The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEENUARY___9 1847.

The CtimitatADl replied, five millions.—(oh oh !)
A PROPRIETOR wished to have some explanation upon the
manner in which it was intended to dispose of the York Ex-
tension shares.
The CHAIR:IIAX replied that all the A shares would be
called up before April, for the construction of the St. Ives
and Wisbeach line, and B would be devoted to the purposes
of the Maldom and Witham line. C and D would be ap-
plied to the purposes of such lines as Parliament might
grant in the present Session. The shares would carry divi-
dends so soon as the lines to which they were applied came
into working operation. A pledge had already been given that
until these York Extension lines were exhausted no further
creations would be made. When all those shares were paid
up, they would become Eastern Counties' Stock.
A PEOPRIETOR thought it would be better to exhaust the
calls of A before any were made in B.
The Bill was then approved of, as were also the following :
A Bill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Counties
Railway Company of the North Woolwich Railway, and the
lease of the upper warehouses and wharfs of the East and
West India Dock Company, and the construction of docks in
connexion with the North Woolwich Railway.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company
to make a railway from the Syston and Peterborough Rail-
way, in the parish of Etton, in the county of Northampton,
to the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bolton Junction Rail-
_

'ay, near Folkingham. -
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company
_;o enlarge their London and Stratford stations, and to amend
some of the provisions of the Acts relating to the Eastern
Counties Railway Company.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company
to make a railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, at
West Ham, to or near the Victoria Park, with Branches to
the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction

hallway.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company
to make a railway from the Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cam-
bridge Junction Railway, in the parish of Somertham, to the
town of Ramsey.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to
make a railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, .near
Cambridge, to the Hertford and Ware branch of the Northern
and Eastern Railway, with branches.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company
to make a railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, near
Cambridge, to the Bedford and Bletchley Railway, at or near
Bedford, with branches.
A Bill to enable tke Eastern Counties Railway Company
to make a railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway
at Hertford, to the Great Northern Railway, near Hitchin.
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company
to make a railway from the Eastern Counties Railway, at or
near the Forestgate station, to Southend, with branches.
A Bill for making a railway from the Maldon, Witham,
and Braintree Railway, near Braintree, to llalstead.
The CHAIRMAN said the next was
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company
to make a railway from the Northern and Eastern Railway,
at Tottenham' to or near Guildford-street, with branches to
the East and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction
Railway.
The length was a mile and a half, and the capital a
million and a half.

Several shareholders objected to the last Bill. The cost
was too much.
The CHAIRMAN said the directors were .prepared to with-
draw it. They took the opinion of the shareholders on those
Bills in accordance with the standing orders, but they did
not bind themselves to proceed with all the Bills should
reasons arise for withdrawing any of them.
The Bill was withdrawn, and the two following Bills were
agreed to :
The Bill to authorise the purchase, by the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway Company, of the Maldon, Witham, and Brain-
.

tree Railwa-y. -
A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company
to make a railway from the Great Northern Railway, near
Spalding, to the Nottingham and Lincoln Branch of the
Midland Counties Railway.

In reply to a question,
The CHAIRMAN stated that the A shares would be allowed
to carry dividends from July next payable in the following
January, and after the former month the A shares would be
divided from the B.

In reply to another question,
The CHAIRMAN said there was no truth whatever in the
statement which had appeared in one of the railway prints,
thas it was his intention to resign owing to his
being unable to agree with his colleagues on the
subject of the management of the line. He felt
that his character and reputation were bound up in
the prosperity, and should any event happen requiring his
retirement, which he did not for a moment ant►cipate, he
would take care that the shareholders should be informed of

the fact by himself. He repeated, however, that there was
no foundation whatever for the rumour which had gone
abroad, and he hoped to remain with them till age incapaci-
tated him fur business.—(Cheers.)
A vote of confidence was then passed to the chairman and
directors, and the meeting terminated.

QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Justice ERLE and a Special Jury.)

STEALING A BODY AND CREATING A RIOT.-THE QUEEN V.

HAYNES AND OTHERS.
This extraordinary case, which has been postponed fn m
time to time, at length came on for trial this morning, at
the sitting of the Court.
It was an indictment charging the defendants, Mr. Joseph
Bailie Haynes, Mr. N. Haynes, Thomas Haynes Smith,
Edward Haynes, and persons named Cole, Phillipps, Groves,
Cullum, Sog, Porter, and others, with stealing the body of
the late Mr. Joseph Haynes, a gentleman of considerable
property, who at the time of his death resided at Edgware,
and with creating a riot whilst forcibly carrying the body
away.

Tile Attorney-General, Mr. M. Chambers, and Mr. Clark-
son were for the prosecution ; and Sir F. Tliesiger and Mr.
Cockburn for the defendants.

