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Vt Erb lattion SUN OIeFICE, Seven o' Clock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES. Group E. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK LINE. Mr. Hudson, the Chairman of the Company who promoted this projected locomotive line, occupied the attention of the Committee during the entire day, in showing the immense local advantages which would be derived from its adoption. His evidence chiefly tended to prove that the atmo spheric system of railway would not work the same quantity of goods as that worked by the locomotive, and that the public would not be convenienced by having such fre quent trains as were advocated by the Northumberland At mospheric Company. Group F. (Continued from our Afternoon edition.) THE LONDON. WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAF FORDSHIRE RAILWAY, Mr. Joseph Chester, examined by Mr. HOPE—Lives at Leicester. Is engaged in the wool and coal trade. Believed the watEr• cirriage for wool better adapted than the railway 'under the present arrangement of the line. The break of gauge on the Gloucester line was very inconvenient to the traders on the line. The inconvenience arises from the great and unavoidable delay occasioned by the break. Mr. W. R. Lloyd, examined by Mr HOPE—Ia a merchant at Birmingham. Trades with Gloucester, Bristol, and Hull, and other places. A meeting of. the merchants of Birming ham was held on the 9.oth of December last. The meeting was convened by themselves. It was a very important meeting, and its object was to consider the propriety of having a con tinuous gauge from Birmingham to Bristol. The first reso lution was moved by Mr. Muntz, M.P. CtrArrotANHere comes the Hon. Member to answer for himself. Mr. Muntz here made his way to the table amid much laughter. Examination continued,—The resolution was favourable to a continuous gauge. The meeting was unanimous for an unbroken gauge. Cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT.—One gentleman named Chance, who attended the meeting, wrote a letter by desire of the meeting to Mr. Laing of the Board of Trade, in favour of a continuous gauge from Bristol to Birmingham. Mr. Chance spoke in favour of the broad gauge, but the meeting did not approve of it; their immediate object was a continuous gauge, and not as to whether it should be broad or narrow. Was himself in favour of the narrow gauge, though if the gauge were to be continuous the inconvenience would be materially diminished. Re-examined by Mr. Hot.E.—Competition would be very beneficial if it could be kept up where two lines ran together. This would, however, be very soon got rid of by the two Companies combin ing. Would prefer a Government regulation to any other for the security of fair rates. There would be more trouble in loading the trucks on the broad gauge than on the narrow ; the loading would be far more inconvenient. The small gauge would be generally more compact and un objectionable. By the CHAIRMAN—On the whole, if he had his choice, he would give the preference to the small gauge. Mr. lion,: said he would have to claim the indulgence of the Committee. At that moment he was unable to call any further general evidence, in consequence of the witnesses being under examination in another Committee. He would, therefore, propose to put in the tables of traffic. The tables of traffic were then put in, and a few witnesses were called, who were briefly examined as to their general accuracy. The Committee then adjourned till twelve o'clock to morrow. Group V. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) Mr. BAINES, on the part of the promoters of the Bill, read extracts from the report of the Board of Trade recommend ing this line. Ile stated that it was intended to extend it to a distance of thirty-two miles, and that it would connect the producing districts of South Nottingham and South Lin colnshire, with the markets of Yorkshire and Lancashire. By forming a junction with the Midland Railway at Chesterfield, they could communicate with Manchester, Leeds, and Barns ley; and he would produce evidence before the Committee to prove that the traffic would be amply sufficient to anaintain the line, and return a profit to the Company. The line would not interfere with any existing interest. The Learned Counsel, after giving returns of the export trade of Newark in the articles of malt, flour, coal., lime, &c., pro reeded to call witnesses in support of his position. John Thorpe, malster and coal merchant, proved that a very con s;lerable export trade existed between Newark and the market , of South Lancashire in the articles of malt and flour, and that coal was imported in great quantities from Derby shire and Nottingham. Ile was certain that if the line were made it would increase in a very great degree the value of property in Newark. The popular feeling was strongly in its favour. Mr. Bramston, Mayor of Newark, gave similar evidence. The Committee adjourned till to-morrow. TATTERSALL'S.-THIS EVENING Six O'CLOCK. DFIRBY. 2 to 1 agst Dias 9 to 1 agst Weatherbit 12 to 1 agst The Libel 15 to 1 agst Pam 16 to 1 agst I'antasa 18 to 1 agst Alarm 18 to 1 agst Old England 20 to 1 agst Doleful 40 to 1 agst Titmouse 40 to 1 agst Young Eclipse 50 to 1 agst Laird o' Cockpen 50 to 1 agst Remorse 50 to 1 agst Fuzbos 50 to agst Maynootla 50 to 1 agst Jinglepot CO to 1 agst Columbus OAKS. No betting. THE LATE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF JOSEPH CONNOR. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition.) _ Mr. BALLANT,NE then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He said—When he was first called upon to defend the prisoner the had felt that he should have been able to offer a fair defence in his behalf, but be was wholly unprepared for the fregli evidence that had been adduced, and he almost felt the weight of the responsibility thus thrown upon him— almost' too great for his abilities. He called upon them Ice 'dismiss from their minds all that they had heard out of doors, or from the public newspapers. in reference tosthe prisoner, and, as unprejudiced men, :to arrive only at a conclusion warranted by the evidence they bad heard. He held that the motives which had been as signed for the commission of the crime by the prisoner were not of a character to entitle them t., come to an adverse de cision respectingthim. The prisoner was hurried to Newgate -with only half of the case heard against him, and complained that he had not been supplied with the depositions of the witnesses who were to be examined on his trial. Thus he had to answer evidence which he had no idea would be brought against him. Was it possible that the prisoner, a young man of two or three and twenty, could have had intercourse with a woman of the age of the deceased—a woman leading-the most loathsome of all occupations, in the most wretched and lowest district of the metropolis—a district where, of all others, the lowest class of indi viduals and the lowest kind of vice was to be found? The threats were not such as were used by persons in the same class of life as the prisoner, and it could not reasonably be inferred from them that he intended to destroy the woman's life. It was unlikely that the prisoner, who was about to be married, and whose betrothed had in no way dis appointed his affections, would commit so horrible a crime as _this. Then, as to the identity of the prisoner. There was a . belief that he was the individual— a belief which might be excited by many causes, and by the similarity of the prisoner to some other person. Belief showed a defect of some nature—that the person using the term was uncertain of matters in his testimony. Let them look at what opportunities the various witnesses had of specifying; that the prisoner was the man who committed the murder. Mary Palmer and Mrs. Hall, who had oppors tthlity of seeing him—the one, at the very time he was conimitting the murder, if he was the man—yet they could not swear positively that the prisoner was the person. Might they not have associated their belief • with certain descriptions which were given of the person by whom the murder was really committed. So much doubt was there, that men as old as forty or fifty were taken upon suspicion. When Allen saw the prisoner, whom he said was the companion of reputed thieves, run out of the house hastily, was it not extraordinary that he did not arrest him—why did he stand still at the corner of the street? The aspersion cast upon the prisoner by the police man was refuted by the evidence of the witness from Messrs. Garrard's, and from the evidence of the pri,Soner's father, by whom it was shown that he was both .hard-working and honest, and consequently obtaining hie livelihood in a respectable manner. Then with respect to the evidence of Mr. Oldham. Persons were, no doubt, continually calling at his shop to purchase knives, and it was singular that an ordinary indi vidual,. making such a purchase at an ordinary time, elsould have been so strongly impressed on his mind. His daughter said that • the person who purchased the knife bad a blotch on the side of his nose, yet none of the eight witnesses who saw the prisoner on the night of the murder were asked the question by the Counsel for the Crown. When Mr. Oldham said "That is the man," that inference was no doubt drawn from reasoning on the proba bilities that the prisoner was the individual. The voice was molt fallacious, and changed more than any other organ by deep emotion. Was it not 'likely that the prisoner's voice, speaking as he did, under deep emotion, and under painful and trying circumstances, might have been husky, and like the voice of a person merging from youth to manhood. Ile was not positive that the prisoner was the mars-mho bought the knife until he heard him speak some half s dozen words. He