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ground that rabbits were not game, and at the trial his k Learned Friend (Mr. Williams, now Mr. Justice Wil • limns) produced an illustration of a Brobdignagian rabbit eating the ears of ripe corn.—(Laughter.) A thousand couple of rabbits were killed by the defendant in the first year, during which year it was alleged that damage had been done, by " rabbits and game, to the amount of 601, and in the second to the value of 451. The principal damage was done by the rabbits, and he (Mr. Chilton) contended that they were game. Mr. BUTT said they were not game by the 1 and 2 of V M.32, C. sec. 2. As they were not game, the damages sh ou ld be considerably reduced, and therefore a new trial should take place. Lord DENMAN said the Court would consider the whole matter. BOYD V. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE COMPANY. This part-heard case is appointed to be resumed on Itonday, the second day of term. BAIL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN). The Court met at ten o'clock, but no business of im portance was transacted ; and after sitting for a few Minutes the Court adjourned. EXCHEQUER,.—(T HIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) This was the first day of Trinity Term. Their Lord -BhiPs sat at two o'clock, and in pursuance of a new arrangement, proceeded with the business pending in the peremptory paper, from which, however, no case of 141 Interest was taken. Mr. Baron Parke will be the J.. b e at nisi pr igs this term. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco, before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.) This being th e fi rs t d a y o f t erm , motions were taken, fete first of which was BAINES v. WARD. Mr. Sergeant BYLES moved for a new trial, on an arrest ( f. judgment i n thi s case, on the ground of misdirection of the Judge at th e t r i a l. It appeared that an action had been brought upon a case of injury, where damages . h ad been given for a default in not properly fencing an wr en close by a public footway. The circumstances W ere these :—A lady, the mother of three children, /rent to see her friend off by the Great Western Rail • lt eY, and while waiting for the train they both went to %house in the neighbourhood, for refreshment, and on aheir way back to the station her compan i on d roppe d " !D uff; she turned to pick it up, and in doing so fell ow n h e _ a number of steps which led to the basement of a " u se, and fractured her skull. She died in consequence, !Ind an actionfor damages had been brought, on which the PIT gave a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Sergeant 133 les moved for a new trial on the ground that the declaration has not in compliance with the terms of the Act, which Lerher and iredthat all th e p ar ti es i n t eres t e d, up to the grand nez grandmother, ought to be stated. In the user t place, th ere had been no ev i dence to s h ow t h at e had tuts eni been any gran t o f a p u bli c right to pass by Possibnl .way and if there were not, no action could v tr: Justice MAUlsuggestedthe case of " Walker • li nght." brou e b: r. "' r geatit BYLES said that that was an action nue"' in a case where the casement or footway was ter Oyer , an area, and not by it, which materially al ol circumstances. Neither could there be any for—"ith4 the ground of this being an ancient footway, he,..._`.fteeident occurred in an open place in front of a *0'4.1: Victoria terrace, situate in a pathway leading Solely the E dgeware-road to the Harrow-road, which was tenan t in in consequence of the permission of the hop e . - J• Now, although there was a local Act u n i t g a penalty upon parties not fencing any "tim o r open space, yet that did not give fine ;Int ground of action, for the penalty, which is a conk ~,ute pounds, would give the remedy ; and. he the abuse that if this way were allowed by the tenantry, i...... a uuse a or misfortune arising from the use of it, ta " te Pt) . Q e d 11 . 0 responsibility on the tenant in fee of the es or ma r it was an acknowledged principle, that a rector ha even, erea, each of whom was at least a tenant for Yard Z.' no right to yield a h e trih of way over a church. so th v itil unt the consent of patron and the bishep ; 4 deet there was clearly no liability. There was then We re n . le e neY in th amon g which stated that the damages ,49 De divided the several persons who might nie ed : h t !ed to them ; and there had been a special recom take reef bY the jury that the learned judge should the reaaFe that the money was properly divided among geld 11)i ents who were infants. There was, therefore, 411(14% defect in the judgment, which entitled the de- T he a new adjudication. the B e 41 E' JUSTICE said, that it was the opinion of but ted n eb that su ffi cient evidence had not been sub knot a „... t° th e jury to justify the verdict, and the rule mon ey rdingly be allowed. With respect to the bela .ue ssourt h a d no jurisdiction. but in the event of tile p o t u ltimately paid, the plaintiff in the action was t bs re Y entitled to receive it, and if any injury ensued Zleit r ill . e t • would be by an application to a Court of MrCOWELL V TIPROSE. u Hi; y * thi s uONES applied for a rule for a new th e def ea se. The plaint iff had been charged by e tettetie. Bb "d ant • . with felony for breaking open a shop and P ee hendeiC i ar tinles, in consequence of which he was ap rod f l is ehag r4 e uned in the station-house for one night, ah o n „ s "Pence ef the next morning by the magistrate, in tress, had been eff appearing that the entry into the The ei i ; 7 c , t ed for the purpose of levying a dis erdiet f oe . `,l -4 „, t "T brought an action, and obtained a t r i a, I was t_ha.,t, th.eehe ground application for a new Weer!. venue had been laid in London, b een ciaog_no evidence had been given that anything bad Place , u there, for th e a rres t a nd impris o n men t t oo k * e re b ef r dnitiee CRESSWELL said, that as the allegations % o ur° the magi s t rate mus t have been stated on , the i. trial. le Present representation was erroneous.—r e rule tlaccordingl refused. There beincr Y no other business ready, the Court ad dcinrned till Monday. WORSHIP -STREET. -(THIS DAY.) txTENSIVE ROBBERY BY TWO BROTHERS. Henry f 7 " Ch ar l es Fan-, were this morning brought be orßroughton o on the charge atealing a cash-box,containing gold, bank notes, and °lBaturitios amounting to upwards of 2301., the . property .Mr, James Bird, landlord of the Mail Coach Tavern, --`nAgsland-road. Sal t a last. ri rci Zeunt of the robbery appeared in The Sun of li ee _ s eY were again remanded, in order that certain .. 1 4 '_' ed v ictuallers, who have been plundered in a stmt tuM nner sho 1 have the opportunity n a . , ~ e , u d ''' uci m. of appearing A tall,TpHo4l‘fulLEl Sk.—* g (T .om il a i n, S na D me A d Y Ju . / ) iu Mann, Ass char hY Niru.° Henry in Lemon, landlord of the erge Tavern bad been for s'ornillpsein4rY. kastitilt:-- lane, following in whose servicep sherate Some Unit., with the des kr, L dotsett th ereon stated that yesterday afternoon his wife the Prisoner out. When she returned she was the c4 rry e in ir lic l"r, and nearly let his child which she was ca r rying Pa l i out of her arms. A woman who .in.s. raediuki a t t.he bar took it from the prisoner, who I blo w /loner ° : l :t . " h e e lz ik e eto lir by her hair and dealt her a violea . t d him with interfered, when the pt-i -teveral ' Et - ' 4l with the foulest epithets, struck him 6 qUar es ~f--"i's, 411 d then proceeded to demolish two in , ;,' glass, two bottles of gin, broke a tub contain- Thirdand gall " and a half of bitters, and finally took up a threatened to stab him. Afr. jr id enee having been corroborated, Nur d 'tLLANTINE inquired if the woman who had . been e g at ive, air ne e. was present, and on . receiving an answer in Out 4 , eeted her to be informed that she must take tia a , h"srrant against the prisoner, whom in the mean er -e B hould fine 255., the amount of the damage done, 4 ! f i l l ic3tl r t . hi s imprisonment, pet:no:A) isoner, who said nothing in her defence, was to fol ita, and the Magistrate again . direc . te a d Mr. Lemon tile , i s °W uy the case, which . he c s on: h id o e w re e d re most . serious said to have b q bringing other witnesses bee n , present at the transaction, on the occasion of her ePearing to answer the warrant next week. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS cha D rg A ed Y w . ith 11 „ a aines Cuffe and George Ci r iff -,,aling 40 sovereigns and a Ji. e note, the property of 41) .. 0 °Ma s Lloyd. l'rota the evidence of a numb l e u r dg o e f d w a it t n t e i s le se h s u i u t se a . p u i eered that the prisoner James lodged he called his wife. Piel. Prosecutor, with a r 00.eeproseeutor had in ile hi o s d instant, upon his going to so n bo w x 40 sovereigns and a 51. thi,3and on Sunday, the staple3c, he fou n d th a t two of the screws fastening the ithad been removed, and the box being still locked, ttZtsu opened, and then he saw that his money b t s h va e s r th e • The younger prisoner called to see his ro ave information t o ~_daY before. The prosec r u d t s or the elder prisoner ieftinn police. Soon afterw . a tne lodgings, but being watched closely, he which as traced to a house near Drury lane, Was found to be well furnished, and each of u the Prisoners had a good silver watch upon him, Previously they were known to have been in rather o d g s i althn_ tressed circumstances. Ur. ARNOLD, th e s i tt i ng magistrate, ordered the pri ;llZ: r t i o n u be re man d ed until Friday next, in order that quiries m i g h t be made about the disposal f the Prosecutor's money. ...,•imm.............m.m0n0 'FIAE , NORTH-WESTERN to, ON THE LONDON AND morn Between twelve and one o'clock yesterday i tti when the down luggage train on the L st o a nd u o u n , 0.. f or,h-Western line was near the Willesden station, and of the him,. trucks discovered to be on fire, and t h_ . . lu ggage was ti ens e train w effect, as instantly stopped. Immediate exer as thewet.' made to subdue the flames, but without end, two first truck Was speedily on fire from end to end, tllnd before e vehicle could be detached from the train s w D , ° ,„,, c) , t ,hers Were also on fire. Other assistance, however,. n olt"L'y arrived, and by great exertions the destruction e()CPertY was confined to the three trucks with t Tit of pr - o ' i t', all of which ',sere totally consumed. The amo , u 4 . Perity destroyed has not 3et been ascertained. The F e ident is supposed to have b caused by a red-hot cinder havin g been thrown from een the engine. ~NENIENT To THE LATE EARL OF YARBOROILIG f H a . ~,,.."