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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, March 31:

Ths Lord Chancellor sat to-day in the Old Hall, Lin-
•eolsi's Inn, for the purpose of hearing petitions, lunatic
poitions, and appeals. No case of any interest came
xbrAors his Lordship during the whole morning.
The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed till to-morrow his
judgment in the case of " Chappel v. Purday."

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, March 31.

(Before the VICE- CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)

MOSZLEY v. ALSTON.-THE OXFORD ♦ND BIRMINGHAM

JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.

THE 1,011D3N AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
This case came before his Honour by special appoint-
ment to-day, upon a demurrer put in by the defendants,
to the bill filed by the plaintiffs.
Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Rolt, and Mr. G.
Eussell, appeared in support of the demurrer; and Mr.
.Bethel], Mr. James Parker, and Mr. Wilcox, were
counsel for the plaintiffs in the cause.
The bill was filed by the plaintiff Mr. Moseley, and
three other shareholders in the Oxford and Birmingham
Junction Railway Company, against the defendants,
who are the acting directors of that company,. and
against the company itself, for the purpose ot obtaining
ati injunction against the defendants, or any of them, to
restrain them from acting as directors ; and also for the
purpose of having the common seal of the company de-
livered up to certain persons whom the bill stated to be
the lawful directors of the ccmpany. To this bill the
demurrer was put in which now came on for argument.
The bill filed by the plaintiffs raised the important
question, whether, at a certain time alluded to, accord-
ing to the provisions of the Act under which the Ox-
ford and Birmingham Junction Railway was formed, it
was necessary that a certain number of directors should
go out by rotation and be succeeded by others. The
Act of Parliament for the incorporation of the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway was passed on the
3d of August, 1846, and by that Act a certain number
of directors (twelve) were to be appointed, who were to
!remain as directors until they were displaced, and suc-
ceeded by others. There were also provisions in the Bill
for meetings, at which the shareholders could either
continue the directors, or remove some of them and sub-
stitute others in their place. It appeared, according to
the statements in the Bill, that a meeting was held, pur-
suant to notice, on the 31st of October last, at which
several of the directors were continued as directors, and
others retired, but at that meeting the number ot twelve
was appointed. Another meeting was then held
on the 27th of February, in the present year,
which was continued by adjournment to a sub-
sequent day, and it was contended hy the bill
that at that meeting a certain number of the directors
ought to have gone out by rotation. No going out of
directors took place, and the twelve gentlemen that had
been previously appointed continued to be directors, and
milder the power contained in the Act six new directors
were elected and added to the 12 by the party with whom
the four plaintiff's were connected. It further appeared
that in pursuance of certain clauses in the special Act
of the company, which enabled it to amalgamate with
the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railway
Company, a Bill had been introduced into the
House of Commons for effecting this amalgamation.
The complaint contained in the bill was that at the
meeting which was held on the 27th of February in the
present year, four of the directors ought to have gone
out by rotation, and have been succeeded by four others,
and that such an arrangement not having taken place,
the bill prayed an injunction restraining the directors
from acting.
Sir FITZROY KELLY, in support of the demurrer put
in to the bill of the plaintiffs, submitted, at great length,
that such a bill could not be sustained. The plaintiffs
in that bill did not sue for themselves and all
others, the rest of the company, neither did they sue
on behalf of the company, but merely in their own names
rand against the company of which they formed part.
If this bill was maintained, he did not see why a similar
bill should not be filed by every member of the company.
The Learned Counsel, in support of this proposition,
cited the cases of Foss v. Harbottle, decided by the
Vice-Chancellor Wigram, and the Attorney General
'v. Wilson, decided by the present Lord Chancellor.
If these directors were unwilling to exercise
their functions, the company had an ample re-
medy in their own hands. The company might
institute a suit in their own persons, though the
corporate seal might he in the hands of some
particular persons. The Act which established
