The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

A PROMISING YOUTH.

We find the following statement in the Droit :—" A
youth, named Alfred, not yet sixteen, belonging to an
honest family of working people, having received some
little education, and calling himself a clerk, was arrested
on Friday under the following circumstances :—During
some time, Alfred has been alone at Paris, in conse-
quence of his father being on a journey. Free from
cpuartreerndalexactietshsohr.iety,he plunged into pleasure, and 'in.,
expenses. His disorderly conduct
brought down upon him the reproaches of his relatives,
but he took no notice of them, and quitted his father's .
house, saying he would not receive advice from anybody',
and that he knew how to create resources to live inde-
pendently. A little while after, Alfred had occasion to
go to the house of an English doctor named Edmoncli,
residing in the Rue Vieille-du-Temple, who during fif--.!
teen years had attended his family. In his visits to Dr.
Edmonds, Alfred was much struck at the rich furnitursir
and concluded that the doctor must possess money
ehd
valuables. Hehiascdcoesridginngiu7osoelffveeedt tsotudrokbd hthime
,doucntdorilis-:
observed that Dr. Edmunds frequently
or chlarrvying
absented himself, he procured a key to open his apart.,
went, and made preparations for effecting a robbe6-..
On thinking further on the matter, he came to the eon-
elusion that if he murdered the Doctor, and then robbed:
him, the chances of discovery would be fewer. Ile ac-
cordingly determined to murder him, and fur that pur-
pose procured a large awl, which he sharpened. Fearing, ,s•
however, that his energy might fail at the fatal moment,'
he resolved to obtain an assistant. lie, therefore, went
on Thursday night to the well-known establishment, .
of Paul Niquet, which is frkquented by thieves and'
outcasts, among whom he hoped to find some one
to aid him in carrying out his abominable designs,.
In the smoky tapis franc, he soon remarked a man
of about 40, covered with rags, without shoes;
with a long and dirty beard, and his whole appear,
ance betokening suffering and misery. He accosted hini;
and asked what he did at Paris. The man replied-that
not being able to obtain work at Bordeaux he had come
to Paris to seek it. " Work 1" cried Alfred, -
think of it ; you will not find occupation anywhere, and
if you did you would not earn sufficient to live OIL If
you like I will procure you resources ; yes, I will marl
you have money, and that without fatigue 1" And-there-
upon Alfred went on to speak of the wealth of the chictOr;
and of the good stroke that it would be to murder
He proposed to his companion to do the job, said 'thstt'
be would introduce him into the house, and would &is
him one-fourth of all that he might be able to, steal.-
Strangulation was the means he first proposed, and .Irta
particularly recommended to the man to take care wit
to allow the victim to utter cries. He promised to draw
his accomplice in new clothes, in order that he might
enter the house without suspicion, and he spoke of• the
murder as the most simple and natural thing in the world..
The stranger appeared to accept his proposition, but
said that it would be difficult to strangle the doctor
without his crying out. Alfred thereupon drew his
large awl from his pocket, and showed the other how he
might kill a man with it at one blow. The stranger
made no further observations, and a bargain was duly
made, and confirmed by a good supper. The- next -
morning Alfred led his accomplice to a barber's, and
then left him to seek some clothes for him When
alone the poor wretch became so frightened at the hor- ,
rible projects of the lad, that he hasted to the March
des Innocens, and communicated them to some sergess
de ville, who took him the commissaire de police of •
the quarter, to whom he told the same tale. Measures •
were immediately taken to arrest Alfred, ancPwhest he
appeared with his clothes at the appointed placc-lif(was"
captured. The instrument with which lie had prriposied
to kill Dr. Edmonds was found upon him, as was also
the key with which he intended to open the 'dOctor's‘
door. The examination to which he was subjected was
not long. He, however, made the most complete con-
fession, and detailed all the circumstances here related
with extraordinary sang froid. He manifested not the
slightest remorse, but exposed his criminal plans as if •
they were perfectly regular. He has a mild and agree-
able expression of countenance, and appears to possess
a well developed intelligence. He has been sent to the
prison of the prefecture of police.

THE LATE FATAL FIGHT AT
HEADLESS CROSS.
It will be in the recollection of our readers that of
Easter Monday a drunken fight took place near the
White Hart Inn, at Headless Cross, between a shoe-
maker, named Thomas Robinson, and a needlemaker,
named Richard Boulton, in which the latter received
a blow which knocked him down, and that he died
next day from its effects, as was suspected, although
the Coroner's jury returned a verdict to the effect
that he died in a fit of apoplexy, caused by exer-
tion and excessive drinking. The widow of Boul-
ton appears to have been rather dubious as to the accu-
racy of this verdict, from certain circumstances which
had since transpired ; and she accordingly ap.
plied to Mr. Gray, magistrate of Alcester, who
ordered her to attend at the Petty Sessions, on Monday
last, at that place. After hearing the woman's state-
ment, he ordered warrants to be issued for the apprehen-
sion of William Robinson, as principal, and William
Harris, Matthias Pool, David Hill, and William Shirley,
as being aiders and abettors in the fight. Rcbinson,
Shirley, and Hill, were apprehended the same night by
Munsloo and Spooner, the Alcester officers; Harris was
apprehended on the following day by the Ipsley officer;
and Pool gave himself up to Mr. Alunaloo. On Wednes-
day they were brought up before Mr. Gray, and in the
course of the hearing a man named Richard Stanley having
been implicated, he was put into the dock along with the;
other prison( rs. From the evidence now brought for-
ward the affair seeuts to have been one of the most dis-
graceful kind; for it appears that before the fight COM.
tnenced Robinson said to diseased that if they did turn
out to fight, he (deceased) should never come in alive.
Before the commencement of the last round, having.
fought for about an hour and a half, one of the l,ystand-
ers, now in custody, said to:Robinson, " Hit him under
the ear, and that will finish the --," and accoraingly.=
on the standing up to fight, Robinson, after saying to the diseased, " This will be the last round, for I
mean to finish you," struck him a violent blow just under
the ear. The unfortunate deceased instantly dropped
down, his mouth filled with blood, and be never stirred
or spoke until the following, when he died. At the con-
clusion of the hearing, which lasted about six hours, the
whole of the prisoners were committed for trial at the
next Warwick assizes. Pool, Hill, Shirley, and Stanley
were admitted to bail, themselves in 10C/., and two sure-,
ties of 501.; but bail was refused for Robinson and Harris,
in consequence of the evidence adduced above.—Birniing..
ham Journal.

CHARGE OF POISONING.
(From the Deoonport Independent.)
It is with considerable regret that we have to detail
the particulars of a most determined and but too sucess-
ful attempt at poisoning, which was made on Thursday
morning last, at a beer-shop in Pembroke-street, known
by the sign of Victory of China. Fortunately we
have in this neighbourhood been spared the excitement
and the pain which such transactions occasion, and
when our columns had contained the revolting particu-
lars of the endeavours of one party against the lives of
others, other places have been the scene, and we hare
joined, to the natural feelings those particulars hare.
produced, some congratulation that at least this locality.
had not attained a disagreeable notoriety, by the perpe-
tration within it of such crimes.
It appears that a young man, named Henry Humphrey
Gilbert, a clerk in her Majesty's navy (whose father is a
messenger in the Admiral Superintendent's office), had
visited the beer shop referred to, and had remained in
company with one of the depraved but unfortunate
creatures who spend their miserable lives at the various
houses of resort in that neighbourhood. On Wednesday
the
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the taproom. Pedler, whose connexions are respectable,
has been a sick-bay man on board her Majesty's ship
Queen; he previously belonged to her Majesty's steamer
Bulldog, and some months since he was convicted before
Captain Foote and J. Ingle, Esq., at Stonehouse, of being
concerned in an extensive smuggling affair. We do not
say this with the view of raising any prejudice against
the man, but as a simple fact, for there can be nothing
in a man's once being a smuggler likely to create a sus-
picion against him in reference to such a serious charge
as the present.
In the taproom with the deceased were one or two
other parties, and Pedler sent one of the girls who was
by his side out on an errand, and he was then seen to
put a white powder into a glass of porter, and going orer
to Mc. Mean, he said " Drink." Another girl, who saw
this, warned her not to drink it, as a white powder
in the glass.
glass
She then observed a white substance
under the grate.
Subsequently porter was offered
Mc. Mean then spat out out whaotfshehad
drunk, and threw the remainder of theporter
adhering to the glass._
drank three or four glasses. Porter was also offered to
,
h Cook, and she drank some. Within
a girl named Ii by Pedler to the unfortunate young man Gilbert, and he
a short time they both became ill. Gilbert was sick
drowsy, and exhibited the ordinary symptoms of being.
poisoned by a narcotic drug. Cook complained of sick?.
left t ihnet oh
otuhsee.purter.r.C. This ness and pains in the abdomen. All was confusion. in
and
the house, and the landlady charged Pedler with haring
ehweasdesnuimedm,oannedd
afterwards
Gilbert and the girl, and Mr.p Laity and Mr.
we somethinganrdd
to at
Little, surgeons, subsequently came in. Every means
that medical' skill could devise to restore the unfortunate
man was resorted to without effect. Within a short
time he expired; and the woman, still suffering, was
conveyed to the workhouse. She had evidently hadi good dose, and required the continued attention ,of
Messrs. Little and Laity. On Friday she was consider-
ably better.
The man Pedler was everywhere sought after by the
police, who thought he was more likely to be found
out of the town than within it. He was, however,
taken by some watermen (who bad been told his " de--
scriptions," and who arc entitled to credit for aiding the
police) in Queen street, on Thursday, and brought to
' -
the station-house.
The inquest was held on Friday, before A. B. Hone,
Esq., the coroner for the Devonport district, which, after
the examination of several witnesses, was adjourned n 0
Thursday next, in order to afford time for the analysis
of the contents of the stomach of the deceased.

The Rev. Robert Montgomery, M.A., author of
‘, The Omnipresence of the Deity," and other poemi,
will
preach at St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, on Sunday morn-
ing next, May 16, in aid of the National Schools of that
district. n,; 4 tail
We learn from Leghorn, under date of the 28th 'of
April, that buyers from different parts of the interior hid
visited that market, which had again given an impetus to
trade ; and good Marianopoli wheat was then worth
equal to 6ss. per quarter, free on board.

