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such poorhouse be at least six miles from any infirmary, such buildings or wards as shall he approved of by the Poor-law Commissioners, for the reception of destitute poor persons requiring surgi cal assistance ; and it shall be lawful for the !guar dians of the said union to charge the expense incurred in the maintenance and medical treatment of the said destitute poor persons upon the rates of the said union, or of the electoral division to which they may belong. And whereas great advantage would arise, were wards for surgical cases made available in the different poor houses in Ireland for the reception of the poor, &c., be it enacted that surgical wards be provided for such poor persons, &c., upon receiving security for the expense in currd in the maintenance and medical treatment of such persons And he it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the guardians .if any union to pay out of the rates the expense incurred in conveying any destitute poor person to any infirmary or hospital, who from accident or otherwise may require set glee! assistance, and in maintaining such destitute poor person in such hospital. Mr. L ABOUC HERE objected to the clause, as it would interfere with the Bill for the regulation of the medical charities. Lord G. BEN riNcK, having brought forward the clauses of which he given notice, proceeded to say, whilst the rental of Ireland was 11,187,470/. sterling, the rack-rent was 17.000,0001 ; the effect of this was, that the landlord paid 2s. sd. i.f the rate. Such a state of things kept down the disposition of the tenant to re duce the rate, for his poor relations gained more than he lost by his assessm-nt. The million of heads of fami• lies in Ireland, representing five millions of people, lived without any regular means, or knowledge of how they were to provide for themselves or their families. Nearly one-half of them lived in houses or cabins with only two rooms; and ninety thousand of them lived in mud cabins, withou: either windows or doors. With such a state of things, the poor rates, when the Act came into operation, would be 20d. in the pound. He thought it would be for the advantage of all parties to throw the whole burden on the rate-payers generally, instead of on the land. lords, for it was surely better that the poor should be dependent on 500.000 or 600.000 tenant-farmers, in stead of but 16,000 landed proprieters. This was the object of his amendment, which was in entire conformity with the observations of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government in introducing the present measure. Though in some particular instances, as had been objected to, his clause might operate injuriourly on the middle-man ; generally speaking, its operation, he was firmly persuaded, would be beneficial. The effect of his first clause, then, would be this— sup posing Bs. to be the rate paid by the landlord, the land lord would deduct 45., namely, half the rate, from the tenant ; or if he should be debarred from that, he would be at lib3rty to enter into a new contract with the tenant. That would be a most stringent means of get ting rid of the middle-man, who must be allowed to be the bane of Ireland. Such was the effect of the first of his clauses. The first object of the second clause was to reduce the small rate-payers, and the second to withdraw from the inducement to sub-let small farms to small holders The object of the proposed clause would be to improve the character of the rate-payers by removing from the tenant who was rated under Si. the liability to pay poor rates. The effect of the measure would be to remove this liability from the shoulders of 76,027 persons, while there would still remain of persons rated above that sum 509,726. The guardians would, when thus elected by a better class of rate-payers, be more likely properly to fulfil the duties which might devolve upon them by virtue of their office than when chosen by the lower class of rate-payers. Sir G. GREY believed the clause would materially interfere with the operation of the poor law, and he must, therefore, resist it. Mr. SHAW said the clauSe would assimilate the law of Ireland with the law of England, and he could not see what sufficient reason could be urged against its adoption. He would quite agree with the principle of his Noble Friend if he would act up to it. His Noble Friend had said that the sacrifice would be of the 13,000,000/. a year on the part of the landlords for the sake of the labourers, and if the 1,500 were to be sacrificed for the 700,000 now engaged on the public works, he was also ready to agree to it; but it should be recollected that they were not prepared to give the English poor law in its entirety. When the Hon. Member for Northamptonshire had first stated his scheme to the House, he had disc: nted from it ; but he was now of a different opinion, and if they would give the English poor-law in its entirety, he was quite ready to agree to it. The effect of the law would Le, as he conceived, that the poor-rates would be throwi. on the small occupiers, and if they would give the English poor-law in its whole effects, he thought that it would be a boon to the coun try, and a motion which he could readily support. "Mr. BROTHERTON moved that the Speaker report progress, and ask leave to sit again.—(Cries of " Go on, go on," and Mr. Brotherton refrained from press ing his motion.) Captain HARRIS felt that the Noble Lord was en titled to the highest credit for the in:roduction of this law, but he thought that it was insufficient for the pur pose.—(Loud cries of Divide, divide.") Sir W. JOLLIFFE thought that this Bill would prove , wholly inoperative, unless carried out in a manner similar to that adopted in miming out the English poor-law. NIr.M.I.T. O'CONNELL considered that the Noble Lord had proposed a dangerous experiment, and if the Com mittee adopted the clause it would go far to impede the success of this Bill. Mr. P. SCROPE opposed the clause. It was objected to by the tenants of Ireland, and, upon every ground of reason and justice, ought to be negatived by the Com mittee. Mr. SHARMA - N . CRAWFORD protested that, pro posing this clause at such a time, was taking the people of Ireland by surprise. The tenants of Ireland were in a very different position to the tenants of Eng.• land, and, therefore, the law of the two countries could not be assimilated; at all events, if the Committee passed the clause, he could assure them it would create disturbance and discontent in the sister kingdom. The House thPn divided, when there appeared— For the clause 76 Against it 79 jori ty Sir G. GREY moved the following clause: And whereas by the said first-recited Act the Poor-law Com missioners are empowered to purchase or hire land not exceeding twelve acres, imperial measure, to be occupied with the workhouse of any union in Ireland, and it is expedient so to extend the said provision as to enable the guardians of any union to occupy for certain pur poses an additional quantity of land not immediately contiguous to any workhouse, or to the s i te t h ereo f : be it' enacted, that it shall be lawful for the P.ior-law Commissioners to purchase or hire land not exceeding three acres, imperial measure, in addition to the twelve acres aforesaid, to be occupied by the guardians of any union, any porthm of the said land to to be oc cupied being either contiguous to, or detached from, the site on which any workhouse stands, as shall be found most convenient in each ease, and it shad be lawful for such land to be used for the site of a fever ward, or as a cemetery for the burial of deceased inmates of the workhouse, or for any other purpose which the said Commissioners shall approve ; and the Poor-law Com missioners are hereby empowered to erect such fever ward on such land to be so purchased or hired as afore said, and to direct the guardians of the said union to raise or borrow the sane necessary to defray the expense of hiring or purchasing such land and erecting such building, and to charge the same, with interest, on the iyor.rates of the union, in the sitne ruarin:r as the said Commissioners are empowered by the said first recited Act to purchase and lure land, and to erect a workhouse or additional workhouse for any union, arid to direct the guardians thereof to raise orb a-row the necessaryi.urns to defray the expenditure so incurred, And he it enacted, that all th• provisions of the said first recited Act, which relate to the purchase and conveyai.ce of land for the erection of workhouses, or for the purpose of carrying into effect any of the provisions of the said Act, shall extend and apply to the purchase and conveyance of land under the provi sions of this Act. The clan;;;;ere agreed to without dictission. Mr. SHAW proposed several clauses relating to the mode of voting clergymen to the relief of the poor, which were also agreed to. The preamble of the Bill was then agreed to. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up this day ( fuesday ). Lord J. RUSSELL said he wool! take the third read ing of this Bill on the 12th of April next. ARMY SERVICE BILL. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS was sure that the House would not, at that hour, enter upon the Army Service Bill, and he hoped it woul•1 be put off till after Easter. Mr. FOX MAULE t.bjected to the Bill being post poned till after Easter ; and said, if it could not be taken immediately, it would be necessary for the House to meet at twelve o'clock this morning (Tuesday), to take the Bill into consideration in Committee. Lord J. RUSSELL thought that as the opponents of the Bill had declined to come to a division upon a former occasion appointed for the Bill, he did not think it fair that a postponement of the measure should now take place; he thought the arrangement he had proposed was the most desirable that could be effected. Sir H. DOUGLAS was understoLd to consent to the suggestion of the Noble Lord. &Ir. S. HERBERT thought that no good could result from the House meeting to-morrow at twelve o'clock, as most of the Members would have left town under the impression that the Irish measure was disposed ot. Lord J. RUSSELL said that if the Bill did not come on at that period, he would propose that it s h ou ld b e taken after the notices at the usual hour thi s d a y. C(.lonel SIBTRORP considered that the Govern- I ;l le o n use, vi or is t h d to smuggle th e Bill t h roug h t h e the would not bring it torwa,rd at so late an hour as toe present. After some further c onversation, the remaining order s of the day were di sposed of, and the II ,tise adjourned a t a Qaarter-past Two o'clock. BouEaY AT KNAPTON. Inspec- 1 tors Scott and Aldis apprehended W st rk and George Lark, both of Knapton ; the one fC'.; 141(1 other for receiving, a quantity of linseed"' of the Rev. W. L. Barnes, of linapton. Geo rge #as stopped with a quantity of linseed in his p„ s b :„ l '- '" and the house of the other prisoner bei-,R searet):,ll'.' quantity of linseed meal was found concealed there, which corresponded with that found on the prisoner (3,,0rg, They were brought before the magistrates at Cromer and fully committed by W. H. Windnain, Esq., Walsingham prison.—Norfolk Chronicle. THE NAVIGATION-LAWS.—On Saturday evening._ a meeting of mabters of vesseli and sailors engaged in th. coasting trade, was h e ld a t th e Ad m i ra l T a vern, Wapping for the purpose of taking such steps us might be deemed ne cessary to prevent an y alterat i on i n t h e present nav igation laws. John Blyth, captain of the Emerald coasting vessel. was unanimously called to the chair, and sev e ral resolu• Lions embodying the sentiments of the meeting were adopted. ' PREVENTION, ETC., OF FIRES IN TOWNS. The following are the clauses relating to this subject in the " Towns Improvement Clauses Bill" now before the House of Commons: — CLAUSE 107.—The party-walls of all buildings which shall be erected after the passing of the Special Act within the limits thereof, shall be carried through and above the roof, to form a parapet of not less than twelve inches in height, measured at right angles with the slope of the roof above the covering of the roof of the highest building to which such party-walls belong ; and the external walls of all buildings to be erected after the passing of the Special Act, in or near any street, or within the curtilage of any house adjoining any street, and the coverings of the roof thereof, shall be constructed of incombus tible materials ; and it shall not be lawful for the owner of any building within the limits of the special Act, having at the passing of the special Act a roof covered with thatch or other combustible material, and con tiguous to or adjoining to any other building, to suffer such covering to such roof to remain for a longer period than seven years after the passing of the special Act. And every person who shall erect any building, or cover any roof, or suffer the covering of any roof to continue contrary to the provision herein contained, and who shall not remove or alter the same, within one month after notice shall have been given to him for that pur pose by the Commissioners, shall be liable to a penalty, not exceeding one pound, for every day that such build ing or covering to such roof shall so continue. CLAUSE 135.—Every person who shall wilfully set or cause to be set on fire any chimney w ithin the limits of the Special Act, shall be liable to a penalty not ex ceeding five pounds : provided always, that nothing herein contained shall exempt the person so setting or causing to be set on fire any chimney from liability to be indicted for felony. CLAUSE 136.—1 f any chimney shall accidentally catch or be on fire within the said limits, the person occupying or using the premises in which such chimney shall be situated, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings : provided always that such forfeiture shall not be incurred if such person shall prove to the satis faction of the justice before whom such case shall be heard, that such fire was in no wise owing to omission, neglect, or carelessness of himself or servant. CLAUSE 137.—The Commissioners may purchase or provide such engines for extinguishing fire, and such water-buckets, pipes, and other appurtenances for such engines, and such fire-escapes and other implements for safety or use in case of fire, and may purchase, keep, or hire such horses for drawing such,engines as they shall think fit, and may build, provide, or hire places for keep ing such engines, with their appurtenances, and may employ a proper number of persons to act as firemen, and may make such rules for their regulation as they shall think proper, and give such firemen and other persons such salaries and such rewards for their exer tions in cases of fire as they shall think fit. CLAUSE 138.—The Commissioners may send such engines with their appurtenances, and the said firemen, beyond the'limits of the Special Act, for extinguishing fire in the neighbourhood of the said limits; and the owner of the lands or buildings where such fit e shall have happened, shall in such case defray the actual ex pense which may be thereby incurred, and shall also pay to the Commissioners a reasonable charge for the use of such engines, with their appurtenances, and for the attendance of such firemen; and in case of any difference between the Commissioners and the owner of the said lands or buildings, the amount of the said expenses and charge, as well as the propriety of sending the said engines and firemen as afore said for extinguishing such fire (if the property thereof be disputed), shall be determined by two justices, whose decision shall be final; and the amount of the said ex • penses and charge shall be recovered by the Commis sioners as damages. CLAUSE I39.—The Commissioners shall provide and maintain fit e-plugs and all necessary works, machinery and assistance for securing an efficient supply of water in cases of fire, and for this purpose they may enter into any agreement with any water company or other party, and they shall paint or mark on the buildings and walls within the streets words or marks near to such fire plugs, to denote the situation thereof, and do such other things for the purposes aforesaid, as they may from time to time deem expedient. RACES TO COME. The following is the list the season of 1847: Newmarket C. 5 Burton Constable 7 Ahergavenny 8 Bath Catterick Newmarket, S. S 4 Plymouth and Devon port S. Shrewsbury Edinburgh 6 Ascot Heath Hampton Tpnbury Sutton Park Writtle Newmarket Lancaster Mansfield ..... X fixtures already made for Epsom S. Newmarket, F. S. Durham .... 22 Chester ............ Epsom Manchester . . Newton 26 Hungerford 27 Bibury Club Stockbridge Nee castle Carlisle Liverpool Nottingham Goildwood 27 - Leominster ... UST. ... 12 AT_TG Ripon Brighton Horwich Wolverhampton Chelmsford .. Wading Lewes Yarmouth Warwick Knutsford Aberdeen Donm ter . Leicester Lichfield 22 OCT Stafford 5 Newmarket, S. 0 ll NOVE ..not fixed Worcester . York *Egham Derby 24 *Hererord •Huntingdon 26 *Canterbury Stourbridge lEEE. BEPTE: Bedford 22 Richmond 22 *Lincoln Newmarket, F. O. 28 Sandbach BER. Newmarket, H 25 :BEL Tarporley The meetings against which we have placed an as terisk have not been officially announced, but in all pro bability will take place at the time mentioned.] IRISH RACES TO COME. Curragh April 20 Kilcock Aug. 16 Tullow May 4 I Cork Garrison Bellewstown June 1 Curragh Wicklow 8 I Lusk Curragh Killarney 3O 1 Fermoy The Heath July 5 Tuam Mallow Down Royal Corpora- Curragh flan Carlow 2O tion Ballyeigh 29 Kilkenny 2l Phoenix Park Aug. 10 A BAREFACED THIEF.—An Irish lumper, named Thomas Maguire, was brought up on Saturday, charged with stealing rum from the ship Raver. It appeared that the prisoner with others were discharging rum from the ship, and afier they had fleished their work, Mr. Shaw, the shipping clerk, found that two puncheons had been broached, and a portion of the contents ab stracted. When the men were being paid, Mr. Shaw offered a reward of 10s. fer the discovery of the thief, when Paddy, as soon as he had got his comrades away, said that if the promised doceur were handed over he would give the required infOrmatiiin. Mr. Shaw immediately began to count out four half crowns; but, before giving them, and in order to make " assurance doubly sure," he asked, in another whisper, " You're certain, of course, that you know the right man ?" "Oh ! beger, I am as certain of ir," was the reply, " as I am of my own existence; I know him better than I know my brother!" Mr. Shaw was satisfied; and in less than a minute the half-crowns were jingling in Maguire's pocket. Mr. Shaw then listened for the grand rfvela , ion, and Maguire speedily sati:fied and astonished him by exclaiming, " You see the thief afore you. I am the man. Me own four bones broached the casks and drank the rum; and faix, betune you and the and the wall, blow the betther gallon of it I had for the last twelve months! It' s not my saying alone; all the neigh bours in the street will tell you the same thing, for they all had a nip." Mr. Shaw called a policeman, and the fellow was given in charge ; and, on being brought to bridewell, the turnkey booked him as being drunk. Sir Joshua Walmsley said he had never heard of a more barefaced act in his life, and ordered him to pay a fine of ss. and costs; The fellow was about to pay the five shillings out of the ten shillings he had re ceived from Mr. Shaw, when the latter claimed the money as his property. Sir Joshua said he had no power to order it to be refunded ; and Maguire having paid the fine out of the reward, he was discharged.