The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-31 00:00:00

Ny MARCH 31, 1847.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings rf the Rouse of Commons.;
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE,
TUESDAY, 31ARCII 30.
RAILWAYS.

The Committee of Selection have nominated the following
Select Committees on Railway Groups :
A Committee consisting of—Mr. Deedes (Chairman), Vis-
count Castlereagh, Mr. C. G. Round, Colonel Peel, and Col.
Ferguson' to whom they hare referred the Bills comprised
in Group No. 6,
Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells, Glaston-
bury, &c.)
Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch),
Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants
&c.)
Yeovil, Bridport, and Exeter, with Branches,
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 1),
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 2 ),
Chard Canal and Railway Company,
Southampton and Dorchester (Blaudford Branch),
Salisbury and Yeovil,
Exeter:Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches,
Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment,
I3!andford and Bruton,
Great Western (Amendment and Extension).
The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, April 15, at 12.
A Committee consisting of—Mr. Kemble (Chairman),
Viscount Newry, Mr. Wall, Viscount Eastnor, and Mr.
Pulsford, to whosn they have referred the Bills comprised
in Group No. 16, viz.:--
London and North-Western (St. Alban's, Luton, and Dun-
stable),
Eastern Counties (Hertford to Hitchin, &c.)
Great Northern (Hertford, Hatfield, and St. Alban's),
Enfield and Edmonton Extension.
The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, April 15, at
half-past twelve.

A Committee consisting of—the Earl of Lincoln (Chair-
man), Viscount Jocelyn, Mr. M. J. O'Connell, Captain
Jones, and Hon. G. S. Smythe, to whom they have referred
the Bills comprised in Group No. 18, viz. :
London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway and Branches
(Cheltenham to Tring, &c.)
Cheltenham and Oxford (Great Western Junction, &c.)
Midland (Gloucester and Stonehouse Junction),
Midland (Branch from Mangotsfield to Bath, &c.)
The Select Committee to meet on Thurdsay, April 15, at one.
A Committee consisting of—Lord Harry Vane (Chair-
man), Hon. M. Sutton, Viscount Acheson, Mr. Rice, and
Sir E. Filmcr, to whom they have referred the Bills com-
prised in Group No. 5, viz.:—
Great Western (Branches to West London Railway, &c.)
Great Western (Branches to Egham, Staines, &c. )
Windsor Railway,
London and South-Western, widening thereof, &c.,

W indsor, Staines, and South Western (Richmond to Windsor`,
Windsor, Staines, and South-Western (Staines to Ascot. &c.
The Select Committee to meet on Friday, April 16, at 12.

A Committee consisting of—Sir J. Graham (Chairman),
Earl of Arundel, Lord C. Hamilton, Mr. M'Carthy, and Mr.
Plumptre, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Group No. 21, viz.:—
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Lease to the London
and North-Western),
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. I),
London and North-Western (Bescot and Wolverhampton),
London and North-Western (Portobello and Wolverhamp-
ton, Branch, &c.)
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 2),
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Act (Stour-
bridge and West Bromwich, kc.)
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amendment
and Branches.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 2),
The Select Committee to meet on Friday, April 16, at
half-past twelve.
A Committee consisting of—the lion. E.:Yorke (Chair-
man), Mr. Packe, Mr. G. C. Legh, Mr. Gill, and Mr. Trc-
la,.vny, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Group No. 47, viz. :
Wishaw and Coltness (Branches to Auchinheath and Can-
derside),
Cakdonian (Branches to Wilsontown, to Fauldhouse, and
to Biggar and Broughton),
Caledonian (Branches from the Clydesdale Junction Rail-
way to the Douglas and Lesmahago Mineral Fields and to
Strathavon),
Caledonian (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydes-
dale Junction Railway, &c., with Branches to the Wishaw
and Coltness Railway, &c.)
Airdrie ai.d Bathgate Junction (Amendment and Deviation),
Wilsoutown, Morningside, and Coltness (Branches to Benhar
Coalworks, &c.)
Edinburgh and Bathgate (Deviation and Amendment).
The Select Committee to meet on Friday, April 16, at one.