this was the Bth and 9th of Victoria. The
70th section of that Act provided that a certain number
of shareholders might at any time, by writing under
their hands, require their directors to call a special
meeting. The Learned Counsel here cited the 74th sec-
tion of the Act, and continued: —Therefore it was quite
+evident that a meeting called for the appointment of
directors, or any other purpose, would have effected all
*his Honour was called upon to do then. He would
refer to a portion of the prayer, to illustrate
the peculiarity attendant upon the proceedings
in this case. The petitioners prayed that his Honour
might order the seal of the Birmingham and Oxford
Railway Company, together with all the funds and pro-
perty of that company, to be transferred to the hands
of lawful directors. Now who were the lawful directors?
Here were four shareholders requiring this, and per-
haps these four shareholders might not have 201. interest
in the company. If there were any ground for the
present proceedings, a mandamus from the Queen's
Bench would have been the proper means to have
adopted. (The Learned Counsel here read the 16th sec-
tion of the Act, which provided that the directors were
to be elected at an ordinary meeting, and that the first
ordinary meeting should be held six months after the
passing of the Act.) Now a meeting was held in pur-
suance of that Act, and there was an election or conti-
nuance in office of the directors named in the Act.
The special Act reterred to the general Act with
respect to the election ot the directors, and
that Act clearly intended that the dii ectors
should remain in office for one year, and that the rota-
tion should not take place till the expiration of that
-period. The Learned Counsel here quoted the 83d sec-
tion of the general Act, which he contended literally
provided that the election of directors should be for
year. If this interpretation were not adopted there
could be no consistent construction put on the Act. It
was found that the intention of the Legislature was
affirmed in different other parts of the Act.
Mr. STUART followed on the same side. The Learned
Counsel directed his observations entirely to the allega-
tions of the bill. A meeting was held on the 13th of
March. That meeting was held in the day-time, but
was adjourned till five o'clock on the same evening. At
the adiourned meeting Mr. Muntz presided, and
a resolution was moved that such of the directors
as were in office previously to the 27th of
the preceding I' bruary should retire. That re-
solution the chairman refused to put to the meet-
ing, and the proceedings that took place then was
one of the grounds for the course which had been
adopted by the petitioners. The bill stated that at that
adjourned extraordinary meeting the rotation of the re-
tirement of the directors was determined upon by the
shareholders' present. A petition to Parliament was
also agreed to, praying that the directors should be pre
vented adopting any further proceedings in the affairs
of the company. To that petition the chairman refused
to affix the common seal of the company, upon which it
was further resolved that six of the shareholders should
be authorised to do the same. Here were six new
directors appointed, who forthwith assumed to them-
selves the functions of the governing body. The bill
then alleged that the directors brought before Parlia-
ment Bills to which the company were opposed. After
some other allegations to the same effect, they came to
the prayer of the petition, which prayed that all the pro-
perty of the company should be transferred to the six
directors appointed at the extraordinary meeting re-
ferred to. That appointment could not be shown to be
in conformity with the company's Act. If the prayer
of this petition were acceded to, what a ridiculous po-
sition would the company be placed in ? Why, there
would be no other human beings competent to act as
directors except these six directors appointed at
the adjourned extraordinary meeting. The Learned
Counsel proceeded at great length to argue on the
inconsistency of the bill. How could four share-
holders deal with the whole property of the
company, when it could not be shown who
authorise.' the present proceedings? They had not even
the six new directors there as complainants, they were
actually in court as defendants. The Learned Counsel
then proceeded to contend at great length that the elec-
tion of directorsin October, 1846, continued them in
office for twelve months, according to the sections of the
Special, and the Consolidation, Act.
His Hosoutt—Between the 13th and 88th sections
there is a variance as to time. If you put such a con-
struction on the 13th section as fixes the word " then"
to the time:expressed in the 13th section, then you have
only to follow the mode of election prescribed in the
138th section, and there is reasonable construction of
both sec:ions.