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MEXICO APRIL 1.-The revolution which was pro-
STATE OF MEXICO.
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Room 22;
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inthteheucshut.r.hour this morning, in possible that Y ghave proper legal respecting the Earl of Wicklow had been contradicted
the mi ht not
advice. It was clearly possible for them to -(Cries of “ Divide, divide.") cEleabimrneadryhheared, biyn
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At the present time the same coal is sold in London at 2 s. m
wholesale, but by the Great Western line the cost could, not Dulair
If AND DROGHEDA (HELLS AND sell the property in their lifetime, and give Mr. LABOUCHE'RE thought that if the Bill were
jects. They demanded a new Congress, and fresh e . PUBLISHED
Senorofepxreecsuil tkr BANDS
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. be less than 225. 5:y4d., besides the charge resulting .roren
the
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NAVAN BRANCH). the mone for such charitable purposes as they stopped at the present stage the House would be taking
FRIDAY EYYSIffa•
Who held the latter office, to be immediately removed,
The
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powerand vice-presidentte b 0
confided•
provisionally Gomezmez F a riatse, EVERY
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The Gommittee went through the clauses, and the Bill was might thinkand oin compliance with the other an unusual course. The second reading of this Bill
proper, s
lions
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goods. passed. The report was ageed to, and the Chairman directed conditions specified in the Act to which the Noble Lord had been agreed to, and the Hon. Member who had in-LO
QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)
to carry it up to the House. had alluded. The Noble Lord's Bill in the first clause troduced the Bill said that he was read to make
(Sittings.at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Justice Eaaa.) con3fiirr.mWed. 2,Si S.
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andt Pontypool,stated
further,
that
Thie closed the labours of the Committee.
of the Moderado party, who attempted the revolution, game of com7anryN.
proposed the repeal of the 9th of George 11., and in the amendments in his measure.-(Cries of "Divide.")
supply of. Government, and hadPRICES
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The oases tried in this Court to-day possessed no feature of he was a contractor for the
Pena y Pena. Towards Santa Anna the dislike
nubile interest. GROUP XLVIII. following clauses proposed certain enactments which quite Mr. GOULBURN thought it was proper that this
a raid. "
latelat Newport to New Zealand on public account,. but he could
y shipped a considerable quantity of hand-picked coal
This. Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock •; Lord Conrte- fell short of the Noble Lord's intention. The Right Bill should not be longer kept in agitation. is quite as great as to Gomez Ferias, and their fears Annum. Share.
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EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) have made the contract on much better terms if he had had. nay in the chair. Hon. Baronet then proceeded to remark upon the The House then divided, when there appeared- ________ ---
much greater, but they considered him to be engaged
of this railway accommodation.
Several clauses of the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire clauses in extenso, showing that they fell short of the For the motion 55
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before the Loa]) the benefit
Stephenson,
the engineer in chief to the line said in a hopeless expedition again t the
s Americans in 40 0 0 40
Mr. R. , Junction (Deviations, &c.) were brought up and agreed to. object of the Bill, and failed in law ; and added, he felt Against it
CIIIEF BARON and Special Juries.)
that the course which it was proposed to pursue was to leave
oppose the Noble Lord, which he didwith -26 Saltillo, from which he might possibly never return.T -S
DividendTp OC H 11:0Nu nN. /lit •
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. AVERT, sENIoit. . .
GLASGOW, AIRDRlE, AND ISIONZI.A.ND compelled to opn
: or
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.. the Birmingham and Bristol line a little south of the Chel-
This was an information filed by the Attorney-General, at
h station, and, running close to that town ori the w st, JUNCTION (COQ/LAIRS lIRANCH). regret, considering the noble motives by which The Bill was consequently lost. Presidency with little ceremony, leaving him 0200 0 -
the instance of the Board of Customs, against the defendant, ten
proceededam northwards to Dowdeswell, at which place it This Bill was next proceeded with. he was actuated. Ho concluded by moving SEAMEN'S ENLISTMENT BILL. Lo du and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0
simply the title of Commander-in-Chief of the ecnnaonJ int Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
charging him with having received a quantity of sugar out
.hed the summit of the Cotswold ran in he read that day si
range, whence it de_ Mr. Ann)/ opened the case for the promoters. He stated that the B- - . , Divide,
z months. He sat On the motion for the second reading of the Bill, - 25 007 10 0
0
of bond without payment of duty.
scends to Northleach, passed by Burford, Witney, and that the branch in question/was only 2i miles long, but its down amid loud cries of ' Auricle," and strangers were Sir CHARLES NAPIER said the Earl of Minto had repulse at the Angostura• • ' Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0025 0 0
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into a victory soon
The Attrney-General the Solicitor• General, Mr. Watson,
Oxford, where it comes to the proposed station great importance consisted in connecting the Edinburgh and ordered to withdraw, when stated that they must give a bounty to secure the en-D!tto, New......... 8/. per cent. 105 _ 0
20 0 o
convinced the Pronunciados however that he was -
and Mr. Wilde, were counsel for the Crown; Mr. Martin
of the Oxford and Bletchley line, It then Glasgow line with the present scheme, and granting the for- Lord CLIVE attracted the notice of the Speaker. listment of sailors. Now, he did not think that was a not to be thus easily • ~ hatfonal of Ireland .• 51. per cent. ou_3s 0 0 -
disposed of, and, as the Congress Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 u
and another learned gentleman for the defendant. d north% ard at Henley, and •
turne • • . , ultimately joined the men company access to the large station to be constructed in He said there was a strong prejudice out of doors, fns- creditable course for the Admiralty to pursue. AnotherSi.
51. perp cent.cent. 1
The transaction which formed the subject of this informs- •
Madras by London and Birmingham Railway at Tying, a distance of the college grounds.
tered perhaps by the Right Honourable Baronet evil was, that whether war did or did not take place, showed no disposition to dissolve itself at their bidding
• - • Colon of Australla•-• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 ', .-.
tion arose out of the importation of sugar from
.At-
twenty-two miles and a half from the staton at Euston- Mr. Ewing, a director of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and
the Member for the Univer
sity of Oxford, those who enlisted were entitled to the bount while the regular troops under Rangel remained faithful
Y. to the Government the f • •
object the deposition of Gomez Feriae. Santa Anna,
, ey ound it prudent to lower their ts I of L0nd0n..... , 51. per cent. !CI (....)2_2222.,
n on
the Lady Flora, described already in the case of the
which it was square, the entire length being about sixty-nine miles and Caledonian and Dumbarton, gave general evidence in favour
the
in that House they sat to de • • • • issued
destroy the His proposition was that a proclamation should be
CANAMS•
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torney-Greneral v. Howe," a large quantity °f
in Mincing- a half. The cost of the main line would be 1,378,6001., and of the proposed branch, as opening up good station room for thattone and, remodelling their plan, announced as its sole
otihis march to S. a.r-i- Luis Potosi (to -which place hesoo 00
0° 50
0 0 -2
I
alleged that the defendant, who is in businessoff
and sold with the branches would belabout 1,452,756/. The ruling the former railway. old laws. It was not their intention to destroy the old calling out a certain number of men, and that the mas-
found it necessary to retreat after the battle of 1100 19.0 d 2.0 1221 s. d.
000 --
litto, Xew......... 511. per cent. 20 0 0
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ii Dividend _jou
lane as a sugar-broker, had purchased duty
A question was here raised about the locus standi of Mr. laws, the legislation since the Reformation ,• they wished ters of the different merchant vessels should be obliged 4 I
Names of tt per las
duty on, to a person by whcm it was passed into Lime con- gradient would be one in a hundred, while that of the
The defence was, `pposing line was only one in two hundred. He pro- Forsyth appearing for the Monkland mineral lines. only to repeal the Act 9th of George 11. But he would to discharge that class, and take men into service who
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sumption through a grocer at Banbury.
A discussion ensued, which resulted in the Committee ask those who set up the bugbear, what had been the did not come within that description. The men would
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d that the Ise
el•- repancies posed to attain the summit of his elevation by
the Angostura), received • • • -
intelligence of these disturb ,
that the duty had been paid, an
were to be accounted for a gradient of short length of one in ninety, deciding against the appearance of Mr. Forsyth. spirit
of legislation since the Reformation ? What was then be driven to enter her Majesty's service, epees, and fully
affecting himself, comprehending their tendency as x
;Annum.
1 Aipmeurm. Price.
_companim, 1: Annum,
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charged on the part of the Crown
Mr. Thomas Leadbetter, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Paterson, the policy of Queen Elizabeth, and those great They might can it impressment if they liked,4
by an examination of a number of li,ooks put in on his part. while Mr. Brunel proposed to effect the same object
men of her time, whose wisdom continued a landmark in but it was a far milder method than that ks •
Ishby-d-la-Z 113 41. - 11Intgomrysh 100 o_.: --
The ATToZNET-GENERAL replied, submitting to the jury by a shorter and steeper gradient of 1 in 60. But although of Glasgow, gave evidence as to the accommodation the pro-
which Santa Anna promised to dispatch immediately
arias, ex orting him to hold . out uritil troops,
defendant was a flimsy and the general gradient was greater than that of the Great Posed branch would give to the cattle and mineral traffic of history, and whose valour destroyed the Armada.- whibh had been hitherto practised. He very much tiarnsley.... 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 0. 340
gll. wrote in the strongest terms to Gomez A.shtn&ol.lh 57 5/.58. pc 70 Monmouthsh 100 10.1,..
that the case set up by the .
Western project, he reached his stations at Cheltenham and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. (Hear.) The 31st of Elizabeth, c. 7, was for the be- doubted if they could pursue the old system in this en- to his • .
clumsy answer to the charges in the information.
Oxford 30 feet below the site adopted by Mr. Brunel, and, Mr. Adie, the engineer of the line, was examined as to the
ueathing of lands to charitable uses; the 39th, lightened age. He very much doubted if the Lord Mayor assistance, should arrive here. He protested,
further that if the insurgents were not punished in Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ••• •• ••• • :51 iv. 40
Itrknk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Nottingham. „8 31. 101
The Learned CHIEF Baaos havingc
summed up,
works on the line. They presented no engineering difficulty, cd s,
was for a poor-law carrying out the would grant a warrant to press men into the service. ;3 le 4s• 54
The jury returned a verdict for the Crown for 65/. 125.-- beside, had the advantage of avoiding the bed of water
A 1.
by which Cheltenham was supplied. By both the the heaviest gradient being lin 90. The cost was estimated c.. .°
spirit of the previous Act, and after that He hoped that the House would call on the Government the most exemplary maneer, he would himself leave
the country, considering it no longer habitable if the
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&Chsll33l 4/. 56 53
single value.
lines the distance would be 1011% miles; and at 71,500/.
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COMM .1. ON PLEA S.-(THIS DAY.) from Gloucester it would be by one line 109 miles, The Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. fo
'lowed a law for the punishment of vagrants in- to make some such law as the resent When they i
that they by • i -• • ' But in hourly •
dicating
r •
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North &Clyd,llool 41. - Do.LkEdSt 12 14'•Y
281. 2‘
(Sittings at Nisi Prins) and by the other a furlong further. By the present route _
thing ludicrous in th• is languaev from a , man whose GrandJunctnlloo 6/. 75 StffrdltWorc 140 -,,. --
The Court was occupied the whole day in hearing a case the distance from Gloucester is 114 miles, and thus five COMMITTEES on PRIVATE BILLS. then followed e. 4of that Act, which was the most im- the line of battle-ships were not half manned. While
. whole life has been a series or insurrections, and the Grand Union 1013. 1/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 4./. sob
miles of distance would be saved, and a continuous comma- portant of all, permitting and • • • in • .
requiring the erection of vessels the French service had nine hundred
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of no public importance.
Pronunciados, estimating it at its proper worth, lost no Glamorgnsh.ll72, 1330. - Stourbri g 79 ii los.
nication would be made on .the narrow-gauge system from (THIS DAY.) hospitals for the poor. From a provision in that Act it men on board, those in the English of equal sire time •,}lstr&Brkly; toot - - Strtfrdon AY . ~.. ein communicating to him their modified plan, backed
andl 26 11."
CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) the west, the south, east, and the north.
Mr. TALBOT cross-examined on behalf of the Great ROSS AND CROMARTY DISTRICT ROADS BILL. was clearly shown that the policy of Elizabeth was quite had only seven hundred or seven hundred and fifty.
The Committee on this Bill met to-day, for the first time, different from that of George IL That Bill of He did trust that the Government would take so by those arguments to which he is known to be most open. lrantham •• 'ls' 121. Sevent
auddersfleld. 57! - - Wye Rail., •••••
30L •
OLD COURT.
me The effect was immediately perceptible in a fresh series Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 5 Trnt&Mr-/ 50
Western Company, and in room No. 38. Present Sir John Hanmer (chairman), Elizabeth was entirely charitable in its nature ; means to correct these evils. It was the last opportu-
