye" Strauss. Potpourri—" Belisario" Polka—" Kratky" Galop—" Parisina" The band was directed by Mr. Schott. Her Hoyal Highness the Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden visited her daughter the Marchioness of Douglas yes terday, at her residence in Connaught-place. Many of the Nobility called yesterday to learn the state of the Mar chioness. The answer given was, " The Marchioness is going on favourably." Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, accompanied by the Princess Mary, and the -Heredi tary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, at tended by Mr. Edmond Mildmay, visited the Royal Ex change yesterday, and were conducted through the different parts of the building. The Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yester day morning in Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley-street. A deputation from the Steam-shipOwners' Association, consisting of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Anderson, and Mr. Shadbolt, the Secretary, had an interview with Sir George Clerk yes terday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Bell, Mr. Hutt, and Mr. Metcalfe, with a deputation of dealers in bottles, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. Mr. P. M. Stewart, Mr. Lockhart, and Mr. Bouverie, with a Deputation of Sugar Refiners, consisting of Messrs. Davis, P. Martineau, Fairrie, Hodgson, and Lucas, of London ; Messrs. Macfie, R. A. Macfie, and William Macfie, from Scotland and Liverpool ; an d Mr. Sal es , of Plymouth, had • an interview with Sir Robert Peel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at the official residence et' the Hight lion. Baronet, hr Downing street. A Deputation from the Leather-trade, consisting of Messrs. Boutcher, Meek, Drake, Kearby, and Cox, had an interview, with Sir George Clerk yesterday. Mr. Dean, Chairman of the Customs, and Mr. John Wood Chairman of Excise, had interviews yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. COURSE OF EXCHAI Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Ditto, at sight l2 6i Rotterdam 2U. 12 9 Antwerp Hamburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona l4 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto, 3 months 26 13 Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine 123 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Berlin 7 Vienna, effee. fi. 3 M lO 4 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36 i Cadiz 13ilbao 36 Barcelona Seville — 1 GE.—(YESTERDA Y.) Gibraltar Si — Leghorn ...... Genoa . 111ila.n . ..... •—•••••••— Venice •••• _ 47 Naples ...__ ...... Palen:so, per 0Z..... 1181 Lisbon ............ _ 53 Oporto • Rio Janeiro Bahia .. .... ‘24 .4 p. Buenos .-s NewYoik ::7dyssicrht Philathit`h;e t . ..... PRICK I "IULLI.)N, OZ Foreign bars. £3 17 9 Porto, , ,x Gold Coin 3 17 5 New .sons 00 0 New Do'..lars 0 4 9a Silver It. tNrs 3 4 11 Mr. Alderman Humphrey paired oft with Mr. Col quhoun, in favour of Mr. Cobden's motion. Sir Robert reel will entertain a numerous circle of his supporters in the House of Conunons at dinner this tvening. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. REPORT OF THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE ON SCHEMES FOR FACILITATING THE APPROACH TO THE METROPOLIS. Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, March 13, 1845. The Board constituted by Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had under consideration the follow ing schemes deposited with the Railway Department for facilitating railway communications with the metropolis, viz. Number. Epsom and Dorking Grosvenor Railway Great Western, Uxbridge, and Staines .Junction London and Brighton—Wandsworth Branch London and Croydon—Dorking Branch .. 136 London and Brighton—Dorking Branch London and South-Western—Epsom Branch l5O London & South•Western—Metropolitan Extension 166 Metropolitan Central Junction Richmond and West-end Junction ... 192 South London and Windsor South-Eastern Branch—Reigate to Dorking 214 Staines and Richmond 920 South- Eastern—Extension of Greenwich Railway 223 South -Eastern--Widening of ditto 224 have determined on submitting the following report thereon for the consideration of Parliament. In our report upon the Kentish and South-Eastern Rail way schemes, we had occasion to point out the advantage of a proposed central terminus in the southern quarter of the metropolis, at or near the Ilungerford Suspension bridge. In several of the schemes embraced in this report, viz.:— London and South-Western—Metropolitau Intension; (Richmond and West-end Junction ; Staines and Richmond ; Londoa and Brighton—Wandsworth Branch; and Metropolitan Central Junction ; that spot is equally proposed for a terminus. It appears to us that there is a manifest advantage in placing a terminal station of this importance in the hands of companies having large interests entrusted to their manage ment, and whose permanent prosperity must, more or less, depend upon their consulting the public convenience, rather than in giving it to any small independent company, whose greatest profit might probably be derived from the use of the station by other companies, and who might thus have an inducement to turn the