The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING-, JUNE 28, 1847. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. 11. CFIA.PfER OF AMERICAN RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. We cannot better follow up our sketch of trartsatlantic railway progress than with some samples of _the ac cidents on American lines. In these accident epidemic d rs ays at home oue, catas they will be read with interest, thoug h, trophes are only a tithe of what occur o over thevast extent of reilin the new world, where they do not . at presentappear to be familiar with official returns of killed or wounded, or the forms of judicial inquiry by coroners and Govern ment Commissioners. The information wwever, suffice for any one who may be bent on the ill, ho ious dis covery as to " whether they do these things better in the Slates." The first en:ample will readily be recog nised by the terrible resemblance that it bears to the late lamentable accident on the bridge over the I)ee. On Sunday night week, when the mail train on the Petersburgh Railroad was within a mile and a half of Weldom, N.C., some of the props of a bridge over which it was passing gave way. The engine and tender cleared the bridge, but the mail and passenger cars went down, and were much injured. The passengers themselves re ceived no material injury. The second we have to give is the first to our know ledge yet occasioned by the electric telegraph,, and is altogether of a most extaordinary turn. The telegraph wire at the Western Railway Depot at Charlton blew down last night where it crosses the track, and the 'wire caught on the engine of the down freight train, pews; over one of the posts, and sweeping from the train three brakemen. One was killed, one had his leg broken, but the other was not injured. No damage was done to the train.—Boston Trans. As the Philadelphia train was entering Elizabetht oven last evening, at half past eight o'clock , a l i g ht co' creel waggon, containing Gideon Allen , of Scotch Ptalus, and Ephraim Ryno, of Short Hills , on their way to Elizabeth Port, was run down by the locomotive , . Me. Allen was killed immediately, and Mr. Ryno ss ne. taken off the cow-catcher, when the cars were stowed, in about the distance of the lengt h of the trz : in. bell was rung before the w a gg on was perceived, The and the steam whistle was sounded in full force immediately after, but the persons in the waggon did not t,ke it for warning of the approach of cars, not knowing that they were ran or. Sunday. Mr. Ryno insisted on being taken home last evening, and, together with the corpse of his companion, was sent back. The deceased. - was an industrious man, a carpenter by trade, and was about sixty ytcrs of age. He was a widower, and leaves several eaildren. Mr. Ryno, although considerably bruised, is not dangerously injured. One of the 'horses was killed, and the waggon broke into fragments. The passenger train of cars from Boston ran into s e , freight train that was waiting at Schodack for the pr e ,_ senger train from Albany to pass, last evening, deeng considerable damage to the engine, and smashing one of the freight ears. The fireman, in jumping from the en gine, struck upon his head and was seriously injure n n A melancholy accident happened as the train e-A• ears for Baltimore was turning the corner at Bread and Market-streets. A worthy man, named Joho M'Peck, attempted to get up - as the train, intending to proceed to New Castle, when he slipped and fell between the wheels, and was dragged some distance before the train could be stopped. He was dreadfully smashed, causing his death half an hour after being re moved to the hospital. He was about 48 years o f ag e, and has left a wife and six children at New Castle where he resided. AN INFAMOUS OUTRAGE. —Some miscreant opened the switch of the A. and R. Railroad, srtuatecl about five miles etst of Canandaigua, on Wednesday night, and .fastened it open. On one side wns an embank ment of about thirty feet in height, and it was no doubt the design of the scoundrel to th row t h e ent i re train down this precipice. As the night train from the west approached, the engine and tender ran off at the end of the se, iteh, ploughing its way into the ground and completely burying the wheels on one side. But for the softness of the ground, the engine, tender and men upon them, must inevitably have been precipitated down the bank ! By promptly stropping the lower side of the engine it was prevented, and the engine was got np m the track again on Thursday afternoon. Dr. flitcncock. of Middieboroueb, Mass., and Mr. APli.ennison, were 'ti severely injured by collision en the Fall River Railroad at Randolph depot, that both died this evening. Mr. George H. Haven, conductor, Worcester-roa,l, was run over by the engine last evening, and died to-day. The Houratonic railroad train for Albany, on Wednes day, was run into near Great Barrington, by a freight train. A car of the passenger train got off the trick, and while they were endeavouring to replace it, the freight train came up. A boy, belonging to Great Barrington, who was standing in front of the car which was off the track, was thrown down by the collision of the two trains, and so badly hurt that he died instantly. No other persons were hurt. Two of the passenger cars were somewhat damaged. An engine on the Old Colony Railroad ran off the track at South Hanson on Friday, and a man connected with the road had his face badly scalded. On Frid ty afternoon, as the train for Danvers from Salem was backing up to that place, it ran off the track on the causeway of the North river. Fortunately, the baggage crate, being in the rear, fell over the bank bottom up, and the passenger train ran partly off but rested on the top of the crate. The train was full cf passengers, and it was a fortunate escape. The accident was caused by a stone being on the track. THE ACCIDENT COMPENSATION PRINCIPLE OBTAINS IN BOSTON DAMAGES FOR THE DEATH OF A PASSENGER. —Dr. Alfred Hitchcock, of Ashby, brother of the late Dr. Henry D. Hitchcock, of Middleboroueh, who was killed on the eed of February last, by a collision of cars on the Fall River Railroad, has made an adjustment of the claims of the widow and heirs against said company, The company through their treasurer, David Anthony, Esq., of Fall River, have paid to the legal claimants the sum of F. , !4,500, and have received a discharge from any further liability. EXTRA STEAM.—Some weeke since, a western cor respondent, discussing the probable causes of several recent disastrous railroad collisions, stated that a con ductor on the Tonawanda Railroad was accustomed to stop at a place between Attica and Buffalo and fire up his own eneine with a tumbler of brandy. It is not ne cessary to inform readers in the vicinity that the Tona wanda Railroad only extends from Rochester to Attica, and consequently that our correspondent's remark could not have justly applied to aey of its conductors, who, of course, stand fully vindicated in the premises. There is special reason why men employed on railroads and steamboats, but especially engineers and conductors, should never taste intoxicating liquors, and we are gla to hear that those on the Tonawanda resent the imputa tion that they have done so while on duty. ENGINE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.—A short time since an engine attached to a passenger train on the railroad from Augusta to Atalanta, was struck by lightning. The fluid passed along the cars and gave the passengers a shock, but did no further mischief. John Driscoll, an engineer on the Norwich railroad, was killed at Grenville by the collision of two engines. FOUR MILES OF FORE ST F IRED BY A RAILWAY.— The woods, about four miles on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, were on tire on Tuesday evening when the Washington cars arrived, supposed to be fired by a spark, and were burning before the stormy wind which was blowing with great fierceness. It is apprehended much damage may be done. NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK —Yesterday, the anni versary of the battle of Waterloo, was appointed for the opening;of this great national undertaking —no w the last connecting link in railway communication between the metropolis of England and of Scotland. Since the open • ing day was fixed, the directors have deemed it expe dient to defer it for a short period, and we understand no public demonstration suited to the occasion will take place until the whole of the magnificent viaducts now in progress of construction are completed.—Newcastle Guardian. MR. BAIN'S NEW SYSTEM OF TELEGRA.PDIC COM 3111NICATION.—Mr. Bain states that his present improve ments have for their first and main object to obviate the waste of time which now attends the making and break. ing of contact by means of electro-magnets, and the em ployment of needles to indicate the letters of the alphabet, figures, &c. He describes various arrangements by which this maybe effected, but they are all nearly similar in their general features, at least so far as respects their elementary principles, and the effects produced by them. To give a distinct and clear view, however, of this specification, we are forced to depart somewhat from the order in which the various parts, &c., are described in the original. Each complete system of arrangements con sists, of course, of a transmitting apparatus at one end of a line, and a recipient apparatus at the other, with a con necting wire, or wires, between them. From the descrip • Lion given of Mr. Bain's invention, it will be seen that, the rapidity of communication by it is limited by two cir cumstances only—first, the time required to punch out the holes in the roll of paper of the transmitting apparatus before committing it to (may we not say?) the press; and, second, the number of intermissions of the electric current which can be effected in any given Lime —one intermission being requisite f o r ever y l e tt er , or sign. Now, the time required for the first part of the process must depend on the number of letters or signs which it is in the physical power of a clever hand to punch out in a given time, which can scarcely exceed, on the average, 100 a minute ; but the Passage of the electric fluid is so instantaneous (faster than lightning) that we make