A Committee consisting of—Mr. Aglionby (Chairman),
Earl of March, Hon. E. A. Harris, Sir R. Lopes, and Lord E.
Hill, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Group No. 28, viz. :
Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham (Peterborough and
Thorney Line),
Eastern Counties (Peterborough to Folkingham),
Eastern Counties (Spalding to Newark),
Great Northern (Deviations between Peterborough, Boston,
and Gainsborough),
Great Northern (Branches to Sleaford).
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, April 19, at 12.
A Committee consisting of—Sir J. Y. Buller (Chairman),
Lord J. Manners, lion. G. H. Cavendish, Mr. Newdegate,
and Captain Plumridge, to whom they have referred the
Bills comprised in Group No. 51, viz.:—
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr (No. 1),
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr (No. 2),
North British (No. 2),
Caledonian (Branches to Canobie, &c.)
Caledonian (Lease of part of Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle Railway),
Ayrshire and Galloway.
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, April 19, at
half-past twelve.
A Committee consisting of—Hon. H. Liddell (Chairman),
Sir J. Guest, Lord Norreys, Mr. G. R. Philips, and Mr. Hale,
to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group
No. 11, viz.:—
Braintree and Halstead,

Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Stour
Navigation Purchase),
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Extension
to Melford, Lavenham, and Clare),
Colehester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Extension
from Lavenham to Bury St. Edmund's),
Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead (Lease to
the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's),
Eastern Union and Hadleigh Junction (Sale to the Eastern
Union Railway Company),
Eastern Counties (Maldon, Witham, and Braintree Railway
Purchase),
Eastern Union and Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Rail-
ways Amalgamation.
The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday, April 20, at 12.

A Committee consisting of—Right Hon. F. Baring (Chair-
man), Mr. R. Palmer, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Compton, and Mr.
W. Martin, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised
in Group No. 34, viz.:—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Branch from Ashton-
under-Lyne to Oldham),
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Station Approach
in Manchester),
Rochdale Canal (Sale to Manchester and Leeds Railway
Com pans ),
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Ashton Canal
l'urchase),
Huddersfield and Manchester (Branch front Oldham to Ash-
ton, and Guide Bridge),
London and North-Western (Lease and Purchase of Hud-
dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, &c.)
Huddersfield and Manchester (Deviation and Alteration,&c.)
Oldham Alliance.

The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, April 22, at
half•past twelve.
A Committee consisting of—Mr. Bankes (Chairman), Mr
Henley, Sir B. Hall, Mr. Hindley, and Mr. P. Carew, to
whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group No.
50, viz.:—

Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Glasgow and
Belfast Union No. 1),
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr (No. 2),
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, and Ayrshire and
Bridge of Weir (No. 3),
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan (Deviations and
Amendments),
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct,
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock ( Amendments and Branches),
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock (Branches at Port Glasgow),
Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet ( Branches),
Paisley and Renfrew (Sale and Improvement),
Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct.
The Select Committee to meet on Thursday, April 22, at 12

The Select Committees on the Groups Nos. 9, 13, 20, 22,
23, 27, 33, 48, appointed to meet in the week commencing
Monday, 2th April, will be selected from Panel No. 3:—
Mr. Barclay Mr. Ald. Humphery
Mr. Benett Earl Jermyn
Mr. Bernal Sir William Jolliffe
Lord Brooke Mr. Mackinnon
Sir R. Bulkeley Sir John M'Taggart
Mr. Edward Buller Mr. Marjoribanks
Mr. Bond Cabbell Mr. John Martin
Mr. Cardwell Captain Meynell
Viscount Chelsea Mr. Octavius Morgan
Sir M. Cholmeley Captain Osborne
Mr. Christopher Colonel E. D. Pennant
Mr. Chute Sir R. Philipps
Lord Courtenay Colonel Powell
Lord Dalmeny Colonel Rawdon
Mr. Dickinson Lord Rendlesham
Mr. Dowdeswell Mr. Poulett Scrope
Sir James Duke Mr. Ker Seymer
Mr. T. Egerton Mr. Sheridan
Lord C. 1 itzroy Mr. Stansfield
Sir James Flower Sir G. Staunton
Mr. Floyer Mr. Tower
Mr. Frewen Mr. Towneley
Captain Gladstone Mr. Trotter
Right Hon. H. Gonlburn Sir John Tyrrell
Mr W. J. Hamilton Viscount Villiers
Hon. W. A'C. Holmes Mr. J. H. Vivian
Mr. G. W. Hope Mr. T. P. Williams -
Mr. P. F. Howard Colonel T. Wood.

