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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS May 9 , .- The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. . PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following Bill 4 were real a third time and passed : Cambridge Regulation and Improvement, Markets and Fairs. Childwalt Waterworks. East and West India Docks, and Birmin2,l3am Junction Railway. Hartley's Divorce. Shropshire Union Railways' and Canal. The following Bills, as amended, were considered and agreed to: — Birmingham Dock Trustees. Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham Railway (Exten sion or Revival of Powers for the Purchase of Lauds and Completion of Works, Amendment or Repeal of Ac's). Forth and Clyde Navigation. London and Blackwall Railway. Waterford and Limerick Railway. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against Sunday labour in the Post-office. Mr. WILSON presented a petition from Clitheroe against any alteration in the Ten Hours Bill. Similar petitions were presented by Sir Henry Wil loughby from Bolton, by Mr. Horuby from Lancashire, by Lord T. Manners from 45 master manufactures, in cluding most of the principal master manufacturers of Lancashire and Yorkshire. Mr. ANDERSON presented a petition against any alteration in the parochial school system of Scotland. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from Alford against the increase of beer-houses. Colonel FREESTUN presented a petition from the resident ma;istrates, churchwardens, overseers, master mariners, and upwards of 500 other inhabitants of the Island of Portland, in the county of Dorset, praying that the House will make no alteration in the postal ar rangements; and stating that a former petition presented to the House, was unauthorised by the inhabitants gene rally, and signed in the churches, after Divine service, thereby making them the theatres of political discussion, a desecration which the petitioners conceived t ,- ) be of a far more serious nature, than the travelling of the mails and the delivery of letters on Sundays. PROTECTION TO NATIVE INDUSTRY. Mr. DRUMMOND gave notice that on early day he should more a resolution to the effect that it was unjust acd impolitic to impose any daty on the produce of the labourers of this country while no duty was imposed on foreign labour. WALTHAM F3REST. Lord DUNCAN moved for certain rcturns connected with the enchroachments up,:n Waltham Forest, which were agreed tn. TRAFFIC OF TURNPIKE ROADS. Lord J. MANNERS moved for a return of the aggre gate number of miles on turnpike and parish roads, &c., travelled over by mails, stage coaches, &r., which was agreed to. SOAP. The HON. MEMBER also moved for a return of the quantities of soap, or of the substitute for soap, made and used on the premises in the manufacturing districts, free of excise duty; and of the quantities of soap used by manufacturers on which the excise duty has been returned, during each of the last three years. Agreed to. DRAINAGE ADVANCES FOR IRELAND. Major BLACKALL asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to proceed with the Drainage Advances for Ire land Bill? Also, whether, in the meantime, orders had been issued to the Board of Works to proceed with the drainage works already commenced? Also, whether it was the intention of the Government to propose any ex tension of the purposes to which money borrowed for the improvement of landed proprty in Ireland may be applied ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, as to the float question, that the Bill was perfectly ready, and would have been introduced before now, if there had been any prospect of going on with it ; but It was his intentio❑ to proceed with the Bill at the earliest possi'olo peried. With reference to the other question, he stated he would not authorise any further loans of money until the Bill was passed, but th:lt the works would be proceeded with as far as the present balance in hand would allow. The subject to which the last question referred he thought was one rather for consideration of the House than the Govern ment. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. Mr. HUME wished to put a question to the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary of State for the home De partment relative to a recent case which had been tried in the Court of Exchequer. After detailing the circumstances of the ease, which have already been published in The Sun, the Honourable Gentleman proceeded to ask the Right Hon. Baronet whether the attention of the Government had been drawn to the charge of Baron Alderson to the jury in the case; and whether it:was the intention of the Government to intro duce any measure for the protection of the public against ..ho misconduct of those acting in the employ of railway companies ? Sir GEORGE GREY said his attention had been called to the case, and it appeared that Mr. Gray brought an action against one of the servants of the Eastern Counties Companv. Mr. HUME—No, against the company. Sir GEORGE GREY 'thanked his Hon. Friend for the correction. The action arose out of an alleged illegal imprisonment by a servant of the company. Now, he believed he was right in saying, and he spoke under the correction of his legal f:iends, that it was a settled rule of law that where a servant commits a wilful act the employer was not liable unless some evidence was adduced that the act was done with his sanction. Now, in that case he was informed that not only was such evidence wanting, but there was direct evidence to show that the act complained of was com mitted contrary to the express orders of the company, so that the matter r,-solved itself into this, that the plaintiff had brought his action against the wrong party. With regard to the other part of the question, as to whether it was the intention of Government to alter the long settled rate of law relative to liability of wasters in such cases as this, he begged to tell his Hon. Friend that Government entertained no such intention. MR. COM.BE. THE MAGISTRATE. - Mr. RIO LIA.RD FOX wished to ask a question of the Right Hun. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Delatrtment on a subject which had excited a good deal of interest within the last few days. It related to an oceurrence which took place at the Clerkenwell Police court on Tuesday last. It appeared that a person named Reardon was placed in the witness-box of that court, and the New Testament was handed to him fa- the purpose of his being sworn. Before swearing him, however, the officer whose duty it was to administer the oath requested him to make the sign Of the cross, having ascertained that he was a Roman Catholic, . which the witness refused to do, stating that he .considered it an insult to be told that his oath taken on, the Evatigeliats v,-as not as binding without . the cross as with it. Then, it would seem that the magistrate, Mr. Combe, took it up, who stated that he had never known a Roman Catholic riiii3e to make the sign of the cross before, whereupon the. witness still protestA that this mode of proceeding could be intended as nothing else than an insult to him self.. This called feat% another explanation from the magistrate in the shape of an intimation to the witness that if a Roman Catholic priest were pr,;sent, he would toll him that an oath taken by a Roman Catholic would not be binding, unless it wore accompanied by the sign of the cross. The witness, how ever, persisted that he knew nothing cf any such rule, and ultimately he wes allowed to be sworn in the usual Way, when he gave some evidence contradicting that of al;:!,.;)rnar3r witness, but the magistrate said he did not T L ev e bin, and decided the case- the other way. :.L II° witness Reard on th en as k e d th e magistrate it. he, the magistrate, intended publicly to chase him with gisitrate rePlied thateeninlitting perjury, to which the ma ne wished, he certainly did.—(Herr, hear.) State, whethe r it P 7, ther ef ore, h to ask the Chief Secretary of o f Mr. Cotahe, preiiil* is intention to notice the conduct Sessions enuet, towaint!ti.t magistrate of the Clerkenwell t h e name of Rearclo G n, R i y T a uea l r a ay, l ; i th May? of witness of , Sir GEORGE said his attention had been called to the ease by re oe t v i question yes terday from hutTsnsllica of a terday on the subject Arundel and Surrey, an d in his Nobly, Friend the Earl of lion he had looked over the sequence of that m arl of thn case • ne w,papers.. Upon reading in the that report he communication to be made to c directed a . Mr. ombe, the magis trate, requeaing that gentleman to furnish him with any (Amery:sums in explanation on the matter. The answer he hid received to ' that communi cat i on found n) f a ult with the newspaper report of the easat but( it stated` that the witness being requested to make the sign of the cress was in accordance w i th t h e us ual practice of the Clerkenwell Police. court. The answer added that the magistrate did not discredit the evidance of the witness because ho refused to make the .sign of the cross, but because the evidence on the -Othel side seemed to ho the strongest, and the most to be relied on.