Lancaster... 47, 11. 10s. - se •• •• 3 -...
(Before Baron ALDERON.) Mr. STEPHENSON replied to him that there was a number Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Forbes, Mr- Bouverin Mr• J• it was not likely that she would make a law nit he would have of addressing the House for some of communications from him totheGovernment in cool, , Go rnme
Leeds&Livrp 100, 341. 520 Thams&Med 19
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FORGERY.-On the application of Mr. Ballantyne, the case of roads to be passed on the level, but that would be spoken Denistoun, Mr. Hastie, Captain Dalrymple, Mr. W. Baillie, favourable to Rome. James 1., too, who could not be time, and he therefore was the more urgent in his l
and to the Pronunciados in very friendly terms. Com- Leicester
rlying with the invitation of Congress, he announced Leicstr .... 1401 10/. 7S Worcstr EG/ 7g 2.. 11
of Edmund Garbett, who was indicted for forgery, was post- to by another witness. The present extent of the lines Mr. Alexander Oswald and others. supposed to incline towards the Roman Catholic religion, Mr. WARD said that he was sorry to have to &Nthl 8N 41. 36 Binning...)
poned till next Saturday. comprised under the influence of the North Western The Bill was promoted by the Road Trustees,. Agents carried out that policy. William Mand Queen oppose the Gallant Admiral union this Bill. as he said
, ary, his intention t_r?
_a_ssume the Presidency, by which the Lough is i i7Ol.
FORGERY.-Ilicholasr Keep, a tailor, Alfred Witiams, alias Company might be described by Perth as the northern Miners- Cameron and Rain_ Parliament-street. - - slihrocohpdsahiler.e::: 8_ 4.1.
...„
boro 11'142' 530 Wilts& rinks 67
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ihhteeol
dpaes herelt
eghsrese
WW if there
and Abergavenny at 10s., and to London for 215., . 1
1 This Co GROUP XLI.
, Loridtteseeymmetouart
inthteheucshuaall.r.hour this morning, in possible that they m
hibitions extended only to circumstances in which it was i Sir IL FERGUSON explained that the statement STATE OF MEXICO.
C b irb Übitiott was a continuous railway between London and that district. ~
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might not have proper legal respecting the Earl of Wicklow had been contradicted
advice. It was clearly possible for them to -(Cries of “ Divide, divide.")MEXICO, APRIL 1.-The revolution which was pro-
, lions of president and vice-president •vR CO
STOCK.
At the present time the same coal is sold in London at 245. Room 22
wholesale, but by the Great Western line the cost could not Dom
AND DROGHEDA (ILELLS AND sell the property in their lifetime, and give Mr. LABOUCHE'RE thought that if the Bill were
1
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. Ibe less than 225. 5:Y4d., besides the charge resulting trom the
February had, in the first; instan " From tie Official List,
went of the NAVAN BRANCH). the money for such charitable purposes as they stopped at the present stage the House would be takinge;ryGeoxrnteenzsiEvearioabs:
jects. They demanded a new Congress, and fresh clot PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND
--..........-- break of gauge, and the consequent transhipme
The Gommittee went through the clauses, and the Bill was might think proper, and so in compliance with the other an unusual course. The second reading of this Billi a LATESTBANKS,A s
SPURRIACNEC
ES,
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goods. passed. The report was ageed to, and the Chairman directed conditions specified in the Act to which the Noble Lord had been agreed to, and the Hon. Member who had in-
QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. W. S. Carter, a coal-owner at Pontypool, generally
and stated further, that to ca it
carry up to the House. had alluded. The Noble Lord's Bill in the first clause troduced the Bill said that he was read to make and th • office, to be immediately removed,
X, BANN.S.
'
e executive power to be confided provisionally to 30INT-STOC
• • at Prins, before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
(SittingsNisi
this confirmed Mr. Llewellyn's evidence,
supply of Government, and had
Thie closed the labours of the Committee. proposed the repeal of the 9th of George 11., and in the amendments in his measure.-(Cries of "Divide.")
The oases tried in Court to-day possessed no feature of he was a contractor for the
of hand-picked coal, Senor Pena y Pena. Towards Santa Anna the dislike
public interest. lately shipped a considerable quantity
GROUP XLVIII. following clauses proposed certain enactments which quite Mr. GOULBURN thought it was proper that this
ex edition
to Go maegzainst Farias,the and Americans their fearsin raid. Pr"
of the Moderado party, who dthe oe
on public account, but he could
attempte revolution, game of Company. per
at :Newport to New Zealand .
This. Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock •; Lord Courte- the Noble Lord's intention. The Right Bill sh
fell short of ould not be longer kept in agitation.
Annum. Share.
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EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) if he l, ,4
have made the contract on much better terms had -a, nay ire the chair. Hon. Baronet then proceeded to remark upon the The House then divided, when there appeared--- --_ the benefit of this railway accommodation.
much greater, but they considered him to be engaged
Several clauses of the Caledonian and Dumbartonshire clauses in extenso, showing that they fell short of the For the motion 55 LONDOND,Ividend, TUESDAY,
.Am oMunAtY 11.
(Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Westminster, before the LORD
Mr. R. Stephenson, the engineer in chief to the line, said g • claimediwi
nsh qoati
40 0 0 40 0 0
......
CILIEF BARON and Special Juries.) unction (Deviations, &c.) were brought up and agreed to• object of the Bill, and failed in law ; and added, he felt Against it
__
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. AVERY, sENIOR.
the Birmingham and Bristol line a little south of the Chel- GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND MONZI.A.ND compelled to oppose the Noble Lord, which he did with Majority -2 6 ablerattethre National Guard on the 27111 of
and they therefore treated his claim to the 20 0 0
0 0 25 0 0 _
This was an information filed by the Attorney-General, at
e ham station, and, running close to that town ori the west, JUNCTION (COWE.AIRS lIRANCH). regret, considering the noble motives by which The Bill
was consequently lost. Presidency with little ceremony, leaving him solontaa. ........... 51. per cent. 100 0
0 20 0 0 -
the instance of the Board of Customs, against the defendant,
t proceededn
northwards to Dowdeswell, at which place it This Bill was next proceeded with. he was actuated. He concluded by moving SEAMEN'S ENLISTMENT BILL. simply the title of Commander-in-Chief of the IL4onnddonnandWe
Joint-stocks tmln s. t.
.r
61. per cent. 100
. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0
0 0 ---
charging him with having received a quantity of sugar out
reached the summit of the Cotswold range, whence it de- Mr. Amex opened the case for the promoters. He stated that the Bill be read ,that day six months. He sat On the motion for the second reading of the Bill,
25 0 0 710
of bond without payment of duty.
seends to Northleacb, Passed by Burford, witney, and that the branch in question was only 2; miles long, but its down amid loud cries et " Divide," and strangers were Sir CHARLES NAPIER said the Earl of Minto had army. Santa Anna's idgenuity in converting his Metropolitan -
100 0 0 25 0 0
:lomtnercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 __
The Attorney-General, the Solicitor• General, Mr. Watson,
Oxford, where it comes to the proposed station great importance consisted in connecting the Edinburgh and ordered to withdraw, when stated that they must give a bounty to secure the en- repulse at the Angostura into a victory soon
convinced the Pr Ditto New......... . per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 °
onunciados however that he was • • ' ofo 0 0 20 0 0 _
and Mr. Wilde, were counsel for the Crown; Mr. Martin 0 _
e the Oxford and Bletchley line, It then Glasgow line with the present scheme, and granting the for- Lord CLIVE attracted the notice of the Speaker. listment of sailors. Now, he did not think that was a s atonal lreland . • Si.sl per cent. 0_35 0 0
not to be thus easily • ' ' Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent.
disposed of, and, as the Congress Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0
and another learned gentleman for the defendant.
informs: •turned north% ard at Henley, and ultimately joined the met company access to the large station to be constructed in He said there was a strong prejudice out of doors, fns- creditable course for the Admiralty to pursue. Another
The transaction which formed the subject of this b
London and Birmingham Railway at T • nng, a distance of the college grounds.
tered perhaps by the Right Honourable Baronet evil was, that whether war did or did not take place, showed no disposition to dissolve itself at their 'eld• bi nig.
Colon of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
lion arose out of the importation of sugar from Madras b}
while the regular
object the depositionof Gomez F •
troops under Rangel remained faithful to 0 0
the " t- twenty-two miles and a half from the station at Euston- Mr. Ewing, a director of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and
the Member for the U ' 'of Oxfordthose who enlisted entitledthe bounty.
niversity
the Lady Flora, described already in the case of
which it was square, the entire length being about sixty-nine miles and Caledonian and Dumbarton, gave general evidence in favour to the Government, they fo d'l . h .
un it prudent to oa er t eir
that in that House they sat to destroy the His ro osition was that aproclamation should be issued
torney-General v. Howe," a large quantity of
Mincing- a half. The cost of the main line would be 1,378,6001., and of the proposed branch, as opening up good station room for It not th • intentionold callingl) p certain tone and, remodelling • their plan, announced as its sole CANALS. business in
old laws. was their to destroy the - alleged that the defendant, who is in
off, and sold with the branches would belabout 1,452,756/. The rnling the former railway.
laws, the legislation since the Reformation • they wished tof the different
found it necessary to retreat after the battle of
antis. Santa Anna, D tiro, esew_. .. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 o
......
••; Dividend __,ca.
lane as a sugar-broker, had purchased
passedautyinto home con- gradient would be one in a hundred, while that of the A question was here raised about the locus standi of Mr. , lets
oil:his march to San Luis Potosi (to which place he Names of ; E Dividend Price' Names of 1?. per IP
duty on, to a person by whcm it was
..The defence was, 'PPosing line was only one in two hundred. He pro- Forsyth appearing for the Monkland mineral lines. only to repeal the Act 9th of George 11. But he would to discharge that class, and take men into service who sumption through a grocer at
thatßariburs
the discrepancies posed to attain the summit of his elevation bythe ,
A discussion ensued, which resulted in the Committee ask those who set up what had been the did not come within that description. The men would the Angostura), received intelligence of these disturb-
-------
that the duty had been paid, and
were
to be accounted for a gradient of short length of one in ninety, deciding against the appearance of Mr. Forsyth.
affectingt himself,
spirit of legislation since the Reformation ? What was then be driven to enter her Majesty's service. epees, and fully comprehending their
Elizabeth, and those great They might call it impressment if they liked,
~i,
X
4
charged on the part of the Crown
ooks
put in on his part. while Mr. Brunel proposed to effect the same object Mr. Thomas Leadbetter, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Paterson, the policy of Queen1
by an examination of a number of 0
The ATTOZNET-GswERAL replied submitting to the jury by a shorter and steeper gradient of lin Ca But although of Glasgow, gave evidence as to the accommodation the pro- men of her time whose wisdom continued a landmark in but it was a far milder method than that
Ishby-d-la-Z 113 41. - 11Intgomrysh 100 2_....'•340
f n'elant was a flimsy and the general gradient was greater than that of the Great Posed branch would give to the cattle and mineral traffic of history, and whose valour destroyed the Armada.- whibh had been hitherto practised. He very much •'s •gwrioltiel.liin
ttohe=ng.ntt terms,
ito
I.Gooronpesz, eshtn & 01•1 h 97 51.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 12...
that the case set up by theitetiel
e information. Western project, he reached his stations at Cheltenham and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
(Hear.) The 31st of Elizabeth, c. 7, was for the be- doubted if they could pursue the old system in this en- which Santa Anna promised to dispatch immediately • iOO 2'
Basingstoke 100 - - Neath •• ••• • ,2/
clumsy answer to the chargesN.l
150 . • 40
having summed up, Oxford 30 feet below the site adopted by Mr. Brunel, and, Mr. Affie, the engineer of the line, was examined as to the to his assistance should arrive I Hretested t - -
e here. e p
, that the insurgents were not punished in trknk&-Abrg 150, 5/. 85 Nottingham. .„ 06
The Learned CHIEF Bare
ueathing of lands to charitable urea; the 39th, lightened age. He very much doubted if the Lord Mayor
verdict for the Crown for 65/. 12s.- beside, had the advantage of avoiding the bed of water works on the line. They presented no engineering difficulty, q
wash
for a poor-law carrying' out the wouldgrant a warrant to press men into the service. furtherif ' • earestee.... 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 „,,.
, if 4S ise
The jury returned a ver
Dudley...... WO' 41. - Regent's ••• • 3' • 1.. .-
* by which Cheltenham was supplied. By both the the heaviest gradient being lin 90. The cost was estimated c• . .
the most exemplary maneer, he would himself have
3,
fprevious Act, and after that He dthat he House wocalo Derby ..• • • 100' 61. 63 Rochdale ..- 8. :),. --
jronnerd.... too 141. - Peaknghest.
Forest. 78 e-
single value.
lines the distance would be 1011% miles; and at 71,500/. spirit o the p hoped t
the country considering it no longer habitable if the Derby , 133 4/. 55 Shropshire • • 125 ,n. los. 130
COI -i•
NIMONS.-(THIS
PLEA
DAY.) from Gloucester it would be by one line 109 miles, for thepunishment The Committee adjourned till to-morrow at twelve o'clock. followed a law of vagrants, in- to make some such law as the present. When they laws could be violated with impunity. There is some. Erewash - • •1100 321. - Somrset Coal 150
_.
_.
c. --
wereguided bno dicating that they y sickly spirit. But were in hourly expectation of war with France North & 1 ill 0; 1 -
C y Lk Fd St 12 oh w 275
10 4 . Do. 2gL
__
(Sittings at Nisi Prins) and by the other a furlong further. By the present route
thing ludicrous in this lan uaee from a man whose
g ' -
U-andJunctnlloo 6/ 7a Stffrd&Worc 140
' d the whole day i
The Court was occupied y u hearing a case from Gloucester is 114 miles, and thus five
the distance .
COMMITTEES on PRIVATE BILLS. n the Government
then followed c. 4of that Act, which was the most im- the line of battle-ships were not half manned. While "hole