DARING OUTRAGE AT DURHAM.—An attempt was
made to break out of the gaol at Durham late on the night
of Sunday last. it appears that a person named Isaac Daw-
son, who is undergoing two months' imprisonment, rang his
bell, and when Robinson, the turnkey, answered the call,
Dawson told him that his bedstead was broken, and upon
Robinson stooping to look at it, he immediately received a
'host severe blow from the prisoner, who was in possession
of the leg of one of the stools used in the prison. Robinson
instantly ran out of the cell, but not until he had received
4notlier blow, and getting the gate at the end of the passage
locked, gave the alarm, and with assistance secured the pri-
ioner, who, upon his examination on the following morning,
stated that he and some others, who were under the sentence
of transportation (who left for their destination by the mail
Train on Monday night), had agreed to disable the turnkey,
who should attend the call, get possession of the keys, and
iet themselves out, but in this they were fortunately frus-
trated.—Newcastle Guardian.

BRITISH MUSEUIII.—Dr. Buckland, Dean of West-
inineter, has been elected a trustee of the British Museum, in
the roum of the late Duke of Northumberland.

PRICE SD.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 5,000
bales. The market was firm. In Shares a small
busitless only was done.
The sale of Railway Shares yesterday, by Messrs. Lamond
and Co. was dull, and participated in the general depression.
Shropshire Unions have had a serious fall. The following
are a few of the principal sales :
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 19 0
North British Extension
Shropshire Union and Canal 0 16 6
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 5 0
Louvain Ala Sambre 1 0 0
Great Western of Bengal e 6 0
Leicester & Bedford, Exchange Certificate 0 11 6
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A) 4 1 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 17 0
Calcutta and St. George's Point 0 4 6
Direct Northern (scrip) 2 7 6
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate . 4 18 6
.Newport and ,Abergavenny 1 15 0
Taw Vale Extension and Dock . 3 0 0
Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bostoa
Accounts from Sydney of December 12, although
of later date, communicate no intelligence of par-
ticular interest. The new clip of wool was
' arriving fast at the port from the stations
in the interior, and in the course of a few
weeks we may expect large arrivals in London, if the
vessels have a favourable voyage. The Legislative
Council had passed resolutions expressive of their
conviction that the rising of the upset
price of land to one pound per acre was im-
politic, and some of the colonists had drawn up a pe-
tition for general signature in support of that view.
Trading affairs seemed to be progressing tolerably well,
and there was a steady demand for efficient labourers
and mechanics.
The money market is rather tight on account of the
bill payments falling due this week, but the payment of
the dividends next week will afford some relief.
The Foreign Exchanges were more in our favour yes-
terday afternoon, and higher rates were given for the
pound sterling in bill transactions upon the prin-
cipal continental cities. Of course the recent exports of
bullion serve to produce this result, and when another
million sterling has been sent to the United States, as it
is expected there will be next month, we shall probably
hear of a rally in the exchanges on the other side of
the Atlantic.
The funds have been very dull again to-day, and it
seems now, independent of other circumstances, to be a
rule that prices shall be depressed prior to Thursday, in
anticipation of some restrictive action by the Bank
of England. Perhaps it may not, however, be out of
place to observe thaL the Bank is charging now 4k per
cent. on the best paper, and that the discount brokers
get 5 per cent. and a commission upon excellent bills.
This will prevent money getting "easy" without a forced
action upon the circulation. Consols have been quoted
88fi for present transfer and time. Exchequer Bills
are is. discount to Is. premium. Bank Stock is marked
2041 to 205 f. Consols Scrip is to i discount.
The Foreign Investments have been very flat.
111exicast 2lf and Spanish Five per Cents. 22k.
Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. are 584 to 59.
Railway shares are again rather unsteady.
Balilst' FUNDS ONE • CLOSING
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 88%34 88%
Long Annuities, Expire Jan. 5, ISGO ex dlv 9
India Bonds, 1,000/.
Ditto, under 1,0001. .. 1 die
South Sea Stock ..
Ditto Old Annuities .. 87% 87%
Bank Stock for Atril 14 .. 205% 204% 205% 205%
Consuls for Account .. • • .. 8894% 88%
Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. .. • -%% dis % dis
I.,Achequer Mills. l %d. 21.
1,0001... .. 1 die 1 p 1 p
.5001. . • • 1 dis 2p 2 die 1 p 2p