It appeared from the opening of the Attorney-General, 1
and from the statements of the witnesses for the
prosecution—which will be better understood in the
form of a narrative than as disjointed pieces of
evidence—that Mr. Haines died suddenly on Friday, the
19th of December, 18.15, and that arrangement had been

made by his executors, Mr. Barton and Mr. Slater, for his
interment on the 28th of the same month. Ills body, after
having undergone a post-mortem examination, was placed in
a coffin in the usual way. He had been estranged from his
family for some years, and the only inmates of his dwelling,
besides the domestics, were two ladies named Huggins,
the youngest of whom was 18, and the eldest 28,
whom he used to say, were his neices, but it appeared
that they were not related to him. By his will he left his
son, the first-named defendant, about 1001. a year, and the
reversionary interest of some property for himself and his
children. ' The other persons named Haynes were related to
the family. Haynes Smith was an illegitimate son of the
deceased. He left the eldest Miss Huggins 500/. a year, and
two houses for her lifetime. On Saturday, the 27th of De-
cember, the first-named defendant obtained the key of the room
in which the body was deposited for the purpose, as he stated,
of seeing his father for the last time. His two little boys
were with him. Several persons came at the same
time, according to their statement, for a similar purpose, and
they were brought up in couples until the room contained as
many as fourteen. He tried to induce Mrs. Halcorn' the
person who accompanied the party at the request of Miss
Huggins, to leave the room; but she would not, as she had
received no direction. He excused the staying of the party
by saying that they were waiting for a lady named Davies.
Immediately after the servant announced that the coffin had
arrived, and Mrs. Halcorn requested them to leave, as Mr.
Burton had given directions that as soon as the coffin came
it should be soldered up. The coffin, however, was not the
one expected. The defendant then went to the door, and
after opening it said to a person outside, who, it appeared,
was William Haynes, " You, from the High Court of Chan-
cery—l command you to do your duty." Mrs. Holcroft said
he was not an officer of that Court, and mentioned his name.
The party, however, who had been joined by others from the
street, proceeded to lift up the corpse ; she ran out of the
room, and informed Miss Huggins of the proceedings, who
came out of her room in her dressing-gown, but by
that time the body had been covered with a black
cloth, and strapped to a black board resembling a
coffin lid. Mrs. Holcorn begged them to desist, and
characterised the proceeding as a mock funeral.
The windows were thrown up and assistance called for. The
feet of the body were thrust against her, and the servant
was knocked down and injured. They did all they could to
resist the removal of the body, and Phillips (who was the
driver of the hearse—for a hearse and two mourning coaches
had been brought to the door), exclaimed, "If they will
not let the body come down throw the b— over the banis-
ters" (meaning Watkins). The Misses Huggins clung to the
feet of the 'body, and, in consequence, considerable disturb-
ance was created, and a man, named Hawkins, who also
resisted, was nearly thrown over the banisters. Mr. and
Mrs. Hale (the niece of the deceased) and their two sone,
who were staying in the house, and several persons be-
longing to the town, also endeavoured to prevent the body
from being brought down stairs. Mr. Haynes himself ex-
claimed " Throw the body over." They at length succeeded
in their object, and took the body into the parlour. Very
horrible and disgusting language was used. The coffin,
which had contained the deceased, with the mattress and
shroud, which were stained with blood, were placed across
the door of Miss Huggins's room, so that access could not be
obtained without stepping over it. The magistrate, Mr.
Williams, who was consulted by the defendant on the sub-
ject, declined to interfere, and ultimately the body was re-
moved and buried at Kennington. They returned in the
evening, and stopped in the house till twelve that night,
drinking and making a great noise. It appeared that the
defendant had been in the house for some days before the
occurrence.
These were the material facts in support of the prosecution,
and were testified to by a great number of witnesses. It was
elicited from some of them that the defeadant claimed the
body of his father as his heir, and in accordance with a wish,
which he had expressed to him in a letter, to be buried near
the grave of a ehild at Kennington. In his will, however,
the deceased expressed his wish to be buried at Edgware.
The case for the prosecution having been closed,
Sir FFPDERICK TifEstout then proceeded to address the
"
jury on behalf of the defendants. He submitted that the
object of those who had instituted the prosecution was not
so much to promote public justice as to prevent the de-
fendant from continuing the suits which he had instituted in
the Court of Chancery and in the Ecclesiastical Courts, for
the proper investigation of his father's affairs, and the resti-
tution of his own rights. It appeared that the unfortunate
deceased had formerly been the inmate of . a lunatic
asylum, that he had conducted himself so strangely
as to have estranged his family from him, and
during the later period of his life to have admitted into his
house strangers who had obtained so much influence over
him as to have induced him to have left the bulk of his pro.
perty to them—Miss [luggin nearly 800/. a year, Mr.
Burton, the prosecutor, 600/., and his own son, the defendant,
but 1001. a year. They had arrayed themselves against the
family of the deceased for the purpose of keeping all the de-
ceased's property in their hands. Executors had only to deal
with personal property, and as the house at Edgware was
freehold, and, moreover, as he repudiated the competency
of his father's testamentary acts, owing to his lamentable
condition, he had a perfect right to take possession of the
house at his death, and to take possession of his body for
the purpose of sepulture. Then there could be no doubt that
the defendant wished to remove the body down stairs for the
Purpose of having it placed in a coffin in the parlour; and
that they were quietly proceeding to perform this task, when
. interference took ',lace, and the noise and confusion arose
consequence of that interference. The body was com-
pletely covered, and preparations had been made to inter it
in
11
nota proper
maintained.
comanner,nfi,
concluded by
the defendants.
thfswhole of the defendants.
The jury acquitted all •
so that the allegation of indecency could
confidently
some further observations, he
that the jury would acquit

EXCHE
QUEM—(THIS DAY.)
lIEWZTT V. TURNER.
This was an action in which the ,
who was the
secretary to the Tring and Reigate
ailway Bought to re-
cover of the defendant, Mr. Turner, MI,
pmoney
a sum of
alleged to be due to him for services rendered to the railway
in question, the defendant being at the time the debt was
contracted a member of the provisional committee.
Mr. Humfrey and Mr. T. Saunders were counsel for the
plaintiff; Mr. Martin and Mr. rearm kr the defendant.