— Liverpool Mercury. TILE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE.—We are happy to state that the Noble Marquis is progressing favourably, but it will take some days before his Lordship will be enabled to take amy active part in public business. The Noble Marquis is able to receive communications, and, in a measure, trans act the lighter duties attached to his office in the Govern ment. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET.—The sales of West India during the week have been limited to about 200 Mids. of newly landed Demeraras, and for which a further decline in prices was accepted; good middling clean refining descrip tions 468. to 475. In Mauritius, the business has been con fined to some second• hand parcels at easier rates. No trans. actions reported in Bengals. The rum-market—Refined goods fully support the late advance. THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Marquis of North ampton, as President of the Royal Society, gave his last soirée this season on Saturday evening, at his residence in Piccadilly; and on that occasion was honoured by far the largest number of scientific friends that we have hitherto noticed, for not less than 800 persons congregated in his Lordship's saloons. His Royal highness Prince Alftert, at tended by Viscount Ciifilen, Colonel Bouverie, and Captain Francis Seymour, arrived at twenty minutes to ten o'clock, and was d u ly rece i ve d b y t h e noble president, who con ducted his _utcte,l his Illustrious vi s it or t o t h e princ i pa l d raw i ng-room. ilniteeredifferent rooms afforded con s id era bl e pl easure t o th ose in scientific pursuits, and in the a r t s , by t h e i variety objects sulbairigtiotitse,d previousfur the inspection p t e h c o t i reception e o p f tio th n e , audi- noble enter tained several of the members of the council of the Royal Society at dinner. THE \V EATuER.---NEW late mildness of the sea.ionhaB omN ay, MA RCH 23.—Th e proved most favourable for she graziers in this ,winallv a present good, and, t neighbourhood. Th e f a ll o f l am b s i s Kvitish Oisfrver. unattended with loss.— CONVICTS (WOOLWICH ; . There has been issued by order of the Howe of Com- ' mons a copy of the report made by the Superintendent of Convicts to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Dome Department. respecting the treat ment of c, nvicts in the hu:ks at Woolwich. The docu ment (which with the appendix occupies about 30 folio and closely printed pag..) was moved for by Sir W. Somerville, and in consequence of allegations made in the public prints of cruelty to those convicts. The fol lowing are ex•racts from the superintendent's report : "To all these charges I beg leave to give a most posi tive and distinct contradiction. The general health of the prisoners as a body of men, and the number of those admitted in a state of sickness, who have, by the judi cious treatment they received, speedily regained health and strength sufficient to enable them to undergo a long sea voyage, furnish the best evidence to prove the correctness of my assertion. The prisoners are not hid from public view, as in a gaol, but work daily and openly in the presence of hundreds of individusls, both in the dockyard and in the Royal Arsenal, who must of necessity be perfectly aware of any acts of cruelty towards them. They perform their work cheerfully, and reference to the officers of the naval and ordnance departments will prove that there is no complaint made by them, and that the amount of labour performed is satisfactory. Strangers are permitted free , access to both those establishments, and have continued opportunities of witnessing their treatment. The visitors, also, on board the hulks are numerous, and they have invariably expressed themselves in terms of approbation at the cleanliness and order apparent to every I , ne. •'lt cannot be said that the prisoners are overawed by phys'cal force, for, in compliance with instructions I had received, no vacancies occurring among the officers or guards for the last three years have been filled up ; and the prospect of the establishment being broken up in duced many to seek and obtain other employment. The consequence has been, that for a long time past the prisoners at Woolwich, averaging upwards of 600 daily, have, as you, Sir, are aware, from reports which have been laid before you, until very recently had a staff of efficers and guards totally inadequate in point of num • bers to overlook and superintend them by night as well as by day." The subjoined case is an instance of one of the charges made, and the answers made thereto by the superin tendent : " The next case of cruelty is that of James Brandish a maniac. This man was admitted while in a fit, roaring out very lustily. This was his second time of admission into the hospital. When I saw him, he was shouting out on each occasion. The first time when Mr. Bossey saw him he began to laugh at him, and told him those fits would not do there.' Brandish had a fit after this, which appeared to deprive him of the power of opening his jaws; Bossey placed his thumb on his cheek, and pressed against his cheek; he then opened his mouth; Bossey began to laugh, and said, 'lt's all gammon, Mr. Brandish; I will have you well flogged if you do not alter your course of conduct; I will have you sent to the Justitia and well flogged.' After the doctor went away I examined his mouth, and I found that his cheek was cut opposite where he pressed his thumb. They fre quently handcuffed his hands to each side of the bed, and kept him lying in this position, in his dirt and water, until a large piece mortified out of the bottom part of his beck, about the same place as that of George Monk. He became completely childish. The doctor frequently threatened to have him flogged. He allowed him wine before he died, a part of which he took off a few days before his death, with his usual threat of having him flogged. He died 6th October, 1844." " The treatment in this case will be found detailed at length in Mr. Bossey's own report, which it is believed w.ll disprove the charge. I cannot believ e that the sur geon laughed at this patient; and the officers are positive that such a word as ` gammon' was never, on any occa sion. used by him. " The charge about opening the prisoner's mouth to feed him is explained by Mr. Bossey's own statement, from which it is clear he fed this prisoner with his own hand, when no one else could accomplish it. No restraint was rf quits d. " The threats of flogging, repeated more than once in this case, are a mere fabrication; the very fact of the pri son, r being placed upon full diet, with wine and porter for so long a period, and the entry in the surgeon's own hand writing proves that he thought him in a dying state on the 18th of September, alter which date must have oc curred the ' usual threat of having him flogged' on the day he took off his wine, which was the 26th, as the patient died on the 6th of October. " There is a record in this case on the hospital jour nals, that on one occasion the surgeon was compelled to rebuke an officer for neglect of duty in not changing this patient sufficiently often ; the reproof given had the desired effect, and no further complaint was necessary. I mention this circumstance to prove that the charge of continued neglect in this and' a preceding case is without foundation. The repetition here of the `large piece' which ` mortified out of his back,' is also untrue. The real circumstances are fully detailed in the surgeon's report. All persons who have witnessed long sicknese in their own families must be aware of the difficulty. ai times, of preventing what is called a ` bed-sore.' " ~►.:.--4 FANATICISM AND MURDER. A young Count Liedekerke entered a village church near Namur, and shot his two sisters while they were engaged in their devotions before a crucifix. We read, in a Brussels paper, that the only motive for this dread ful crime was an i sine fanaticism. The prisoner walked all night aftfr commitVng the murder, and boated of what he had done to a peasant whom he met on the road. Oa being arrested he offered no resit ante. He was taken to prison, and soon afterwards was onfrontced sith the corps( s of his sisters, and asked it he recognised them, and it he knew how they had been murdered. His reply was " Yes ; I slew them for their idolatry." He then went on to ascribe the deed to the over-ruling will of Heaven, quoted Deuteronomy to justify the act, and declared that if he had found his father and mother perpetrating the sin of idolatry he would have destroyed them without hesitation. He also added that the elder sister was shot dead at once, but that he had to fire twice upon the younger. The first shot inflicted no mortal injury ; so he loaded his gun, and fired upon her again. On further examination it became fully evident that the prisoner was a mono maniac. His fixed idea was a furious zeal for the res toration of the Hebrew mode of worship. He called himself a disciple of Moses, and protested against some annuities left to his sisters as violations of the Jewish law of primogeniture. The Eclaireur of Namur gives the fellowing additional particulars of this most extranrdir ary case:—" The young Count de Liede kerke, who we hear proceeded on foot to within a short distance of Huy, returned home yesterday afternoon about three o'clock, without appearing at all concerned about what had taken place. He ordered dinner and sat down at table, but was soon arrested by the gendarmes, who had remained at the Chateau of Garonsart, and was conveyed in his carriage to the prison at Namur, where