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ertitri) Ifltton SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. NEWMARKET PIANDICAr . 4 to 1 agst Euclid colt 9 to 2 agst Sting 7 to 1 agst Vanish 10 to 1 agst Footstool .10 to 1 agst Lynceus 14 to 1 agst Kesheng _ th:TROPOLrIAN HANDICAP. 20 to 1 agst Wolf-dog 25 to 1 agst Pineapple 2,000 GULNEAS STASIS. 3 to 1 agst Planet 7 to 1 agst The Liberator CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mendicant 20 to 1 aget Dulcet 25 to 1 agst The Lamb to 1 aget Newcourt 40 to 1 agst Intrepid DEItBY. 6 to 1 agst Van Tromp 9 to 1 agst Planet 20 to 1 agst Glentilt 25 to 1 agat Conyngham 30 to 1 agst Horn of Chase 30 to 1 ugst The Liberator 66 N agat Oson►an Six O'CLOCK• RAILWAY COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. GROUP I. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group reassembled in Room 30, at the usual hour this morning; Lord Granville Somerset in the chair. THE SOUTH-EASTERN SCHEMES. Sir J. Naysmith corroborated the testimony of a former witness as to the injury the proposed Mid Kent line would inflict upon Lullingstone Castle and park. Mr. John Clutton, the secretary of the South-Eastern Company, proved the estimates for the land and stations of the proposed lines. Mr. E. J. Morton produced the population returns, by which it would appear the South-Eastern lines would ac commodate 13,745 more local residents than those of the Brighton. Mr. Dow, the civil engineer who had tested the relative qualities of the stratas in the cuttings and tunnels of the two schemes, gave it as his decided opinion that if the Brighton Mid Kent line were granted they would never succeed in getting through Broughton-hill, while, at many points where there were cuttings, the surface of the rails would be several feet under water. A shaft had been sunk under his direction on Broughton-hill, and the strata was found to be wet and bad. Such difficulties as these did not exist on the South-Eastern lines. On these lines the strata was dry and good. This closes the case of the South-Eastern Company, with the exception of a few documents which have to be put in. The Committee then adjourned till Tuesday,:the 13th of April. PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) (Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.) NOPPOSIED LIST. WATERFORD AND LIMERICK RAILWAY, (PETITION FOR ADDITIONAL PROVISION). In this case, after the usual evidence had been tendered, it was decided that the standing orders should not be dispensed with. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY (EXTENSION TO CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD). This Case was adjourned for further consideration. OPPOSED LST. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY (No. 2 BRANCH FROM BURNTISLAND TO DUNFERMLINE BRANCH, &c. In this case it was decided that the standing orders should be dispensed with, and the Bill be proceeded with. CORNWALL AND CENTRAL DEVON AND PLY MOUTH RAILWAY AND BRANCHES. This case was adjourned for further consideration. WORCESTER, HEREFORD, ROSS, AND GLOUCESTER RAILWAY.—(THIS DAY.) A general meeting of the scripholders in this com pany was held this day, at the Company's offices, 449, West Strand, Sir R. Price, Bart., President of the Com pany, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said that they bad been called to gether for the consideration of a matter that would be found to be very simple, and would occupy but a very short time. They were all aware that at the last meet ing complaints were made of the large amount of the solicitors' bills, and it was then agreed upon that they should be taxed. However, the directors discovered that such a proceeding would be attended with a great deal of delay and expense, which they were most anxious to avoid, and had therefore come to the determination of endeavouring to make an arrangement with the soli • citors. With a view to the accomplishment of that object, his friend, Mr. Baker, with a great deal of trouble and loss of time, went into an examination of the items of these hills, and the result was that they had resolved to deduct a considerable sum from the gross amount of these bills. It would now be for the proprietors to say whether or no they would sanction that arrangement, or still persevere in their original determination of having these bills taxed by the taxing-master. As he had said before, the latter proceeding would be long, tedious, and expensive, and the chances were that they might effect no saving at all. The amount they had agreed upon to deduct from the bills was 4,0001., which would now leave the claims at the sum of 10,1431. Bs. 10d., and the shareholders should be satisfied with that arrange ment. He begged to iropose a resolution to that effect. The CHAIRMAN, in answer to some questions from the shareholder, said it was true that there were other Bills, but that that meeting had not been called for any pur pose other than that which he had stated, and he would not be drawn into any other statement, Several Shareholders having insisted on knowing what the other Bills were, Mr. BAKER (a director) said that there could be no objection to his stating what they were. The reason that the solicitors' bills were so heavy was that they had been compelled to employ six of them. Then, with regard to the engineers' claims, that of Mr. Brunel was very small indeed; but with respect to the bill of their local engineer, Mr. Foljamb, he had to state that he was their local en gineer at Gloucester, and it was through his mistake that the Bill had been lost on the standing orders. In consequence of that, they had taken from his bill 4681. Bs. Id., leaving him, in fact, very little more than his costs out of pocket; and the whole amount of all their engineering expenses did not exceed 6,5001. If, then, the shareholders were willing to accede to these arrangements, the directors would be in a position to declare a dividend of 45., which would still leave about 5001. in hand, which would be quite sufficient to meet the small outstanding bills. After some discussion, the meeting unanimously agreed to the recommendation of the directors, and then separated. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY (THIS DAY.) A special general meeting of the shareholders of this company was this day held, at the Bishopsgate Station of the company, for the purpose of confirming an agree ment for the lease, by the above-named company, of the East Anglian Railways, and for the purchase of the Enfield and Edmonton Railway ; at which special meet ing the Bill for cairying the first mentioned agreement into effect, and the other Bills promoted by the Eastern Counties Railway Company in the present session, were, in pursuance of the standing orders of the House of Lords, submitted to the shareholders for their approval. The chair was taken at one o'clock by D. Wadding ton, Esq., the deputy-chairman of the company. C. P. RONEY, Esq., the secretary to the company, having read the notice convening the meeting, The CHAIRMAN said that he regretted the absence, in common with the other proprietors, of their respected Chairman, who was ez present staying on the continent, but who did not think that it would be necessary for him to post from France in order to attend this meeting, thinking that the propositions to be submitted to the meeting would be unanimously agreed to. The object of the present meeting was to approve of the agreement entered into with the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway with that system of railway called the East Anglian system, including the Lynn and Ely Railway, the Lynn and Dereham Railway, and the Ely and Huntingdon Railway. The Lynn and Ely Railway was about 26 miles in length, and there was also a branch to Wisbech, about 10 miles in length. The Lynn and Derehaw Railway was about 261 miles in length. Of the Ely and Huntingdon Railway there was only five miles at present under contract, upon that portion of the line between St. Ives and Huntingdon, and as the directors did not propose to call upon the East Anglian directors to promote that portion of the line between St. Ives and Hunt ingdon, the whole extent of mileage included in the East Anglian system would be about 67 miles ; and it was this extent of proposed mileage that the directors sought to obtain the sanction for at the present ng- The amount of capital upon which it was pro posed to The a per centege by the Eastern Coun ties. Com pany was 884 000/ the amount a borrowed capital w ould bouenlt7o,ooo/.. making a total of ' 1,054,000/. Upon this of capital the directors of the Eastern Counties R ra ail i wiwaayyroposed to pay for the first year w p e r re c after the er the first yearw6hene completed 5 per cent., and con e s n t t. in perpetuity. The Ly nn and Ely Railway, London d, would complete the communication between Whie Tcl i !,ynn. The Port of Lynn was the port from bridge and other plitees in that dis t tr t ict tc"" of derived C tham r ei supply of opals. The Lynn and Dereham a line which would open up a large ay. Railway was thtura', traffic Norfolk, e. icu between Lynn and the interior of Norfolk, and also a considerable lo county cal tiaffioef The St. Ives and Huntingdon Railw ay was a natural communication from tLe Wisbech and S t . Ives Railway, and the Cambridge and Huntin g d on Railway, but the company having received poweh only to make the line from Cambridge to St. Iyes, they wished therefore to obtain power to run on at once from St. Ives to Huntingdon. The importance of so doing would be at once evident from the fact that the Midland Railway Company had proposed to construct a line from Leicester, by Kettering in Northamptonshire, to Hunt ingdon. It would not, of course, be necessary to enter at that moment into the details of the traffic which might be expected to flow from this source on to the main line of the Eastern Counties Railway. The directors of the Midland Company conceived that it would be of advantage to them, and the directors of the Eastern Counties believed also that it would tend to i ncrease t h e prosperity of their lin e . Wi th respect to the whole I buN, LONDON t ...MON'DAY EVENING - 7 MARCH 29, 1547• system of the East Anglian