It appeared that the managers of this company came to
a resolution to wind up the affairs of the company, and for
this purpose it was agreed amongst themselves that each
party should subscribe a sum of 1751. towards a fund, to be
placed at the disposal of a committee for the purpose of li-
quidating the outstanding claims npon the committee. The
defendant, however, did not pay his share of the liquidation
fund until some time after the resolutions were passed. Two
action had been brought against the defendant, of whqh the
present was one, the other being set down for trial
at the Guildford assizes in the last term. A few days before
the day appointed for the hearing of the cause, the defendant
made an arrangement by which, upon payment of his pro-
portionate share of the fund agreed upon among the di-
rectors, the action was to be stayed.
The defendant now pleaded that the arrangement made
upon payment by him of the sum of 1751. was in satisfac-
tion of the present as well as the former action. It appear-
ing, however, from the evidence of the solicitor to the com-
pany, and several other witnesses, that it was only the pro-
ceedings upon the first action that were to be stayed, the
jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for the
plaintif for the amount claimed.
WELLINGTON :v. OOURNAY.
This was an action brought for the purpose of recovering
compensation in damages for a libel uttered by the defendant
in a letter, which was calculated seriously to affect the
character of the pinintiff.
Sir F. Thesiger appeared to conduct the case on behalf of
the plaintiff, Mr. Martin for the defendant.
The plaintiff was, it appeared, a surgeon, residing at
Twickenham, who had recently established himself in that
town. The defendant, who had previously been an intimate
friend of the plaintiff, was also a member of the medical
profession, carrying on business at Madeley in Shropshire.
The action arose out of the following circumstances :—The
defendant addressed a letter to a Mr. Lichfield, a surgeon of
considerable practice in the same town as the plaintiff, re-
questing to be informed whether the plaintiff was then re-
residing in that town, adding, as a reason for his troubling
him, he being a perfect stranger to him, that the plaintiff was
indebted to him in a considerable sum of money, which
he had advanced to him when at Warwick, and that since
the time of the plaintiff leaving that town, ho (the defendant)
had not been able to hear anything as to his whereabouts.
The letter concluded by stating that any cammunication on
the subject addressed to him would be considered, as he
wished his own letter to be considered, as strictly confiden-
I tial. Upon the receipt of this letter, Mr. Lichfield showed
its contents to several persons in Twickenham, which coming
to the knowledge of the plaintiff, a writ was served at the
suit of the plaintiff upon Lichfield, who subsequently de-
livered up the letters of the defendant, and further proceed-
ings in the suit were stayed. and the present action was
brought against the defendant, as the writer of the letter in
question, and the originator of the libel.
Mr. MARTIN, on the part of the defendant, contended that
the communication was entirely privileged and confidential,
that there was nothing libellous in the contents of the letter,
and the sole object, the defendant had in writing, was to ob-
tain information of the residence of the plaintiff.
The LORD CHIEF BARON, in summing up, deprecated the
practice of laying actions for libels, simply because a ground
of action existed. It would be for the jury, however, to
consider whether the letter was perfectly bona fide, if so, the
verdict must be for the defendant; if, however, they thought
that the defendant wished to Injure the character of the
plaintiff, then their verdict would be for the plaintiff.
The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a verdict for
he defendant.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, FIB. 8, 1847.

The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James
Simpson to the united churches and parishes of Larbert and
Dunipace, in the presbytery and county of Stirling, vacant
by the death of the Rev. Francis Mac Gill, late minister