no doubt from 500 to 4,000 intermissions in a minute may be readily effected in the way proposed by Mr. Bain. Supposing, there fore, a co p zu r n t ic o a b tion to be once pursued out in paper. and the in rel e ui e r t e trn b ruitted to the transmitting ap paratus, it w distance, a few minutes to convey that communication to any ce, a however great, and that, too, in as complete a irate p a Any conveyed practicability teiediTirtiynbtoedi swaths. dispatch, ly circular, or pamphlet, is now post. We foresee the perfect way of all the leading articles of the th b i y s news paper, (ex. gr.) being reprinted and republisBhedii Liverpool, or Edinburgh, simultaneously with their publication in London ! It would only be neces sary, in order to effect this incomparable desideratum, th at there should be placed by the side of each compositor a man with a set of punches and a roll of paper, to punch a s fast as the ethsr composed, and that when a column was completed, it should be sent off to the Electric Telegraph office, to be transmitted to Liverpool, Glasgow, or Edin burgh, there to he rendered from the telegraphic charac ters into the ordinary characters of our mother tongue, reprinted and republished. Has any other plan of aloe- I tro-telegraphic communication yet proposed offered ad vautages eqn•l to this? We believe not. Suggestions, pointing to seea a plan, have, we are aware, been thrown out before now; but Mr. Bain h as a t a ll events, t h e un questionable merit of being the first to turn to practical account a principle which all other able men occupied with the same subject have practically neglected.— Mechanics' .11agazine. TYE ITINERARIITM, OR RAILWAY COMPASS. —The object of this invention is.to insure more punctuality on railways. It will at all times show to the engineer th e ; speed of the engin e , t h e di stance to the next station, and the enact position on the line, which will be useful at night, or in foggy weather. There is a chrono meter, which will, of course, show the railway time. It will also register on 'paper a description of the journey, that is, the time occupied at each station and during the journey, and the exact speed travelled during every mile. This paper may be taken off at the end of each journey, the date and number of engine marked en, and filed in the railway office. The apparatus he.s a dial, the circumference of which is divided into the number of miles on the railway, and all the stations are correctly marked down at the pro per distances from oach terminus. A finger or indicated points to that place on the dial occupied by the engine on the line of railway. There is a small finger, whicki re volves once hi two miles, by which the engine.er can ascertain his speed. There is also another small finger, which revolves once in sixty journeys, or about 10,000 miles. by means of which it can be ascertained what distance the engine has performed during a considerable period, say ten weeks ; and as many engineers are paid by mileage, it would settle all disputes as to the distance run during the week or fortnight for which they receive their wages. Within the apparatus the speed and distance is registered. A long strip of paper is previously marked with per pendicular lines, which represent lines, and with hori zontal lines, which represent minutes; and it is so arranged that one division of the perpendicular lines is wound on a cyli - ader when the engiue has advanced one mile. Connected with the chronometer is an ap paratus moving a pencil, which marks the paper cross one division line in one minute of time ; by this means (according to the perpendicular or diagonal mark on the paper) the stoppage and velocity of the engine can be precisely ascertained. The itine rsrium is moved by means of a separate wheel running on the rail, and is not affected by breaks or slipping, &c. ; it is placed in a convenient place, so that the engineer may readily see it, and at night it is illuminated. The Manchester and Leeds Railway Company have allowed the inventor to test the experiment on one of their en gines, and several trips have been made with the appa ratus, which fully realised the expectations formed con cerning it.—Manchester Express. EXECUTION of the CRIMINAL LAW The following are extracts from the Second Report (just issued by order of the House of Lords) from the Lords' Select Committee to inquire into the Execution of the Criminal Law, especially respecting Juvenile Offer.ders and Transportation: — A great number of persons have been exa mined. Borders of cities and boroughs, judges of local jos' „di e _ tion, magistrates, governors and chaplains of Pi.ols and penitentiaries, prison inspectors, and others l , a ,„ ing t h e care of convicts at home and in the pe',sal, colonies. Answers to the questions circulated have likewise been obtained from thirty-three learned judges, of the United Kingdom exercising criminal juris%,: i cti on name ly, fourteen of the judges of England (tine fifteenth having I only recently been appointed) , tb'e rwelve judges of Ire ' land, and the seven of the Hia;ix Court of Justiciary in Scotland, and the late Lord VTesident Hope, formerly Lord Justice Clerk. The Committee have likewise ob tained valuable information from foreign countries, and especially by correspe.ndence with the Ministers and judicial officers of France. The whole body of this evi dence and information. they have reported to the House, and they now be',.; leave to preface it with the following statement touching its import, aad some suggestions arising from. the consideration of it. In the first place, nearly all are agreed that the punishment of transportation cannot safely be aban doned; that it has terrors for offenders generally which none other short of death possesses; that no such fear attends imprisonment, especially for hardened offenders; that no hone exists of imprisonment being so far ren dered more formidable as to supply in all respects the place of transportation. Upon the subject of transportation nearly all the learned judges are clearly and strongly of the same opinion; they consider that it would be extremely un wise to abandon it. Secondly—That imprisonment, as usually practised, is not an efficacious punishment, though accompanied with hard labour, and with separation or with silence, as it is in some prisons, is likewise the result of the evidence. Only those who undergo it for the first time appear to feel it much: this suffering soon wears off. A second commitment finds the criminal by no means un prepared to undergo it, and it ever after ceases to exer cise a deterring effect. The number of times that young offenders have been committed, some of them twelve or fifteen times within a few years, seems strongly illus trative of this position; whereas convicts returned from transportation, either by escape or by expiration of their sentences, regard with the utmost terror the repetition of that punishment. How far imprisonment can be so far altered as to be efficacious, either as preparatory to transportation or as a punishment by itself, is a question of difficulty, upon which little evidence could be given, inasmuch as no sufficient experience has yet been had of the improved systems which are now in partial operation. Thirdly--The evidence all tends to show the great importance of our prison discipline. Solitary confine ment ought on no account to be inflicted beyond a very short time, as three or four weeks, with a considerable interval after each week, and only two or at most three weeks during a period of eighteen months or two years. Its effects on both the bodily and mental health are such as plainly to prescribe these limits. The separate system, where it has been fairly tried, seems to supply exactly what is needed, forcing the mind to self-communion, and allowing this to be broken only by communication with those morally the superiors of the convict. Nor does this system, on the balance of the evidence, appear to the Committee to be inconsistent with the health of the prisoners in body or mind, although on this last point there is a difference of opi nion, some witnesses regarding this discipline as hurtful, not indeed to the structure and functions of the under standing, but to the energies of the will. On this subject the Committee would recommend, first, that great care be taken in administering the system of separate confine ment with labour; and, secondly, that the number of prisons adapted to the practice of it be multiplied. Fourthly—The evidence throws some light upon the treatment of young offenders. That the contamination of a gaol, as gaols are usually managed, may often prove fatal, and must always be hurtful to boys committed for a first offence, and that thus for a very trifling act they may become trained to the worst of crimes, is clear enough. But the evidence gives a frightful picture of the effects which are thus produced. In Liverpool, of fourteen cases selected at random by the magistrates, there were several of the boys under twelve who in the space of three or four years had been above fifteen times committed, and the average of the whole fourteen was no less than nine times. Without going beyond the principle which should be followed on this question, the Committee are disposed to recommend the adoption, by way of trial, of reformatory asylums, combined with a moderate use of corporal punishment. The Committee also recommend tho trial of a suggestion made by witnesses who have given much attention to this subject, that, wherever it is possible, part of the cost attending the conviction and punish. ment of juvenile offenders should be legally chargeable upon their parents. Fifthly—The working of convicts exposed to public view is condemned by most of those who have been consulted or examined as a practice tending to harden the offender, as revolting to the feelings of the commu nity, and even as calculated to excite a feeling in the convict's favour. The objections, however, to this practice are mate rially diminished if the convicts be employed in remote and compar a ti ve l y unpeopled " districts," such as mayoe be found in some of the colonial possessions of the Crown, or in other situations, where the labour of con victs may be employed without all the evils attendant upon working under the public gaze. Sixthly—Witnesses