Railways, he believed that the only way to work them to advantage to the proprie tors, would be for them to allow the system to come under a united management with the Eastern Counties Railway, and it was his firm opinion, shared also by his colleague=, that they were running no risk whatever in calling upon the meeting to sanction the agreement which they hid entered into with the directors of the East Anglian Railways. There was one contingency in the agreement which he had no doubt the meeting would wish might co me i n t o operat i on, v i a ., t h at in the event of the Eastern Counties Company paying more than eight per cent. then the Lynn and Ely, with a present minimum dividend of six per cent., should rank with Eastern Counties :hares, though always to receive two per cent., less than the Eastern Counties shareholders. The other Bill to which he would call the attention of the meeting, was the line from Enfield to Edmonton; it was a line branching out of the main line at Edmonton, and running on to En field; the length of the line was about three miles. About eighteen months since, the directors were applied to by the inhabitants in the neighbourhood of Enfield to support' them in their application to Parliament. Ac cordingly they subscribed for 500 shares in the concern, the total number of shares.'in which was 1,800, and the proposed estimate 36,0001. The directors of that line then opened up a communication with the Eastern Coun ties directors as to the working of the line, and the result of their negotiations had been that the Eastern Counties directors had agreed to purchase the remaining 1,300 shares, at a premium of ss. per share, being rather more than 5 per cent. interest upon the whole of the money expended. This agreement it was now proposed to sub mit to the meeting for its approval. Resolutions, approving of the agreements, were then unanimously agreed to, as were also resolutions em powering the directors to carry out the provisions of the agreements. - The CHAIRMAN then said, that at the meeting recently held, the bills which he was then about to submit to the meeting, had received its sanction and approval, but it appeared, however, that that meeting was not held in strict conformity with the requirements of Lord Wharncliffr's standing order, the notice for convening it not having been sufficiently long ; under these circumstances it was thought advisable by their law clerk that another meeting should be held for the pur pose of complying with the requisite standing order. It would be his duty, therefore, again to submit those Bills to their notice; and, with the exception of one or two of them, he did not think it necessary to tronble the meeting with any remarks upon, the whole of them having been fully gone into at the last meeting. The Ilford, Tilbury Fort, and Southend Railway, he thought required a few remarks. The length of the line was thirty-five miles, and the branch to Battle-bridge six miles. The line was proposed to leave the main line at Ilford, and proceed along the south coast of Essex, and keeping as near as possible the line of the River Thames. ['he traffic taken upon this line had induced the directors to believe that this was one of the best lines ever projected by any company in this dis trict. The directors 'hoped that, through the medium of cheap fares which they intended to adopt in this line, that they would be enabled to draw off a considerable portion of the passenger traffic at present using the means of water communication, and afford a cheap and expeditious route to Margate, Ramsgate, and the Con tinent. There would also be a considerable amount of goods traffic, the line passing through a highly impor tant agricultural district, and supplying the wants of the Raynham, Dagenham, Tilbury Fort, and the districts around those places. Mr. T. LEONARD fully concurred in the opinions just expressed by the chairman, as to the valuable nature of this line. The goods traffic would be of considerable amount. The line would pass through about thirty miles of fine grazing district, upon which tens of thou sands of cattle Isere continually grazing, which would no doubt be conveyed by means of this railway. A great source of profit would also be found in the traffic arising from the great lime pits with which the district abounded. The coal traffic would also be of considerable amount. A SHAREHOLDER wished to know of what use it would be to make another station at Battle-bridge ; there was already a company which proposed to make a station there. The CHAIRMAN said that the Hon. Prcprietor seemed not to understand the nature of the Bid ; the Battle bridge referred to was a Battle-bridge in Essex, and not at Pentonville. Mr. KENT said that he aid not believe this line could ever pay. He deprecated the attemps or companies to make so many branch lines, they were always injurioup to the main trunk line. The CHAIRMAN—If the Hon. Proprietor will look at the map, he will see that the proposed line is one which is calculated to draw a considerable share of traffic. Mr. KENT did not understand figures, it was no use showing a to him. The CHAIRMAN begged to say that he did understand them, and had considered the subject at considerable length. If the Hon. Proprietor would take it upon his recommendation, he would find that he would not very wrongly either for his own interests, or the interests of the company. The resolution approving of the Bill was then put, and unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said that the next Bill he had to submit to the meeting was the "Stations Enlargement, and Amendment of Acts Bill." Mr. PRICE wished to know whether the clauses be objected to at the last meeting had been expunged from the 1111. l The CHAIRMAN said, that after mature consideration, the directors had come to the determination to allow the clauses to remain, and if the commissioners thought it desirable to expunge them, the directors would nut ob ject to doing so. Mr. PRICE objected on principle to the clauses, he did not wish to see a railway company mixed up with the affairs of a steam-packet company. There were a num ber of minutia connected with a steam-packet company, which a railway board could not controul ; and a steam packet company in connexion with a railway company would be certain to prove an entire failure. A SHAREHOLDER said that the Southampton Com pany had made it answer very well. Mr. PRICE said that in that case, the Southampton Railway Company had only made an advance of money on the security of the boats. The CHAIRMAN—That was all the company pro posed to do in the present case. The directors saw that it would be of no use having a railway to Harwich, un less a steam packet company was in connection with that port, such a packet company as should make the port one worthy of the great traffic which would arise between that port and the continent. Mr. PRICE objected to the clause as it then stood, as it did not state that the money was to be advanced on the security of the boats of the company. Mr. DUNCAN said that he thought the most convenient 1 course would be to allow the clause to pass it stood, It would be idle to suppose that the directors would ad vance the money unless upon sufficient security. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, and Mr. Price declining to move any amendments, the original resolution was agreed to, there being only one hand (that of Mr. Price) held up against it. The other Bills (ten in number) were then put seri. atim, and unanimously agreed to. The CmissamaN said that he wished to make an im portant statement to the meeting, and one which, con sidering the great attention the subject was re ceiving at the hands of the Railway Com missioners and of the Government, he wished to go forth to the body of the shareholders. The share capital of the company for the new lines was 2,700,0001., with power to borrow 555,0001. They had the power of raising under bills already sanctioned 1,665,0001., and there was yet a call of 10/. remaining upon the York extensions, which would give a capital of 1,850,0001., from these two sources a capital of 3,515,0001. The whole of the capital required fur the new lines was only 2,700,0001. ; the company had, therefore, a surplus capital of upwards of 800,0001 to meet any contin gencies which might arise. There was also another subject to which he would just allude. Numerous letters had been read from the beads of colleges at Cambridge, expressing their opinion of the general arrangements of the line, and particularly referring, in the most flattering manner, to the arrangements of the company, at the time of the recent election of the Chan cellor of the University. A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. IMPERI XL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OP LORDS. Their Lordships met at Five o'clock. Messengers from the Commons brought up several Bills. NATIONAL SCHEME OF EDUCATION. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the Protestant dissenttrs of Tunbridge Wells against the Government plan of education. The petitioners sug gested, that if the version of the scriptures, as au thorised by the Protestant Churches, were allowed in school, the benefits of the Government plan might be extended to all religious denominations, with the single exception of Socinians and Roman Catholics. He (Lord Brougham) did not coincide in the prayer of the peti tioners, although he respected the feelings which gave rise to their objections. He should wish, on a future occasion, to know from the N.ble Lord opposite if Government had taken into consideration the same idea that was suggasted by these petitions. Lord DENMAN presented a petition to the same effect from Nottingham. ELECTORAL DIVISIONS (IRELAND). Lord BROUGEIAM presented a petition from the rate-payers of the electoral divisions of Wexford, com plaining of the present mode of levying the poor-rate. He also presented a petition from Tougham to the same effect. Mr. James B o l ger , c i v il eng i neer, o f Talbot•street, Lord B B R O O A U R G D H O A F M " a l l O so ßK pr S e — se l n n te E d L a A p N et p ition from Dublin, and of Austin Friars in London, complaining of what he termed a system of jobbing which was being practised by the officers of the Board of Works in Ballinasloe, and stating that upwards of 70,0001. had been expended by the Board of Works in that dis trict. He stated that it had been intimated that if the engineer employed a person who was in the con fidence of the Board of Works that he would have the contract even at a good price, and it was intim a t e d th at Mr. John Macrnahon, who had married the illegitimate daughter of some officer connected with the Board of Works, was in the confidence of that board. Under the contract which had been made under this intimation many thousand pounds had been expended. This the petitioner stated was called a job; he apologised to their Lord ships for the term, but he believed that the proper p en en t t h o n the several contracts, and w although epithet ought to have been used, an d i t ought to have been called a fraud. There 0 0 ,0 y 0 er o n / jus had beell 1 the G allowed 100,0001., there was a sum of 90,0001. of which there was no account. The petitioner stated that when his Noble Friend the Duke of Wellington was in office, he had saved the country as raucu as 60,0001., by making representations to his Grace. REMOVAL OF TILE IRISH POOR FROM ENGLAND. Lord BROUGHAM would take that opportunity of correcting a misrepresentation of what he had said the other night with respect to the removal of the Irish paupers frcm Liverpool and Glasgow. He had been re presented as saying that the Irish paupers should be re moved at once from those towns. He found on con sultation with Mr. Rushton that there was great diffi culty in the law, for although there was a power of transferring Irish and Scotch paupers beyond the water, and beyond the border, yet the doing so was so beset with difficulty that the law could hardly be acted upon. He trusted, therefore, that some declaratory Act would shortly be brought in to remedy the evil. Lord DYSART said in reference to a statement which the Noble and Learned Lord bad made the other night, that the landholders of Ireland, or their agents, had given money to the paupers on their estates, to enable them to go to Liverpool and such places in England ; he had written to persons residing in various parts of Ireland upon the subject, and only in one instance had he ascertained that teere was any founda tion for the statement of the Noble Lord. Lord BROUGHAM said he made the statementupon the authority of Mr. Rushton, of Liverpool, who had transmitted to him the reports of three police inspectors, in which it was stated that many of the Irish paupers of Liverpool had admitted that they had received three shillings to five shillings from their landlords or their agents to enable them to get to Liverpool. The people could not come over for nothing ; it might be said that the pressure of the famine had sent them over, but then the famine could not pay their passage. Then it had been said that the steam-boat proprietors paid them to come over, but it was absurd to suppose that they would pay them 2s. 6d. to come over, for the sake of getting 2s. 6d. to take them back again. He had been informed that numbers of the tenants had received 51. each to tear or hum owe the it cabins for the sake of allow ing their landlords thus to get rid of them. He could not help making a passing allusion to the praiseworthy conduct of the Society of Friends, they had already raised among themselves upwards of 30,0001. to wards the relief of the Irish poor, and, upon the occasion of the Fast-day, they not thinking it right to keep that day sacred, had given the half of their earnings and profits to the same charitable object. He quite agreed with the Society of Friends that works of mercy were better than works of sacrifice. A Noble Friend of his on the bench was travelling his circuits upon the fast day, and upon arriving at one of the towns in Wales, he found it quite impossible to ob tain a morsel of bread, or anything in the shape of viands, so completely had the zeal of the Welsh people to keep the fast rumaged the whole of the town.—(Laughter.) A NOBLE LORD—His Lordship kept the fast. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY LAWS. Lord ASHBURTON presented a petition from the merchants and traders of the City of London, praying their Lordships to alter or amend the laws relating to Bankruptcy and Insolvency. The Noble Lord consi dered the petition so important that he would move that it should be read. The Clerk at the table, therefore, read the petition. Lord BROUGHAM explained that the newspapers which had stated that his opinion had changed on the subject of imprisonment for debt, were in error. His opinion upon that subject had undergone no change. NATIONAL SCHEME OF EDUCATION. Lord DESART presented several petitions against the Government scheme of education. NATIONAL POOR-RATE. Lord WHARNCLIFFE presented a petition, praying for the enactment of a national poor rate. In doing so, he said, that he was still of the opinion which he had expressed last year, that it would be quite unadvisable to enter into the question of the settlement of the poor until the whole matter was under the consideration of I'arliament, for if thky came to any ill advised altera tion of the Act of last year, he felt assured that it would lead to great confuvit,n and difficulty for those who had to administer the law. SERVICE IN THE ARMY. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to ask the questions of which he had given notice. He had, therefore, to inquire whether the Bill now introduced into the House of Commons by her Majesty's Govern ment for limiting the time of service in the army has the sanction and approbation of the Commander-in chief, and if it has originated on his recommendation to her Majesty's Government, or if any opinions have been taken by any board of general officers, or other military authorities on the matter. Whether it is the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to advise her Majesty to issue her royal warrant, as in October, 1806, for fixing and raising the pensions of non-commissioned officers and soldiers whcebecome entitled to their discharge by rea son of expiration of certain periods of service, ♦iz., to non-commissioned officers to Is. 10d., to privates Is., thus returning to the standard thought advisable at that period, when limited service was first introduced, in stead of remaining at the diminished pensions now esta blished. Earl GREY said that although no inconvenience might arise to the public service by giving an explicit reply to the question, yet it was plainly improper that confidential communications between the Ministers and the Horse Guards should be brought before the Hnuse ' and he could, therefore, r e tu rn no answer a t all. With respect to the second question, he had to say that no such warrant as that to which the Noble Marquis al luded hadlbeen issued, or was intonded to be issued. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY had then to move for copies of all the communications between her Majesty's 31inisters and the Horse Guards with respect to the term of enlistment for service, and also with respect to the increase of pen sions, according to the minute of October 18, 1846. As the oldest general officer in the service, he felt bound to perform this duty : it was a duty he did not shrink from, because he felt confident that nine out of ten of the general officers of the army were opposed to the Bill. He thought they had a right to know what were the opinions of the general officers of the army on the sub ject. There was not at present a single military officer in the Cabinet. In matters of law, in the navy, or in the church, the opinions of the dignataries, or the offi cers at the head of the department were studied ; but with respect to the army a great and fundamental change was now to be brought about under the recommendation of the Secretary at War, who was, no doubt, a very re-pectable sort of gentleman, but certainly knew no more about the army than one of the clerks at the table. He said that was not the first time that a limited service had been proposed. A similar proposition was made in 1806, and before that in 1757. Had the present mea sure resembled that of Mr. Wyndham, w ho p r op ose d pensions for the soldiers after their service had expired, there would have been some encouragement for the army. FLEFT SPEAKING.] HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. DUBLIN CORPORATION IMPROVEMENT BILL. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from some place (the name of w hich we did not hear) against the Dublin Corporation Improvement Bill. SECOND READINGS. The following Bills were read a second time and ordered to be committed:— Sandwich Haven. Bristol Building arid Improvement: Liverpool Guardian Gas. York Improvement, Lendal-bridge and approaches. EDINBURGH AND PERTH RAILWAY. Mr. 'l'. DUNCOXIBE presented a petition from a Mr. J. Brown, a shareholder in the Old Edinburgh and Perth Railway Company, praying that the st eond read ing of the Bill be pos►poned until the evidence taken before the Committee on Standing Orders be printed The petitioner alleged that the report of that Committee was not borne out by the evidence. WEYMOUTH AND MELCOMBE REGIS HAR- BOUR. Mr. STRUTT moved that the Weymouth and Mel combe Regis Harbour and Bridge Trusts Bill be refereed to the Commissioners of Railways ; and that the said Bill be not considered in Committee until the Commis• sioners shall have reported upon the Bills promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, in conformity with the resolutions of that House of the 23d day of February.