thereof.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Reverend
John M'Leed to the churches of Ballandish and Conran of
Ardgour, in the parish of Kilmallie, in the presbytery of
Abertarff and county of Argyll, vacant by the transportation
of the Reverend Alexander M'Kellar, late Minister thereof,
to the Gaelic Church of Edinburgh.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 9.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Adolphus E.
Shelley, Esq., to be Assistant-Auditor-General of Accounts
for the island of Mauritius.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, FEB. 8.
Corps of Royal Engineers.—Brevet Major Charles Wright
to be Colonel, vice Reid, placed on the Seconded List; Se-
cond Captain William Stace to be Captain, vice Wright;
First Lieutenant Paul Bernard Whittingham to be Second
Captain, vice Stace ; Second Lieutenant George Edmond
Lushington Walker to be First Lieutenant, vice Whitting-
ham, Feb. 4.
Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners—Second Captain
Charles Faashawe, Royal Engineers, to be Adjutant, vice
Lynn, promoted, Jan. 26.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk.
Easter* Regiment of Suffolk Militia—Henry Worsby Da-
kins, Gent. to be Lieutenant, Jan. 29.
DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY.
Joseph Hill Smith, grocer, Merthvr Tydvil, Glamorgan.
BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Spratt, coach-maker, Sloane-terrace, Chelsea,
official assignee, Birchin-
Feb. 19, at half-past eleven, and March 26, at eleven, at the
ICaonuer
;t
Tamazin Sarah Buttifant, haberdasher, Norwich, Feb. 16,
Bouf chßaannakn, ru
at half-past eleven, and March 23, at two, at the Court of
Bp tascyin.
ghCattun-street.
Bankruptcy. Belcher,l offiaial assignee ; Shearman, John-
street, Adelphi ; Winter, Norwich.
William Grossmith, baker, Portsmouth, Feb. 16 and
March 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell,
official assignee; Smith and Sons, Southampton-street,
Bloomsbury • Binsteed, Portsmouth.
William Blenkarn, builder, Stockwell-park-road, Surrey,
Feb. 15, at one, and March 22, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-eham-
bers ; Hall, Aldermanbury.
John Henry Payne, licensed beer retailer, High-street,
Camberwell, Feb. 19, and March 27, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street ; Piercy and Co., Three Crown-square,
Southwark.

Josiah Haines, victualler, Chipping Barnet, Hertford, Feb.
23, at one, and March 26, an twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry; Weymouth, Chancery-lane.
William Hitchcock, victualler, Hogston, Buckinghamshire,
Feb. 19, at one, and March 23, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom-
bard-street; Jones and Co., John-street, Bedford-row; Hat-
ten, Aylesbury.
Nathaniel Thompson, factor, Liverpool, Feb. 19, and
March 19, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool; Bridger and Co,. London-wall,
London: Dodge, Liverpool.
Mary Grimes, saddler, Cheltenham, Feb. 23, at twelve, and
March 22, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller,
official assignee, Bristol; Brownley and Co., Gray's Inn;
Chesshyre, Cheltenham.
John Spencer, nursery and seedsman, Sneinton, Notting-
hamshire, Feb. 26, and March 26, at twelve, at the Exchange-
rooms, Nottingham. Bittleston, official assignee, Notting-
ham ; Shilton, Nottingham.
James Dodgson, innkeeper, Wakefield, Yorkshire, Feb. 20,
and March 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Oourt. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds ; Clarke, Chancery-lane, London ;
Ramsden, Wakefield ; Caries' Leeds.
George Hole, coal-merchant, Watchet, Somersetshire,
Feb. 18, at one, and March 16, at Offers, at the Exeter Dis-
trict Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Warden,
Bardon, near Taunton.
Richard. Dean, grocer, Clitheroe, Lancashire, Feb. 23, and
March 22, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court.
Fott, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and
Weatherall, Temple, London ; Atkinson, Saunders, and
Atkinson, Manchester; Bailey, Clitheroe.

to 6,0001. Now, with respect to the Dean and Chapter
of Manchester, he could not understand how, in the face
of the provisions of the original charter, any body of men
with conscientious feelings and religious convictions,
and he believed the dean and chapter were so influenced
that they could :.satisfy their [consciences to receive
6,0001., the amount of the rectorial revenues of that
parish, and leave the population. consisting of 400,000
individuals, without spiritual provision, unless what
was afforded by the district churches. When
this provision was originally made, the popu-
lation of Manchester was not more than 20,000
persons, and it was now 400,000. Then, besides the
College church, there were nine other chapels of ease:were
service was performed; at present there were forty-nine
district churches, besides separate endowments, and the
clergy of these churches were paid by fees, one portion of
which went to the district churches, and the other to the
mother church. The rectorial tithes then were received
by the dean and chapter, and he thought it a matter of
surprise that while the revenues were claimed the cor-
responding duties of visitation and care of souls were
not discharged, and that exemption was sought from
residence, and the other duties connected with the
spiritual care of the people. One point appeared
to him strange—that while discretion was given
to the dean and fellows to augment the salary of the
rector. 17/. 10s. was the only salary allowed him out of
the national revenues, !although the whole duty, which
was so much increased, had devolved upon him.
The Dean and Chapter contend that under the statute ,
they are exempt from the rates, that they have no cure
of souls, that they fulfil the obligation of the duties by
being mulct Is. 4d. a day in the case of their abseece,
and that they are not bound to perform any other spiritual
duties. He thought their Lordships would concur with
him that such a course of procedure was unwarranted in
law, and that the case was one which deserved their
most serious attention. He could not understand why
the dean and canons whilst they performed the colle-
giatew erespiritualen
thatt
pith er dp,o services in the collegiate church, and received the
usual remuneration, forgot that that church
was the parochial one ; and why they were
ad-
vantage to make use of their corporate character to
de
consequence
i deprive
to
wtheho
ire
thh populationethyo cooln.s
paiddeer eft do thetheythem
for
e.
They prayed that their Lordships, before the establish-
ment of the see, to see that there was ample security for,
the application of the whole rectoral income to the
efficient ecclesiastical superintendence of the parish of
Manchester.