ole life has been a series or insurrections, and the e na union
, :re
,100 1/. 10s. - Shrews 151. ob
miles of distance would be saved, and a continuous comma- portant of all, permitting and requiring the erection of vessels in the French service had nine hundred p • , • • it-
-145 'of no public importance.
ronunciauos, estimating at its proper worth, lost no Glamorgnsh .1 172 13%1. - Stourbridgc.. ~ sea
nication would be made on .the narrow-gauge system from (THIS DAY.) hospitals for the poor. From a provision in that Act it men on board, those in the Euglish of equal sise, Ay 79 ..•
time in
communicating to him their modified plan, backed Trsaturtoinrkl.y. i ;soic:
1-21. -_ -_ tertvefrnadoandi
26 IL 88"
CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) xi' TALBOT the west, the south, east, and the north. ROSS AND CROMARTY DISTRICT ROADS BILL. was clearly shown that the policy of Elizabeth was quite had only seven hundred or seven hundred and fifty. by those argumeats to which he is known to be most open.
, eer. ..ALBOT cross-examined on behalf of the Great The Committee on this Bill met to-day, for the first time, different from that of George IL That Bill of Ile did trust that the Government would take some ' Iludderstleld. 57! - - Wye Rail.
OLD COURT.
The effect was immediately perceptible in a fresh series Kennt & Avn 39' 7s.
of communications from him, to the Government in cool, bur.. 125 „„/ 9
6d. 5 Trnt & Mr../ 50 301. •
Western Company, and in room No. 38. Present Sir John Hanmer (chairman), Elizabeth was entirely charitable in its nature ; means to correct these evils. It was the last opportu-
(Before Baron ALDERSON.) Mr. STEPHENSON replied to him that there was a number Mr. Forbes Mackenzie, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Bouverin Mr. J. it was not likely that she would make a law nit he would have of addressing the House for some Lancaster... 47, 11. 10s. - Bey ••• - i ..- ••-
Leeds&Livrp 100 341. 520 Thams&Med 19
, 42
FoRGERY.-On the application of Mr. Ballantyne, the case of roads to be passed on the level, but that would be spoken
an to the Pronunciados in very friendly terms. Com-
Denistoun, Mr. Hastie, Captain Dalrymple, Mr. W. Bernie, favourable to Rome. James 1., too, who could not be time, and he therefore was the more urgent in his appeal.
plying with the invitation of Congress, he announced it
of Edmund Garbett, who was indicted for forgery, was post- to by another witness. The present extent of the lineser,:iicesetsrtetrN..t.h. tae it
37 wßorirmincstr egc.] 78 2..
11.
Mr. Alexander Oswald and others. supposed to incline towards the Roman Catholic religion, Mr. WARD said that he was sorry to have to
poned till next Saturday. comprised under the influence of the North Western The Bill was promoted by the Road Trustees,. Agents carried out that policy. William, Mary, and Queen oppose the Gallant Admiral upon this Bill, as he said his intention to assume the Presidency, by which the
Man directedarra
znictii thatl(tin hostilities
upa arr;
were
shouldh
ueiultra
ecalei
dba cease FORGERY.-Nicholas Kerp, a tailor, Alfred Witiams, alias Company might be described by Perth as the northern Messrs. Cameron and Bain, Parliament-street. Anne, too, were always found to be favouring charity. that it was the last he would introduce for a con- obnoxious individual (Gomez Farsas) would be legally Lougaborogil42i 701. 530 Wilts& Brks 67
Brown, a painter, and Joseph Alexander, a labourer, who were extremity, Holyhead as the western, and Gloucester as the The only petitioner was Henry Mackenzie, Esq. of Dun- With re t t f h dfltle t. f•d bl •d'
t e groun sot e o jec ion o si era e peno to the attention of the House,
price
remanded from last session, were indicted for forgery. southern, and upon the lines now worked a dividend of 10 donald, who claimed to have a clause inserted, authorising , spec o one 0
mocrats,. or, as they are now termed Puros, on the re-
:u oantttiiOrnhi :is of,
r,
rGiavll3l.e z INSURANCE! COMPASTLIIIL
Dividend Amount rim.
the Right Hon. Baronet respecting succession, it appeared As to the general principles stated by te ;silent
Mr. CLARKSON conducted the case for the prosecution and per cent. had been generally paid. He had laid down the the construction of a road through his property.
Name of Company. per of
...........
the prisoners were defended by Messrs. Ballantyne and Parry.' tine generally with a view to avoid residential property. The preamble was proved, and the rest of the day was oc- that the power of bequest was fully extended to York Admiral he fully agreed, but the provisions
Annum. share.
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The facts appear from the following evidence :- Since the reduction of the fares on the North-Western line copied in passing the clauses. and Wales. The power of testators was made absolute were not calculated to effect the good he desired.
tatletrotiayleacr::biolaridse•rd.
Mr. Harley, of St. Thomas's-square, Hackney, deposedWESTMINSTER IMPROVEMENTS. except in cases of charity, and no care was taken Mr. CORRIE expressed his surprise at the provisions
s except Santa Anna's. Th
ceipt of this unexpected intelligence; but they had no
there had been a difference in the returns made to the share-Albion •• .••..•..•• • •• • • • M. 105. 500 0 0 50,1 0 0
XS. d. lo 0 74
that he kept an account at Messrs. Fuller's, the bankers, holders, but there had not been an opportunity of ascertaining The Committee met this morning in room No. 39; Mr. of heirs. What was the meaning of the restriction of of the Bill, and the speech with which the Gallant Mem- sion, as their military supporters
young gentlemen of the National Guard, called by the Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 1 0 0 71
and that he had not authorised the drawing of a bill on that it precisely.
on replied Clive chairman. personalty? It was not sufficient to say that it bet had supported it. To Mr. CALVERT'S re-examination, Mr. Stephens
bank for the sum of 5001. The Committee were engaged during the forenoon in exist, an the authority o William, ary, an Anne, did • df M d A Sir C. NAPIER Idlt'd th S t fth
rep le - e said e ecre ary o e
not to the President of the United States), on the other Atlas .. .. ...
mob "Polkas" with (reference to a well-known dance , Ditto, Ma.rine.......• 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 001 L.,'
British Commercial •• 75. per share 50 0 0 u a,
2 10 ~
Mr. Baker, clerk in the bank of Messrs. Fuller, deposed that the district occupied by the Great Western Company
g agreeing to and passing the several clauses of the Bill. might be well opposed to that of George. That measure Admiralty had quite missed his argument; hehad failed
I hand, were highlp elated. Both parties maintained theiri
that on the 29th of December last the Bill now handed to was nearly as extensive as that influenced by the orth
although not so good for the pur- could not be correctly called the safeguard of Protes-• to answer it. He offered a prospect of something beino• eleriel Med &Gen Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 ,n 0 0
31. 100 0 0 '" o 0 ckg
him was presented at that bank for payment. He paid that Western Com
_y,
d though th
bill in four 100/. and two 50L notes. He knew the numbers poses of trafficpa?The aid-i capital of the latter company IMPERIAL PA RLIAMEN T ,
tantism. The present law did not apply to Ireland done at a future time •; so it was always, and so it would t•
•• 6s. 0 ...
or Scotland, and he thought the Honourable be, and there would be nothing done in the end.o 2
sAonavery arrived
kionadst tGzuesatpsdeancidooeundpt,ien the continued barricaded i2:d:taduseletdd. : f:;:raou;nietnY :: : ...
: : : : : : : : : : 12s
. :g 0 liii °o° -
of these notes. The forged bill was presented for payment is upwards of traffic. be
whiles 4
5 othooaLt opfatihdeuGp7a4t,3Wl67oooterin.
urtn:adtllll3°Suist:innt::
Itediltzr; Eng.& Scot. Law •• •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 4ll paid.
between ten and eleven o'clock. Soon after he had paid this Company is upwards of f t
Bed on him, debt, and power to borrow 3,958,0001. They were further (THIS DAY.) Member for Oxford could not contend that The gallery was then cleared, but the second readingEuropean Life •• •• •• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 ".'" 0 0 130
bill, Mr. Hickman, from the Bank of England, ca
-me- that law was passed for the security of Protes- of the Bill was negatived without a division. and,e havingee Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 .
--" 47g
and in reply to a question from him, he (witness) said that seeking for powers in the present session to raise additional
tantism. They were endeavouring, not to introduce a SEDUCTION AND PROSTITUTION PREVEN-tleonogartelissaLPzitdeonntlf:irien: :01111-3 Globe ............... 61. per cent. Stock.
A 36 10 0 430
capital of 11,000,000/. The North-Western Company had a HOUSE 'OF COMMONS.
d h• Guardian 51 per cent. 100 0 - 0 0 - it
........ •• • • .
" all was right."
new principle, but merely to remove an anomaly. TION BILL. Imperial Fire .... •• • • 61. and bonus 500 00 20 0 147°
f the Bank of England, here produced portion of what was called Punch's line, and had arranged The entry into this city and established himself at the io 0
Mr. Bawtrey, clerk o SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve did • . . . .
They not wish charities to get possession of On the motionfor the second readiesg of this i ,
13.11 Imperial Life •••• •• •• 125. 100 00 - 1 0 513 .....
the 'hotes in question. to make wharfs and establish works at Battersea, so as to o'clock.
. t. Palace as the head of the Government. Thus Indemnity Marine.... 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 0 •
'ned-All these notes had the private bring the narrow gauge lines to the land, but merely that property should be Sir G. GREY said the Bill failed in the ob,ject it con-
Mr. Baker re-exami the north of the river in SITTINGS ON WEDNESDAY. the dissensions of Moderados and Puros (the Law Life•••••••••• .. IL Ss. 100 0 0 1° 0 0
mark of the Bank of England, L.C. Did not know why communication with the South-Western lines on the other On the motion that the Committees have leave to sit placed in the same position with respect to that as it tom laced viz., the prevention of "procuring ' victims for Conservatives and Radicals of Mexico) have terms- ..egal and General Life - 50 002 0 15
0 12 1° 15
tlinßank'of England should have sent to the bank of Messrs. side of the Thames. They were also about to lay down four was with reference to an h•the U • •ofthe • in -t. He b• dto the Billalso
yt mg else. e niversity
notwithstanding the sitting of the House,rated for the present in the elevation of an indi• " 25 0 0 ;--, 0 0 ~,d,
Landon Ship •.... ••• •• • 10s.
Fuller. lines of railway from London to Tring in order to accommo- Sir Oxford was enabled, by an Act, to sell their land. Were it the summary way in which it proceeded against the Cross-examined-Had no recollection of the Person who datethe
ao 0 0 ` 0
of dislike and distrust ; and it is one great proof of Med. Invlid& Gen: Life 4%1. per ct.
20 0 0 210
,s
presented the bill. To Mr. TALBOT'S cross-examination on this latter point, and the Government to the inconvenience of the
House . . . , . restriction by the 113 d of George 111., that most u.eful very sweeping character in reference to brothelsNational ',fain Fund.. 51. per cent.
Joseph Green, clerk in the Bank of England, recollected House and the Committees sitting at the same time Santa Anna's superior energy that, in °spite of those
Mr. Stephenson replied that it would require new powers to charity would not have been half so efficient as it was. and persons suspected of keeping such houses. The slatioeal Life. . -
the 400/. notes being brought to the issue department before on Wednesday. On that day many most im- feelings his presence seldom fails tb •
o produce su i I alladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 -
__
enable the company to lay down the additional lines be- In his Church Endowment Bill the Right Hon. Baronet clauses were very indefinite, and laboured under great • feelings,
0 11. .
twelve o'clock on the 29th of December last, thought he re- tween Tring and Watford, but not between the latter place portant measures were appointed for considers-whose money and influence con- uhcenix •
mon. The clergy, . .. 3/. p. et. & bs. - 0 , 0
himself had made se • encroachments on the principle disadvantage as a practical measure. It would be a Bill'rotector Life.... ... 51. or cent. 20 0 -0 0 '-ig
ceived them from Kerp, but was not sure. The reason he and London. The tunnels and the roadway were to be tion in the House, and by the rules that had been
contended for. Let 11011
tributed largely to the recent change, have obtained 'rovident Life -
sent to the bank of Messrs. Fuller was, that the person who doubled.-It being arranged that the landowners opposition adopted it was compulsory on many Hon. Memberslook t themanufacturingl3f at advantage to public morals if it were rac-
con them a
this o. great .
5 0 0
the Bill 'there P from Sante. Anna the repeal of the late law for the sale took Life- - - ...... 45. -•....-
asked for all gold had told him that that he got it from and the further evidence of the promoters should be got who were interested in those questious to be absent, in : e
towns and they would find that statute worked citable measure, but as stood was not a ,
of church property. The church must, however, suffer. loyal Exchange Si. per cent. Stock.
that bank. About five minutes afterwards he changed the through to-morrow, and that Mr. Talbot should reply the consequence of having to attend Committees. It wasagricultural • •to which hecould • h•lf the Hon
most injuriously, and in districts there was clause w give is support. . . Santa Anna has obtained from Congress authority to 3'lllZLi-fe...... -• . • 611 i. Lt - -
- -
two 501. notes, but that was too small an amount for him to first thing on Friday morning, for instance, extremely inconveniet that such measures
' equal injury inflicted. Member would bring in a measure to effect his object • 20 000 000 of dollars,and from other
raise „ - 615
Universal Life
take notice of the party who presented the notes. The Committee adjourned at half-past four. ,as the Pious and Charitable Purposes Bill, and other Sir R. H. INGLIS said that he should have been in a more simple wah• the 1.1)
y, without touc ing upon i er- the ecclesiastical coffers can any efficient aid be obtained. PSI°
Mr. Hickman, clerk in the Bank of England, deposed that content to have let the measure go to a division, after ties of the subject, the Government, no doubt, would
LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANINgt
important measures, should be appointed for considers- . . Forced loans are proscribed as dangerous and ineffi-
his attention was called to what had been deposed to by GROUP XXIV. the speech of his Right Hon. Friend the Secretary for give it their support. peel
time when Members who took an interest in them were carious ; taxes are slow in operation, and tend to ex- Dividend Amount paid. -
the last witness. Kerp was the party who presented the
MOLD. compelled to be absent. He trusted that the Govern- •
the Home Department, without making any observe- Mr. SPOONER said after what had fallen from the asoerate the classes on whom the pressure of the war Name of Company. per of
..----"''
notes. After seeing Mr. Baker he ordered the money to
