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_ - inissioners, was that of aisconr3ging the subordinate officers. 1 This statement was made by Mr. Cl.ado.ick, woo said t;+l h, suggestions had not bee. attended to by Mr. Lewis. But it was found, on the cross examination of Mr. Chadwick. that u. suggestions had been offered at all, that he had only hinted a. certain improvements, whic.i it was a v.'ry happy thing t , Mr. Lewis did riot attend to. With respect to this prese• Bill, he quite agreed with its provision. ; the only objection te it was, that it jsined in one board the ex , eutive a‘ting with 'h. legislative authority. This was a great difficulty, but it could not be avoided. Tlie proposal of the Honourahlf , Blember, that all the orders which it would b. deemed expedient to make, should be collected into one statute, and enacted, would lead to endless confusion, as the law which would be adopted for the northern portion of England would by no means suit the southern. Besides, how would they deal with the case where it would be necessary, at a moment's notice, to modify the law, instances of which would be constantly recurring; in such a case they would give a power of reversion to an Act of Parliament; which would be a_far more objectionable power tV.an that granted by the Bill. The alteration by which Commissioners had seats in that House, was also a great improTement. He would conclude by stating hi• resolution to support the measure. Mr. HENLEY moved the adjournment of the debate. Lord JOHN RUSSELL objected to an adjournment, and hoped the Hon. Members meant seriously to discuss the measure. Mr. FERRAND said that it was because his Ho - n. Friend meant seriously to discuss the question that he moved the ad journment, and he did trust that the Noble Lord would show a respect to the feelings of the House and the country in ge neral, and not press the further discussion of the question. There were Sy, or six gentlemen whore he knew were anxious to address the House. Mr. HENLEY said he would be very sorry to interfere with the arrangement of the Noble Lord, but he had been in that House since twelve o'clock in the morning, and he was qu'te unable to go on at that late hour of the night. The debate was then adjourned. SUPPLY. On the question being put for bringing up the report on the Committee of Supply, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the vote for defraying the expense of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, because be thought that expenditure ought to be defrayed out of the revenues of the Church, and not out of the public exchequer. Lord J. RUSSELL said the vote was deliberately agreed to in Committee after a lengthened discussion, and he had nothing further to add to what he had already stated on the subject. Mr. BROTHERTON said he should be compelled, upon principle, to vote for his Hon. Friend the Member for Coventry, if he divided the House on the vote, bat he really most object to their spliting straws in this way. It was unworthy of a great principle. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the vote 76 Against it . .... . ... Majority in favour of the vote .... The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Thursday. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. MESSAGE FROM THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords brought down the Poor Relief ( Ireland) Bill, with the Lords' amendments, and several other public and private Bills, and prayed the assent of the Commons to the several Bills. Lord J. RUSSELL moved that the 13i1l, as amended, be printed and taken into consideration on the 31st of May. He did not think that it would be possible to have the amendments printed and considered by the House till after the Whitsuntide holidays. The motion was then agreed to. The reports on the Transference of Lands (Scotland) Bill. the Heraable Securities for Debt (Scotland) Bill, the Burgage T mitre (Scotland) Bill, and the Crown Charters Bill. were received, and the Bills were ordered to be read a third time on Thursday next. POOR REMOVAL ACT REPEAL BILL. Mr. BA NKES brought in the Poor Removal Act Repeal Bill, which was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. The °the,' orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at Half-past Twelve o'clock. THE EARL OF ELLESMERE AND THE FACTORIES BILL. [The followin g is a fuller report t h an appeare d i n our r , iition yesterday:—] The Earl of ELLESMERE sad—ln rising to dis charge the duty I have undertaken of moving the second reading of the Bill now before your Lordships for limit ir the hours of labour in factories, I should be sorry to waste your Lordships' time with any prefatory matter of a personal nature. I must, however, take permission frankly and briefly to express my regret that a subject which has of late years excited so much interest and discussion elsewhere, but which has little occupied the direct attention of your Lordships sitting here, should not have the advantage of being introduced to it by some voice more familiar to your Lordships' ears, and by some authority to which your Lordships were more accus tomed to defer. My apology to your Lordships and myself consists in the circumstance, that having taken, in the discussions which the subject has undergone in another place, a part which, however humble and occa sional, was not inconsistent with the task I have now undertaken, I have been invited to its performance by a numerous body of those who are directly interested in the fate of this measure, and who earnestly desire its success. I must also state that I ana act ing at the earnest desire of a Noble Friend of mine, of whom I may say, as was said of certain great men whose images were missed in the procession of the Roman triumph, that with reference to this subject his absence from either House of Parliament makes him even more conspicuously present to the mind than if he were present in either.—( Hear, hear.) My Lords, the mea sures now proposed for your acceptance have originated in far different quarters than in the mind of one so little entitled to your Lordships' attention as myself. They have originated in the crowded receptacles of human la bour; they have been elaborated in the factory and the alley, amid the whirl of machinery, and in those long rows of lodging-houses which grow up around the giant chimneys of Lancashire and Yorkshire. This Bill has its root in the stern experience of the husband and the father. From this lowly, but lam sure in your Lord ships' view, not contemptible seed, the idea has mounted upwards in the shape of such petitions as those which have encumbere I your Lordships' table. Men of higher education—men whose lives are one professional and practical exercise of philanthropy —have assisted these men to the ears of the Lesislature by their sanction and their advocacy: medical men in every branch of prac tice, clergymen of every religious persuasion. Sprint ing from such a source, founded on such a basis of feel ing and opinion, it has made its way through much dif ficulty against powerful opposition, .till it has obtained the sanction of an influential portion of a Cabinet, of a conclusiee majority of the House of Commons, and, so supported and recommended, has reached the table of your Lordships' House. I state these things, my Lords, not for the purpose of inducing any one of your Lordships to andicate your privilege of free discus sion or of deliberate judgment. Latest and least of the importations to your Lordships' House, I should be sorry to signalise my first endeavour at ad dressing your Lordships by prop sirg any surrender of your independence, any infraction of your privileges. My Lords, the principle I f this Bill has been impunged as involving legislative interf-rence with the rights of c-p . ral and labour. I might slur this objection on Vie grosrd of repeated prise lent. lan prepar,d, however. if. necessary, to cont;-nd that I em advocating nothing inconsistent with the doctrines '.f political economy at ad. My Lerls, 1 dislike a nrAdling Governmult. I believe with them that for the creation of the greatest peoducible wealth in any given community, and, there. fare, for the widest diffusion of that material well-being which attends the pro luetion of wealth, the policy of abstinence from legislative meddling is the sound policy, and, therefore, I think it incumbent on any on.) who departs from that policy to assign distinct grounds fur his justification. The master manufacturer and the operative have both a right, I admit it, to say to me— you are interfering with my free action—you are select in e scone from a crowd of other occupations, to make it the subject of experimental legislation. I claim an ex plantation. I demand an exceptional reason for your con.luct. My Lords, I find that justification, as most of your Lordships will anticipate, in the inherent, inalien able tendencies of that agent which Watt forced into the service of man as applied to the four great branches of our textile industry which come under the provisions of this Bill—l mean the tendency, in the first ir.itancc, to w.tract to its ministration the la Ina of those whom, in respect of age and sex, or both, nature never intended. for hard and continuous labour ; and next, in es tendency to meke that labour continuous, and un ceasioss and protracted to a limit of physical and mental endurance which, in my opinion, no Christian legislature can see its subjects approach without ac knowledging the duty of interfering, if it can interfere, for their relief and protection.