—Agreed to. EDINBURGH AND PERTH RAILWAY BILL. General MORISON moved' the second, reading of this Bill. Mr. T. DUNCONIBE trusted that the second reading would be postponed until after the holidays. No ob jection could be urged against this course, as the delay would not cause any embarrassment to the parties in terests, while it would give an opportunity to the peti tioners whom he represented to see the printed evidence taken before the Select Committee. Mr. LOCH opposed any delay. Mr. T. DUNUOMBE said that there were circum stances connected with the reconstruction of this com pany which called for investigation. It was stated in the report that the directors of the old company were the directors of the new. Now the fact was, that only three of these sat upon the new board. Then the plans and specifications of the old company were ta, ken.pos session of by the parties connected with the new, al though they themselves had not in the first instance lodged them. Mr. GREENE suggested that the Bill should be con sidered to- morrow. Mr. DUNCOMBE—Why not say three we ks at once? Mr. ELLICE defended the report of the Committee. That report had nothing to do with the petitioners, and he did not see, therefore, why a postponement till Pday should be required. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought there was something very unreasonable in this opposition. The CommiWee upon the Bill would not, even if the Bill were read a second time that day, sit before the 17th of May. Ele thought the whole of the circumstances in this case s o peculiar that he would move that it be read a seconal time that day three weeks. Sir W. HEA THCOTE explained that, although there were only three names of the registered directors of the old company upon the new, the reason was that these gentlemen had from time to time retired, and other names had been substituted, so that in fact the direction was altogether different at the period of the dissolution of the old company to what it had been at the beginning. Mr. GISBORNE apprehended that the report of the Standing Orders Committee was presented to the House with the view of being confirmed, and he thought it nothing but right, that the evidence should be laid be fore them upon which that report was founded. He should therefore support the amendment of his lion. Friend the Member for Finsbury. Mr. STRUTT said, with respect to the motion of his Hun. Friend, the Member for Finsbury, it did not appear to invi.lve any delay of the Bill, and he was, on that account, not disposed to resist it. Ho thought, however, that the second reading ought not to be post poned for so long a period as three weeks. A fortnight would be sufficient. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the second reading was postponed till to morrow fortnight. The petition of Mr. Baines, together with the evi dence, was ordered to be printed at the expense of the parties. DODDINGTON RECTORY DIVISION BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. SCOTCH UNION INSURANCE COMPANY BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. PORTLAND HARBOURS. Mr. HUME brought up the report of the Portland Harbours Bill. GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SCHEME. Mr. Hume, Mr. Brotherton, Lord Henniker, and se veral other Members presented numerous petitions against the Government Education scheme. POOR-LAW RELIEF. Mr. RUTHEH.FURD presented a petition from Galway, complaining of the proposed alterations from electoral districts to unions. IMPROVEMENT OF LAND IN IRELAND. Mr. S. O'BRIEN brought in the Bill for the improve ment of land in Ireland, which was read a first time, and the second reading fixed for Tuesday, the 13th ..f April. The lion. Member also presented several petitions from Galway and other places, praying that the 700,000 persons now employed on the public works might be employed in the improvement of the land. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Captain GLADSTONE presented a petition in favour of the navigation laws. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). Mr. DENNISTOUN presented a petition from Glas gow praying for an effectual Poor-law for Ireland. THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME OF EDUCATION. Lord HARRY VANE presented a petition from Dis senters in Hertford against the Government scheme of education. Petitions were presented on the same subject by Sir George Clerk from several Presbyteries in Scotland; by Captain Gordon, from the Aberdeen Presbytery ; by Mr. Hume, from Dissenters in Bury St. Edmu n d's ; by Sir D. Le Merchant, from several places; and by Lord R. Grosvenor, from Dissenting congregations in Middlesex. LAW OF SETTLEMENT. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the Chorley Union, praying fur the abolition of the law of settlement. POOR-LAW (IRELAND). Mr. P. SCROPE presented a petition from Cork, praying for an effectual poor-law for Ireland. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS (SCOTLAND). The Earl of LINCOLN presented a petiticn from Forfar against the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages Bill for Scotland. CHURCH LEASEHOLDS. Mr. AGLIONBY pr;s47n7;l.l;peilti4 , n from Henry Pearson, Esq., banister, praying the House to carry into effect the recommendations of the Report from the Select Committee in 1239 on Church Leases, that the enfranchisement of church leaseholds should be en couraged. EMIGRATION. Sir JOHN WALSH said 11e - 11ad observed that the Colonial Emigration Commissioners had published in their `• Colonisation Circular" several extracts from the agents resident in the colonies, and that all the reports concurred in representing that there was a very large and in creased demand for labour springing up is all the co ionic's. He, the, efore, wished to know whether the Hon. Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies would have any objection to lay on the table of the House the whole of the reports from w hich the extracts had been collected, and w bother there were any other reports or correspondence with the colonial authorities which might throw additional light upon this matter ? Mr. HAWES said the reports from Canada, from which extracts had been made, had been printed in ex tense, and placed on the table of the House. With re gard to other reports from Australia and other colonies, the extracts which had been made contained all that was valuable. There was nothing more in them bearing upon the subject. They would, therefore, be of no value if produced in ertenso. There was, however, no objection at all to produce them. The lion. Baronet was correct in stating that a demand for labour had sprung up. SECONDARY PUNISHMENTS. Mr. HUME wished to ask the Hon. Gentleman a question with reference to a subject which had been greatly discussed in that House—namely, secondary punishments. He understood that a committee of the Council of New South Wales had collected a vast deal of evidence on the subject, and had made a report. He wished to know whether there would be any objection to produce the report and the evidence — the evidence especially, as he believed the report went far to modify the opinions entertained with respect to transportation ? Mr. HAW ES said that no official information had been yet received of the proceedings of that committee at the Colonial-office. PROTESTANT CHURCH AT JERUSALEM. Lord PALMERSTON, in answer to an Hon. Mem ber, said that those who had charge of the money voted by the late Government for the building of this church, had embarked in a more extensive plan than had been at first proposed, and the consequence was that they had spent all the money which had been vcted, and a considerable sum in addition. The propriety of giving an additional sum for the erection of the church was under the consideration of the Government. POOR LAW—WESTMINSTER. Sir DE LACY EVANS wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department if the proceedings of the Poor-law Cfanmissioners with regard to the poor-law guardians of St. James's, West minster, had received the sanction of the Home-office ? Sir G. GREY said that he believed that the Poor law Commissioners had no direct sanction, but they had ob tained the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown. and they had, no doubt, communicated the substance of it to the different boards cf guardians, pointing out what they considered to be the legal construction of the Act. RELIEF WORKS (IRELAND). On the order of the day for resuming the Committee on the Irish Poor Relief Bill being read, Mr. W. S. O'BRIEN desired to draw the attention of the Government to the dismissal of labourers from the public works in Ireland. It had beea intimated in the Right Hon. Gentlemen the Secretary fur Ireland's letter, that this dismissal should not take place until other measures should have been adopted, such as the temporary relief Bill. It appeared, however, that in various parts of Ireland the labourer had been dis missed before any such arrangement had taken place. He had received a letter from a Protestant clergyman in the county which he had the honour to represent, which stated that, not only had the engineers, but the labourers, been dismissed from the public works, the consequence of which would be most fatal. He wished to know, were the Government prepared to lay down any definitive principle upon which they could act. As to the originalliproposition, no one could complain of it; but he would press this matter on the attention of the Right Honourable Gentleman. The dismissal of so large a number of the people without providing subsistence of any description was nothing less than consigning those so dismissed to starvation. Mr. LABOUCHERE said that the statement he had made on a former occasion was that the rule which the Government had laid down for itself was, that it being expedient and proper to decrease the number of people employed upon the public works—on a certain day the number of persons employed upon those works in Ireland should be reduced by 20 per cent. on the aggregate amount. They had left to the Board of Works in Ireland a discretion as to whether they should in each particular instance strike off 20 per eent. of the persons employed in the distriets. The Board of Works had, in order to meet the views of the Government, struck off only 12 per cent. in many districts, and had increased the dismissals in others. He held in his hand a letter from Captain O'Brien, which stated that though a great many persons had been struck off from the pub lic works, yet the decrease of 20 per cent. had not been enforced upon all districts. He was satisfied that, considering the difficulty of so great a change, the reduction had been carried into effect in a most satisfactory manner, and without disturbance, • xcept in one or two instances. The reduction had been the more