Ditto, Small .... 3 p 2 dis 1 p 2 p
ONE CLOSINt,
FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PItIOES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 88 88
Chillan Bonds, 6 per Cent .. . 93% 93%
Cuba, 6 pet Cent .. • • 94
Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto, for the Account • . 21%34 21%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. .. .. 40 40
Russian Bonds .. .. 110% 11014
8,-ianish Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 22% 22%
Ditto, Three per Cent .. 34%
Venezuela !Solids, 2 per Cent .. 40% 40%,
Dividends; on the above payable in Landon.
Belgian Four-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 95%
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 59 58% 58%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 93% 93%
PRICES OF BUSINESSCLOSING
RAILWAY :SHARES. PAID. DONE AT PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
Aberdeen.. .. .. 30 .... 27% .......... 27%
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern Junction .. .. 2% •
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 5 .... 13% 13%
Birming., Wolver., and Dudle.. b .... 11% 11 11
Buckinghamshire.........Cl. 45..... par par
Caledonian .. 30 .... 264%
Ditto, Half Shares .... 2% %
Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 19% %34
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. Cl. 13e. 4d. % p
Ditto, York Extension .. 536 .... 4% • • .... •• • • 4%
East Lancashire .. • • .. 17 •• ....... • . 18%
East Lincolnshire .. 4 .... 6%
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... 70% .••• • • •
Ditto, Half Shares .. 10 .... • ... • •
Great Northern .. .. • . 394
Great North of England . ..100 .... •
New .. .. 5 ....
Ditto, New . .. 20 .. 57 %•••• .. • .
Great Western .. 85 . 116
Ditto, Quarter Shares .• 12%
Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... —
Ditto, New
Leeds ant Bradford .. • • .. 35 .... 78% • •
London and Blackwell .. 16/. 13s. 4d. 8
London, Brighton, and S Coast.. 50 .... 52% 52
London an INorth-Western • .100 175 177•• •• .. • • 177
Ditto, Quarters . .. 2 18% 19%
Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 12% ••••• • • . • • 12%
Ditto, Fifths .. 2 .... 15% 16 .... •• 16
Ditto, 401. Shares M. &B. 40 .. • • 69% ••••• • • • • • 69%
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (A) 5 11% ... •• • • 11%
Ditto, 101. Shares M. &B. (C) 1 .. • .. ••.•• • • • 7%
London and South• Western —4l/. Gs. 10d... 64 ....... 64 A
Ditto, Now Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 47% ..... • .... 47%
Ditto, Scrip.. .. •• • • .. 5 .... 5 .......... 5
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil
Lynn and Ely .. .. 20 .... 21%
Manchester and Leeds 82
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 .... 16 16
Ditto, Fifths .. .. 5 .... 10 10
Ditto, Thirds (Reg.).. 71. 45..... •2% p........ p
Manchester, BtLxton, & Matlock 425. •• • . 94 p•• % p
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... I % 1%
Mid!and ..100 ....115% 116.. •• . 116
Ditto, New .. •• .. 2 .... 5 5
Midland, Binning. & Gloucest... 100 ....123% 123%
Newcastle and Benvick .. •• 20 .. •• —•-••• • . • • 2534
Ditto, New .. • • • • • • 5 •• • • 8% % •
Newcastle and Carlisle .. .. 100 .... 113% ......... 113%
Newmarket and Chesterford • • 10 .... 104,
Norfolk. .. • • —lOO ....135% 137. ••• .. 137
North British.. 95 •• • • 33 .... ••.. • • 33
Ditto, Extension .. • • • • %•• • • 1% • • ..."•..
Ditto, Thirds • - • • • • • • 1 • • 3%%..
North Statiordshfre • • • • 5 •• .. 8 ...... • • 8
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate 5 .. • . 4% S ....... 5
'sottish Central . .... 22% '42
Shrewsbury and Binningham .. 3% .... 4x.a
Ditto, Class B .. • • . • 1 % • • 1% •.. I%
Shropshire Union .. . 425..... 1% di5....... 194 dis
South Devon .. 40 .... 31 • ... •• .. 31
South Eastern and Dovor 3314.. • • ..........
Do.. New (do. 33/. 65.8 d.) No. '2. 12 .. 12% xd.. 12% xd
Do., New (do. 301.) .. No. 3. 15 .... 16% .......... 16%
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 3% 4 % .......... 434
uth Wales .. 10 .... 7% 8........ 8
South Yorkshiv, Doncaster, and
Goole .. . 2 2%14 ........ 214
Swans. & Loughor & Cameron's.. 2 .... 2% •.• • • .
York and Newcastle .. .. 25 .... 34% 35 343% 34%
Ditto, New.. .. .. 10 .... 144
Ditto, Preference .. 4 .... 7% •
York and North Midland .. 50 .... 84 83% .. •• • • 33%
Ditto, Extension • • .. .. 20 .... 36% 36
Ditto, Preference • • .. 2 .... 11% %•••• • • • • 11%
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens .0 .... 16% .• •• ••• • • • 16%
Luxembourg
Namur and Liege .. 10 .• .. .. ••• • •
Northern of France 8 .... 13 12% •• .. 13
Paris and Lyons • . 8 ...• 5%•••••••• • 5%
Rouen and Havre .......20 .... ...... • •
Sambre and Meuse .. 12 •• • • 6 ••••• • • • • •
West Flanders .. • • • • • 8 •• • • 4% .. 4%
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster .. 20 ••• • ••••• • • • • • 26
Roll del Monte, Unrezlstered

