The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-05 00:00:00

THE MURDER NEAR KERNE BAY.

1 CANTERBURY, Ma
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Saturday a
Alfred Alger was placed at the bar of the Count►
Police-court, Canterbury, charged with the wilful
ypole'ev •
Mr. William Delmar presided, and Captainening last,
and Messrs. Plummer and Nea Starke
murderanc dis-
tance fro° ref Vehranred
bench. tne 'were also on the

The prisoner, who is 32 years of a ge , is a native
of North Kent. He has served 12
years i the army,
first in the 92d and afterwards
in then 52d Regi-
ment, and has been discharged without a character.
He is married and has one child, and for about four
months has resided at Maypole, having been en-
gaged as a labourer on the railway works in pro-
gress in that neighbourhood. The prisoner bears a
very indifferent character. He did not display much
concern at his position, though he watched the evi-
dence with interest, and occasionally cross-examined
the witnesses.

The particulars of the murder have already ap-
peared. At the termination of the examination of
the witnesses, the chairman said—lt is our duty to
commit you to a jury to decide whether you are
guilty or not.
Prisoner—l do hope that something
will be found
out to clear me of the charge of murder, or °r at all
seen the
events to lighten my crime.
leaving o
Herne-street.
deceased since we parted after leavg
to
st.
Angus:
He was then removed and conveyed
tine's Gaol.
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EXPENSE OF THE CHINA WAR.—FrOM a return
issued on Saturday, it appears that the total amount
issued from the Exchequer in 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862,
on account of the China war, was 44,680,000, and the ex_
penditure was £4,652,003, leaving a balance of Z 28,097 in
the hands of the Paymaster-General. The claims
Indian Department, after all deductions, amounted bY the
Z 1,962,852, out of which £6,089 is
the am to
settled .
amount 411 Un-

'BRIAL PARLIAME

HOUSE OF LORDS—Last Evening.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his eeat on the woolsack ai
the u.3ual hour.

ROYAL CO M MISSION.
The Royal assent was given bycommission to the follow-
ing bills :
Post-office Savings Banks
Gardens in Towns Protection
Office of Secretary of War Abolition
Cambridge, St. John's-lane, Stoppage
Mid Wales Railway (Capital)
Becks and Hants Extension Railway
Market Harborough and L ,ughborough Road
London and North Western and Lancashire and York-
shire Railway Companies
South Staffordshire Railway
Glasgow Gas
Leyland and Farrington Gas
Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway
Caledonian Railway (Bredenholme Deviation)
Scarborough Water
Leeds Gaa
Swansea Municipal Corporation
Glasgow and South Western Railway Capital)
Harrowgate Gas
The Royal Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
Earl St. Germans, and Lord Sydney.
CASE OF MR. BISHOP.

The Marquis of NORMAN BY said he had that after-
noon received a letter from the noble earl the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, stating that owing to a severe
cold he should be precluded from attending the house
that evening, and therefore he (Lord Normanby)
was reluctantly compelled to defer presenting the petition
of the Rev. Mr. Bishop, on the part of his son, now a pri-
soner in the fortress of Alexandria, till Monday next.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Midland Railway (Extension to London)—Wear
Navigation and Sunderland Docks—Busby Railway—and
Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Railway Bills were a
second time.
THIRD READINGS.

The Dulas Valley Mineral Railway, Wicklow Copper
and Hibernian Mines Companies, Uxbridge and Rickmans-
worth Railway, Banff, Portsoy, and Strathisla Railway,
Stirling Estate, Workington Dock, Desford Roads and
Accrington Gas Bills were read a third time and passed.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales entered the
house shortly after five, and sat on the front seat of the
cross benches. The Earl of Derby immediately crossed to
the Prince, and entered into a very animated conversation
with Isis Royal Highness.
TIIE ALBERT BRIDGE.

Lord CHELMSFORD called attention to the petition
for the recommittal of this bill, and moved that the bill be
referred back to the same committee. The proposed bridge
was proposed to cross the Thames between the new Chelsea
bridge and the old Battersea bridge, and would undoabt•-
edly be of great convenience, not only to large areas of pri-
vate property on both sides of the river, but also to the
public property. It had been estimated that in four years
the whole cost of the bridge would be realised from the
sale of the improved approaches. The petitioners com-
plained that the committee of the Lords had
reported against the bill, and had rejected
evidence in its favour, whilst they received and acted upon
the evidence proposed in the interests of the proprietors
of Old Battersea, who were, of course, opposed to the
scheme.

Lord TAUNTON considered that after a committee had
come to a certain conclusion, it was too much for the pro-
moters of a bill to come forward and ask for an alteration
of that determination.

After a few words from Lord De Ros,
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The Earl of CAMPERDOWN said he had been a mem-
ber of the committee, and after the most patient hearing
of the evidence brought before them, he was of opinion that
it was not expedient at present to erect the proposed

bridge.
Lord CRAN WORTH supported the motion.
Lord TRURO opposed the motion.

The Earl of DERBY supported the motion, because he
thought the advantages of a bridge in the proposed posi-
tion were too obvious to admit of doubt. Thereal question
for tho committee to have considered was, whether the pre-
amble of the bill (which stated that the bid would be of
great utility to the public) had been proved. That question
however the committee did not seem to have entertained.
Lord TAUNTON said the motion had been brought for-
ward at the instance of a very powerful party, and he
warned the house against listening to the suggestion made
bythem for upsetting the deliberate decisionof the committee.
The Earl of DERBY thought the powerful party seemed
to be all on the other side. (Hear, hear.)
Earl GRANVILLE opposed the motion for the reasons
stated by the noble lord behind him (Lord Taunton), and
also upon the general ground of the inconvenience of dis-
turbing a decision cf a committee.
Lord TAUNTON again entreated their lordships not
to agree to the motion, and said that though, if it were car-
ried, he and the other members of the committee would do
their beat to give proper weight to any new evidence brought
before them, still it would be done under protest, as con-
trary to his whole Parliamentary experience.

The Duke of MONTROSE supported the motion.

Lord REDESDALE opposed it on the technical grounds.
Earl GREY thought it might always be assumed that a
new means of communication would be advantageous unless
special reasons were shown to the contrary; and he was by
no means prepared to say that the time had not arrived
when some mode of appeal from the decision of a committee
should be adopted. He should therefore support the motion,
more particularly as the fact of a large number of persons
having been found willing to subscribe the funds for the
bridge seemed to afford strong proof that it was generally
considered to be required.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought that, instead
of referring the bill back to the committee, it would be bet-
ter to discuss it on its merits in the whole house on the third

reading.
The Earl of WICKLOW opposed the motion.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE thought it was a dangerous
course to interfere with the general practice of the house in
its mode of legislating upon private business; and though
he thought they could not have too many bridges in the
metropolis, he would rather the advantage of a new bridge
should be delayed another year than disturb the admirable
working of the present system with regard to committees.
The Duke of SOMERSET thought it would be better to
refer the bill to another committee.
Their lordships then divided—

Content
Not content
Majority.... —ll
The motion was therefore lost.
HARES (IRELAND) BILL.
This bill passed through committee.
VICE-ADMIRALTY COURTS.
This bill passed through committee.
INCLOSURE BILL.
This bill was read a third time and passed.
Their lordships then adjourned.