easily effected in a partial manner as there were many persons upon these public works who ought never to have been placed there at all. The result of the reduction would be a beneficial effect upon the;lcondition and cultivation of the country. There wus another point referred to by the Hon. Member. It was that, in many cases the parties em ployed were suddenly discharged from the public works, giving them no time to obtain assistance from the Electoral Division Committee & With reference to this he would call their attention to a letter which had been received from Colonel Jones the chairman of the board of public works, from which be would read an extract. The Right Hon. Gentleman read the extract, which was to the effect that sufficient time had been afforded to the parties discharged, to find employment under the new arrangements of the electoral divi sion committees. The object which the Governmen, to effect the change in a manner as littleh lao).m d in et viewt o calculatedi was fthe as possible to interfere with the em p people. The Hon. Member had also stated that no means were afforded tor the finishing of public works that were necessary to be completed. He (Mr. Labouchete) begged leave to state that this was not the case. It was arranged that any works that now required completion should not be pro ceeded with without the concurrence of the Treasury. The only difference was that any presentments made for the finishing of public works, instead of being referred to the Lord-Lieutenant for confirmation, should be sent over to the Secretary for tile Home Department for his approval. Sir A. BROOKE wished to know whether it was the intention of the Electoral Division Committees to sus per& the public works altogether ? If so, then he of makingw oultl so me a r e r n a n g t h e m e e n G t Government nme whichn t t n h j e n e n x e pe o di ie n jo e l y y the unemploy e d mi g h t aga i n b e put to l a b our on pu bl ic wo rks.Thatwas the most critical time of the year, when td r e e d somethingproprietors sho co u u ld be ldlodt oenme to employ the thep:ople and t He also wished to know whether it was the ietention of difficulty t he Government to establish soup kitchens in all the. lectoral divisions throughout Ireland? He took the 11 bcrty of suggesting the establishment of soup kitchens, h h e er l e a t n 'o be cause he believed that they were both economical and adi tantageous. He himself had kept three or four in active operation during the winter, besides giving the people in lais locality rice. —(Hear.) But in the remote districts it was almost impossible to get places for them, and to obtain the supervision of respectable farmers. He recom mended the distribution in such localities f meal and rice, as be had found that lib. of rice and IP. of meat made 131ns. or 141bs. of good nutric:ous fooo—far superior to "stir-about." We, therefore, took the lib( rty of recon mending the Government to consider, in carrying out their plans for affording relief, whether it would not. be admissible to distribute meal and rice, in certain proporti , ,us, according to the wants and numbers of t . ':e families. He a-ked these questions, and made these recommendations, bec..use he wished to know the in tentions of the Government before he proceeded to Ireland. Mr. LABOUCHERE replied the it was the inten tion of the Government, as soon as the Relief Act came into operation, to reduce the number of persons em ployed on the public works as speedily as possible. With respect to his recommendation with regard to the distribution of meal and rice, he could only say that the dispensation of relief had been put in the hands of the Relief Commissioners, and that its nature would vary according to circumstances ; he believed that it would be admitted under the most judi cious arrangements. As the Hon. Gentleman was going to Ireland, he recommended him to favour the Poor Relief Commissioners with a visit as they would be happy to - avail themselves of , his experience.—(Htar.) INSURRECTION IN CATALONIA. On rearlieg the order of the day, Mr. BORTH WICK called the attention of the Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs to a proclamation issued by General Breton in Catalonia, and dated the 4th day of March, 1847; and moved for copies or extracts of any cor respondence which may have taken place between the Go vernments of Great Britain and Spain, upon that and other simiral measures. The Hon. Gentleman then read the articles of war which had been declared. Amongst others, they stated that the whole family of any adult who formed the rebel army should be subject to death, upon proof that they were instrumental in advising or en couraging to the commission of the offence. Un der the regulations of these articles of war the mo ther of General Cabrera was shot because her son had left the university, and she was unable to state whither he had gone. The perpetrator of that unmanly action had been promoted. As Queen Isabella was unfortu nately an ally of this country, he could only ask the Noble Lord to remonstrate, so as to prevent the recurrence -of such barbarities. The only thing that kept them from being perpetrated even now was the forbearance of the people of Spain. The Hon. Member read a circular addressed by the Count de Montemolin to his adherents in Spain, instructing them not to make reprisals, but to oppose the enemies of Spain and steady discipline, order, and conciliatory conduct. This was dated the 10th March, 1847, and exhibited tie spirit by which that Prince was actuated. He could not ask the Noble Lord to interfere in Spa nish politics, but he wished to bring under his notice the fact that the best blood of Spain had been shed in order to establish a Government which was degrading that country in the eyes of Europe, and disgracing the name of e. mean. He did riot allude to the unhappy Princess, who was but the fiction of a bad system, but he alluded to her ill-intentioned advisers. On this In ad he thought it was his duty to call on the Noble Lord to say that the tide of barbaritk should he turned,—that hitherto it had come, but it should be allowed to proceed no further. He knew the orders of the House debarred him from referring to other matters equally important, but he was contented to rest upon the statement he had made. lie could not read any more extracts with respect to Conde elontemolin, but he could not help referring to the proclamation of his father, when he signed his me morable abdication, in which he stated he would not wield the Government of Spain until she was untram melled by the machinations of others. Fourteen years experience had found that the utmost unhappiness had attended the reigns of the Sovereigns of Spain, and that no new Minister had proved an exception to his predecessor in misgovernment. Thus Europe had been startled from time to time, and Spain impoverished and demoralized. If he referred to the speeches which he had made in former Parliaments, he might show that his predictions had fallen far short of what had actually taken place. The question he wished to ask the Right Hon. Gentleman was whether any remonstrance bad been made to the Government of Spain, and whether there would be any objection to lay the correspondence on the table of the House. Lord PALMERSTON said that the ansa er he had to give the Hon. Member was that he had no official information with regard to the subject which the Hon. Gentleman had brought under the consideration of the House. The first infor mation he had of the circumstances was from certain extracts which had been sent to him by the Honourable Gentleman, and of course no steps had been taken by her Majesty's Government. If the Hon. Member wished to know the sentiments of her Majesty's Government with regard to that proclamation, he had only to say that any Hon. Member in the House had only to consult his own breast to know the feelings of disapprobation, disgust, and indignation which those occurrences had inspired. Colonel Breton, he should add, was no longer in the office he was when that proclamation was issued. He also wished to say that the object of the British Government always was to impress upon the Spanish Government the neces sity of acting upon humane and notbarbarous principles. He wished to state that these atrocities had not been committed, as had been represented by the Hon. Member entirely upor the side of the Queen's troop;;; in point of fact, they had been equally committed on both sides. He regretted to see in the proclamation issued by the Prince reference made to ranks and armies. and fields of battle. Words which, if they mew any thing, meant that it was his intention again to make Spain the theatre of a civil war. He should be very sorry if men were the case; but he would say, that judging by the conduct of the former, ever since be came prominently before , the public eye, that if Spain were again to be made the scene of civil war, such a course would not be pursued either with his approbation or his sanction. He trusted. then, that those who had influence with the Prince woul. persuade him to restrain his followers.—(Hear, hear.) Sir DE LACY EVANS said that he could on ;. regret that the Honourable Member did not evince equal anxiety when his own fellow-subjects were affected. He arrived in Spain after the Elliott Convention had been framed, and he continued to serve there for the period of his engagement t and with regard ti the observations which had been made, that both sides were equally criminal, he coulii state, of his own knowledge, that not one gene ral - officer who was serving in co-operation with him had attempted to violate that convention, but haa been most anxious to keep it inviolate. He knew that the men were liable to atrocities from the enemy, but be so guarded his lines that during two years he had neve' lost even a sergeant's detachment. Occasionally while fall ing back in columns, or in a state of inebriation, the men were literally kidnapped, and were barbarously mur dered on the authority of those officers who were new, erecting the standard of the Conde de Monteznolin Spain. - He had on one occasion taken 1,000 men and 100 officers, all of whom he had the right to put to death ii retaliation for the murders already committed, but ht did not do so, and the men and officers wrote to Don Carlos, deprecating the cruelties to which they had been parties, and employed him to take measures for putting a stop to them.