possession of it to undue advantage. Besides this, the safety of persons using the line may be better insured if the arrangements are suited to the require ments of the long traffic, which cannot, from the nature of things, be conducted with the same punctuality, as regards the arrival of trains, as the traffic may be which is conducted upon the shorter lines. These reasons have influenced us in forming our opinion upon the proposed Metropolitan Extension of the London and South-Western Railway, whereby it is sought to transfer its' junction with the metropolis from Nine-elms to a more central and convenient spot near to Hungerfhrd-bridge. The great cost of this extension, in proportion to its length, has given strength to the reasons above stated; since the outlay must be less an object, proportionally, to a wealthy company already in operation, than it would be to any short and in dependent line to be constructed, and where the capital sunk in providing such a terminus would constitute a very large part of its entire outlay. A metropolitan terminus in the central spot in question being in the hands of the South-Eastern and South-Western Companies might be, and doubtless would be, made fully available for the use of shorter lines, and especially when those shorter lines will be, in other respects, tributaries to one or other of those two companies. We are, therefore, of opinion that, if Parliament should be disposed to sanction the establishment of a railway station at the central spot in question, there are not any public reasons for withholding its assent to the London and South- Western Metropolitan Extension. The Richmond and West-end Junction Railway is intended to form a junction with the South-Western Railway at Fal conbridge, about four miles from that terminus, whence the traffic will be taken on the rails of that company to Hunger ford -bridge. By this Richmond and West-end Junction Railway, and its prolongation, the Richmond and Staines Railway, a very . advantr geous outlet will be provided for the population 01 Loedon to places of favourite resort, while accommodation will be given to a considerable local traffic already existing between the many populous villages along the line and Lon don. The ground through which these two lines will be carried is nearly level throughout ; the works will conse quently be light and comparatively iaexpeusive, and the cost mode rate. By means of the existing traffic along the line and the through-traffic together, it can hardly be doubted that the receipts of these two railways will yield an adequate return for the capital sunk in their formation. We therefore see no public grounds on which to object to their construction. The remainino• b two schemes proposing to have their ter mini at Ilungerford-bridge, and of which we have been able to form a favourable opinion, are— The Wandsworth Branch of the London and Brighton Railway, The Metropolitan Central Junction Railway. The first of these proposes the construction of a new rail way from the Brighton line at Croydon to Wandsworth, whence the Brighton trains would come forward on the rails of the South-Western Company to Nine-elms and Hunger ford-bridge. While we admit the importance of a west -end terminus for the Brighton traffic, there does nut appear to be any decided public advantage to be secured by the construction of this line, greater than will be attained through the extension of the South- Eastern Company's branch from the Bricklayers' Arms to Ilungerford-bridge. The local traffic to be accom modated by it is comparatively insignificant. The line would not provide the Brighton Company with 1 1 an independent terminus, which, in the. case of an extensive traffic, is an object deserving of some sacrifice for its attain ment. They would simply exchange the possibly crowded terminus of the South- Eastern for that equally crowded of the South-Western Company, :while, owing to the arrange ment sanctioned last year, by which the local traffic of the Croydon Railway will be conducted in future on separate rails, worked by the atmospheric system, and the two present lines of rails of that railway will be rendered entirely avail able fur the through-traffic, there will be less chance of inter ruption in approaching London than would be the case if the Brighton trains, according to the proposed arrangement, were to run from Wandsworth over the rails of the South -Western Company, already encumbered with their own traffic and with that of the proposed Richmond and Staines lines. As suming, therefore, that the Croydon and South-Eastern Com panies shall be willing to accommodate the Brighton traffic on reasonable terms, the only effect, so far as the public in terest is concerned, would be, that two capitals would be irrevocably sunk in order to perform the work that may be equally well performed by one; thus violating one of the plainest principles by which these questions should be go verned. Also, if these companies afford such accommodation as it is manifestly for their interest to do, upon moderate terms, the competition thus created would not be productive of any adequate advantage to the Brighton Company, who would indeed avoid the toll to the South-Eastern