The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-17 00:00:00

Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield Canal
Purchase),
Midland ( brongh and Normanton Stations Enlargement),
Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and
Goole (partial Alteration of Levels, &c.
The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday, June 1, at one.
A Committee consisting of--Mr. Young (Chairman).
Mr. M. Milnes, Marquis of Granby, Mr. Grogan, and Mr.
Hastie, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Group No. 8, viz.:—
Liskeard and Launceston Branch,
Sutton Harbour Improvement Company (power to the
London and South-Western Railway Company to sub-

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scribe thereto),
Taw Vale (Deviations).
I DwsevY(Extensiononancd e Dock,n . andal andAmendment),rilymouth .
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Theu
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Daalievlaßaec Railway
Committee to meet on Friday, June 4, at half-
past twelve.
A Committee consisting of—Colonel Rolleston (Chairman),
Mr. Horsman, Mr. Gregory, Hon. J. Lindsay, and Mr. Hussey,
to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group
No. 14, viz. :
Lynn and Ely, and Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and
Dereham Amalgamation,
Eastern Counties (Lynn ;and Ely, and Ely and Huntingdon,
and Lynn and Dereham Railway Lease),
Norfolk (Norwich to Aylsham, with a Branch to North
Walsham).
The Select Committee to meet on Friday, June 4, at half-
past twelve.

A Committee consisting of—Right Hon. H. L. Corry
(Chairman), Mr. Pusey, Mr. A. B. Hope, Sir G. Smyth, and
Mr. Halsey, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised
in Group No. 30, viz.
Great Northern (Isle of Axholme Extension),
Great Northern (Deviation between Grantham and York),
York and North Midland (East Riding Canals Purchase),
York and North Midland (Knottingley Branch),
York and North Midland (Hull Station and Branches),
Axholme (from Leeds and Selby Railway, &c.)
The Select Committee to meet on Friday, June 4, at one.
A Committee consisting of—the Hon. E. P. Bouverie
(Chairman), Mr. R. Clayton, Sir R. Price, Mr. Hollond, and
r. Rashleigh, to whom they have referred the Bills com-
prised in Group No. 38, viz.:—
North-Western (Skipton, Casterton, and Sedbergh Diver-

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sions),
Wharfdale (Skipton and Cayley Hall Deviations),
Liverpool, Blanchester, and Newcastle-on-Tyne Junction
(Alteration of Main Line and Hawes Branch),
Northern Counties Union Railway Deviation.
The Select Committee to meet on Friday, June 4, at one.
A Committee consisting of—Viscount Clive (Chairman),
Mr. Dugdale, Sir W. Feilden, Mr. Ewart, and Mr. Walker,
to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in Group
No. 10, viz. :
Eastern Union (Manningtree to Harwich),
Eastern Counties (Ilford to Tilbury Fort and Southend),
Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's (Branch from Ipswich to
Woodbridge),
Eastern Counties, Purchase of the North Woolwich Rail.
way, &c.
Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway, &c.
The Select Committee to meet on Friday, June 4, at one.
Select Committee on Group No. 29.
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Lord. E. Bruce and Lord A. Conyngham discharged; Mr.
John Neeld and Mr. Dickinson selected, and added to the
Committee.

Select Committee on Group No. 37.
Hon. 0. Duncombe discharged; Sir J. Winnington
selected, and added to the Committee.
Select Committee on Group No. 46.
Mr. Adderley and Mr. E. Heneage discharged ; Lord E.
Bruce and Hon. 0. Duncombe selected, and added to the
Committee.