—(llear.) Now in this he had his vindication and satisfaction for the conduct he had pursued.—(Hear) But what %a the consequence after this ? When he had left Spain number of the soldiers who had served under him again enlisted in the Spanish army, and some time after one hundred of them were taken prisoners in a church ann put, to death. Lord JOHN MANNERS rose, and was [LEFT EPEAKLNG. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE ELECTION OF CHANCELLOR. The following analysis of votes, giren for Prince Albert and Lord Yowls at the late election for the office of Chancellor of the University, is given from the Cam bridge Chronicle : IL R. 11. P. A. E. OF P. Masters of Colleges Professors Bishops Judges 3 3 Noblemen Honourables Right Honourables 8 2 Baronets Knights 1).1). LL. D. M. D 22 16 CHANCELLOR'S MEDALISTS. The two gold medals, given annually by the Chan cellor to the two best proficients in classics, were awarded on Tuesday, as follows :- 1. Charles Evans, Trinity college. 2. Augustus Arthur Vansittart, Trinity college. ChRIST'S COLLEGE. The Rev. Edward Gould, M.A. (8.A., 1822), of Christ's collage, rector of Sproughton, has been ap pointed chaplain to the High Sheriff of Suffolk, H. J. Oakes, Esq. The Rev. C. E. Plater, 8.A., of Christ's college, vicar of River, has been collated, by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the rectory of Newchurch, Kent, vacated by the Rev. E. R. Nares. CORPUS CIIRISTI COLLEGE. On the 18th instant the Rev. John Henrnan, M.A. (13. A., MU, of Corpus Christi colle3e, was, on his own petition as patron for this town, admitted alio licensed, the Lord BiNhop of Gloucester and Bristol, to the perpetual curacy of Clifton, in the county of Gloucester, void by the death of the Rev. J. Taylor. DOWNING COLLEGE. On Tueiday week the Bishop of Norwich instituted the Rev. H. B. Longe, M.A. (8.A., 1825), of Downing college, to the rectory of Morewden, Suff,lk, Patron, Andrew Archdeckne, Esq., Glevering Hall, Suffolk. CON VILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE. At a meeting of the Master and Fellows, on Satur• day last, the following translations were made :—Corbel Hue, M.A., to a Frankla.nd Fellowship; W. 13. Hopkins, M.A., to a Fellowship on the Wortley Foundation. KENDAL—Within the last few days a letter has been received by Mr. R. Wilson, from Mr. Warburton, the Member for Kendal, announcing his intention to resign his trust at the dissolution of the present Parliament, and retire altogether from public life.— Manchester paper. DROITWICH.—TIIII SALT TRADB. —We are glad to say that the salt trade of the borough is just now satis factory, and that the works generally are in tull operation. The recent partial success with t he East India Company h as emboldened the Cheshire and Worcestershire salt owners to persevere in their endeavours to procure the removal of t h e ,1 unrighteous thousand per cent . dut y levied on all salt in our Indian dominions; and that these efforts may be crowned ' with success, we should think, must be the desire of every humane and considerate human being.—Wiirce:ter Herald. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. .IVOI2I OLK CIRCUIT.—Bury St. Edmunds, March 27. CROWN COURT.—(Before Sir F. PoLLocK.) Catherine Foster, aged 18, was arraigned upon an in el,cfment charging her with the wilful murder of her husband, John Foster, by administering to him arsenic, at Acton, on the 18th of November last. Mr. Gurdon and Mr. Sanders were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Power defended the prisoner. This case, which has excited much public attention in this and the adjoining county of Essex, being specially appointed for this day, the court was greatly crowded before the usual hour. From the opening statement of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, and the evi dence of the witnesses called in support of it, the fol lowing narrative of this domestic tragedy might be gleaned :—The deceased, who was an agricultural la bourer, was a native ,it Acton, a small village near Sud bury, where also lived the prisoner, for a horn, though of no prepossessing appearance, he early in life con ceived a warm affection. They went to school together in early youth, and worked together till she went to ser vice at the age of 16, when his boyish penchant ripened into manly love. During her absence he frequently visited her, and matters progressed between them in this way till the autumn of last year, when the pri soner being about to pay a visit t o her aunt at Paken ham, a village on the other side of Bury, and twenty miles from Acton, the lover became most desirous that the marriage should take place, possibly because, like all lovers, he fancied that every man would fall in love with the lady of his affections, and he might lose his prize. Be that as it may, according to Mrs. Morley's testimony, he earnestly urged the propriety or his bring at once mar ried, and promised that he would allow his bride to pay her promised visit to her aunt as soon as she pleased after the ceremony—all he wanted was to be married at once ; and being backed in his suit by the prisoner, the ceremony took place at Acton Church on the 28th of October, after which the young couple took up their abode in the house of Mrs. Morley, with whom was then living, besides her daughter, a son, Thomas, aged three years. John Foster having thus gained the long cherished object of his heart, was as happy in the pos session of his youthful wife as man could well be. On the third morning they parted according to his promise. He handed her into the carrier's cart, and bidding adieu to her, asked if she thought she would stay all a month ?" To which she replied, " No, John, I'll be back before." After the lapse of ten days she returned to her home, and her husband's cup of happiness seemed filled to overflowing. He was happy as the day was long; worked with zeal, alacrity, and joyousness, in the daily discharge of his "lot in life." He was then, as he had ever been, aecording to one of the witnesses, " as strong and blooming a young man as ever you seed;" though he had, about a fortnight before, met with an ac ciuent while loading a waggon of hay, but that had only produced a slight headache, a thing which his friend as sured him would soon pass off—as he " often had it on Mondays—after a day's rest." This remark was fully verified. The deceased soon resumed his wonted cheer fulness and strength, and on the 17th of November re turned from work to his evening meal with his friend, sin k ing all the way to that house whence he never de parted alive. On his arrival he partook of supper with his wife and her little brother, their homely meal con sisting of dumplings, potatoes, and tea. The man had no sooner partaken of his dumpling than he was taken violently sick at the stomach, and obliged to go into the yard. Soon' after this his mother-in-law, who had been out all day washing, came home, and found him retching violently in a basin, the contents of which she threw into a neighbouring ditch, where some fowls were in the habit of picking up their scanty subsistence. During the whole of the night the poor man remained in great pain; at tour o'clock he tried to get up, but fell down from weakness, and on the following morning his wife went to Melford for a doctor, whom she told her husband had got a " bowel complaint," and asked to come and see him that day. Deeming from her account that his patient was suffering from English cholera, then very prevalent, the surgeon prescribed accordingly, and the prisoner took away the medicine, some of which she gave to her husband. On her return she found him worse than when she left him, and he finally died in her arms at four o'clock, soon after which hour his mother and the surgeon arrived. On the same day the fowls all died, and a post-morton examination of the body of the deceased was made by 11r. Jones, of Melford. At that time no suspicion was engendered, and that gentleman gave it as his opinion that the deceased came to his death from English cholera; but suspicion being afterwards excited by the death of the fowls in a sudden and mysterious way, a further and more searching in quiry was deemed necessary by the coroner, and the con tents of the stomach of the deceased were taken to Bury, where they were subjected to analysis by Mr. Image and Mr. Newham, who unhesitatingly pronounced the pre sence of arsenic in great quantities, not.only in the sto mach and its contents, but also in the crop of the fowls, and a pudding bag, in which the prisoner had boiled the dumpling of which the deceased had eaten the night before his death. Under these circumstances recourse was had to the family for further information, and it was ascertained that the prisoner had spent the day with the mother of her husband " very comfortably," from twelve to four, when she stated that she " must go home, for it was dumpling night." Her brother was also called before the coroner, when he stated that his sister had made one dumpling for supper, of which they all partook. After wards, however, he varied his statement, and then, rAS was stated to-day, deposed to haring seen his sistet wake two dumplings on the night in question, into one of which she had put some powder out of a paper, after which she burnt the paper, and put that dumpling into a pudding-cluth. He is also repre sented to have stated that he and his sister supped off a different dumpling, and did not partake of the dumpling of which the deceased ate. In addition to this it was shown that after the unfortunate occur rence the prisoner had stated that " she wished she had gone to Bury before she had married, for then she would not have been married at all, and would have got a good place." This she stated on the day after her return from Bury, and also on that after her hus band's death, when she had gone into a neighbour's house in tears, and asked for leave to stay there " while the doctor's opened John," which she could not bear to witness These facts were