said, that was the construction made 1
by the best opinions iu the land.
Mr. STUART said, if so, they were about a very idle
smatter. Ho thought they were trying against one of
the best opinions in the land.
Mr. BETH ELL--That was the decision of one of the
be-t Opinions in the land.
Mr. STUART—II that were Mr. Bethell's opinion it
might be one of the bes: in the land. There is less dif-
ficulty in his (Mr. Stuart's) solution than that presented
to his Honour on the other
His Ho:whit—l only threw it out as one solution.
You are not to treat it as entirely under the 88th sec-
tion, wholly disregarding what is said about time. rbe
time, beyond question, is to be at the first ordinary
meeting.
Mr. BETHELL—The Ist section gave express power
for the election of directors.
His Hoxoun—The first ordinary meeting was in
February. Was there to be an election of directors
then, or not ?

Mr. STUART—I say not; but, if such was the case,
they might be elected, but could not enter into office.
His Hoicoua-1 want to put some construction upon
the two clauses The question was as to what was the
best construction with tne least violence to language. I
wish to see what is the intention, and what was said.
Mr. STUART then resumed.

Mr. ROLT followed in support of the demurrer, and
contended at great length that there was no provision in
the Odinpany's Clauses Act, which made it compulsory
on any of the old directors to retire from office at the
second half-} early meeting of the company, but that they
continued in their situation of directors for one year of
Office, which would expire in October, 1847.
The Learned Gentleman had not concluded when the
Court rose.

Lord and Lady John Russell are expected to
remain in town during the holidays, owing to the delicate
state of her Ladyship's health. We are happy to add, that
lady John Russell has much improved within the last fort-

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Bury St. Edmunds,
March 29.
THE ACTON 3itURDER.-SENTENCE OF DEATH.

At the sitting of the Court this morning, at 9
o'clock, Catherine Foster was placed at the har to re-
ceive the fearful sentence which the verdict of Saturday
entailed upon her. Proclamation having been made,
The CHIEF BARON assumed the black cap, and pro-
ceeded to address the prisoner to the following effect:-
1 " Catterine Foster, you stand convicted of the crime of
murder under circumstances which require no words of
1 aggravation from me. It is sufficient to state the fact,
that you were married on Wednesday, the 18th of Oc-
tober, and on that day three weeks your husband died
in consequence of the administration of poison. It is im
possible to doubt that you prepared his food, and ad-
ministered it, and that yours was the hand which put
the poison into it. These are facts which it is :impos-
sible to doubt, and it seems to be equally impossible to
escape from the conclusion that your heart and mind
went along with your hand, and that the poison was placed
in that food for thedeliberate purpose ofprocuring the death
of an individual with whom you had so lately formed at
the altar of God a connexion the most sacred which can
exist on earth between man and woman. I have no de-
sire to enter into the facts of this unhappy case beyond
the expression of my entire concurrence in the verdict of
the jury; and it only remains for me now to pass upon
you the sentence of the law, which, whether in con-
formity with or obedience to the laws of God, requires
that your life should be forfeited on the scaffold. I pray
you to make the best use of the time now so short on
earth, and to seek for peace and mercy, where alone
they are to be found, at the throne of your Redeemer."
The Learned JUDGE, whose voice was at times almost
inaudible from emotion, concluded his solemn address to
the prisoner by passing the last sentence of the law upon
her in the usual form, and the prisoner was removed, as
on Saturday, without any apparent appreciation of the
position in which she stood. Not a single tear glistened
in her eye, which was unobservant and inattentive—
not a single contraction of the facial muscles betokened
the inward workings of suppressed feelings; but calm
and composed she received the sentence as she had lis-
tened to the overwhelming evidence adduced against her,
and she descended from the dock to the dark cell beneath
pith as light a step as if she had been convicted of an
ordinary larceny.
His LORDSHIP then disposed of the two or three re-
maning cases in the calendar, which were entirely
divested of any features of public interest, and the Suf-
folk assizes terminated at twelve o'clock, as tar as the
Crown side was concerned. The labours of his Lordship
were materially lightened by the tact that the grand
jury threw out, amongst others, four bills for arson, with
respect to which class of offences the Learned Judge, in
discharging the grand jury, took occasion to remark diet
he highly approved their disinclination to find bills on
weak evidence, which would, when subjected to a petty
jury and sifted, fall to the ground.

WESTERN ClACUlT.—Bodmin, March 29.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWILL.)
THE ST. 11A.Bni MURDER.—Mary Treverton, g€ d
30, was indicted for the wilful murder of Samuel Huckin,
at the parish of St. Mabyn, on the 10th October.
Mr. Rowe and Mr. Cornish for the prosecution ; Mr.
Slade for the prisoner.
The deceased was a cooper in the village of St.
Mal)) n. He was a married man, and had before sod
since his marriage carried on an illicit intercourse with
the prisoner. who lived in the same neighbourhood.
They had quarrelled on various occasions previous to
the fatal deed.