NEW ZEALAND.
PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.
By the arrival of her Majesty's steam-sloop Driver, Com-
mander C. 0. Hayes, we have news and papers from New
Zealand to the 2Sth of January, and Rio to the 27th of
March.
We extract the following from the New Zealander of
January 23d, a paper published at Auckland :
" Since our last publication his Excellency the Governor
has returned from the Bay of Islands, but the particulars of
his visit we have as yet been unable satisfactorily to learn.
It would appear, however, that Heki was afraid to confront
the Governor on board the steamer, and consequently, no
personal interview took place between them. We understand
fears were expressed by Heki, that if he went on board the
Driver, he might not be able to come ashore again when he
pleased. We trust the settlers, who had an opportunity of
seeing him, disabused his mind of any such wrong impres-
sion. The natives generally who were along with him be-
trayed considerable feelings of alarm, and the sudden appear-
ance of her Majesty's ship Castor a day or so after the
steamer's arrival tended to heighten this apprehension. Some
little speechifying took place among the natives themselves,
and Heki dealt largely in scriptural quotations; the burden of
his song, however, was peace. As he found, after remaining
some four days, that no notice was taken of him, and that
he failed to attract the Governor to his presence, the follow-
ing morning at break of day he and his followers launched
their canoes, and took themselvess ofE It would have
been more satisfactory had Captain Grey and the fanatical
Master Heki met ; but the latter personage, finding that
he is no longer the man of importance he was, thought he
might acquire a little spurious fame by having it in his power
to say the Kawana came to him. He has been disappointed,
and, like a petted child, behaved accordingly. Our loyal
and most excellent native friend, Thomas Walker, is now re-
siding at Russell, a substantial house built for him by the
Government."

Our Wellington papers are up to the 6th instant, and it
appears from them that the southern settlers are unanimous
in their approbation of Captain Grey's government. The
same feeling prevailed at Auckland, where a congratulatory
address, couched in the most flattering terms, had been pre-
sented to the Governor, on the seventh anniversary of the
foundation of the colony.
The rate of exchange at Rio, when the Driver left, was
28%.