of the most competent authority from Ireland are of opinion that the system of employ ing large bodies of convicts together in the public view could not be adopted with safety in that country, where the sympathy of the mass of the people would be in favour of the criminal, especially in all cases of agrarian crimes, and that it would be consequently necessary to transfer to England all Irish criminals destined to be employed on public works, in case this mode of punish ment were adopted. Seventhly—There is almost entire unanimity in opinion against imprisonment for short terms. There is no prospect of the reformation of any class by such punishments, while their tendency is certain to accustom young offenders to the infliction, and thereby to lessen its deterring effects. If, however, it is found in the admi nistration of the criminal law that short imprisonments must still be inflicted, the Committee see no reason why solitary confinement should] not form part of such sen tences, subject to the formerly stated limitation in re spect of time. Eighthly--The evidence both from France and else where of the evil effects produced by the liberation of many convicts yearly, as their terms of imprisonment expire, would seem strongly to inculcate the necessity of obviating the great inconvenience of setting at liberty in this country, on the expiration of their sentence, those who had once been convicted of serious crimes. Looking to facts, the committee are of opinion that the punishment of transportation should be retained for serious offences ; that such punishment should in some eases be carried into effect immediately, in others at a later period ; that the first stages of the punishment, whether carried into effect in this country or in the colonies, should be of a reformatory as well as of a penal character, and that the later stages at all events should home it: rthpiloi be carried into effect in the colonies, the convict being for that purpose retained under that unqualified restraint to which, under the existing system of transportation, men holding tickets of leave or c4ditional pardon are subjected. The committee must not be supposed to have either overlooked or underrated tho alarming state of crime and depravity which appears to have arisen in parts of the Australian colonies, but they think that these evils might be remedied by alterations in the police, the penal, the religious, and the moral system to which the con victs after undergoing reformatory discipline, either at the aßil colonies, are subjected, together with such rneeasures as would remedy the existing disproportion of the sexes in the coloniesespecting . the expediency of abolishing capital of punishments, the Committee found scarcely any difference authorities agree Almost all witnesses and all eo Committee deterri opinion that for offences of the punish gravest kind th e mni-letr4 findorcoectitsiodferpaubnleishdiniffeenr; e r n et c a e in o e f d. opi ß ni u o t n t u h p generally. But it is remarkable that those who have actual intercourse with convicts are they who feel the least sanguine as to this deterring or exemplary effect of penal infliction, and who lean the most to make trial of punishment as affording the means of reformation. The experiment that has been tried at Stretton on Dunsmore, in Warwickshire, for ahovr twenty-eight years, and similar experiments at Horn, near Hamburgh, and at Mettray, in France, and eleven other establishment s in imitation, during the last eight years, afford a highly gratifying view of the efficacy of reformatory discipline, espee ally upon young offenders. La: itly—Upon one subject the whole of the evidence and 1 11 the opinions aro quite unanimous—the gocd that may be hoped from education, meaning thereby a sound more .1 and reli,gi'ius training, commencing in infant sicho Jls, and followed up in schools for older pupils; to then- a, where it is practicable, industrial training should be -I .tided. There seems in the general opinion to be no X .er means that afford even a chance of lessening t b a number of offenders, and diminishing the atrocity of • eir crimes. The Committee, therefore, deem that they should not be discharging their duty if they did not earnestly press these momentous subjects upon the attention of the Legislature, 'Without raising any speculative question upon the right to punish those whom the State has left in ignorance, it may safely be affirmed that the duty of all rulers is both to prevent, as far as may be possible, the necessity of punishing, - slid when they do inflict punishment to attempt reform ttion. The Committee, therefore, strongly recommend the adortion of effectual measures for diffusing generally, and by permanent provisions, the inestimable benefits of good training and of sound moral and religious instruc tion ; while they also urge the duty of improving exten sively the discipline of the gaols and other places of :onfinernent. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 23. The city has been rapidly filling during the morning, km 1 everything portends an interesting meeting. lmongst the earliest arrivals at the reception room We' :e—Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino ; the Chev te i er Bunsen, the Prussian Ambassador ; the Hon. Mr. kincroft, the American Minister ; Count Rosen, from S "weden, deputed especially from that country by the .!rown Prince in order to exhibit some very remarkable zaps of his execution, representing the productions of 'ire l a and wood, and the relative altitudes of the kingdom; th e Marquis of Northampton; Sir T. I). Acland, Bart., 'ALP. ; Sir C. Lemon, Sir R. Murchison, Mr. Snow Harris, Mr. Henry Delabeche, the Dean of West aninster. Sze. For the first time in its erratic meetings, the Associa tion has been placed under the surveillance of the metro laolitan police; those two intelligent officers of the de tective police, Inspector Haynes and Langley, havi ng arrived yesterday. Amongst the fresh announcement of visitors, is M. Le Verrier, the discoverer of the last planet added to the solar system; and Professor Ehrenberg, from Berlin, who was announced by the Chevalier Bun sen, the Prussian Minister, this afternoon, not only had permission from the King of Prussia to attend, but also all his expenses paid. The first meeting of the general committee was held at one o'clock in the council chamber at the Town-hall. The chsir was taken by Sir R. Murchison, the President et Southampton. A lengthy and verbose discussion took place on a resolution to reunite the mechanical along with the mathematical section with which it was for merly connected. Amongst the speakers on the subject were Sir John F. W. Herschel, Professors Eaton Hodg ltinson and Baden Powell, Professor John Scott Russell, &c.; but, in being put to the vote, the num bers appearing equal, the mechanical section was per mitted to have existence for at least the present session. A satisfactory report was read of the accommodation which could be offered for the next meeting at Swansea. From the arrangements which had been made it appeared that the town:was capable of affording accommodation to 1,000 visitors, whilst the meeting-rooms were equally commodious. Cheltenham, Edinburgh, and Norwich have each sent deputations to the 'present meeting, but it is anticipated that the decision, which will b e mae on Sa turday, will be in favour of Swansea. Amongst other circumstances to induce the visit to that locality, it was stated that a Royal Institution for South Wales had lately been established there. The applications made by the Association to public bodies appeared by the report to be unsatisfactory. Among otters, was an application to Lieutenant-Colonel Coleby for an alteration in the system of Ordnance sur veys in Ireland, and which it was represented would in terfere with the public service and requirements. Mr. J. TAYLOR, the treasurer next read the report of the finances of the past year, which made the total re ceipts 1,1671. 6s. 101 Among them was the donation of 100/. subscribed by Prince Alpert at the last meeting at Southampton, whilst the incidental receipts from the contributions of members and associates made up the remainder of the sum. The money expended in grants for the execution of scientific objects and researches was very small, for out of 4101. voted at Southampton only 2801. ss. 4d. was paid, a remarkable deficiency to the expenditure of former years. The treasurer further announced that the commencement of the present meeting was very encouraging, as already 569 tickets had been issued. The meeting, which was more numerously attended than on any previous occasion, was then adjourned till Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. Great interest was ex cited by the presence of the Prince of Canino (Lucien Bonaparte), with the Prussian and American Ministers. INTRODUCTORY GENERAL MEETING. The theatre was in the afternoon filled with members and ladies to attend the preliminary proceedings and the opening of the business of the Association. The chair was taken by Sir R. I. Murchison, F.R.S., who was abundantly decorated with the orders bestowed upon him by the Emperor of Russia, the King of Sweden, and other northern potentates, to whose districts his geological inquiries had carried him. He was supported by the Marquis of Northampton, the President of the Royal Society, the Prussian and American Ministers, Sir T. Dyke Acland, Bart., M.P., the Earl of Ennis killen, Sir John Herschel, Bart., Sir John Richardson, Sir James Ross, Dr. Faraday, Professor Owen, and many other of the leading members. Sir R. I. MURCHISON, in opening the business of the meeting, said that there was a very fair matter of con gratulation in the proceedings of the Association during the past year, accompanied as they were, likewise, with the reminiscences of its first visit to Oxford. He was glad to be enabled to recognise in the room the presence of representatives of the science of Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Norway, Holland, and France. Amongst the latter he could not but feel satisfaction in announcing the name of M. Le Verrier, whose astronomical reputation was European. After a year of very satisfactory inte rest, he had great pleasure in resigning his seat to his successor, Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart., M.P. Sir