tions upon it, bad not the House decided that Right Hon. Baronet, it would be quite unnecessary for •
"num. Share.
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The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock; Mr. •
be paid. ment would adopt some measure to remedy the incon- chiefly falls ; Mexican credit in foreign countries is a ----- d
the debate should continue. He trusted that at some him to waste the time of the House by entering upon • Xs• 162
Beckett in the chair.
x s. d. 0 0
Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE-Did not remember vecience. jest. The clergy must, therefore, consent to sacrifice a too 150
Mr. TALBOT opened on behalf of the promoters, and statedother period it would be so contrived that so important the character of the measure. lie was obliged to the
to have ever eeen Kerp before. Thought that the person Sir G. GREY fully admitted thatgreat inconvenience - Bank of Scotland - 100 0 seo
that he had in the first place to object to the petitions of thea question would not be brought forward at a time when Right Hon. Baronet for the recommendation which he had Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 f;0
who presented these notes had no mustachios. Would swear
existed in consequence of the rule of the House tom- t. becomes ' ' •
merely an arithmetical one, Santa Anna .
inhabitants of Chester and Wrexham, as the counsel so large a proportion of Hon. Members were necessarily offered, which he (Mr. Spooner) would accept and follow. lionßritish Linen Company 81. par cent. - ilk, 0 0
1;7.114
P that Kerp was the party. Kerp was in the Bank
elfin the attendance of five Members upon each Cum- endeavouring to extract as much, and the reverend
body Commercial Bank - - Cl. per cent. - 10 0 ,(.! 90,4
for them had no locus standi in the Committee, in absent in their several Committees. He could hardly The Bill was then withdrawn, and the Hon. Member
of England for about an hour. Did not recollect the dress
ive as little s possi
to g . a . ble. Changes •of M stry ini - have National Bank l. per cent. -- 50 0 u es
ofthe almost but • I practice "P I' mittee, and that it tended to an unsatisfactory discharge . his
consequence -
76,1 r sent. - - 0 "6g
which he then wore.
•notice of motion f leave b • in Bill
agree with Noble Friend in any one particular gave
become so common here, as to be scarcely worth record-
ment of not allowing any parties to appear where they of the duty of Members in the House. He deeply re-
Mr. Moses Samuel, a clothier, deposed to Brown and Kerp . .
It of his speech except his eulogium upon Sir F. secure the more effectual suppression of trading in • Western Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. - 50 : 12%
or their property were not affected by the proposed line. gretted that the present arrangement should cause the Palgrave. the Latterly Goner Farias could find no one, North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 10 o_i 1/ 14/
having come to his shop, and that the latter purchased the
he admitted the justice of that praise, seduction,and providing that parties offending should I '''' • ' . , •
While
'
was shown that the line would not come within three miles absence of Hun.many Membere, and would be glad toto accept these appointments, and was ouligeu Clydesdale Bank-
foriner, who was wretchedly dressed, a suit of clothes
he could not attempt to assert that, however high and not be sub set to suminary jurisdiction, but be tried • •
Eastern Bank 5l. per cent. 210 0 ails
of Chester, but
ster, that it would run into a line that was already see some course adopted that would remedy the incon- , to dispense with the assistance of a Cabinet. Santa
After two o'clock on the same day Brown came to his shop, .
talented an authority Sir F. Palgrave might be on this before the courts of law. Caledonian Bank - 50 0 tele
sanctioned b Parliament, and which was intended to run
• Anna has, however, succeeded in forming a Ministry
a 0 0,7
venience. The postponing of the sitting of Committeea
Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. -
and pulled out a double purse, full of sovereigns, and said,
Y the tit} subject,j still he was not infallible, and many assertions REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BILL. to - 225.
' I have got it,' and that the young man who was with bin, directly through .
_1
MILL,
on Wednesdays would be attended with great expenseof rather a respectable character. The War Depart- City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - ,0 0 ~,IL
made on his uthorit were incorrect. He trusted The Committee on this Bill was postponed till Wed--
Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 • i 0 0 "a:
had given him the money. The next day Kerp and Brown After hearing the reply of 3r. , ILL who appeared for the
to the parties, and he did not well see how that course that the Housea y be misled by dnext. ment is given to General Ignacio Gutierrez, that of Scottish
would not any state- nes ay
e Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 ril pa,d. 27
called to his shop. Kerp said to Brown a Why did you run hentitled petitioners, the Committee decided that e was not
could be adopted. Foreign Affairs to Senor Baranaa, Justice to Senor FE I,
ie,rucru 1 sc)l orse
.1
tc, n d . .
Si.per cent. 10 0 0 0 0 234
away?" Brown answered, " Because 'I
heard the bankers to take any objection to the preamble of the Bill. ment, however elaborate, into an assent to this Bill, but MEDICAL REGISTRATION AND MEDICALO to A 9
Mr. ESTCOURT did not see how the difficulty was Suarez Iriarte (a remnant of the Puros party), and Korth British Insur. •.5%1. pr cent. 200 0 10 os' 111
asking you questions." An argument then arose on the petition of the promoters that it would b
e rejected upon its own merits, as a aims- LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Finance to Dcfn Juan Rner°. The last appoin- ctoo 0 0 0 0
Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 0 1 04
Cross-examined by Mr. PARBor, for Bro -Had never of the Chester and Shrewsbury Railway, who also objected to to 'n
be got over, except by Hon. Members postponing tar measure was rejected last year. He thought that On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, ment is the only one which will excite any interest
Edinburgh Life Incur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 l2
0 50 0 0 17
seen Brown or Kerp before. His wife wa.s in the shop u on
, the project of the Meld Railway, but Mr. O'Malley also here matters that were offered to a future day, and that he any measure that could encourage men to give in their Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions against it. in England. In peaceable times I should consider it Edin. & Man. Railway 1/.los. per s. 50 0 All paid. „II
each occasion when the prisoners called. s ` stated, that, according to the practice of Parliament, these must admit would in many instances be unjust.
and lifetime for charitable purposes was better than one Mr. WAKLEY presented petitions from Manchester, favourable to the bondholders. Senor Rondero has Ditto, le Shares- -711.6 d. p. 5. 12 10 0 ~ 0 0 •;7
Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 J. 617,
An p!li. is
W. H. Edwards, police-constable 139 L, saw the three pri- Petitioners could not be heard. There was not a single prece- After some observations from
Mr. GOULBURN to encourage them to defraud their heirs' by leav- Liverpool, and several other of the most important never before been in office, but few men here are more Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent. 50 0 0
All INu_.";• 39%
goners standing together in Angel-court some time ago, dent throughout the whole of the decisions of the several u
Mr. .....17DSON,
ing their properties for these purposes after their towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, corn- deeply versed in the abstruse mysteries of Mexican '
"lasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 0 0
25 0 0 All 104"' 37
Alexander beckoned to him (the policeman) and told him Committees in which the promoters of a railway not yet . Mr. GISBORNE expressed a hope that the Govern- death.-1 H h There had be Acts with lainin of the abuses that existed at present
, ear, ear.) ere been many p g . . . . Originallyins f toggle &Clameirk Rail. U. per cent. 25 „0 An palg• 9
that he had a charge of forgery against the other two pri- formed were allowed to appear as opponents to any project
finance. a military man, he retains few tment would consider whether it would be best for the Dundee sed Areerostinleact. st: per
cent
150 ; 8 2to
senors. He afterwards said that he had no charge against which did not directly and immediately affect their interests. House reference to this subject, and all of them had been re- and praying that this Bill might e
bpassed into a law. traces of that profession, and has long been closely con- '
Aandar Lif A 1 5 P t
or the Committees to sit on Wednesda • He
second
Bs _____-.
Brown, but that Kerp "was the villian." He afterwards Where two companies were competing for the supply 3' taxes in favour of the Church of England. He He would move the order of the day. for the
netted with the moneyed interest, which he may be con- WATER-
%AMES
missed Brown, but took Kerp and Alexander to the station- of a certain district, they were the natural rivals of thought they ought not both to sit on the same day. would not enter upon the subject more fully reading of the Bill, in order that he might obtain leave sidered as representing in the present Cabinet. For a
Dividend Amount paid, Priel.
house, when the officer refused to take the charge; but he each other, and of course entitled to appear. Where the Mr. JAMES thought that the best course to be pur- just then, but he would say that, rather than to postpone it till Monday next. Mexican, he is unusually sensitive on the subject of
Name of Company. per of
went afterwards, attended by the two prisoners, to Messrs. works of a projected line interfered with the works or with sued would be, that the Committees should commence
take the Noble Lord's Bill as he found it, he was con- The Bill was then postponed fora fortnight. credit, and on the, whole Ido not think Santa Anna Annurn. Sure. -......•
Fuller's bank, and one of the gentlemen there gave the pri- the land scheduled to any other company, that company was their sittings on Wednesdays at six o'clock, and con- tent to take the law as he found it. On many grounds THE TOWNS IMPROVEMENT BILL. could have made a better selection. -
Fuller
---
into charge, on the statement which he (the police. certainly entitled to appear; but even then its directors were tinue them till midnight .(Laughter.)
it was very inexpedient to disarrange the law as it now Viscount MORPETH moved that the House do go A note of woe is heard from Vera Cruz. That city £s. d. man) made. In December last he saw the prisoner Brown only to be heard as landowners, as had been decided cape- Leave was then given to the different Committees to East London..• ••••• • • 81. 100 0 - 90
stood, and for still heavier reasons would it be inexpe- into Committee pro forma upon this Bill; no further styled " the heroic," as well as the strong castle of San Grand Junction -•••• . 31. 105. 41 12 4
in a coffee-shop, in Holborn, and took him into custody, and daily in tie ease of the Syston and Peterborough Railway. sit, notwithstanding tho sitting of the House. dient to pass the measure of his Noble Frien • d into a steps would be taken upon it until after the Whitsuntide Juan de "Moe., are said to have fallen into the hands 'of Kent- .. -••-•• • • •• 31. 100 0 0 -
....
Brown admitted that he had changed four notes for 100 i. After some consideration the Committee decided that the REPORTS. holidays. the Americans, after a few days' bombardment by Vauxhall •••••• • • • • •• 100 0 0 -
125
and two for 50. for he for which he got 251. from Chester and Shrewsbury Company could not be heard, but The reports on the following Bills were brought up:- law- W. IIEATHCOTE supported the second reading Colonel SIBTHORP stated that the typhus fever . General Scott: As yet it is difficult to learn here Si.oa pr cnt. 63 12 9 -
West Middlesex • • • . •
_______--
him. that the landowners on the line were legitimate opponents. BirminhOxfordJ •and •
gam and unction, Birmingham,was raging in the metropolis. This statement he made DOCKS.
(The trial had not concluded when our report left.) Mr. Oakley gave evidencegenerally upon the quantity ofof the Bill,
any particulars of the surrender, but the public .----•
Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railways Amalgams- contained in the district, and stated that he himself Mr. NEWDEGATE said that the evils which this upon the high authority of an eminent physician ; and dejection is evidently very great. The forces of General Dividend Amount i
lion.
ode&
Bill proposed to remedy were not so great as the evils he could not see why London was to be exempted from
Paid.
-
Scott arrived late in the season on the coast Name of Company. per of
BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) held 1,500 acres on lease, which, according to the calcalation
of his agent, held more than 232,000,000 tons of coal, and Duffryn Llynvi and Perth Cawl and Llynyi Valley which would accrue from it. its operation. He would move that the House do not The deadly scourge of the vomit° appears generally in Annum. Share.
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John James Parker, alias Medhurst, who has been several upwards of 140,000,000 tons of ironstone. Railways Amalgamation.
Lord J. MANNERS replied-He said that the Hon. go into Committee.
the present month; and he has now not a moment to -
£ a d. X 5. C. _
times remanded on a Charge of stealing a prism3tic compass, The Committee adjourned at four o'clock. Eastern Counties Railway (Hertford to Hitchin). Member for Tamworth introduced his Bill without any Sir J.)LIN DUCKWORTH presented a petition .lose in pushing his way to Jalapa, which he will perhaps commercial ....••••• I! ,
per cent. Stock. _
...-
31
Pcent. Stock.
the property of Mr. Curtis, C.E., and whose case was fully Great Northern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield, and St. of those ob• •offered by the Right Hon. Baronet against some of the clauses of the Bill, and requested to
objections
East and West India... 6. pr h 1 -
stated in The Sun on the occasion of the first examination,
not do without opposition. Peurto Nacional and Planloo 0 0 - 104
was at length finally examined, and committed for trial this GROUP XXV. Alban's Branch);
having been urged against it, and he could not conceive know if the Noble Lord would take the prayer of the del Rio have to be passed, and both present natural obsta- East Country .. U. per 5 .
1 ondon ••• • • • -
morning. The Committee on this group resumed its sittings in Room Llnyvi Valley Railway Extension. why one thing was to be right in Ireland and entirely petition into consideration. ties to the march of an army. The termer has some forts- si. -
Katharine .• •• ....1 5 per cent. , Stock. 00 0 30
14, at twelve o'clock; Sir Charles Lemon in the chair. London Sewage Chemical Manure. wrong in England. Dr. BOWRING said that the Noble Lord had made cent. i5OO 0 ; 5
RAILWAY COll 11 ITTP. PQ MA.NCHESTER......I.L.N_.p__I3__ BIRMINGHAM AND Swansea Valley Railway.
- The House then divided, when there eneeeeao____ ~..._
.____
___,,_ ca ions, fi t• which have been thought impregnable key Southampton ••••• • • • , 21. per
•