SHIELDS, MAT 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. 13, Adeline Dow-
ing, Sierre Leone. Sld. Harriet, New York; Betty, Rio
Janeiro.
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, MAY 13.
In the convocation holden this day the proposed alterations
in the statute De Concionibus were rejected by a very large
majority, whilst thosein the new statute De Disciplina Theo-
logica, and in the statute relative to the Ireland Professor of
the Exegesis of Sacred Scripture, were allowed to pass.
MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.—Fri-
day an adjourned inquest was resumed and concluded at
the Grave Maurice public-house, in the Whitechapel-road,
before Mr. Baker, coroner, on the body of Agnes Macdonald,
aged 42 years, who died from the effects of dreadful violence
inflicted by her husband, Gilbert Macdonald, a ship-joiner,
who has been remanded on a charge of wilful murder. The
evidence of the surgeon at the hospital was taken, who de-
tailed the nature of the injuries received by the deceased.
Other witnesses proved the cruelty of the prisoner towards
his unfortunate wife. The coroner then summed up at great
length, and pointed out how Macdonald was affected by the
evidence. There could be no doubt the man had inflicted
serious injuries on his most unfortunate partner, and that her
death was caused thereby. He explained the law relating to
murder and manslaughter, and said the case deserved the
most serious consideration of the jury. The jury deliberated
for upwards of an hour, and then returned a verdict of wilful
murder against Gilbert Macdonald, the husband of the de-
ceased, and the coroner issued his warrant for his committal
to Newgate for trial.
THAMES REGATTA.—Friday the first meeting
of the committee and subscribers to this regatta was held at
the British Hotel, Cockspur• street, and was numerously at-
tended. C. Selwyn, Esq., the vice-president in the absence
of Lord Viscount -Castlereagh, the president, took the chair.
With respect to their finances—the year 1846 had found
them, he said, with a balance of 1801.; which, by subscrip-
tions and entrances, was increased to 838/. 3s. id.; while
the expenditure of the year was 864/. 14s. 7d., leaving a
balance against the treasurer of 261. 16s. 6d. ; of this sum
there was paid to watermen (prizes and hire) 583/. 175.; for
plate, hire of boats, and incidental expenses, 2801. 17s. 7d.
Doubtless the outlay had been very great, and in some
cases ill-judged, yet the committee would not advise their
successors to discontinue the Champion Prize of 100/., open
to " all the world," as it had been the means of producing
some of the best races on record, and of introducing the
noted " Claspers" to the London river. J. L. Jenkins, Esq.,
eulogising their services, proposed that the president, Lord
Castlereagh vice-president, C. Selwyn, Esq. ; and trea-
surer, E. Antrobus, Esq., M.P., be re-elected—carried by
acclamation.
GIGANTIC RHUBARB. A bunch of rhubarb has
been exhibited at our office, which was purchased at Retford,
in this connty, on Wednesday, for sixpence. It weighs
121bs. ; the stalks are 21 inches long, and inches diameter.
It is of a particular sort, grown only by Mr. Pennington, of
RetforJ, who at this early period of the season has several
acres full grown, presenting a picture of luxuriance and
,ibundance which is truly wonderful. It is a remarkable fact
that the well-known variety of kidney potatoes denominated
" Holberney kidneys" were produced from seed grown by
Mr. Holberney, at East Retford, and Mr. Pennington seems
likely to be equally famous in his variety of rhuharb.—Not-
tingkarnshire Guardian.
THE INCOME-TAX.—It will be in the recollection
of many of our readers that when the income-tax was first
proposed the chief objections to it were the inquisitorial
power that its collection must confer, and the publicity to
which the affairs of every mercantile man would be exposed
through, the disclosures which might escape from official
sources. We strongly urged those arguments to this odious
tax, and the reply that was offered was, that by establish-
ing a board of special commissioners sworn to hold sacred the
contents of the returns of all those who claimed the privilege
of rendering their account to that secret tribunal, no in-
justice could be inflicted. - For some time past it has been
stated that the contents of the special returns in one of the
City districts have been allowed to escape. From the high
character of the commissioners, we could not place any con-
fidence in the report, and we believe that we are correct in
holding that opinion; but within the last few days it has
been again stated that the contents of these returns have
transpired through some source which it cannot be difficult
for the six commissioners to discover. We trust that this
breach of faith, if brought home to the offender, will meet
with that prompt and decisive punishment that it so fully
deserves.— Times.
THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, MAT 14.—The
Oriental and Peninsular Company's steam-ship Montrose'
Captain Burney, from Gibraltar, arrived here at 10 A.m., and
landed her mails, under charge of Lieut. Newenham, R.N.,
Admiralty agent, which were forwarded to London by the
eleven o'clock train. Her dates are—Gibraltar, May fi ;
Cadiz, May 7 ; Lisbon, 9 ; Oporto, 10; and Vigo, 11. The
Montrose brings home 42 passengers, including the Mar-
chioness of Queensbury and Lady Douglass. Her cargo con-
sists of 36 barrels of dates, 8 packages of specie, 3 casks of
wine, 12 packages of sundries, 444 boxes of oranges, 11 cases of
eggs, and 5 bullocks. The Montrose experienced outwards bad
weather, but tine and fair home, performing the voyage from
Southampton and back in less than 16 days. The following
ships were at_
at Gibraltar;
ports • Virago steam
.P.
es 6:
t_
eI the Phoenix steam-sloop, May 10,
'Ltrigate, May America, Thetis, 36, and the Sidon steam-
'pe` Superb, 80, h itbernia, 104, Trafalgar, 120, Canopus, 84,
~n ; the ladiator steam-frigate. Poly-
phemus he Jackal steam-sloop,
Nautilus, 10, May 10, at Oporto;
9, at
Spanish
at Viana ; the Cacique, 16,
Minerva,ibs% Sp
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at't dies
French war steamer,
Bi!Figate, 28, name unknown,
Spanish frigate, May 7,
Isabella 11., 50,--a
' at Lisbon ; the Ligero, 12,
1 ,schooner, May 2, were at Vigo. B, and Spanish brig and
SINGULAR.—The same disease which has
th e potatoes in other countries, has attacked attacked
the cocoa in
Jantatca.
Mq. GROGAN'S BENEFIT.—Grogan, the box book-
keeper of the Lyceum, who, for the last forty ye
b fi ars' has been
he public, takes a ene tat the Lyceum
a faithful servant to t
this evening. when we trust that those who, have ao often
civility in his time of health will not forgct
benefited by. his c
affliction.—(
Poor Grogan is suffering from
him in his time of
of a paraly tic stroke)—but rally round him in
the effects
force.