R. H. Nous, the president elect, who was attired in his robes as Doctor of Civil Laws of this university, delivered the preliminary address, which occupied about two hours. He commenced by alluding to the progress which had been made in the different branches of scien tific inquiry since the last meeting. At the head of these was an important discovery in astronomy, the result of pure intellect. In this, human intellect had but tracked a path in the highways of the universe which had been arranged millions of years before by the Great Creator. He would not presume to dispute upon the rivalry or merits of Le Verrier and Adams, but it was certain that one had found by midnight watchings what the other had predicted by the results of calculation. It was indeed a glorious triumph of the intellect that it was not necessary to sit down with Alexander the Great, and say that there were no new worlds to conquer, for there were many new worlds to be discovered. In al lusion to the astronomical exertions of the Earl of Rosse, one of the vice-presidents of the present meeting, he must state that his telescope was the greatest contri bution a n e g l e y n u i i n t y i . t T c h o r m o b e i g n h at t i h o e n m o e f an c s he o m f bution that ever wealth h a d ma d e t o sc i ence, particu icthael l association,nd mechanical and the exertions of C o l onel Sabine from meteorological tidal movements: t p h r: ve d th a t the air was affected by observati o n s ma d e at St. Helena, it was 1 me as water ; that, in fact, a s t ronom i cal observations of great importance could now be made by the barometer. In chemistry discoveries of great importance had been made, particularly in the discovery of electrical currents produced from the muscular contractions of the living body, and which ceased sooner in warm than in cold blooded animals. This, which had been introduced by Pro fessor Matucci, had been confirmed by the observations of Dr. Faraday, who would lay before them some of the results of his experience and observation. Since the last meeting many important and interesting researches had been made in the insect creation, as the results of the mi croscopical exhibition to be held in the ensuing week would doubtlessly prove. One of the latest disco veries of the microscope was by the circulation of the blood from the arteries to the veins, a matter propounded by llarvey, but never before demonstrated. In natu ral history, and particularly in botany, the most im portant practical developments were being made. Vast numbers of plants had the last two or three years been introduced into the botanic gardens at Kew from Austra lia and China, the result of which had been a very great increased interest in that establishment, as shown in the additional number of visitors who had frequented it. Electricity was working wonders for the benefit and comforts of mankind. In the United States of America there was an instantaneous com munication of 1,300 miles; and when the Hibernia steamer lately carried out the intelligence of the dearth of corn in this country to Boston, it was instantane ously conveyed to New York, the streets of which were the next day filled with carts from neighbouring farmers laden with the produce of the country, and for English use. It must be recollected that to the United States we were first indebted for the intro duction and exercise of the electric telegraph. Much as benefits had been conferred upon this country by distinguished individuals, intellect had undoubtedly thrown more reputation upon it than had arms; the name of Newton had a supremacy to that of Marl. borough. Sir Robert Inglis concluded his very able address by impressing upon the meeting that an im proved knowledge of science advanced our knowledge of God, and that new developments were productive of moral improvement. The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, proposed and the Chevalier BUNSEN seconded, a motion of thanks to Sir H. Inglis, for his address, which was carried by accla mation. The latter announced his receipt of intelligence of the restoration to a state of convalescence of Baron Humboldt, of whose recovery to health some doubts were lately entertained. The meeting adjourned to Wednesday. The ordinary was held at the Star hotel, in the even ing, when Sir R. Murchison, F.R.S., presided. _ The changes consequent upon the death of Mr. Charles Sheridan, who was first paid Attach 6 to the British Embassy at Paris will be as follow :—The Hon. Richard Edwards, first paid Attaché at St. Petersburgh, is to be first paid Attache at Paris. The lion. Henry Elliott, second paid Attach 6 at St. Petersburgh, is to be first ; and will be succeeded by Mr. Wombwell, who is now unpaid Attaché. Mr. Corbett is to be unpaid At taché at Paris, and Mr. Joseph Hume Burnley will occupy a similar position at Madrid.—Observer. Mr. Chilton, Q.C., of the South Wales Circuit, will succeed the late Mr. Daniel Leahy as Judge of the Lambeth and Greenwich District County Court, — Observer. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VIOE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, June 26. (Before Sir J. K. BRUCE.) HOGGART V. THE CROYDON CANAL COMPANY. This bill was filed for the purpose of obtaining a dis tribution of the residue of a sum of money paid for the purchase of a canal by the Croydon Railway Company. The original sum contracted to be paid by the company was 40,2501., which was to be applied, first, in paying off the liabilities of the Canal Company, and then the residue to be paid to the shareholders. This bill was filed to have the distribution effected. The COURT decided that there must be a reference to the Master, to ascertain what liabilities of the company were unpaid previous to a distribution of the surplus. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 26. POTEZ V. GLOSSOP. This was an action by the endorser of two bills of exchange against the acceptor, to recover the sum of 5001. Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Muller, and Mr. George Pollock were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Cockburn, Mr. Humphrey, and Sir John Bay ley for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant is a clergyman of the Church of England, and holds the living of West Dean, Salisbury. Having occasion several months ago for pecuniary assistance, he referred to the advertisements in the daily papers, in August, 1846, and found the fol lowine in the Morning Herald : " PERSONAL SECURITY.—A sum exceeding 10,0001. is ready immediately to be advareetl in sums of not less than 100/., nor more than 2,0001. to one individual. The borrower must be of known consequence and solidity, and no personal application can be noticed. Communi cations to be made, in writing only, in the first instance, to J. R., 300, Oxford-street. He immediately answered the advertisement, stating the circumstances which induced him to ask for a loan, and a correspondence ensued between the parties, the letters to the defendent being signed "J. P. Gardiner." The result of the correspondence was the defendant's going to London and having an interview with Gardiner. Preliminaries being then finally arranged, the defendant gave Gardiner two acceptance, amounting to 500/., pay able at four months after date, in order that Gardiner might get them discounted for him. Gardiner, in ex change for the bills, gave the defendant his receipt for them, which stated that he held them for the purpose of obtaining a discount upon them. The defendant then went away, in full expectation of having his money on the following day, when Gardiner would have pro cured it from his bankers. For that purpose he called upon Gardiner, at his office in Fludyer-street,West minster, but his visit ended in disappointment, which G..rdiner made up for by saying that he intended, in a few days, going down to Southampton, when he would bring the amount with him. With that assurance the defendant left town, and according to pre vious arrangement, sent his carriage to meet Gar diner at Southampton on the appointed day. In the meantime, however, he received a letter from that per son, saying that he had been prevented from leaving town, but would beg to appoint the following Saturday. In the meantime two other letters reached the defendant's house, one of which was from Gardiner, desiring him to answer in the affirmative any gentleman writing from his bankers to ascertain the authenticity of the accept• ances he had given. The other was from a person named Gadderer, of 23, Craven•street, Strand, who now for the first time appeared in the transaction, and re quested the information alluded to in Gardiner's letter. Wben the letters arrived the defendant was from home, but Mrs. Glossop opened them, and wrote to Gadderer, stating the bills had been left pith Gardner to be dis counted, but as yet not one shilling had been received for them. This r e ply was em ploy e d by Gardiner, in a subsequent letter, that of the sth of September, to ac count for his not goin g t o S ou th am pton as he promised, as well as for his having failed to procure the advances on the bills. Gardiner said also, that his bankers in refusing to discount defendant's bills, had observed that they had 13,000/. worth of similar bills already in their hands. Although Gardiner made a point of swear ing that the bills had not been out of his hands, it would seem that he and Gadderer had been in close communication upon the subject of this business. On the 17th the defendant came to London, and asked Gardiner for his bills or for the money, when the latter said he he was going into the City to have them cashed, and that if he would meet him at Garraway's, at half past three o'clock, he would hand him over the proceeds. The defendant kept his appointment; but Gardiner, as might have been expected, did not make his appearance. He next called in Craven-street upon Gadderer, whom he did re t see, and by whom he was requested to call by-and•by for the money. He called, but never again saw him. Gardiner he happened to meet, who told him that he had been disappointed in his expectations of dis counting the bills, but that he would once more try what could be done by applying to a friend of his, a banker in Leeds. This resource also failing, the defendant instructed his