held that this was not a reasonable test,, and could not be entertained by the jury. The object of the prisoner in pointing out Mrs. Tape in the street as the person who had communicated a certaiNdir m ase to him, was for the purpose of holding her up to shame her corn paniens, and not as a prelude to a dreadful and inusder. Secrecy was ne part of hi s con d uct. He made no secret of his aversion to the woman, a n d o f t h e injury h e supposed he had received f rom h er. The c oa which the policeman stated was stained with bl oo d ought to have been sent to some scientific person to ascertain if the marks on it were blood or not, for surely in the advanced state of science there was some means of arriving at such a res ult. There.was"nothing to show that it was not rouge, or that, it was not the result of some slight wound. If the prisoner committed the murder, was it not likely that in stead of there being spots cf blood on the coat, it would have been deluged in blood? It was proved that the woman was tall - and stout, and it was unlikely that the pri- Soner;.who was not a powerful man, could have committed the murder without meeting with great resistance, and of having the knife wrested from his hand by her. It was shown that the prisoner came home as usual and went to bed with his father, and that his parent, whose testimony was .not .biased, as, from the position in which he stood towards the prisoner, might be supposed, saw nothing differ ent irons his ordinary conduct. Was it not likely that, if he had;gommitted the murder, that he would have been dis turbed with the consciousness that he had destroyed the life of diotbar? Such, however, was not the case, and this was an additional reason why he was not. the man. If, as • was stated, that he went home a short time before the murder, why could he not have obtained a knife there, instead of exposing himself in the cut ler's shop ? He conceived that Cochrane had committed per- I jury. His evidence, and the assertions contained in it, were inconsistent with truth, and could be little more than in vention, in which he had been assisted by the police, who, he believed, had basely tampered with him. The name of Connor had been associated with that of " the murderer," and many, Cochrane among the rest, no doubt considered him guilty. His name had been mixed up as " Connor the murderer" in litigation between public officers, and in the newspapers—who could help con sidering him guilty? The assertion that if the women came forward he would be sure to be tucked up, merely denoted a morbid state of mind, and that he was labouring under great apprehension as to the threats he had used towards the un fortunate woman. After referring to other matters in rela tion to the case, he concluded by a powerful appeal on behalf of the prisoner. The Learned Counsel then called the following witnesses on behalf of the prisoner : Mr. John Webster, gold and silver chaser, Soho, said the prisoner was in his employment when a boy, and that he was peaceable and well-conducted. Mr. George Robinson, carpenter and builder, had known the prisoner for three years, and he had borne the character of a quiet, inoffensive young man. Mr. John Barnett, confectioner, 10, Great Suffolk-street, had known the prisoner six or seven years. He was quiet and well conducted. He was in his employ for eight months about two years ago. Mr. Baron ALDERSON having summed up, the jury retired to consider their verdict, and had not returned into Court when our report left. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair for the first time after the Whitsuntide recess, at Four o'clock. Colonel THOMAS WOOD presented a petition against the Westminster Improvements Bill. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Sir G. STAUNTON presented a petition, signed by upwards of 16,000 persons, in favour of the application of the atmospheric principle to railways. Colonel W EMYSS presented a petition against the Edinburgh and Northern Railway. Mr. BROTIIERTON presented a petition against the Chichester, Guildford, and Portsmouth Railway. CROYDON RAILWAY. The following Bills were severally read a first time, and ordered to be committed:—London and Croydon Railway (Enlargement); London and Croydon Railway (Chatham and Gravesend) ; London and Croydon Rail way (Maidstone, Ashford, and Tonbridge); London and Croydon Railway (Orpington Branch) ; London and Croydon Railway (Chatham to Chilham). TRR SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1845. high, and at the 11th mile a cutting 71 feet deep; and several run from 40 to 50 feet. The promoters of the scheme state, that by bring ing into close connexion the city and port of Bangor and the town of Caernarvon, the line would confer important commercial advantages upon the interests of North Wales ; and that its further course through the mineral and agricultural districts will throw open additional supplies of copper, lead, slates, grain, and provisions, to new and extended markets. Es pecially they ay stress on the advantages to be de rived from opening out the extensive slate quarries in the district. With regard to passengers, they reckon upon a considerable number going along the proposed line, particularly in summer and autumn, and the traffic tables, which have been submitted with the statement of the promoters' case, seem to justify, so far as it is in our power to form an opinion from the data which they contain, their assumption that the line will be remunerative. We have stated that the earth-works on the whole will exceed an average, and that a tunnel occurs 704 yards in length ; consequently the line w ill be of an expensive description. The promoters of the scheme, however, while they estimate the cost at 300,0001., state that arrangements have been made with responsible contractors to complete the Railway within the engi neer's estimate, both as to time and amount. The projectors are particular in their statement, that their scheme is not intended to rival the Chester and Holyhead Railway, nor to disturb any existing, arrangements between that Company and the Govern ment; their line is for local purposes, and it appears to have received very general local support. No statement has been made to the Board of Trade in opposition to this scheme, and we are not aware of any circumstances tending to invalidate the case of the promoters. In these circumstances it becomes our duty to re port, in conformity with the Fifth Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, that " there are no public reasons which ought, in the opinion of this department, to be decisive against it." The object of the Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill is to complete the continuous communication from Chester to Holyhead by the passage of the Menai Strait., by means of one of two alternative lines, the first of which, 4 miles 63 chains in length, passes over the town of Bangor by a viaduct bridge ; the other, 4 miles 26 chains in length, passes about half a mile south of Bangor, and effects a saving of 37 chains in distance. The gradients on both lines are good. The point selected for the passage of the Menai is at the Britannia Rock, in the centre of the Strait, which affords a convenient position for the central pier of a bridge of two arches ; but as an objection was taken to the bridge proposed to be constructed, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty directed a local examination to be made by Sir John Rennie and Mr. Rendel, civil engineers, in company with Capt. Vidal, Royal Navy. We beg to refer the Committee on the Bill to the reports of Sir John Rennie and Mr. Rendel, in which the Inspector-General of Railways concurs. The Mold Branch of the Chester and Holyhead Railway has been formally withdrawn by the projec tors, with the intention of bringing it forward in an improved form at a future period. The Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings (Rye and Ashford Branch) is 29 miles 27 chains in length, with a subsidiary branch to Hastings, 1 mile 21 chains in length. The main branch commences at a point on the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway, about two miles westward of the St. Leonard's terminus, and about thirty one miles from Brighton ; and, sweeping round to the north of Hastings, to which it throws off the subsidiary branch which we have mentioned, passes by Winchelsea and Rye to Ashford, where it terminates at the station of the South-Eastern Rail way. In the report from the Board of Trade on the Kentish and South-Eastern Railways, we stated, with regard to the South-Eastern Company's scheme (Ashford to Hastings), which is an important link in the coast line of communication, that we were aware of no public grounds why it should not receive the sanction of the Legislature; and we omitted to notice expressly the scheme which is now before us, in con sequence of the Directors of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway having, in a memorial re ceived at the Board of Trade on the 7th of January, made the following statement : " The extension of the coast line to a point on the Dover Railway which would complete the chain of communication along the coast, between Dover and Portsmouth, at the eastern end of the chain, is An object which has been viewed by the Directors to be of great public importance, and one which it was much their interest and desire to promote, and for such purpose they have caused surveys to be made and the country in that direction thoroughly explored; but they feel bound to say, that any in terference with the prospects of their Railway, by the adoption of any line having for its object the ab straction of the Hastings and London traffic, will probably be fatal to such an undertaking, and that, pending a state of uncertainty and doubt as to the decision which may