ST. PANCRAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AID GUAR-
inAss.—Yesteidav, at a meeting of the board, Mr. Pitt re-
ported, that on Monday evening a man, with his wife and
two children, applied for admission at the workhouse ; an
inane woman and a madman, who were brought in a cart,
were admitted about the same time. The husband left Lis
wife and children inside the walls and decamped, and in a
few moments the woman was delivered of a child in the
gravel walk. Dr. Cooper, the Frish surgeon, was imme-
diately sent for, but did not make his appearance. The
woman was removed to the lyirg-in ward, and after the
lapse of more than an hour Mr. Mitchell, the assistant
of Dr. Cooper, arrived. A rigid investigation was gone into,
and the report of Mr. Pitt fully substantiated by the evi-
dance of Lamb, the porter of the workhouse gate, and other
witnesses. Mr. Mitchell admitted being sent for, and being
informed there were a madman and a woman in labour, at

the workhouse gate, and said he only waited to have his tea
and put his coat on, and that not more than half an hour
elapsed from the time of his being first sent for and his ar-
rival at the workhouse. He did not consider the case of the
woman required his notice, as she bad been removed to the
lying-in ward. Dr. Cooper contended it was no part of his
duty to attend midwifery cases unless they were too difficult
fix the midwife; they ought to have sent for the midwife,
and not for him. The investigation and explanation having
terminated, Mr. Churchwarden Wagstaff moved a resolution
to the effect, that the conduct of the medical officer showed
most reprehensible neglect, and was calculated to bring dis-
credit on the medical superintendence of the workhouse, as
well as upon the directors. The resolution, after some strong
observations from several of the directors and guardians on
the conduct of Dr. Cooper, was carried unanimously, and
the Doctor himself admonished to correct his conduct in
future on similar occasions.
PRINCE ALBERT'S VISIT TO THE SOCIETY OF
ARTS.—His Royal Highness paid a visit yesterday to the
exhibitions of specimens of British manufactures, opened by
the Society of Arts and Manufactures, of which his Royal
Highness is the president. His Royal Highness took special
interest in those specimens which exemplify the combination
of decorative art with mechanical ingenuity. He praised
the specimens of enamelled and coloured glass—a manufac-
ture from which, until recently, the British manufacturer
was excluded by a prohibitory duty. His Royal Highness
remarked the deficiency of this country in bronzes, in which
we are greatly surpassed by other nations. The specimens
of oak carving by machinery he regarded as the means of
enabling the designs of the best artists to be multiplied and
executed at a cheap rate, and expressed his hope that the
great powers of that machinery would be used on the very
best designs only of the most eminent artists. In the pro-
cesi of colouring on china his Royal Highness remarked that
we were making rapid progress; and the exquisite vases in
china decorated with flowers were praised. The larger
specimens of decorated earthenware were commended, espe-
cially those adorned with foliage in relief. Having spent up-
wards of an hour in the rooms, his Royal Highness retired
with his suite.