he was confined. At a later hour he was brought back with proper precaution from the prison to the chateau, to see the dead bodies of his two sisters. An eye-witness of this distressirg scene informs us that the in , rderer had a wild and furious look, and spoke very decidedly. He recognised the two sisters, saying, "That is Arnoldire, and that is Hyacinthe ;" and then added, that "he had a right to kill his sisters, because he was opposed by them in his religious belief; end that he had read in the Bible that it was lawful to get rid of those who stand in the way of our salvation." We have learnt many other particulars respecting the behaviour of the unhappy lunatic. After going backwards and forwards twice to Namur, he returned to the chateau and looked for the steward, threatening to kill him, but not finding him, he had inquired for his own sisters. Leaving the scene of the murder, where he had remained long enough to be seen by several witnesses, he met a pea sant at a little distance ; the latter saluted him, and he coolly told him that he had just killed his two sisters, and that he was going to do the same to the Prince de Lannoy, his brother in-law. At that mo ment he was still armed with his gun, which he had just reloaded. The only thing that he earnestly demanded at the moment of his arrest was his Bible. It seems that another idea had occupied his mind. lie fancied that he had an exclusive right to the fortune of his parents, to the prejudice of his sisters. The Prince and Princess of Reyna-Wolberg arrived att. Garonsart yesterday evening at eight o'clock ; the scene was terrible—the Princess fainted as she alighted from the carriage, and the Prince had scarcely strength to support himself. The scene in the chateau was most distressing. The Countess Arnoldine was 36 years of age, and the Coun tess Hyacinthe 29. The funeral will take place on Wednesday. HUNeERFORD SUSPENSION-BRIDGE STEAM-BOAT PIER.—On Saturday, all that part of Hungerford Suspen sion-bridge, situate between the market termination and the north turret was divided by an iron railing, the west side of the bridge, on and after Easter Monday next, being to be thrown open to the public landing or embarking in steam boats, free of charge. The directors of the Bridge Company have ordered a toll-house to be placed at the north turret, for the convenience of persons wishing to pass over to Lam beth. LANCASHIRE CATHOLIC DISTRICT FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED IRISH.—From a statement est published, of the receipts and disbursements in con nexion with this fund, perceive that the total subscrip tions amount to 2,397/. 13.5. 4d., and the church collections to 2,523/. lls , making a total of 4,9211. 4s. 4d. The south and west being the most distressed parts of Ireland, the en tire receipts have been transmitted to the Most Rev. Drs. M'llale and Slattery, with a recommendation that it be dis tributed equally among the bishops in their respective arch dioceses for the relief of the distressed. In addition to the above amount, a sum of 1,264/. 10s. has been remitted through other channels for the relief of particular districts in Ireland.—Liverpool Mercury. FEVER IN CORK.—We regret to say that fever is increasing rapidly, and becoming each day more malig nant in its cliaractyr, and more fatal in its consequences. Since our List, we have heard of many cases am mg the wealthier ciasses of Hur fellow-citizi , ns, who have been suddenly stricken down, and whose disease has assumed the molt malignant character.—Cur/ Lxaminer. ROBBERY AT SPROWsTON.—On Tuesday police constables Goodchild and Elms were on dut) ut three o'clock in the morning, at Sprowston, when they met a man with something on his back. Immediately he caught sight of the policemen, he threw down his burden and ran off. Ile was pursued for three-quarters of a mils and captured, when he proved to be George Fisher, of Pocktliorpe. The article he had thrown away was a pail, the property of Mr. Thomas Burrows, of Sprowston. The prisoner was brought before S. Bignold, Esq., and the pail being sworn to, he was fully committed for trial.—l ()Volk Chronicle. M►STER IN CHANCERY.—The lucrative office of one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery is now vacant, Master Lynch having sent in Ilia resignation in con sequence of ill-health. THE MURDER at CIIESTERFIF,LD. CONFESSION OF PLATTS. This criminal, since his conviction, has ly, en placed in under the cus • war visited by the Cody o o r ti d m e m r. n c s d i rmg c e e s, l d l t o oph f :il the county governor. tc)goeu,otvit:yhv theict chaplain of the on, propriety of p th r 7 . Rev. 0 George u in king a confession of hie guilt. 0 Sunday be attended Divine service, and ire the after part of the day he wrote to his mother, sister, and brother, previous to which he made an unreserved and full confession of the murder. He stated that he was present when it was committed, and that he was the principal party concerned, althouZzli he did not strike the blow by which the unfortunate mim e George Collis. was stunned and rendered insen.ible. lie next proceeded to implicate Morley as taking an active part, and divulged the name of a third person, which, as a matter of course, has not been suffered to transpire. The circumstances he narrated were as follows : Platts and Collis, the deceased, spent the Sunday after noon with Morley, Collis was plied with drink and in veigled into Plater, shop in the shambles under pretence of settling the account, and he was then murdered. The object of Platts and Motley was plunder, for it was conjectured that as Collis was about to marry Ellen Beresford in the West Bars, he had saved a sum of money for this purpose, which he carried about, with him. This young woman gave testimony or: the trial. After the perpetration of the murder the body was mutilated, and on Monday night: was de posited in a sack by Morley and the convict, and carried across the market-place to the cesspool, where it was accidentally discovered. During the day Platts had proceeded to the house of Mr. Franks, the land lord of the Old Angel, and not many yards distant from the shambles, and told Mrs. Frank, at the time the corpse was lying in the shop, that be tully expected to meet Collis at the Angel, in order to settle their partnership accounts This statement, made by Batts on Sunday, would make it appear that after the blow inflicted on the Victim, he was strangled to prevent the moaning noise, and which noise, it may be remembered, was sworn to as having been heard by several persons on passing through the shambles on the Sunday evening of the murder, and which attracted the attention of the passers-by. The convict admitted that he then proceeded to rifle the dead body of his victim, and divested it of his shoes and part of the dress. Platte then went into lengthened details of the part he had sustdned in the murder and the cir cumstances. After this confession the prisoner appeared more sociable in his manner, and conversed with the attendants. He was then, at his request, furnished with writing materials, and wrote the following letter to his mother:— "Darby County Gaol, March 21, 1847. " My dear Mother, Sister, and Brothers,—With a trembling, i rite these few lines to you—i hope you will not fret about your unfortunate son, for i hope we shall all meet in a better world than this ; i hope the Lord will forgive us all our sins ; i am shure he will if we due ask the Lord dens) jeues Criced our Savor dear mother ; i hope you will pray to the Lord to pardon your sins i am sure he will if you pray to heaven for pardon my dear sister remember what i say to you pray to heaven to pardon all your sins dont delay my dear Brother remember what say dont delay pray to hevon to pardon all your sins; bles the Lord for it and i hope he will forgive me for i know we hay all to die therefore i will not, lose no time i have praid nite and day to the Lord Jeseus our Savor to forgive me all my sins and to bloc out all my old offences my dear mother pleas send word if you are coming to see me for I should like to see you all I am going to rite to my dear friend Mr. Hothatn rite to me with speed pleas to show this letter to Mr. R Hutham and you will oblige your unfortunate son, " JOHN PLATYS." The above letter was forwarded, at the convict's re quest, to Platt's mother, at Chesterfield. At an early 'hour o❑ Monday, upon being visited by the chaplain and governor, his ci,nduct was very indecorous. Shortly before noon Platte had an interview with several of the visiting justices, and was then interrogated relative to the confession which he had made on the preceding day, and was asked, if the confession was reduced to writin A , he would sign the document ; to the great surprise 01 all present the convict contradicted the statement made on the preening day, and denied that he had any part in the murder, but implicated other individuals. He made another statement to the justices, which was full of inconsistencies. On Tuesday it was communt cated to the convict that the High Sheriff had fixed Thursday, at neon, April the Ist, for the sentence to be carried into effect. On the announcement by Mr. Sims, the convict turned deadly pale, but evinced no emotion. During the week the relatives of the convict had an in• terview, and his mother and sister will take their final leave on the Tuesday preceding the day of execution. RUDINI.