be arrived at, all efforts towards its accomplishment on their part must be suspended, although of course they could not object to its ac complishment by any other parties." Considering, therefore, that the Hastings and Ash ford project was withdrawn, we omitted all notice of it from the Report on the Kentish schemes ; but as the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Company have since requested us to report specially upon the project, we beg to state, with reference to that scheme, that inasmuch as a line o f ra il way f rom . Hastings to Ashford will be an important link in tle chain of the south coast communication, we think it ought to be made; and that, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, as set forth in our report on the Kentish schemes, we are of opinion that the branch will be best constructed by the South-Eastern Railway Company. In conclusion, we beg to draw attention to the passage of the Fifth R i Report of the S e l ec t C omm i ttee i of last year, in which t s stated, in recomme n di ng th a t reports should be made to Parliament by this depart ment upon railway schemes, " Th a t no suc h report should be held to prejudice the claims of p r i va t e persons, the exami▪ nation of which should be alto gether reserved to the Houses of the Le g i s l a t ure ." In submitting to Parliament,i n conformity with the recommendation of that Committe e , t h e results at which we have arrived, w ith a view to the information and assistance of Parliament in forming a j u d gmen t upon the schemes i▪ n question, in so far as our re port may be available for that purpose, we are anxious that it should be distinctly understood that we have ar rived at these results solely upon public groun d s, an d to the exclusion of all considerations how far such results might require to be modified by a due regard for private rights and interests. DALIIOUSIE. C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER. D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING. SOUTHAMPTON DUCKS. The Southaraptoa Docks Bill was read a third time and passed. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. On the motion of Lord PALMERSTON, the Dublin, Mullingar, and Athlone Railway Bill was read a second time and ordered to be committed. The Noble Lord remarked that the Bill had excited an extraordinary interest in Ireland, and gave notice that, to-morrow, he would present a petition from the Cor poration and Lord Mayor of Dublin in favour of it. Mr. B. BALDWIN presented petitions against the Brighton (Horsham Extension), the North Midland, the Mullingar and Enniskillen, and the Dundalk and Ennis killen Railways. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL. Mr. SPOONER presented a petition from Tunbridge and other places praying for an alteration in the Insol vent Debtors' Bill passed last session. Sir J. DUKE presented similar petitions from Boston. PAROCHIAL SETTLEMENT BILL. Mr. TENNENT presented a petition from the Board of Guardians of the Cambridge Union against the Paro chial Settlements Act ; also petitions against the Union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph, and against the grant to the College of Maynooth. Mr. DUN DAS presented petitions praying for an increase of the salaries of parochial schoolmasters in Scotland; also petitions against the grant to Maynooth, and against Sunday travelling. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions from the parish of St. John the Evangelist in Westminster, against Sunday trading, and the grant to Maynooth. Mr. BOUVERIE presented petitions from Scotland against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. SUMMERS presented petitions from several places in Ireland against the Roman Catholic Bequests' Bill. Numerous petitions against the grant to Maynooth were presented by Colonel Powell, Mr. Buck, Mr. Greene, and Mr. Arkwright, but in no single instance could we hear the designations of the petitions. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. Mr. DUNCAN presented a Bill from Dundee agains the Statute of Limitations Bill. MAYNOOTH. Mr. ITAWES presented several petitions against the grant to Mayncoth, and one in favour of it, signed by a single individual, the Rev. Mr. Ballagar, which, as it presented the question so shortly and so strongly, he should move that it be read at the table. BIRMINGHAM, GLOUCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON RAILWAY. Mr. SPOONER moved the second reading of the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Wolverhampton Railway Bill. Mr. PAKINGTON said that this was a Bill for the extension of the London and Birmingham Railway, and he hoped the House would extend its indulgence to him whilst he stated his reasons for opposing the second reading of this Bill. It was not merely on private grounds that he opposed this Bill, nor would he ask any favour of the House, but on behalf of other landowners as well as himself, he should oppose it. This railway would pass for 21 miles through his own ground, and he would hear every engine from his drawing-room vi indows. When this scheme had first been brought forward, he had inquired of his surveyor respecting it, and had been informed that the standing orders had been violated in a hundred instances. The Bill had been proposed, and was then withdrawn, when after two or three months it was again brought forward by an entirely dif ferent company. Last January it was again intro duced to the notice of the public, not by the original company, but as an extension of the London and Bir mingham line, when one was prepared to oppose it ; and he should, therefore, certainly take the sense of the House on the second reading. Mr. SPOONER opposed the motion on the ground that his Hon. Friend had not given notice to the parties of his opposition. The promoters of the Bill bad been put to the expense of summoning their witnesses and retaining counsel. The Bill had been referred in one of the groups to the Committee, and before that Com mittee the case of his Hon. Friend would be fully inves tigated. Mr. PAKINGTON explained. He regretted that he had not been able to give notice of his intention to oppose the second reading, but in consequence of the period at whichj the Bill was moved he could not give notice. Sir R. INGLIS said he did not understand his Hon. Friend to object to the Bill, except upon the ground of surprise, but as he understood the facts, it was his Hon. Friend the Member for Droitwich who was taken by surprise, and he would, therefore, support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for Droitwich. Mr. SPOONER explained. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the Hon. Gentleman brought the case very fully and fairly before the House ; but still he thought that his objection to the second reading of the Bill, merely on account of the surprise which it would cause, should not induce the House to refuse the second reading of the Bill. The House then divided, when there appeared to be — For the motion 4l Against it Majority in favour of the motion —l9 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. Mr. WAKLEY rose to move, " That a Select Com mittee be appointed, to inquire into the management of the Royal College of Surgeons of England :—Also, to investigate the circumstances which led to the grant of an additional Charter to the Council in 1843, and into the effects produced by the operation of that charter upon the interests and professionol rank of the great body of the members of the college. - And should that resolution be negatived, then to move the following:— "That in any charter which the Crown may be advised to grant for the incorporation of the general practition ers, those gentlemen are fully entitled to enjoy an equality of professional station with the newly-created Fellows ; that a deep and lasting injury would be in flicted on many thousands of scientific men if a College of General Practitioners were to be founded as an insti tution inferior to the College of Surgeons." The Hon. Member said he submitted the motion to the House in conformity with a gnat number of petitions which had been presented to the House from members of the College of Surgeons resident in every part of the king dom, and in consquence of a great number of communi cations from the same body of gentlemen on the subject. But he was chiefly actuated by the fact that a petition had been presented on the 31st of March by him from surgeons resident in the county of Gloucester. The petitioners stated that, by the charter granted in 1843 by her Majesty, the Council had the power of electing a certain number of the members of the Col lege, who should be entitled to the general principle of electing the Council in all time coming; and they added that they looked on such distinctions as unjust to the great body of surgeons, and they entered their most indignant protest against the principle. They also stated that the charter required that all existing members should undergo another examination, or be excluded from the honours of a fellowship in the College. They also prayed that no Bill should be allowed to pass until inquiry had been ordered into the circumstances connected with the granting of the charter. Ile be lieved that the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department was by that time aware that he had taken a false step in recommending the granting of this charter, and the division to which the house had come the other night was a sufficient proof of that fact.