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MURDER IN CAITHNESS.
I This district has this week been thrown into a state of
gre it exciteire.nt, by the commission or one of those dia-
bol'tal crimes which are rortanatcly i F extremely rare
oce irrence in this county, and, indeed, in the north- of
Sec)!land. Isabella Gunn, an old woman, apparently
about sixty years of age, living in the Achow of Swiney,
in the parish of Latheron, has been made the victim of
a most atrocious, yet evidently deliberate murder. Her
residence is at the end of the Free School of Achow, ,
situated about two hundred yards from any other dwel-
hng. On the mornirg of Sabbath a school is taught, / -
and it is customary on that, as on other mornings;•tee'llir-'
for some of the children to go to her room fotvdS 4441-4
fuel to kindle the fire. Accordingly on the morn-
ing of Sabbath last one of the scholars went for
th st purpose, and was surprised to find no reply given to
the customary salutation. Another of his school-mates
speedily followed, and discovered the body of the unfor-
tunate creature lying under a quantity of straw which
had been spread over her. She was dead ! The alarm
was immediately raised, and forthwith a number of the
neighbours wereassembled. They found that the crime
of murder had been that morning committed upon the
lonely woman, and judged that it could not have been of
very: late occurrence, as the body was yet warm. The
foul deed had evidently been committed by means of
strangling, as a piece of rope was found round the neck
of the deceased.
Immediately on the fact being known to the authori-
ties, Sheriff Gregg, and Mr. Henderson, procurator- '
fiscal, proceeded to the place, and commenced a judicial
investigation into the circumstances connected with the
diabolical deed. The body was examined by two medical
gentlemen, who found certain parts of the neck and face
of a livid colour, evidently the result of strangling.
There were also marks of violence on other parts of the
face, one in particular on the chin, where, to all appear-
ance, an iron instrument had been applied. Oa one of
the hands there was also a blue mark. Several small
sums of money, amounting, in all, to upwards of two
' pounds, were found on different parts of the deceased's
person, and lying between the body and the chest.
According to a statement said to have been made
by her to some neighbours on Saturday, she had occa-
sion to leave her hut for a short time, in the dusk of
Friday evening, and on her return she discovered that
some one bad obtained admission during her absence.
On entering, she observed, according to our informa-
tion, a man in her bed turning over the bedclothes, for
the evident purpose of obtaining booty. So soon as he
observed he was detected, he threw reinaall shawl over
his face, and made his escape as fast as possible, throw-
ing away the shawl when he found himself beyond the
reach of recognition.
No other object can appear to have dictated the com-
mission of this foul murder, than to lay hold of the
reputed money of the deceased. In this, the perpetrator
cannot have been more than partially successful, from
the small sums on her person. Some papers belonging
to her were also found in an adjoining field. It would
appear that a shawl was also found round the deceased's
neck, being placed between the rope and the neck.
Of course, there are a great many other circumstances
which have come to light, during the progress of the
investigation, both from the examination of witnesses
anti otherwise, but, for obvious reasons, in the present
state of the precognition, it would be injudicious to
record them. It is sufficient to say, that a young man
has been apprehended and lodged in jail, under suspicion
of being connected with the murder.—John O'Groat
Journal.

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-
night.