--Thirty years past, at Bergamo, by a singular contrast, the Opera company was very mediocre and the choral excellent. Amongst the chorus-singers at this period there was a oung man, very poor, very modest, and much be'oved by his companions. This young man (to aid his aged mother), added to the functions of a chorus singer the more lucrative one of a tailor. One day, having taken a pair of pantaloons to Nozari, this celebrated singer looked at him earnestly, and said to him, with kindness, "It seems to me, my boy, that I have seen you some where ?" "That is very probable, Sir; you might have seen me at the theatre, where I sing in the chorusses." " Have you a good voice ?" " Not particularly. Sir ; I ascend with difficulty to G." "Let us see," said Nozari, at the same time approaching the piano; "sing the scale." ' The chorus-singer obeyed, but, having sung G, he ptopped, quite out of breath. " Sing A—courage; go on." " Indeed, Sir, I cannot." " Sing A immediately, I say, un fortunate." The A was sung. " Now sing B." " Really, Sir—" " Sing B, I say, at once, or by my—" " Oh, do not be angry, Sir, and I will try." GAB C was sung. "You perceive," said Nozari, with a triumphant voice, "and now, my boy, I shall only say to you, if you will work, you will become the first tenor of Italy." Nozari was not de ceived. The poor chorus-singer was the renowned tenor Rcbini, who now possesses a colossal fortune. A few days ago the following massacre was com mitted at Nedonchel (Pas de Calais). A father strangled his two children, one six and the other only four years old, in order that he might become the uncontrolled possessor of some little property which they inherited. OBJECTION TO TUE TAKING OF AN OATII.—A tall, stout man, rather respectably dressed, appeared before Sir Joshua Walmsley, on Saturday, to mak e a c h arge aga i ns t James Welsh, of having stolen a pai r o f p i c k s , b e i ng utensils used in making roads and excavations. The prosecutor, on being handed the book, preparatory to being sworn, s •id,-1. refuse to be sworn ; I c a nn o t con scientiously take an oath. Sir Joshua Walmsley--What are you? Are Sou a Quaker? Prosecutor—l sometimes go to the Quakers' meetings. Sir Joshua—What religious denomination do you belong to? Prosecutor—l believe in Christ, and have been told not to take an oath. Si, Joshua—Who told you ? Prosecutor—The Word of God. Sir Joshua—Are you a member of the Society of Friends? Prosecutor—No. Sir Joshua—Are you a Moravian ? Prosecutor No. Sir Joshua Are you a— What are you ? Prosecutor declined to answer. A Voice—He doesn't know what he is. Sir Joshua—ls it on religious grounds that you object to be sworn? Prose cutor—lt is. Sir Joshua—Well, it is very wrong that the ends of justice should be defeated in this way. I feel that I have a power to send you to gaol, but I hesitate to act upon that power. It may be that your repugnance to t a k e an oath is based upon conscientious scruples, but I certainly doubt it. lam obliged to discharge a man who, in the face of the public, is all but proved to have been guilty of stealing your property, and he must now be let loos e u p on society to practise the same deeds with impunity. You see the result of your refusal. Prosecutor—l do, b u t I cannot help it. Sir Joshua—Let the prisoner be discharged.— Liverpool Mercury. LIVERPOOL.—DISGItACEFUL CONDUCT OF A CAP. TAIN'.—On Tuesday, Captain F. Brown, of the ship Benares, appeared in answer to a summons charging him with ill treating and placing John Duff, a seaman, in irons. From the complainant's statement it appeared that during the voyage from Calcutta, for some alleged misconduct, he had been put in irons and placed in the water closet for ten days, where there was neither room to lie down, nor, when the door was closed, scarcely sufficient air to sustain life. During this time he was fed on bread and water only. From this he was removed, and fastened down under one of the hatches, where again he bad great difficulty in breathing from the insufficiency of air. The defence was, that he has neglected the captain's orders, was careless and in dolent, although at the end of the voyage he had exerted himself to the utmost. Mr. Rushton said h. never heard a case of greater hardship. For a slight offence the man was placed in irons, and kept in solitary confinement for ten days : this in a tropical climate, and in a place where he could scarcely breathe, and sufficiently close to put an end to life in twenty-four-hours, or to produce a fever. Cap• taiu—We had no other place to put him. Mr. Rushton—l do not think I should be doing my duty if I did not make an example of you, and send you for trial. Had such a thing occurred iii. the army or navy, we should never have heard the last of it. Let the evidence be taken. The case was ad journed, and the captain held to bail. The defendant, who was held to bail, appeared yesterday. when Mr. Rushton said that the magistrates had given the matter their serious con sideration ; and, while they thought that the punishment intended to be inflicted was not so great, still they could not o b f u s t i. _conLsiiwipool derthat ar th er a c t u k ry in . d of punishment in the tropics was calculated to do se r i ous m i sc hi e f—it was highly reprehen s ibl e —and there was g rea t d ou bt w h e th er they should not send him to trial. Th ey wou ld , h owever , on ly i n fli c t a p ena lt y On ato the n ' Company 7 t h the ithamses , a steamer belonging to Government, entered the port of Leghorn, having tow the Tiger, one of the vessels of the Oriental Steam Navigation Frenchig of London. The two steamers had run against each other during the previous night, owing, it is said, to the neglect in watching of the crew of the Tiger, and one of the Tiger's wheels was so much broken that she was obliged to be towed to Leghorn for repairs. Her pass singers took their departure for Naples the same day, by the Ville de Marsaille& FUNERAL OF COLONEL GORE LANGTON, M.P.— (Abridged from the Bath Herald.) —Thursday being the day appointed fbr the lying in state of the deceased gentleman, Newton Park was the resort of many thousands of persons anxious to obtain a view of the ceremonial. The chamber in winch the earthly remains of the:lamented deceased lay was hung with black cloth, in the torm of a canopy, from the centre of which depended a chandelier with ground glass shades, which, to get h er w i t h s i x fl am b eaux on e ith er side of the entrance to the room, cast a sombre gloom over the whole, presenting a scene at once solemn and imp ,sing. Friday was the day fixed upon for the interment of the body, and lung before the hour appointed fur the procession to start from the house, a vast concourse of per:ons, the ma jority of whom were habited in complimentary mourning, assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of the departed estimable gentleman. At about halt-past one o'clock, everything having been arranged with the ut most regularity, the procession moved from the house. On arriving at the church, which was hung with black cloth, the corpse was met by the Rev. C. Holland, the curate, who read the appropriate service in a very impressive manner, during which the body was lowered to its last earthly tene ment in the presence of the deceased Coloners relatives, friends, and tenantry only. At the conclusion of the service ' the mournful et:q.t.* returned. JaasEs SIIRRIDAN KNOWLES.—During the past few days a memorial to Lord John Russell has been in course of signature in Leeds, in favour of a pension being granted to Mr. James Sheridan Knowles, as a reward fur his genius and talent as an author. The memorial has received the signatures of many of the most respectable inhabitants of the borough. —Leeds Mercury. -.IWV INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF LOR DS, March 29, Th. House st,t to-day to hear apreak. The Pi4ers present mere the Lord CitAlcellor, L , od ,Brougham, and Lord Campbell. THE PROPRIETORS OF THE EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY V. THE BIAGISTRATES AND TOWN COUNCIL OF LINLITLIGOW The arguments in •his part-heard appral were resumed this morning. and occupied their Lord-hips the whole: day. The blowing are the short facts of the ease upon which the appeal is founded :—The town of Linlithgow enjoyed under several charters, confirmed by Acts of Parliament, the right to take tolls on goods and car riages passing through the town. The town also enjoyed the right to take tolls on Linlithgow bridge. In the year 1638, an Act of Parliament, Ist and 2d Vict. c. 58. was passed for making a railway between Edinburgh and Glasgow, to be called the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way, which railway was to pass through Linlithgow, end to cross the River Avon between West Bridge and its mouth, by means of a viaduct or bridge above Linlith gow-bridge. By the 237th section of the Railway Act, it was enacted that" nothing in this Act should extend to take away a bridge, or diminish aiiy rights, privileges, jurisdictions, or powers which at present belong to and are enjoyed, or which are claimed in virtue of acts of Par !lament, royal charters, immemorial usage, or otherwise, by the magistrates and town council of the burgh, or by the magistrate, or by any of them, to demand, take, re ceive, or levy customs upon any cattle, carriage-, goods. or any other thing whatsoever, passing, led, drawn, or carried over the water of Avon, Torphican Mill, or at any other part of the said waters of Avon, by any ford or bridge, or by any viaduct or other bridge that may be built or meted across the water of the Avon by the company." The railway was opened in the month of February, 1842. The provost, bailies, and council of the burgh claimed toll on goods carried through the• town► by the railway, and also certain bridge tolls in re spect of goods carried over the viaduct, as if such via duet must be treated as the old tow❑ bridge for the pur pose of these tolls. The directors of the railway coin pang insisted that no tolls were payable for the mere transit through the town of goods carried upon the rail way, nor for goods carried over the viaduct, which could not in any way whatever be treated as a town bridge. On both points the Lord Ordinary, Lord Wood, decided in favour of the magistrates of Linlithgow, and sup ported their claim of tolls. His interlocutor was sup ported by the Court of Session, and from their decision the present appeal was brought. Mr. Bethel!, on behalf of the appellants, was heard on a previous day ; and Mr. Hope, on the same side, occupied their Lerds - hips the whole morning. VICE• CIIA,VCE le Y COW?!; Nardi 29. (Before the VICE (:HANCELLOIt Of ENGLAND.) His Honour the Vice Chancellor of England wa• uc cupied the whole morning with motions and cause peti tions of no general interest. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CIRCUI I.—Bury St. Edmunds, March 27. CROWN COURT.—([..fore Sir F. POLLOCK.) Catherine Foster. aged 18, was arraigned upon an in diciment 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 c unty 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 fur 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 of Acton, a small village near Sud bury, where also lived the prisoner, for whom, 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 to , 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'a testimony, he earnestly urged the propriety of his being 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 or 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, Thonaav, aged three years. John Foster having thus gained the long eheristted 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. lie handed her into the carrier's cart, and bidding adieu to her, asks d if " she thought she would stay all a .nonth?" 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 happine,s seemed filled to overflowing. He was happy as the was long; worked with zeal, alacrity, and joyousness, in the daily discharge of his " lot in lite." Ile was then, as be had ever been, according to one of the witnesses, " strong and blooming a young man as ever you seed;" though he had, about a fortnight before, met with an ae sinent while leading a waggon of hay, but that hid Duly produced a slight headache, a thing which his friend as ired him would soon pass off—as he " eaten had it on Monlays—after a day's rest." This remark was fatly verified. The deceased soon resumed his wonted cheer tuluess and strength, and on the 17th of November re. turned from work to his evenieg meal with his friend, singing all the way to that h ouse w h ence h e never de parted alive. On his arrival he partook of supper witty his wife and her little brother, their homely meal con sisting of dumplings, potatoes, and tea. The milt had no sooner partaken of his dumpling then 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 round him retching violently in a basin, the contents of which she three into a neighbouring ditch, where some fowls Mere in the habit of picking up their scanty subsistence. inning the whole of the night the poor man remained in great pain; at four o'clock he tried to get up, but fell down trim 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 husbaird. On her return she found him worse than when she left him, and he finally died in her arms at tour o'clock, soon atter which hour his mother and the surgeon arrived. On the same day the fowls ad died, and a post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased was made by Mr. Jones, of Meltord. At chat time no suspicion was engendered, and thus, 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 Ind 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 bug, in which the prisoner had boiled the dumplieg of which the deceased had eaten the night nefore 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, as was stated to-day, deposed to having seen his sister make two dumplings on the night in question, into one of which she . bad pat some powder out of a paper, after which she burnt the paper, and put that dumpling into a pudding-cloth. 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 unfortuoate 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 statt don 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 .or leave to stay there " while the doctor's opened John," which she could not bear to witness These Nei* were for the most part proved to-day, but the boy, when examined, though he stated that he had seen his sister make the tw o 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 ooth hie sister and himself, who had not exhibited any symptcws of Illness, bad partaken of the same dumpling with the deceased. on this suojeet Mr. Image and Mr. Newham both de posed, that if the deceased had taken the poison in that eumpling it was impossibl.. that any one else could have tasted it without experiencing great Hitless and danger to life from it. At the close of the case for the prosecution, which oc cupii,d the entire day. Mr. VOWER addies,ed the jury on behalf of the pri soner, strongly commenting on the extreme improba bait), that. a Yong and recently married girl would per petrate so diabolterl a crime as the murder of bee hus band. Ile contended that there was an utter eb.ence of all motive ou 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 posse , sed of any, the more reasonable inferen e was that the fiusb.ind 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 meet 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 essentitlly 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, tbfl were of o p i nion that the de ceased had come by his death from poison administered to him in the dumpling at the Supper prepared for him by his wife. If they thought that propo:iti.)u established, the terious que.tion was, by what tu,ans th,, , poison catnv into that dumpling, of t%hatever the boy might sly. no ore could b-lieve that any one c ul l have eaten •wi:hout !eelieg the iil tffi-ets of poison, as had b,en de postd to intizt unhesitatingly by two eminent surgeons wh , had been examined to day. The jury retired for about twility minuteA to &Übe• rate, and after that time returtei a verdict of Guilty. — Se n rile., deferred. The pristin e r, who had stood unmoved duri: g th, whole trial. received the verdict of the jury with a 61 : gt quit...ring of the lips ; 13,1 beyono that expression ut feeling, which was .botnentary, she exhibited nut the least emotion from th, first to the last moment rf the inquiry which was fraught with such awful consequenc , s to her. MIDLAND CIRCUIT— t# al wick ,March 27. This morning the Le-ivied Judges. Mr. B,aron Pa , ke and Mr Justice Paite.son, attt-tided prayer, in St Mary's Church; and at i,alf past nine o'clock Mr. Baron P , rk , took his seat on the oeuei at Nisi Prius. Mr. Justice Matteson did not enter the Crown C“urt until elt-wn o'clock. There wcre 25 cAuses entt•red, and tin , calendar enumerated no fewer than 82 criminal charges, or 114 Frisonr•rs for trial. CROWN COUR .'.—(l3efore Mr. Justice PATTESON). SENTENCE UPON WELCH, TUE LATE TREASURER To THE BIRMINGHAM BOARD OF GUARDIANS. At the conclusion of the &limed Judge's charge to the grand jury. Joseph Mercy Yeomans Welch was placed at the bar to receive sentence. Mr. Just . ce PATTESON, addressing the prisoner, said he was tried at the la,t assiz-s and convicted of emtaz clement; but doubts being entertained upon one or two points of law, th.) were reset d for the consideration of the judges. I've judges were unatiimoasly 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 puss the sentence which Mr. Justice Coleridge said he should have passed at the last assizes had he nit 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 anti mind since toe last assizas, was then removed from the bir apparently in a state of stupefaction. ATTEMPT TO MURDER E. WIFE.— WaS plact d at the bar charged with cutting and wounding his wife with iht,..nt to kill, murder, disable, or do her some grievous bodily hat m. Tile 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 was not deemed proper to put him upon his trial, or call upon him to plead. To day, when placed at the bar, the prisoner pre sented a collected, ruddy, and healthy appearance ; bu mare than once during the trial he betrayed symptoms ot s ill existing insanity. Sarah Bonney was then called. On her appearance (her tacit still strongly seamed, the effects of the wounds inflicted) the prisoner fixed his eyes upon her, and burst into tears. tike deposed as fidlows:-46 I was married to the prisoner in 1845, and lived at the Rainbow public house in High- street, Bordesley, 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 husba.id 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 his hand. When I observed this I got out of bed, and went towards the doer. 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 thro,,t with a knife. When I Kent to the slaor, he wounded me. He said, We have lived together, we have loved together, and we will die toge ther. I found the loot. lock, d. lie 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 my senses, but I recovt rel myself a little, and ran to the window. I broke a pane of glass, and cried out, Mur der,' w},en somebody brought a ladder to the window. My husband also called cut, 6 Oh, see what they have done !' When the window was opened my husband got through. It was on the second floor that we slept. Mr. White and Robert Fletcher came, and 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 bad none. Mr. John Archer, suro.on, of Deritend, Birmingham, being sworn, stated that he was called in to Mrs. Burney on the morning in question, and found her with a wound 2i inches long on the throat, and an ther wound 2} inches long on the cheek. The wounds were inflicted with a sharp instrument. He afterwards saw the pri soner ut Fletch, r'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, "bee how they l.ave 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 vrisoner 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. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 1 1 1ARLBOI?OUGH-STREET. Richard Alexander, Henry Ght(l)tone, George Smith, and Thomas Collier, four young boys, were• charged with attempting to pick pockets in Berwick -street, on Satur iay night. PoliCe-con.itahle Wills said he was in plain clothes on the alert in Berwick •street, because of repeated rob beries having been reported from that neighbourhood lately, and he saw the four prisoners attempt the pockets or` different persons, and nearly succeed in their purpose on a lady - who had just come out of a shop near St. Luke's Chapel. The father of one of the prisoners, seeminAly an honest, hard-working man, stated that his boy was ap prenticed to a tradesman, in whose employ he had been most attentive and regular, awl he could not but be sur prised at the charge. Mr. litz-rartam said his experience for the last three years at IV4wsliip-street, was consistent with all that being true ; for he found young men well situated for trades and every necessary, who spent their evenings on the streets picking pockets. He therefore remanded the prisont-rs for , urcher inquiry. EXTRA PAY TO POLICEMEN.—One of the constables th:s district having applied to have his expenses at the se-ssions allowed him, was informed by Mr. BINGHAM that he had had a letter thr- morning from the Hume secretary, remindin g hi m o f t h e r de r of the 31st April, 1830, disallowing all extra payments to constables, which the Hume Secretary requested might be henceforth rictly ob served. BOW-STREET. Jane ichman was charged with an assault upon Catherine Ryan. It appeared that the prisoner lodged with the mother of the prosecutrix, end that morning the mother and daughter had a quarrel, in which some reference was made to the prisoner, whereupon the latter matched a flat iro❑ nearly red hot out of the fire, struck the prosecutrix upon the head, inflicting a deep cut, and burning the scalp and neck in a trighttul manner. The prisoner, in excu-e, said that she bad told Mrs. Ryan and her daughter the night before that they might quar rel as they chose with one another, but must not use her name: and that when Catherine, notwithstanding that caution, dared to speak of her, she took the iron out cf the fire and struck her with it. he MAGISTRATE expressed his astonishment at the brutality of the assault on such slight provocation. He recommended the prosecutrix, who was said to be in great suffering, to he kept in the hospital for a few da3s. Ile sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 605., or be im prisoned one month with hard labour. WORSHIP -STREET. Joseph Davis, an ex-police constable, was charged with I,btainiog money and goods from several tradesmen under tue_following fraudulent circumstances : Sergeant Torch, 27 K, deposed that the defendant, who wis formerly a constable in the Metroplitan Po lice Force, but was discharged, had subsequently been re-appointed. Having been recognised as an ex-police man, he was again discharged on the 25th ult.,a ai sit was ly the practice of the Commissioners n o t to employ man again in that capacity who has once been expelled trotn the force. Witness, from the information he re ceived, took him into custody. Among the number whom the prisoner has victimised are the following :—Mr. Tongman. a licensed victualler, in th e Commerciel-road, from whom be obtained half-a-crown, under pretence that it was for Sergeant Torch, and that no notice should be hereafter taken of Sunday trading. F rom a butcher, named o'hite, in Ratcliffe-highway, he obtained a piece of beef amounting to 75., stating he was a police constable in plain clothes, and would call again and pay , him. There were other cases against the prisoner, who, it appears, has been most active in his nefarious practices, and at the su gestion of the police he was remanded in order to CLEUCEAIVELL. give time for further inquiry. , A riinnonly eleven y ears o f age, who said his iiai sK;rig.but who w as taund to be the son of i t i t c w u a . ivP ho), a most respectabl- draper and haberdasher, of the name residing not tar from the Court, was charged wit h stealing five loaves of bread ft om the shop of Mr. attuning, a baker, in Gray's lull lane. It appeared that that intirni;:g, about eight o'clock, the pro , ecutor trussed a number or lo ive from his win dow, and. upon 10. king C A 3 h - g prisonaway r t t a o i f h t t r them. into the street, saw the priso ne r e who had all the appearance and manner of r.speetability. was present, an.; appeared (1E4 . 03 affecred. He said he did all he could to reform his sun, but in vain. lie had locked him up to keep him from his bad associltes, out althou4h the room was well secured end at the top of the house, the young rascal got through the windows upon the root, and es caped over several other houses, and he had not seen him now for upwards of three months before that day. Ile had, amongst ot'.er asylums, tried .to get him into the Retuge for the Destitute, but was refused, because the,boy ha.i not beer, previously convicted. Mr. GREENWOOD said. no doubt that the governors might have good ground: for such a rule, but it struck him us rather an extraordinary one. He should commit the prisoner for trial, as he thought this the only more to save him from destruction. MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY*) C ORTZ-MXCECAN4.". E. During last week the arrivals of English Wheat, Barley, Oats, Beans, Peas, and Flour were on a very moderate scale; ! but the bulk of the supply of the former article came to hand from Kent. The receipts from Scotland were very trifling; while from Ireland only 100 quarter.: of Oats reached us. From abroan we received an increased quantity of Wheat , and a very extensiv e one o f O ats. The imports of a ll ot her articles were by no means l arge. F resh-up, coastw i se , as well as by land-carri age an d samp l e, only a moderate quell " tits, tits , of Wheat of home produce came to band; hence th e stands were by no means h eavi ly supp li e d . T he atten dance of buyers was limited; owing to which, and more especially to the large arrivals of Grain and Flour at Liverpool, and in most of the Irish ports, DECIDED PANIC TOOK PLACE IN THE *BADE. Throng.' out the da the dealers refused to purchase, except at a very considerable fall in the quotations; and, in the few transactions concluded, the currencies must be considered from 3s to. in some instances, 5s per quarter lower than 00 31onday last. At that amount of depression the market cl sed very dull, with at least a moiety of the supply undis• posed of. A single parcel of 300 quarters of English red Wheat was sold fur shipment to France at 76s per quarter. This was the only transaction for export. There was an increased quantity of foreign Wneat on show. This article was exccs.ivel heavy, and, to effect sales, an abatemen t of from 3s to 4s per quarter must have been submitted to the holders. However, so little was doing, that prices Inns! be considered almost nominal. With Barley, both Engli sh acd F..reign, we were rather scantily supplied; nevertheles s, the trade was exceedingly dull, and prices declined is to 25 per quarter. There was only a moderate show of Malt, all 'kinds of which were very dull, and h to 2s per quarter lower than last week. The import of Foreign Oats having been veil large, the Oat trade to -day was in a very depressed state; and we have to notice a fall in value of from 6d to Is per qr. Beans of all kinds commanded very little attention, an d the rates declined is to 2s p e r quar t er . I n P eas next to no thinti was doing, at Is to 2s p er quar t er less money. To sell, aft of 5s per 2801hs, and 2s p er b arre l, must h ave b een su bmitted in the quotation of Fl o ur, b u t our rates must b e cons idered nominal. Indian Corn mi g ht h ave b een purc h ase d a t a de' cline of 5s per quarter. CURRENCY PElt IMPERIAL MEASURE Wleat —Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • .. 79s to 841 Red, New.... 7's to 76s O a t s Y or k s hi re an d Ditto,White, New 74s BCs Li nco l ns h ., F ee d. ?Ss 34 1 Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe .. 371 395 coin, Red..... 71e 77s Youghal and Cork, ' Ditto, White •• • 74s 7tss Black . ..... 301 3 45 Irish, Sled • • —5 —s Cork, White..... 303 34' Ditto, White . ... • • —3 —s Scotch, F ee d. •• • • 331 3 , 1; .. 75 Ilya—Old •••• • —s • s Beans—Tick .........423 New. .. .. • • .... 50s 5Ss Pigeons .........• 505 511 Barley—Grinding ..• .. 40s 424 Pease—Grey......... 501 33 ' Malting . ••• . • 52s s , is Map1e........... bOS 335 Chevalier •. • 56s 57s White ......•.... 555 39 ' Malt—Suffolk and. Nor- Boilers ..... 58e 64 ' folk •.•••• • • • • • • 763 77s Flour—Town-made 601 658 Brown.- •• •• •• 655 703 Suffolk .......... 52s 545 Kingstonand Ware 77s 793 Stockta &Norfolk 52s 549 SIWITIEPIELD. The imports of live stock into London during the past week have been as under:— From whence. Oxen. Cows. Sheep. Calves. Rotterdam Harlingen ...... 22 ...... 250 Nieudiep ..... Total The arrivals at Hull and the various other oatports have been comparatively small, viz.-120 Oxen and Cow's, I ' Sheep, and 25 Calves; the general quality of which has been good There were in the market to-day about 120 Beasts, 80 Sheep, and 20 Calves from abroad, the whole of which found buyers, at higher rates. The nambera of home-fed Beasts were considerably less than those exhibited on blonds)" last, the falling t,ff being one thousand head. This circutn' stance, together with an increased attendance of both town and country buyers, caused the Beef trade to rule very brisk. at an improvement on last week's quotations of from 4d to . 