-oe committee for superintending the erection 0 ,. r. i7littnaent to the memory of the late Earl of la 'Nigh, consists of Commodore the Marquis of Done gal, R , k e ~ • ..s., Admiral Sir Graham Hamond, Bart., Adair, 44., R.Y.S., John Beardmore, Esq., R.Y.S., Rear ilitLil D. Dundas, C 8., M.P., Lord of the Admiralty, rt.y.s"'e°3•..4•Y•S.; Captain Love, RN., lion. Me" t,, • •; the uon. A'Court Holmes, M.P. G. H. Ward, M ount t j " M•, Secretary to the Admiralty, and the Earl of acydu:•.tecurabe, Commodore of the Royal Western seve ll ra t i Ul e b uti Thine' Commodore is not yet determined on, but Pieces (& land"en of the Isle of Wight have offered t.._ wa at for that purpose. The subscriptions ." I . t ) , t_. present to about h© Royal Westeria & %Qat Club Vahicrthei6,ol. towards it THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1847. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY THAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year: Week ending NAME OF RAILWAY. Last week. B.a, . 23t4 Eoo t u ,' — ..5 May 10 15 14 Amiens and Boulogne . •• •• .. Arbroath and Forfar ••• •••• •••• Chester and Birkenhead. • • • • Dublin and Drogheda. • •• • • •••-• • • • • Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath . ••••• • •• • •• •• Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • ••• • • • •• Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. East Lancashire • • Eastern Union ••••••• • • • •• •••• • • • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock . • • . • • ... Gravesend and Rochester.. •• Great Southern and Western . • Great Western, &c.... •• • :••• Ipswich and Bury. : ............ Lancaster and Carlisle•• •• •• •••••• London and North Western, &c. London and Blackwall • • • • • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton .• • . • ••• • . London and South Western. • • • • • • • • Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Maryport and Carlisle Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Newcastle and Carlisle . • • • • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle, Berwick, and North Shields Norfolk . • • ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • North British .. • • • • • • • • • • • • Paris and Rouen . ..... . Preston and Wyre • • • • • • • • • • Rouen and Havre ...! ....... Shrewsbury and Chester . ••••• South Eastern and Branches .. • ..... South Devon . •• •••. • ... Taff Vale • • • • • • •• • • Ulster. • ....... Whitehaven Junction ... •....... York and Newcastle . .......... XOll PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings if ate House of Commons.) FRIDAY, MAY 21. POOR-LAWS ADMINISTRATION BILL. _ _ Order read for resuming adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed to be made to Question (17th "That the Bill be now read a second time:" and which Amendment was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this dad• six mouths :" Question put, "That the word ' now' stand part of the Question.' The House divided : 1 _ MAJORITY—AYES, 218. / Acland, T. D. Forster, Mathew Ord, W. Adderley, C. B. Fox, C. R. Owen, Sir John Aldam, William French, F. Paeke, C. W. Allix, J. P. Fuller, A. E. Paget, Colonel Anson, Colonel Gibson, T. 2,1. Pakington, Sir J. S. Antrobus, Edmund Gisbome, Thomas Palmer, Robert Bailey, Joseph Gladstone, Captain Parker, John Beane, Colonel Gore, Robert Patten, J. W. Baine, Walter Graham, Sir James Philips, G. It. Barclay, David Granger, T. C. Plumptre, J. P. Barkly, Henry Greene, Thomas Polhill, F. Baring, F. T. Grey, Sir G. Powlett, Lord W. Baring, Thomas Grosvenor, Lord R. Prime, Richard Barringtoa, Viscount Hale, R. B. Frotheroe, Edward Beckett, William Ilallybm•ton, Lord Pusey, Philip Bell, John Ilalsey, T. I'. Rawdon, Colonel Bellew, R. M. Hamilton, W. J. Repton, G. W. Berkeley, Captain Hamilton, Lord C. Rich, Henry Blackburne, J. I. Hamner, Sir J. Roebuck, J. A. Bodkin, William H. Harcourt, G. G. Boa - tiny, John Bodkin, J. J. Hatton, Captain V. Ross, D. R. Botfield, Beriah Hawes, B. Russell, Lord John Bouverie, E. P. Hay, Sir A. Rassell, Lo - „d E. Bowles, Admiral Ilayter, W. G. Russell, Lord C. Boyd, John Heathcoat, John Russell, J. 1). Bramston, T. W lieneage, G. 11. W. Itutherfurd, A. Brotherton, Joseph Hervey, Lord A. Sandon, Viscount B:own, W. Hobliouse, Sir J. Scrope, G. I'. Bruce, C. L. C. Hogg, Sir J. IV. Seynter, Henry Ker Buller, Charles Holland, Robert Seymour, Lord Buller, Edward Hope, Sir J. Seymour, Sir H. Buller, Sir J. Y. Howard, C W.G. Sheil, R. L. Bunbury, William Iloward,T. G. Shelburne, Earl of Burrell, Sir C. Howard, P. 11. Sheridan, R. B. Burroughes,lll. Hudson, G. Smith, R. Y. Busfeild, W. Hughes, W. B. Smollett, A. Callaghan, D. Hurst, R. H. Somers, J. P. carew, It. S. Ingestre, Viset. Somerset, Lord G. Carew, W. P. Inglis, Sir It. Somerville, Sir W. Cavendish, G. H. Jervis, Sir John Sotheron, T. IL Chaplin, W. J. Johnstone, Sir J. Stansfield, W. R. C. Chapman, B. Jolllffe, Sir. NV G. IL Stanton, W. H. Christie, W. D. Lambton, H. Stuart, Lord J. Chute, W. L. W. Lindsay, Colonel Stuart, Henry Clay, Sir W. Legh, G. C.-- - Strickland, Sir G. Clayton, R. R. Le Merchant, Sir D.. Strutt, Edward Clerk Sir G. Lemon, Sir C. Sutton, Henry • Clive, R. H. Lideell, Hon. H. T. Talbot, C. It. Colebrooke, Sir T. Lindsay, Colonel Tattered, H. W. Compton, H. C. Loch, James Thorne'y, T. Conyngham, Lord A. Lockhart, A. E. Tollemache, J. Courtenay, Lord Lockhart, W. Tower, C. Craig, W. G. Macaulay, T. B. Townely, John Currie, R. Mackenzie, W. F. Traill, George Dawson, T. V. Mai nwaring, T. Trotter, John Deedes, W. Martin, C. W. Turner, Edmund Denison, J. E. Maule, Fox Villiers, Charles Denison, E. B. Miles, William Vivian, J. H. Dennistoun, John Mitcalfe, H. Walsh, Sir J. B. Douglas, J. S. Moffatt, George Warbarton, H. Duckworth, Sir J. Monahan, J. H. Wa.d, H. G. Dineen, Lord ) ) Morgan, 0. Willianas, W. Duncan, George Morpeth, Viscount Wilshere, W. Dandas, Admiral Morris, David WlnnLngton, Sir T. Dandas, F. Mostyn, E. M. Wodebouse, E. Dundas, Sir David Napier, Sir Charles Wood. r-'ir Charles East, Sir J. B. Neeld, Joseph Wood, Colonel T. Egerton, W. T. Neeld, John Wortley, J. S. Egerton, Sir P. Newry, Viscount Wrightson, W. B. Ellice, Edward Nicholl, J. Wyse, Thomas Evans, William Norreys, Lord Ewart, William Norreys, Sir D. TTLLEB.B. Fellewes, E. O'Brien, A. Stafford Tufnell, H. Ferguson, Sir R. Ogle, S. C. Hill, Lord Marcus MINORITY—NOES, 42. Arkwright, George Forester, G. C. Pechell, Captain Bankes, George Frewen, C. 11. Perfect, Robert Bentinck, Lord G. Gardner, J. D. Sibthorp, Colonel Bentinek, Lord H. Hall, Sir Benjamin Spooner, Richard Blackstone, W. S. Henley, J. W. Stanley, E. Broadwood, H. Pildyard, T. B. Stuart, J. Clifton, J. T. Hill, Lord E. Thompson, Alderman Copeland, Alderman Humphery, Ald. Trollope, Sir J. Crawford, W. S. Knight, F. W. Verner, Sir W. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Law, C. E. Wakley, Thomas Disraeli, B. Lowther, Hon. Col. Yorke, E. T. Duke, Sir J. Manners, Lord J. Yorke, Henry R. Duncombe, T. Masterman, John TELLERS. Escott, Bickham Muntz, G. F. Ferrand, W. B. Floyer, John Newdegatc, C. N. Borthwick, Peter Mr. Trelawny was accidentally absent from the divi sion, and would have voted for the Bill. COURT CIRCULAR. We have authority to announce that the State Apart• ments in Windsor Castle, will be closed from Monday next, the 24th instant, until after. Monday, the 7th of June next. . . _ • Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and Prince Albert. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a committee meeting of the Commissioners for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the re-building the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at the new Palace at a quarter before three o'clock, attends d by the Hon. Captain A. H. Gordon. The Commissioners present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Mahon, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Mr. Wyse, and Mr. llallam, the Secretary, Mr. Eastlake was also in attendance. The meeting broke up at ten minutes before six o'clock when Prince Albert took his departure. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal took an airing yesterday in an open car riage and four. _ . . . Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen honoured the performance of the French plays with their presence yesterday even ing. The Royal Suite consisted of the Viscountess Canning, Hon. Miss Stanley, Marquis of Ormonde, Lieut.• Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left town yesterday morning in a carriage and four, for her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Majesty returned to Marlbo rough House in the afternoon. his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, honoured the Nobleman and Gentleman's Catch Club with his company at dinner last evening. The exhibition of the royal pictures, in St. James's Palace, will close this day, but will be resumed on Saturday, the 29th in,tant. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the Foreign office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscolint Pal merston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hubhouse, Lord Camp bell, the Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Morpeth, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. The Council sat an hour and a half. The Duke of Roxburgh had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial Office. Count de Jarnac, the French Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. The Bishop of Sodor and Man had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Foreign Office. Commander Potbury, of her Majesty's ship Growler, had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey at the Colo nial Office. Sir John Pelly had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) left town on Thursday afternoon for Richmond. SALE OF AN ESTATE IN WOR- CESTERSIIIRE. Mr. W. W. Simpson. of London, brought to auction on Tuesday last, the 18th instant, at the Angel Inn, Pershore, an estate si uate at Birlingham, in the Vale of Evesham, in this county. The large room was com pletely filled with a most respectable and opulent assem bly, and after an appropriate address from the auctioneer, a very spirited competition ensued, ac..d the estate was knocked down at the sum of 17,0001. to Mr. William Fowler, land agent and surveyor of Birmingham, and the agent on this occasion for Robert Woodward, Esq., of Liverpool, who was the purchaser. To form an ade quate idea of the amount realised, we add the following description of the property:—lt consists of a farm-house called Birlingliam Hall, agricultural buildings, four te nements, and 196 acres of arable meadow and pasture 0 1. / f l . th l e 2 s e . B 3 ta d t . o pe a r re anc ld m u . laud, tithe rent charge free. The timber to be valued. Also the tithe rent charges of other land commuted at . under the g a e i s id an C d ba 6 p 6 te a r er o es f t r h e e n t i) c e h a a n r Westminster f or 21 years f rom Lady-day, 1846, the remaining 130 acres are freehold. Mr. Clemens, the highly respected tenant on the estate, holds, under a tenancy from year to year, at a rent of 4504 per annum, in addition to the land-tax of 181. 16s. Ild. We leave the public to judge, with the above parti culars before them, if there be any falling off in the value of landed property even at this momentous juncture, which includes a recent fall in the Government securities of ten per cent., and also a general derangement of the monied engagements of this country. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 15th day of May, 1847. 18SCE DIVARTMENT. X. Notes issued-- .• 22,967,540 Government debt • • 11,015,100 Other securities •• • • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 7,486,301 Silver bullion •• •• • • 1,481,239 £22,967,510 £ 22,967,540 M. MARSHALL, Met Cashier. t 7. Dated the 20th day of May. 184-' BANKING D X. Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest ••.. • . Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav- 'llalfEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead 'Weight Annuity).. 10,549,108 Other securities • • 16,682,435 Notes ... • • . • • 3,793,330 Gold and silver coin— 902,453 inga-banka, and Di vidend accounts).- 4,319,786 Dther depolits ••• • • • 8,751,171 Seven day and other bills •• • • • • • • • • • 824,017 4 31;J07,326 431,907,326 4. 3IARSIIALL, Chief Caehier. Dated the 20th day of May, 1847 DEATH OF PRINCE JEROME BONAPARTE.---Se veral journals publish the following as a communica tion:—" Prince Jerome Bonaparte, eldest son o f t h e youngest and last surviving brother of th e E mperor , o f Jerome, ex-King of Westphalia, died lately at Florence, aged 33. This young man had been suffering from disease of the spine. Dr. Lallemande, who was con sulted when the affection was first discovered, ga ve some hopes of recovery, if the patient could be allowed to go to Vernet (Basso Pyrkees) to take the water. Th e Prince's father, and his uncle, the King of Wurtemberg, hastened to apply to the French Government for the ne cessary permission. This was refustd H ithout any rea son being assigned. On receiving this refusal the ques tion occurred, where will stop this blind animosity, this want of judgment in persecuting with so thuch invete racy every being who bears the name of Napoleon? Thi s young man died in the arms of his father and his bro ther, lamenting that he could no longer hope to see that country which he loved so much, and was 80 willing to s,rve."—Geptani, RAILWAY COMMITTEES, HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) GROUP VI. The Committee met at the usual hour; Mr. Deedes in the chair. WILTS, SOMERSET a ViTETATOITTH .A.BIENIMENT (NO. II). The Committee was occupied during the whole of the day in hearing the evidence of witnesses from Shaftesbury and Salisbury, in f avour o f th e propose d li ne s of the Great Western Railway, of which the Wilts, Somerset and Wey mouth is one portion. The evidence of the witnesses showed no fact of importance, beyond that which has been already reported. Mr. Bide, of Yeovil, was called in order to show that the opinion of the majority of the people of Yeovil was opposed to the scheme of the London and South-Western Company, and in favour of the schemes projected by the Great Western Company. At the conclusion of his evidence the Committee adjourned. GROUP XX. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning. THE MIDLAND AND OXWORD. WOILCES TEE AND WOLVERHAMPTON SCHEMES. .... The cases for these schemes were closed, but the Committee postponed their decision till after the holidays. GROUP XXVI. The Committee did not meet this day until three o'clock - Mr. Blackstone in the chair. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN (DIR. bIINGHA.DI AND LICHFIELD). DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION AND BRANCHES. The Committee decided that the preambles of these Bills were proved. GROUP XXXVI. The Chairman and the other members of the Committee met to-day. EAST LANCASHIRE (SOUTHPORT BRANCH - --- AND PRESTON EXTENSION). Mr. BRANDT having briefly opened the case for the pro moters of the Bill, the following evidence was adduced : Mr. Ascroff, a solicitor, was examined, and stated that he thought a deviation of the line would be injurious. He could not tell whether this line of railway would or would not affect injuriously a considerable portion of Mr. Norris's property, as he did not know the extent of that property. Mr. Manchester, of Preston, examined—Was acquainted with the present station, which was much crowded, and be bad no doubt that improved accommodation for traffic was required in the neighbourhood. It would be of great advan tage to the public to have the direct line to Liverpool. Cross-examined by Mr. CALYERT—.IIe thought the con fusion which he spoke of at the present station could not be remedied merely by an increase of its area. Mr. Rintler, an innkeeper, resident three and a half miles from Preston, was examined, and corroborated the testimony of the preceding witnesses, having experienced much incon venienceat the present station at Preston. Some further evidence on this point was adduced, when the Committee decided that they had heard enough. Mr. CALVERT addressed the Committee on the part of the opponents of the Bill, and some evidence was adduced in their behalf to prove residential injury. The Committee then adjourned till Monday week. GROUP XXXVII. TORE AND NORTH MIDLAND (MARRO GATE BRANCH, BOROUGHER.IDGE AND XNARESBOROUGH EXTENSION). The Committee to which this line is referred met to-day at twelve o'clock. Mr. Birkenshaw, the engineer, was called and briefly examined, with a view of correcting one or two errors which had been adduced accidentally in evidence on the examina tion of Mr. Bourne. Mr. Brass, on the part of the opposition, having produced and banded in a formal proof of the assents and dissents along the line, . Mr. BADTEs, on the part of the promoters of the Leeds and Thirsk Company, then addressed the Committee in reply upon the evidence. The Committee adjourned shortly after four o'clock. GROUP XXXIX. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Lord Charles Wellesley iu the chair. LEEDS AND WEIR= (EXTENSIONS TO NEWCASTLE). Major Burn, superintendent of the collieries of the Marquis of Londonderry, and several other witnesses gave evidence as to the inconvenience of the monopoly, as they termed it, of Mr. Hudson's line from York to Newcastle, stating that coals had now to pay as much as threehalfpence per ton per mile for carriage in consequence. As there was no accom modation for the press it is impossible to report the pro ceedings in full. GROUP XLV. This Committee met at twelve o'clock, in Room 28 ; Sir Denis Le Marchant, chairman. EDINBURGH and NORTHERN (BRANCHES TO ST. ANDREWS and NEWBURGH). John Alexander, road surveyor, examined.—The proposed railway would completely alter the present roads. That at Colinsburgh would be carried over the railway at an eleva tion of 28 feet 8 inches. He considered that the line as pro posed to be laid down would be of no great benefit to the public, and that the mode of carrying it on an elevated em bankment was attended with considerable danger. Mr. MITCHELL, one of the magistrates of Cupar, spoke to the general feeling of opposition to the scheme whichectuated the people of Cupar, and to the danger which would accrue from the high embankment which would be necessary for the purpose of carrying the roadway over the railway. Mr. Heriot, convenor of the Statute Labour Committee, corroborated the evidence given by Mr. Alexander. This closed the case. Mr. HOPE shortly repliel for the Company. The room was then ordered to be cleared, and on the re admission of parties, The CHAIRMAN stated that the Committee could not express their decision in the absence of the report of the Railway Commissioners. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (TAY IMPROVEMENTS, &c.) Mr. Sergeant BELLASIS opened for the promoters. The object of the Bill was to obtain powers to build piers, &c., on the ferry from Port. on - Craig on the south, to Broughly on the north of the Tay, so as to preserve in its entirety the Edinburgh and Northern Railway. The Learned Counsel having explained the d e t a il s of the - Bill, proceeded to examine witnesses. The Committee heard one witness on general evidence, and then adjournel till Friday, the 28th inst. GROUP XLVI. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY (No. 10 Evidence was called on behalf of Mr. Miller to show that the proposed line would affect seriously his property, and that the proposed line would pass through upwards of 200 acres of his ground, over the whole of which water-courses had been construct e d at considerable expense, and the benefits of which would b e ent i rely destroyed by posed line. Mr. TALBOT then a dd ressed the Committee on behalf of the promoters of the Bill. A t the conclusion of his address, The Committee intimat e d t h at in consequence of one of the Bills, properly speaking making the pro opposing this line, having been by mistake referred to Mr. Greene, the Committee would give no decision until the Bill had been brought before them. The Committee accordingly adjourned till after the holidays. GROUP XLVIII. The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Lord Courte nay in the chair. All the other members were present. GLASGOW, Ain ' XIR XE , AND nroNnzaNros JUNCTION (COWLAIRS, CIINTRAL =DIC TION, AND CARIWYLIC nEANcuEs). The case for the Caledonian Company in opposition to the Bill was then taken. Mr. Collister, C.E., examined, and deposed that he was the resident engineer of the Caledonian Company, now con nected with the Pollee and Govan. The terminus would be at the south side of the river, and the main line would be opened in about November next. The present scheme would cross their main line on the level. There were two lines of rails of the Caledonian at the point of crossing, on which all the traffic would have to go, and consequently there would be considerable danger. In order to make such a crossing at all eligible, they ought to have several lines of rails instead of two; but this they could not have without rebuilding their bridges and making considerable alterations. 'They had not room for such an alteration at present. The distance from the point of crossing the Caledonian, on the level, to the Central Junction running on to the Polloc and Govan, was but ninety yards, so that a moderately long train would block up_ both lines, and great dange r wou ld b e i ncurre d. Mr. Locke, C.E., corroborated the evidence of the pre- Pious witness. This closed the evidence for the Caledonian Company. I Mr. Sergeant )usury replied on behalf of that company against the Bill. lie said the general objections to the scheme had been so well stated by Mr. Austin that he would Under the best not refer to them. He would confine himself to the inter section of the Caledonian line, an d he submitted that no case had been made for su c h an interference. The crossing would take place which would be attended on the Caledonian a difficulty. junction l vr main ith glirneeatonthe level, danger circum stances, with a united management, such ju nct i ons were de cidedly objectionable, but they were m uc h more so when l , and ' l , the companies wereindependent,and whe n - t h ere would be the leading traffic of both companies continually passing and repassing. The Learned Gentleman having amplified on these points, concluded by. calling on th e Co mmittee to reject the preamble of the Bill. Mr . WH LATLLI - ' replied on behalf of Mr. Dixon, iron master. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow, when Mr. 1 Andrews will reply. BILLS. COMMITTEE (yEosnTEPRIRmIyI:;ATE LIVERPOOL GAS COMPANY. LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN GAS COMPANY. ASHTON GAS COMPANY. The Committee to whom these opposin g Bills had been referred met this day, in Room 8, at the usual hour, for the h a lf per cant., and undertook to a c u o p m p i my i tt gas ee the e te Bill of the The Liverpool Guardian Gas Company i s a new company, dispatch of public business; Captain Mangle:, which sought power to borrow one hundred thousand pound'; at Tseheenoladncdoampany sought powers to borrow two hundred in a t s h h e er ci ele, at 3s. Bd. per hundred cubic feet. Guardian to 1 o iAsa u ufr s ptd a epi n ral )dus, some n oes i n n an d tpe s g4mos a l.yt t i6a t dt e wi n ,oapns i e ) r r betweenwithdrawn,c uebn_ parties, i t c . , , f u et n het d e., er a t n a ki d n After some conversation with the agents, the Ashton Gas Bill was postponed till next Monday Wee k . passed the Bill of the Liverpool Gas Company. goods in new styles. Offers have o f e f l f v al p i gcels of various articles, but being at TIIE LACE TRADE.—The appearance of things in the holders have declined to sell, except this market does not improve. Sales . are of a limited amount, The production of " nets of all kinds is reduced three-fourths at least, and plain the unemployed workpeople are brought into a state of much suffering. There is no prospect of material reduction in the N rab v ene h ded e un r ct e htl nio u osa n ne( d i ec e i in r fi io t erp : r e ayi c e p , r e s s u r e o f n e c e s s i t y . • prices of fine cotton yarns used in this manufacture. —.Yot tinghant Re, iew. THE 2A.RAII SAADS.---OUT Liverpool correspondent states that the Sarah Sands would not leave New York till the 11th instant. This notice seems necessary, rort tl:ere are parties now expecting her arri va l a t that IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 21. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. LORDS' AMENDMENTS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Claridge's Patent Asphalte Company. Doddington Rectory Division. Scottish Union Insurance Company. REPORTS. The following reports were brought up:— Cleveland-square, St. James's, Westminster, Improve ment. Mancheser ani Birmingham and North Staffordshire Junction Railway. The reports on the following Bills were further con sidered and agreed to:— Bridge House Estates Debt. Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company. Dunfermline Waterworks. Glasgow, Dumfries, ani Carlisle Railway, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway (No. 1). Imperial Continental Gas Association. Plymouth and Taristock Road (No. 2). Payne's Patents Assignment. Warrington Gas. Wexford Free Bridge. York Improvement (Lendal- bride.° and approaches). THIRD READINGS. The following Bills were read a third time and passed: Birkenhead Commissioners Dock Acts Amendment (Construction of New Docks and Alteration of Cul vert). Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway (Deviations between Duntocher Limeworks and Bow ling, &c.) Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham Railway (Extension -to Stephen's -green). Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Branch from Navan to Dells). General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour Railway Branches. Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct, and Glasgow Southern Terminal Railways Amalgamation. Great Western Railway (Branch to join the West London Railway, Widening and Enlargement of West London Railway, and Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the London and South-Western Railway near Lambeth). London Sewage Chemical Manure. Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Newcastle, Anniskinnan, and Baltrasne. Deviations). Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland (Extension from Athlone to Galway). Newry and Enniskillen Railway. Norfolk Railway (from Thetford to the Lowestoft Rail way near Reedham, with a Branch to Halesworth). Runcorn Gas. Sheffield Markets. Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks. Swansea Valley Railway. Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Railway. Westminster Improvements. Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway (Staines to Ascot and Wokingham, with Branches). Windsor, Staines, and South-Western Railway (Rich mond to Windsor, &c.) LAW OF MARRIAGE. Lord Kamm HILL appeared at the bar in his official costume as Comptroller of her Majesty's House hold, and upun being called upon by the Speaker, he said that he had, 'in consequence of the desire of the House, presented their address on the subject of the law of marriage to her Majesty, and he had received her commands to return the following answer:— " I have received your address relating to the law of marriage: my consideration shall be given to the subject to which your address refers." CROYDON COMMERCIAL GAS COMPANY AND COKE BILL. Mr. KEMBLE moved that the order for reviving the Committee on the Croydon Commercial Gas and Coke Bill be discharged, and referred to the Committee of Selection.—Agreed to. REPORTS ON RAILWAY BILLS. Mr. GREENE moved that the reports on railway Bills, which by the standing order of the House ought to be considered upon Thursday, be considered on Friday. the 28th day of this instant May.—Agreed to. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION, AND BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY RAILWAY AMALGAMATION BILL. Mr. SPOONER moved the third reading of this Bill. Sir CHARLES DOUGLAS asked for a postponement of Ibis Bill for ten days, until they should see what ter mination the legal proceedings at present pending in 'the Court of Queen's Bench would have. Mr. RUSSELL said that he trusted the House would not yield to the suggestion of the Honourable Member. If the objection urged was a good and valid one, it ought to have been urged on the bringing up of the report; and after the discussion which had taken place, he did not see that this motion ought to have been made. If the House would resolve not to pass any measure in reference to which legal proceed ings were taken it would be quite easy to defeat any Bill.