The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-06 00:00:00

T T.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL C
THIS DAY.

(Before Mr. Justice PATTEsoN.)
MORRISON'S PILLS.---MANSLAUGIITER•
r ted
Salmon, a respectable looking mail,
Robert Was in( !1-.. . a
for administering, on the 20th of January last, to J°.h.s
Mackenzie, a certain deleterious mixture, which caused his
deatth th ese-i.
Messrs. CLARKSON and BODKIN apporepard for
ituso Lsr
cation ; and Sir F. PoLLocx, Messrs.
SSE, and 'PHILLIPS for the defence. „ that
MASSE,
It appeared, from the statement of Mr. ur.Anicsotr,
Ratcliffe
thea deceased was a master mariner, residing a irtate,..:.,
nd the prisoner carries on business at No. 6,
street, as a tobacconist, and a vendor of Morrison's 1 :.*
kneeebettenci
The deceased had been ill for a few days, but
He was then attacked with rheumatism in the atv
the prisoner attended him. He ordered him to take
threetwnl
pills at night, twenty in the morning, and thirty-five At a
o'clock* in the day. The deceased got much worse, °D
died in a few days. "aecit
There are a great number of witnesses to be collo
Farring,cliou
and the case is likely to occupy a considerable time'

NE CO UT.
o.arles &llick, aged W 14, was -R
indicted for stealing 31
shawl od other articles, the property of Thomas Sellick'
his father. No.
The prosemitor, who is a shoemaker, residing at ,i,
26, New North-s!Teet, Red Lion-square, deposed that loef
property in question IN'as stolen from him on the Ist of
March. A police-officer- found some of the property' et ~
prisoner's lodgings, and the sYawl was sold at a pawnbroker'
in St. Giles's. risoner for
The record of aformer conviction l
of the p felony
at the Central Criminal Court on the 4th of January a'
was put in and read.—Guilty.
One of the Jurors asked permission of the Court to Psnet,
some questions to the father, and it appeared from his _0
swers that he had the boy at school constantly until he l',o
expelled. He had him cdso at a Sunday-schol, but.,.
vicious habits were such that he was also expelled from .so
The Juror—l think if the father had treated kis
properly he would not have been such a &sgrace to h°ll.aod
de The prosecutor indignantly repelled the observation,
tailed a series of robberies committed by the prisonro• it a
The Comm S ON--ERGEANT—GentICITICri, I will tel. you
circumstance connected with schools. Ler" f er-
ger has made an accurate calculation of the number 0 Pand
were able to read and write, and those who
sons convicted before him who have been at school,
and
were eet' or
the proportion of the former to the latter it; as sesre°
IVm . Clarke,a handkerchief 2O, an d John
from J
eight to two. indicted fs°/:
stealing othn
the pocket
p2olc,kwetereof Joseph
Pollock.—Guilty. :,0 o4tb
James Arrand, 19, was indicted for on t- f
stealing
__efty o
of March, a finger-glass, value ls. 6d., the P"
n oeee°-
James Harsant. The prisoner was passing the ./. viia"
0
tor's house, and
_ snatched the property from an oye.ilti,
dow.
. He stated that he was in great distress.---"° 0 tbe
4 h Joseph' Widowson, 30, was indicted for stealing °rty of
t of March a cloak and coat, value 31., the Pled tbe
Thos. Parry. The prisoner was met coming °g,;erty iii
prosecutor's_house with a. bag containing the Pr°r