6d per Silbs, and at which a clearanc e was s p e edily effee te The general quality of the B eas t s was b y no mean s first-ratde. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, were r .„ e ceived about 900 Scots, homebr e d s , an d s h ort horns; fr°''' the northern, western, and midland districts, 800 Herefordss runts, Devons, and short horn s; fr om o th er par t s of Englan d ' 800 of various breeds; and from Scotl an d, 220 Scots. Ther e was only a limited number of Sheep on sale, and which cons' manded a ready inquiry at an imp rovemen t i n va lue of qui t 6d per Blbs. From the Isl e of Wi g ht 20 L am b s c ame fres h to hand; but from other quarters the receipts of that de: scription of stock were small. The Lamb trade was brisk P 4d per Blbs. more money. The Veal trade was active et rise in value of 4d per Blbs. In Pigs, the supply of whi c „„ was small, a steady business was doing at 2d p er 8 lbs. 01 °'" money. Per Ribs. to sir.k the offal. s. d. to s. d Interior Beasts-- 3 0 3 4 Second quality ... 3 6 3 8 Prime large Oxen.. 310 4 2 ('rime Scots •• •... 4 4 4 6 Largo coarse Calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto .. 5 2 5 4 Stic , cling Calves .18 0 29 0 Inferior Sheep .. . 3 8 4 0 4 . d. to . 6 Second quality ditto 4 st A 4 A 10 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 S 4 Southdown Nether 6 0 Ditto out of the wool Large Hogs ...... 3 S 5 $ Small Porkers .... 4 S 0 Quarter old Pigs 16 0 4 ,,v 4 Lamba 4 • Measts. 2,417 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. 68 _27,380 1 12 290 Ili EMMATE 'AND LEAD EN SALM • •ce The arrivals of country-kill e d mea t f or our mar k e t, 31" this day ee'nnight, have been tolerably good, viz. about 1, carcase of Beef, 800 ditt o o f M ut t on , 90 di tto o f L a mb, I *, ditto of Veal, and 1,100 ditt o o f P or k. F rom S co tl a nd rt b . °ll : 700 carcases hive come to hand in mod er ate condin" With meat killed in the metropolis we have been hesyq supplied, owing to which the general demand has been laixoo' very depressed state, and pric es h ave t en d e d downwaru. The number of carcases of Foreign M ea t on s ale has b only 110. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to a. d. g. d. to 4 ; 4 Beef, inferior.. •• 2 4 2 6 I Mutton, inferior •• 3 ! ; 6 middling .... 2$ 210 middling.. 3 6 ; 0 prime large .. 3 0 3 2 prime ...• 3 10 : 4 prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large.... ••• • 3 4 '; 10 Vea1........ ••.• • • 4 0 410 small ..... ... 4 6 . Lamb, 5s Od to 5s 10d 110110ITOIC AND SPITAIMIELDS. The supplies of Potatoes from Lincolnshire and Cs 0 1:, bridgeshire, as well as f rom some ot h er quarters, ha/4;Z. been on the increase, a n d th e d ea l ers b e i ng unwilling to P%j the high rates demanded, the sale tor all kinds of l'ot 4tv : is heavy, and last week's quotations remain next to noinin x " York Regents, 1803. to 2205. per ton ; Do. Reds, 180 t° 2155. ; Do. Shaws, !70s. to 190 s. ; Lincolnshire and C 011 1,; bridgeshire Regents, 170 s. to 200 s. ; Do. Kidneys, 160$. 170 i. nonoucn HOP MARKET. The few parcels of really fine Hops disposed of since ou r , last report have produced full prices; otherwise the deman d is in a very sluggish state at barely late figures. Wool.: Since this day se'nnight the imports of Foreign Woo! have been small, viz., about 800 bags and bales. Although the stocks of the article in warehouse are smaller than for some years paqt, the demand is heavy, at barely late rates. Eng lish Wools are tolerably firm, but not dearer. TALLOW. A very inactive demand has been experienced for P. T. C. on the spot, and prices are quite 3d per cwt. lower than on Monday last. For forward delivery next to nothing is doing. Town Tallow, the supply of which is good, is in moderate request, at 49s 6d to 503 3d net cash. THE MURDER AT DAGENHAM.—It was s t a t ed a few adatyruseagboilltlaigataitnhset Sergeant dju t ton, the constables, for perjury, and conspiracy to commit perjury at Parsons the Ensds e perjury before the coroner, at the inquest upon th e body of George Clarke. On the last day of the assizes the three aH x ie a k ss te ii n es a ll n a d d K found int; ,men were called, in order to put in bail, but the only one who appeared was Kimpton. Parsons and Hickton , althougi! seen just previous to the assizes, were not to be found, ana, the police have not yet been able to apprehend either or them. The bail required for the appearance of Kimpton was 400/., which, not being forthcoming, he was conveyed to Ilford Gaol, where he now remains. EAST SOMERSET ELECTION.—The High Sheriff' Mr. John Matthew Quantock, has, in consequence of the_ county assizes, altered the day originally intended for th• nomination, and has issued his proclamation fixing SaturdaYi the 10th of April, for that purpose. No candidate has MY? 1 , appeared in opposition to the return of Mr. Pinney, and it the general impression that he will be allowed to walk over the course, although there are still rumours that a geotl e rr in the Protectionist interest will be br o u g ht f orwa rd, en" .-r which it is said there is still ample time. It is said, bowe h ; that it is the general wish of th e C onservat i ve par ty in solution of Parliam en t, th a t t h e county shoptrlrdoanotht ° be g' tt l present state of public affai rs , an d t h e near a : turbed by a contest at the present time. EXPIRATION OF PARLIAMENT.—THE SEPTENNIAD ACT.—The Act, commonly known as the Septennial Act , by which the duration of eac h P ar li amen t i s limited to seven years, is the Ist George 1., c. 38, by whieh it was enact "That this present P ar li amen t an d a ll P ar liaments t h l gi d shall at any tune hereafter b e call e d, assembled, or - 10 1 shall and may respectively have continuance for seven Yel:; and no longer, to be accounted from the day on which by tb writ of summons this present Parliament hath been or 1 1 , 1 ??; future Parliament shall be appointed to meet, unless 0 4 present or any such Parliament hereafter to be suml ll °°, shall be sooner di s s o lv e d by hi s M a j es ty, his heirs, or ' ll i, cessors." Th e l as t P ar li amen t was di sso l ve d in June, 18 of upon Sir Robert Peel obtaining a majority on a motion want of confidence. Th e p resen t P ar li a ment met for t" first time on the 19th of August, 1841. It would sPPaar;,„ therefore, that there i s n o legal necessity for the dissolonit. of the present P ar li amen t un til th e summer of 1 84°— Sunday paper. THE AMATEUR PERFORMANCE FOR THE IRISH OD SCOTCII ON THE 27T11 APRIL, AT THE ST. JAMES 'S T usATlt t —We under s ta n d th at the applications for boxes and pbt,cl; at Mitchell's Library, to witness this per f orman ce, in vih' e . Mrs. B u tl er i s to ta k e a part, have been so numer ous tha t very few tickets remain unappropriated. TAXES POUNDAGE.—A deputation from blanchestedt, has waited upon Government relative to the meagre P° 1113 .4 age allowed to assessors and collectors of land, assessed, an upon this subject. Those officers, property taxes. A movement in earnest has now commencof taxes, and clerks to commissioners, are (we are informal ` l 4 authority upon which we can fully rely) most m iserablY Pa l w are as well as surver m !,.. for the performance of their various irksome duties. a intormed on good authority also, that commissioners 0. M xes . 0 in many districts have expressed their strong dissatisfactios, on account of this treatment of surveyors, commiesi°ll4%, clerks, and assessors and collectors. High time that t he y were more reasonably and more fairly treated. 111 IiTHS. On the 24th inst., at Brighton, the wife of Richard WOll-- - tan DMI.' Es On of a son. Be' • s• n the 25111 inst., at Berry-head, Brixham, the lady of the ll.fHogg, or a daughter. On the 25th inst., Mrs. H. J. Thompson, of Hull, On the 25th inst., at Upperelapton, Mrs. El. 13urnard, of a data': 0. On the 26111 inst., at St. Paul's-place, Ball's-pond, Mrs. Beery th Greaves, of a son. -.A 3her On the 26 inst., in Edward-street, City•road, Mrs. Ed w.,. herd, of a son. ef a daughter...to, ------. MARRIED. nold On the .2 Gill Inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Charles A A°. Bushed:, Enq., of Wilton.ereseent, to liarriotte, daughter of the htt John Sowerty, Esq., of Hackney. DIED. v e nd of On the ISth inst., at Lympstone, Devon, Ann Balcombs, • the late Lieutenant-Colonel James West, ILA., aged 76. On the 19th Met., at Hereford, Thomas Cooke, Esq.. Lieuv — at Colonel of the Herefordshire Local Militia, and a Deputy Lieatettit for the county, aged 85. 66th On the kOth inst., at Bury, Lancashire, U. H. Fell, . . Regiment. On the 23d inst., in Princes-street, Westminster, Sarah Smith. the wile of J. A. Smith, aged 39. On the 23d inst., at Preston, Catharine Howard Pear. the wife f,f. William Martin, Esq., K.S.F., late Li e ut.-C o lonel, 2d Lancers,l3/' On the 23d lust., at Catharine-place, Bath, Lieutenant - Co lonel W. Aiteh:son. On the 25th inst., at Poles, near Ware, Agatha, relict of the le t ' . Sampson Banbury, Esq., aged 71. late!' On the 26th inst., at Homey-lane, Harriet, widow of the Hawes, Esq., aged 79. -- - _ lA:DU Y 0172,114, of No. 1 11 : , trend. Pitt 48C , II z. •Atr.ncl. in the POT:4 of rh. Savvy, in thi. County of 3dl44lesex. TiaeSdar. N g 1841. E A th, a Undo % 1 3. untie Station the. Es passing 14. Eaten Wisbea Parish The pm: 15. 1 chase b Withar Ste san 16. '1 Easters 111113tre Dall - i, - i rarlian . 20 anti tension That Eton 1118114 V their nTh ft* nov The f Pairs 1 b eSt 1 :Just tith , ue Ete „„` ••ugrlnt The" OVer th 1.014 The 01u3 p Tab . 12 Des 12 Tab ' 2 Des 2 Gra I gun 4 San Salt • Fig Tea THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY _MORNING, MARCH 80, 1847. • I - in 101 ht. the '4 lion,