--(Hear.) It is on this ground, any Lords, that, finding as I do, with regard to these branches of industry, the means and opportunity of interference, I claim the right to exercise them. I say, my Lords, finding the means and opportunity, for this also is an essential element of practical interference, and is my reply to an argument which, though often used, is, I think, singularly inconclusive to a course of a reasoning very commonly adopted towards any man who is hunting down a particular grievance, and which endeavours to divert his attention by pointing out fifty other objects of pursuit. My Lords, there is doubtless enough of abuse, and misery, and oppression in the world to make a sentimental or flighty philanthropist fat his-arms in despair. My Lords, I invite your Lordships to interfere with these large collected ag gregations of labour, because theory and experience tell me you can do so with effect—because they are open to inspection and capable of control because yo u can do muchto prevent abuse, and, if the hard necessity e arise, to punish it. I .ara aware that this v alleged as a reason for feature of the case has been ririoni-stnterference. It has been saithat the factory system ande Oppression are most aection. We have discoverable, been repeatedly told that we 'take philosophical mti, physical is view of the effects of tine use of meet:inlet? the gr..at diminisher of tIK. sum of 'lngmar a l labour, the fertile source of leisure and contentmet and tha:: a shou1:1 be cautiou.; row we meddle wi t h its-o,e -- ~ , ,J,p;t e,e fact.; hut , I - demand your ships' „ tt ,. ro i, n t o souse!iirrher Lets counect l d w i c k the emp l oym ent of that fixed and exp -nsive cap i tal into the scope an d 4 effect of which it becomes a duty, from which, as a legislator, I cannot esespe, to inquire. Th-r is, in toy opinion, no grani!er result of human intellizance than a • ve cotton mill; but I say this of it, that from the moineniq its engine is start , d, raised by the capital and governenl by the will„softhiet acute and enterprisine ; individual who sits init thee, becomes the direct inte res t of that presiding genius thot its motions should be as unceasing and c::atinuous as human contrivance can make them, that there is nu part of that vast system of wheels and levers which can rest without loss, or, in the ordinary and average course of commercial prosperity, pursue its motions without gain. The human labour attached hand and foot to that system for the most part admits not of relays. What is the natural, the inevitable consequence of this ? Why, that which has resulted—that with which, step by step, gradually, cautiously, effectually, and successfully, you have been endeavouring for thirty years to moderate and control, in wise defiance of the abstract principles of-porttieei eeonomy. That the strong imptilse of pia N I )() N WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1847. TB E SUN, Lk, I saenna illecti,,tbif el n t c e e n h th a m Pa . „p, s t , ng . he relativ , , convenience or alter their arrival —...------ anu s... elves and their is plaeA in direct and dangerous antagonism with t„ :L i; tuni or humanity—that it almost invariably prevaa is g s e a , t s o, ...,: t , t , j : iaei g s eitli ) fo x r e n .t l,:d t i r e, a s i.l t si r li t , _ • the strugoe—(i - e' , .r, hear) —an for a time it wa ' fr ' otti ',,.. .would passengers Titt,g to the . not bagkv,te some dislance from the station of .. `!` gauge to that 't, and i; - k-ft t - , -, itsel , , it - reduces 5 Par ~ & 1 ? U ! r t P h l f rue ~ ther. the traffic, however, on the li ‘r en t ee ch p i r e a fl e y ti a . 'ion to the condition of slavery, nnniltligat"l"whiell prest in the physical well-being of c L av e ?li p n a n i , party i . ; :: ,..0t •rut ilirmingharn traffic and no • incom r tla't i, c '- .ui , l be experienct,,,l from that circumsta Ile'. es o persu , on the slave-owner of 1 - ; , l',i , ne t . the trailic-m,ina„r of the line, coOfirmed this wner of ~, hack or a hunter insLy:hicetshteinrob.6l7h,aovreßb,..eeterin: ! • • t-s. ~ , . • , eV: ,t- ~ , ant ,ta,,,,t tuttner , ba t , a quantity of I .lie goods • prevent -1 em -, otf ~., vi -....-peatedly intedere , l and ' which ii .•-s - , en,. by water would go by railway: and be •, uc labours have not, lat- ,, 0 iu vain. Nor,. ir k .; L. - :tii., i earned iii a much better condition that. that in which it , oes the same reason hold good with other departments of I now reached the hands of the owners. The quantity of human industry inwhich machinery of human contrivance pods now taken up or put down between Gloucester and Bristol was very large, and at the present time greatinco ti ts leis concerned? I say machinery of human contrivance, -r I hold that, in some sense, the earth itself is a ma- venience h. is experienced, in consequence . of the great trade is as much a machine hine, that the clod of the valley, in which you drop brought li' QM two thousand miles of narrow-gauge your portions of raw cotton to railway into the joint atßristol. • • ' station t h h e at g i e n r m whichof future you vegetation, depos it as Mr. Payne further gave evidence upon the dangerous cha rfraecmteritosfa3ctheenitsinaen, d w d h e i s c c h en h t e s. represented as being perilous he twisted and elongated. In another place, my Lords, I took the liberty, at the risk of some offence, of telling Mr. AUSTIN, Q.O , replied en behalf of the Midland Cons he lords of the soil that in this point of view I consi- pany, relying chiefly u forpon the terms of the agreement Gloucester opinion here. Your Lordships, in the management of and Bristol on the broad gauge, and contending that so long hereditary estates which have descended to you from the as that agreement subsisted the Committee, according to the Conquest, are working with machinery as well as Mr. common law of the land, had no right to violate its provi • :reg or M. Birley ; but, my Lords, there is this dit- 4o T ns la . e Committee then adjourned till Thursday next. ference between the machinery of God's contrivance and that of his creatuf es. The earth will work alone, in the silence of night, under the stars of heaven, unlit by your 4 1.5, utifed by your fires, admitting at intervals, which nature indicates, the regulated assistance of man , taking him into partnership, bd with no direct tendencies to make him its slave.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Such, my Lords, are the considerations which have induced !Be to overcome the repugnance I individually enter tain to meddling with concerns which, from their mag nitude and complexity, I dread to approach.—(Cheers.) Two main objections have been taken to the measure, two principal and widely distinct consequences have been held out as certain to ensue. It is said, that by striking off a twelfth from the time during which, wheu employment is rife, you are at present able to labour, you will either diminish wages or incur defeat from foreign competition. For the first of these consequences I have always advised those with whom I had been in communication to be prepared, and I have certainly always received the answer that, to the best of their bility, they had counted the cost, and were prepared, on behalf of themselves and their families, to encounter it. I am not fond of prophesying in matters of this descrip tion, hut if, on the one hand, I am not prepared to risk the miserable value of my reputation for accuracy on a calculation of the exact effect upon wages, on the other, I ask any man to favour me with a calculwhichation of the e amount of actual domes tc economy may b effected by the mother of three children who returns to her home two hours sooner than at present. I cannot calculate this, because I cannot sew, I cannot darn, I cannot wash, and I cannot cook ur . wines n these matters I mu st refer your Lor dshi p s to our wi Still less can I calculate the evanescent quantities, the moral effects of leisure and repose to the mind, or lay down in advance statistical results on bodily health or longevity. I have no doubt whatever that the average sum total of these elements, if they could be calculated, would show a set-off to any probable diminution of money wages, which will one day be satis factory to those who have co-operated in passing. this measure. —(Flear, hear.) On this subject I must '4150 call your Lordships' attention to another circum unce—the deductions now made when the work is brought in by the operative for waste and spoil. My Lords, from such information as I can obtain, it is my firm belief that nine-tenths of that spoiled work occurs in the last weary hours of the operative's present ave rage toil. I have never met with any man, of any class, conversant with . the subject, who has not laid much ;tress on this circumstance. I pass, my Lords, to the question of foreign competition. I do not profess to receive with indifference, from men for whose station, acquirements, and abilities I have profound respect, their warnings on this subject ; but I am consoled by the re election that no step has been taken in this matter which has not been preceded by similar warnings of ruin and similar threats of emigration to those which, I doubt not, have assailed many of your Lordships as they have assailed me. And yet, my Lords, I hold in my hand a paper which shows that England has yet held her own against the competition of the world, and which leads me to think that if she is doomed to suffer decay, it will originate rather in a diminished supply of the raw material than in any legislation which, for the sake of the highest interests of humanity, your Lordships may have consented to adopt. My Lords, I believe that from a concourse of circumstances peculiar to the character of his nation, England is in a condition to set an example to the world in this matter. as she has done in others—that she is able to do right and fear not ; and more than this, that her example will be followed, and that foreign statesmen who may not he disposed to follow it will be pressed by that influence of public feeling and opinion which is acting upon ourselves.—(Cheers.) My Lords, in the course I have taken in Accepting the conduct of this Bill I have undertaken a grave responsibility for its eventual consequences. should it prosper to the extent of my hopes and expectations, and should I live to see that result, I reserve to myself, as my sole but all sufficient • reward, the gratification of that spectacle. Popularity I have not sought, and utterly disclaim. If that reward should eventually fall due, it is impossible that the intel ligence and justice of the people should not place the saddle on the right horse. It will be due, in the first instance, to my Noble Friend—it will be due to the master manufacturer, who has not allowed himself to be swayed by considerations which would place his own interests in seeming, though, as I believe, delusive con trasts with those of others. It will be due to those who have worked through the long hours of this Bill in the workshop of the Legislature, and not the labourer of the eleventh hour. who now begs your Lordships' pardon for so long trespassing on your Lordships' attention. — (Cheers.) The Noble Earl concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. GROUP XIX. This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock; Mr. Den nistoun in the chair. ox.roltD, BANBURY, AND COVENTRY 3UNCTXON (lIRANCII FROM SOCTUAIVI TO COVENTRY). On the assembling of the Committee the clause; of this Bill were considered and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported to the House. GROUP XX. This Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morn ing; Mr. Goulburn in the chair. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON (CHELTENHAM AND EVE SHAM LINE). Mr. Vignoles gave evidence at considerable length as to the practicability and facility of working railways on the mixed gauge. Mr. Miller, Mr. Cubitt, and several other witnesses, gave corroborative testimony. The rest of the day was occupied with the landholders' op position. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXIV. MOLD. The Committee met at three o'clock, but did not proceed witb the evidence upon this Bill. The Committee adjourned at half-past three. RAILWAY COMMITTEES, ROUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) GROUP IV. The Committee met at twelve ; Lord Castlereagh in the chair. EASTERN COUNTIES (ENLARGEMENT OF LONDON AND STRATFORD STATION). Evidence was taken in support of the Bill, but, as there was a difference on a point of compensation for land, the Committee adjourned till Thursday, in order to give the parties time fur arrangement. evidence of Mr. Adie. He generally agreed with him that the junction over the river was attended with no engineering difficulties. Mr. Haw•kshaw, the engineer of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, gave evidence to the same effect. Similar junctions had been effccted under worse circumstances at Manchester. This closed the case for the 13111. The case for the corporation of Glasgow was then pro ceeded with. Mr. ft 04waltl, one of the Members for the city, was ex amined to the effect that he considered the Greeu would IA injured by the crossing of the railway, and that the feeling of the inhabitants was generally against it. Mr. Patteson, of Glasgow, was examined to the same effect. The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. secured a portion of their line, which he trusted would ulti afately be carried out to its destination.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. ROBIVRT STHEPHENSON, the engineer, stated that the surveys of such an extensive line as the Manchester and Southampton had been entrusted to a number of persons, and that unless they all worked in unity and with ac curacy, the final plans stood a chance of being in correct ; this, he regretted to say, had seen the Ase in the present instance, as the assistants had not worked iti unison, and consequently mistakes had occurred, which ,ad caused the defeat of the Bill in the Standing Orders' Committee. It would be unnecessary for him to enter into the details, as he feared that he could not make them comprehensive to the meeting. He would state, however, that be was a large shareholder, and that he still entertained the opinion that the line was as legitimate a one as had ever been brought forward—(Loud cheers)—because the country through which it passed must have a railway.—(Hear, hear.) It must not simply be regarded as a local , but as a national line having its termini in Southampton and in Lancashire — (Cheers)—and any line achieving that in the best possible manner, and economically, as this line would, must be sue cessful.=-(Hear.) With the view, therefore, of redeeming what had taken place to the utmost of his power, he had pro posed to the directors to forego all engineering expenses for the future survey of that line—(Loud cheers)—and also, at his own cost, to reinstate the line in the position it should have occupied this session, by carrying the Bill through the standing orders next year, without any further expense. The report was then received and adopted, and resolutions were passed desiring the directors to proceed with the Bill next session, but allowing any one to withdraw who might think proper to do so; also thanking the directors for their exertions during the past and present year. In reply to questions, The CHAIRMAN stated that a small additional deposit would be necessary, but that it would not exceed ss. or 6s. All the accounts had not been sent in, but those who thought proper to withdraw could receive the amount to which they were entitled as soon as possible, and the remainder at no very distant day; he could not, however, state the exact amount. A vote of thanks having been passed to the chairman and directors, the meeting (which was the most numerous one we ever attended) broke up. TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. _ _ ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, APRIL 29, 1847. The Qneen has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Flora Clementina Isabella Macdonald to be one of the Maids of Honour in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of the Honourable Anne Napier, resigned. WHITEHALL, MAT is. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Maziere Brady, Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland; the Most Reverend Father in God Richard Archbishop of Dublin; his Grace the Duke of Leinster ; and Lieutenant- General the Right Hon. Sir Edward Blakeney, Knt., Com manding her Majesty's Forces in that part of the said United Kingdom, to be her Majesty's Justices and General Governors of that part of the said United Kingdom called Ireland. CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, MAY 14. The Duke of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint the Rev. John Houghton Ward, M.A., Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to be one of his Royal Highness's Domestic Chaplains. DOWNING-STREET, MAY 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Robert Madden, to be Colonial Secretary for the territory of Western Australia. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 15. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Brevet Major Francis Warde to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Arbuckle, retired on full pay; Second Captain John Henry Francklyn to be Captain, vice Warde ; First Lieutenant Hugh Archibald Beauchamp Campbell, to be Second Captain, vice Francklyn ; Second Lieutenant Charles Hunter, to be First Lieutenant, vice H. A. B. Campbell, May 7 ; Brevet Major William Bates Ingilby to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Freer, retired on full pay; Second Captain Henry Thomas Fyers to be Captain, vice Ingilby ; First Lieutenant Richard Bratton Adair to be Second Captain, vice Fyers ; Second Lieutenant Robert John Hay to be First Lieutenant, vice Adair, May 7. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. John Chettle, linendraper, Warminster, Wiltshire. George Woolcott, jun., and Edward Woolcott, builders, Doughty-street. GROUP XXVII. This Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock; Mr. Cardwell in the chair. LYNN AND ELY RAILWAY (LYNN AND WORMEIAY NAVIGATION). Mr. Sergeant WRANGHAM opened the case on behalf of the promoters of the Lynn and Ely Railway (Lynn and Worme gay Navigation), and contended at great length that the construction of the proposed line would tend, in a great de gree, to improve the Wormegay navigation, which at pre sent stood in need of considerable improvements. At the conclusion of the address of the Learned Counsel, Mr. Rend.%ll, C. E., was called, and gave evidence upon the injurious nature of the proposed line. Other evidence of a general nature was adduced on behalf of the promoters. The Committee then adjourned till Thursday at twelve o'clock. GROUP XXXI. LONDON AND YOUR (DEVIATIONS BE TWEEN DONCASTER AND EDINBURGE). The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr. Shaw in the chair; and the remaining clauses having been gone through, the Committee adjourned till the 7th of June. GROUP XXXV. The Committee re-assembled at the usual hour this morn ing, in Room 22 ; Mr. Fitzroy in the chair. BLACKBURN. CLITHEROE, AND NORTH- WESTERN. The early part of the sitting was occupied with general evidence in favour of this scheme. The case for this scheme and the competing line of the East Lancashire Company was closed, but the Committee Adjourned without giving any opinion, owing to the Railway Commissioners not having yet made their report on the lin comprised in this group. GROUP XXXVI. The Committee on this group re-assembled to day in Room 14, st the usual hour ; Mr. Roebuck in the chair. LIVERPOOL. CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT, AND BRANCH. The clauses in this Bill, the preamble of which was proved yesterday, were agreed to, and the Bill was ordered to be re ported to the House. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHPORT AND BRANCHES. The consideration of this case, which was opened yester day by Mr. Hilditcb, was resumed by Mr. TALBOT, on the part of the promoters. He objected to the East Lancashire Railway Company being heard in opposition, and maintained that they had no locus standi against the Bill. Mr. Sergeant WRANGLIAM, on the part of that company, contended that they had a right to be heard, as their interests 'would be materially affected, if the proposed line was made. After some further discussion it was decided that the East Lancashire Railway Company had no locus standi. Mr. George Ormrod, solicitor, was then examined, to show 'the great advantages which would be conferred by this line in opening up facilities of communication with the coal districts. Mr. Pieco, a coal engineer, and other witnesses, confirmed this evidence. It was then agreed that further proceedings in this line should be adjourned till Thursday next. EAST LANCASHIRE (BRANCH FROM °IMMURE TO SOUTHPORT, AND EX- TENSION TO PRESTON). Mr. BRANDT opened the case for the promoters of the line. Two witnessos were examined to show the great adian• tage which would be conferred in giving access to the coal districts. The Committee then adjourned till Thursday. GROUP XXXVII. The Committee met at the usual hour. The cases for the LEEDS AND THIRSZ (XNARESSOROUGH BRANCH TO BOILOUGHBRIDGE, and LEEDS AND THIRSZ. (MELMEZET AND NORTNAIMERTON were gone through. Evidence on behalf of both Bills having been taken, The decision of the Committee was postponed till the re. ception of the Railway Commissioners' report. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XXXIX. The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the Bills comprised in this group, re-assembled at the usual hour ►his morning; Lord Charles Wellesley in the chair. YORK AND NEWCASTLE (PURCUA.SE or THE HARTLEPOOL DOCK AND RAILWAY). Mr. ROSE was engaged the whole of the morning, in ad dressing the Committee in opposition to the scheme, on behalf of the Hartlepool West Dock-and Harbour Company. , The Committee adjourned at the usual hour without giving their decision. GROUP XLIV. The Committee met this morning, at twelve o'clock, but in the absence of reports from the Comissioners, especially after the vote of last night in the House, they could not proceed, and adjourned till Thursday at eleven o'clock. GROUP XLV. This Committee met for the first time this day, in Room 41 (one of those placed under the leads). Present, Sir Denis Le , Merchant (chairman), Major Beresford, Mr. Scott, the Hon. Mr. Fitzwilliam, and Mr. Boyd.' The railway Bills comprised in this group are : Edinburgh and Northern (Burntisland Pier, Ferry, Pur chase, Etc.) Edinburgh and Perth Railway and Branches. Edinburgh and Northern (St. Andrew's and Newburgh Branches.) Edinburgh and Northern (Tay Ferry Improvement.) Edinburgh and Northern (Branch from Burntisland to Dun fermline Branch, &v.