—(Cries of " Divide, divide.") Sir C. DOUGLAS said that he would net divide the House upon the question. All he desired to do was to call the attention of the House to the fact, which was not disputed by the Hon. Gentleman. He would accordingly withdraw his amendment. The Bill was then read a third time. THE NAVIGATION-LAWS. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition against any alteration in the navigation-laws. CASE OF MARY DAWSON. Mr. FERRAND presented a petition from a working man of th© name of Dawson, in the neighbourhood of Keighley, in the county of York, complaining of the treatment which his daughter, Mary Dawson, had re ceived from her employ er, a Mr. Ellice. The petition alleged that his daughter was a weaver in the factory of Mr. Ellice, where she had a warp in hand which was so bad that she could not weave. From some dis pute which arose on the subject, she left his employment on the 10th of March. In consequence, she was brought before the magistrates at Keighley, but nothing was done with her at the time. She got employment in auother mill, where she continued till the 30th April. On that day, without any notice, a constable came and took her to prison. She was taken through the streets to the rail way station, and hurried to Wakefield, where she now lies committed to the House of Correction for a month. lie now gave notice that after the holidays he would move that the petition be printed with the votes, with the object of bringing the subject before the House. COMPENSATION TO TENANTS FOR AGRI CULTURAL IMPROVEMENTS. Lord INGESTRE presented a petition from the owners and occupiers of land in the county of Stafford, stating that the security of tenure was the exception and not the rule, and praying that the Government would introduce a measure to secure compensation to tenants for their agricultural improvements. NAVIGATION-LAWS. The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from 4,000 seamen, belonging to ships out of the port of London, expressing their regret that an intention was expressed of interfering with the navigation-laws, which would have the effect of throwing them out of employment, and giving their bread to foreign sailors. They prayed, therefore, that the navigation-laws should not be inter fered with. The Noble Lord moved that the petition bo referred to the Navigation Committee. MEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from the stir ffons of Shrewsbury in favour of the Medical Registra tion Bill. ROMAN CATHOLICS. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petitition from a place in Bedfordshire against any further concessions to the Roman Catholics. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said—Sir, as it was under stood last night that the debate on the Poor-law Amend ment Bill would be finished in the course of to-night, I beg now to move that this House, on its rising, shall ad journ until Friday next. The motion 'was agreed to. THE BANKRU PT AND INSOLVENT LAWS. Mr. BOLTVERIE wished to ask a question of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department. Last session he had charge of a Bill which proposed to apply a remedy to some of the serious evils which many persons in this country were now suffering from some of the defects in the bankrupt and insol vent laws, but he withdrew the Bill on the understanding that the Government would introduce a Bill in the course of this session for a similar purpose. He understood that such a Bill had been introduced into the other House of Parliament, and he therefore wished to ask his Right Hon. Friend what state the Bill was in, and whether there was a reasonable prospect that that Bill, or some other for a similar purpose, could be passed into a law during the present session? Sir G. GREY said that since last session this subject had been under the consideration of the Lord Chancel lor, and recently the Noble Lord had introduced a Bill into the House of Lords, which was intended to be referred to a Select Committee. He could not express any opinion as to the period when it might be expected in that House. STOCK-IN-TRADE EXEMPTION BILL. Sir R. H. INGLIS said be wished to aiicaTother question in relation to another important Bill which stood No. 24 on the orders of the day for that night. It was the Stock-in-Trade Exemption Bill. He wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet could not make such arrangement with his colleagues as to allow this Bill to come on at such an hour on some day that a fair discussion might be taken upon it. Sir GEORGE GREY was not aware that it was in tended to offer any opposition t 6 this Bill, but at all events, if they did not get down to the Bill till a late hour, he should postpone it. Sir R. H. INGLIS wished to know what the Right Hon. Baronet considered a late hour. Sir GEORGE GREY—After twelve o'clock. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS BILL. Mr. GEORGE BANKES wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Vice-President of the Board of Trade whether he intended to proceed with this Bill, and if he did, when? Mr. T. M. GIBSON—Not till after the holidays. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved that after the Ist of June orders of the day should have precedence of notices of motions upon Thursday. OFFICE FOR PUBLIC RECORDS. Mr. M. MILNES wished to know whether anything had been done towards the erection of an office for the reception of the public records ? Sir G. GREY said that the subject was under the consideration of the Government. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS BILL. M r . E. DENISON wished to know when the Eccle. siastical Commissioners Bill would be again brought before the House? was undsref,oo4 to §ay that Lord JOHN RUSSELL • - ' 8,461 6,659 6,271 4,944 REAT York and North Midland . ..... ..... THE FIRE ON THE WESTERN RAILWAY, ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. FRIDAY NlGHT.—Notwithstanding that an immense number of men have been, ever since the fire occurred upon the Great Western Railway, actively engaged in repairing the bridge at Hanwell, they have, up to the present time, half-past eight P.M. Friday, been unable to replace the structure. By one o'clock yesterday morn ing the workmen, under the superintendence of Mr. Brunel, Mr. Seymour Clarke, and Mr. Sanders, had succeeded in forming a temporary viaduct, at least so far as the down line was concerned. To test its safety a heavily-laden goods train was passed over it without an engine, and being found sufficiently strung to bear the weight of that train, which, it should be stated, was con siderably heavier than any ordinary train, it was pro nounced to be perfectly safe. The up line, however, is not yet repaired, but from the rapid progress that is being made, it is fully expected that it will be finished in time for the express train to pass over at eleven o'clock this forenoon (Saturday). An inquiry was yesterday made by the chief officer of the line, to learn if possible how the disaster occurred. The result still leaves the mat ter in doubt, it being considered most extraordinary that the fire should have obtained such a strong hold before discovered. Some idea of the fury of the flames may be formed from the fact of the heat being so intense that eight out of the ten iron girders that were supported by cast iron columns, on which the timber was laid, ex panded to such a degree as to snap asunder principally about the centre. They were also thrown out of the perpendicular, and the stone-work into which they were fastened by molten lead was rent in twain. Some of the parties attribute the act to an incendiary, but the ma jority of the officials are of opinion that it was caused solely by accident, tome hot cinders falling from the engine of the train that left the Maidenhead station at 11.15 r.st. yesterday. They are also of opinion that wooden bridges or viaducts ought not to be allowed on the lines, and it is understood that all similar erections will be either replaced by iron or covered with a fire proof substance, so as to guard against a similar casualty. To some parties it may seem very remarkable that so long a time has been spent in repairing the structure; and it is, however, only necessary to state that the bridge, although only twenty-five feet by eighteen, was an ela borate piece of workmanship, and was most peculiarly constructed; it was carried over the Uxbridge-road at a sharp angle, and it then stretched over the cross road. The value of the bridge was considerably more than was at first anticipated. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDEXT.) THE POTATO BLIGHT. We regret to have to state that the blight has again appeared on the potatoes in the Isle of Wight. The Mal spot was first observed in the gardens round Newport on Thursday morning. This morning (Friday) the dew appeared like a black drop on the leaves of the potatoes at Westmill and in the neighbourhood of Carisbrook. It was in this part it was first observed in 1845, and it was not till nearly a month afterwards that it became general in other parts of England. The severe winter has induced persons to plant a much greater breadth of potatoes this year than they did last; indeed, even last year the grower was a gainer by the blight, it was the consumer was the sufferer. About one-third of the potatoes were spoiled by the blight —say one bushel oat of three. Had there been no blight, the three bushels would have sold for 4s. 6d.; in consequence of the blight, the two bushels sold for Bs. Wind and rain have at length left us, and summer set in in earnest. ELECTION MOVEMENTS. It has been some time doubted whether Mr. Willis Fleming was really serious in putting up for the Isle of Wight. It was thought he would merely sound the elee • tors, and then withdraw, but all doubt is now removed. He has stated his determination to go to the poll as the " No Popery" candidate. Mr. Simeon considers himself safe to win. Some call him a liberal Conservative, others a moderate Whig. He has the landed interest with him, and some of the Liberals; Mr. Fleming the clergy an d t h e W esleyans, the Liberals generally standing aloof. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday afternoon one of Combe and Delafield's horses, engaged in draw ing empty barrels from Mr. Collier's, the Three Com passes, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, fell down the collar keep; the man below narrowly escaped being crushed to death. After several ineffectual attempts to drag the horse out by ropes, the footpath and roadway was raised, and an inclined plane formed by excavating the earth to some depth, thus enabling the animal to walk out. DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday afternoon a determined suicide was committed by a Mr. Jenkins, a surgical instrument maker, about thirty years of age, residing at No. 4, St. Margaret's-terrace, near Rochester row, Westminster. It appears that he had been con fined to bed by illness; his wife had gone to fetch the doetcr,leaaring him with a female attendant, whom he re quested to leave the room whilst he got out of bed. Some time elapsing, she entered the room, when he was dis covered lying on the floor, having cut his throat with a razor. A surgeon was sent for, but life was extinct before his arrival. It appeared that he had, beforo using the razor, stabbed himself in the left side with a pair of scissors. A BENEVOLENT LANDLORD.--LOrd in addition to his immense outlay on labour, amounting to several (more than five) hundred pounds a month, for a considerable time past, on his Irish estate at Colattin Park, in the county of Wicklow, has purchased and given to every tenant seeds of all descriptions re quired, including oats, barley, turnips, carrots, &c. His Lordship has also supplied the poor with soup of the best description, sending it to all the towns adjacent for distribution every week. SUICIDE FROM DRUNKENNESS.—Mr. Bedford held an inquest yesterday, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Henry Young, aged 50, a gardener, of No. 7, Cumberland-street, Chelsea.. It appeared in evidence that the deceased had been for some time past much ad dicted to drinking, and was frequently intoxicated for three or four days together. He got up at five o'clock on Wednesday morning last, and returned in the even ing with a bottle of laudanum in his pocket. He then poured the poison into a cup and drank it. His wife and daughter, who were in the room, rendered imme diate assistance, but the deceased continued in an insen sible state, and died in the hospital the next day. It was stated by the witnesses that he had made two pre vious attempts on his life. The inquest was adjourned for the evidence of the chemist of whom the deceased purchased the poison. DEPRESSION or TRADE. —Considering the fewness of manufacturing establishments in this county, it is with deep regret we learn that the Sanquhar Carpet Com panytime have felt constrained to res ort to the short in common with system—that is, limiting the hours of l a bour daily and of weekly, owing to the dull state this, other branches of trade, at home and abroad. In ordi nary times, restriction of industry would have fallen comparatively light on the long-thriving community at Crawick Mill ; but this, as may be naturally supposed, is much aggravated by the continued dearness of all sorts of provisions.—Dumfries Herald. NEW POTATOES.—A fine sample of early potatoes was shown last week at Darlington market, and sold at three shillings per quart, with a lively demand for more, even at this price. The producer was Mr. Thomas Stabler, market gardener, of Haughton-le-Skerne, near Darlington, a place remarkable for its early productive ness, for the salubrity and pleasantness of its climate, and its dry and sheltered situation.—Durham Advertiser. Sir Charles Napier hoisted his flag at Portsmouth, on Thursday, on board the St. Vincent ; he expects to go to sea on Sunday. PORT WINE.—We are informed that the Junta of Oporto have resolved that wines of the Upper Douro of the vintage of 1846 may be brought into Oporto until the 20th of June next. Upon wine of the first quality a duty of 7,200 reis (about 11. 14s. 2d.) a pipe is to be paid, and the owner of the wine is to bind himself to export the same to ports in Europe. Upon wine of the second quality the duty is to be 600 reis (about 2s. 10d.), and on wine for home consumption 6,800 reis (about 11. 12s. 101.) a pipe. The entrance duty paid on wine of the lit quality is to be deducted from the export duty. ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT ANNUITY FUND. — Yesterday the sixth annual general meeting of members of this charity was held at the Freemasons' Hall, for general business, and the election by ballot of twelve annuitants, from a list of 51 candidates. W. John 44s reducedatto od 2which,charge. rie after o receiptsf i2O /. fromwhich alle Savage, Esq., in the chair. The r e p ort state d t h at l ast year there weresources w h3s e 9 re ha l annuitants, ven d eat , left a balance of 9291. Is. 2d., o f w hi c h s balance the committee bad ordered to he invested 5001., in addition to a funded capital of 5,000/. In future the fumigation of letters received from On board ships arriving in the United Kingdom with clean bills of is to b® discontinued. he would bring forward the measure on Monday, the 31st inst., when he would state to the House the course which he intended to pursue with respect to the Bill. RAILROAD BILLS.—ADJOURNED DEBATE. Mr. HUME moved that the order of the day for the adjourned debate thereupon be discharged. The Com mittee had met, and from the progress which they had made, he thought it would render unnecessary any further debate upon the subject. The order was accordingly di s charged. PRISONS BILL. Lord MAIION wished to know when the Prisons Bill would be brought before the House ? Sir GEORGE GREY proposed to proceed with the Bill on Thursday, the 3d of June. ENCUMBERED ESTATES (IRELAND) BILL. Sir F. THESIGER asked the Noble Lurd when it was proposed to proceed with this Bill? Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that he had promised the Recorder of Dublin that he would give ample notice before that Bill was proceeded with. He also took that opportunit3 of stating that he would proceed with the miscellaneous estimates on Friday next. POOR-LAW COMMISSION. Mr. FERRAND wished to know if the estimates of the Poor-law Commission would be taken on that evening. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the estimates would not be proceeded with before further progress was made with the Poor•law Administration Bill. INTERMENT IN TOWNS. Mr. MACKINNON wished to ask tke Noble Lord he intended to proceed with this Bill during the presen, session? Lord MORPETH said that he saw no prospect of passing the Bill during the present session. Mr. MACKINNON would like to know if he saw any prospect of passing the Bill next session?—(Laughter.) Lord MORPETH said that he was very confident of being able to pass the Bill next session. USE OF SUGAR IN DISTILLERIES. Mr. BARKLY asked the Chancellor of the Exche quer what are the additional facilities which he intends to give for the use of sugar in distilleries, and whe ther it is his intention to propose during the present session, so much of the Act of the 6th George IV., c. 80, as forbids all attempt to distil in combina tion with grain, or checks use of sugar in ex isting distilleries, more especially of the 4th clause of that Act, which prohibits distillation at the same time from sugar and grain; the 45th clause, which requires six days' notice to be given by the distiller of his intention to use sugar; and the 46th clause, which requires an interval of one month between distilling grain and sugar. or sugar and grain - separately. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he had stated on a former occasion that he did not intend to bring forw a rd an y measure to pro hibit the use of grain in distilleries. He could only give the same answer to the Hen. Gentleman as he gave to the Hon. Gentleman (the Member for Montrose) a few evenings ago, that he would give every facility, for the use of suga r, that was c ons i stent w i th the ex i st i ng laws. The chair man of the Board of Excise had also got instructions to the same effect, and to give every facility for that purpose. He thought that he bad a paramount duty to keep up the revenue.—(Cheers.) To the latter part of the ques tion of the Hon. Gentleman he begged to say that he had no intention whatever to repeal any part of the Act which had been passed for legalising the distillation from sugar. With respect to the Hon. Gentleman's ob servation, that one month was necessary before distil lation from grain could be resumed after distillation from grain had been used, he begged to observe that; it was quite a mistake; for, in reality only six days' notice was necessary before the work could be resumed. In fact Rowe and Co., of Dublin, and Messrs. Leman, of Rat cliffe Highway, were now working upon that system. He theretore thought that any interference with the excise was unnecessary. Captain BARCLAY explained that he did not wish to throw the slightest blame upon the Government, for he did not inculpate them in the least for allowing dis- illation from grain. ACTION OF THE POOR-LAW. Mr. FERRAND said that a handbill had been circu• lated in Sheffield, stating that a person named John Darwin, who he understood had formerly been in highly respectable circumstances, bad lately died in the work house, and that his body had been cut up into quarters, and sold. It was furthei stated that the Mutilated mem- bers had,.five weeks afterwards, been taken to St. George's burial ground in a coffin and interred. The question which he wished to ask was whether any information re- specting the circumstance had been communicated to the Government ? ..................... Sir GEORGE GREY said he had never heard of the handbill till the Hon. Gentleman had given notice of his question. There was no reason for supposing that any such occurrence had happened there, and he did not think that the reports were sufficiently authenticated to warrant further notice of it. THE PAUPER DISFRANCHISED. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN asked the Solicitor- General for Ireland whether the fact of having received relief under the Poor-law Act since the registering, dis franchises the voter; and in the event of his reply in the negative, to ask whether it be the intention of her Ma jesty's Government to bring in a Bill on this subject during the present session. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland said the question involved great difficulty; for Committees on special cases had differed from each other invariably, and came to contradictory conclusions. It appeared that in England, after the passing of the Reform Bill, any person receiving relief within a year of the county registration was not entitled to be registered. But in Ireland the feet of receiving relief did not disfranchise the county voter. The game law affected the burghs. SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION BILL. Mr. SPOONER, in _reply to a question, said there were only seven names opposed to the Bill. Ho did mot know whether these seven gentlemen were necessarily seven wise men; but he - begged distinctly to set; that he would proceed with the first reading of the 13111 at the earliest opportunity, without consideration of the convenience of tiw s se ilon:G eml, men. ALLEGED FALSE IMPRISONMENT. Mr. FEHR AND called the attention of the Eight Hon. Gentleman, the Home Secretary, to the case of a girl which he bad already brought before the House— the individual in question being illegally, as he could prove, confined in the House of Correction at Wake field. He wished to know whether directions for her release would be given before the recess. Sir G. GREY said—A case had been brought to the Home. office in reference to the matter to which the Hon. Gentleman alluded, but there was nothing to convict the magistrate concerned in the matter of anything like illegallity in his conviction in question. RELIEF WORKS (IRELAND). The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER observed that he had, at a former period, moved that 300,0001. should be advanced, by way of loan, on the security of rates in Ireland. He now gave notice that he intended . _ on Friday to move that the House should agree to ad vance a further sum of 300,0001. for the same object for which the last bad been granted—that is, to the relief committees. Lord G. BENTINCK bad hoped that when his Right Hon. Friend mentioned that he intended to propose 300,0001. for relief works in Ireland, that he might at the same time have incidentally stated to the House that the Government had a well-founded hope it would be able soon to reduce the enormous expense with which the distribution of relief had been accompanied. The Government had reduced the numbers of those receiving relief from 700,000 to (he thought) 240,000 persons; but the expenses of the staff still continued.—(Hear.) That expense was at the rate of 17,000/. a week, amounting to about 900,0001 a year, of which a large portion was charged to the Government, and would of course have to be paid out of the finances of this country. He had hoped that his Right Hon. Friend would have told them that he had reduced the staff in proportion as he bad reduced the amount of relief. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER ex plained. The 300,000/. were not for public works. He had in the month of March proposed that 300,000/. should be advanced as a loan, on the security of the rates—he did this in order that that mode of relief might be substituted for public works. His Noble Friend might be assured that the moment the public works maid be discontinued the expenses of the staff employed would be at an end ; and they might at any time have been prevented, if it could have been proved that the resident gentry would t a k e u p on t h emse l ves the duties performed by the staff, and thus aid the Go vernment. Mr. HENLEY wished to know whether there would be any objection to state how many of the persons re • ceiving a portion of th e 17,0004 a week might be electors ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied, that he did not quite understand the purport of the Hon. Gentlemants question. Many of the staff were officers sent over from this country. The overseers of works should cease to be employed as soon as the works them selves could be discontinued. As to whether that class of persons were Parliamentary electors or not, he really did not know—they were persons recommended by the relief committee. Their employment must cease with the discontinuance of the public works, or as soon as the new system could be carried into effect. It was no fault of the Government that the persons thus employed in Ireland had not been discontinued before now. The necessity for employing them had been forced upon the Government by the extreme difficulty that had been experienced in inducing the relief committees to exert themselves. Mr. STAFFORD O'BRIEN said that he considered that the present was a fitting opportunity to complain that the second question which he ask ed had not been answered, he wished to call the attention of her Ma jesty's Government to that question, and inquire whether it was their intention to bring in any Bill upon the subject. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saA the Government had determined to take the matter into consideration. DISTURBANCES IN PORTUGAL. Mr. HUME wished to ask a question of considerable importance. It was rumoured that her Majesty's Government had so far interfered with the affairs of Portugal as to send out a deputation there to make certain arrrangements under the superintendence of ColonellWilde. Ile wished to know what powers or directions Were given to this officer, as to any interference with the belligerents, and whether such a course would not cause a dancer of this country being involved in a war. It lifiil been stated also that the British officers had been treated with in sult, and the nation thus subjected to degradation. He wished to know whether the Noble Lord was prepared to lay upon the table any papers or instructions given 1 with reference to this subject. Lord J. RUSSELL said that at present the Govern ment were not prepared to lay upon the table the p a pers aters en sought for until th e pr o per time came. They would th en be placed before the House. Mr. HUME then gave notice that immediately after the holidays he should bring the subject under the =- sideration of the House, in order that no uncertainty might rest upon a matter of so much importance. POOR -LAW ADMINISTRATION ACT. On the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. BORTHWICK rose, but was for some time in audible, in consequence of the uproar prevailing in the House. The Hon. Gentleman said, as he had main tained a consistent course since the period he had en tered that House, it became incumbent on him to ex press the opinion he entertained, that the Bill was only an amendment of a previous Act, which embodied prin ciples of the most unconstitutional character, and ho felt obliged, therefore, however painful it might be to him, to record his vote that the Bill should be read a second time that day six months. The Ministers, in the course of the present debate, had not shown much inte rest in the present question. On the last night of the debate he saw on one bench the Eton. and Learned Mem ber for Bath soundly reposing. On a bench behind the chair, at one end of the Ministerial bench there lay stretched the lion. Member at the head of the Ordnance, and at the other end profoundly r e p ose d another Mem ber of the Government ; chile the Right Hon. Gen. tleman the Home Secretary sat in the centre, as if to realise the language of the Irish poet— " Since the lovely are sleeping Go sleep thou with them." —(Laughter.) The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath had attacked the Honourable Member for Knaresborough in a very . pers nail man. nor, and had insisted that his opinions or sentiments were entitled to no consideration, but it should be recollected that that Hon. Member represent s 1 the feelings of the great body of the people. He was neither a hypocrite nor hunter for popularity, for his clients were not those who returned Members to Par liament, but the poor. It was their opinion that the Hun. Member for Knaresborough sought to obtain. "No, let the candied tongue lull absurd pomp, Or crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning." These were not those who opposed such a measure as the present. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Bath referred at some length to the works of Grotius, Puffendorf, Vattel, and other authorities, and stated that he believed in his conscience that his (Mr. Borthwick's) Hon. Friend the Member for Knares borough . did not know whether Grotius lived in the reign of George 111., or during the reign of the Emperor Adrian—(Loud laughter) —which was, in his (Mr. Borthwick's) estimation, a most im proper and uncalled for observation, for one Member of the House to make to another. He know that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bath was familiar with the 43d of Elizabeth—that he might have got knowledge of Grotius—that he might have read every line of Puffen dorf—and that he had read the work to which he made so much reference, namely, Mrs. Trollope's novel, " Jessie Phillips ;" but how did these authorities affect the ques tion before the House ? Did it not stand as it did before ? And did not the Hon. Member for Bath stand accused of having spoken on subjects which were not before the House ? The Hon. and Learned Member for Bath told them that the law of Elizabeth was one in fact with the law of 1834, and the Noble Lord at the head of the Government told them that the law of 1834 was simply passed to correct the mischiefs which had occurred in 1795 ; or, as he phrased it, the evils which had prevailed towards the end of the last century. The Noble Lord had stated that the magistrates had at that period decided that no difference was to be made between unexpected misfortune and deli berate immorality. Now this was plainly unconstitu tional, and if that be true it was equally plain that the same proceeding was unconstitutional wherever it might be practised ; and if it was unconstitutional, therefore, 1 in the magistrate, it was equally plain that it was un constitutional in the authorities at Somerset House. The lion. Gentleman then proceeded to prove from a sup posed case between two labourers, one industrious and the other depraved, in order to show that a magistrate would be placed either in a position of difficulty or would be compelled to commit great injustice, by committing the steady with tho unsteady man to the workhouse. The law of Elizabeth took good care not only that the poor should have relief, but that in respect of work being provided, that they should have that with a good and comfortable lodging. The Noble Lord seemed to him to adopt a fallacy which seemed very general, namely, that the description of the Bill of 1844 was a central control over a local adminis tration. Now his objection to the law was, that it took the unalienable rights of the poor from them, and re moved them from out of the pale of the constitution. A man might render himself liable to the law from the moment, from an unforeseen calamity, he had been stripped of his independence. The labourer of England possessed a lower nobility of spirit than the aristocracy of England—they might say what they liked to the con trary ; but so it was. The Bill before the House did riot touch the principle of 1834, which left the power of the Bill in the hands of the Poor-law Commissioners,he must however admit, that the machinery introduced into the present Bill was a great improvement upon the former system. When the Bill went into Committee, he was determined to move that three should be inserted instead of five years, for he believed that in three years the country would discover that it was wrong in principle and tyrannous in its operation. Mr. MILES—The Bill was merely for the purpose of changing the nature of the Commission, and be was as tonished, after the speech of the Noble Lord, that such a Bill should be introduced, for it was nothing else but a most elaborate defence of that Commission, both from their own acts, and the charges of Mr. Chadwick, who was secretary to it.—(Hear.) It was his intention, after the a,sertion made by the Noble Lord last night that he was not particular to tho form in which this matter should be regulated, to give him his support upon the second reading of the Bill. The poor had an in•dienable right to relief, but if he reasoned by analogy from the law of Elizabeth, be would see that the able•bothrd had only a right to relief in a certain way. They should have a test of destitution still more strong than the one they had ; for he must say that the present test was slipping little by little from under their fingers. The Noble Lord made another observation that if the power was left with the board of guardians they would act with more severity than the Poor-law Commissioners, and he begged, as far as his knowledge went, to contradict it, for whenever any interference of the board of guardians bad taken place, it was always to induce the Commissioners to take a somewhat more merciful view of the particular case submitted to them, than the law seemed to warrant. If the case were referred to the quarter sessions, the poor would be still less likely to receive a lenient considera tion, as the quarter sessions was a place, its most cases, influenced by party, and made a place of declaiming and debate. Mr. B. ESCOTT said that he had heard no reason adduced in that House to prove the superiority of this new system over the old one, and therefore he should rote against it. The Noble Lord had admitted, in his speech of the previous evening, that this Commission was an experiment liable to many grave and serious objec tions. Under the new system, all the officers, down to the pettiest officer in every union, would be under the control of the Government, and that was not the least of the very grave objections which could be urged against it. Had the Hon. Member read the report which the Poor-law Commissioners had decreed to be laid on the table of the House on the very day on which the de bate upon the second reading of this Bill was first taken, and if he had, would not its contents furnish a very suf ficient reason for not giving his vote in favour of tbo measure? That report had stated, that in spite of all the distress which existed in the country, the commis sioners had been enabled to keep up their rules and re gulations tolerably well. He thought that the feelings of the commissioners, instead of being those of gratifi cation, ought to be of bitter shame for their past conduct. which u t could ionof b e this system, br ought w forward thear d i l n ih d e ef o en n c ly e o d f ef t e h n e ce introd absolute incapacity of the present syTitem, and the present commissioners. The Noble Lord was not a man to bring forward this measure without some very lion.stro ng m an e d m c h o e g r en te t r s e h a e s w on th o a f t the the kind. present oo H p ed r eted w an hadany ever been beneficially administered without some partial disregard of the orders ;of the commissioners. This, however, did not help him to vote for the new measure until some reason was adduced which could show him that the new Commission would be productive of sults. It was a long time after theth e law of 1834;that the Poor-law Commissioners had the o courage to issue rules and regulations respecting the out- door to the able-bodied poor. They did not do so four forcedrelief by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Home Secretary. i They issued one then, restricting the relief of the able bodied poor to the house alone. It was, however, soon passing an f ybetter re found out that this would not act, and they were obliged to issue a second rule, providing that out door relief to the able• bodied, under particular circumstances. From time to time orders of one kind or another have been oiss. There ued,bnti weren noin wholestance have they be t e h n a len h e generally act e d cor n. ducted the relief of the poor, without any reference whatever to the dicta of the m sioners.Au t besubmitted gre a t de a! ha d b that een fr tm sa io id had theabo been uwatsot a fst o u to drive tnr h k e . workhouseeilmrei.s test, h The object of it, it was said, was to distinguish the industrious man from the idle vagabaonndd; beingbu t h a n d a it done so ? No , but ra ther it s practical effect lf vr the e industrious thd er dread dl and e of vagabond incarceration, honest pau per wentinto the House, and fill ed ed thew hae• e l d l fe his belly at the expense o f the rate-p a y ers . He cared for nothing so lo ng as his stomach was filled. He declared therefore tshoat farthe boasted test had Ithaenjdust expec tations l d from n ot of fo the nths complet ely measure satisfyingfailed p ao er t s e u r a . ded Th t e ha c t o i u t n w t oul wou u r i i e nvt s et e r ya n inn t , ihtes was s ar prove most d i e e d l c e us o : improvement. He conside r e e y d al that the acts of the Poor lawmm i Lords,s s i 0 n and e r s were Commons i i r l g , QueCeno,because, although the might pass acts binding on the eountr •he ), denied t hat they could delegate to others their power of doing so. Mr. WAKLEY said that however bad the pre vious Poor-law Bill might Lave been, he feared the public would find the present one an aggravation of the evil. Under the present peculiar circumstances of the country he thought it was singularly unfortunate that the Government should have placed it self in this position, but it was still more unfortunate for the people to find no relief from the grievanees under which they had been suffering, under the operation of this former law. He thought this the more unforttmate as the Government had commanded the respect and esteem of the House, and of the country, by the intro duction of the poor-law measure with respect to Ireland. They bad certainly earned his esteem for their conduct, and t he,: therefore, tthe more regretted, indeed, it w as exceedingly painful to him to complain of the manner in which this Bill had been framed. lie did expect that some measure of relief would have been introduced calculated to mitigate the inconvenience under which the people suffered by this law. jtf • was wholly disappointed, and therefore his regret was great. Ile was extremely greti6ed to 44 the liTehle 1,551 19,621 524 1,128 42,128 1,131 7,412 7,968 8,345 1,927 - 656 20,107 2,386 467 7,630 1,297 1,481 868 316 3,595 10,832 586 2,471 1,124 19,65 40,333 1,105 5,771 7,262 8,182 1,71(1 437 16,341 1,958 884 1,780 1,686 8,170 459 1,231 5,653 683 630 2,771 7,102 1,284 603 262 3,456 6,574 2,717 960