—(bear, . hear.) New he (Sir G. Grey) must confess that this practice wits 'one which he had never heart! of before,while he had matte inquiries of parties who were well informed on the E .,„,. llh L ct, and they seemed to think that the act of -- r• - 'ng the sign of the cross was quite voluntary on the part t)t the witacsi, and no magistrate h ad a ri g ht to in- V at on a witness performing the ceremony before p ermit- Int him t(be eworn. It did not appear that the practice pre va il ed in 6 court, nor did it any other police-co . . ..,, prevail in any o f the tither in king. land or Ireland. common law courts c. directed a communication hear.) He had, therefore, directing that the to be made to Mr. COMbe, &zed in the Clerkepurwaeetic'e should be forthwith abaci -11 AY MONDAYS ,Court.—(Cheers.) `Mr. HUME asked the BUSINESS. Home Department wh t• Secretary of State fir the a, Monday ? was to be the business for Sir GEORGE GREY said the Australian Govern ment Bill stood first for Monday. POLICE IMPROVEMENT (SCOTLAND) FILL. On the motion that the House shoul t go iuto Com mittee on this Bill, Mr. MIME said, having been informed that all the material objections to this Bill coming from S cotland had been removed, he did no t intend to oppose any oh steel° whatever to the Bill. In answo t. , . , :tipllfrom Mr. COWAN, 02M6 :0 '• J ATE said it was not his inten- • • ~.... • • Y 71,4 the •üblie Ile.ilth Bill to-jgat. ' • t'liPiise , thai\x*t, into Committee. , 2 5 4, e i were agree d to wlilout dis- 4. ' 41 ill'OM • (Iro 61 4: re then agreed to with som e 1 ' A? amendments. i fivm 0 to "6 lad 4s;y3 were ague] to witt,- ou . ,x4eTearirer° THE SUN, The remaining clauses having been egreed to, Mr. ANSTEY congratulated the Committee on having gone. through so speedily a Bill containing 370 clauses; and contrasted the proceedings with the ob jection made yesterday to the Irish Fisheries Bisl, in troduced by himself, and which contained only 150 clauses. Mr. HUME remarked, that if every Bill was as well considered before being brought in as this was, there would be but little objection to it.—(Hear.) Mr. CHARTERIS asked the Lord Advocate when he intended issuing his invitations for a Blackwell dinner to celebrate the business-like harmony of the even ing?—(A. laugh.) In answer to Mr. FIUME, Mr. F. MAULE said an early day would be fixed for the report. After that stage the Bill would be re printed and circulated in Scotland before the third reading. Mr. HUME suggested that the report should be re ceived immediately, as the Scotch Members were de sirous of sending the Bill to their constituents without delay. The House then resumed; and went into Committee od the COURT OF SESSION (SCOTLAND) BILL. Th e Various clauses were agreed to after some verbal amendments, New clauses were added, and the Bill was ordered : 0 be reported, with amendments. The House h a ving resumed, The CHAIRMe; N reported progress, and the Bill, as amended, was ordered to be printed. The report was ordered to be received (as we under stood) on the sth of June. PUBLIC HEALTH (SCOTLAND) BILL. The Committee on this Bill was postponed. RAILWAYS ABANDONMENT BILL. On the motion for going into Committee on this Bill, Mr. SCULLY said he wished to make a few observa tions on a measure which he conceived so important to a large number of individuals before the Speaker left the chair. That Bill was intended to benefit the share holders of any railway who might he anxious to wind up the affairs of their respective companies; and it was founded upon the recommendations contained in the report of the Commissioners, as well as the Audit Bill of last year. Now if he drew the attention of the House to that report for a short time, he thought he should be able to advance good reasons for agreeing to the clauses of which be had given notice. Mr. LABOUCHERE suggested that it might be more regular for the Hon. Member to address himself to the subject when they had gone into Committee, and when the other clauses were inserted. Mr. SCULLY thought the question involved was of so much importance, and as he feared he might not receive so much attention after they had gone into Committee, he would trespass only for a few minutes upon the petience of the House while he stated his general opinion of the Bill in question, reserving his objections to the details for the Committee. In the Commissioner's re port it had been stated that Bills for the formation of 12,000 miles of railway had been passed, of which 7,000 were still unfinished, and that more than 4,000 of the same were likely never to be completed. No less than 50,000,0001. of money were involved in the operation of that Bill. There were many cases in which proprietors had paid up their calls, but who dif fered from the directors as to the propriety of going on with the undertaking, and it was but fair to give them the power of voting for the abandonment of the line, if not for its continuance. In the latter case the Railway Commissioners might have a veto.' The Bill had defects in detail, to which he would refer in Committee. It was of great importance, however, to give increased facilities to shareholders to wind up the accounts of a company; and though the preamble of the present Bill proposed to do that, ho contended that it would not bear out its avowed object. There was a railway company with which he was acquainted on which the directors, by way of evading the effect of that Bill, had made a further call upon the shareholders, although they had already paid up 10/. on their shares, and notwithstanding that it was tour years in existence not a mile had yet been made. What he chiefly wished to effect by the clauses.and amendments of which he had given notice was, to give the shareholders full powers to wind up the affairs of a company when they thought it better not to go on with the undertaking. The House then went into Committee. Clauses up to 5 were agreed to after some discussion, in which only Mr. SCULLY and the SOLICITOR-GENERAL took part. Mr. SCULLY proposed an addition, of which he had given notice, enabling the shareholders to call a meeting iu case the directors refused to do so, on a requisition being presented to them. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL suggested that a pro viso to that effect could be more conveniently added after clause 3. Mr. SCULLY agreed to the suggestion made, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 6,7, 8, and 9 were also severally agreed to. Clause 10 having been put, Major BERESFORD said that he thought the clause a ,very objectionable one, for it would give the Commis sioners a power of reversing, on the representation of a few individuals, the decision of a meeting of shareholders. The SOLICITOR -GENERAL said the clause had not been originally in the Bill; but it appeared to him that they might safely vest the proposed discretion in the Commissioners. Major BERESFORD said he could see no necessity f granting to the Commissioners such very extraordi nary powers. Mr. LABOUCHERE said it should be remembered that the Bill proceeded on the principle of leaving a large discretion to the Commissioners. He could not think that there was any danger to be apprehended from the clause. Mr. DISRAELI said, it appeared to him that the clause was one of a most arbitrary character. If they were willing to grant such an extraordinary power to the Commissioners they might as well pass an Act at once leaving the whole question absolutely at the dis posal of those gentlemen. In case the House should go to a division on the clause, he should certainly vote against it. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the clause bad been framed for the purpose of dealing with the case of a packed meeting ; but,he had no objection so to amend it that the Commissioners should merely have the power of or dering the convening of another meeting. Major BERESFORD said, he should be perfectly satisfied with that amendment. The clause was then agreed to (as we understood), with the understanding that it should be amended on the bringing up the report. Clauses up to 19 inclusive were also ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 20 was agreed to, after having been amended. Clauses 21 and 22 were agreed to. Clause 23 was amended, and then adopted. Clauses up to 27 inclusive were agreed to. Clause 28 having been put, Mr. COWAN said he wished to know a hether the Bill was to extend to Scotland ? The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he was afraid the machinery of the Scottish Courts would not tally with the provisions of the Bill. But he should consult his Hon. and Learned Friend the Lord-Advocate upon the subject. Mr. SCULLY objected to the provision for extending the operation of the Bill to suits which had been com menced since the 11th of February. That would give the measure retrospective effect. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that on the 11 th of February it was well known that such a Bill would be introduced in the course of the session. Major BERESFORD moved that " the Ist day of May" be substituted for " the II th day of February," as the date of the commencement of the Act. After a short conversation the amendment was nega tived without a division. The remaining clauses were then agreed to. Mr. SCULLY moved to add a clause, the object of which was to empower shareholders in any company disputing the validity of any calls, or who should be in arrear of calls or capital, to vote for the abandonment, or partial abandonment, of the scheme, or for the wind ing up of the company ; but at the same time to be pre cluded from voting in favour of its continuation, or fur the prosecution of any of its works. Also a clause giving power to the Commissioners of Railways in their discretion to require or attach, as one of the conditions to their assent to any such abandonment or wind ing-up, the payments of any calls made within three months before any requisitions for a meeting, or within such time as to such Commissioners should seem meet. He thought it important that the directors of railway schemes should be compellable Inge to discu s* ma tt ers w h e re a majorityto of h t o h ld e xneetshare holders ca ll e d f or t h em, an d i t was but fair that those parties, w h o a ll t h rough had foun d fault with their t hptroe ceedings, s h ou l d have a voice at such meetings . At same time he provided that they should have no power_ of votin g f or the continuation of any expenditure. By his second clause he proposed to give the Railway Com missioners a veto and the power of compelling these shareh o ld ers to pay up a certain portion of their arrears. It app eare d to him that the Bill without some such provi sions would be perfectly useless for the objects which its promoters professed to have in view, and ho therefore begged to propose the two clauses for the adoption of the Committee. o(t)rffo A adg l Ili g ivi n g company n L i 0 g hA thoseß o f 0 Uri p owe r clausesh,li eo rEftßo to v ote mhvi eoc c dth o e u nf l o o d rp in vo lve d no t t c h o e n s h e o n v t e l t o p r t i l o m e i p i n l e athrteofabtahhedcoohnmseteittueonfcya railway project. Ile hoped, therefore, that the Hon. Member would not persist in his motion. After a short conversation the clauses were withdrawn. The Bill passed through Committee, and the repot t was ordered to be brought up on Monday. ELECTIONS (IRELAND) BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Oa clause 1 being proposed, Mr. M. O'CONNELL rose to bring forward the amend m „ a t of which he had given notice —at the end of the 0 to insert the word s , "A n d that at all .use, page - such elections nae ' in future the votes be t a k en b y way of ballot." He said ho thought that every p erson w h o had. must come to the conclusion his attention to the mode in which elections in that intimidation d to uc a te g d reat extent practised in that were going to extend the fran directed When they country. they ought also to give to the poor Irelandt had been was voter; the protectio proceed purl passe with the other n of the ballot in this Bill, which it e bad not many cases o f measure. Although . Ireland, it was admitted on in . intendedw eL a i s seot. Irelsavnad;to tthey bribery at elections all hands that pr o ac ee ti d sed eg m ein o s .t t extensively. The thief argument was , that it was the principle of theballet of the character intim , i i e d f ation "11" 11 that argument might of a free people. However we rthv wn unmanly, cowardly, and apply to thi s country, in which the people had for so remarkable for their s t ur d iness of character, it was utterly many year s free institutions, and were _y inapplicable to Irel an d, i n which the people had no such vested rights. For centuries the Irish population was deprived _of any . description of fra nc hi se. The franchise was confined to one particular sec'. Concomitant with the admission of Roman Catholics to Parliament was the further limita tion cf the franchise in Ireland. How different was the Reform Bill given to Ireland to that which they gave to England. The present Judge Crampton, when Solicitor- General, designated the Irish Reform Bill as essentially conservative, for in every point it possibly could it re stricted the rights of the voter, and placed him com rletely Hider the power of his political opponents. While the legislation in respect to England was calcu lated to encourage all the virtues of freemen, their legis lation in respect to Ireland tended to develop all the vices of the slave. The question with the Irishman was one between his purse and his conscience. If he voted with his landlord, ho was disgraced with his neigh bours— Mr. BERNAL here interposed. He said he was very unwilling to interrupt the Hon. Member, bat he was clearly of opinion that the Hon. Gentleman was about to make a motion that could not be said to come within the scope or title of the Bill. The Bill was one to facilitate the progress of elections in Ireland, by creating addi tional polling-places in that country. The question, then, which the Hon. Gentleman was proceeding to discuss was that of taking the votes by ballot, which certainly was not within the scope of Parliament then to enter tain. _ . Mr. M. O'CONNELL would, of course, submit to the opinion of the Chair. He was, however, but taking that course which he was informed was the better and more convenient ono to take—the sense of the House upon this question. He wished that he had been informed of his mistake sooner. Mr. BERNAL said that the Hon. Gentleman must be aware that he had had no communication with him (the Caairmun) on the subject. Mr, M. O'CONNELL.—I did not refer to you, Sir, at all, Mr. AGLIONBY had no doubt whatever of the cor- Tectness of the view taken by Mr. Bernal. lie would vote with the llon. Gentleman upon this question when ever it was brought forward. He would suggest to the Hor. Gentleman the propriety of moving his question in the shape of a separate clause on the third reading of the Bill, and then it would be competent for him also to move to change the title of the Bill, so as to make it a Bill to shorten the duration of elections and to take the votes by ballot.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. F. O'CONNOR concurred in the views expressed by the Hon. Member for Ceckermouth. Mr. HUME hoped that the Hon. Member would take the course suggested by his Hon. Friend, and give ample notice of his intention to bring forward the question, when the House would be fully prepared to discuss it. He thought that the time was come to pro tect the people of Ireland—(Hear)—and he hoped that the House would take into consideration the peculiar circumstances of that country. Mr. H. BERKELEY thanked the Hon. Member for Traffic, for bringing forward this motion. He thought it would be a disgrace if some of the Irish Members were not found, upon a question of this description, to main tain the electoral rights of the people. He trusted that the Hon. Member would persist in his intention to bring forward this question at the first opportunity. Tile O'GORMAN MAHON hoped that the Hom Me mber would take the course suggested, and give the Irish Members an opportunity of rallying upon this subject. He had no doubt but that the Irish Members would be found prepared to do their duty to their country upon this point at all events. Mr. M. O'CONNELL admitted that he did not con sult with Mr. Bernal on the subject. He could not help expressing his regret that the view taken by the Hon. Chairman had not been expressed before he (Mr. M. O'Connell) had proceeded so far with his motion. The Government, hoe ever, must have been fully aware of the motion be was about to bring forward, as he hai placed it on the books of the House, and had been for several evenings in the House watching the progress of this Bill. He thought there was not much courtesy ex tended towards him in meeting him by a special demurrer of this kind. Mr. BERNAL said if the Hon. Member applied his observations to him, he could only say that he was not for a long time aware of the scope of his speech when bringing forward his amendment. He had so many things before him he felt he might readily be excused for not interrupting the Hun. Member sooner.—(Hear.) The question then being put that clause 1 stand part of the Bill, Mr. GROGAN complained of the want of certainty as to the hour the poll was to commence on the second day of the election. Mr. KEOGH said that the omission in the Bill was a strange one, for though it mentioned the hour at which the polling was to commence and to continue on the first day of the election, it did not state the hour at which it was to commence on the second day. The English Reform Bill was particular on this subject. After a brief discussion, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL consented to insert words to meet the objections urged against the dame. The clause was then agreed to, as was also clause 2. Clauses 3 to 18 were agreed to. In elause 19 it was regulated that the expense of fit ting up beoths in a borough should be 31. if in a building, and not to eil'eeed 51. if the booth were not in a publio building. Clauses 20 and 21 wee agreed to. On clause 22, relating to :he number of polling-places in counties, Major BLACKALL moved the omission of the words, " but not so as to divide any barony or half barony," his object being to prevent voters having an unnecessarily long distance to go to the poll. Sir W. SOMERVILLE said the amendment, if agreed tn, would altogether alter the system of counts , division on which the Bill was founded, and it would be then ne cessary to re-commit the Bill. The Committee divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... . 44 Against it ~. 157 Majority ... ...