Lord BROUGHAM said the Noble Lord had stated
a very ordinary case. The right to receive the funds,
of course, depended upon the legal construction of the
charter, and the evil complained of could only be re-
medied by some legislative enactment.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE could not offer
any opinion further upon the construction or the in-
tention of the charter, but the petition having become
known in Manchester, the Dean and Chapter had for•.
warded to him a letter upon the subject, which the
Dean wished to have read to the House. The Noble
Marquis then read the letter. It stated that the writer
simply enjoyed the rights possessed by his predecessors,
but still he had never made any claim to them. It wa,
decided by the legal tribunals that the privileges were
attached to his office. Neither he nor the canons had
any authority to visit in the parish.
(LEFT SPEAKING

Majesty's ships in the royal navy, in each year from the
Ist of January, 1844, to the 31st of December, 1846,
stating the name, rating, nature of the offerce, date of
punishment, the number of lashes, and remarks of Com-
mander in-CLief or senior officer as to any excess of
punishments or otherwise, according to the schedules
published and ordered in the Admiralty instructions,
dated the Ist day of January, 1844, for the government
cif her Majesty's naval service • stating also the number
of seamen and marines employed in each year, and
the average number flogged ; distinguishing the nam-
ber of commissioned and warrant and petty officers ;
also, specifying the names of her Majesty's ships and
vessels, and the name of the commanders, in which no
corporal punishments have been inflicted in any of these
years. Address for abstracts of the total number of men,
rank, and file, belonging to the Royal Marines, who from
the Ist day of January, 1844, to the 31st day of De-
cember, 1846, have suffered corporal punishment or
imprisonment on shore, showing the nature of offences,
in classes, for which such punishment brs been
awarded, and the number in each class, and showing
the greatest and the smallest number of lashes inflicted;
also, the longest and shortest period of confinement
awarded as punishment to each person, and the average
period of confinement for each class of offence, and the
average number flogged, stating the total number of
rack and file, and also the number of commissioned and
non-commissioned officers on shore in each year
Of the total number of soldiers belonging to the Royal
Artillery and Ordnance corps in Great Britain and
Ireland, who, between the Ist day of January, 1844,
and the 31st day of December, 1846, have suffered cor-
poral punishment or imprisonment ; showing the nature
of the offences, in classes, for which such corporal punish-
ment or imprisonment had been awarded, and the num-
ber in each class ; and showing also the greatest and
the smallest number of lashes ; also, the longest and
shortest period of confinement awarded as punishment,
the average number flogged, and the average period of
confinement for eacn class of offences; distinguishing also
the total number of rank and file liable to be flogged,and also

the total number of commissioned and non-commissioned
officers in the United Kingdom, in each of those years.
Also, returns of the same tenor, of the Royal Artillery
and Ordnance corps serving abroad. Returns of the
total number. of soldiers, belonging to regiments
and depots in Great Britain and Ireland, who,
from the Ist day January, 1844, to the 31st day of
December, 1846, have snared either corporal punish-
ment or imprisonment ; and whenever either corporal
punishment or imprisonment has been inflicted on the
same person more than once, specifying how often it
has been so inflicted ; with abstract of the total
_ _

number of soldiers belonging to regiments in tLe
colonies and possessions of Great Britain, who
in each year, from the first day of January, 1844, to the
31st of December, 1846, have suffered corporal punish
ments or imprisonments ; showing the nature of
the offences. in classes, for which such corporal punish
ment or imprisonment has been awarded, and the num-
ber in each class ; stating also the greatest number and
the lowest number of lashes inflicted on any person in
each year ; also the longest and shortest period of con-
finement awarded as punishment, tha average num-
ber flogged, and the average period of confinement for
each class in each year ; also distinguishing the total
number of rack and file, and also the number of corn •
missioned :and non-commissioned officers in each year
Of the number of soldiers who, from the Ist day of Ja-
nuary, 1844, to the 31st of December, 1846, have suffered
corporal punishment or imprisonment,and whether either
corporal punishment or imprisonment has been inflicted
on the same person more than once, specifying how often
it has been so inflicted; and distinguishing the num-
bers in regiments in the colonies in possession of
her Majesty from regiments i❑ depots in Great Britain
and Ireland ; distinguishing also the total number of
rank and file, and also the number of commissioned and
non-commissioned officers in each year ; also stating
the number or name:of the regiment or corps, with thi
names of the commanding officers, in which no corporal
punishment has been inflicted in any of these years (iii
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 308, of ses-
sion 1845).—Agreed to.
RATE-PAYING CLAUSES OF THE REFORM
BILL.

Mr. DUNCOMBE gave notice, that on the 18th inst.
(that day fortnight), he should move for leave to bring
;n a Bill for the repeal of the rate-paying clauses in the
Reform Bill.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE RAILWAY BOARD.
Mr. EDWARD ELLICE said that, as he understood
that the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the rail
way board intended that night to state what were the
intentions of the Government with respect to railway
business, he (Mr. Ellice) should defer the question of
which he had given notice until the House should have
heard that exposition..
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER trusted
that the Hon. and Learned Member for Bolton would
defer the resolutions standing on the paper with respec►
to the House of Keys, in order to give his Right
Hon. Friend an opportunity of laying his statement
before the House.