for the most part proved to-day, but the boy, when examined, though he stated that he had seen his sister make the two dumplings, and boil one for the deceased in a bag, de nied that he had seen her put anything into it from her pocket, or burn any paper, and insisted in saying, that both his sister and himself, who had not exhibited any symptoms of illness, bad partaken of the same dumpling with the deceased. On this subject Mr. Image and Mr. Newham both de posed, that if the deceased told taken the poiso❑ in that dumpling, it was impossible that any One else could have tasted it without experiencing great illness and danger to life from it. At the close of the case for the prosecution, which oc cupied the entire day. Mr. PowEn addres,ed the jury on behalf of the pri soner, strongly commenting on the extreme improba bility that a yong and recently married girl would per petrate so diabolical a crime as the murder of her hus band. Ho contended that there was an utter absence of all motive on her part to commit such an outrage on human nature ; and without direct proof that she had bought any arsenic, or been known to be possessed of any, the more reasonable inference was that the husband must have taken the poison, of which it was impossible to deny he was the victim, elsewhere than at his own home, and at some other meal than the supper. The CHIEF BARON most carefully and minutely went over the whole evidence to the jury, pointing out to them the peculiar features of the case, and calling their attention to the facts which bore in favour of the prisoner, as well as to those which went to support the serious charge now under their consideration. In his opinion it was not essentially necessary to prove any motive in such a case, but it was for the jury to say whether, uner all the circumstances which had been deposed to, they were of opinion that the de ceased had come by bis death from poison administered to him in the dumpling at the supper prepared for him by his wife. If they thought that proposition established, the serious question was, by what means the poison came into that dumpling, of which, whatever the boy might ay, no one could believe that any one could hare eate❑ without feeling the ill effects of poison, as had been de posed to most unhesitatingly by two eminent surgeons who had been examined to-day. The jury retired for about twenty minutes to delibe rate, and after that time returned a verdict of Guilty.— Sentence deferred. The prisoner, who bad stood unmoved during the whole trial, received the verdict of the jury with a slight quivering of the lips ; but beyond that expression of feeling, which was momentary, she exhibited not the least emotion from the first to the last moment 9f the inquiry which was fraught with such awful consequences to her. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.— IT arwick, March 27. This morning the Learned Judges, Mr. Riron Parke and Mr, Justice Patteson, attended prayers in St. Mary's Church; and at half past nine o'clock !tlr.. Baron Parke took his seat on the bench at Nisi Prius. Mr. Justice Patteson did not enter the Crown Court until eleven o'clock. There were 25 causes entered, and th e calendar enumerated no fewer than S 2 criminal charges, or 114 prisoners for trial. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice PATTESON). SENTENCE UPON WELCH, THE LATE TREASURER TO THE BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF GUARDIANS. At the conclusion of the Learned Judge's charge to the grand jury, Joseph Psercy Yeomans Welch was placed at the bar to receive sentence. Mr. Justice I ATTESON, addressing the prisoner, said he was tried at the last assizes and convicted of embez zlement; but doubts being entertained upon one or two points of law, they were reserved fur the con s id era ti on Of the judges. The judges were unanimously of (opinion that the evidence was properly received, and that the offence did come within the meaning of the Act of Par liament, and that consequently the conviction was good. Considering all the circumstances, it was his duty to pass the sentence which Mr. Justice Coleridge said he should have passed at the last assizes had he not reserved the points submitted by your Learned Counsel—that is, that you be transported for ten years. The prisoner, who has apparently suffered much in body and mind since the last assizes, was then removed from the bar apparently in a state of stupefaction. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WIFE.— Bunney was placed at the bar charged with cutting and wounding his wife with intent to kill, murder, disable, or do her some grievous bodily harm. The offence was stated to have been committed as far back as the 24th of January, 1845. He was apprehended at the time, but such was and has been the state of his mind since that period, that it wasrot , d-en.eti prop , r to put him upon his trial, or c,,11 u, on him to plead 'Co-day, whets placed at the bar, tho prisoner pre sented a collected, ruddy, and healthy appearance t more than once during the trial he betrayed symptoms of s ill existing insanity. Sarah Bunney was then called. On ber appearance (her face still strongly seamed, the effects of the wounds inflicted) the prisoner fixed his eyes upon her, and burst into tears. She deposed as follows:—" I was married to the prisoner in 1845, and lived at the Rainbow public house in high. street, Bordesloy, Birmingham We lived together for three days after our marriage. We were married on the Tuesday, but I did not observe anything particular in his manner until Friday. On the evening of that day we went to bed as usual. Between two and three o'clock on Satur day morning I was disturbed by finding my husband very restless. He sat up in bed, and appeared much, confused. He took his clothing from under the pillow, and I saw he had a knife in bis hand. When I observed this I got out of bed, and went towards the door. I first of all tried to get the knife out of his hand, but I could not succeed. Before I went to the door the prisoner wounded his own throat with a knife. When I ;sent 1 0 the door, he wounded me. He said, We have lived together, we have loved together, and we will die Loge' ther.' I found the door locked. He wounded me with a penknife in the throat, the face, and other parts of the body. I fell on the floor. I had not at first wy senses, but I recovered myself a little, and ran to the window. I broke a pane of glass, and cried out, Mur der,' when somebody brought a ladder to the window' My husband also called cut, Oh, see what they have done !' When the window was opened my husband got through. It was on the second fluor that we slept. Mr. White and Robert Fletcher came, sa 3 also Mr. Archer, the surgeon. The morning after our marriage the prisoner said he thought all his friends were against him. His manner was much ex" cited." Mr. Justice PATTESON asked the prisoner if he wished to ask his wife any questions?—The prisoner (almost " laughing outright") replied that he had none. Mr. John Archer, surgeon, of Deriteed, Birminghain , being sworn, stated that he was called in to Mrs. Bunney on the morning in question, and found her with a wound 2i inches long on the throat, and as-ther wound 2i inches long on the cheek. The wounds were inflicted with a sharp instrument. He afterwards saw the pri soner at Fletcher's. He had a superficial wound in the throat, one of his fingers was slightly cut, and there were several slight stabs on the chest. The prisoner ap peared to be in a state of great excitement. He said, " See how they have served me; they brought me three days ago from a distance to be married." Heard him in conversation with other persons, and from his manner thought the prisoner at the time was insane. He at tended Mrs. Bunney for several weeks afterwards. The wound in the throat was dangerous. The evidence of several medical men as to the pri soner's state of mind was then taken. They stated that he was decidedly insane. The jury immediately Acquitted the prisoner on the ground of insanity. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL, MARCH 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market here for railway stock to -day has been very dull, aid the transactions few and unimportan t. Speculation seems to have turned again to the article of cotton, The sales are —Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8% —Buckingham' shire, % p.—Dundee . and Perth, 37 1 4 —Eastern Counties, York tension, par—East Lancashire, 1% p.—Ditto, New (scrip), 265. 3L p.—East Lincolnshire, 2% p.—Edinburgh and Perth, New, 2 Leeds and Thirsk, 1% dis.—Liv,rpool, Crosby, and Southport. 211 p.—London and North-Western, 178—Ditto, 401. Shares (L. and M.) , 27% p. —Ditto, Quarters, New, 11 p.—Manchester and Southall:lP' ton, % dis.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Eighths, 1 die.; Midland Stock, 117% —Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3% p._ Nor Staffordshire, 3t4 p.—Shrewsbury and Hereford, % shire Union, 1 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4, Thirds, ti . " 3d. p.—York and Newcastle, New, 5% p.—Ditto, Preference, 4Ni P' MANCHESTER, Maim 27. STOCK Excnanaz.—The sales are—Ambergate. Nottingham , an d , Boston, 3-16—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction , —Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 13-16—Blackburn, Clithefoe. &c., Preferentlais, 1 11-16—East Lancashire (late B. and P.), 'e (scrip), 1 7-16—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding Junction, Leeds and Think, 1% —Ditto, Preferentlals, I%—Leeds, Wakefield. and Midland, 10s. dis.—Manchester an d L ee d s , 321 . Shares 01, Extension), 2%—Manchester, Sheffield, and Li nco l ns hi re , Eight': I'(—Ditto, Grimsby Dock, 2% dis.—Manchester and SoutliamP ia°l 7-16—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3 13-16—North Staffordshir e ,: 3%—North Union (A), 215—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1711 —South Staffordshire, %. LEEDS, MAItcH 27. Snick Excrumaz.