John Clements, a labourer, stated that on Satur-
, day, the 10th of October, he was passing along Den-
' ham-bridge-lane, about a quarter before six o'clock
in the morning, when he found the deceased lying upon
his face. There is a house on the spot where the
body was found, and the bead was close to the house.
The back of his head was severely cut, and there was a
quantity of blood upon it. The wall was covered with
brains. His coat pocket was pulled down and torn.
The coat was also torn up the back.
William Perry, living at St. Mabyn, stated, that on
the same morning the last witness came to his house and
called him. He accompanied him to where the body of
Samuel Hockin lay. He was not quite dead, but insen-
sible. He found a stone about fire feet six inches from
the body, and• there was blood upon it. He afterwards
saw it in the possession of the constable. On the Sun-
day before deceased's marriage witness visited deceased,
who was then living with the prisoner. He saw Hockin
standing with his head bleeding, and a few minutes after-
wards the prisoner came in. The witness went on to
state that on that occasion a quarrel took place between
the prisoner and deceased, and the former threatened to
knock his brains out.

Mr. Gaved, the surgeon, deposed that he was of
opinion that such wounds as the deceased died of could
be inflicted with the stone which was produced. He was
present when the house of John Treverton was searched
by West, the constable. In a bedroom upstairs West
found a pair of shoes between two chaff mattresses.
The heels of the shoes were turned down as if worn slip-
shod. They were wet, and the right shoe appeared to
have been wiped or scraped. He observed some spots
on the upper part of the right shoe, which he believed
to be blood.

Ann Hockin, the widow of Samuel llockin, said he was
fifty years of age at the time of his death. The prisoner
had been living with him before witness was married to
him. After the marriage the deceased still continued to
visit the prisoner, and he was on four occasions absent
from witness all night. Three weeks subsequent to the
marriage Mary Treverton and ise went away from the
village and were absent about three weeks. Ever since
the period of his return the deceased continued to live
with witness—but .he had often seen him ut the prisoner's
house. Deceased was at home en the evening of Fri-
day, the 9th Oct , and he went out at seven o'clock. Sh
went to bed at twelve o'clock, and had never seen him
alive from that time. She did not knuw whether he had
any motley about him on the night, in question. He
never gave her any money.
Cross. examined—lie was continually visiting Mary
Trevertou down to the time of his death. Witness had
a child by the deceased. It was seventeen months old.
He was quite sober when he left the house on the night
of the 9th of October, but he had been drinking a little
that day.

John Hockin, son of the deceased by his first wife, saw
his father and the prisoner together st Denham•bridge-
lane, about a month before the 9th October. The pri
sener abused the deceased, saying " I'd blow thee and
thy wife up with gunpowder, if there's any to be got to-
night betwc-en this and Bodmin."

George Stephens, a shoemaker, at St. Niabyn, was at
the prisoner'. house the night before the deceased was
found dead. The prisoner lived with her father and
mother and sister. The prisoner went Out a little before
tan o'clock, and the deceased followed her. The latter
appeared to have been drinking. The deceased and the
prisoner appeared to be very good friends that night.
They appeared to be very fond of each other at times.
Mary Pooley said the spot on which the body was
' found was within sight of her bedroom window. Her
house was between Treverton's house and that spot. On
the morning of the 10th October, at ccck-crow, she
heard a scuffle outside her wall as if a person was
" dragging something along the road." She heard the
voice of Samuel Hockin, repeating the words, " Let me
go," twice. After this she heard another voice, but she
did not identify it. They were going in the direction
where he was found dead. About five minutes after-
wards she heard some person running back in the oppo-
site direction past her house. She heard no cry or
scream.
Jane Ham said the apartments she occupied were
under the same roof where the prisoner lived. There
was a passage between the two tenements, and a door in
it. On the night of the 9th October she went to her
bedroom about nine o'clock. The room in which she
slept adjoined the bedroom in the prisoner's house. The
partition was a very slight one, and in the course of the
night she heard the passage door open several times.
The last time she heard this was about four o'clock, and
on that occasion, somebody went upstairs in Treverton's
house. In the morning, about seven o'clock, Mary
Dart came to the house, and said, " The cooper's brains
are beat out." The prisoner answered, " Whoever
could have the heart to do it?" Shortly afterwards the
prisoner's father came in, and he said " The place is
frightful where the old cooper was killed." He said
something else, and the prisoner replied, " What, do
you think I killed him? I didn't go further than the
door with him."
Mary Dart said she sat up the whole of that night in
a kitchen which looked into the road. In the course of
the night, between one and two o'clock, she observedla
light in the kitchen window at Treverton's house. It
was a moonlight nigh, and between two or three o'clock
she observed a m.".„a pass her window twice. He was
dressed in a tight fustian coat and trousers. She
thought it ,ts,s Samuel Hockin. Between five and six
o'clipek '.eat morning she left her own house and went
into l'eeverton's passage. The door was not fastened,
but 'freverton's door was locked or bolted. A few mi-
raltes afterwards the prisoner came down and opened the
door. She had on a day cap, and her clothes appeared
" crammed." Witness asked her if she had been to
bed, and she replied " Yes." They then heard voices
outside, and the prisoner looked out of window.
Several people then came to the door and said, " lie
is dead." Witness's little girl came in afterwards and
stated that Samuel Hockin was found dead. The pri-
soner replied, " Who could be so cruel?" Witness
asked her why she did not go out, tied she .aid she
couldn't on any account whatever. Witness said she
th night she s3w S. I.l.ckui pass by her window on the
preceding night; and the prisoner made no answer. At
that time G. Stephens came in and said, " In a few mi-
nutes your house will be searched." Whereupon the
prisoner went up stairs and did not come down again
until the constable arrived. West, the constable, said
something to the prisoner's mother, who thereupon called
her daughter down. She had no shoes on, and she took
a pair of slipper:4 from under the stairs and put them on.
The constable told her she mast go with him, and she
said, " What do you mean by that?"
The constable West produced the shoes, and some hair
cut from deceased's head alter his death, also the stone,
which still presented marks of blood,
John Treverton, the lather of the prisoner, said that
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night of the 9th October he went to bed at seven o'clock'.
He was very unwell, and his son brought him a drop of
ale after he went to bed. He could not swear to the
prisoner's shoes. never took any notice of her shoes.
The shoes yroduced were not his own nor his wife's. On
the night of the 9th October the prisoner went to bed at
half-past eleven o'clock. He was very wakeful the whole
of that night. Mary did not go out during the night,
and in the mornin g he saw her get up. Hockin had
once promised the prisoner marriage.
George Stephens was recalled to identify the shoes,
and he stated tha'.; he believed them to be the prisoner's.
lie was iti 020 /Obit of waking oboe* foc