—(llcar, hear.) lie was as yet really ignorant of the effect of the changes which were intended by the Government measure ; and be supposed—h e was under the necessity of sup posing —that the Bill which had been formerly in troduced was in substance the very that which h hh ic t b same with thatv'' hwaveinstereonduachedoppboerfottrienitythoef examining these alterations. The history of the Col lege of Surgeons—th e hi story of th conduct of the Council rather wa s h c aracterised as one of injustice to the professors by the self-elected governing body. The Colleg e s founded by a charter granted i n th e year 1843, a nd fro m ly a that year to this the Council had on various occasions passed regulations extending their own powers, and, in fact, creating to themselves a monopoly o f the most unjust and oppressive character. In the year 1826, in consequence of the abuse of these powers, there had been a large assembly of the profession who expressed great dissatisfaction at the conduct of the Council. After much discussion the meeting passed two resolutions, he might say unanimously, expressive of their sense in the first place, of the oppressive mode inwhieh the Council had acted ; and, in the second place, that the regulation which had been passed in 1823, respect ing the taking up of diplomas were highly detrimental to the interests of the profession. These resolutions were passed in a meeting in which nearer 2,000 than 1,500 individuals were present. At the time these resolutions were passed it was a universal im pression that, however energetic their represen tations might be, there was little chance of obtaining attention or redress, except by an appeal to the House of Commons ; and accordingly the last reso lotion of that meeting was a determination to appeal to that House, and they accordingly did so. The result of that petition was the appointment of a Select Committee, of which his Hon. Friend the Member for Kendal (Mr. Warburton) was chairman, and he believed the Right Honourable Baronet opposite (Sir James Graham) was a member of it. Before that Committee a great mass of evidence was taken, the whole purport of which was to show that the whole establishment was in a state of disorder. The museum, a most valuable one, the Hunterian Museum, which was allowed to be one of the finest in Europe, and for which a great sum of public money had been paid, was in a state of disorder that it was per fectly useless. From that time till 1843 nothing was done, but in 1835 a great injury had been done to the medical profession by the operation of the New Poor-law. The profession had every reason to expect that they would obtain redress from that House ; but in 1843 they found to their amazement that a new charter was granted no the college ; in which ex traordinary and unconstiutional powers were con ferred upon the council. When it was first re ported that such a charter had been granted, he did not think that a hundred men in the profession throughout Great Britain, believed that it was true. But, unfortunately, time showed that it was true, and that a charter had received the sign manual con ferring those extraordinary powers on the council. It contained provisions which gave extreme an noyance to upwards of then thousand men. In the last fifty years the science of medicine and surgery had made greater progress than any other art or science in the whole range of human knowledge. It was admitted by every writer of eminence or ability that medicine and surgery constitute but one science, of which pharmacy and midwifery are important depart ments. But by the extraordinary provisions of the new charter, those members of the College of Sur geons who practise midwifery and pharmacy are excluded from the governing body of the college. In fact, the qualifications were looked upon by the mem bers of the College of Surgeons as inferior and degrading occupations, and the rules of that institution were such as cast a slur upon the professional avocations of those practising midwifery that never should have been cast upon them. Those rules and by-laws had been made by the Council of the College of Surgeons, but they had never been included in any statute or ever received the sanction of the Crown. One of the clauses in these rules was to this effect, that no member of the College of Surgeons should be eligible to become a member of the Council while practising midwifery or pharmacy, or who had practised those branches of the profession for five years, or, in other words, that any person who had practised midwifery or pharmacy for four years, from this time, would be disqualfied for a seat in the College of Surgeons. This he should call a most monstrous and ridiculous propos tion, and such a one as never would have received the sign manual of the Crown. Well, the rule went on to say, further, that those who professed midwifery and pharmacy could not be entitled to a seat in the College unless they resided within 5 miles of St. Martin's-le-Grand. Now, he knew many members of the profession practising those branches, who could not be equalled in Europe, and many of them were superior to any in the empire, and yet this disqualification was put upon them by this ridi culous rule. The rule went on to provide, that if a member who had a seat should cease to reside within the definite distance, then lie should be removed from the council. This, he would say, was carrying such absurdities to a most preposterous length. It was for those reasons that those members of the me dical profession who practised midwifery and pharmacy had sought for the abrogation of those bye-laws. They sought it by petition to this House, and by public declarations, and by remonstrances to the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite himself. He (Mr. Wakley) would contend for it, that no person in the profession could approve of this charter. The Right Hon. Gen tleman himself did not like it, though it was his own off spring; and he (Mr. Wakley) could assure the Right Hon. Gentleman it was looked on abroud as an ugly production. 'l'wo petitions had been presented for an inquiry into the circumstances which led to the passing of the charter. The proceedings of the council were carried on in secret—no one knew what motions weae proposed, or what amendments Is ere made to them, nor was it known what was decided. The Right Honourable Gentleman had made them a representative body, and he should also take care that the members should know what the conduct of their representatives was. The language of Mr. Guthrie was worth the attention of the House. He stated in his petition which was presented last year, that though in his collective capacity he was compelled to accept the grant of the new charter, a copy of which Thad been laid en the table, yet he considered several of the provisions to be illiberal, exclusive, and unjust. In his petition this year he sought for an inquiry into the conduct of the council, and states that he was aware of the unfitness of the charter for the purposes for which it was intended, and that many of the provisions were as de ceptive and illiberal in their nature as could be expected from even a purely arbitrary Government. That was the language of a member of the council of health, and he hoped that such an explanation would be given by the Right Hon. Gentleman as would preclude the necessity of the appointment of a Com mittee of Inquiry, and that the Right Hon. Gentleman would be prepared to say that such a charter would continue to exist, to the annoyance of the profession. Even the majority of the Council spoke of the duty imposed on them by the Right Hon. Gentleman as an invidious duty. The Government had, therefore, abso lutely forced on the Council of the College oj Sur geons a charter for which they entertained the greatest dislike ; and, of course, which t hey had no desire to receive. Now the circumstance was very extraordinary, considering what had been the conduct of the profession for a long series of years. In his (Mr. Wakley's) opinion the Right Hon. Baronet exercised in 1843 relative to this subject a very unconstitutional power, and he thought he had most unjustly exercised that power with expense to a very large number of deserving professional men. C.smplaints had been made by Sir Astley Cooper and other distinguished men, and all were agreed that the rule prohibiting men from becoming members of the College until they had arrived at a certain period of life was a great hardship.— (Hear.) These complaints had been laid before the House, but how were the petitions of these men an swered ? Simply by a Minister of the Crown, who rely ing on some private representations and founded by some influence at the Home-office, granting a new charter to the Council, and instead of punishing the council for misconduct which they had committed during a long series of years, invested them with new powers, and enabled them to exercise such powers to the extreme annoy ance of many thousands of their professional brethren. The profession and the House had a right to complain ; and, if prerogative charters were granted in this way, the sooner such powers were extinguished, the better. He knew the Right Hon. Gentleman would say that he did it for the best. He (Mr. Wakley) had no doubt but that was the ease, at the same time he felt quite sure the Right Hon. Gentleman had been mis informed by one upon whose judgment he should not in future rely. But the charter had bees granted, and granted under extraordinary circumstance s . Was it to continue in force. The Right Hon. Gentleman ought to make some alteration in the standing of the Fellows. The present plan was the most absurd and ridicu lous that could be conceived. The Committee were empowered according to the provisions of the charter is to elect 300 members to the class of eb er membersandad ry notbarbitrary theserr r e my s s w t ha n hmimembersca 250 hnn tlier N fellows within the first three months of it s o p erat i on. Upon the 14th December, 1843, the Council was re qu i re d selectf thantherom3 bodyoo m members, nor more weorwe the fellows selectedilows constituted in t mosthethe body future council was