attorneys, who inserted au advertisement, cautioning the public against the bills he had given, which he described as having been obtained by fraud from the Rev. Mr. Glossop, and referring all applications relative to them to Messrs. Bush and Mullins, of St. Mildred's-court. Gardiner then wrote to the de fendant, to say, that he, too, should put the matter into the hands of his attorneys. Neither the bills nor the money ever made their appearance. On Sep tember 30th, a letter was received from Messrs. Tucker and Co., solicitors, complaining on behalf of the plaintiff, (whom they called Potosi) of the publication of the cau tion. Messrs. Bush and Mullins wrote back for the address of this lady, which they then heard was at 23, Craven-street. They afterwards discovered that she kept a lodging-house, and that Gadderer was one of her lodgers. Upon the bills arriving at maturity, it turned out that they were not in the hands of the plaintiff at all, but in those of a party whose name appeared as an endorsee, but the name of the plaintiff did not appear upon them. They were endorsed by Gardiner, Gad derer, and Lawrence Levy. One bill had got into the hands of a person named Jones, who was said to be the father of the attorney for the plaintiff in this action. Levy had endorsed one of the bills to Jones, and he held the other. He had a brother an at torney, named Lewis, and when the bill became due, Levy's was presented by Lewis for payment. Young and Valings were refused permission to see the bill, and declined to pay it; the other bill was also re fused, and hence the present action. Gardiner at length handed the bills to one T. Holbrook Coyle, a person well known in bill transactions, and from him they passed to Gadderer, who ultimately obtained their discount by Levy. When they were discounted by Levy not a word was said about the plaintiff, for then he would have taken care that her name was attached to them, as she was represented to have a considerable sum in the funds, and a house full of furniture. Before the bills became due, Gardiner wrote to defendant to remind him of the fact, and begged him to say whether he would be able to meet them, as it might be necessary to arrange for their renewal. The question upon that state of facts would be, whether Gadderer was not the sole party to this transaction, and that the plaintiff was in no way con cerned. After the dishonour of the bills, Levy went to Gadderer and said that he did not choose to be mixed up in the affair by bringing an action upon them, as he was led to suppose that there might be proceedings taken, charging a conspiracy, and therefore he must have the money returned. Gadderer, upon the representation, found the sum, and gave it to Levy. The Learned Counsel for the defendant, in adverting to the evidence which would be given by Mr. Deane, a solicitor, with a view to show that, in point of fact, the plaintiff was not concerned, said that Gadderer would be shown to be the real principal in the business. The defendant had not had a single shilling, and could not, therefore, be called upon to pay the amount of the bills. The evidence of Deane certainly did go to that extent, but the defend ant's case had been but p art h eard when the Court rose, and adjourned the further hearing till this day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. In consequence of the exciting presentments recently made by Dr. Lynch, and the inquest of the ward of Farringdon Without, to the Lord Mayor, and also to the Common Council, respecting the dangerously foul state of the cesspools, and the accumulations of filth in the cellars of many houses in that ward, the Commis sioners of Sewers have bestirred themselves, and com menced proceedings against some of the landlords. The houses are found to be generally those which are wholly' let out in separate rooms to different families, the land lord living elsewhere, determined to get the greatest possible rent with the least possible expenditure, and utterly regardless of the sickness and distress suffered by the residents in the house in consequence of the exhalations from the overflowing or uncovered filth. Mr. Tyrrell, the Remembrancer, appeared on behalf of the Commissioners of Sewers, and Mr. Attwood Smith for the inquest. Mr. Tyrrell stated that the Commissioners had insti tuted these proceedings under the Cholera Act, 9 Vic., cap. 96, which empowered them, upon receiving the certificate of two medical gentlemen that there was in any house or other place an accumulation of noxious p a l ny aint to the magistrate, a nd c ause the own er kind, or any foul privy or cesspool, to o mm f aa t kt h tee e re h oo o mf use to be summoned, and an order made that he should abate the nuisance within forty-eight hours. In default of his obeying this direction, the order re• quired the Commissioners to enter the premises and abate the nuisance at the charge of the landlord. A Mr. Gower had been summoned in respect to some foul privies in his houses in Harp-alley, and in Churchyard court, speedily r as Harp-alley. ,He had promised to remove the e v il a spracticable, and as the parochial authori ties,e presented by Mr. Smith, were content, he had assented to the summons being adjourned for a fortnight. a Mr. Alderman M USGROVE assented. Mr. pawnbrocker, in Brick.lane, Old s t rtKirkwood, appeared on his summons for permittin g an a ccumulation of no x i ous matters to rema i n i n the cellar of his house, No. 10 , C rown - court, Fl eet - street, and also for suffering th e cess p oo l to over fl ow an d b ecome foul. then -- - Mr. Kirkwood said he had very recently purchased the freehold. He had not seen the state of the place, and would readily remove all ground of complaint if time were given. Mr. Tyrrell said as Mr. Kirkwood met the complaint in this way he had no objection to allow him the same time as Mr. Gower. Mr. Alderman MUSGROVE said he would take that of saying a few word s , as the r a te-payers charged w ith s h ame f u ll y di sregar di ng th e sanatory condition oteruyencito)dition of. the'poor. As the chairman of the Commission of Sewers for the Tower Hamlets, and a commissioner of the Holborn and Finsbury divi sion, he had a practical knowledge of the sub ject, and he would affirm that if the Legisla ture would intrust the Commissioners of Sewers with the authority to compel the owners of houses to make underground drains to the great sewers constructed by the Commissioners, the grievance might be entirely removed without the interference of Govern- ment or any of the Government Commissioners. He could vouch that, particularly within the last three years, the most anxious attention and vast sums of money had been devoted to making proper sewers in the thoroughfares, but they could not persuade or compel the owners of houses to open a communication with those sewers at their own expense, and particularly the owners of houses in courts. The public local burdens were quite heavy enough without adding charges that clearly belonged to private individuals. In Whitechapel there were a vast number of instances of residents along the great outlets refusing to incur the expense of milking a communication to the sewer, but they expected their property to be improved at the expense of the public. Mr. Edwards, of Vauxhall-walk, was then called. He had been summoned for suffering foul cesspools to exist in his three houses, Nos. 26, 27, and 2S, Poppin's court, Fleet-street. These are let out to separate lodgers. Mr. Tyrell said there was now a sewer down the centre of the court, but some of the landlords would not incur the expense of opening a communication with it. He produced the certificate of Dr. Lynch and Mr. Day, that there were foul cesspools in these houses which were dangerous to the public health. Mr. Edwards did not appear. Ree, the City officer, proved the service of three sum monses on Mr. Edwards, who said he should not attend, and that he should commence actions of trespass against those who had taken the liberty of entering his house. Mr. Hutchinson, of Farringdon-street, a surgeon, said this gentleman had threatened to turn out any lodger who dared to make the least complaint about the stench from the cesspools to the parochiel authorities. Mr. Alderman Muscnovn sail that was in keeping with what he said to the officer. He was sa'lsfied with the evidence, and made an order for the cleansing of the cesspools within twenty-four hours. For Periods varying from One Day to One Month— ' John Henry Edmunds, David Heaton, James Fawns alias Harris, James Adams, Bridget Carleton, Cornelius Par, George Newton (and to be whipped twice) ; Andrew Bode, George Burnage, George Deacon (and to be twice whipped); John Sullivan, William Neighbour, William Graves (and to be twice whipped) ; William Hunt, Henry Sida, Margaret Hanegan, and Johanna Hanegan. i —Total 17. Prisoners Acquitted by the Petit Jury—Robert Har rison, Isaac Elken, Evata Davis, Thomas Fitzgibbons, William Belcher, William Langford, Emanuel Fonseco, John Williams, Mary Smith, Jane Rose, Mary Mac. intosh, John M‘.Night, Henry Brady. Daniel Brent, Thomas Marlin, William Perrin, Ann M'Carthy, Edwin Mahon, Antonio Larbar, William Kynaston, Frederi k Miller, James Pagan, George Shaw, Sarah Hudson, Robert Clark, Edward Thomas, Thomas Montague, Mary Murphy, Anne Cleveland, John Hill alias Dolly, William Witham, Eli Trivett, William Edwards, Selina Allen, John Jenkins, Rosina Munroe, Thomas Cole, Robert Pile (detained), Elizabeth Howard (detained), William George Ford, William George Prowse, Fre derick Johnson, Ishmael Israel, John Dingwall, John Jenner, Daniel Conley, James Cockling, Mary Holliday, James Cook, Mary Ann Smith, Henry Smyrke, James Collins alias Haysman, and Ellen Taylor.—Total 54. Persons against whom the Bills were Ignored by the Grand Jury—Eliza Evans, Henry Payne, Catharine Chandler, John Rowen, Patrick Driscoll, William Pearce, James Smith, Thomas Bernard, Thomas Brown, Mary Smith, John Albert, William Johnson, Thomas Mugger idge, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, James Cousens, Samuel Madden, John Canterbury, Catherine Kirk, John Boyd, Hannah Davis, Matilda Butcher, Ann Draycott, Sarah Martin, Eliza Gray, Mary Wilson, Mary Ann Daniels, James Daniels, and Mary Ann Alderson.