question.—Guilty.
4101
LONDON, SALISBURY, EXua'
AND FALMOVTH RAILWAY.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) fed 4
The importance of railways has been so fully Pr° nisei
experience, and is so universally felt, that beforteion
will
years have elapsed, this mode of internal commueica, 001
ppraertvaoilfintheeveeirvyilpizaerdt of this islandG—ret2aaty, ultimatelY luorreet
of enterprize has set in very strongly in UP,.
takenotertht o
not only are railways projected and measure,are
them Land's-end
into effect, which may in process of time connect
with the county of Caithness, but riva frowns";
coming in competition with each other for the acc ,ero
ment of the same object, in those cases, especially! vil". ear
is of great and evident advantage. The opetelig
muni • cation of this nature between the South- wester--t the
tricts of England and the Metropolis was an °liecolcea
paramount importance of which could not be over ° arste
iristdiainre
te
and accordingly we find that, at this moment, two ScPose
Companies have taken the field for the professed PlsborYs
carrying it into effect. One is the " London, S3ll tile
a mouth Railway Companyi fhor
Exeter, and F 1 tcitfono;..rryalri
the °- milar
" South-Western Railway Company." Professing a 5, ~ca)4
oobfject, however, these parties have taken very diffelrsotir
setting about it. The projectors of the 4i:ration,
Western Company," without any preliminary ocei
obtaining a survey, or fixing upon a line of road, al-I°,llloa to
at once their plan of making a Railway from LOTotber
Exeter,
advertised the names of a Committee an their
functionaries, and called upon the public to support otllo
undertaking. This announcement was made some 01° has
ago ; and yet this is all the information that the publiegtba
hitherto received on the subject. The originators e` oa
" London, Salisbury, Exeter, and Falmouth" CornPlired
the other hand, began at the beginning. They cleP as to
engineers of distinguished ability to make a surveY, :°0 te ;
ascertain the line of the railway they proposed to e'feuer
and having obtained this survey and a report upon it., arid,
pediency of the line, they then announced their Pla;te of
the formation of their Company. Such then is the Cif
the matter ; and we have the anomalous case of rivathere is
panies without rival lines. In these circurnstaneesbetvlect.°
evidently no competition, as there are not two plane „ trot'
which any comparison can be made ; and there is
file
fore
only one railway between London and Exeter no
public.the
A sketch of this line has been published by ..e°
pany, along with their Prospectus, and its advantagld‘V
the most palpable kind. It commences at 13041,00
the line from London to that place being part of thetoo,
and Southampton line—and passin. through Over yeov'
dover, Salisbury, 'Wilton, Shaftesbury, Sherborne, once,
Ilminster, Honiton, and some other towns of ireet°3od
terminates at the city of Exeter, whence it is coil. his
Plymouth and Devonport to the port of Falineata bight
will evidently be a work of gres3t public utility, al' throsg..s
conducive to the prosperity not only of the towns
~cvate"_,
and near which it passes, but also to the countrYs;vie tll°-0
to the line ; and from its becoming a most otenofforeifil
roughfare, both for travelling, and the conveynece,,t it vi"
and domestic produce, it can hardly be doubted that it, ,
be beneficial to those whose capital is embarked the
tile urlic'
That this is the opinion generally entertaineu
a 5 be
py
ceived by the public. It is cordially
dcrtaking is evinced by the manner in which it I by Iled
supporte once. 0
of the best informed and most influential persons c distriew
with the landed and commercial interests in the not icleric
through which the railway is to pass, who have but 'Ala•
subscribed largely to the capital of the CornPa° sof b
ittee rot
agreed to act as members of the local Comm ittee, f a
nagement ; while the London Provisional C°lllalconsists :14
which these local Committees are to co-oVerat°' fitienec' Li•
body of gentlemen distinguished for vvealtb,
ability. The capitalists of Manchester, Bit° sve tot;
verpool, and many other commercial 0%05'4 on° nor
told, have already come forward for shares to a Mere Pi„rat-
thus showing their confidence in the result as athe '-
speculation, and conveying a double assurance "a
son
owners on the line, of its commercial important reade: the
In conclusion, we cannot but congratulate outio whic v
the favourable prospects of an enterprise frortiouto,
country in general, and they themselves in pa
not fail to derive essential benefit.

--------- DAY)'
THE *MARKET S—(T 1-IIS
Grain
—......----
CORN EXCHANGE. 0 other other
The arrivals of Oats this week are good, a VIC weather
moderate, and of Flour there is a small firmlyreturo maieTat
the
continues wet, and the prices of Wheat are orebasesteaclfP
but the millers do not show a disposition t° Prioaci"sondg.
connection
id,
iuscpatoi
present terms. Barley, Beans, and Pease 00, 5,
1 er Pricc
The sale Oaf fOaiartssalt:lae;2obf:eirres,nFblro4iu;2ll,
(aairtts.rtahthec:adf i r„..„.1 e" tai'
1 sin to'
A It It I V ALS. ~. 0,
I Wheat. I Barley. I ,t1;4) go 1 ----..
a,, ote
THE LATE DR. VALPV.--The--:olit' t9,oll°f Of d°
- - --
—— - , na ilitil'lllo
fiinrgst—e
and valuable works in n nt of liter. iron"' 01.
every departme cqUlre kfi his
scoarhisailifmaecetsntiunryE,
nags
itahned,baenad
iihttev...,o
wren
the osoifntiaotlhnis distinguished man with the d
of one 0.04
name of Dr. Valpy too well known to r is a tas, •diftli .'s
lengthened biographical notice. That, inded,ls will °lv l'ilf
we doubt not, one of his many celebrated Pol9l_,riarclls, and °t
and reverentially perform. Like the ancient
iPla
OLf lola, pc
descended to the tomb at a good old acre,
''
fu
entered
_etooof
honours ; like them, too, he has doubaess
cis, of P.lt be f°.
promised " rest" of which they, by the eler would aillY °l:
faith and patience, assuredly partake. HapPY_ ,caere „sae.
mankind if a life of such active usefulness weearY,,Ted el. Losla
tated--thrice happy, if to that imitation svt• 0
st'uurs aci ii
•
hope" of a joyful immortality.
ful departure of this venerable man, and his Chrtfilicii p 0f
ble 131°o
, , at
• We are sorry to learn that the
ve tert`lll'the
Norwich is indisposed.
WRY .-- . -s,,,,air „n
PROCLAMATION OF OUTLA"..., mr. Pce_. cal;
the Middlesex Sessions, Clerkenwell
gerefeollowing g ifrocilst
Sheriff's officer, publicly called upon
dth. s
~.f. mesi!ell'sastoA
to surrender themselves to the procec mug,
_yr, isso
.gcliw
.r;
&c., on the pain, in default, of a writ of oi ttattrueJd Lorrl.a 6b;rtloen
them, viz.:—Edward Thyne, —Berkvsheirnera
Thyne ; Charles Gore, the Re' burcll;johil
Gore; the Hon. Edward Petro; ,i_ .w. ~r, icii
Maxwell • Mr. George Giles I Low ; '•' r', jet.; Iri fia
Alexdr Frit , Jo
Charles 'Birkett ; Mr. Hugh
xford • ALI.' Nl'
Alexdr. Harper ; Mr. John 0.
11A" Mr. holies 9
Spalding ; Mr. W. Owen Wheat y;
common)) rev. the 1-1814:7,, osanior,

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