—No. 2.) The CHAIRMAN announced that the Edinburgh and Perth would be taken after the holidays. The Committee then proceeded to take the EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (WANT.. ISLAND PIER AND PERRY PURCHASE). The Bill was unopposed. Sergeant BELLASIS very briefly stated the objects of the promoter,. The proofs were pat in, and the preamble was de clared proved. The Committee then took TN'S EDZNBUEO.H AND NORTNENN (BILASICEES TO ST. ANDANOTO AND NEWILUD.OII). Mr. BELLASIB opened for the promoters. There was hardly any opposition. Mr. Anderson, banker, Newburgh, and Major Playfair, provost of St. Andrews, proved the advantages which the line would give to these towns. Mr. Grainger, C.F.., was under examination when the Com mittee adjourned. GROUP XLVI. This Committee met this morning at one. The following Bills are referred to this group : North British (No. 1) Bill. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith Extension) Bill. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Union Canal and Caledonian Junction) Bill. Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (Leith and Granton Junc tion) Bill. Edinburgh and Northern, and Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Amalgamation Bill. Caledonian (Edinburgh Station and Branches to Grantor, and to the Edinburgh and Glasgow) Bill. The Committee was occupied a considerable portion of the time in the usual formal arrangements attendant upon enter ing the appearances on the various petitioners for and against the schemes. At the conclusion of these preliminaries, The Committee decided upon proceeding with the NOILTH BRITISII. Mr. HOPE opened the case on behalf of the promoters. The proposed line was about a mile in length, and would leave the North British Railway at Piershill Barracks, and effect a junction with the south branch at about a mile distance. The opposition to the line was not of a very serious nature. Mr. Johb, C.E., and Mr. Miller, C.E. ' ware than called to give evidence in favour of the proposed line. The Committee then adjourned. GROUP XLVII. This Committee, which was appointed to meet for the pur. pose of passing clauses in the AIRDRIE AND BATRGATE did not sit, in consequence of the absence of the.Commis . sioners' report. GROUP XLVIII. Lord Courtenay in th e c h a i r. This Committee met to• day at twelve o'clooki, GLASGOW, autazurim. AND IVIONICLA ND /uNoTiort (coarz.e.xas, causeyx.E, D CENTRAL 3-UNCTIONP. IMANCNES). Mr. Adi e , C.E ., was re-called and cross-examined at some length on behalf of Mr. Dixon, iron master, of Glasgow. Mr. Mills, CZ., Rai exam ined in corroboration of ths GROUP VI. WILTS, SOMERSET, AND WEYMOUTH AMENDMENT (NO. II.) The Committe met this morning at twelve o'clock; Mr. Deedes chairman. Mr. W. Gila was the first witness called, residing at Frame, in Somersetshiie. He had lately carried on the busi ness of a carrier in that town. The population of Frome was abut 12,000; there was also a large l opulation, amount— ing to upwards of 20,000, exclusive 41 an immense popula ti,n composed of colliers and labourers, in the towns of Brad ford and Troubridge. The population of all the towns on the South-Western line between Salisbury and Exeter (lid pc.t amount to that of the four towns he had mentioned. There was a coach running on alternate days from Bath, through Frome, to Poole. There was also a coach running between Frome and Weymouth daily, through the town of Sherburne, and so to W eymouth. Large quantities of cloth were manufactured in the districts near Bradford and Trou bridge, a great quantity of which found it way to the towns of Sherborne, Yeovil, and the southern parts of the country. He had given up the business of a carrier from the time that the Great Western Railway - was opened in that county. ilr. Oxberry, carrier of Frome, gave evidence as to the importance of an unbroken gauge between Frome and the towns in the south of England. Mr. E. Cocking, iron master of Frome, gave evidence to the same effect. Mr. J. White, cheese factor, of Axminster, Mr. Lintirs, of the firm of Lintirs and Son, cheese factors, of Hasham, in Sussex, Mr. J. Sym, grocer and general dealer, at Brighton, Mr. Kerry, poulterer, at Portsmouth, and Mr. Butt, pig dealer, of Portsmouth, gave evidence as to the importance of Salis bury having an unbroken connexion with the county of So mersetallire. The Committee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow. GROUP IX. WEST cortNcv.a.x.x. BRANCHES AND DEVIATIONS. The Committee met at twelve o'clock in Room No. 37. ° Mr. Rosa having been heard on the part of the promoters of this line, The room was cleared for the decision. On our re-ad minion The CrumLut said thathe was desired by the Committee to state that the preamble of this Bill was not proved. The Committee then separated. GROUP XV. ' The Committee met this morning at twelve; Mr. Bernal in the chair. ROYSTON AND BITCH= (EXTENSZON TO CAMBRIDGE). Evidence in favour of the line was proceeded with after the meeting of the Committee. Mr. B. Denison, chairman of the co:npany, was examined, and stated that the company's line was leased to the London and York at 6 per cent., the payment to commenced imme diately after the construction of the line. Evidence for the Bill was being continued, when the Com mittee adjourned. GROUP XVII. The Committee on this group re-assembled to•day at the usual hour, in Room 11 ; Sir James Buller East in the chair. GREAT NORTHERN (DEVIATIONS PRIM LONDON TO GRANTHAM). - - Mr. DF-visoN, on the part of the promoters of the Bill, re plied, and closed the case with respect to the d e viation from Careby to Grantham, and called upon the Committee to sanc tion this part of the line. The room was then cleared ; and on our re-admisssiou, The Citmasta:st announced that the preamble of the devia tion from Careby to Grantham was proved, but Mr. Ostler's land4must n o t b e en t ere d u p on w ithout his consent. hta Committee then adjourned till Thursday next. the chair; ar.d. i nt!lt this m9rning, to cocne to GROLTP XVIII. The c o • Corns tbeing seated that the opponents were un ablethe Earl of Lincoln in of the line, andeestaeatied Mr. ist.pimt,trr:y*arrangement, to show the engineering quali ties. gauge line, but B,l l ro ed asa lhat the line WWI intended to junction at the station the case at the present time gauges is betweenn Gloucester and Chelten: proceed by the pr , , vihe t r o e av th o e id eo a m ny . at Bristol some feet on the line of joint ion fcr_thhale station. Chelten ham. lie Mended to have the above the Great Western station station pany had already land in posses, , Mr. Sanders, inspector of the Birmin said that between 80,000 and 90,000 p ass t n . g m ern a h n d d Gloueeste; the line to Bristol last year, and that there had a r eed over tons of goods carried, of which only about 4,0® would have 7 i 7 a 98 been transhipped, if the Midland ompany had p o „ essed v e a , but no actual e station of their own. The trains had been running over th there had been several alarms, in had occurred, although for the last two years , db ' al t h con. mixed sequence of and ome of their servants had been re -gaugiveshich mplaints ha een ma eo t e Great Western Company, 8 moved. M r . Helps wai ccamined, on the part of landowners, re- BANKRUPTS. Edwin Wood, tobacconist, iiing William street, City, to surrender May 27, at half-past two, and June 25. at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman. street-buildings; Thorndike, Staple Inn, Holborn. John Hitchins, leather seller, Chichester-place, May 29, and June 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, oflicial assignee; Sole and Turner, Aldersnanbury. John Simpson, common carrier, Cropwell Bishop, Notting hamshire, May 28, at eleven, and June 29, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Farrar, Doctors'-commons. John Marriott Blashfield, Albion-wharf, Blackfriars, cement manufacturer, June 3 and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin- lane, Cornhill ; Asburst and Son. Cheapside; Vandercom, Creel, Law, and Coymn, Bush-lane. Thomas Wallis, woollen draper, Oxford-street, June 3 and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole and Turner, Alder manbury. Richard Wade, tailor, Cheapside, May 26, at eleven, and June 29, at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Lindsay and Mason, Gresham-street. Thomas Fitch, hop merchant, Duke-street, Tooley- street, May 25, at half-past two, and June 29, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Oldershaw, Tokenhouse-yard. John DickinEon, bookbinder, Manchester, June 2 and 23, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Cornthwaite and Adams, Old Jewry chambers ; Pemberton, Liverpool. George Parton, innkeeper, Longfleet, Poole, May 24, at two, and June 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Fox, Finsbury-circus; Welch, Poole. Joseph Pickett, cowkeeper and milkman, Everett-street, Brunswick-square, Middlesex, May 29, at one, and July 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official as signee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Carpenter, Staple-inn. Frederick Berner, tea dealer, Birkenhead, June 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official as signee, Liverpool; Sharpe and Co., Bedford-row; lLowndes and ~ Liverpool. Robert Graham, lodging-housekeeper, Brunswick-house, Clapham common, May 29 and July 9, at twelve, at: the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alderman bury ; Turnley, Ludgate-street. James Phillippo, horse dealer, Cross-street, Finsbury, May 26 and June 25, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Taylor, Pavement, Finsbury. John Robinson, jun., manufacturing chemist, Fenchurch street, City, May 25, at two, and June 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place Old Jewry; Taylor, North-buildings, Finsbury-circus. William Harris, mineral agent, Aberystwith, June 1, at twelve, and June 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Maples and Co., Frede rick's-place. Old Jewry ; Hassell, Bristol. Charles Tabor and William Clarke, lace manufacturers, Nottingham, June 11 and 25, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottingham ; Wadsworth, Nottingham. Joseph Slather, builder, Rock-ferry, Cheshire, May 25, and June 25, at twelve, at the Liverpool Distr ict Court. Sird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Parker and Co., Gray's-inn, London ; Reade and Co., Birkenhead. George Webster, nail and bolt maker, Staincross, York shire, June 1, and July 24, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Smith and Co., Bedford-row, London ; Tyas and Co., Yorkshire ; Blackburn, Leeds. William Wild and Robert Wild, bleachers, Gigg in Heap, Lancashire, June 4, at one, and June 24, 'at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Man chester ; Clarke, Gray, and Woodcock, Lincoln's Inn-fields; Whitehead, Bury. William Stanton, lace-maker, Lenton, Nottinghamshire, June 4, and July 2, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds ; Johnson and Co., Temple; Bowley, Nottingham. Charles Vyse, straw-bonnet maker, Ludgate-hill, May 25, at one, and June 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch- lane, Lombard •street ; Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Harcourt -buildings, Temple. Abel Quarterman, breeches m aker, Oxford, May 25, at eleven, and June 29, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho. John Berkley, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, June 3, at twelve, and 30, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Dis trict Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon- Tyne; Harle, Newcastle-upon -Tyne ; Claisholme, Hall, and Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields. 