— Total 28. Prisoners remanded by the Court—William Farmery, Mary Ann Hunt, William Watson, Christopher Wrcn, and Ellender Wren. Prisoners upon whom Judgment is Respited—Horatio Nelson West, Thomas Truman, Morris Freyer, Mark Cundall, Thomas Sykes, Henry Stevens, Henry Farr, and Charles Farr. Sentenced to be Imprisoned during her Majesty's Pleasure on the Ground of Insanity.—James Loftus Brock. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, HOUSE OF LORDS.—(SATURDAY.) Room A. WANDS WORTH. On Saturday Frederick Clark and John Lang ford, two notorious river pirates, the former only just released from a twelvemonth's imprisonment, were brought up charged under the following extraordinary circum stances : During the last month several robberies, of a very daring and extensive character, have been committed at the wharfs and warehouses lying on the Surrey side of the river, above Battersea-bridge, and also upon craft at anchor or moored in the same neighbourhood. The property stolen was invariably such as would find a ready sale amongst the marine store dealers, consisting principally of metals of all kinds, Lew ropes, &e. That the robberies on the wharfs were perpetrated by parties in boats there could be no doubt, as in all cases it was proved that the access had nut been obtained i n l an d, an d they were executed with great facility, because the land police had no opportunity of detection. The nearest Thames police station is at Arundel-stairs, and any person at all acquainted with the river, will know the tediousness of a row up from thence against tide, and the consequent loss of time entailed. The very great neces sity that exists for a Thames police station higher up the river was fully proved in this case. On the 3d of June Messrs. Spider and Wenham, engineers, at Batter sea, had their premises entered from the water, at or about high tide, and the thieves having broken open the counting-house, took therefrom 5 cwt. of gun metal and copper, all of which had been manufactured at a great cost. The succeeding night the same party (as it was supposed) revisited the premises and carried off what must have been a boat load of flanges, stop cocks, and other articles in copper and gun metal. In a week or nine days afterwards these premises were again plun dered. This time the boiler house, which is flush with the river wall, was broken into, and five copper steam pipes of four-inch bore, and between five and six feet in length, as also other valuable property, were stolen. The marauders during this period of time did not confine themselves to Messrs. Spiller and Wenham's premises, but carried off a large quantity of pro perty from the Rodney Iron Works, and a leaden pump from York House Private Lunatic asylum, besides committing petty robberies upon craft. Messrs. Spiller and Wenham, finding that trey were bring robbed to such an alarming extent, de termined upon having their premises watched, and accordingly Sergeant Reid, 18 V, was selected for this duty, assisted by Police-constable Stedman, 317 V. These officers had watched for several nights without any further attempt being made, when on the previous night, about half-past ten, the tide being then up, Ser geant Reid and his brother constable were in the act of concealing themselves in the boiler house, as the sound of a boat coming alongside the wharf became distinct, and they presently distinguished one with three men in her. The officers lay quiet for some time, and two of the men then landed, went up the yard, and came down loaded with something which they then threw down close to the embankment wall. They went back and returned at least half a dozen times. At last, when they appeared to have got as much as their boat would carry, one of the men jumped over the fence, and, re ceiving the articles, handed them to a third man in the boat. The officers let them proceed until they per ceived they were about to go away, when they rushed out with their truncheons. Sergeant Reid struck at the prisoner Clark, who was in the garden, but missed him. lie then struck the other prisoner Langford,who was standing on the wall, and he rolled into the boat, and out into the river. Reid then jumped into the boat to secure Langford, and the other man, who was previously in the boat, deliberately dived and swam away towards some old steam-boats. The constable Stedman seized Clark and struck him twice with his truncheon, but Clark broke away from him, leaving most of his clothes in Stedman's hands. The prisoner Clark then jumped into the boat and into the water, and also attempted his escape, but Stedman pursued him, and when he was endeavouring to effect a landing, struck him on the head and took him. When Clark jumped into the boat it caused her to careen, and Sergeant Reid, who was hanging over the gunwale looking for the prisoner Langford, who had not yet risen, was precipitated into the water. He succeeded in catching hold of the steam boat alongside, and called loudly for assistance. Mr. Spiller heard the cry, and by dint of great personal exertion succeeded in rescuing Reid. The prisoner Langford, who remained near the spot, alternately swimming and hiding in the mud, was taken about half-past two o'clock the follow ing morning by Police -constable Parrott, 71 V, who heard him hailing a fisherman. The constable warned the fisherman not to take tho prisoner on board. The prisoner, however, got into the boat. The policeman cautioned the fisherman that if he did not put him ashore what the consequences would be, and he did so. The prisoner then swum out into deep water, but being exhausted from his wounds and long exposure, swam back to shore, and suffered himself to be taken. The man who has at present escaped stole a boat from Mr. Cownden, a boat-builder, at Battersea, and rowed him self down the river to a convenient landing place, and then set the boat adrift, which was picked up by the Thames police. There was found in the boat belonging to the prisoners Bcwt. lqr. 191 b. of iron furnace bars, which were identified by Mr. Spiller as his property. The prisoners, who said nothing, were remanded for a week. The case excited an extraordinary interest, and the court was crowded. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RESULTS. The following are the adjudications and sentences passed on the prisoners tried during the session, which commenced on the 14th instant, and terminated on Tues day last, the 22d instant. The whole have been revised and corrected from the official returns: — Sentenced to be Transported for Life—Gilbert Mac donald and Henry Jones Harrison. For Ten Years—John Su'liar, John Sullivan, John Collins, and William Geeves. For Seven Years—lsaac Levy, John Free, George Mitchell, George Smith, John Nason, George Henry Herman, Mary Ragan, John Andrews, James Feltham, Alfred Hayswood, Gays Lacy, John Williams alias Pop lar, henry Carroll, Robert Hagan, William Bastin, Joseph Taylor alias Arthur Payne, Jacob Peretz, Mary Gordon, William Willcocks, Eliza Davis, Thomas John son, William Swain, John Ambrose, and William Sum mers.—Total, 24. To be imprisoned, with or without the adjunct of hard labour, for Two Years—John Elms and William Price. Eighteen Calendar Months—Benjamin Bettison, Chas. Simpson, James Caughee, Robert Tubbs, and Mary Anne Marshall. Fifteen Months—John Gorman. Twelve Months—William Knight, Robert Nettleton, John Davis, William Jones, William Costellow, George Howden, George Jones, Charles Hicks, James Price, John Brown alias Lisk, Ann Roberts, Hannah Many, Robert Bruce, William Cook (and to enter into recognizances and find sureties to keep the peace for five years), Dennis Gorman, John Gilbert, Sarah Smith, John Haywood, Thomas Neal alias Rich, Margaret Bower, Thomas Stratford, John Whitbrook, William McWilliam, Sarah Cooper, John Leahy, John Carr, Harriet Griffin, Fre derica Asp! alias Baroness Karlstein, William Francis, Charles Pembury, Thomas Tims, James Harley, Wil liam Turner, George Stevens, Frederick Hugget, and James Harley.—Total, 36. For Nine Months—Alfred Waters, Alfred Lloyd, James Jones, William Brown, James Jones, James Ewart, Matilda Lydia Barber alias Lydia Gray, Peter Coghlen, Robert Dalton, Robert Thompson, and James Atkins.—Total, 11. For Six Months—Henry Brown, George Gibson, John Shaylor, James Pyefinch, Edward Hemmington, Henry Williams, James West, James Williams, Robert White, Joseph John Battaill, John Jones, Catherine Sheehan, Mary Herbert, George Daniels, Henry Ivory, John Deal, Catherine Moody, John Leonard, Charles Clayton, John Robert Brien, George Love, Mary Ann Hoy, John Connell, Evan Davis, William Edwards, George Burnett, William Carpenter, William Griffin, Robert Hayes, William Waterson, and William George Lipseocabe.— Total 31. For Four Months—John Wilson, Thomas Best, Ells. Macey, Thomas Dale, Henry George Collins, Mary Learning, William Atkins, Eliza Ridley, William Ruddy, Mary Hogan, Ann Dwane, William Moore, Caroline Morris, George Hoffin, Sutherland Marshall, Westley Appleton, John Charlish, Henry Mays, Thomas Francis, James Lee Jones, and William Dyballs.—Total 21. For Three Months—Catherine Gorman, Elizabeth Bean, William Powell. John Courtenay, Eliza Alderman, Richard Hogan alias Michael Kelly, Joseph Mills, John Spence, Arthur Leary, Thomas Wyatt, Sarah Ryder, Alfred Baynes, Thomas Paynter, John Croft Towns hend, George Holmes, James Cooper, Charles Crudg ington, George Collins, Phillip Crawfurd, William Clai k, Andrew Scott, Richard Linwood, James Blake, Henry Shacker, Henry Henly, Thomas Paddington, and Cathe rine Donovan.—Total 28. For Two Months—Thomas Pickett, John Pain, Ed ward Taylor, Richard Taylor, Mary Taylor, Rohi-rt Clark, Daniel smith, Sampson Israel (in Newgate and 251. fine); James Magnus (in Newgate and 251. fine); Elizabeth Magnus (in Newgato and 101. fine) ; and Thomas Bates.--Total 11. EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION (CAM. BRIDGE TO SEDSORD): IMPORTANT DECISION. The Committee rcet at the usual hour this morning, and after a short consultation, declared that the pre amble of this Bill had been proved. This line will effect a continuous line of railway be tween the Eastern Counties and the North-Western lines. Adjourned till Monday. COMMITTEE ON MERITS. Lord SHAFTESBURY passed the following Bills on Saturday:— Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway Deviation. Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Deviation of Main Line in Crimple Valley, &c.) Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rail way (Deviation of Main Line). Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Branch to the Caledonian Railway, and Diversion of Canal). Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Wisbeach to Sutton-bridge, &c.) Westminster and part of Middlesex Sewers. Falmouth Waterworks. Midland Railway (Erewash Valley, &c.) Manchester and Leeds Railway (Branch from the Hud dersfield, &c., Railway). Manchester and Leeds Railway (Alteration of levels of Brighouse branch). South-Eastern Railway (North Kent and Bricklayers' Arms Junction). Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Branch at Bugsworth). STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE. Lord SHAFTESBURY decided that the following Bills had complied with the standing orders:— Lynn and Ely, Ely, Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dere ham Railways Amalgamation. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway (Shef filed Canal purchase). Guildford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareham Railways. Taw Vale Railway and Dock (Deviations and Bideford and South Holton Branches). Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway (Leith and Granton Junction). Great Northern Railway (Deviations between Gainsbo rough and Doncaster). MARY LE BONE VESTRY. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES. On Saturday Earl MANVERS resumed the adjourned debate upon the motion of Mr. Williams, M.P., that the Commissioners of Baths and Washhouses be not autho rised to expend any money until their plan, estimate, cost, and probable annual expenditure be laid before the Vestry. His Lordship fully approved of the motion, which would, he was satisfied, be supported by every man who had the interests of the parish, and especially of the poor of the parish, at heart. Sir WALTER STERLING, while supporting the motion, cautioned the Vestry against rejecting the measure, as their successful opposition to the Health of Towns Bill had involved them in the charge of being opposed to sanatory reform.—(Hear, hear.) Messrs. BELL and LONDON, commissioners, opposed the motion. Mr. M'EYELYN, a commissioner, denounced the motion as a dishonest scheme to get rid of the proposition to build baths and washhouses, which would prove a self supporting institution. Mr. WILLI — ANS, M.P., replied. After an interesting discussion, a division was taken, when their appeared 15 for, 33 against the motion. The Vestry shortly afterwards adjourned. FOREIGN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.—The impor tations of fruit from the Continent has increased during the last few days, and extended to other articles than those which were brought during the previous week. The steam-ship Magnet, from Rotter dam, - brought 176 baSkets of potatoes, 26 baskets of cherries, and the large quantity of 188 seives of gooseberries; the Britannia steam-ship, from the same port, 28 baskets of cherries, 17 baskets of cucumbers, several of melons, and various other articles; the Ocean, from Rotterdam, 260 baskets of potatoes and 33 baskets of other description of raw vegetables; the James Watt, from Havre, 656 baskets of different kinds of fruit, the growth of France; and the Antwerpen, from Antwerp, 7 baskets and 75 sieves of fruit of different descriptions, the production of Belgium. Subsequently the Giraffe steam-ship arrived from Rotterdam, and brought 422 ba,leets of cherries, 14 baskets of fresh cucumbers, and 140 baskets of potatoes ; the City of London, from Rotterdam, 40 baskets of potatoes and 99 baskets of cherries ; the Soho, from Antwerp, 244 baskets of cherries ; and the Columbine, from Havre, the exceed ingly large quantity of 2,177 baskets of various kinds of fruit, the growth of France. It will be seen that the importations of fruit from the Continent have been of an extensive nature, and have comprised some from Hol land, Belgium, and France, although those from the latter country, now that they have once began to take place, are by far the most extensive, and the fruit, gene rally speaking, of better quality. THE SUTLEJ MEDAL.—This decoration has just been struck at the Mint. The reverse represents a simple figure of Victory, awarding, with:outstretched hand, her glorious wreath to the soldiers of the successful army; whilst, of the defeated, a grouped mass of Seikh armour and arms alone tell of their participation in the events the medal celebrates, and the position in which they were placed by their rash ambition leading them to attack, without justification, a nation to which they were pre viously closely allied. The obverse exhibits a well executed portrait of her Majesty Queen Victoria. This determines that one stage, at least, has been reached in the preparation of the medal; but when the distribution is to take place we regret that we really cannot say. Tardiness to reward appears to be the rule with those who have charge of the army. Whether it be prize money or a decoration, .festina lente is the invariable motto. Eighteen months have elapsed sines the invasion of the Seikhs was repelled, and the Pun jaub laid prostrate at our feet, yet no steps :have been taken:to exhibit to the troops the promptitude of na tional gratitude. Lord Ellenborough took time by the forelock; he knew that if he waited upon the generosity of the Home authorities half of the gallant men who had signalised his rule by victories at Gwalior, Punnah, and Maharajpore, would be beyond all mundane glories before the guerdon of bravery would be dispensed to them. He, therefore, cast suitable crosses on the spot, and there, consequently, is not a day in which we do not meet returned soldiers bearing their well-won honours on their breast. Why should not the heroes of more important battles—more desperate and critical en counters—be equally well treated? In regard to the Sutlej medal, we hope Lord Hardinge, who must be anxious for the reward of his intrepid army, will not let a mail come home without urging it upon the sense of the Government.— United Service Journal. RETURN OF THE NEW AMERICAN STEAM -SH IP WASHINGTON TO SOUTHAMPTON. — The Ocean Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Washington, Frede rick Hewitt commander, arrived in the Southampton Docks yesterday morning (Sunday) , at ten A.M., in 46 hours from Bremen, against a head wind. Her voyage out occupied 44 hours. She brings four passengers for England, and 46 en route to New Yor k, for which city the Washington will not leave till the 10 th of July, being detained here to be fitted with new and larger hot wells, which are already cast for her by arrangements made previous to her leaving for Bremen. The passen gers from Bremen are to be boarded at the different hotels during their detention. In order to enable the public to view this fine steamer, Mr. Croskey, the Ame rican Consul, has very liberally presented the Mayor of Southampton, Mr. Le Feuvre, with an unlimited number of tickets of admission, the proceeds of which are to be presented to the local institutions, In addition to the passengers from Bremen, 60 first-class and 25 second class are engaged from Havre and England, and the freight is all engaged. fhus far the now line appears to receive public approbation. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—We have heard of a most diabolical outrage .committedi,irfufnelmßawliliiinirtoot,,:nobnicTdhuarlsci a field of wheat. We regret e dx rteloaeisst greats clue te r p a rt those o ruffians.—Mayo Con stitution. ~~ RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS: LIVERPOOL, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—East LancaShitei dis.—Ditto, New Scrip, 1 -A 3 p.—Glasgow, Paisley,: and Greez nock, 17 1 / 4 —Ditto, Halves, B%—Ditto, Preference, ls. 3d. pis —lluddersfield Canal and Railway, 14 p.—Leeds and Thirsk, Preference, 16s. 3d. dis.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1% dis.—Ditto, New (late West Lancashire, 28e, 91 p.—London and North-Western, 181—Ditto, ICI' Quarters, 11% p.—Ditto, Fifths, 15 p.—Ditto, Quarters (V; J.), 17% p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 434 p.—Dittdi Ditto (late West Riding Union), 3s. 9d. p. M anchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Eighths, I:Y 4 dis.—Midland Stock, 128— Ditto, New, 4 1 / 4 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2% p.—North British, Quarters, 1 1 / 4 p.—North Staffordshire. 2% p.—South-Eastern and Dover, New, No. 2,/ dis.—Dittd. ditto, No. 4, % dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 4 % p. MANCHESTER, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lan" . shire, and Cheshire, 1% dis.—Birmingham and Oxford June. tion, 7 7-16—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., .Preferentials, 1 1 , —Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 1 E. —Leeds and Thi rs k, P re f eren ti a l s , 3 / 4 dis.—Leeds , yew' bury, and Manchester, 2 7-16 p.—London, Oxford, and ChdP tenham, 8 dis.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C) , p.—Mancheste r and Leed s , 321. Sh a res, 1,% IN -13 " " Fifths (late West Ridi n g U n i on ), 3-16 p.—Manchest er t Sheffield, and Lincoln s hi re , Quarters, No. 1,2% Eighths, 1% dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 2 14 dis.—Manchester and Southampton, 1% W... 4 p.—North Staffordshire 3 p.—Oldham Alliance, 1A , ), _ D it to LEEDS, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE. —A quiet business to an increase amount has been transacted for the last day or two, althoug h in the earlier part of the week the trade was marked by , much apathy, and but very few speculative transactions t oot place. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston. 245. n. dis.—East Lancashire, New, ss. dis.—Ditto , Nei (scrip), ls. p.—East and West Yorkshire, —Great Northern, 31s. 9d. dis.—Huddersfield and Blanchester , 150 e n. p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, Bran c h es S c rip (blue), 12s. 6 d. p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 5 n. dis.—Ditto, New, 4% n. ditto. ' Ditto, Preference, 15s. dis.—London, Brighton, and South Coast, 554—Malton and Dritfield Junction, 15s. dis•—„krall.,• chester and Leeds (West Riding Union), 35 n. chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 4s. 6d. c. Newcastle and Berwick, New, 2 3 4 p.