RAILWAY COMAIIVITES.
(Tiffs DAY.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP VI.
YEOVIL, ERIDPORT, AND EXETER, &c.
Evidence was called in favour of the Bleadon and Wells
branch of the Great Western Railway.
The witnesses examined were the Rev. Mr. Bradon, vicar
of Chedder, Mr. Henry Davies, solicitor, of Weston-super-
Mare, and Mr. Arthur Thomas Tanner, landowner in the '
neighbourhood of Sidcott, Somersetshire.
Mr. Augustine Day, carcase butcher, residing at 'Meare,
Mr. John Lewis, market-gardener, of \xbridge, Mr. Richard
Lewis, woolstapler, of Axbridge, and Mr. H. Budgett, malt-
ster, of Chedder, also gave evidence in favour of the advantages
to be derived from the scheme of the Great Western Railway,
in that it would afford a more continuous line from the vari-
ous places in which they were interested to London.
Mr. G. Cox, miller, of Chedder, and proprietor of the cele-
brated stalactite cavern in that place, said that the con-
tinuation of the railway would bring an increased influx of
visitors to his property. At the conclusion of his examina-
tion he handed, with the utmost gravity and amid consi-
derable laughter, to the several members of the Committee
a bill setting out the wonders of the cavern, and expressed
to them the pleasure which he would derive by their paying
a visit to the cave in question.
Colonel Coles, magistrate of the county of Somerset, stated
the importance of Wells being placed in connexion with the
principal towns of Somersetshire, as proposel by the Great
Western Railway schemes.
The Committee then adjourned till twelve to-morrow.