1 Dividends, See., in our neat.] DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT.-It Was currently 41iimoured in political circles on Moslay, that the Parliament would be dissolved as early as the 19th or 26th of next month, if public business would admit; if not, the dissolution would certainly not be later than the first week in July. REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.-Monday night a meeting of the friends of Mr. C. Lushington took place at the Belgrave Hotel, Pimlico, Sir W. Molesworth in the chair. A resolution was passed, stating that Mr. Lush ington was a fit and proper person to represent Westmin ster. An amendment was also proposed, but afterwards withdrawn. FaLmouTit, MAY 15.—The Prussian barque Leo pold, Holtz master, arrived off this port to-day from Monte Video, and proceeded without anchoring for Rotterdam. She sailed on the 27th of February, but it does not transpire that she brings any intelligence of moment. COPYRIGHT or DESlGNS.—Notwithstanding vulgar imitations and the frequent assumption of a similar name or title in some instances, scarcely sufficient caution being used to evade with success the liability to legal punishment, yet does " icolls Paletot" still receive the highest and most general patronage from the fashionable world. It is, per haps, as well for the patentees that these attempts to deceive are frequently occurring, as one or two isolated cases might have been insufficient to warn a scrutinising public, that care should be taken to apply to the Pat en t ee ' s a d vert i se d a dd ress . ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society was held on Monday evening at Finsbury Chapel. This Right Hon. Dr. Lushington presided, and the Conde de Alontemolin was present at the proceedings. The report con gratulated the subscribers to the society on the progress which anti-slavery principles were making, although in some places they had been considerably retarded. The receipts for the year had been 1,7151. 13s. 6d.; the expenditure 1,4261. Os. 41d. ; leaving a balance of 2891. 7s. lid. to the credit of the society. Sir George Strickland, in moving the adoption of the report, severely denounced the conduct of the Ame ricans on account of their maintenance of slavery, but ex pressed his conviction that even in that country slavery would, ere long, be extinct. The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Elihu Burritt, Mr. Sturge, Mr. Hinton, and others ; and resolutions deprecatory of the system of slavery were adopted. A vote of thanks to the chairman, which was briefly acknowledged, closed the proceedings. ROBBERY OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER ON THE HIGHWAY.—On Saturday night last Mr. James Gibson, commercial traveller to the firm of Messrs. Thomas Gibson and Co., hat-manufacturers, Castle-green, Bristol, while tra velling after dark, on the road between Cirencester and Stroud, was attacked by three men, who rushed out suddenly from the road side, seized the head of his horse, and then dragged him from the gig, and used him with great violence. One of them knocked him down, and then knelt on his chest and gagged his mouth, to prevent his resisting or giving an alarm, while a second plundered his person of his watch, chain, and seals, and cash and notes to the value of between 1501. or 2001. Fortunately about 501. in sovereigns, which was in the driving-box of the gig, escaped their notice. After threatening him with further violence if he attempted to pursue them, they decamped with their booty. The Right Hun. Sir Robert Peel gives a Parlia mentary dinner on the 27th inst. to a very numerous circle. The Right Hon. Baronet and Lady Peel and family left Whitehall-gardens yesterday for Drayton Manor, Stafford hire, from whence they return to town on the 26th 414, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, May 17. (Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.) IN RE SPICEIt AND POILTON. These bankr4tscarrjea — On ‘ ;;erieXtensive business as paper-manufacturers, having three mills, one at Alton, one at Bognor, and the other at Wandsworth. They were also farmers and hop-growers, and one of the partners (J. E. Spicer) traded as a paper-manufacturer, and farmer upon his own account. They now came up upon the balance sheets, prepared by Mr. Butler, accountant, to pass their last examination. With respect to the private balance-sheet of J. E. Spicer, which runs over the same period of time as the joint balance sheet, the following are the principal items therein :—Private debts and liabilitie., 10,1111. 18s. 2d. ; and to creditors hold ing mortgages, 7,9901. The assets are 10,1461. ss. 4d.; profits. 4,3331 Os. I Id. ; capital, 1,474/. 19s. sd. ; trade and personal expenses, 7,347/.195. Id. ; losses, 538/. 7s. 6d. ; transferred to partnership account, 2,701/. 9s. 11d.; old debts (paid), 724/. 15s. 10d. ; liabilities as per contra, 2,530/. 14s. 4d. After some discussion, the case was adjourned for the pur pose of further inquiry. (Before Mr. Commissioner Iloutoyn.) IN RE W. ItUINCEY. This bankrupt, who was a tin-plate-worker, in Old-street, ' St. Luke's, came up to pass his last examination ; but, no balance-sheet having as yet been filed, the case was ad journed. GROUP XLIX. The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock (Mr. Cripps in the chair), and proceeded to take evidence on the EDINSITIRGII AND GLASGOW (A7ItDATIM WANTS, &C.) An objection was raised by Mr. Andrews to the admission of the Scottish Central as petitioners against the Bill, but the objection was overruled by the Committee. Mr. Blackburn, chairman of the company, was examined. The capital of the company was 420,0001., and besides the amount intended to be sunk in this undertaking, they had also purchased in other companies. Their present liabilities were from 500,0001. to 600,0001. Mr. Oppenshaw, a director, said that the value of th. Edin burgh and Glasgow Company's stock, Sec., was 69 . 2.0001., and the liabilities were 950,000/., which left them a deficiency of about 250,0004 and they came now to Parliament to get powers to raise that sum. Mr. TALBOT and Mr. Sergeant WRANGRAM addressed the Committee, the former for the Monklands Mineral, and the latter for the Sterling and Dunfermline Company, against the preamble, and Mr. Hodges for the Edinburgh and Bath gate. The Committee then adjourned till Thursday at twelve o'clock. COMMITTEES on PRIVATE BILLS. (YESTERDAY.) the th , LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS. T were k e Committe e cupi ed dur meting h t t hi e s morning , w at t we l ve o ' c l oc k, ant i cons id era tion of clauses to protec of morning t the inha g with ants of thf di s tricts intermediate between t h e springs of supply and the occupied town of Liverpool. CROYDON COMMERCIAL GAS. The Committee met this morning (General Lygon in the chair), and the Bill being unopposed, it was referred to Mr. Greene, the Chairman of Parliamentary Committees. SUNDERLAND IMPROVEMENT AND MARKET AND BRIDGE BILL. The Committee on this Bill met in Room 16, at one o'clock, and, after briefly hearins evidence, decided the preamble of the Bill to be proved. lhe clauses with several amendments were then agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be reported to the House. SANDWICH HARBOUR (KENT) BILL. This Committee met at twelve o'clock, in Room 17, and were occupied throughout the morning with this Bill. The CHAIRMAN declared the preamble proved. The clauses were read and agreed to, and the Committee adjourned. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMP TON RAILWAY. A special general meeting ot the shareholders in this com pany, was held yesterday, shortly after two, at the King's Arms Inn, Bridge-street, Westminster, in order to enable the directors to communicate to the shareholders the circum- stances which have brought their efforts to a sudden and un favourable result, and of advising upon the measures it ma) be expedient to pursue. Mr. Walkinshaw, the Deputy-Chairman of the company was in the chair. A considerable number of shareholders were present. It will, no doubt, be wihin the recollection of the readers of The Sun that the Bill was thrown out by the Standing Orders' Committee, some material mistakes having been proved in the sections. The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. John Wheeler, the Se cretary, to read the report, of which the following is an ample abstract : The report stated that— " It would be remembered that, at the last assembling of shareholders in September, it was unanimously resolved to appeal again to Parliament against the adverse decision of a Committee of the House of Lords. "Anxious to ascertain how far that resolution accorded with the opinions of the proprietary at large, the directors proceeded to call in the old scrip, giving to dissentients the opportunity of receiving back the unexpended balance of their deposits; and it is a gratifying fact that, out of a total of nearly 90,000 shares, the holders of only 1,905 elected to withdraw, which number was subsequently reduced to 1,240 by parties asking permission to resume the shares they had elected to resign. " This unusual concurrence of opinion being ascertained, the directors gave instructions to their engineers to have the line resurveyed—firstly, with reference to certain alterations either promised to landowners, or desirable with a view to economy, or to the convenience of the towns passed through ; and, secondly, in