—Appearances were a little better in the ei rl f. part of the week, but the improvem en t was no t ma i n t a ined, a n '. business has been dull for the last two or th ree d ays , w ith declioinli i prices where sales were pressed ; but th e genera l disposition arncal. shareholders appears to be to avoid as m uc h as poss ibl e an y untie' cessary depreciation by urgent present sales, while at the sante tithe any improvement would at once bri ng ou t a cons i derable supply of stock. The sales are—East Lan cas hi re, N ew, 395. p.—Ditto, ;4e (scrip), 27e. p.—East and West Yorkshire, 13s. n. p.—Great Noel : ern (London and York), is. n. dis.—Ditto, Extensions, par—th i „ dersfleld and Manchester, Thi r d s , 20s. p.—Leeds and Dewsbu r y ' Extension, Scrip (green), Ss. 6d. p.—Leeds and Ildrek. I n. dis Ditto, New, 128. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Preference, 295. 6d. p.—Manchea`" and Leeds (late llud. and Sheff.), 3% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 5% c ' Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Shall. d Quarters, 1% dis.—Midland, Preference, 35( c. p.—Newcastle Berwick, 9% 11. p.—Ditto, New, 31. 16s. p —North Staffordshire , p.—North-Western, par n.—W,st aiding Union, 345. p.—York an Newcastle, Preference, 4 p.—York and North Midland, Preference' 9 % P. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MARCH 27. STOCK EXCHANOS.—The sales are—Newcastle and Carlisle, Newcastle and Berwick, New, 3% p.—Ditto (North Shields). P.- - chase, 11% p. cum n. —York and North Midland, Preference, 9% HULI„ 27. Sroca EXCHANGE..-The sales Maim are- s North British, (scrip), 15s. p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 4Ss. 6d. C' doilian, 27-Great Northern (London and York), 2S-North'' Western, 4-Shropshire Union,.2os. dls. EDINBURGH, MAXCII 26. sToex Excustros.-The sales are- Aberdeen, 281.-Aird rie Fr an Itathgate, 31. 188 .- Arbroath and F or f ar . 271: 1 08 vitt°. n --41( Shares, 151.-Ayr and Gall owa y, 2/. I s. 6d.-Caledoni 271. Ditto, New, 21. 10s. 6d.- Caledonian and Dumbarton, 2/. dale Junction, 39'. cis.-Deeside, 3/. 55.-Direct Northern, 21. .A; 6d.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 11. 12s. 6d.-Dundee 30 27 Arbroath, 421. 10s.-Di , to, New, No. 1, 301.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 30 *' , -Ditto, New, No. 3, 41. 15 8 .-Dunde e and N or th ern Junction, 2 1 ; Bs. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 331.-Ditto, New Shares, 191.-Eaat 01 Fife, 21. 165.-East Lothian Central, 21. 17e. 6c1.-Edinburgh and liathgate," 51. 178. 6d. --Edinburgh and I il:tAgOW 711. 10s. ex Ditto, Half Shares, 191. 10s. ex div. -Ditto. Quar ter Shares, 171. 178. 6d. ex div. -Edinburgh, Leith. and Grantor), 201. 2s. 6d-Dllles Preference, W.-Ditto, New, 21. 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Quarters, 1511,- Edinburgh and (.)rtu ern, 16/. 155.-Ditto. New Shares, 41.45.-Ditto, Newport, 71. 165.-Ditto, ditto, New, 2/. 14s. -Edinburgh anti Perth (Old), 11 17s.- Ditto (New), 21. 18s. 6d.- - Ditto, Halves. 11. Is. Glasgow and Ayrshire, 611. 10s.- Ditto, New Stoci, 371. 7s. 6d.- Ditto, halves, No. I, 5/. 58.- Ditto, ditto, No. 2, 81.- Ditto, Quartet Shares, 161. 10s.-Glasgow, DumMes, and Carlisle, 51. 15s. -Glasgo w anti Garnkirk, 391.-Glasgow General Terminus, 121.58. -Glasgow and Greenock, 181.-Ditto, Halves, W.-Ditto, Preference, 8/. 55.-Glas gow,d° , Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 18s.- Great North of Englan at 233/. 10s.-Great North of Scotland, '2l. 1 le.-Great Northern O Direct Northern), 31. IN.-Ditto (London and York), 21. 15 8 .7 31a 7 chester anti Leeds, 1081.-Ditto, Sixteenths, 81. 55.-Newcasue ~,, Berwick, 33/. 55.-North British, 331. 15s. ex div.-Ditto, Li a L Y „). 161. 108.-Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 2s. Gd.-Ditt o , N ew Q uar ters ( 5 c7. ' 11. Bs. 6d.-Ditto Thirds, 3/. 108. 6d.-Ditto, Fifths, 61' 1; t. Scottish Central, 221. IN.-Scottish Grand Junction, 11. la tish Midland, 201. 105.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 11. 19i ' ig 61. Shrewsbury, Oswestry-, a' d Chester, 81. 4s Ditto, New. ih "./. 98. -Stirling and Dunfermline, 31. 18s. 6d. --Sti r li ng an d Midland, sue , -Wishaw and Coltness, 481. 15s. ex div.-York and ffeWL . -.. 361.-Ditto, New, 161. 25. 6d.-Dit to , Preference, Si. 178. Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 9d.-East Indian, Bs.- Great Pi"; of India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras, 35.-Madras, Nslloler a pu . Arcot, 2s. GLASGOW, Mallen 26. STocic EXCUANGE. -The sales are-Caledonian and Dumbarton. shire, 445. 6d.-Direct Northern (scrip), 520.-Dundee and Nor, s tb „ c f r o r , Junction, 428.-Edinburgh and Perth (N ew C o. ) , 58 5. 6d.- wa. Halves, 20s. 6d.-Glasgow General Terminus, 1214 -Glasgo W ',7..- marnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1,5% - Ditt o , HaPres, No. 2, " Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, Great Indian Peninsular , 9d--Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 39a.-Manchester and S" l i ampton, 305. 6d.-Midland, Halv es , 51. :ht.-South-Eastern a• ,d Dover, New, No. 4,87 s. 6d.-S t i r li ng an d Dunfermline, 78'',-; Wiliontown, Morningside, and Coltness, 701.-Y or k an d Newcast'' New, 15%. EXPORTATION O F GRAIN.—The high prices Of grain on the C on ti nen t are caus i ng no little bustle in the grain -trade in Leith. Another ship was chartered on Wednea; day by a mercantile house, to load wheat tor Antwerp wi t „ all dispatch ; and so anx i ous are merc h ants to take advantabpi of the start in the prices on the continent, that a Ve S ,-, 0 which arrived on Thur s d a y i n th e roads, with about Lou quarters of wheat from Pomerania, received orders on Thurs day night to proceed to Belgium with her cargo. Anoth er, and rather an important f eature i n the present state of the grain trade is, that many o f t h e parties who entered in's',„, winter contracts for the shipment of grain at first open 'we t : . to Leith, have b een g i v i ng orders to their foreign frieo. 9 : through factors her e , t o rese ll t h e i r purchases at the batte.'; prices obtainable for other markets, such as France, Hollan and Belgium ' • and this has already b een d one to som e exten —Edinburgh Evening Post. Sunderland is over-run with wretched Irish, Who are in a most miserable condition, and herding, twenty a n thirty together, in a single room at the low end of the to wn The scenes of misery'and want among them are indescribable, . but, happily, di s e ase h as no t yet appeared among th eir. Every cellar and room that can be procured is filled, and the: subsist iu common, on whatever they can get by beggnif i and occasional work, but many of them are unable to fin employment.—Durham Chronicle. f [ADVERTISEMENT.)—The Registered raleuo. of Llama cloth, the m os t f as hi ona bl e coat f or b ot h t h e present and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear: ante, has secu re d suc h genera l popularity. It has been mad ; by special comman d for their Royal llighnesses Prince Albert, Princ e G eorge o f Cambridge, Prince Edward of Sal , Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several royal visitors to the British Court. In London it can onlY, be pu rc h ase d o f t h e patentees, 11. J. and D. Nico ll, Court tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents for Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street • for Dublin, ( - 450 ,i Macdona, Blolesworth•street ; fo r Birmingham, Wareing and Son, New-street; and the principal tailors in other large towns. - - [ADVERTIBEMENT.]—AMPUTATION or Two AA...1,- 115 PREVENTED AND CURED BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS. -- E I : tract of a letter, dated Roscommon, Fob. 19, 1847 :—" Mr. RP" 9,1 1 prietor of the hotel next door to me, had too v er y b a d l e gs; one W eight ulcers on it, the other with three. Aft er s p en ding soave thy. in Dublin with several eminent medical men, he left with the choi cee. or one of the two alternatives—to hav e b o th legs amputated , o r On his way home he met with a gentlem an i n the coach, who re commended him Holloway's Pills and Ointment, which he used, and by their means is now quite well.— (Si g n e d) er t aa L zs TuLLT, pro prietor of the ' ItoscommonJournal.' " Sold by all druggiets, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. On the 24th inst., at Brighten, the wife of Richard WoLstan Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst., at Berry-head, Brixham, the lady of the Itar• J. R.l Itogg, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., Mrs. B. J. Thompson, of Hull, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., at Upper Clapton, Mrs. H. Burnard, eta dim r • Oe the 26th inst., at St. Foul's-place, Ball's-pond, firs. Henry Greases, of a son. On the 26th inst., In Edward-street, City•road, Mrs. Edward Shep herd, of a son. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at St. George'', Hanover-square, Charles LeOP Ol4l Bueheck, Esq., of Wilton-crescent, to Harriette, daughter of the late John Sowerby, Esq., of Hackney. DIED. t of On the 18th Inst., at Lympstone, Drron, Ann Balcombe, rel ic the late Lieutenant-Colonel James West, R.A., aged 76. On the 19th inst.. at Hereford, Thomas Cooke, Esq., Lieutenant: Colonel of the Herefordshire Local Militia, and a Deputy LteateneJa for the county, aged 85. On the 20th Inst., at Bury, Lancashire, M. 11. Fell, Lei., 66th Regiment. On the 23d Inst., In Princes-street, 'Westminster, Sarah Smith. t he wile of J. A. Smith, aged 39. On the 23d inst., at Preston. Catharine Howard rear, the wife ar William Martin, Esq., K.S.F., late Lteut.-Colonel, 2d Lancers, R.A.L• On the 23d inst., at Catharine-place, Bath, Lieutenant-Colone l W. Aitchison. On the 25th inst., at Poles, near Ware, Agatha, relict of the lat. Sampson Hanhury, Esq., aged 71. On the 26th inst., at liornsey-lane, Eluriet, widow of the late /. Haw Ls, Esq., aged 79. Printed In4l Published by YIIRDO YOUNG, of NO. 1111 i•rintt.r, ti Tit( Su, Inc.., N. :li, Ntr. ad, in the rrecinCr of the Savoy, in the County of Xiddlasex, Monday, Kan * 29, 1841. EAST At a Sp] the Compar ...._ l4t • Mare' rOPUnded, al t tare I into 1 • Anglian Ita 2. That F2tnPany afo r itYs be thereof in a 3. That tend into Itnapld and Mkt n 4. That 1 vOrinties RI Counties 1 branch .11 tnnsont to linetten. n .. O. That 1 ~..4 411 way. el . 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