and Croydon Com panies, but in order to do so must expend a sum, the interest of which, together with the toll they would have to pay to the South-Western Company, would probably equal the full amount of that saving. These reasons appear to us conclusive against this pro ject. The Metropolitan Central Junction is an independent Company, intended to connect all the great lines of railway on the south side of the Thames with a central terminus on the south side at Ilungerford-bridge, crossing for that pur pose the Thames, and joining the South-Western Railway at Battersea. We consider this scheme to be uncalled for at present by the wants of the public, and that its prosecution might prove a wasteful expenditure of capital. The Grosvenor Railway is likewise put forward as an in dependent work ; its termini are at Pimlico and at a junction with the Brighton Railway near Godstone, 14 miles from London. A line which thus requires the erection of a bridge across the Thames, must necessarily be of expen sive construction, and would require a strong case of public convenience to justify its adoption. No such case has been made out, indeed nobody has appeared before us to advocate it, and no attempt has been made to show in what manner the line is to be supported if made. It appears to us that no public reasons exist why it should be constructed. The South London and Windsor Railway, also an indepen• dent project, has, like the last-mentioned scheme, not been brought in any way under our notice, further than by the lodging of plans and sections, and the publication of a pros pectus 4 It does not appear that any company has been formed for its construction. It is evident from an examination of the plans that the formation of the line must be very expensive. It would run from a densely occupied part of the town between Blackfriars and Waterloo-bridges, with a branch to Southwark-bridge, and with further branches, right and left, to Kennington, Camberwell, Brixton, Dulwich, and Norwood. The main line would take the same direction, and occupy for a great part of its length nearly the same site as the Richmond and West-end Junction, and Staines and Richmond lines. Leav ing Staines at some distance to the left, it would turn off to Datchet and 'Windsor, where it would terminate, running along the foot of the little park between Windsor Castle and the Thames. Other branches are proposed to the Hammer• smith. bridge, to Kew, to Hampton Court, and to join the Great Western Railway at Slough. This scheme wears such an aspect of extravagance upon its face, that it is difficult to conceive upon what prospect of profit it can have been put forward. We consider that there are public grounds why it should not receive the sanction of Parliament. The Staines and Uxbridge Junction Railway is promoted by the Great Western Railway Company. It would inter sect and form a junction with the Great Western Railway at the \Vest Drayton station, connecting Staines on the one side with Uxbridge on the other, by about eight miles of railway. The line would be easy of construction, and not expensive, but in this respect would have no advantage over the Staines and Richmond line, while this latter will provide accommodation for a larger population, giving railway facilities to Twickenham, 'l'eddington, Hampton and ✓ Hampton Court, Sunbury, and numerous other villages, the inhabitants of which will thus be brought into connexion watt the heart of London, while the population of Staines itself will have a vastly superior London terminus to that afforded by the Great Western Company at Pad dington. To sanction a second lino to Staines, would be to sanction the outlay of a second capital in order to render both unpro ductive, and as the line from Staines to Hungerford-bridge appears to us, for the reasons offered, to be superior to the project of the Great Western Company, we must express an opinion that the Staines and Richmond line is preferable to the Uxbridge and Staines Junction Railway. There does not appear to us to be any case to justify at at present the formation of a second line to Epsom. That now advocated by the South-Western Company was brought forward in the last session of Parliament, and rejected, in favour of the Croydon and Epsom Atmospheric line, which will not be open for traffic until the summer of the present year. In their opposition to the Croydon and Epsom line, the South-Western Company proved that there was not traffic for more than one railway, and nothing can since have occurred to show that:they were wrong in arriving at this conclusion. The advantage of a west-end terminus will also, by the proposed extension of the Bricklayers' Arms Branch to Hungerford-bridge, be obtained by the Croydon and Epsom line, as well as by that proposed by the South- Western Company. The experiment which the Croydon and Epsom Company, in conjunction with the London and Croydon Company, are now preparing to carry out, is one which the Legislature has regarded of great national importance, so that there ap pear to us to be strong public reasons against sanctioning a rival scheme, the effect of which would be to endanger the success of the line to which Parliament, on special grounds, so