-113 Lord NAAS moved that clause 22 be omitted, with a view of substituting for it the corresponding clause in the English Act, relating to the alteration or addi tion of polling-places. Mr. S. CRAWFORD agreed with the motion of the Noble Lord, and should most certainly vote for it. Sir G. GREY suggested that it would be better to omit the clause for the present, to introduce another hereafter. The clause was then struck out of the Bill. Clauses 23 to 26 were then agreed to. The schedules were next taken, and agreed to, with some amendments. The remaining clauses of the Bill were agreed to, and the House resumed. To be reported to-morrow (Friday). BENEFICES IN PLURALITY BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. FACTORIES BILL. _ _ On the motion for postponing the order of the day for the committal of the Factories Bill. Lord J. MANNERS rose and said—As it had been propose] that this order of the day shall be adjourned I think I should state what is the course which I shall feel it to be my duty to pursue. Ido not now propose to make any comments on the present position of the Bill ; but I agree with my Noble Friend (Lord Ashley), who has hitherto been in charge of the Factories Bill, and who has announced his opinion publicly, although up to this moment not in this House—(Hear)—that the frame work of the Bill proposed by her Majesty's Ministers is more likely to produce a beneficial result than the frame work of the Bill which we have introduced into this house.—(Hear, bear.) So far I agree with my Noble Friend, and am, therefore, prepared to accept the ' machinery of the Government measure. But be yond that my concurrence with my Noble Friend cannot extend; and upon the bringing up of the report I shall move that " half-past five" be substituted for " six" in the evening, which will make the •Bill of the Government an effective ten hours Bill.—(Cbeers.) I will say no more now upon this subject than that I conceive that both the honour of this House and the rights of the working people are concerned in passing an effective ten hours Bill.—(Cbeers.) Mr. AGLIONBY suggested that the Pill might be passed through Committee that night; then the Noble Lord's amendment and the discussion thereon could be taken upon the report. Sir G. GREY said that the Bill was not under his charge, but under that of the Noble Lord the Member for Bath (Lord Ashley), who had left the House; and before doing so bad given directions that the order of the day should be postponed until Monday. In that Noble Lord's absence, therefore, he (Sir G. Grey) could not undertake to assent to the reading of the order of the day. Postpened till Monday. WEIGHTS - AND MEASURES BILL. Oa the motion of Sir J. DUCKWORTH, the Weights sad Measures Bill was read a second time. lONIAN ISLANDS. Mr. ANSTEY moved for copies of the address re cently presented to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands by the Legislative Assembly of that con. federation, and of his Excellency's reply thereto. And alio of any correspondence with her Majesty's Govern ment on those subjects.—Agreed to. SUNDAY FAIRS. Sir G. GREY obtained leave to bring in a Bill to re peals that rendered occurred in the an exception in an Act of the 2 7th of Edward VI. as to Sunday fai f rs the in consequence o north of England during the hiring in harvest times on T d h i e so ß rd i e ll rs wa Sundays. MEDICAL APPOINTMEN T S IN THE EAST d for a return of the names of I[r. G R oG A all persons appointed, or rec om mended for appointment, by the President of the board of Control to any medical rnnve INDIES . present time, ape -Ist day of J anuary , 1832, d ow n to cifyi ng th e places to which suc h appointments were or surgical sit ua tion or office in the East Indies, since the the made, th e d ates thereof, and the salar i es an d emoluments attached thereto respectively, invi dious to sel ect one department for such a return . Sir J. HOBHOU SE thought it was particula r r n ly a former occasion this session, a motion for returns, in cluding medical appointments, was negatived. The dis tribution of patronage he felt to be one of the moat dis agreeable things connected with his office. When per sons were recommended to him he made the appoint ment solely with reference to the qualifications of the candidate;, without inquiring whether they came from Scot!and, England, or Ireland. If the Hon. Member had any charge to bring against any appointment which he had recommend.cd, he ought to bring it before the House. He must oppose the motion as a most invidious One. Lord NAAS said the medical profession in Ireland felt themselves decidedly aggrieved in tke amount of patronage bestowed on the members of other medical schools in the kingdom. If their grievance was un fiunded, the return would be the best means of showing that it was SO. Sir J. IMBHOUSE said the Board of Control had very re7i. appointments. It was tho East India Company who bad most of the appointments, and it was to them vininAy EVENING, f t e h r a r t e a d. n y 63impla_in_t__conneeted With th em s h ould be pro- Mr. lIAMILTO.N: slid that a strong feeling prevailed in Ireland that justice was not done to the medical pro fession in that country with respect to these appoint ments. _ Major BLACKAL•L thought that such an excuse as that the motion via' an invidious one ought not to ba admitted. _ After a few words from Sir G. GREY, Mr. GROGAN said he should withdraw the motion, but he assured the Right Hon. Baronet that in making it he had not the slightest intention of convey i ng any imputation on the way in which the Right Lion. Baronet had bestowed his patronage. The motion was then withdrawn. On the motion of Mr. W. PATTEN, Sir. J. Yarde Buller was discharged from further at tendance on the Committee on official salaries, and Mr. Hoary Drummond substituted. The House thea adjourned at One o'clock. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. TRIAL OF ALEXANDER MOIR FOR MURDER. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) The jury found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter, committed under aggravated circumstances. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said that he felt it his duty to pass upon him a sentence next in severity to capital punishment, which was that he be transported beyond the seas fmr the term of his natural life. The prisoners Laurio, Gordon, and Faderman were next placed at the bar to receive judgment. His LORDSHIP, addressing them, said that as they had by the course they had thought fit to take admitted the facts alleged against them, and put themselves upon the law, which had been decided against them, it now de volved upon the Court to pass sentence. He had looked at the el, positions to ascertain the nature of the charge against them, and also to see if they had lost any advan tage by the course they had taken, and that the evidence most clearly proved them to have been guilty of attempt ing a very large fraud, one to the amount of 60,0001. or 70,0001., upon a foreign state. The sentence, therefore, upon them was, that they be severally transported be yond the seas for the term of 10 years. NEW COURT. TRIAL OF JOSEPH KEENE FOR MALICIOUSLY CUTTING TRESS. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) On the prisoner's house being searched a hatchet was discovered, with which it was supposed he mutilated the trees. Mr. CARTER addressed the jury for the prisoner, con tending that there was no evidence upon which the jury could convict him. A witness gave the prisoner an excellent character. The RECORDER summed up at some length. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and The RECORDER, after consulting with the judges, sen tenced him to seven years' transportation as a caution to others not to commit such a grave offence. The trial lasted nearly four hours. DINHARGE OF THE GRAND JURY. The grand jury having terminated their labours, were discharged from further attendance by the Recorder, with the thanks of the county for their exertions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, JIANSION-HOUSE. SERIOUS CO MMERCIAL FRAUD.—On Thursday, the 2d i nst., Mr. Anthony Meyer was brought up in cus tody of Daniel .Forrester, the officer, upon the charge of having in his possession six gold watches, upon which were forged marks of the Goldsmiths' Hall. Upon that occasion the Lord Mayor accepted bail for the appearance of the prisoner yesterday, when the case came on. Mr. Prideaux appeared on behalf of the Goldsmiths' Company, and Mr. Mount, of East Cheap, for the defendant. The following is a brief statement of the circum stances :—Certain watches had been stopped at the Custom-house by Mr. Scanlan, the chief searcher of the Customs, in consequence of some official irregu larities. Mr. Scanlan being desirous to ascertain the value of the watches, in order that when they should be offered fur sale a fair price might be put upon them, took them to a highly respectable firm in Corn hill, with a request that an examination and estimate might be made. It was found, upon a strict inspection of the articles by the experienced eye of the authority to which they were referred, that there was good rea son to doubt the authenticity of the Hall mark, which, however, exhibited evidences of considerable skill. They were then taken to Goldsmiths' Hall, where Mr. Haigh, the weigher of the company, immediately pronounced the marks to be forgeries. An investiga tion was thereupon made by the searcher o f th e Cus toms, in conjunction with Mr. Hough, and these gentlemen called upon Mr. Meyer, the defendant, who had, they learned, been making inquiries respecting the watches, under the supposition that they were merely stopped for some irregularity connected with the Custom-house. The defendant at once admitted that he had consigned these watches to Messrs. Zeisz, of Hamburgh, and accounted for the posses sion of them by stating that they bad been purchased by one of the partners of that firm of a tradesman at Coventry; that he had been supplied with the cases in