to be elected, the fellows themselves being the electors, and by this system it was absolutely impossible for the names placed lowest on the list to be elected to the Council of the College. Could any one suppose that an arrangement of this kind could be satisfactory to the pro fession. Could it give rise to any other feel ings _than those of disappointment ? There were im mense numbers of men, who had endeavoured to dis charge their professional duties with credit to them selves and advantage to the public, thus by the whim of a dominant party placed in such a position, that they were deprived of their just right and privi leges. The council of the College had seen proper to give the world an analysis of the mode in which they had discharged their duty, and the result according to their own showing was as follows. They had appointed 229 surgeons in the general hospitals in various parts of the country. (LEFT SPEAKING.) RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. REPORT OF THE RAILWAY DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE ON SCHEMES FOR EXTENDING RAILWAY COMMUNICA TION IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS. Ordered, by the House of Cammons, to be printed, May 8, 1845. Railway Department, Board of Trade, Whitehall, May 8, 1845. The Board constituted by the minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council fbr Trade, for the transaction of railway business, having had the fol lowing railway schemes, viz. : Porthdynllaen and Bangor; Chester and Holyhead ; Ditto—Mold Branch ; Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings—Rye and Ash ford Branch ; have decided on submitting the following report thereon, for the consideration of Parliament : The Porthdynllaen and Bangor (or North Wales Railway), commences at the port of Porthdynllaen, runs along the coast of the Irish Channel, by Clynog and Caernarvon, to Bangor; its length being 28 miles eleenegdtahn. av A e t ra t g h e e , 6 a th nd m a il t e un is ne a l n oc e c m u b r an s of yards 118fe i e n t 56 chain s . Th e earth-works on the whole will ex- DUTCH MAIL. NIMEGUEN, MAY 9.—By a decision of his Excel lency the ?sinister of the Interior, the Rhenish rail way from Arnhem is to be inaugurated on the 14th of this month. 'The train of carriages is to leave the station out of the Westerpool at Amsterdam, at ten o'clock on that day. His Majesty the King has sig nified his intention of being present on the occasion. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princes Frederick, and Alexander, and Henry are invited to honour the ceremony with their presence. A great number of invitations to persons of distinction have been issued. The King, the Princes, and the public functionaries are to be at the station at Amsterdam on the 14th, and half-past nine is the hour. - _ We hear that some capitalists of Amsterdam have obtained a licence from the Government for the con struction of an iron railway from the Hague to Scheveningen, and with the intention of connecting the new branch with the Dutch and with the station near this city. FRANKFORT, MAY 17.—Count Munich Belling hausen, President of the Diet, returned yesterday from Venice to resume his important functions. We hear from Vienna that Prince Metternich in tending first to visit his estate at K o nigswart, in 13o hernia, will not come to the Rhine till the end of the summer, about which time the King and Queen of Prussia are expected. Letters from Berlin say that the negotiations be tween the Courts of Prussia and Wurtemburgh for a marriage of the Crown Prince of ‘Vurtemburgh to a Princess of the Royal Family of Prussia are al- ready so far advanced that it may be expected that the result will shortly be published. RAILWAY C , ►IIIMITTEES. (I ESTERDAY.) (Group F.) LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH STAFFORD SHIRE RAILWAY. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) Mr. M'CoNNELL examined by Mr. Sergeant W RANG HAM.—The inconvenience on the Gloucester line greatly deters merchants from sending goods by the line. Any improvement of that inconvenience would occasion considerable outlay. A great inconvenience resulted in the transhipment of passengers, from the break of guage, many persons being separated from their friends who happen to get into the carriage first. Every plan for the remedying of this difficulty was open to great objection. Cross-examined by Mr. COCKBURN.—Wav acquainted with the Birmingham station, There is a large staff of porters at that station, but not for the purpose of trans• fcrring the goods from one carriage to another. The traffic at that station was so great, that it required a great many porters. If there were no change of gauge at Gloucester, where two engines were now required, one would be sufficient. Was of opinion that no new mechanical contrivance would answer practically the difficulty on that line. Had made drawings of plans for remedying the difficulty, but so satisfied was he that no plans, however well carried out, would answer the deficiency, that he did not go to the expense of making any experiment. Was of opinion, about a month ago, that a broad gauge would remedy the defect. Had changed that opinion. Re-examined by Mr. S. WRANGIIAM.—Was once of opinion that the broad gauge engine would be of great advantage. He had altered Ghat opinion, inasmuch as subsequent experiments on other lines prove its in adequacy. Mr. W. Bass examined by Mr. HILDIYARD—Is agent to the Messrs. Pickford, the carriers ; they are the largest carriers in the kingdom. Is agent for all their traffic from Colnbrook Dale to Plymouth. Is quite aware of the great inconvenience arising from the gauge at the Bristol junction of the Gloucester Railway. The goods brought front Bristol to Gloucester are, oils, leather, wool, iron, wood, and groceries. The gates of the Gloucester line are closed two hours before the Bristol and London gates. This was occasioned by the great delay for regulating the alteration of the gauge. Was acquainted st ith Mr. Jones, one of the Directors of the Gloucester line. lie opposed the adoption of the broad gauge, but he was outvoted by his brother Directors. The inhabitants at Gloucester exceedingly regretted the alteration of the gauges at the junction of the British and Gloucester lines. The maximum weight allowed to be carried on the narrow gauge was six tons ; but there was no limit on the broad gauge. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—The broad gauge was a very good one for passenger traffic. There was fish corning from Torbay to Bristol, which is oonveyed from that place to Devon. The gates of the Bristol and Gloucester station are closed two hours be fore the gates of the Bristol and London line. The trains of the former certainly start two hours before the trains of the latter line. This two hours start was neces sary in consequence of the difference of gauge. This witness was briefly re-examined by Mr. HIL DIYARD. Mr. J. D. Payne examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANG HAM—Is manager of the goods traffic on the Birmingham line. Had been manager of the goods traffic on the Bristol and Gloucester line, and was well acquainted with the traffic of that line. There had been an altera tion in the gauge of that line. The alteration had occa sioned much delay and great inconvenience. The accom modation gained by the alteration had been to make larger shedding. The trade from Bristol to Gloucester is very little compared to the traffic from Birmingham to Gloucester. The latter traffic is very great. If the break of the gauge took place at Birmingham, there would be 700 tons of merchandise per week conveyed from the latter place to Gloucester. If it took place at Bristol, there would be no more than 40 tons per week conveyed from that place to Gloucester. Made this calculation from the present amount of treffic between Bristol and Gloucester. Various claims had been laid against the Gloucester Company for damage to goods, and large sums had been paid. The damage was occasioned by the great delay in transferring the merchandise ; knew of an instance where the Company tried to carry 40 or 50 tons of oysters to Manchester so as to have them in the market by a Whitsun Monday, that being a great day in Manchester for such a luxury. —(Laughter.) A special train was put on, but only 10 tons were conveyed in time. Cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT—That caused a great disappointment to the lovers of oysters in Manchester, to be sure they were not such as he (Mr. Talbot) would like to eat, they were not the primest—(Great laughter) —but they were not a bad quality. Could not say that they would have arrived in time if the broad gauge had been in use ; the delay occasioned by adopting that gauge on the line would be very considerable. Captain Laws examined by Mr. Sergeant WRANGTIAM —ls manager of the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. The principal traffic on that railway was wool and manufactured goods. Bristol was the great depot for leather ; it was brought from parts surround ing Bristol and there warehoused. The retail and whole sale dealers went from the various provinces to thatplace to make their purchases. The trade there in iron was also considerable. The traffic tlirough the town of Bristol was comparatively trifling for so large a depot. Goods were generally conveyed from that seaport to Wales by water. Steam-boat traffic would be a great ' competitor with a railway from Bristol into Wales. This would be caused by the cheap mode of conveyance afforded by steamers and other vessels, for if the latter conveyed goods at is. 6d. per ton cheaper than a railway the preference would be given, and vice versa if the railway were as cheap it would take up the traffic. Manchester was not supplied with groceries generally from Bristol; remembered an instance of some loaf sugar having been brought there from that port. The supply of groceries for Manchester came direct from London. There was a clause in existence limiting the profit of railway companies to ten per cent. on the carriage of goods. The clause was introduced by the late Duke of Sutherland, but it was wholly inoperative from the fact that ten per cent. was never realised on goods and tolls for carriage. On passenger traffic and luggage, there was no limit to profit, as such was not comprised under the Act. It was, however, in the power of the Legislature to make such an Act as would limit the gross profits to ten per cent. It would be a wise law, and one from which no hardship could arise. It could be: easily carried, inasmuch as the companies could be made to show their books, and the result would be that railway travelling would be generally less exor bitant, as the charges would have to be reduced when the profits were higher. The witness was briefly cross-examined by Mr. TALBOT, but nothing of the slightest importance was elicited. Mr. Ellis, of Leicester, was then called, but just as his examination commenced the Committee adjourned at five o'clock, to twelve o'clock to-morrow. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, May 8. CROPKILL v. CAMBRIDGE. In this case Mr. Kindersley, Q.C., with whom was Mr. Metcalfe, moved the Court, on affidavits for an in junction on behalf of Mr. Cropkill, proprietor of the Beverley Iron-works at Hull, against Mr. Cambridge, of Market I..avington,' Willits, to restrain him from making or selling any olod-crusher rollers made in imitation of Mr. Cropkill's patent ones. The defendant had obtained a patent in October last for a clod crusher similar to the plaintiff's. The Master of the Rolls granted the injunc tion as prayed, the defendant having consented thereto. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Guildhall, May 14. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord DENMAN and a Common Jury.) MARY ANNE PHILLIPS V.:WORSELEY. Mr. Crowder, :Mr. M. Chambers, and Mr. Char- Rock appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Warren, and Mr. Bovill were engaged fur the defence. The action was brought to recover compensation in damages for tho injury which the plaintiff had sustained by reason of the defendant having broken a promise of marriage which he made to her. It appeared that the plaintiff is the daughter of a person who was once the treasurer of Covent-garden Theatre, but has more re cently been the landlord of some three or four public houses or taverns in and near the metropolis, of which the latest was the Swan, in Hungerford-market. He became unsuccessful in this latter occupation, and was obliged to give it up, and as he had a large family, six daughters and one son, the plaintiff, who had become acquainted with the duties of a barmaid, procured em ployment in that situation at some two or three houses, of which the latest was that of Mr. Doyle, in Chandos street, called the Marquis of Granby, where she became acquainted with the defendant, who is a saddler, and a person of some considerable property, residing in South Audley-street. Miss Phillips had entered into some previous engagement with a person of the name of Ponder, which, however, was broken off before her intimacy with the present defendant. An offer of marriage having been made and accepted, the parties continued to live upon the footing usual upon such occasions, until a person called Metcalfe communi cated to the defendant some facts concerning the lady, which statement the defendant conveyed to the plaintiff herself, declaring at the same time that he believed it to be true, and that he should put an end to the contract of marriage accordingly. The plaintiff demanded the name of her accuser and the particulars of the accusation, but no distinct answer appeared to have been given to her upon the subject. It seemed, however, that the indivi dual who was said to have been improperly intimate with her was a Mr. Honey, the husband of the actress of that name, who had died nine years before the circu lation of the report, and whose acquaintanca with Miss Phillips and her family existed when she was only 14 years old. The efforts of the lady to procure an oppor tunity of justifying her conduct were very energetic, as were her protestations of her] own innocence. The de fendant, however, continued inexorable upon the subject of the marriage, and the present action was accordingly brought. The declaration was in the usual form. The defendant pleaded in justification, that after making the promise in question he discovered that the plaintiff was a person of loose, unchaste, and immodest character and conduct; that she had appeared upon the stage of seve ral theatres in male and indelicate attire, and that she had actually had illicit intercourse with a person of the name of Lowry upon several occasions which were spe cifically set forth, and had upon other occasions, and with other persons, been guilty of improper and indecent familiarity. Mr. CROWDER, having stated the case of the plaintiff, called the fallowing witnesses:— Charles Jay said that he was a coalmerchant at Black wall, and a fishmonger at Hungerford-market. He had married an elder sister of the plaintiff, and he detailed some of the circumstances which we have already men tioned about the commencement of the acquaintance between the parties, and the footing upon which they lived before the breaking off of the engagement. With regard to the fact of the plaintiff having appeared upon the boards of some two or three tin atres, the witness deposed that the defendant upon one occasion told him that the plaintiff had acknowledged to her lover that she had been upon the stage, and that he (the defendant) was perfectly satisfied with her statements and exple a m. tions upon that subject, and that no change in Vs con duct or deportment was at all made in consequence of that information. The witness himself was not aware of the fact that the young lady had appeared upon the stage at all. The witness stated, on cross-examination, that two sisters of the plaintiff and of witness's own wife were married, but he said that he did not know whether one of the husbands was a private in the Foot Guards, and the other a private in the Blues. It was no business of his to know who his sisters-in-law were married to. He did not know whether the proposed marriage of the plaintiff and defendant was known to the plaintiff's mother, or whether the plaintiff had the consent of her family for going on the stage. A person named Humphreys, and another named Phillips, the brother of the plaintiff, deposed to some of the facts already mentioned, and they both stated that they took all possible pains, but without effect, upon, the part of the plaintiff, to procure from the defendant and his attorneys the fullest information upon the nature of the imputation and the source from which it proceeded. The plaintiff's brother deposed that he offered to release the defendant from all personal responsibility if he would only furnish the name of the party by whom the infor mation was given. Evidence was also given to prove that the defendant, besides his establishment, had received more than 5,0001. at his father's death, and had other prop.rty worth about 6001. a year. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. COCKBURN addressed the jury for the defence, and called George Metcalfe, who said—l am an engraver, living in Pall-mall. I know the plaintiff and defendant. Had known plaintiff seven or eight years. She is 27 years of age. I have frequented the Swan Tavern, kept by her father. I know Edward Lucas Lowry. He made a statement to me with regard to Miss Phillips. I men tioned it to the defendant. I had not made any corn municaton to him before the 7th of February last. I know nothing of my own knowledge of any impropriety in the conduct of Mary Anne Phillips. I never saw any impropriety in the conduct of any person in the Swan, where she was barmaid, and which was kept by her father. Cross-examined—Had been at the house several times before Mr. Phillips gave it up. I had met Lowry there several times. I believe he was not a friend of Worseley's. I had been several times at Doyle's house whilst Miss Phillips was barmaid there, and whilst the defendant was paying his addresses to her ; and I had several opportu nities of observing her conduct. Edward Lowry was then called.