John Bligh, a shoemaker, proved that he made a pair of
shoes last year for the prisoner. The shoes produced
were mule by him, and they were similar to those made
for the prisoner. 'lbis was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. SLADE addressed the jury for the prisoner, and
after commenting upon the whole of the case, contended
most emphatically that the evidence was not sufficient to
warrant them in finding a verdict of guilty.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL having summed up, the jury
deliberated for a few minutes, and returned a ♦erdict of
Not Guilty.—The prisoner clasped her hands for joy,
and was immediately conducted out of court.
The excitement caused by this trial was, as usual on
such occasions, very great; and crowds of people were
seen hastening towards the court at seven o'clock in the
morning. It was remarkable that the majority of the
spectators at the trial were females; and Mr. Justice
Cresswell took occasion to observe, in the course of his
summing up, that there were many women whose curio-
sity led them into scenes, from which the better feelings
of human nature ought to exclude thcm. It was greatly
to be regretted that such was the case, and the oppor-
tunity taken by his Lordship for alluding to the subject
was, when he came to that part of the evidence where it
was stated that the prisoner did not go out to see the
body of the deceased. Some people, he said, were al-
ways anxious to avoid sights of horror, and others were
actuated by the opposite feeling. The ladies present
appeared fully to understand this rebuke from the Learned
Judge.

NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Beaumaris,
March 26.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER.—Witham Pech and
William Goodwill were indicted for the wilful murder of
a:tioy, named John Martin, by cruelly beating and other-
wise maltreating him on board the brig Attie!stone, of
which ship Peck was captain, and Goodwill first mate.
The crime was alleged to have b:-en committed on the
4th of January last, whilst the vessel was on her voyage
from Quebec to Swansea. Messrs. Townsend and
Yardly were retained for the prosecution; the captain
was defended by Mr. Temple, and the mate by Mr.
Welsby. The brig left Quebec in November last, bound
for Swansea. and on the day named in the indictment she
was in the Eeglish Channel; a gale of wind had been
raging, but it having partially subsided, all hand► were
ordered on deck to make sail. In a short time it was
found that the deceased had not come on deck with the
mate's watch, to which he belonged; the mate went be-
low for the purpose of sending him up, when he found
the ts iy i❑ the act of dressing. lie took a small line or
piece of yarn, and beat the boy with it, and then
stripping off his clothes except his under and flannel
shirts, hauled hins on deck through the scuttle-holes;
the mate went over to the lee side, and held the
boy in the water, which broke heavily over the
vessel, for about ten minutes; on being released, the
deceased went below for the purpose of putting
on his clothes; in about a quarter of an hour, the cap-
tain passed down to the forecastle, and was followed in a
few minutes by the mate; shrieks end cries were heard
by the crew on deck, as from a person in great agony,
and the second mate was an eyewitness of the beating
inflicted by the captain. The two officers were down for
about a quarter of an hour, at the end of which time the
lad was again forced on deck through the scuttle hole.
At this time there was blood on his face. He was
dragged aft, the captai❑ beating him along with a piece
of rope near an inch thick, knotted at the end. During
the whole of this time the boy had nothing on but the
two shirts. The captain beat him for four or five
minutes when on deck, and then ordered him to ascend
the rigging to loose the mainsail. He afterwards ordered
the second mate to go aloft, and thrash the boy to his duty,
as he was sheltering from the clemency of the weather,
on the lee side of the mast. The mate, howl ver, did not
strike the boy, but hit the ropes instead. On descend-
ing the lad ev,es again beaten by the captain with the
maintopsail halyerds, ropes three inches in circumference.
The captain then took up a boathook, and struck afar.
tin on the small of the back with it, using all his power
and might; this was repeated five or six time, and the
boy appeared as if dying; it was between five and six
o'clock on an intensely cold winter morning, with a
heavy sea running. The boy was next observed lying on
the chain-cable, amidships, with no clothing on him; he
was stretched on the cold iron, with his legs and feet
uncovered, and appeared insensible. Soon after, he
was carried down to his hammock by the mate and one
of the crew, and in a short time after he expired. The
body was covered with marks all over black and blue,
as though he had been terribly beaten : on the follow.
ing day it was consigned to the deep, the funerul service
being performed by the captain. It appeared that the
unfortunate boy was rather sickly, of tender constitution,
and was troubled with a flux. He, however, was ca-
pable, when he chose, of taking his share in the working
of the vessel. The first port the vessel arrived at wss
Holyhead, where she was discharged and the crew paid
off, when one of the men laid the information. The
above evidence was sworn to by five of the crew, who
generally agreed as to the severity of the beatings, the
uncovered state in which the boy was, and the blows
with the boathook, which was 13 or 14 feet long.
The jury Acquitted Goodwill and found Peck Guilty
of manslaughter, with a recommendation to mercy. He
was sentenced to two years' hard labour.
This case closed the assize.

THE Fox CLUB.—The second meeting of the Fox
Club this year was held on Monday evening at Brooks's, and
among the distinguished noblemen and gentlemen who dined
on the occasion were the Earl of Camperdown, Lord Stafford,
Mr. Stepenson, Lord Marcus Hill, Sir Robert Adair, Lord
Duncan, Colonel Keppel, Lord Cremorne, Mr. Wilbraham.
Lord Sudeley, Mr. Denison, Dr. Lushington, Lord Acheson.
Mr. Langston, and the lion. G. Byng.
STATE OF TRADE.—AIA NCH ESTER, TUESDAY.—
The advance in the Liverpool cotton market is again deram:
ing businiss here. In consequence of this but little business
has been done to-day in either cloth or yarn, producers
generally asking higher prices, which buyers are not disposed
to concede. Upon the whole, the feeling is tolerably health).
The advance in cotton is likely to lead to a still further ex-
tension of the short-time system ; for to obtain any adequate
advance here is quite out of the question, notwithstanding
that the home trade is tolerably ac:►ve, and there are very
favourable tokens that we shall have a large trade with the
United States, as also, probably, with India, China, and
Russia. The balance of exchange, however, is not likely
to be favourable for some time; though it is not thought
there will be such extensive emissions of bullion as some
public writers surmise. The large business, for instance,
which our manufacturers will have with the States will act
as a salutary check on the drain of gold, so far as they are
concerned.