which the watches had been deposited, and that they had been forwarded by the partner to him, with directions to take the necessary steps to pass them at the Custom-house for exportation. The result of the investigation was the discovery of the nefarious system of sending over German watches of small value, with the forged marks of the Goldsmiths' Company, and names of celebrated London chronometer makers upon them, to this country, in order to be shipped for South America, where they were sold at four times their intrinsic value, in consequence of the reputation of the English manufacture. The watches having been thus traced to the defendant, he was, in consequence of the very stringent clauses in the statute tor preventing for geries of Hall marks, given into custody, the Act of Parliament requiring that, in cases where possession could be traced to any person, that person should purge himself of the guilty knowledge, otherwise the guilty knowledge would be implied. Yesterday Mr. Meyer, wh o h a d b een bail e d upon the first examination, attended with Mr. Mount, his solicitor; and Mr. Prideaux appeared on behalf of the Goldsmiths' Company. Mr. Prideaux—ln consequence of what had pre viously transpired it was thought that Mr. Meyer was concerned in the fraud as to the forgery of the Company's Hall mark ; but it was most satisfactory to be able to state, from information which had been since received upon the subject, that Mr. Meyer had no knowledge whatever of the felony. It was necessary to make such statement, for the purpose of relieving the minds of parties connected with the defendant. Mr. Prideaux withdrew the charge, and Mr. Meyer was liberated. BOW-STREET. A young man, who refused to give either his name or address, was placed at the ba r c h a r ge d with bur glary under the following circumstances : Mr. Jonathan Mercott, 503, New Oxford-street, wholesale ironmonger, being sworn, said—l came home last night about half-past nine o'clock, and after opening the street door lighted a candle, and on my turning the corner of the counter to enter my warehouse, over which is my bed-room, the prisoner suddenly sprang from under the counter, upon which I stopped him. I then found that the eight fowling pieces produced, value about 221., were packed up on the counter, having been removed from the window, and, having questioned the prisoner by what means he effected an entrance, he replied that he was let in by another man, who told him that he would see a bun dle on the counter which he was to bring away, and while the conversation was going on some man cam e close to the door, and, addressing the prisoner, sa i d, apparently with much anxiety, " Are you ready ?" There were subsequently found upon the prisoner a bundle of small keys, a large e mpty bag, a quantity of limiter matches, a jemmy, and a skeleton key, part of the ward of which remained in the lock of the front door by which the priso ner en t e red. The prisoner persisted in refusing to say . who he into the and having repeate d t h a t h e was admitted the house by another, he was ordered to be remanded for a week. SOUTH trARK. Mr. George Humphreys, of hi s b ai l, a f ter h av ing been detained in custody at the s t at i on-house un d e r the following cir cumstances Inspector Maddock, of the South -Eastern Railway , Company, stated that on the preceding night the de ' fendant arrived by the half-past eleven o'clock train ' from Strood, and on alighting on the platform from a first-class carriage he announced that be had been robbed of 100/., in two 50/. Bank of E n gla n d notes , on the journey. There were other passengers in the carriage, who upon hearing that a robbery to so large an amount h a d b een comm i t t e d, expressed their asto nishment, an d at the same t i me s tated their readiness to undergo any examination that might be consi dered necessary, they h av i ng t rav elled in the same carriage in which it was alleged a gentleman had been plun dered of so large a sum of money. He (the in spector) observing that the defendant was evi dently under the influence of liquor, advised him to examine his pockets well to ascertain whether he mi g ht no t still have his property about him, b e f ore it was found expedient to adopt the suggestions of his f e llow-travellers. The defendant, however, still persisted that he was robbed of his money, but said, "To convince you that it is gone I shall turn my pockets inside out," and he then commenced one by one to search them, when he at length pulled out two 50/. Bank of England notes, exclaiming, "This is th e money that I thought was taken from me ;" an d h e was proceeding to walk away without further ceremony when he was stopped by the inspector, who gave him into the custody of a policeman on the charge of drunkenness, and he was detained at the station-house until he procured bail for his appearance at this court, to answer the latter charge. Mr. Izeouatu asked the defendant whether he had anything to say in answer to the charge of in toxication ? Defendant replied in the negative. Mr. INGHAU then said, I shall fine you five shil- EoNDo MA Y lO, 1850. Hugs. You ought to consider yourself fortunate that your money has been preserved, and if those are your feelings, there is a poor-box kept in this court, and it is optional with you whether you will give a trifle towards those who stand in need of such relief. The defandant, however, paid no regard to the humane suggestion of the worthy magistrate ; but, pulling five Ishi l lin gs out of his pocket, the penalty of his transgression for getting drunk, threw it down on the table and hurried out of court. LAMBETH. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Ann Miles, a middle-aged female, and Hannah Sullivan, a young woman, said to be her servant, were brought before Mr. Elliott, charged with committing a violent assault on Mary Payne, whom they threatened to murder. The complainant's face was covered with cuts and bruises, and being in a weak state from the ill-usage she had received, she was accommodated with a seat while she gave her evidence. She said that she lodged in a respectable house in Hill-street, Wal worth, where she maintained her family, consisting of four children, by hard work. About nine o'clock that morning she was partaking of her breakfast, when she heard a noise on the staircase, and before she could ascertain the cause, Mrs. Miles rushed - into her room, in an excited state, and threatened to cut her throat, at the same time attempting to seize a knife off the table. Witness prevented her from doing so, when she upset the table, and in a most ferocious manner broke almost everything in the room. Sul livan caught hold of her while the other took up a stone pitcher, and struck her several blows on the head and face, breaking the utensil to atoms and inflict ing a number of serious wounds on her head, which soon rendered her insensible from loss of blood. Her landlady, hearing her cries, came to her assistance, and called in the police, when the prisoners were se cured, and prevented from committing further vio lence. In answer to the charge Miles said the complainant was living in adultery with her husband, and had four children by him. He left her about five years ago, and although she had done all she could to trace hi, whereabouts she was unable to find his lodging until that morning. She accordingly went with her ser vant, and found the street•door open, when she en tered the house and found the complainant sitting very comfortably with all her property around her. She then became very excited, and certainly did break a few things ; but the assault was provoked by com plainant's language. As for the other prisoner she only did what she bid her to do. Complainant informed the magistrate that Mrs. Miles's husband left his wife on account of her drunken propensities ; that he seduced her, and had lived with her since. She denied making u3e of any insulting language or provoking her to commit the serious assault on her. Complainant's landlady corroborated her testimony, and told the magistrate that she really believed the prisoners would have murdered her had not the police arrived, as they were both beating her over the head and declaring that they would do for her now that they had found her out. A police-constable of the P division said he was attracted to the spot by hearing cries of " Murder" at the door. He ran into the house, and saw the com plainant lying on the floor, bleeding from several cuts on the face. The defendants were swearing at her, and making use of threatening language. The elder prisoner said complainant had run away with her hus band, and she was determined to have her revenge. He secured the prisoners, and called in a surgeon, who dressed the complainant's wounds. Mr. ELLIOTT said it was a most murderous outrage, and he really wondered that they had not killed the complainant, who appeared to have suffered severely from their violence. Whatever her conduct might, have been with regard to Miles's husband, they had no right to take summary vengeance and commit murder. As the defendant did not seem in a position to take them to the sessions, he should fine them 51. each, and, in default of payment, commit them to the House of Correction for three months, and, at the expiration of that period, require them to find good and substantial bail for their future conduct fur twelve months. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. (From the Montreal Pilot.) We have received the following communication from Sir George Simpson : TO THE EDITOR OF THE PILOT. Sir,—Having noticed in your paper yesterday a re port that information had been received by way of St. Paul, in Minnesota, that a dog train had ar rived there from some distance above Lake Supe rior, with letters stating that Sir John Franklin was found and safe, I regret to say there is no founda tion whatever for the statement, which appears to have originated in the arrival at St. Paul of an express sent thither by the Hudson's Bay Company's officer at Red River, conveying the reports of Captain Pullen and Mr. Rao to the Lords of the Admiralty, which reports are to the eff<•ct that nothing had been discovered throw ing any light on the fate of the missing expedition. Captain Pullen, who lift her Majesty's ship Plover at Wainwright Inlet, reached the Hudson's Bay Com pany's post of Fort Good Hope, on the bl•Kenzie River, on the 14th September, and thence he came up that river to the post of Fort Simpson, where he is passing the present winter, with, the intention of proceed ing to York Factory, on Hudson's Bay, at the opening of the navigation, in;forder to take his passage to England in one of the Hudson's Bay Company's ships thence next autumn. It is possible, however, that in structions from the Admiralty, which were transmitted to me here about two months ago, and were immediately forwarded to Capt. Pullen by express, may detai❑ him during the ensuing summer and winter in making a further examination of the Arctic coast, in connexion with the Hudson's Bay Company's parties employed upon the same service. I Qua, Sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE SIMPSON, Hudson's Bay House, Lachine, April 12;1850. GREAT CIRCLE-SAILING. The wonderfully-quick voyage to Adelaide lately made by Captain Godfrey has awakened public atten tion to the subject of Great Circle-sailing. Yester day evening a very numerous assembly of ladies and gentlemen took place at the ordinary meeting of the Society of Arts, when a paper on the history and practice of Great Circle-sailing was read by Mr. Towson, of Devonport, a gentleman to whom, some four-and-twenty years ago, the honours of the same society were awarded, for his well-known exposition of the general principles involved in the present ques tion, and to whom is certainly due the merit of dis covering the truth of composite Great Circle sailing. Mr. Hope presided over the meeting, and fittingly introduced the name of Mr. Towson with a few com plimentary remarks. Great Circle -sailing, though little known, and even less practised, was, the lecturer observed, by no means a novelty, since in principle it was known and enunciated as early as the fifteenth century, and was familiar to the great navigators of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The difficulties, however, which stood in the way of its general adoption were numerous and though by the progress of science many of them had disappeared, yet the use of ordinary navigators' charts was a great stumbling-block, and distorted men's conceptions of the actual truth. For it was known to all scientific seamen that the rhomb line, or the apparent course upon the chart, drawn from one place to another, was not the shortest in reality, but that the shortest line that could be drawn between any two points on the surface of the globe was an arc of the great circle that passed through them both. The rhomb line could never coincide with the great circle unless both of the points through which it passed lay on the equator or on a common meridian. If we compared, he said, any number of arcs, segment of various radii, all having the same chord, it would be found that the segment of the greatest circle would be the shortest line. The three points in the elucidation of his subject, which Mr. Towson wished particularly to im press upon the meeting, were, first, that that arc which deviated the least from a straight line was the shortest route on the earth's surface ; second, that the larger the radius of a circle the shorter would be the route by any of its arcs ; and third, that no circle could be drawn on a sphere whose radius exceeded that of the sphere, that sphere being denominated a great circle, and, therefore, that that ship only which sailed on the arc of a great circle could be said to sail directly to her port. These points, which at first appeared somewhat abstruse add unsuited to a popular lecture, were, however, illus trated and amplified in the most satisfactory manner. Diagrams were provided, and by lucid explanation no doubt or misapprehension seemed to be entertained by the audience of the mathematical truth of the prin ciple on which Great Circle-sailing is based. In the discussion which followed the lecture, several gentle men took a lively part, one or two of whom, from long experience in the practical part of navigation, said they could testify to the application of the prin ciple, and parti cu l ar l y o f composite Great Circle. sail ing, to the every-day purposes of trade. Mr. Scott Russell gave, in conclusion, a very concise summary of the lecture, which relieved Mr. Towson, and was well received by the meeting. A vote of thanks to the lecturer, proposed by the chairman, was cordially re sponded to, and the meeting broke up about ten o'clock. SURREY DISPENSARY.—The annual festival in aid of the funds of the above charitable institution took place yesterday evening at the Bridge House Hotel, London bridge. when nearly 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner. The ebair was taken by Mr. J. W. Freshfield, High Bailiff of Surrey. On the removal of the cloth, the usual routine toasts were drunk, ani the chairman then gave the toast of the evening, "Success to the Surrey Dispensary." Having entered at some length on the various benefits it had con ferred, he stated that 5,600 persons had been prescribed for during the last year, of whom upwards of 4,000 bad been cured; and he pressed upon the company present the duty of supporting so valuable an institution. The expanditure had amounted to 1,2831., and the receipts to 1,2501., so that they would have been in debt had it not been for a small balance in the treasurer's bands. A list of subscriptions was then I read, which amounted to nearly 300/, FRENCH ELECTORAL LAW. The following is the text of tha proposed electoral law for France, introduced on Wednesday by N. I3.troche:— " Art. 1. In the twelve days which follow the pro mulgation of the present law the electoral list shall be drawn up in each commune by the mayor. " Art. 2. It shall coinprise by alphabetical order : " 1. All Frenchmen, 21 years of age, in the enjoy ment of their civil and political rights, and residing in the same commune for three years at least. "2. Those persons who not yet having attained, when the list shall be drawn up, the conditions of age and domicile, shall attain them before the list shall be definitively closed. " Art. 3. The electoral domicile shall be deter mined and proved : " 1. By inscription on the list of personal tax. " 2. By the declaration of the father or mother in what concerns sons who, b Aug of age, reside in the paternal house, and who, by application of Art. 12, of April 21, 1832, have not been set down on the list of personal taxes. `• 3. By the declaration of masters in what con cerns servants of persons working habitually in tho same house with them. "4. By the exercise of public functions in a deter mined locality. " 5. By the presence in the army or navy. " Art. 4. The declaration of the fathers, mothers, or masters shall be made in writing on forms delivered gratuitously. This declaration shall be given to the mayor, and renewed each from December 1 to 31. " The fathers, mothers, and masters, who cannot make their declaration in writing, are to present them selves with two witnesses, resident in the commune, before the mayor, to make their declaration. "Every false declaration shall be subject to a fine of from 100 f. to 200 F., and an imprisonment of from six months to two years, and the interdi c ti on t o vote or to be elected duri ng five years at least and ten years at most. " Art. 5. Whoever shall leave the commune on the list of which he i 3 inscribed shall continue to be borne on that list for three years, with the condition of jus tifying, in the manner stated in Art. 3 of the present law, his domicile in the commune where he shall have fixed his new residence. "Art. 6. Shall not be inscribed on the elctoral list. Ist. The persons mentioned in Arts. 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 7, and 8 of the law of March 15, 1849. 2d. The indivi duals mentioned in Art. 4 of the same law, whatever may be the length of the time for which they have been imprisoned. 