—He said, I am the collector of the West Middlesex Waterworks Company. I know Corby. He told me that Mary Anne Phillips was going to be married, upon which I made an obser vation. Metcalfe afterwards called upon me upon the subject, and I afterwards saw Mr. Worseley. I after wards repeated to Mr. Barlow, the defendant's attorney, what I had stated to Metcalfe. I first knew Miss Phillips about eight years ago, when she was barmaid at the Swan. Our acquaintance continued about a year and a half, and, terminated about six years ago. My inti macy with her was of a peculiar nature. It oc curred at the Greyhound, at Greenwich. I was in the habit of going into the upper bar of the Swan. I have had intercourse with her in the Swan. The first act of in tercourse occurred twelve months after the commence ment of our acquaintance, during the continuance of which the illicit intercourse continued afterwards. The first act of intercourse took place at the Greyhound, at Green wich. I did not ask permission of her father or mother to let her come out. I never knew them. It was be tween eleven and three o'clock. We were home before six o'clock. I was articled to an architect in Vincent square, and am now ready to act as such. I was not with her at Greenwich more . than once. Once it cc curred in a room in the second floor of the Swan. I am not aware of any other occasion. I can't recollect if the second act was in the morning, or evening, or middle of the day. I can't recollect whether it was light or dark, or whether it was in summer or winter, or what month it was, from January to December. There was no bed in the room on the second floor of the Swan. I don't know it there was a carpet. There were chairs and a table. The occurrence took place upon the table. There might have been a glass of sherry and water of mine upon the table. To Lord DENMAN—When I first had intercourse with her I was of opinion that she was not a virgin. I have known Mr. Corby seven years. My acquaintance with Miss Phillips ceased about seven years ago. We had something to eat and drink at the Greyhound. Corby—l know the defendant, and Lowry, and Metcalfe. When I heard that the plaintiff and defendant were going to be married, I mentioned it to Lowry, who said he was very much surprised and very sorry. Metcalfe, re-called, stated that Lowry told him that he (Lowry) had had connexion with Mary Anne Phil lips. A fter another communication with Lowry, I then communicated the fact to the defendant. Young, an officer of Excise, near Banbury, knew the house whilst Miss Phillips was serving at the bar. Saw Lowry there, and a person called Bone. I saw no personal impropriety of behaviour upon her part, but her freedom of behaviour with the young men who at tended there was not correct. Hannah Hamlet lived with the Phillips family when they kept the Jew's Harp, near Albany Barracks. The house was frequented by soldiers, and two of the daugh ters married soldiers. The late Mr. Honey used to be with them a great deal. Mary Anne Phillips, the wit ness, and the whole of the family went into mourning when Honey was drowned. I never saw Honey's picture with Miss Phillips. Never saw Honey take her out. That I know. I never saw Mr. Lowry, and never had any conversation with Miss Phillips about Lowry. The witness proceeded to give several other answers, which were in opposition to the anticipations of the Learned Counsel by whom she was called. Some dis cussion thereupon arose as to the degree in which the counsel for the defendant was at liberty to contradict the testimony of his own witness from the written account which the attorney had made of the witness's examina tion at his office. Lord Denman finally permitted a cross-examination to proceed upon this footing, and afterwards allowed the attorney himself to enter the box, and state from the papr all the information which the witness had originally given him. Part of the state ment given to the attorney was, that the witness never thought there was anything criminal in the conduct of Miss Phillip, Morris Levy swore that there was not a better family in the kingdom than the family of the plaintiff, and that the plaintiff went upon the stage by the desire of her mother, the family being in bad circumstances at the time. Mr. Ennis, the under-prompter of the Haymarket Theatre, deposed to the plaintiff's having played the part of a page in the Fair One of the Golden Locks. Her salary was 9s. a•week. John Doyle, the landlord of the Marquis of Granby, in Chandos-street, said that whilst the plaintiff was re ceiving attentions from Mr. Ponder she was taken out once or twice by the defendant ; and that whilst she was engaged to the defendant himself she received presents from a Mr. Laing. The witness remonstrated with her about such impropriety, but she said that she should take presents from anybody; but she did not wish the de fendant to know of it.. She also expressed a wish that Mr. Worseley should not be informed of her having been upon the stage. The witness when Miss Phillips left his house told her that he should let her know what it was to have an enemy. Rebecca Bristow was barmaid with Mary Anne Phil lips at the Marquis of Granby. Saw Ponder, Crotch, and Laing there. Cannot recollect if they paid any par ticular attention to her. This was the case for the defendant. Mr. CROWDER then replied, after which Lord DENMAN left the case to the jury, who, after a little consultation, found a verdict for the plaintiff— Damages, 4001. The case was not concluded until near ten o'clock at night. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSIOIV-HOUSE. Mr. E. Smith, of George-street, Mansion-house•street, was summoned before the Lord Mayor and Sir John Pirie, under the following circumstances, to answer for having refused to deliver up the property of Mrs. Jaae Foster. Mr. Humphreys, who attended for the complainant, stated that he believed that Mr. Smith was not impli cated in the transaction in sr,ch a manner as to reflect the least dishonour upon him, but it became necessary to summon him, as he was the person in whose pos session the property actually was, and by the Metropo litan Police Act it lay in the power of the magistrates to adjudicate in the matter. The complaint of Mrs. Foster was, that the goods which hal been obtained from her by a Mr. Fitzgerald, had been unlawfully deposited at the warehouse of Mr. Smith, and that she could not obtain possession of them. Mrs. Foster deposed that she lived at No. 4, Asks street, Iloxton, and was a widow. She had lived in Sydney-square, and a Mr. Fitzgerald lodged with her there. She was requested by Mr. Fitzgerald to give up that house, and go to live in one in Arundel street, Strand, and she accordingly took her furniture to that house, which he took, and became his housekeeper, and gave him 161. to pay the required advance of rent. Witness remained in the house from the 29th of Novem ber till the 10th of February. An effort was made on the Ist of February by Mr. Fitzgerald to get her out of the house. The gentleman had got married, and he wrote a certificate stating that she was entitled to the furniture, and that she alone should receive it. She was taken away to lodgings from the house by Mr. Fitz gerald, who told her that he only wanted her to be quiet for a short time, and then she should have her property. She could not, in fact, remain any longer in the house. On the 3d of May her furniture was taken out of the house and conveyed to the premises of the de fendant, where she believed it to be at the present mo ment. She had taken a promissory note from Mr. Fitz gerald, payable at the rate of 10/. per month, for 501., upon going out of the house, but that note had no refe rence to her furniture, which was worth between 100/. and 2001. A gentleman from the offices of Mr. Cross, solicitor, asked (for the defendant) whether that note had not actually been given in consideration of the purchase of the furniture? The complainant—Not at all. I never received a shilling, or the value of a shilling, with refe rence to my furniture, which was, in fact, the source of my livelihood. They wished to get me out of the house as soon as possible. The defendant's solicitor stated that his client had purchased the furniture of Mr. Fitzgerald in a regular tradesmanlike manner, to which no man could possibly object; and he called witnesses to prove the bond fide nature of the transaction. _ _ Mr. John Cavanagh, of No. 19, Tower-street, St. Martin's-lane, stated that he came to London from Ire land for the purpose of being connected with the press. He v0....s present in February when the complainant left the house in Arundel-street, No. 35, kept by Mr. Fitz gerald. Mr. Fitzgerald offered her, upon the occasion, two 51. notes, and his note for 501., as an acquittance of any claims she might have upon him for the furniture, or anything else. At first she refused the offer, but she afterwards consented to take it. The bill given by Mr. Fitzgerald was payable by instalments of 101. each. The complainant acted as housekeeper to Mr. Fitzgerald. Cross-examined by Mr. HUMPHREYS—Witness came to London to be connected with the press. He had been in no employment since his arrival on the 10th of No vember last. He resided with Mr. Fitzgerald in Arun del-street the greater part of the time. He had con ducted a boarding and day-school in Banagher, in King's county, and he had been connected with the press in Ireland. He had resided with Mr. Fitzgerald at that gentleman's expense, and had been acquainted with him in Ireland, where they met twice. He did not know what Mr. Fitzgerald was, but hoped that Mr. Fitzgerald was a gentleman. Mr. liumpuitEis—Of what occupation is Mr. Fitz gerald ? Witness—lle is of no occupation that I am aware of. I was given to understand that he was con nected with the press. He said so. I have no kno lege of that fact. My opinion is that he is not eon 7 netted with the press. The witness here requested to state that be bad be' come acquainted with Mr. Fitzgerald in Ireland, when, that gentleman was canvassing for the establi shment ° °` a newspaper ; and that Mr. Fitzgerald h ad proposed him a partnership in the affair, which prop osal was ue ..ht re. jetted. He added that the complainant had beso his Mr. gerald to settle the bust: ness, interf and he erence was sure Fitz that the note for 501. refer to the furniture, and every other claim w hich she °light have had uon the defendant. at r. Michael Rafferty, a medical student, residing No. 35, Arundel-street, Strand, stated that he was pre,7 sent when Mr. Fitzgerald said in the complainanotl presence that he had given to her a 501. bill and e l , h ' in cash for the furniture, and anyi other claims wi' t ` c d she might have upon him. The complainant inticn something about a claim for breach of promise of miallti a riage, but witness understood that: the bill and the were given in liquidation of all claims. Sh e had begg.r h of him for God's sake to get her an arrangement t' Mr. Fitzgerald. they very Mr. Huinphreys—You say you reside d in w house hat i n ur niture i t s h t c he complainant's ri f u rniture we' t . a) Mr. Humphreys—Are all the rooms " f il en i s be :d d 7 . Witness--No. The