Dr. BOVV RING would have great pleasure in con
curring in the opinion of his Right lion. Friend, an(
would postpone his motion until the 18th inst.
IMPORTATIOG OF SALT INTO INDIA.

An Hon. BARONET, who stood so closely under th(
chair that he could not be seer., asked a question of tilt
Right Hon. Baronet at the head of the Board of Control,
the purport of which was to inquire whether a regula
tion had been sent out respecting the importation of sale
into India.
Sir J. C. HOBIIOUSE said that the Home authori-
ties found on inquiry that the complaints of the im•
porters of salt were well founded, and they had accord-
ingly sent out instructions to repeal the regulations o
the Indian Government, and to give the importers o
salt the advantages of the bonding system of 1836.
RAILROADS IN INDIA.

Lord MAHON inquired whether the Right Hon
Baronet the President of the Board of Control whether
he had received any report on railways in India, and, i•
so, whether he had any objection to lay it on the table
of the House?
Sir J. lIOBIIOUSE said that the report of the Com-
missioners sent out to India in June, 1845, had made e
report, which was received on July 4th, 1846. Thai
report had never been mat'e public, and he did not know
whether the Noble Lord had seen it. He had not the
slightest objection to present the report if it was desired.
He had also received a communication from the Go-
vernor-General respecting the lands to be taken for the
railroads, which might accompany the report.
Mr. HUME wished to ask, whether the Right llon.
Baronet had any objections to lay any papers or dis-
patches also that accompanied the report.
Sir J. C. I.IOBIIOUSE had no objection to produce
the papers which were necessary to show the terms of
the engagements.
HOLYHEAD HARBOUR.

Mr. W. COLLETT said that he did not think that
the Government ware making that progress with the
Holyhead Harbour which they ought to have made, and
he would accordingly ask of the Secretary of the Admi•
ralty what steps her Majesty's Government have taken
respecting the construction of Holy head Harbour, and
whether any additional powers are required for obtain-
ing possession of the lands adjoining the Refuge Har-
bour ; and if so, whether the Government are prepared
with a Bill for that purpose ?
Mr. WARD said that it was at first supposed that
the common consent of the parties interested woulr
have prevented the necessity of an application to Par-
fitment, but as that supposition had proved fallacious, an
Act of Parliament was in preparation, and he
could assure the Hon. Member that not a day should b(
lost as to the harbour itself ; the works were proceeding
under private contract.
Lord CASTLEREAGH desired to knave, whether, in
consequence of the statements which had been made in
that House the Government intended; to call upon
Captain Wynne for an explanation of his report.
Mr. WARD said that measures had been taken to
put the matter fairly before the House.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ANGLIONBY gave notice, that on Thursday th,
I Bth instant, he should move for a return of all the en•
franchisements effected, or in progress of being effected,
under the Copyhold Commission Act. Also the esti-
mates made of all manors, and an explanation of what
was meant by fines arbitrary, and on what event these
fines became payable.
Mr. RICARDO presented a petition from the ship
owners of South Shields, signed by 150 persons, am
representing above 400 proprietors, expressing their con-
currence in the present suspension of the Navigation
Laws, but praying that what little protection did remain
to them might be continued.
NAVIGATION LAWS.
Mr. HUDSON presented a petition from 200 ship.
owners of Sunderland againstanyahetrhaetiosneaminentheci
Navigation Laws; also, a petition from
Sunderland to the same effect.
shipowners of Montrose, though he co
Mr. HUME presented a similar
its prayer ded in pursuance of the
petitionuld not concurfr om
theiri
Mr. RICARDO then
inquire into the Navigation. L
derland, that he did not seek
assureSHeelebeetgCgeodmmtnittee t,o
notice he had given, to tiaporvo2ceafev‘o,rs.a.
the Hon. Member for bun
resent,
inquiry-assedL:
under the name of the
itoma,ebroagnate these laws p
1651, butthe s iAraeptl wished e
firstd tc,
e laws had been from time to
when a considerable modifies-
year Mr. Wallace introduced
up •
pausedltornne navigation
took
alteredp' which
lai ,
to alpnuclttstthh2e2ast,
alter, explain, and amend the
five separate Acts,
law as it then stood.°
iiSulisiorstslo;n afterm.as thriass,setdh::
Reci
°city Act of Mr.
21. placed the shipping of foreign countries in a
which
better forth than it had been before, and since there had
been several amendments. As he had already observed,
the present motian was not for a repeal of the law as it
now existed, but simply for an inquiry ; a course which
those on the opposite benches had agreed to in 1844.
The terms of that motion expressed some doubts of the
efficiency of the navigation laws. Now this Committee
furnished a report which he would just read to
the House:—" Your Committee proceeded to investi-
gate the subject submitted to their consideration,
but in consequence of the late period of the session at
which they were appointed, they found that it was
not possible to come to a satisfactory conclu-
sion. They would, therefore, lay before the
' House the necessity of their being re-appointed
at an early period in the next session." At an early
period of the next session the CoreMittee was re-ap-
pointed, and they reported again, " Your Com-
mittee have been prevented by unavoidable cir-
cumstances from making that inquiry which
ihe importance of the subject demands, and they beg to
recommend that they be re-appointed at an early period
next session.—(Laughter.) They were not appointed at
an early period of the next session, he could not tell why,
but they acknowledged the importance or the inquiry,
and expressed a dolibh of tit' efficiency of the navigation
laws, it was only lair that the inquiry be taken
up where they had left it ,off ; but if he should be
demand the investigation Which lie required, he