GROUP IX.
WEST COI2:I7WALL (EIZANCEIES, &C.)

The Committee met this morning. in Room 35, but were
obliged to adjourn till Tuesday, as the Report of the Rail-
way Commissioners had not been received.

GROUP XL

The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock; Mr.
F. Mackenzie in the chair.

BRAINTREE AND HALSTEAD.
Mr. Waddington, deputy-chairman of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway, was examined on behalf of the promoters.
After some further evidence, the room was cleared.
On the re admission of strangers,
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee found the
preamble not proved.

GROUP XV.
CAMBRIDGE AND BEDFORD.
The Committee on this group met this morning at twelve
o'clock ; Mr. Bernal in the chair.

MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM AND
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION.

Mr. Sergeant Ar..t.xis opened the case for the promoters of
this line, and contended that the London and North-
Western Railway Company had no locus standi in opposition
to the preamble of the Bill.
Mr. WHEELER, on behalf of the London and North-
Western Company, maintained that that company had a
right to oppose the Bill, as it would be prejudicial to their
interests, was unnecessary and uncalled for, and would be
injurious to the interests of the public.
After some discussion, it was eventually decided that the
London and North-Western Company had no locus standi in
opposition to the preamble.
Evidence was then adduced on behalf of the promoters of
the line, and, after the examination of several witnesses to
show the traffic which might be expected, that the engineer-
ing works were practicable, and that the estimates were
sufficient for its construction, the room; was, cleared, and
un our re-admission,
The CILAIRMAR announced the
DECISION,

That the preamble of the Bill was proved."
Some of the clauses were then agreed to, and the Commit-
tee adjourned till Friday next.

ansoa Valfey Railway.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION.

Sir F. THESIGER gave notice, that on the motion
for the further consideration of the report on the Bir-
mingham and Oxford Junction Railway, he should
move that the report be further considered that day six
months.

Mr. Nash underwent a long cross-examination respecting
the property of the several opponents of the line, whose case
Mr. Gurney opened yesterday. He believed that the traffic
on the line would not justify the outlay of so large a sum as
485,0001., and did not conceive that any outward traffic
would countervail the local deficiencies of the line.
A discussion here ensued as to whether the Committee
would take the Royston and llitchin Railway as a com-
peting line, and after much discussion it was decided that
they would not view it in that light.
Mr. Nash was then asked by Captain PECHELL whether he
did not conceive that the frequent elections at the two
Universities would not render the formation of a line abso-
lutely necessary to make a direct communication between
IT eastern and` western counties ? and the witness re-
plied that he did not think the proposed line was necessary
tor that purpose, as the route was but little circuitous
already.
Captain LaWea stated that he was the manager of the
London and York
wlina:,
not
tt that the expense of the land-
owners' opposition
which he was engaged, and heto be
paid by the company for
thecould point out a route which
might be followed withoutapea slightest interference with
the property of those who
otaosition to the Bill.
To the Chairman Captain flewresed in
York
willing, on behalf of the London raeiliCil. , that he was quite
that both
to meet the views
Company, to
make the concessions that were neces
might be
of the Eastern Counties Company, sr r-
and the C,tntaitte de iced
accommodated.
30 lar as the line
The room was then cleared,
that the preamble of the Bid was proved
went between Bedtord and Slielford.
The Committee then took the con,lderat'en of tl.e
branches.
These branches being unopposed, the Committee de hied
the preambles of both to be proved.

CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.
The reports of the following Bills were considered and
agreed to:—

Birkenhead Commissioners Dock Acts Amendment
(Construction of New Docks and Alteration of Cul-
vert—Amendments to be proposed).
Birkenhead Dock Company and Herculaneum Dock
Company Amalgamation.
Dunfermline and Cupar Court-houses.
AGRICULTURAL TENANT-RIGHT BILL.
Several petitions were presented in favour of the
Agricultural Tenant-right Bill.

SIEDICAL REGISTRATION BILL.
Mr. BROTHERTON presented petitions in favour of
the Medical Registration Bill.
HEALTH OF TOWNS.

Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from Durham and
other places, in favour of the Health of Towns Bill.

Lord J. MANNERS replied—He said that the Hon.
Member for Tamworth introduced his Bill without any
of those objections offered by the Right Hon. Baronet
having been urged against it, and he could not conceive
why one thing was to be right in Ireland and entirely
wrong in England.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading 2O
Against it
Majority
-146

AGRICULTURAL TENANT RIGHT BILL.
Mr. PUSEY presented a petition from the members
of the Landowners and Fartners'Society, in favour of the
Bill. The Hon. Gentleman stated that it was not his
intention to proceed further with the Bill, The Right
Hon. Member for Tamworth had stated, and he agreed
with him, that the legislation at that period of the ses-
sion could not do anything which could satisfy the
parties concerned. He hoped, therefore, to be allowed
to withdraw the Bill.

Sir ROBERT PEEL said the Hon. Gentleman could
not look back on his course with auy but the most pleas•
ing reflections, for his object had been to benefit the
parties concerned, to promote the application of capital
to agriculture, and to afford a just compensation to the
farmer for the changes which had occurred. The course
of the Hon. Gentleman did him great credit.
The Bill was then withdrawn.
LANDED PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT (IRE-

LAND) BILL.
On the order of the day for going into Committee on
this Bill being read,

Dr. BOWRING said that the Noble Lord had made
great concessions, and if many more were made,
the Bill would be of very little worth. He hoped
that from henceforth the Noble Lord would show some
of the virtue of resistance. He was supported by a great
body of public opinion out of doors.
Lord SANDON fully concurred in the sentiments of
the last speaker; a great change could not be made with-
out its being prejudicial to some vested interests.
Viscount MORPETH said that he left out London
from the provisions of this Bill, not because he consi-
dered it less to want it than the city of Lincoln, but, be-
cause of its large size ; and he feared that by grasping
at all he would have got nothing.—(Hear, hear.)
Colonel SIBTHORP said, as the Noble Lord had
not acceded to his suggestion, he would press his amend-
ment to a division.

The gallery was then cleared for a division, but as
there were only thirty-four Members present, the House
adjourned.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING
SIX. O'CLOCK.

DERBY.

5 to 1 agst Cossack
5 to 1 agst Conyngham
9 to 1 agst Van Tromp
12 to 1 agst Planet
20 to 1 agst Mr. Martin
25 to 1 agst Wanota
25 to 1 agst Montpensier
25 to 1 agst Oxonian
33 to 1 agst Red Hart
40 to 1 agst Bowstring

Mr. SHARMAN. CRAWFORD said the object of
the Bill was similar to that of a Bill brought
in by Government, viz., to enable those of limited pro-
perty to improve their lands on Government advances
at a rent charge. It was intended to include those who
were excluded from the Government measure. He
wished to have the opinion of some Members of the Go-
vernment before going into Committee as to how far the
Government were prepared to support it.
Mr, MONAHAN (Solicitor-General for Ireland)
said one of the provisions of the Bill, allowing the tenant
for life to borrow money from the Government, was one
the operation of which would require consideration, and
he hoped the Hon. Gentleman would postpone the Bill.
Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD postponed the Bill
for a week.

OAKS.
4 to 1 apt Cletnentina
9 to 1 agst Farmer's Daughter

REGISTRY of BIRTHS and DEATHS
DURING TfIE WEEK ENDING MAY 8.
I Deaths registered in the week. Births registered in the week. Males ... ... ... 486 Males ... ... .. 652
Females ... ... 501 Females ... ... 607

Total . . 987

IRELAND.

Total ... 1,259

Limerick and Clare Examiner-office,
MONDAY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER MR. JOHN BLOOD