kitchen is furnished , and room is furnished. Mr. Humphreys—Do you know to what business Fitzgerald belongs ? Witness—l do not. to' The defendant stated that he had paid 15/. un der p die tot upon the seizure of the furniture w hich Tv 4s posed of to him by Mr. Fitzgerald, to whom be enivtor. Wined not the slightest doubt the goods belonged. him Fitzgerald had, in fact, several times applied to to upon this subject, and had stated, that he veto r 's sbe . Ass establish a newspaper, and that immediate me"- pay the indispensable. Mr. Fitzgerald asked him 10/. ih r r r furniture, but he refused to give more than 75,1 too and that sum had been agreed upon, and Pi" to well Fitzgerald, so that he (defendant) bad pai d 751. a" as well as the 151. under the protest. The furniture 75 b ad sold by him too, and an attachment had been iflitt from the Mr. Mor's Court. ea bnie nt Humphreys --It is very easy t o get an a l-- c issued from the Mayor's Court. tk i er 4:110 LORD MAYOR asked the complainant °beet*, she had any idea of taking Mr. Fitzgerald 's bi ll for The and the 10/. note, as payment for her furn iture r ? .omplainant—Never, my Lord. t a fter th e The Solicitor for Mr. - Smith submitted, tb a rei e ssibh e evidence which had been heard, it would be ' t e ° 6o 19 to look upon Mr. Fitzgerald in any other ligh t efe. the owner of the furniture, and that of ce u _ e r Smith was justified in the course he had pursue`" t o tbo The LORD MAYOR—We cannot shut our eY e9 e heeatit fact, that it is quite impossible that the ec'n 3 t' W eld' could have given, for this bill cf 50/, furniture was worth in all probability 150/. eiret z Sir JOAN PIRIE—We consider that that bill Wa s for something else. Sfe ith The LORD MAYOR—Our decision is, that t . . must give back the furniture to the omP 13'n— ogen _at ' The Solicitor to Mr. Smith—We shall aPp e the decision, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—Very well. We de ci de that 513° must have her furniture. EARLY CLOSING OF SHO P°. 431.• r t f i A public meeting, called for the purpo se w some steps to procure the aboltion Of the P r- Or system o of late business hours, so prevalent thronvig Cuotuctehietmßetoroouplosl,isi‘iwo-arstihmeeldr-slatrsteetn,iglit at la rove I)r. T h E e pp m s e i e n ti t u l g ie chair. c a vendis h-6 " Li . rl dr " log was very respectably considerable number of well-dressed ladies bel pr Theesent. CHAIRMAN, in opening the busin ess ° meeting, said that he was sure that all w ho we re bicb n.that room must feel that this wa s a cause *roe called for thei- warmest sympathy. which appealed to their kindest and 111°5 " :0 0 " feelings, for it only asked that they sh oo do that justice to others, which po would wish extended to thensselves. ,W;fps of admirer of legislative interference in clues"—if the this i kind, and he was very certain that ove n „ - t ro o ii .egislature of this country passed an Act to-n l ua asidening the hours of labour, that Act would:in so _ o by those persons who were most intereste",,e en' _d . lug. Their legislature should therefore he the ht lightened public mind of the country, and sure which of success would be in that degree only, by e they acted on that mind by agitation, the ontinually hoiding up to their mental visi on st o. banefulHe effects which resulted from this el a s cl• e would leave to the gentlemen wil e /s°Li deta i r l b dress the meeting after him, to give assvvlPe statement of their proceedings, and the suee oa had already attended them ; ad first he sholnuwwletp the Secretary to report the history. of t ea 1 and he trusted that the good they had alre'al hica would form a foretaste of the greater gr pe ll ) would result from their after exertions.--(v,",trsean The SECRETARY then entered into a le". 0 f tir statement of the rise, progress, and presPee'si.; London General Association of all Trades, for y o - u e r xposing th sn e ts f leo a n l o l ln a ee c nr y . of the saying, that abridgment b of the hours of business, god o n- e sem uerreehan.gseeecessary, id not m 1 pre because people coo tb. h t h Severalrsw a ddred a pi. afterwards e sse To to meeting, and the following resolutions W mously agreed to : t Oft , " That the meeting views with the deeP es i n bog 1 the present protracted system of late hel l " basic s ness, as having a tendency to impair thee!), f ii the er' and mental energies of those w ho are Ogg .„ 0 10Y same, without advancing the interest o f the ". tco ge or yielding to any one branch of trade the le' ceivable benefit." of th l " That in order to facilitate the just eff °4l .. o rem , who are engaged in the laudable endeavour :501 the grievance contemplated in the firs ti on ( ' 0 a th ss is ist m t e h e e t m ing to p t l h ed e g u e t s m i o ts s e t lf to . co-operateinle orido of its power desirable an object." for an Thanks having been voted to the Chairrt niee tipg able and impartial conduct in the cbair, to e separated. vii§lCS . . SPORTING INTELLIG.---csoo-0, ib NEWMARKET, WEDItlf- 91:41' . 10 8° ') Sweepstakes of 50 sevs. each, for fouryear of ; 017 Vin) 1 and fillies Bst 51b. Last three miles of .1 3 •C's4bin 5°11/ 3 , Duke of Bedford's Panther, by Liverpool ...... (... . A .l 0. Lord Exeter's c by Beiram, out of Amarylli s es .................... Panther waited to the Ab. M. bottom, N r ee 0 : 4) 0; the running at a good pace, and won easy by '''' frotn, h ' 0 0 0 The Beiram colt broke down two or three strided9,B4,,insc. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for three-yea rS4 l far ' vv..' fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. The winner to be sol° 1 ColosnSeul Subs.) ( Nat) Little Finch ................................ ...... 1 ........... I .''' j u lia.' 4 1 Mr. Rogers's St. Domino Lord Orford's cby the ( g rand Duke out 0 I, On 6 Mr. Francis's b g by Slane out of the Captain Mr. Maraon'a c by Bentley out of Emma ....... 7 ... t . 0 1 •51Sn al: , 6 to 4 on Finch, 3 to 1 agst St. DOlllitle, i ,_ ths_ . ,„ o o o f Emma colt, and 4 to 1 agst - Lord Orford's c ° '; o3 cr gllia . gelding and the colt made the running to the op lo Poe c t ' T v o l he h ‘e e t , e i r s l e r e lty t a h c bo c o yl kroctal others l e t; ea r n s ktg c ielt l seh o o s , e fai d aiio withur favourite t e them,tithen a‘nydenttheiya fo ot, it,..0 vlit b Of ,i•aeCl." subs'' s w oy a : Celaaer s d. ft , " (3 1 ; rel 14 I added. Last mile and a half of B.C. ' (P t) g Mr l' .l7yn d e e 's cl (. 3 ; e ie d e • ?) Mab, 6 yrs, 7st 51b ...;_• - , 4 '„,.r .. 5, . 7.14 9 , 1 0 11 .2 Sir J. Hawley's the Bishop of Romford's C o ° , ''''' '' .. /P .. Duke of Bedford's Prologue, 3 yrs, sst 51b ....... • I ; c . eortil, The following also started, but were „O t ke P of ° v.- 6 f r i Salvin's Alice Hawthorn, aged, gat 91b- -- ,- I} ,, n- 0,. ssalh 98; Minotaur, 5 yrs, Bst 711; Mr. Howe's 1 1 -,',,, °- gv e l 4 ," 7st 111b—Mr. Death's Misdeal, 6 yrs, 7 5 t .,„;, ‘ ," - rr's ''„ -- f v„,%; • Young Lochinvar, 5 yrs, 7st 51h—Lord -E -- 1 ..0i1t -00f— -5 yrs, Est 131b—Mr. I-lowe's cby Ratcatch4,oo6t ~b , .. quoise, 4 yrs, Est 111b—Lord George Bentinna : 14 ot 4 ; re: 4 yrs, 6st 31b—and Lord Exeter's Deodara, ,1 0 1 obl i t,' Betting-5 to 4 agst Alice Hawthorn, ° 0 7,15 17, I sr logue, 7to 1 agst Wee Pet, 7 to 1 agst Qu ee dlo 0 l at i s io t r ' a f s h s e an C . ob, ll, B ro t n o blyagtwstoYleonughsLochinvar, all • F., t • • Id 3 ' e " bolts" ' 9 llandicap Plate of 50/. for three yrs 0 t A ibita ~ 6 " Duke of Rutland's Welbeck, 4 yrs, 7st Sib ( " ....".: Mr. T. B. Charlton's Ruff, 3 yrs, sst 71b ........ . .... ..6,1 45 ', Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton, 4 yrs 7st 41b ..................... The following also started :—Mr. Wiggle 5 yre, d u oie , . ° l 6st 81b—Mr. Newton's Sister to Ma Mi e ',, ir. % , 6. - Francis's Seven's the Main, 4 yrs, 6st--an',:ib. 6 t . „ ° , i _,.., b f, by Redshank out of Lava, 3 vrs, s s t • ' you 6 _,, a n . I P- Sister to Ma Mie, and 5 to 2 agst Skeleton. to pa Two other races were not, run Wh en ' 0 ' edr i lia made up. yr,,Esna lr ' o MANCHESTER RACES. --- ` -- gots, '- 1 Plate of 50/., the second receives 10 sous. $ 9 and a distance. 00 3) 1 g • Mr. Robinson's Wasp, aged, Bst 81 b •••( 11- * ...•• dr Mr. Dawsou's Montgomerie, 3 yrs , 7st ........ ... Lord Stanley's Ambition, 4 yrs, Bst Ilb ... : ..... .•• Won by the BIRTHS. f i b s C helsea , On the 11th inst., in Markham-square, 0 s lag Mr. Charles Aspre f y, tv . e , tb e ig On the 1 lth inst., at Farnborough Vicar b. Fr al) i* Rev.Holbech, of a son. hanb On the 14th inst., at West-green, Totten Warren, of a daughter. of the a length, cleverly _ 0 .. 0 .4 , MA.R.Ii/ED . Esq., so n j ii, On the 12th inst., Christopher Cookson, 410 , n. L ', 54 ., 0 late Colonel Cookson, of Neasham Hall, Du' Ellie , Esq"' late Charlotte, second daughter a Cha rles Ilea° Harley-street. o 106°111. At Sydney, Robert Shadforth , Esq., t N. third daughter of Captain Hollinwor th, E. fr. , Doi' LIE D. Wes ., ves t On the 10th of March, at Paramaribo, 01l pone' i iz iea• Beazley, Esq. C h arlotte ,ere F 0 04 4 On the 22d of April, at Malta, Cba lion. ar iael' daughter of the late Major-General the ra _, is 0 , On the 3d inst., at Dresden, Charles F 'l' late Toot" of Sunbury, Middlesex. of th e o f S' On the Bth inst., Mary Raikes, relict , ti ghte r Raikes, Esq., of St. Petersburgh• in fant us — got' On the Bth inst., Frances Elise, the phittle 6 Calvert, Esq., of Hunsdon, Herts. ~i iro jeo,‘-- -- 'the On the loth inst., in Ebury-street, r ~,, woe; tram, Esq. , St. J°"Ze 'r roPv -e. • On the 12th inst., at Alpha - P ace ' r a f fle, ' Rev. G. .Moultrie, Vicar of Cleobury Mo .., 0 ( r ' 4w lg ------ IWO „0. 1 of fifll Loudon : Printed and Published by -- afacet,opty Strand, in the Precinct of the Save.), No. 112, Strand, Printer. at The Sy s in - the ' Bliddleseg, Wednesday, MAY 14, 1844. •