recently gave its sanction. We are induced by the circumstance just mentioned to re commend the postponement to a future period, when the ex periment of the Atmospheric Railway from London to Epsom shall have been put in execution , the consideration of the following schemes, via.: — No. 70. Epsom and Dorking. No. 136. London and Croydon--Dorking branch. No. 147. London and Brighton—Dorking branch; and 1 No. 214. South-Eastern—Reigate and Dorking branch. If the atmospheric system of propulsion should prove suc cessful and deserving of further adoption, it would seem to be better suited than the locomotive system of traction to the nature of this section of country. The whole question of railway communication with Dorking may be temporarily postponed without any inconvenience, and if hereafter the atmospheric system should prove available, the line from Epsom to Dorking, projected upon that principle, would appear to be the best adapted for supplying the wants of Dorking and its vicinity, without incurring the expense of making so many additional miles of railway. This Epsom line would be the shortest route from Dorking to London. The gradients are very severe, but not more severe than are encountered on some other lines to which we have not thought it necessary to object, nor yet too severe to admit f its construction as a locomotive line. It must, however, be a bad locomotive line, and in the possible event of failure of the atmospheric principle, it may be well at a future time to consider, whether a good locomotive line to Reigate, giving means for communication between Dorking and Brighton, or Dover, might not be more to the advantage of Dorking than a bad locomotive line to Epsom, giving indeed a supe rior access to London, but wanting the other advantages here alluded to. The South-Eastern Company having leased in perpetuity the Greenwich Railway, are desirous of extending and widening the line, with a view le give greater convenience and security to the public, and we have no public objections to offer to their proposals for that purpose. In conclusion, we beg to draw attention to the passage of the fifth report of the Select Committee of last year, in which it is stated, in recommending that reports should be made to Parliament by this department upon railway schemes, "That no such report should be held to prejudice the claims of:private persons, the examination of which should be altogether reserved to the Houses of the Legisla ture." . . . In submitting to Parliament, in conformity with the re commendations of that Committee, the results at which we have arrived, with a view to the information and assistance of Parliament in forming a judgment upon the schemes in question, :in so far as our report may be available for that purpose, we are anxious that it should be distinctly under stood that we have arrived at these results solely upon public grounds, and to the exclusion of all considerations how far such results might require to be modified by a due regard for private rights and interests. DALHOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER. D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING. REPORT OF THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE ON THE TRENT VALLEY AND CHURNET VALLEY RAILWAY SCHEMES. Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, March 13, 1845. The Board constituted by Minute of the Lord's of the Com mittee of Privy Council for Trade, for the transaction of Railway business, having had under consideration the Trent Valley and Churnet Valley Railway schemes, have deter mined on submitting the following report thereon for the consideration of Parliament : These lines may be considered as forming portions of one scheme for shortening the distance of the principal railway communications from the metropolis to Ireland, Scotland, Liverpool, Manchester, and the northern and north-western portions of the kingdom. The Trent Valley Railway com mences at Rugby and runs by Tamworth, Lichfield, and Rugeley to Stafford, thus cutting off the angle of the London and Birmingham and Grand Junction lines at Birmingham, and reducing the length of the journey from London to Liverpool and Holyhead, and by Carlisle to Scotland, by nine miles of actual distance. The proposed line is 494 miles in length, and its gradients are of a very favourable descrip • tion. The serious delay now experienced in passing through Birmingham will also be avoided; and, on the whole, we agree with the Commissioners, who reported in 1841 upon the communication with Ireland and Scotland, that a consi derable saving in point of time will be effected upon through traffic. The importance of this saving upon such great lines of communication has been fully recognised on former occa sions, and is too obvious to require comment. The intermediate district between Staftbrd and Rugby, including Tamworth, Lichfield, Rugeley, Atherstone, Nuneaton, and the towns along the old Holyhead road, will also derive great benefit from the railway, and being brought forward in connexion with the existing railway company interested in the great lines of communication referred to, may be considered as un opposed. The Churnet Valley Railway, together