the hope that perfect accuracy in the plans and sections would thereby be obtained. The first object was se successfully carried out as to reduce the estimate by no less a sum than 140,0001. ; the latter purpose unfortunately failed of accomplishment, under circumstances the explana tion of which the directors have thought it would be most satisfactory to the shareholders to learn from Mr. Stephenson himself. "The shareholders will of course understand that the op position which has unfortunately checked the progress of the undertaking, though conducted in the name of landowners, had its origin with, and was paid for by, the Great Western Company alone; the entire number of (nominally) opposing landlords being fourteen, each of whom (with two excep tions) did not represent an average of two acres of ground, whilst the majority of them, the directors have the best rea son to believe. had been induced incautiously to sign docu ments from which they afterwards felt themselves unable (though in almost every instance when applied to they were not unwilling) to recede. "Of bona fide landed opposition, grounded on actual grievance, there was virtually none. The few cases still un settled at the close of the last session, involving any sub stantial repugnance to the line by reason of real or sup • posed annoyance, were all disposed of before the standing order investigation commenced. "The directors had come to a friendly understanding with the South-Western Company, which has since been embodied in a formal agreement, bearing the seal of that company, and extending over the year 1848, by which nearly twenty five miles of the line promoted by this company will, in all pro bability, obtain legislative sanction in this session by means of a Bill promoted by the South-Western Company, and will become, as to the larger proportion of it, the joint property of that company and the Manchester and Southampton Com pany. (This Bill has passed theComnicas' Committee. ) " So complete and satisfactory indeed is the change of opi nion towards this railway, in the governing body of the South Western Company, that, in the great contest now pending between them and their broad gauge antagonists, for possession of the country westward to Falmouth, the Man chester and Southampton line is placed in the foremost rank of argument in favour of the narrow gauge series of lines, on the ground of its affording a narrow gauge commu nication for the northern manufacturing districts to the south and west. " On the other hand, the Great Western Company, who succeeded in obtaining the rejection of the Bill by a device discreditable to themselves, and too easily adopted by a Committee of the House of Lords—that device being no other than the production, at the last moment, of a so-called minute of their board, pledging themselves to lay down a narrow gauge from Oxford—a pledge which they had dis tinctly refused to give in the House of Commons—that same Great Western Company have not only failed to lay down a single yard of rail in fulfilment of their promise, but they have this year, through their leading Parliamentary Counsel, denied that any such specific pledge (albeit recorded) was given by them, thus evidencing the utter insufficiency of the pretext upon which this measure was rejected by one branch of the Legislature, after it had received the deliberate sanction of another. "Of the two companies who constituted the only real op ponents of this line, the one has become its supporter and ad vocate, and the other now seeks to escape from the fulfilment of the conditions (unjust as they were) by which its tempo rary defeat was secured. "The directors are accordingly prepared, after gathering so far as has been practicable the opinions of their share holders in various parts of the country, unanimously to re commend a renewed application to Parliament, on the ground that now to withdraw would be to cast away the advantages secured by a great outlay—advantages. which they unhesi tatingly assert would have secured the success of the Bill in this session, if it had obtained a position in Committee. "They recommended this course, however, to those only who continue to share their confidence in the undertaking. To other parties it will be just, as it is expedient, that op portunity should be afforded to withdraw, receiving back the unexpended portion of their deposits, and accordingly steps will be taken, by dissolution of the company or otherwise, forthwith to accomplish this object. "The amount remaining for distribution the directors can not now definitely fix. A very short time will enable them to specify the sum to be returned, and to determine the form and terms under which it will be expedient, for those who so elect, to prosecute the undertaking." The CKAISMAN expressed his deep regret, and the regret of the directors, at the fate which the line had met with in the Standing Orders' Committee, and also at the unavoid able absence of the chairman of the Company (Mr. John Barker Mill) from indisposition ; and after adverting to the different feelings under which they now met the shareholders to those on the last occasion, when,,the Bill had been rejected by the House of Lords, he proceeded to say that if the share holders entertained the same enthusiastic feeling as they did on that occasion, they had as much, if not more, reason to entertain them now, as the Bill had not been rejected on its merits, but simply through a mishap. They had suffered shipwreck ; they . were t c l u o r n a , cy suocfht as heitrhceha one rts t ; h b ey ut like a vessel whi c h had been stranded t hrou g h the inac• of e l a m strong meeting,re sol it• was quite capable of being again laun ched into deep water, and by their enterprise conveyed safely into p ort.—(Hear.) The expressions of f e eling in favour of proceedi n g with the Bill in the ensuing se s s ion had surprised himself and t h e di rectors, as letters h a d com e in to this effect from various parts a w d i o t p h t ed the a t a i t d h of the country. (The Honourable Gentleman then read a number of letters. The first was from Lord Duncannon, the son :of the late Lord-Lieu tenant, dated before his lamented father's death, and the others were f rom M r. B urt, o f M anc hester, from shareholders in Glasgow , and from a number of shareholde rs holding 500, 300, and fr om 100 t o 200 s hares.) The directorsab d therefore come to th e reso l u tion to recomme nd the share holderste Southampton for the United States, s tated in a lette r, , to proceed with th e Bill. Mr. Croskey , the Consa w. h was read by the Ch a i rman , th a t the Amer ican trade with and Southampton would shortly be mate ria ll y increased t urging the sharehold ers t o p r oceed. They were aware that they had always c ons id ere d it a des ideratum to enter into a friendly alli anc e with th e South -Western men t with Company, they had entered into an arrangement hi that company, whi c h h e believed had received is common Manchester and Southampton upwards of twenty - five _ iles of the line which they had proposed to construct —namely, ith the Dor seal, which would in all human probability sectomthe from Andover to Southampton (in connexion of Corn received the sanction of a Committee of the his Howeßill with mons. The South-Western proposed m t ote the object chester, the Bishopstoke, and Basingstoke lines), which had the best faith—they were anxious to the Manchester and only be proceeded with in the event of line north of chester and Southampton, if Southampton failing—(Hear ) —and, the whole between the Man which they had in view, but it was understoodpro that it should Romsey would be held as joint property the London and South-Western Company i; portion had also made arrangements to run over and to have of the Dorchester line at an equal mileage rate, and every oil er the free use of the stations of the company, These accommodation which they could afford. had not ne lected it should go on, They arrange ments, at least, proved that the directors _ g_ • the interests the shartholders, 614 that they had already IN RE A. DANIELLS. This bankrupt was described rs - I:Merchant having for merly been in business as a perfumer, receiving about 1,0001. a year, and living like a gentleman, which he disposed of for about 1,500/., and then entered very largely into rail way speculation, being at one period worth about 12,000/., but in the end his speculation resulted in a very heavy loss. This case was before the Court a short time since upon ap plication for certificate, and it was adjourned till this day, for the purpose of investigation, and more particularly re specting the proof of Mr. More for 644,0004 being a balance of account, resulting out of railway speculation. The bank rupt's debts and liabilities amount to about 10,0004, running over a period of three years, and the assets appear on the balance-sheet to be, property 162/. 9s. Bd. He commenced with a capital of 3,189/. 14s. 11d., and the losses and ex penses amount to about 10,000/., the profits being stated at 2851.65. 6d. Mr. Bagley appeared for Mr. More, to oppose, and Mr. Lawrarce for the bankrupt. It appeared that Mr. More had been in business in Liver pool, and in 1839 became bankrupt, but owing to some negli gence on his own part, he did not obtain his certificate until July. 1845, at which period he entered the Liverpool market as a sharebroker ; and he did not know what was the amount of his debts, or the dividend, if any, paid under that bank ruptcy. He was not a sworn broker. He had not offered to withdraw his opposition on payment of 3001. Mr. LAWRANCE stated that the last item in the account between the bankrupt and Mr. More, upon which the proof of 644,0001. was now sought to be made, bore date the 11th of August. The certificate was dated the 25th of July, and 21 days were required for the certificate to remain at the Court of Review; therefore the whole of these transactions upon which the proof was made took place at a time when Mr. More was an uncertificated bankrupt; under these cir cumstances, he (Mr. Lawrance) must submit that Mr. More was not entitled to prove. After some further discussion the proof was admitted for the full amount claimed. Mr. Shultz, a stockbroker, was then called and examined by Mr. BAGLEY, in the course of which it was stated by the witness that he had had transactions to the extent of thousands of pounds with various persons, and that the bankrupt was the most punctual of all. Upon the part of Mr. Ripley, a stockbroker. an adjourn ment of the case was prayed for under these circumstances: Mr. Ripley was a creditor for 5,0001., being the result of a loss upon Birmingham and Oxford shares, occasioned, as was alleged, by Emanuel Daniell, who, it was