A note of woe is heard from Vera Cruz. That city,
styled " the heroic," as well as the strong castle of San
Juan de Ulloa, aro said to have fallen into the hands of
the Americans, after a few days' bombardment by
;General Scott. As yet it is difficult to learn here
any particulars of the surrender, but the public
dejection is evidently very great. The forces of General
Scott arrived late in the season on the coast
The deadly scourge of the vomito appears generally in
the present month; and he has now not a moment to
lose in pushing his way to Jalapa, which he will perhaps
not do without opposition. Peurto Nacional and Plan
del Rio have to be passed, and both present natural obsta-
cles to the march of an army. The former has some forti-
fications, which have been thought impregnable by
the Mexicans, but fatal experience has shown that they
are not likely to prove so to the Americans. Attacking
or attacked, the Mexicans seem fated to be defe sted.
The battle of the Angostura was fought chiefly
by American volunteers, who are described in a
letter from Saltillo as a most undisciplined rabble ; yet
Santa Anna, at the bead of his chosen troops, much
more than double their number, was compelled to re-
treat before them. Already some indications of what is
likely to occur have been shown at Santa Ft% near
Vera Cruz, where General Romulo de la Vaya at-
tempted an attack on an American outpost, and was
immediately abandoned by his troops. This officer has
acquired an inconvenient sort of reputation ,by his con-
duct at Resaca de Guerrero, where he allowed himself
to be made a prisoner, instead of running away, like the
reit, for which Congress voted him a gold medal, and
the most extravagant expections are entertained of
his future exploits. Santa Anna has obtained per-
mission from Congress to resume the conatnand of
the army, and now goes to undertake the most dan-
gerous of his campaigns. Of the 25,000 men as-
sembled at San Luis Potosi previous to the battle of
the Angostura, probably not more than half are now
in the ranks, and a part of those must be left to
garrison San Luis. With national guards, militia,
and volunteers. Santa Anna may be able to oppose about
15,000 men to General Scott, in the neighbourhood of
Jalapa. Notwithstanding the dislike which Mexicans
entertain tow ards all foreigners, and the tenacity
with which every offer of peace from the Americans
has been rejected, there is little show of war-
like enthusiasm here. Every Mexican, indeed, asserts
that the war must be continued; but few are inclined to
take any personal share in the contest, and still fewer
to contribute to its expenses. A party, too,
exists who desire the subjugation of the country,
not from any love to a foreign yoke, but from disgust
at their own internal dissensions, and a convic-
tion of the impossibility of their establishing a perma-
nent Government amongst themselves. This party, •
under the mask of patriotism, will continue to augment
the obstacles to peace, in order that the Americans may
be forced to convert their invasion into a conquest.
In the northern provinces the war has alreasy taken the
latter form. The capital of the State of Chihuahua
has been occupied by eight hundred Ameri-
cans. They were met (I cannot say opposed)
by at least 3,000 Mexicans, who abandoned the field on
receiving one volley of artillery. This little band of ad-
venturers is now threatening the populous capital of
Durango. A strong American squadron has arrived at
Ocapulco, and there can be no doubt that all the Mexi-
can ports on the Pacific will fall, like these on the At-
lantic, into the hands of the United States.
Santa Anna has been authorised by Congress to name
a deputy-president during his absence, in order. to ex-
clude Gomez Farias from a return to power.-71vies.

SERVANTS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The first
annual meeting of this institution was held yesterdayucliefteco
noon at the Hanover-square Rooms, and the attendance
the occasion was numerous and influential. Lorddalel;b_el
Grosvenor occupied the chair, and in his introductory speech
stated the objects of the society. These,are to afford
aid' in
the shape of pensions, to infirm or disabled domesticoo ,ea_fce
It is calculated that there are more thearnaeluf
1 000 ill
servants in the metropolis alone, and p
female servants in London were to con
England and Wales. Supposingthauttriwebaucthe
3osf.tpheer 130,e0a,r0,00$
sum of 15,000/. would be collected thereby,cethere taorebueparipaprrdoes
society
yd Loasthbeeegneloinerlyalapuyrepaorsiens oefxtishteensoci
of 1,000 domestic servants amongst the s
committee have a sum of 1,000/. in the Bank.
ll'iii_h_irsetsePtiecce!
to another society of a similar nature at present any
his Lordship stated that they did not look uponhlet ""
contrs'J
feelings of jealousy or hostility, but that on t
existence,
r bAelrtsh, eaulgnh theth
e
trait ed
they would be delighted to see the two societies amaireer
into one. The report era., then read by Mr. Chest the
the ye&f
secretary. It stated that the donations during theo?;9l.,
amounted to 7751., the subscriptions of the members t 0,02.,
and the annual subscriptions to 204. Resolutions, cone of
tory of the report and in furtherance of the general objecr",r.
the society, were supported by Mr. Hodgson,
G. Parker, the Rev. Mr. Howarth, of St. GeolSrgLeP';',
Berkeley, the Rev. A. Cooper, and the Rev. Mr. Br the
The meeting terminated with the usual vote of thanks d g
chairman, but we cannot close our notice without recor
the fact that the main featare dwelt upon by the darer%
speakers was the necessity which existed that dote the
servants should themselves come forward in support of the
institution, and not leave it altogether dependent on
general charity of the public.
ing
MARVELLOUS Escape.—On Wednesday eve" d
just after the steamer W Bristol, haot
ye, from Chepstow to
left the former place, and was within about fifty Yards )3
being yed
ich
/10..vriGu.
opposite the place where the miners are en,l).°-'
blasting for the works of the South Wales Railway, wh-at
here crosses the river Wye the alarm was sounded t"cifer
blast was about to be fired, and for the men t o the
out. The captain was unable to check the velocity 01 .he
steamer on a sudden, and just as it arrived opposite a
spot a tremendous explosion took p b
lace, resembling its
miniature 'Etna or Vesuvius, and attracting every eye 'OO
brilliance and grandeur. Immediately afterwards, t°
..„rue
consternation of every one on board, a shower of stones, 7,h,
of them half a hundred weight, fell on all sides 0f to
steamer. The terrified passengers and crew ratt
holes and corners for shelter. Fortunately, onleY
rove-at
small piece fell on the vessel, but one large f g
such
plunged into the water just before her bows, and raisr
a spray as thoroughly wetted every one ir! that
Had it fallen on the steamer it is probable it would
: 10
made a hole clean though her bottom. It was a miracle
that no one was struck by the descending masses, which
showered thickly down on all sides. The passengers were
thankful to Providence for their preservation, and a petitioa
was signed by every person on board to the magistrates o_,
Chepstow, praying them to interfere to prevent the firing °'
q.eudaiisatevr.o
a blast when' a vessel is passing. Between 40 and 50 persons
were on deck when the event took place.—Worcesterpa
.

SMITH.

On yesterday (Sunday), whilst the greater part of the
family and servants of Mr. Blood Smith, of Castle-Fergus,
near Newmarket, were at prayers, the female portion of
the family at Ennis, and some of the servants at New-
market, a body of armed men entered the house and
ascended to the back drawing .room where they found Mr.
John Smith reading. They asked where his father was.
He said he did not know. They replied he lied, and
one of the banditti thereupon fired and hit him over the
temple. A second shot wounded him in the side.
Mr. Smith, sen., with Mr. Wallpate, jun. (of Castle-
Connell), were in the lawn, and hearing the
shots, Mr. Wallplate asked, what is that ?
Mr. Smith replied, " Nothing, but John shooting
crows." They then proceeded to the house and
met the wounded young gentleman, who cried out I
" The Terries have murdered me." Mr. Smith imme-
diately ordered Mr. Wallplate to horse for a surgeon
and the police. The latter, though he could find in the
stables only a " winker," instantly dashed off to New-
market for Dr. Evans and Mr. Head, Inspector of Police,
who very promptly attended. Whether the shots took
fatal effect is still doubtful, the account having been
confusedly given, owing to his excitement on the occa-
sion, by Mr. Wallplate upon his arrival in Limerick,
about four o'clock yesterday. It is certain, however,
that Mr. Smith received a ♦ery severe wound in the
top o' his head, which bled profusely. No trace
whatever could be found of the assailants.

STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER, MAY 11.—Since Friday there has
been no improvement whatever in the state of our mar-
ket. 13oth spinners and manufacturers show a disposi-
tion to accept lower prices than they, were asking
last week ; but buyers are not to be tempted by
any concession in prices to enter into operations
of magnitude, and confine themselves entirely
to such purchases as are necessary for the
supply of immediate wants. The amount of business
done is consequently quite insignificant. We hear that
reductions of wages are taking place in some parts of the
neighbourhood, but have not been able to collect any
precise information on the subject. The hands of the
three mills which stopped last week, in consequence of a
proposed reduction, continue out.
ROCHDALE, MAY 10.—There has been very little
business done to-day in flannels, very few buyers hav-
ing attended, and pieces are very low. In wool there is
little doing, and prices stationary.
HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 11.—Our market continues in
a very depressed state, and but few sales have been
effected. Some parties conceive our present difficulties
to be the drainage of money for railway purposes, and
others to the exorbitant price provisions are attaining;
but all parties seem alarmed at the great advance in corn
in yesterday's London markets. A fair amount of busi-
ness is doing among our woolstaplers.
LEEDS, MAY 11.—We had an exceedingly still
market to-day, and less has been doing than for some
time past. The fearful rise of bread stuffs and provi-
sions in general, indicates the approach of yet severer '. • tunes than we have already witnessed for business.—
Manchester Guardian.

BIRTHS.
On the 9th inst., in Chtster-square, the wife of C. SedleY
Burdett, Coldstream Guards, of a daughter.
On the 9th inst., at Larkhall-lane, Clapham, Mrs. 1111141°1
Dl'Mullen, of a son. Dirs. Jag
On the 10th inst., at Newton-road, Bayswater,
Townshend Philpot, of a son.

MARRIED.
On the 6th inst., at St. John's, Paddington, Ernest Jolty,
eldest son of the late Colonel Craigie, of the Beggal Arll,tta
Mary Jane Frederica, second daughter of the Rev. Th°ll'.o
Hatch, Vicar of Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
On the 6th inst., at the Collegiate Church, Manchester,
Charles Cumberland, Esq., of Roselands, Enfield, MiddleseXl
to Eliza, eldest daughter of Jeremiah Garnett, Esq., of 31" n
Broughton, Manchester.
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DED.
On the 9th inst., at SwillanId
Vicarage, near Ipswich, the
Rev. Henry Cox Morrell.
On the 9th inst. at Frognal, llampstead, Mary Anna'
eldest daughter of Robert Prance,aged 12. the
On the 9th inst., at the Grove, Blackheath, Sarah,
wife of Joshua llargrave, Esq. 9.
On the 9th inst., at Cedar 'Lodgeaged,s Stockwell, Frederick
George Cox, Esq., f Doctors'-commons.
rg
the 9th inst.,o at Spring-grove, Richmond, Lady
relict of Sir Charles Price, Bart., aged 71.
On the 6th inst., at Paddington-green, Mary Esther, relict
of Edward Gray Saunders, Esq., aged 90.
On the 7th inst., at Clapton, John Clark Powell, Esq.
At Madrid, 11. W. Wilton, Esq.
On the 7th inst , the infant son of Robert Welsh,
eXst.
On the 7th inst., at Western-terrace, Brighton,
Everitt, Esq , aged 56.
On the 7th inst., at the Vicarage, Tottenham, the Rec•
Vaux, of Aspen den, Harts, aged 4. Lieu(°-
On the 7th inst., at Southsea,4
James Mill, Esq.,
nantn o half-pay of the 40th Regiment.
On the Bth inst., at King's Langley, Hertfordshire,
Toovey. Esq., aged 56. al Sir
On the Bth inst., in Hyde-park-street, Major-Gen"
John May, K.C.8., K.C.11., aged 67. the
On the 6th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, Charlotte,
daughter of Mr. Charles Southall, aged 15
Montag

The Duke of Northumberland has directed some of
the fields adjoining Alnwick to be divided into allotment=,
for gardens, &c., and let at the rate of 31. 2s. 6d. per acre.
These allotments are to contain one• fifth, and some of them
one-tenth of an acre, and every applicant of good character
is to be accommodated with such portion as he may require.
The distribution and regulation of the allotments are placed
in the hands of the minister and churchwardens.—Xewcastle
Guardian,

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