with the above line, and with the existing London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham Railways, completes a line of railway communication between London and Manchester 19 miles shorter than the present one, and which is believed to be practically as short a line as any which can be made between the two points. Commencing at Macclesfield, to which place a branch from the Manchester and Birmingham line has been already sanctioned, the Churnet Valley line passes by Leek and Uttoxeter to a point four miles north west of Tamworth, where it joins the proposed Trent Valley line. From Uttoxeter a branch diverges to Willington, a point on the Birmingham and Derby line, within 64 miles of Derby. It will thus be seen, by reference to the map, that the Churnet Valley line presents the double advantage of uniting, by the shortest practicable lines, Manchester, the great ma eufacturing metropolis of the kingdom, with London, on the one hand, and on the other hand, with Derby, and through the existing and projected railways which centre there, with Nottingham, Leicester, Stamford, Peterborough, Cambridge, and the whole of the Midland and Eastern Counties. At the same time it will afford to Derby, and to the traffic centering there, the shortest outlet to Liverpool, Preston, and the north; and be productive of much local advantage to the important manufacturing town of Macclesfield, containing a. population of upwards of Lo,ooo ; to Leek, another manufac turing town, containing a population of 11,738 ; and to the towns of Cheadle, Uttoxeter, Rocester, &c., and the district along the line. The importance of such a line has been already recognised, and in 1836 a Committee of the House of Commons reported that "It has been established to the satisfaction of the Com mittee, that a line opening a communication from Manches ter and Live pool, through the populous and growing towns of Stockport, Macclesfield, and Leek, to Derby, to Leicester, to Nottingham, and to London, is one highly desirable for the public interest, and highly deserving of favourable con sideration in a future session." Since that period the in crease of population in the manufacturing districts, and the development of traffic and opening out of new railways, have added greatly to the force of these arguments. It is true that by the construction of the Manchester and Birmingham line to Crewe, the objects mentioned by the Committee have been partially attained, and by the pro posed Trent Valley, in connexion . with this line, the dis tance between London and Manchester would be reduced to 1886 miles, as compared. with 179 miles by that of the Chur net Valley ; and if this were the sole object, it might be questionable how far it would justify the construction of more than 50 miles of railway, of which a good deal is of a difficult asd expensive character. But when we consider that not only Manchester but the surrounding district, com prising the towns of Bury, Bolton, Rochdale, Ashton, Old ham, Stockport, &c., and a mass of population of upwards of a million, actively engaged in the pursuits of manufacturing industry, will benefit by every reduction of distance in their principal communications;. and also that the connexion of this district with the midland manufacturing district, and with the midland sad eastern agricultural counties, from which it derives a large proportion of its supplies, would alone justify a railway to Derby, so that the portion of new line actually required for the purpose of completing the most direct communication with London is only 15 miles, it ap pears to us to be perfectly evident that there are sufficient public reasons to justify the construction of the line. By the redaction of the distance to 179 miles, the fare be tween London and Manchester, by the Parliamentary third class, established by the Act of last year, will be reduced to 15s. The time of the journey also by quick trains, under a proper system of combined management between Loadon and Manchester, may, at the rate of travelling which is now established upon several railways, be reduced to 5} or 6 hours, so as to admit of the possibility of a person leaving Manchester in the morning, transacting business in London, and returning the same evening. The traffic which may be expected to pass over a line which combines so many important objects may reasonably be ex pected to afford an adequate remuneration on the capital re quired, although, as we have already observed, parts of the line are of an expensive character. The traffic tables sub mitted to us also show a probability of a sufficient income; and being in alliance with the other companies whose lines will form portions of the direct London and Manchester, and Manchester and Derby routes, a further security is aflbrded for the due development of the traffic and for the line being efficiently worked. The promoters of the Churnet. Valley line have further de posited plans for a continuation of their hue from Tamworth to Rugby, to meet the contingency of the Trent Valley line not being sanctioned; but as the Trent Company were first in the field, and have a preferable claim, founded on ex penses incurred on former occasions; as the traffic which