stated, had represented his scrip buyer to be a man of fortune, but had always refused to disclose his name. Upon going, however, to the office of the official assignee (Mr. Edwards) a bond of Lord Ventry's for 7,0001. being mentioned in the bankrupt's proceedings, and the same having been shown to Mr. Ripley, it was concluded that the bankrupt, being the brother of Emanuel Daniell, was his employer, and hence the trial to prove against the estate. The bankrupt then denied having employed his brother in any such transaction. Mr. LAWRANCE objected to an adjournment under such circumstances, and the Court concurred. Mr. BAGLEY and Mr. LAWRANCE having been heard pro and con, His HoNourt said that he did not consider that More stood in the position of a creditor entitled to much favour. The bankrupt had stated on a former occasion, that More would be unable to prove himself a creditor against this estate, but it appeared to him (the Commissioner) that he was a creditor. Upon the last occasion. also, the bankrupt stated that he had nothing to do with West Riding shares, but it appeared that he had, and he now sought to excuse himself, by stating that he was merely agent. But for the speculation in cotton, his Honour could not perceive how the bankrupt could have come here at all. This Court would be slow to tempt traders from legitimate speculation, if they did not go too far, and in the present case, the objection ap • peared to be, that the bankrupt had been trading out of his avocation as a trader, and it also appeared that he had been speculating in that which a trader ought not. In order to show traders that they were not to enter into illegitimate speculation, incurring losses, and then enter into one or two legitimate speculations for the purpose of coming into this Court, and being made free of all the debts, the judgment of the Court was, that the certificate be suspended for twelve months, with protection from month to month. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The May adjourned sessions for the county of Middlesex, commenced vesterday morning at the Court-house, Clerken well-green, before the Assistant-Judge and a full Bench of Magistrates The names of 82 prisoners appeared for trial in the calen dar, of whom seven were charged with misdemeanour, the remainder being indicted for felony. Of those, 46 were de scribed as able to read and write imperfectly, 9 only able to read, and 27 wholly unacquainted with either reading or writing. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, said there was one most important matter with respect to the effects likely to be produced upon females who were sen tenced to transportation, to which he could not Allow the present oppsrtunity to pass without adverting—he meant that system of reformatory discipline which the Government had established wtthin the last four years in relation to the female convicts in Van Dieman's Land. By that system the colony of females received the best of moral and religious in struction, and were also instructed in such domestic duties as would lit them for becoming useful members of society, and when they showed by their conduct that they had availed themselves of the benefits of the system tickets of leave were granted to them, and they were placed out as servants with persons of approved character. It was i true the period of three or four years was not enough to enable them to form an opinion of the perfectability of a system like this, but still there were sufficient facts to enable them to come to the conclusion that it was one fully deserv ing of a trial, and he hoped it would have a fair one. The Learned Assistant-Judge concluded by adverting to the system at present pursued at Parkhurst, so that boys under a certain height were refused admission, by which many fitting objects were precluded from its benefits. Wiliam Burke, for picking pockets, against whom there were several previous convictions, was sentenced to ten years transportation. Ldward Aiken was indicted for stealing a purse containing seven sovereigns and other monies, the property of Lothian Nicholson, from his person. The prosecutor, an officer in the Royal Engineers, was coming up from Woolwich by one of the steam boats, and upon the vessel reaching Blackwell he missed his purse, and recollecting that a man very like the prisoner, who carried a cloak on his arm, had pressed closely against him, he gave information to one of the pier police, who took the prisoner into custody. Six sovereigns were found upon him when he was searched, and he accounted for them by first saying that they were the result of his hard work as an umbrella maker, and next that he got them from a young girl to whom he was about to be married. The prisoner denied that the cloak was his, but it was identified by a policeman as belonging to the prisoner. The Assiswer-Jusam said, the prisoner was a most noto rious character, and always hanging about the Blackwell steam-vessels and piers, for the purpose of robbery; and he should, therefore sentence him to be transported for the term of ten years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SOUTHWARK. James Morris was charged with having discharged a loaded pistol at Frances Mary Colman Morris, his wife, with intent to kill her. _ _ 1 , The 'I complainant, a genteel-looking young woman, stated ' that she was married to the prisoner in March, 1846, but that she was separated from him for some time, owing to his improper conduct, and that since then she had been living at home with her father, an accountant and estate agent, Newington-causeway. On Friday last the prisoner called on her, and said that he wanted to give her a boa and shawl, and begged that she would meet him the same evening, in order that he might let her have them. She, however, re fused to meet him alone, but submitted that she had no ob jection to be at the place of appointment with a female friend, and she was accordingly accompanied to Weymouth street by a Mrs. Staples, a friend of her family. When they arrived at the place the prisoner was there waiting for them, and he led them through several obscure streets and lanes in that neighbourhood, until at length they came to a very unfrequented spot, when, she being com plained that he was leading them about to no ptuffrlsme.a moment impatient, e said that they would get to the house where_ or a moment. shawl were immediately, and they s topped 1 at her head. She heard the report, and while she stooped down the prisonewr.dlshcehnaragaehd, a a n d Pistol also , h r o a u r s r a e , n i t n h t o a d w b h e i c e n h say which, had passed and the prisoner ran one distinctly h e ard a whiz, as if tanheualtiedtesaoerf snheort,hsehaed.couAldt the say same instant she screamed out, she ran for protection.. way and she another, un s t s th d e on c e om so p i l t a t i s n ta a n n t t an s e a o id us s ly he t that he did not appear . , . r had s h e her, and hilesandederdeacthheadt aa obtained against the prisoner a short time assaultingfo n r o come time previously to the evening in question. seen him for did at not ten the click of the trigger and the report at the In repl e y t t h o e Pistol, ll r C °ri t. h l e N G a I c ( t A :v i i: moment the flash crossed her eyes. ller bonnet was not u in i ed, and she onl y suffered from the fright occasioned by suchr a c ircamstance. The prisoner had frequently quarrelled with her, and was of a very turbulent spirit, so much so, that lie had been in custody and held to bail for assaulting and threatening the life of his own mother. Mrs. Ann Staples corroborated the above statement. Mr. Col-m(3IIAM inquired the reason the prisoner was not brought before him on Saturday, the alleged offence being t perpetrated on Frid a y evenin g ?—ln re p l y to the magistrate, i - t h e complainant's fat her said, that hi s daughter informed him of what had occurred on Frida y ni g ht, and that he went and gave infor mation at the station-h ouse , but was told th er e that he must wait until the magistrate was made a cquainted with the facts before any steps could be tak en i n h air. ivr. this piece of information, affair. C o TriNcirrAm expressed his surp r i se a t and said, that a deliberate attempt to destroy a wife by her husband having been made, it was the duty of the police to have taken immediate steps for the apprehen sion ns o p f ee th t e or o c ffe o n w d ei er i . said. that the prisoner custody on Saturday afternoon, soot. his having shot at his after er the court closed, and that not a word was said th en o wife ; that a warrant of assault was previously issued against the prisoner, and that it was upon that warrant that he was charged. Corm;mum, addressing the prisoner, said that as the charge assumed so serious an aspect against him, and as 110 had no professional person present to advise with, probably it would be his better plan at present not to enter into any defence, or say anything in answer to so grave an accusation as attempting to shoot his wife. However, he was at liberty to do as he pleased on the subject. Prisoner—This is all a conspiracy against me. I did not lire a pistol at my wife, for, in fact, I had no pistol to lire if there was no report, or flash, or an ything of the kind ; had fired a pistol, I should have run away,; but I remai ne d near the spot, where my wife said she was shot at, and it is not likely if I had attempted such an act that I should have stopped behind. Her father, as well as herself, has a spite against me, and all they want is to get rid of me by any means they can. Her father took out a warrant against me on purpose to have me locked up, and he was the cause of our separation. When my wife left me I took her in again, and lately we went down to Dudley to her grandmother's, and had only recently come up from that place, when, by her father's interference, we again sepa rated, and I declare that the story about the pistol is all * fabrication. Mr. Corms:minx—Then do you deny being wit h y our wife and Mrs. Staples on the i evening of Friday ? Prisoner —I was with them, your Worship; I wrote a note to my wife to come for her shawl that was in my possession, and she came with Mrs Staples for it, and she screamed oat all in a mo ment, and ran away, saying that I had fired at her. I did make a noise with my finger and thumb, and likely she might have supposed it was the click of a pistol, but it wag no such thing. It is all a plan to get rid of me , as my wife thinks then that she can do as she pleases. I again declare most solemnly that I had no pistol, and that it's all a base conspiracy to ruin me. Mr. Corristannst here called forward the complainant, an d asked her particularly whether she could have been m istaken upon the occasion—whether the noise he described he made with his finger and thumb might have been mistaken by her for the noise of the trigger of a pistol? The reply was, that she (complainant) could not have be e! mistaken on the point ; that she distinctly heard the rePO:-' as well as the noise made by a bullet or shot passing near `0 her head. Mrs. Staples was also recalled, and she still adhered to the accuracy of her previous statement; that it was ridiculous for the prisoner to assert that he had snapped his she distinctly saw the flash and heard the report of a Pie t° close to the complainant's head. Mr. Cornszonam said he should remand the prisoner, in order that inquiries should be forthwith made respectin tbs pistol used on the occasion ; and also to procure the attend ance of some other parties who heard the report of the were pon at the time it was fired off. fingers, Sol MARKET NEWS.