3d. Persons such as ouvriers, avocats, &c., who have been condemned for illegal acts. 4th. The persons guilty of violence to public agents, or of offences against the law, or rioting, or in clubs or secret societies. " Art. 7. Soldiers shall continue to be distributed in each locality in sections. " Their bulletins shall be collected and sent to the chief town of the department in a sealed packet, and mixed up with the votes given in the sections of the chief town. " Art. 8. No person can be elected on the first ballot if he has not obtained a number of votes equal to the fouith of the electors inscribed on the tablets of the lists of the department, and one-half, plus one, of all the others. " On the second ballot, which is to take place the second Sunday after the proclamation of the result of the first ballot, no person can be elected if he shall not have obtained a fourth part of the electors in scribed by the relative majority. "On the third ballot, which is to take place the fourth Sunday after the day of the proclamation of the result of the second ballot, the election shall take place by a relative majority only, whatever may be the number of votes obtained. " Art. 9. In case of vacancy from resignation, death, or other cause, the Electoral College which is to fill up the vacancy is to meet at a distance of six months. " Art. 10. In case the towns where the contingent personnel et mobilier is paid in part or wholly from the municipal funds, the list of the tax-payers for personal taxes, drawn up by the collector and his as sistants, and which serves to determine the sum to be paid by the commune, shall be each year submitted to the municipal council. " The inscription on the list of the tax-payers shall be equivalent to that of the personal taxation. " Transitory Article--For the preparation of the electoral lists, drawn up in virtue of the present Bill for the year 1850, all the regulations prescribed by the law of March 15, 1849, in what regards de lays and representations, shall be observed, and the lists shall be closed three months after the promulga tion of this Bill. " The declarations spoken of by Art. 3 shall be made within twenty days after the promulgation. Every individual who shall not have three years' residence in the commune where he shall happen to reside at the moment of the promulgation of the Bill, shall be inscribed in the electoral list of the commune where he previously resided, if he can prove three years' residence in conformity with Art. 3. " The annual revision of the lists for the other years shall be made at the periods and according to the rules determined by Title 2 of the law of March 15, 1849. " Shall continue to be elected for the elections of Algeria and the colonies the provisions of the law of March 15, 1849, until the promulgation of the organic laws spoken of in Art. 109 of the Con4titution." BURGLARY AT C I-1 ARLECOTE HALL, WARWICKSHIRE. On Monday night, or early on Tuesday morning ast, Charlecote-hall, the ancient seat of the Lucys, near Stratford-upon-Avon, was burglariously en tered, and property of considerable value stolen therefrom. The thieves effected three several en trances, through the windows of the lower apart ments. It would appear that when they first suc ceeded in gaining admission to the mansion they found the inner doors too strong and secur e t o a ll ow them to proceed without disturbing the family. They consequently returned, and by means of a centre-bit, or large gimlet, bored holes in the shutters of the sitting and drawing-rooms, and by these means effected an entrance to those apartments. Among the articles of value, and some in connexion with the history of the Lucy family of considerable interest, stolen may be enumerated three gold watches, one with a portrait of Charles 11. set round with diamonds, a lapis lazuli snuff-box with gold mount ings and a cameo in the centre, several gold riags and snuff-boxes, three handsome purses filled with old coins and sovereigns, one coin a two-guinea piece of Charles 1., a great many gold and silver pen cil-cases, a small and exquisite miniature of Sir Thomas Lucy, the original " Justice Shallow," be fore whom Shakspere was taken for deer stealing; a gold medal of Shakspere, a magnificent ring ena melled, with the inscription, " The gift of Henry VIII. to his treasurer," " Ward," engraved inside, &c. The value of the property stolen, although small in compass, is estimated at several hundred pounds. On Monday evening two suspicious characters, by whom the robbery is supposed to have been effected, were seen taking tea at the Red Lion Inn, in the neighbouring village of Barford, and early on Tuesday morning they were again observed coming from the direction of Charlecote, carrying two small carpet bags. Very full descriptions of their appearances and dress were forwarded to the various police-offices of the country, and last night a man was apprehended by Glossop and Tandy, two active officers of the Birmingham detective force, who, there can be little doubt, was one of the burglars. The police re ceived information of two doubtful charac ters lodging at a respectable house in King Alfred's •place, and about half-past ten o'clock the officers laid wait for their apprehension. At the hour mentioned a young man, who passed by the name of Walters, arrived at the door in a cab, when he was immediately pounced upon and secured by the officers. On searching him he was found in possession of a small double-barrelled pocket pistol loaded with ball. He coolly declared to his csptors that he knew he must be hung, and had they afforded him an opportunity he would have shot them. All resistance was, however, in vain, and he was con veyed within doors. Oa searching his room the greatest portion of the spoils of Charlecote were found, including the ring presented by Henry VIII. to his treasurer, the portrait of Sir Thomas Lucy, &c. ; together with two carpet bags and housebreak ing implements of the very best and finest manufac ture. Walters gave no explanation of the manner in which he became possessed of the property, and h e was ultimately r emove d t o th e p rison in Moor-street. His companion has not yet been taken, b u t there is e ver y reason to believe that he will shortly be secured. This morning additional information was obtained with regard to Walters and his past doings. He is suspected to be one of a gang who have infested the neighbourhood of Birmingham during the last winter. Amongst other burglaries wile which he is supposed to be im plicated are those of W. Piercy, of Warley-hall, and Miss Taylor, of Moor-green. The police, having reason to suppose from some depositions found in his pocket that he is the same man who some months ago, after having first robbed the house of the governor, escaped out of Worcester Gaol, this morn ing proceeded to examine his person, and on his left arm found three small moles, and by which he was immediately identified as Bradshaw, by which name he went when in "Worcester Gaol on a charge of felony. When he was accused of the former robbery , and his escape from Worcester, he offered no exculpa tion, but appeared much irritated and cast down. Walters is of rather geetleinanly exterior, and dressed in black. He will be conveyed to Stratford for examination before the magistrates of that locality. By his apprehension the police are entitled to a re ward of 1001 A GRAVE RESPON6IBILITY.—The worst thing we can say of the Metropolitan Interments Bill, is that it is a " gigantic undertaking."—Punch. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL E NGINEER& • On Tuesday, ielety 7, (Witliein Eiee dent, in th e chair,) the paper real was " On the aPPfo cation of Water Pressure, as a Motive Po wer : r , working Cra nes an d other kinds of Machinery, U• 1„ Nr. W. G. Armstrong, F.R.S., Assoc. lest. ":„ t 0 The object of the paper was to direct atteutte,:. the advantages of a more extended application of F i r s draulic pressure as a motive power, and to point a s . : illestr o L f the means of attaining this desirable end ; jug the arguments by descriptions and drawing 9 the the engines on this principle, already erected, since to year 1845, when the author first designed a crane, be worked by the p ressure o f water from the str eet water-pipes, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. red I° The principle of these engines, as applied cranes, was described to be very simple. le -f to lilt a weight, the water, under about a hundred feet head, or more, being adm i e a through a slide valve into a cylinder, eivrtete, force on a piston, whose rod was connected wit; the hoisting chain, so arranged by push), over several putties, as to increase its length of travel re. to the requisite duty to be performed; the piston weight ceding front the pressure therefore raised the vve!g ht to the height required. The lowering of the weigh t was accomplished by a reverse action, and the crane _f was turned in either direction by a similar action!a a entailer cylinder, whose piston rod was connected a pressur.etteed with a rack, working into a circle of teeth, fixed to base of the moveable frame of the crane. d to The action of th ese mac hi nes was d esc ribe ces be very smooth an d s t ea d y, ingenious tlPPliatjoid being adopted for obviating the shock that sc° o6 otherwise be caused by the sudden closing ° f , . oe slide valves, and all the different operations ° A e i under the perfect control of a few regulating ba n ," e e d, In cases of a great diversity of power being requi r bet separate cylinders were used, so arranged, as e t s ee their action could be combined, according to the required. The sp ee d o f wor ki ng had no ot h e r limit than the size of the supply pipe. Al usion was mad e to t h e advantage of ereP'setee in hydraulic pressure in mercantile docks, for hois9 ll heavy wei g h ts , f or w hi pp i ng light goods out of s hi e s, and for ope n in g an d shutting dock gates, s vilos bridges, and sl u i ces . I ts fa le cility of transmission, i safety, and co ns t an t rea di ness for use, res d e red it P e, culiarly suitable for th ese purposes. It wou ld gene , rally be preferable in such cases to employ stel o t power to forc e th e water, rather than to be depend or upon town water-works ; and a tank upon a tower' s , upon an emi nence , wou l d form a convenient magi, zinc of power, e na bli ng t h e eng i ne to act cont i n uees with an uniform l oa d. L arge air vessels ha d t is i o elevat ed been successfully empl o y e d , i nstead of an eel'''. t tank. Hydraulic pressure might also, in many cases , be advantageously employed for purposes requiring c °l) .: tinuous rotation. Th ere were many natural sasll".it3„ tions where mount a i n streams might be arr% or surface-water b e i mpoun d ed on elevated gr° lll and be conveyed by a pipe into a neighbourl valley, where great mechanical efficiency 'nig ht e ie derived from a small supply of water, by th e s , of water-pressu re eng i nes. In mining opers6°-(1 also, the danger wit' inconveni ence o f undergrotle steam-engines might be obviated, by substituie: water-pressure e ng i nes, conveying the water dle the shaft in pipes, and returning it to the surface, the action of the pumping engine above ground. such cases the water was merely the vehicle for V° . 