will pass over their line towards Liverpool and Ireland will probably. be greater than that over the Churnet line towards Manchester ; and as the Trent Company offer to accede to any reasonable provisions for securing the unimpeded transit upon fair terms of the Churnet traffic over their line, it appears to us that they are fairly entitled to the possession of the interal line from Rugby to Stafford, and that the Churnet line should only be sanctioned up to the point north of Tainworth, where it leaves the direction of the Trent line. The Alrewas branch of the Trent Valley scheme would have been very useful in diminishing the distance between Manchester and Derby, had not a more direct route been afforded by the Churnet line. This however being the case, there hardly appears to be at present any sufficient object to justify the construction of this branch, although being only 7i miles in length, and of an easy character, it woald not be expensive. The accommodation of the Potteries, by means of branches, also forms a part both of the Trent and Churnet Valley schemes. The latter proposes a branch from Stoke to near Leek, and the former a branch from near Staftbrd to Stoke, where it is proposed to meet a line promoted by the Grand Junction Company from their line at Crewe. The branch from Stoke to Leek would afford an outlet both towards Manchester and Derby, and although it might not be suf ficient in itself for the complete accommodation of the Pot teries district, and should not be allowed to interfere with any other scheme proposed for that object, it will afford a certain amount of accommodation, and we are aware of no public reason why it should not be sanctioned. The other line of the Trent Valley Company, from Stafford to Stoke, would form, in conjunction with the proposed branch of the Grand Junction Company, a scheme for the accommodation of the Potteries, so far complete, that in the event of its being sanctioned, there would be no likelihood of any other scheme for that purpose being brought forward. Considering that the scheme was originally proposed with a view to the accommodation of the Potteries district, as the result of some understood arrangement with the principal Potteries' interests, and that those interests now object to it, and urge that the whole question should be postponed until another year, to afford time for consideration, and for matur ing some more complete scheme for the accommodation of that important district, it appears to us, without expressing any opinion upon the merits of the projected line, that, under these circumstances, we are justified in recommending its postponement. 11 ith these exceptions, we are not aware of any objections, upon public grounds, that can be urged against the Trent and Churnet Valley schemes, which are recommended, as we have already seen, by such obvious and important public considerations. The only parties who have appeared before us as objectors to the Churnet line are tho Grand Junction Railway Com pany, who contend that it would create an injurious and un necessary competition with existing lines for the traffic from Manchester to the south. This argument, however, is met by the circumstance that the other companies principally in terested in the Manchester and London traffic, viz., the Alan chester and Birmingham, the Trent Valley, and the London and Birmingham, do not object to the Churnet Valley Com pany, but, on the contrary, are in alliance with it; while the •Airand Junction Company, whose line is principally a line for Liverpool, Irish, and northern traffic, do not appear to be in a position which can entitle them to advance any objections, on public grounds, to the construction of a direct line between Manchester and London. In the absence of any such ob jections, it appears unnecessary for us to dwell at greater length upon the arguments in favour of this and of the Trent Valley line already referred to, or to enter more fully upon the details of these lines. We have therefore to report, that we are aware of no public grounds why the Churnet Valley and (with the exceptions above referred to of the Potteries and Alrewas branches) the Trent Valley Railway .3(hetnes should not receive the sanction of Parliament. In conclusion, we beg to draw attention to the passage of the fifth report of the Select Committee of last year, in walcb. •it is stated, in recommending_ that reports should be made to Parliament by this department upon railway scheme,s, "TUat no such report should be held to prejudice the claims ofpri. rate persons, the examination of which should be altogether reserved to the Houses of the Legiilatnre." In submitting to Parliament, in conformity with the re commendations cf that Committee, the results at which we have arrived, with a view to the information and assistaace of Parliament in forming a judgment upon the schemes in question, in so far as our report may be available for that purpose, we are anxious that it should be distinctly under stood that we have arrived at these results solely upon public gr:unds, and to the exclusion of all considerations - how fat such results might require to be modified by a due . regard for private rights and intereAts. DALHOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTEP.. D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING. RAILWAY BUSINESS IN PAR LIAMENT. Titunsnait, MARCIE 13. The following Bills were presented and read a first lime Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway (Tyne mouth Extension, &c.) Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Keymer Branch). Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway. St. Helen's Canal and Railway. • Manchester, Bury, and Rossend a l e R a il way. Great Sout hern anti Western Railway (Ireland). Bedford and London and Birmingham Railway. Midland Railway (Lincoln and Ely). Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway. London and South -Western Railway (No. 2.). Harrogate and Ripon Junction Railway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Ridlgv Colborne, Mr. Octavius Duncombe, and Mr. John Charles Dundas. Eastern Union flailway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Captain Gladstone and Mr. Lane Fox. Dublin and Drogheda R►ailway,—Petition for Bill reported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. George Alexander Hamilton and Mr. Bellew. Cornwall Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Praed, and Mr. Charles Buller. Lowestoft Railway and Harbour,—Petition for Bill re ported, and Bill ordered to be brought In by Loki Hen niker and Mr. Burroughes. Midland Railways (Syston to Peterborough),—Report fiTtu Select Committee on Standing Orders read • Bill ordered to be brought in by Sir John Trollope and Mr. Fitzwilllarn. Midland Railways (Swinton to Lincoln),—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Beckett, Mr. Ward, and Mr. George Cavendish. Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln),—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read ; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Gisborne, Mr. William Collett, and Mr. Evelyn Denison. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin Junction Railway,—Com mittee on petition, postponed from Wednesday, March 19, till Friday, Ap r il 41 Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton Railway,--Committee on petition, postponed from Wednesday, March 19, till Friday, April 4. Northumberland Railway,—Committee on petition, post. polled from Thursday, March 20, till Friday, April 4. Blackbufn and Preston Railway,—Second reading, Mon. day, March 17. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Bailwav,—S.econd reading, Monday, March 17. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway,--Secoza reading, Monday, March 17. Newark and Sheffield Rail way—Second reading, Monday, March 17. • FuroAy, MAncirl4. The following Bills were presented and mad s Eastern Union Railway. Lowestoft Railway and harbour. Harrogate and Ripon Junction Railway. Midland Railways (Swinton to Lincoln). Midland Railways (Sjston to Peterborough). Midland Railways (Nottingham to Lincoln). The following Bills were referred to the Select Conamkttea on Standing Orders : South Wales Railway. DisF, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway. Erewash Valley Ilailway,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Colonel Ilolleston, Mr. Gaily Knight, and Mr. Evans. Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway,—Petition for Bill re ported, and Bill ordered to be brought in by Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. Bellew, and Mr. Redin g to n . Waterford and Kilkenny Railwav,—Report from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; Bill ordered to be brought in by Mr. Pierce Butler, Mr. Wys and Mr. Barry Bald win. Edinburgh and Ilaw•ick Railway Bill,—Read a Second time, and committed, and referred to the Committee of Selection. London and Croydon Railwai (Kentish Lines) and Lon don and Croydon Railway Enlargement and Orpington Branch Railway,—Report from Select Committee on Stand ing Orders read:— Ordered, That the petition for leave to bring in the London and Croydon Railway (Kentish Lines) Bill, and the petition for leave to bring in the London and Croydon Railway En largement and Orpington Branch Bill, be withdrawn ; and that leave he given, in conformity with the recommendation of the Select Committee on Standing Orders, to present peti tions for the introduction of five different Bills with reference to the matters comprised in such two first fr entiorfed petition*. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PIUVATE BILL OFFICE, FRIDAY, MARCH 14. Direct Northern Railway,—Committee on petition, post poned from Monday, 17, till Tuesday, March 18. Harwich and Eastern Counties Jimetion Railway,—post paned from Monday, March 17, till Friday, Ap ri l 4. York and Norih Midland (arrogate branch) Railway,— Second reading, Tuesday, March 18. York and North Midland (Doncaster Extension) Rail• way,—Second reading, Tuesday, March 18. Monmouth and Hereford Railway,—Committee on peti tion, postponed from Monday, 17, till Tuesday, March 18. London and Croydon Railway (Kentish Lines),—Commit tee on petition, postponed sine die. London and Croydon Railway Enlargement and Orpington Branch, postponed sine die. - COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. MONDAY, MARCH 17. Churnet Valley Railway. Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway. Surrey Iron Railway Company Dissolving. Wear Valley Railway. Middlesbro' and Redcar London, Chatham, and North Kent Railway. Dundee and Perth Railway. Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway. Cork and Bandon Railway. Southport and Euxton Junction Railway. North Union and Ribble Navigation Branch Railway. Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway. Taw Vale Railway and Dock. Midland Railway Branches. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway. Dunstable and London and Birmingham Railway. Rye and Tenterden Railway. Sheffield and Rotherham Railway. Liverpool and Bury Railway. TUESDAY, MARCO 18. llull and Gainsborough Railway. Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway. Eastern Union and Bury St. Edmund's Railway, Eastern Union and Norwich Railway. Grand Junction Railway. Aberdeen Railway. Direct Northern Railway. Monmouth and Hereford Railway. RAILWAYS. Connected with the subject of railways, the letters from India evince a great desire that the system should be brought into operation there, but much difference of opinion exists as to the manner in which it should be done. On so important a question even discussion must have some interest, and with that impression the following extracts of letters are given : " The subject of railways is feebly kept before the Indian public by an occasional letter and an occasional article -iu newspapers. All agree that there is either the want of ability or of something else here requisite for the manage ment of a great undertaking like a railway. lint, then, how is a railway ever to be established? I say by an English Company with English capital at first (though large contri butions will be made here), and an Indian agency formed under very stringent rules. At the same time large powete of suspension and control should be given to Governmelgt officers. Do yon ask, was ever anything of the kind seen before? I answer, yes, in Government itself—the to Government here. This Government, called suprenie over all India, is, in its practical working as tc , all but details, a mere agency under the Court of Direc tors ; and I am perfectly satisfied that an English Company may work successfully by an agency. As for placing the capital required for airailvray atZthe disposal of an uncontrolled Calcutta Board, no one would think of doing it who knows the history and fate of too many of the Cal cutta-bred Companies. 'The Friend qt . India, whose usual blandness towards the Court and its agency here is suppled to have earned for it an official confidence, says the GOTliti ment- must take the lead, as it did in establishing filer steamers, and then private enterprise will carry on what the public spirit of Government has begun. This flattering phrase, ' the public spirit of Government,' is a more phrase —as a thing to be relied on, it has no existence. Thirty years ago the Government began the Rajmahal Canal, which its public spirit' lately, under Lord Ellenborough, desired. it is said, should be completed, and the project, just now that canals are superseded by railways, is said to be under the consideration of the authorities at home. Such is the spirit of the Indian Government, so far behind the public spirit of the age and that of the capitalists of England. With respect to its merit in having preceded private speculation in the establishment of river steamers, it wanted the steamers for its own purposes,and private capitalists were deterred front speculations of this kind by the still remaining influence of the Company's system, which discouraged the settlement of Europeans, kept the public as much in the dark as possible as to India, and gave no countenance to any improvements connected with independent speculations. Bat if steamers had now for the first time to be established, would there be any occasion for Government to lead? Certainly not. What is more to the purpose is, that its steamers were built and managed at a maximum of cost, and have done the leash possible service to the public. Such would be the fate of a Government railway. It would be too long a task, and I could show from the composition of the Government that it has too much already on its hands without undertakings of this kind. It has roads which are almost impassable, Which are needed as much as railways, but which private indivi duals cannot meddle with. Let the Government mind these ways. It has the public ferries, which are much neglected. IL has the great rivers of India, which are infested by ma rauders. Let it look to these, and make their passage safe for that immense traffic which will for ever be on them; anti let it clear their beds, which it ought to do, could do, but will not do, or does very imperfectly. Who or what - is this Government which, with such immense duties, is now to undertake a great railway?" CitiunainGE, MARCH 15.—The account we hare receirei of the health of the Bishop of Ely to•day is not 09 favourable as we had been led to look for. ills Lordship wit,* not so well last evening as he had been for a few days prci viously, The circumstance mav, however, be attributed t* the severity of the weather. —Cambridge Chronicle. 2