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‘n much

thought he would be enab!ed to show ,
:1/1 7
:
the law
of the evil effects and mischief
of
to the manufacturers and shipping of the ce
try ; L.() much of injustice and oppression towards=
their colonial fellow-subjects, that he would have a
right to demand that inquiry from ti 442 justice of
the House which was denied by their co urtesy. The
Honourable Member then proceeded to read from
the evidence of Mr. Somes before the Committee,
to show that, in the opinion of that eminent shipowner,
the laws, as then existing, were mischievous Ind absurd,.
whether as they regard the interests of the thip9wners
or the manufacturers.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCJ
PORTSMOUTH, FRB. 7.—The Medea, steam-slo op, COnt-
mander Mason, left yesterday morning, with Sir IL Sef
mour and suite, for Lisbon. The Medea also took dispatched
for Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, in the Tape, and letters
for the squadron. Captain Corry, of the Superb, 80, ob-
tained a passage in her to rejoin his ship. From the Tagus
the Medea proceads to the East Indies, taking dispi itches for
Rear-Admirals Dacres (at the Cape) and Inglefield (China).
The Retribution, steam-frigate, proceeded yes iterday to
Cowes, with the depot companies of the 91st Reg *exit, for
Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, replacing tb .e depot of
the 71st (two officers, 182 non-commissioned offic era, buglers
and privates), 10 women, and 13 children, who were dis-
patched per special train from Gosport to Wind Lester quar-
ters the same afternoon.
We have the best authority for stating ti. at the time-ho-
noured Victory, 101, Captain J, Pasco, is not to, be put out
of commission.
We understand that her Majesty baa lately bc.en in treaty
for the Wonder steam-packet, be; urging to the :New South-
Western Steam Navigation Compavy, but who have declined
to dispose of her; and we believe thy' only reasott to be that
the services of the vessel cannot be .dispensed with for the
present.
The Tartarus, steam-vassel, 523 tons and 136 horsepower
manned, pro tem., by a crew from the St, Vhiceut, 120, flag-
ship in this harbour, and under the temporary command of
Lieutenant C. I'. Coles, of that ship, arliveo at Spithowl
yesterday afternoon from Woolwich, and left" 014 morning:.
for Cork, taking supernumeraries, &c.
The Avon steam surveyirg-vessel, CommanCier Otter,
ar-
rived this morning from Woolwich, and came i nto harbour.
She is to replace the Sparrow ketch (now laid:. up), on the
north coast of Scotland, and has got the officers and crew of
that vessel,

The African steam-tug, Mr. John King, acting•master, re-
turned yesterday morning from the wreck of t' ie Spbynx,
towing up the disabled " camel" and come fl atbottomed
boats, and bringing in most 'of the seamen who have been
employed in the late operations. Four of the dock.-yard
riggers are still there ; and we hope the Admiralt, r will take
the case of these men in particular, and the whole of the ar•
tizans who have been employed at the wreck gen, !rally, into
their consideration, and award them semt.thing more ade-
quate for their services and privations than . merely their ra-
tions and occasional payment for extra hOt.'r.s. Such pay-
ment
.is not an adequate reward for men yam have been
working night and day for three weeks upon wreck in the
winter time and away from their families.
A letter from the Cape, dated Simon's Bay, Deceimber 5,
from an ofliCer of the squadron on that station, says :--" The
President (flag-ship) is here ;we hare had he Columbine,
16, Commander Booth, and the Brilliant, 22, Ca ptain Wet-.
~on, here also, the latter for this station from En: ;land to re-
lieve the Cleopatra, 26, Captain IVyvill ; the for; ner for the
East India and China station; Commander Bcotl n however,
invalided, and Lieutenant Von Donop, of the Pr; isident, Warn
put in as acting-commander of her, and has takt n her on to
her station. She sailed only a few days ago. Tl to Dido, 20,
Captain Maxwell, arrived here on the 26th of' November
from the River Plate, en route to India and ( ;him. We
expect the Vernon, 50, with the flag of R iar-Admiral
Inglefield, on his way to take the chief corn; nand on the
East India and China station, vice Sir Thom; is Cochrane,
daily. The Nimrod, 20, Commander Dacres (scat of our
Commander- in-Chief), is also daily expect; xl from the
coast of Africa; she is to take the place of the Plutine, 12,
on this station. On the 27th of November a very fine
barque, under Brazilian colours, arrived here as prize
to the Cleopatra, 26, fitted with slave decKs, ,ppers and
shackles on board, but no slaves; she had jo .st arrived
.on the coast from Rio; they took her at the ...end of the
Mozambique Channel, and, the day after, the Cleopatra
arrived herself, very sickly, more than 40 men at t the sick
list, and had lost two; two more died on them 30th, and
several others cannot get over it : their malady its dysentery,
which they got at Zanzibar. She will start lot England
very soon now, but as the Brilliant has one c Ixer lieute-
nants, master, and two prize crews on board, I: suppose she
will remain until her return. The Brilliant was to call at
Algoa Bay, where she would find orders to re turn here im-
mediately to relieve the Cleopatra, which has been in com-
mission now nearly five years. The Caffres are getting quiet
now, and want to treat. for peace in most cases. We have a
very strong force up there, but there are doubts as to what
the Governor will do."
Mr. White's new 12-gun brig Contest " sur pas 'ses by far
any vessel of her class I have ever seen," says. an officer on
board of her, in a letter dated Cape Mount, Wes t Coast of
Africa, December 5. 1846. She " has every good quality a
man-of-war ought to possess in stowing and in act 'ollno°42lll-
- she is perfect. In sailing on a wind within fie ee
points
with a head sea she has frequently gone 93 know and is
paiticularly easy; going free, yards nearly square, in mo-
derate weather, without studding sails, we have got twelve
knots, which the log will prove. She has not as. ;yet been
pressed with sail ; we do not know what she maNcr yet do;
she is quite tight, and does not strain. The only trial
(73
have as yet had was with the Favourite, 18, au/ -ICunrile,
20, both of whom we beat very mach; the latter LI treereho
dead to windward, in one hour and a quarter, aid ;oug
ed the
is considered to sail well. We have much imp rc'ev and
Contest, by raking her masts nine inches in tam
fe
feet se-
what we have found to be her best draught is fl-c'—es en
about two
yen inches aft, twelve feet five inches forward, or
feet seven inches difference; in that immersion Vt7:l 3 think no-
thing will touch her. We are all very proud of he r, and she
is ma.eh admired."
The Actaeon, 26, Captain Mansel, and the IC 'evastation
steam-sloop, bearing the broad pendant of Comm* dere Sir C,
Gotham, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief on the w. est coast of
Africa, were at Ascension on the 19th December..
CHATHAM, FE'n. 6.
The Semarang, 26 guns, in Dock, owing to the. :number of
defects to be made good, will not be ready for ssr v ice till the
end of the month; she is to have an entire nem- false keel.
The Dockyard riggers commenced rigging her:. 4an Friday
the ith.