—North British, OW ters, n. p.—North Staffordshire, 3 p —North-Weste ro r 245. dis.—York and Newcastle, Preference, 414 p. HULL, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting.* ham, and Boston, 265. 6d.--Blackburn, Darwen, and Bot ton, 3 dis.—Great Northern, 41s.—Newcastle and Berwie" New, 555. p.—North British, Quarters, 925. 6d.—plack• Thirds, 52s.—Shropshire Union, 36s dis. SHEFFIELD, JUNK 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting' ham, and Boston, 245. dis.—Great Northern, 1% dis.-1 Manchester and Lincoln Union, 355. dis.—Manchester Ans i Leeds (West Riding Union), is. p.—Manchester, Shefa,a l ," and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 7% 20/. Shares, 535. dis.—Ditto, 12/. 10s. Shares, I%_ Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 58s. dis.—North 27ds. dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, JUNE 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Maryport and Car' 45 1 4—Neweastle and Carlisle, 111—Ditto, New t 11 2' EDINBURGH, JUNE 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 301 ,7: Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 10s.-Arbroath and Forfar, 2." ss. -Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. 21 Caledonian, 301.-Ditto, New, 21. ls.-Caledonian and Dum bartonshire, 11. 155.-Clydesdale Junction, 42L 10s.-Dee' side, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Doune, and Callender, 1/. 7s. 6d. -Dundee and Arbroath, 38L-Ditto. New, No. 1,27 L 10s. -Ditto, New, No. 2, 30/.-Ditto, New, No. 3, 31 . 2s. 6d. -Dundee and Northern Junction, 1/. 10s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, 32/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 131. -Ditto, Quarters, 6s. 6d.-East of Fife, 1/. 18s.-East Lothian Central, it, 165.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 71. 155.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 691.-Ditto, Halves, 221.-Ditto, Quarters, 1//. Asa 9d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 18/. 10s.-Ditto, Pre. ference 20/. 10s.-Ditto, New, 21.-Ditto, Quarters, 12s. 6,41 -Edinburgh and Northern, 181. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, Nog) 2 . 13s. 6d.-Ditto, Newpo r t, 71. 5 5 .-Ditto, ditto, New, 2/. 8 44 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), Ili. Is.-Ditto, Halves, ss.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 1201.-Ditto, New Stock, 41/. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, No. 1, 8/. 195. - Di tto, Halves, No. 2,6/. 155.-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carli sle, 5/. 45.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 391.-Glasgow General Terminus, 12/. 155.-Glasgow and Greenock, 171. I Ditto, Halves, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, BL-GlasgeW, marnock, and Ardrossan, 4/. 55.-Great North of Scotlanut IL 17s. 6d.-Great Northern (late Direct Northern) , : 41 ' 65.-Ditto (late London and York), 1/. 125.-Newcastle and Berwick, 28/. 2s. 6d.-North British, 32/. 10s.--Ditt. Halves, 151. ss. -Ditto, Quarters, 4/. 95.-Ditto, e W Quarters (scrip), 14s. 9d.-Ditto, Thirds, 21. lls.--DittOJ Fifths, 61. 10s.-Scottish Central, 27/. 55.-Scottish Grand Junction, 195.-Scottish 4 Midland, 181. 10s.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 10s.-Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester, 91. 105.-: Ditto, New, 11.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 5L -Stirling ° Midland, 21. 65.-Wishaw and Coitness, 491.-York an Newcastle, 371. 155.-Ditto, New, 15/. 17s. 6c1.-Ditto, Pre ference, 11/. 12s. 6d.-Direct Bombay and Madras, 2s. 3cl" -East Indian, 2s. 9d.-Great North of India, 2s. Great Southern of Madras, 25.-Madras, Nellore, and Ar' cot, Is. 6d. GLASGOW, Juific 25. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, N e w, 410. —Clydesdale Junction, 42 1 / 2 —Direct Bombay an d Bladrits. Is. 9d.—Dundee a n d P er th, Q uar t ers , 663.—Eastern Conn.' ties, ties, 20%—East Lothi an C en t ra l, 36s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 21s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (5 per c ent. guar.), 41%—Ditto, delves, No. 1, B%—Ditto, Halves, No. ?I 61. 4s.—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 54 65. chester and Southampton 1 ls. 3d.—North British, Th ird* 51s. 3d.— Ditto, New Garters (scrip), 14s. 9d.—Scot tish Central, 25 1 4 —Stirling and Dunfermline, 51. 4s.—Wils °6 ` town, Morningside, and Coltness, 641.—York and Newcastlgo Preference, 11%. THE POTATO CROP.—On Saturday many of the market gardeners at Mortlake, Barnes, Putney, Fulhanb and places adjacent, commenced moving the early P ( P" tato crops, which, without any exceptions that could be ascertained, are perfectly free from the aphis vastakr* and all other kinds of diseases. The number of potatoes on each root is about the average, and they are as fine and sound as in any previous season. Some recoil:linen. dations have recently been made by a Morning Con' temporary, having for their object the immediate up' rooting of potatoes for the purpose of sowing bade!). beans. A correspondent rem a rks that such a course, I f adopted, would temporarily annihilate two valuable sources of food, inasmuch as the potatoes would be de stroyed, and the time for sowing harico beans is past, the proper time being towards the close of April or very__ early in May. The harico beans sown in the spring o f the present year are scarcely yet in blossom, and the probability is, if they were sown now, that, being Is very tender plant, they would not outlive the short but severe frosts which it is well known immediately pre _ the early dawn of August mornings. Throughout most county of Surrey, generally, the potatoes are in a healthy condition. II Mills DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Saturday , held an inquest in the University College Hospital/ on Hannah Greatrix, aged 33. Benjamin Wood, a cee3l3o - deposed that he had cohabited with deceased five years, and, until her repeated attempts to cut his throat and by other means to murder him, compelled him to leave her in January last. Thursday night he met de ceased in Union-street, Somers-town, when she told him she had taken arsenic; but he did not believe her, as she had frequently before threatened to destroy herself. The next morning he found her dying in the hospital, where she expired in six hours after her admission. She had recently attempted self-destructiou by swallowing a quantity of laudanum. Thomas Edwards, assistant to Mr. Knowles, druggist, Seymour-street, stated that on Thursday evening he sold deceased, in the presence of a witness, four drachms of white arsenic for the avowed purpose of killing rats. The house-surgeon observed that four grains would destroy life, and that the quan tity sold contained 240 grains. The coroner and jury censured the culpable practice pursued by chemists and druggists of indiscriminately selling poison. Thomas Kelly, of Kennington, said that at half-past eleven on Thursday night, he found deceased sitting on the step of a hall door in Green-street. Sh e t o ld hi m th at s h e h a d taken poison, and begged of him to procure a constable to carry her to th e h os pit a l, which o ffi ce witness him self performed. She acknowledged that she took the poison herself, and expressed a hope that sho would not survive. Verdict, " Deceased destroyed herself, but there was no evidence as to the state of her mind at the time she committed suicide." FIRE AT ASTLET'S THEATRE.-011 Saturday night, shortly after the conclusion of the performance, a report was raised that Astley's Amphitheatre was on fire, and messengers were dispatched for the fire-engines. Fortunately, however, the attendants of the theatre had succeeded in subduing the flames in their infancy, or the consequences would have been most disastrous. Mr. W. Batty stated that at the close of the theatre the men were engaged in hanging some rolls of calico over the medallions in front of the boxes, and having left the side chandeliers burning, the cotton fell on the light and speedily became ignited, and before the flames could be got out one of the gas-pipes was melted by the heat. The damage is but slight. OPENING OF TIIE ROYAL GARDENS AT Saturday the pleasure grounds in connexion with the Royal Gardens at Kew were, according to annual cus: tom, thrown open to the public, and will remain so until the end of September, when they will be again closed until the Midsummer of 1848. BIRTHS. On the 26th inst., at 47, Russell-square, the lady of S. Norton Peto, Esq., of a daughter. On the Ist inst., at Florence, the wife of Frank Mori, Esq. , of a son. On the 21st inst., at Croydon, the wive of N. L. Austen , Esq., of a son. On the 22d inst., the wife of Charles Munday, surgeon. King-street, Snow-hill, of a son. On the 23d inst., at Fiddington House, near Devizes, the wife of W. Charles Hood, Esq., M.D., of a son. On the 24th inst., at Fetcham-park, the lady of G. Ba r " nerd Hankey, Esq., of a daughter. On the 24th inst., at Clapham-rise, the wife of the Rev. Robert Bickersteth, of a son. On the 24th inst., at Lee, Blackheath, the wife of the Rev. William Francis Sims, of a daughter. On the 25th inst., in Queen-square, Bloomsbury, the wife of J. Eustace Grubbe, Esq., of a son. On the 25th inst., at St. Michael's-place, Brompton, Mrs. William Moore, of a son. MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at St. Margaret's, Lothbury, by the Rev. Archdeacon Hollingworth, Edward Routh, Esq., of Black heath, to Elizabeth Skardon Taylor, only daughter of the late William Crees Taylor, Esq., of Blackheath. On the 24th inst., at St. Geirge's, Hanover-square, Charles William Reynolds, Esq., late Captain in the 16th Lancers, to Charlotte Mary, only daughter of the Rev. R. P. Butler. DIED. On the 21st inst., at Woburn-square, John H. Yates, Esq , On the 23d inst., at Leamington, Jane, eldest daughter of the late Claud Neilson, Esq. On the 23d inst., at Paris, Joshua J. Brandon, Esq. On the 23d inst., at King's Cliffe, 'Margaret, relict of the late John Campbell, Esq., aged 72. On the 23d inst., at Stamford, Henry William Horden. On the 24th inst., at Croydon Lodge, Croydon, Abigail Ricardo, aged 65. On the 25th inst., at Barnes, Mr. Jeffery L. Barton. 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