-(YESTERDAY' HAY Mani= TO. Clover SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2112 s to 31 16 5 ; ditto. 3/ 8s to 4116 s ; and Straw, 11 103 to 11 143 per lead. Troll, dull, at barely late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 15s to 3 1 185; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 4114 s ; and Straw, 11 12. to 11 1 65 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITZCHAPEL.—bIeadow Hay, 2/ 105 to 31 160; Cliz. ditto, 3/ 10s to 51; and Straw, 11. 103 to 11 1 45 per l oad Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market for British plantation is stesui. about 450 hhds having been sold without alteration in vall l r The public sales have consisted chiefly of 10,522 bags Saar i. tius, 4,669 bags 141 chests Bengal, 1,723 bags Madras. and 210 hhds Porto Rico, nearly all of which sold a steady prices, with the exception of the latter, whic h being held above the market value was all withdrawn. pri vately about 5,000 bags Manilla have been disp.osed of at 44s 6d, being a full price. The quantity of British Planta tion landed last week at the East and West India Docks W l ' 1,451 hhds 104 tierces ; there were taken for home consumr_ tion 1,143 hhds 140 tierces; the stock in the same places 15 10,180 hhds 892 tierces. Mysore! COFFEE.-133 bags Plantation Ceylon, 422 bags and 141 bales Mocha. The Ceylon realised steady prices, bill the Mysore and Mocha were taken in. and Rux.—The quantity landed last week at the E ast West India Docks was 876 ped uuli uns 37 hhds. Tbere were talc!! for home consumption, 325 puns 70 hhds, and expoll_,°° puns 52 hhds. The stock in the same place i5"9,120 p 504 hhds. 9 538 Ricu.—At auction 2,937 bags 1,857 pockets Benga l, bags Madras, 285 tierces Carolina, 2,940 bags Java , a" bags Manilla, which nearly all sold, the better qualities. Pa the previous currency, whilst on the lower kinds a reductao of 3d to 6d was submitted to. SALTPETRE.-1,590 bags Bengal were witbdravrn. SPICES.-200 bags Pimento, 314 bags Malabar Pe nn and 140 chests Cassia Lignea were offered by auction. I: Pimento and Pepper realised former prices, but the Cass , ' Lignea was withdrawn. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 47s to 47s 9d per cwt on the spo t, and Town 49s 6d. TEA.—This article is quiet. CorroN.—There is an increased disposition to buy. (From the London New Price Current of May 18.) Bm:4u.—To -day no advance occurred in the value_u` Raw Sugar. The home-trade were desirous to do busia% in most sorts to-day, whilst some parcels were taken b y brewers and distillers. On the part of exporters, ht'wfver, little desire was shown to operate. Importers of West e n Muscovade evinced firmness, and insisted up on prices .clu_l to those of Friday for all kinds, and at which a g ood bustu,"" was transacted. uelt REFINED.—To• day refined goods were in excellent re- by the home trade, and prices ruled firm. Bonded Crush ed Sugar sells freely for exportation. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar did not sale with much attention, and the parcels offere d at pu l lr on i c 3/U at a fa a a f . o 3 ri amounting to 4,175 bags and 76 casks, we nt mer rates of 6d. Madras met with little deman d bags were only in part sold. "A demand for MAURITIUS.—This afternoon there was a go— - The b u s t Mauritius Sugar for the use of refiners and gr o cers, w the brewers and distillers were buyers to a fair ex tent. parcels offered at public sale amounting to 11,238 bags 500 casks were nearly all disposed of, but merchants were cow• pelled to submit to a reduction on the rates of Friday of 6d to is per cwt. FOREIGN.—This afternoon at auction 416 Ude, 79 boxes, 11 trcs, 61 brls Cuba were offered, but a part only sold at barely the former value. COFFEE.—This afternoon the c,nantity of Ceylon Coffee submitted to public competition amounted to 1,206 bags; the Plantation was only in limited demand, and prices declined 2s to 3s per cwt, but the Native was in excellent request, and went at a rise on the rates of the last auction of is 6d to 25 nreo Tri n i d ado insistedu ‘ Ve West Ina ut l p n eo d un i e a . t i w e n a s w n e o r t e muchon l y partlyi n re per cwt ; the whole offered sold. a ti s t ebasaf af t ernoon 1 :66 1 ; Coc b o ;u A. tand full i q so u l T e d s mt , t To-day at public sale 620 pkgs Assom Tea were all sold, and at prices above what the proprietors expected to obtain ; Pekoe fetching Is 10d to 3s I ltd. Congou qd to is 31d. Souchone• Is 2d to 2s Id, and a few chests of lni• perial Hyson and Young Hyson is llid to 33 6d. Rica—To-day there was only a limited demand for East India Rice. At public sale 2,414 bags of Manilla were sold but at rather lower rates. Of 1,864 bags B en g al, the soup a was taken in, but the damaged sold. Privately, there was little business done in any kind of Rice. SAGO—To-day, at public sale 228 boxes of Pearl Sago sold at reduced rates. CocinNElL.—This afternoon at public sale 100 bags ct Ikl - Cochineal were all withdrawn, and 364 chests Lae A.exican Dye were nearly all taken in at 6d to l la for IOWtO middling quality. SPIRITS.—The demand for Leeward Island Rum has c° 11 ,.: sidorably improved since our last report, and a rise in Pri‘7 of 3d to 4d per gallon has taken place. Purchases to . e large extent have been made, and 35 5 d to as 6d are rie Pi! rates paid. East India met with a good demand, and p ma .ee have risen. In Demerara several purc h a ses have been and prices are on the ascendancy. For all kinds of Jamaiels there has been an extensive home demand, whilst exporters operated with freedom ; prices have risen 3 d t o 4d per gall": Brandy is offered upon further reduced term s, still few cop tracts have been entered into by exporters or the home trade. whilst the stock is on the increase; the deliveries; however: continue to be satisfactory. Geneva is wanted for ex tion, tion, and prices are higher. Fine for home use in good as' mend. For British Corn Spirits the demand is very good. INDIGO.—To-day 921 chests (all second-hand goods) bar passed the sale. During the progress, proprietors have sea withdrawn 438 chests. The few lots of good and fine quality which passed the sale continued to be in good demand at about 3d discount on the February sale's prices, whilst the ordinary and defective kinds were chiefly bought in at the p r i c es previously established, viz. from 4d to 6d discount on the last sale. The quantity bought in to-day is 450 chests. Ou.s.—lmporters of Southern Oil submitting to a further' nd i nd l)treductiontoucypaerprevail svb.aeilos i fbe , n otaral pricesnlm ledecm e t with 12. qualities, sfs further little eed t ru attentionl reduced 9tu ntu n s occasioned taeptrra a ctte g i nn TALLow.—Prices of Russian suffered no furtFer aeall of business transacted in Cod has been to . a small extet only. With Sperm . the market continues to be well supPit' sion, but the purchases made on the spot have been trill!! by . soip makers . and chandlers, who took only sufficient A T. their immediate wants. Home-made met with a god "- mud on the spot. There is a plentiful supply. For other kinds of Tallow prices remain much the same as previously quoted, but only a limited demand has been experienced' d aral d et e hf m pooouu gs DEPLORABLE DEATH OF A MOTHER AND CHILD 774 THE PENITENTIARY.—An inquiry took place on Saturday% before Mr. Bedford, in the Milbank Prison, on t he body PI Agnes Dewsnap, who died under the following naelanchog circumstances :—Mr. Laurent, the Deputy-Governor of.tA_4!. prison, stated that the deceased was admitted o n the 10ts!.0± February, from York Castle, having been convicted at the February, Sheffield sessions of stealing boots, and eentenced. deposed previous conviction) to seven year s ' trans p ortation. t AnthonyhWath o i t n e , t t h h e e 3 e d m o i f n e i‘ n i t a y s u h r e g eo was n , s o e f n t P f a o r r l itaorntchnet - p s r i r A s He saw deceased, who w as sufferin g under pueryeal convvuni, sions and in labour. He saw Mr. Davy, the resident surgeo.. and suggested her i mmediate delivery, or the efforts WOal" cau se her death. The mechanical e ff ort proved unavailing. from the excessive size of the bones of the child's head, and t h e i r excessive hardness. As the onl y hopes of saving the mother, it was deemed expedient to remove the child, which, after some time was effected. It had probably been dead some hours. In answer to the Coroner, Mr. White said that all had been done in good time, and to his perfect satisfaalion by Mr. Davy. Mr. Davy, the resident surgeon, and other w o itn a pss y n as, stated hethastthwedteackeasen ill, and diedgoneedhad theon well next day up to Te. The jury returned a verdict of "Natural death," and paid a high coophraent Me. Davy, for the skill an t kindness 11 0 had shown. BIRTHS. On the 14th inst., at Babraham, Cambridgeshire, the WI/ of the late Henry John Adeane, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., at Eastbourne -terrace, Sussex-glude" the wife of Charles Pemberton, Esq., of a daughter. ~ On the 15th inst., at Clapton-square, Mrs. F. Engelharue of a daughter. On the 17th inst., at Highbury-grange, Mrs. J a mes 13 ' Scott, of a son. On the 15th inst., Mrs. Joseph Ludlam, of MARRIED. On Monday last, at the Unitarian Chapel , P ark-NW' Diss, Norfolk, by the Rev. Thomas Hunter, Mr. S. IL J° l ! n : son, one of the representatives of Mr. Heary Cuthbert, win; and spirit merchant, to Catherine Elizabeth, younges• daughter of Mr. John Mallott, all of Dies. On the 11th inst , in Paris, at the Catholic Chu rch of Notr: Dame de Lorette, and afterwards at the Protestant Chu" of the Oratoire, Flora Frances Rebecca Davison , e ldest dang t * ter of Major-General Davison , of North umberland, to t • Vicomte Henri de Milhau, of the Chateau de la Baulk s ' Toulouse, Haute Garonne, France. Willis% DIED. 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