The Birkenhead steam-frigate, Commander A.. H. Ingram,
arrived here on Friday afternoon, the sth inst., ;from Wool-
wich, and moored alongside the Tartar frigate, when she
commenced shipping the baggage and clothes sti .113-3 of the
reserve battalion of the 56th Regiment. This . morning a
detachment of 12 rank and file, forming a guard , with the
soldiers' wives, about 40 women, and 100 children, embarked
from the dockyard stairs on board. The Birkenb ead sailed
this day for Portsmouth, where she will transfer tier passen-
gers and luggage on board the troopship Belleit de, Captain
Kingcome, which is to convey the sGth to Gil .raltar ; the
Birkenhead being pronounced unfit for the convey ance of the
troops. To meet the Belleisle the reserve batt Ilion, con-
sisting of nearly 800, including officers, march in t, hree equal
divisions en route for Portsmouth. The first divisi on march
on Monday next to Maidstone, thence by railroaitl.
mouth ; the second division goes on Tuesday, eta. the third
on Wednesday.
The Elk, 16 guns, building, is fast progressing; the 514"
wrights are employed working the Wales.
The Rochester, with stores from Pembroke, and Ports-
mouth, remains discharging her cargo. to Ports-

THE GOTERNMENT WORKS, MORICR TOWN."—la
excavating at the north-west side of the engine-house, at the
above works, the meri have discovered part of the hull of
ship—apparently as large as a frigate, embedded in, said and
rubble, about eight or ten feet beneath the surface. VariOUs
conjectures have been the consequence, the fact cf digging
up" anything out of the ordinary course being ; dwaye re-
garded with wonder, and always exciting speculation. Some
people have talked' of a ship in the days of tore being
" missed" one morning, and the probability of her basin g
sunk at this identical spot ! The most likely stogyis this
that many years ago there lay two frigates off this place
which were perfectly unserviceable, and were therefore or-
dered to be broken up. The Admiralty, or the Dock-yard
authorities were not so economical then as now, and having
Laken as many timbers as they pleased, they madee the reg..
due a present to Neptune. Rubble from the dock-yard used
at that time to be cast there, and this, together with the
usual action of the tide, gave the old ship a covered graye.
Derenport Independent.

Viscount Ilardinge, the present Governor-General
of India, will arrive in England the beginning oinext year•
United Service Gazette.

VALUE or LAND. —An extraordinary sale by
auction took place in Lincolnshire a few days ago by Mr.
Medland, of St. Neot's, when a farm of 420 acres, ira the oc-
cupation of Mr. Nunneley (nearly the whole of it being
under the plough), in the parish of Spalding, being in the
Fen, and seven miles from the town, and a very heavy
drainage tax upon it, made 22,0004; and 73 acres of dis-
persed lands, in the adjoining parish, averaged 761. per acre.
We confess, that, with free trade, and the present state of
(he money market, these facts have surprised us,--.Cambridge
Independent Press.