THE Fox CLun.—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 Ciemorne, Mr. Wilbraham,
Lord Sudeley, Mr. Denison, Dr. Lushington, Lord Acheson,
Mr. Langston, and the Hon. G. Byng.
STATE OF TRADE.—MANCIIESTER, TUESDAY.—
The advance in the Liverpool cotton market is again derang-
ing business 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 healthy.
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 active, 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 SURVEYS.—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 trigonometrical surveys, of 1,462,5221.; viz., 608,6871. in
England, 817,512/. in Ireland, and 36,3221. in Scotland. The
total number of impressions of the Ordnance maps of England
and Wales sold to the public since 1825 amounts to 92,7113,i,
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 Archaeological 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.— Yesterday 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 com-
mitted suicide.—Verdict, Temporary Insanity.
TUE MART MITCHELL.—The Foreign-office has
transmitted to Lloyd's a copy of a dispatch from her Ma-
jesty'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.

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THE HELEN SCOTT.—Adispatch 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.
THE VACANT MASTERSHIP IN CHANCERT.—ThiS
office, now at the disposal of the Lord Chancellor by the
retirement of Master Lynch, will, it is said, be conferred upon
one of the present Commissioners of the London Court of
Bankruptcy, in furtherance of the known determination of
the Government to reduce the number of those functionaries.
Holroyd has been specially alluded to.
UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION.—The Count de
Montemolin, accompanied by the Chevalier de Berardi and
General Montenegro, visited this institution yesterday. The
prince was received by the chairman and vice-chairman of
the council, Captain W. H. Smyth, R.N., and Major Shad-
well Ciente, 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 Hanrner, Colonel Angelo, General
Kenali, Captain Ford, Captain Crofton, Lieut. Raper, Colonel
Sabine, &c. Lord James and Miss Stuart, Mrs. and Miss
Smyth, Sir William Kay, and Sir Henry de la Behe were also
present.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The Messiah, of
Handel, will be performed, at Exeter Hall, this evening, for
the only time during the present season.
SUDDEN DEATH DURING DIVINE SERVICE AT
WINDsOE. CHURCH.—Considerabk alarm was created at the
church of St. John, during Divine service on Sunday morn-
ing, in consequence cf 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. Au attack of apoplexy was sup-
rosed to have been the cause of death.
BEDFORDSHIRE ELECTION. -- Yesterday morning
the election of a knight of the shire to serve in Parliament
for this county, in the 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 Char lea 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
sheritl; who presided.
QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.—Yesterday, the ancient
Acunsitioemtooofk dpislapceensiant the Almonry-office, Middle Scotland-
yard. the Easter bounty money of Queen
yard. Upwards of 600 poor and necessitous persons, male
and female (especially widows), of good character, and re-
sident in the metropolis, were the recipients. The sum each
individual received was 55., in new half-crowns. The same
i and Humphreys,
in gift is distributed to the same individuals on Christmas-eve,
every year.
, Excise ei se
possession o ffic rs
I LLICIT DISTILLATION.—From information re-
s:3 e jfor ig a, i
h s s
Le
wi
s n H
yesterday proceeded to premises belonging to William Skin-
nceeirye(d M
w,
hoseesscra
was heard before the Honourable C • •
omnoners of Excise,
at the coThursday ussiurt, Broad-street, on last, and fined 1001.),
at No. 2, Sidney-street, Mil end-road. Upon obtaining
g premises, admission, well knowin • the e-
they proceeded to the
room in which they seized an illicit still on the 25th of last
month, where they found
a large still, set in brick work, fully
charged with a tire under it and at work. Skinner and his
daughter were attending the working, and were immediately
arrested by the officers. In the still-room was a large quan-
tity of molasses, and the usual apparatus and fittings of a
distillery, From the appearance of the premises it was evi-
dent that not the slightest suspicion existed in fife mind of
the owner that he should receive asecond visit from the same
officers so soon after his former detection, as the stock of raw
materials was laid in for carrying on an extensive trade.
Having secured their prisoners, the officers obtained a van,.
and the whole of the seizure was conveyed to the Excise.
warehouses in Broad-street.
The infant son of the Duke and Duchess of Marl-
borough was christened in the splendid private chapel of
Blenheim Palace on Sunday last. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, in presence co: a nu-
merous assemblage of relatives. The noble infant -received
the names of Almeric Athelatan.

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