'slitting power into the mine. A water-pressure engine had been lately very t i , - cessfully applied by th e author, in South Hetton 11 ° ° liery, for the traction of waggons upon an en e cle e r ; ground railway. Similar engines had also ur d erected in the lead mines at Allenheads, for lif taj 7, ore, and other purposes. Reservoirs were there formed upon the neighbouring hills, and pipeS w er e carried into the mines to supply the engines, " expended water flowing out by a level. Other e rl i gines of the same descrption were also in course ° erection, for su r f ace operat i ons, at the same play fh:, such us crushi ng ore , an d ra i s i ng minerals from 1 " shafts. In their general character, these engines W i e . d re a similar to recipr oca ti ng steam-engines. The Saito valves were balanced by equal pressures on opPc' s " ; directions, and w ere constructed to open very 5134° ous water passages. The liability to concussion , ° be the closing of th e e d uct i on port, was obviated by t application of relief va l ves , w hi c h were lifte d by the r compressive actio n o f t h e p i ston, causing it to set: °, an instant as a pump, in forcing back the opP° 9l° " water into the supply pipe. In cases where the e n ; gines had been a pp l i e d to h auling, or winding, fclu cylinders pla ce d di agona ll y in pairs, had been u se d ' In other cases, t wo cylinders had been applied, tu e uniformity in the motion of the column being ma l e s tamed by a load e d p l unger. T he winding englii-t were reversed by a s l o t link apparatus, s i m il ar to tbs of a locom o ti ve eng i ne, and which was worked by the pressure o f t h e water, acting under the contro l of a valv e . Th e regulating and reversing valves wer e r 0 each placed at th e mouth of the shaft, at a distils — from the engi n e, th e operat i on of which could tbo', be directed with great accuracy and safety. The drawin gs w hi c h accompanied the paper gr: representations o f a n h ydraulic crane, for shiPfa n i f coals at Glas gow; h y d raulic platform cranes, at the railway stati on , N ewcastle-upon-Tyne ; hydra e i hoisting machines, at the warehouses of the Alber Docks, Liverpool ; a water-pressure engine, f° r c il crushing mill a t All en h ea d s ; a similar engine, l 118. o at the same pl ace , f or w i n di ng; and numerous detall, of all these machines. At the monthly ballot the following eandids t were duly elected :—M essrs. J . G. Appold, C. Clark' AV. Crossley, J. Freem an , F. H. Joh nso n, J• Jones, R. W. Kennard, and A. Ogilvie, as as sociate s ' The paper an nounce d to b e read at the next meetielf Tuesday, May 14th, was " Description of the Navy gation at Newry," by Si r J o h n R ennie, M. Inst. IJ° RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS' BRISTOL, MAY 9. te STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mar k et did not present qua so firm a character as y es t er d ay, nor was there by an) mes the same amount of business done. The only variations we a , have to notice are—Midl an d ( 50 / . Shares), 231h —S°ll Devon, s'g. LIVERPOOL, MAY 9. so STOCK EXCRANOR.—The transactions to-day were, 0 , follow :—London and North -Westsrn, 101%—Ditto, Quarters, 2 dis. Ditto, Fifths, 18s. 9d. dis.—Alid' B " l Halves, 28 1 / 2 c. dis.—L ancas hi re and Yorkshire, C ON SV 34 1 i c.—Ditto, Fifths, 10 1 / 8 dis. —South-E as t ern an d DOC 1 1 ,7 2 c.—Ditto, Consol. (No. 3), 13%. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 9. Sir STOCK EiCTIANGE.—The transactions to-day were--- 0 mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, gi d ,.....1,01 3 °, , --and North. Western, 101 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( 9 1 A, dis.—S 'nth Staffordshire, 4 1 ,Q dis. YORK, MAY 8. STOCK EXCRANGE.—The transactions to-day were 1 1 -. d, low :—Great Northern, 5/. 18s. 9d.—York and North !and, 15 , 4—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle D' tension), 7. GLASGOW, MAY 8. Srocir EXCNANGE.—The only transaction to-day 101 :i Glasgow, Kilmarnock, a n d A yr, 43 —Glasgow, Dumfries, 3- Carlisle, 3%. THE DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, AND DEV° I I I : PORT IZAlLWAY.—Yesterday th e case o f D r. William idaht of Exeter, refe rre d b ac k by the Vice-Chancellor Sir JiLnig'' Bruce to the Master in Chancery, Sir William Home, to view his decision' which declared D r . H a ll li a bl e as a c°l tributory u n d er the Act, ca me on for consideration. fir. H. Terrell appeared for Dr. Hall, and Mr. Roxburgh for that estate. The facts in D r . H all ' s affidavit were to the effec t that he had been ind uce d to attend a meeting at the office c ' i the solicitor and pr, jector of the company, Mr. Floud,!. Exeter, but that he h a d re f used to have his name on t h e prospectus. This, however, was done, and on his r, region; strating it was withd rawn. H e had had no shares, 9, t paid 50/. uuCer p ro t es t to avo i d l i tigation. The Vice-Chanc el , fur had decid e d th a t, assum i ng the a ffi davit to be true, '' n f Hall was not a contrib u t ory li a bl e within the meaning ° f the Act His Honour th e M aster, after animadverting on t fact of the affidavit made by Dr. Hall not having been rea or produced before hi m on t h e d ay when he gave his decision f against Dr. Hall, and w hi c h was b ased upon the evidenc e ° f the secretary and solicit or t o t h e company, who depose Dr. 11:.11's attendance at the meeting in question, and payment of money under protest anti other matters, ordere that the whole case sh ou ld b e re-opened before him, in order that he might review his decision. [ADvERTisEmEKT. - j--There is no remedy equs• h Holloway's Pill s f or t h e cure o f Dropsy.--Mr. James Sw it nd ; tO of Oxford -street, M anc h ester , su ff ered for years from a dr° sical co m pl a i n t, hi s b o d y an d legs were swollen to a nh„r',;( alarming extent, an d no h opes w h atever were entertaine d his recove r y. H e was f or some t i me in the hospital, bes having taken every variety of medicine usually p res cribed I „ such cases, yet all pr ove d useless, and he was pronounced inc, nr c i able. Holloway's Pill s were then resorted to, w hi c h soon ba d the effect of imp rov i ng hi s h ea l t h and reducing the swellings so that now he i s p er f ect l y cure d of that direful compla i nt y taking these wonderful pills.— Sold by all Druggists and at Po' fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 4th inst., at Cople Vicarage, near Bedford, the w ife of the Rev. E. Havergal. Herbe rt On the 6th inst., at Leigh, the wife o f th e R ev . S. Hawkins. On the 4th inst., the wife of W. Wilberforce, Esq,j llll ' OF A DAUGHTER. ; On the 6th inst., a t W ar l ey B arracks, Essex, the w i fe of Lieutenant -Colonel Leslie. On the Bth inst., at L amp t on, near Hounslow., the lady of - Major hip Jones, Prince Albert's Hussars. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at Marylebone Church, Ri c h a rd Ashto n' Esq., of Gorstage-hall, Ch es hi re, to Louisa, daughter of the late Sir John L. Kaye, B ar t., o f D enby-grange, Y or kshire' s On the 7th inst., at St. Thomas's Church, Ardwick , Rev James Pelham Pitcairn, B.A. James , youngest on of Sir,; Pitcairn, Inspec:or-Ge nera l of Hospitals D u blin, to Er nly ' only child of H. Turner, E N. , o f Dover terrace, ' Manchester. At Avisford, StIS3eX, on the NEL 7th inst., aged 73, the 12, 8611 lic!bella Anne Bryd&t:s, eldest daughter of George, first Nsii: qtms of \Vaterf)rd, and widow of the late Sir John W . ' Brydges, Wooton-court, near Canterbury. Oa the 6th i nst.. the Rev. IL f ormerly Fellow F. Coxe, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, aged 39. Robert On the 6th i nst , i n 13 es b omugh-street, Pimlico, Moore, &q, late of Guernsey, aged 82. L.-!radon: P t i n t 3 d an d P u bli s h e d by WITIDO YOUNG :i ° f !: ;. ,o. 112, Printer, at The Sun Office, •t!..:, , 1nd. tit 0) , er.y , let. Savoy ln ttw OVA' ° ALLlalcul,. Friday, May 10, 1850. / tea COICTRA The e n Of th e eta:desk nit ed t, ce, that e l e, y " 14 read, t_ntraet for the tin ne d Places the Or th e servic ,!:EII.I , TAN. at. ?A lm Vol?Pi Of Ten, k ender w noticed mittiorised i. " - t . y ler ' t Tender ce 4 v o ind bear 4/ lette a n 4 tuusi r sigoe t 44 with th °Miaa ee of the 1 111 L Con t i er a owing isde parte a nd Cler .nt the Malt The 4 4 k 4 PLOR II , i t ! It F~ ~pV F Ind "'QL of the fluv uontributl olts, ons pr ui „asto. 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