TRIGONOMETRICAL SURTEYS.—A return, moved
for by Mr. J. Hume, shows that since 1791 up to the present
time, an aggregate amount has been paid in England, Ire-
land, and Scotland, on account of the survey of counties and
the trigonom,trical surveys, of 1,462.522/. ; viz., 608,6871. in
England, 817,5121. in Ireland, and 36,322/ in Scotland. The
total number of impressions of the Ordnance maps of England
and Wales sold to the public since 1825 amounts t0112,710i,
and the gross amount received for the same is 35,5401. The
number of sheets of the Irish Ordnance maps sold to the pub-
lic since 1833 amounts to 119,000, and the gross amount re-
ceived for the maps sold is 24,3001.
ARCHEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.—The annual meet-
ing of the ological Institute will take place at Norwich
between Thursday, the 25th of July. and Satuday, the 7th
of August. Excursions will be made to Ely, Bury St.
Edmund's, and Yarmouth; and Mr. Dawson Turner has
proffered his extensive stores of curiosities of every kind for
the use of the institute. The Bishop of Norwich is the pre-
sident of the meeting.—Cambridge Chronicle.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE.—On Tuesday afternoon an
inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Three Crowns,
East-road, Shoreditch, on the body of Mr. Reynolds, late an
oil and colourman in the City-road. It appeared that some
time since he received a bill for 120/., which he was unable to
pay, and being pressed by his creditors, he became very low-
spirited. On Saturday night last he appeared unusually de-
sponding, and retired early to his bed-room. On the follow-
ing morning he was discovered by his daughter, in bed, quite
dead. On his dressing table was found a bottle, containing
prussic acid, and a piece of paper, which stated he had cons-
znitted suicide.—Verdict, Temporary Insanity.
THE MARY MITCIIELL.—The Foreign-office has
transmitted to Lloyd's a copy of a dispatch trom her Ma-
jestv's Consul at Lisbon, reporting the British brigantine,
Mary Ann Mitchell, Broders master, bound from Waterford
to Galatz, in ballast, having sprung a leak, 2d inst., in lat.
39, lon. 11, and was abandoned in a sinking state, by the
crew, who were taken up by the British schooner Belle, and
landed at Lisbon on the 6th inst.

THE HELEN SCOTT.LAdispatch has been received
at Lloyd's, from the Admiralty, enclosing the copy of a
letter from the officer in command of the Fearless, ordered
by Rear-Admiral Sir H. Pigot to proceed to the assistance
of the Helen Scott, merchant brig, on shore at the Cove of
Cork, who reports that, should the weather moderate, the
vessel may be got off.
The public will naturally feel most anxious to
obtain a view of such parts of the new Palace of Westminster
as are now nearly completed. We have reason to believe
that the most probable course for facilitating this object will
be, that her Majesty will command the Lord Great Chamber-
lain to give admission to the public on the days on which
there is no business before the House of Lords, under the
best regulations he can make for the general convenience.
UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—The Count de
3lontemolin, accompanied by the Chevalier de Berardi and
General Montenegro, visited this institution on Tuesday. The
prince was received by the chairman and vice-chairman of
the council, Captain W. /I. Smyth, R.N., and Major Shad-
well Cler.ie, and the secretary, and passed about two hours
examining the various collections of arms, models, and
natural history. After visiting the library, the prince was
received in the council-room, and entered his name as a
member of the institution in the autograph register, and
expressed the high gratification this visit had afforded him.
Amongst the officers present, were Sir Charles Malcolm, Col.
Spencer Stanhope, Colonel Harmer, Colonel Angelo, General
Kenah, Captain Ford, Captain Cr"fton, Lieut. Raper, Colonel
Sabine, &c. Lard James and Miss Stutrt, Mrs. and Miss
Smyth, Sir William Kay, and Sir Henry tie la Behe were alto
present.
SACRED HARMLiNIC SOCIETY.—The Messiah, of
Handel, was performed, at Exeter Hall, last evening, for
the only time during the present season.
SUDDEN DEATH DURING DIVINE SERVICE AT
WiNosua Cnuncii.—Considerable alarm was created at the
church of St. John, during Divine service on Sunday morn-
ing, in consequence of a lad named Henry Doe, the son of
Mr. Doe, in the department of the Master of the Horse, at
Windsor Castle, being seized with death, just after the com-
mencement of the sermon. An attack of apoplexy was sup-
rosed to have been the cause of death.
BEDFORDSHIRE ELECTION.—On Tuesday morning
the election of a knight of the shire to serve in Parliament
for this county, in time room of the late William Astell, Esq.,
was held at Bedford, the only candidate who had addressed
the electors being Lord Charles RUssell. The Noble Lord
having been proposed by Richard Orleber, Esq., and seconded
by Charles Barnett, Esq., was declared to be duly elected ;
and having given an exposition of his political views, the
proceedings terminated, after a vote of thanks to the high
sheriff, who presided.
QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTT.—On Tuesday, the ancient
custom of dispensing the Easter bounty money of Queen
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