The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-15 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

GRO XXX.
The Committee met thisUP morning at
Mr. twelve o'clock;
Corrie in the chair. OLTOS
GREAT NORTHERN (ISLE or
EXTENSION). counsel
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Mr. Sergeant WRANGAM suggested that the at
on the other side ought to be called orussent
he
this stage to say whether they bad got the a
of the Admiralty for their crossing t river 11"
with the competing line.
Mr. said it was emture.
then goingJANES on with the Admiralty,
stiCndeg°tth: itri°n°sl wen
the
rl
would be produced in the course of the evidence t°
competing Bill.
The CHAIRMAN decided that the should
continue their evidence in favour of the DUI' land t°
Mr. J. Blackburn, farmer of about 700 acres 0" 900
the neighbourhood of Stainfirth, said there werfseod
inhabitants in the township on about 2,000 acres °jos
alluvial soil, productive of grain, Sec. Their roar" tititi
Doncaster, which was reached by the Peuet.'neley,
was attended by factors from Wakefield, Pa -mill
promoters
Sheffie!d, and other places. These factors sold th!: jor
by weight, 601bs. to a bushel, and bought it by as the
penal measure, whatever it might weigh; enthat
corn there weighed considerably more then 601133 r, or
went to the middleman as his profit. The fartaleine to
the public were thus losers by the difficulty of direct
the markets of Wakefield and other places*, eughtss
line was required in the district, as produce was i'l.""rsiessf
present at an expense of 3s. per ton, but the. to a
would effect a saving of 2s. a ton on 1,200,00'04
year. Very much injury was sustained bywonie be
their fat cattle to market. A saving likewise which
ffected by the railway on the carriage of gals fieldhe
s'
were brought from be Barnsley- and Silkstone_to
Altogether, upon the matter of carriages, there wsu whet
a saving of 14 per cent. on the lentil, beside
might be saved in tratelling.
Similar evidence in detail was called
the other townships in the district of the line.
in reference
TE 11 If'
POLISH BENEVOLENT rely
The Poles inhabiting London, sensible of their hole
painful position, which increases more and rola to
materially and morally, and desirous of airergirpoli•
each other a mutual succour, having put wide t",jees
tical differences, have formed amongst theta--
benevolent society.the °ill
The Polish Benevolent Society takes care of on) of
dren, of the orphans, widows, aged, lame, andeiredecs•
their brethren • and it has principally in view "I' ,e of
tion of the ehildree, in order that with a knowletage
the English language they may also acquire a keen jet
of their paternal tongue, know the nation frost
disasters, as also to prepare them for some trail
they may be enabled to support themselves an
of
of
aged parents honestly. 'ea
This society has elects a commission compos so.
five members— The Rev. Dr. Zienkiewice, theewher
Dr. Vwainski, M.A., the Citizens Pruszeynski, fnee•
zl.ewiez, and Ruzynski. It has authorised, by 5, pd
to
date, the persons aforesaid to act in their name, bete is
appeal to all those who may feel disposed to aid
the realisatio of this (eject.
The commission, in executing the orders of Illifc;
ciety, has teen at first the necessity of making Tied, °sr
statistic of the Polish refugees residing in Jeag'd- ,r.
their marriages, children, orphans, widows, ettbe
After having brought this labour to a close, 1, nisuv
mission has found that there are in England sevi°
Polish refugees, 160 married, 317 children, in_ age of
alone 209 childree, forty of whom up to tbridreo e
ten years are not baptised, and those sire the chi oath,
gentlemen and enemies of the faith of their jJoag
l'here are beside:, 13 orphans, 20 aged, and
and infirm pet sons. by tile
This Polish Benevolent Society is honotnee obo
names and patronage of eminent individuals, a'",„tt
possess influence. The commission is emel(?;ty; it
executing the will of the Benevolent Polish So° i• the
ilo ° colletos funds for the school, and for the wel 0 ft°
on hans, widows, aged, and sick. We are of 01) °sod 01
it will ere long publish its ulterior proceedings,
it will persevere in its noble efforts.— „See
SCULPTURE FOR TILE BRITISH MUSED''' _it ill °-
packages of Assyrian sculpture, intended for dePeesesel Gre'
British Museum, have arrived at this port in the c.mpoilisg
clan, front Bombay, and have been landed from the I,,,roser;••
ship and delivered, by the special directions of the
The
tree of duty. lei E
THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY SV---n • h Herself
young woman who committed suicide by t brow!.nigs,.. eesr
under the express train of te South-Western Eau sgeet
IVandswortle on Wednesdaymorning, was 19 yeareeside at
Iler name was Frances Arnese Ber Prei:ols
Barton, near Gosport. She left borne
t° relay Isstesb:
Southsea, about three weeks since• 'iesSamaund her boxes
was suspected of having robbed her euspiei""Ent'ibea
were searched, but nothing was fsohner'lleft the houseunicer leis-
upon her mind, and on Sunda '
pretence of going to church, b)ut in which sh°
eto
tress received a letter from her the eext (Ineies her bt,se
said that she had been disgraced by ee'" 6 her P'-io
searched ; that she would never return either inquot s
or family, but that she would take arsenic. The Pei
Bervice
rice••uri- •
held, when the above facts came out in eviden
returned a verdict, "That the deceasud died front IIL or tb
the iri;, ia s
a locomotive engine striking her, she being on
did not retain
by
London and South- Western Rail,way, being at the t'
state of temporary mental derangement." iettirl
SHAKSPEARE S HOUSE.—The present Pr°=_r con?
of the place of our great poet's birth are, it Appear., icoer•
pelted to sell it, by the terms of the will of a forinet°,
lik
The house is a freehold, and is valued at omething
2,0001. This valuation has been formed on Le n er,aeroo°,
visitors. In 1846 it was calculated that something g454/1"
people had v'sited the house, though not more then ;000'
had entered their names in the bo,k kept for .the P.', 01'
The house will be sold by auction in the course of the -Ile
arrivedme r, anfgdrolmotnaetnaolyre.rit:al7l(eieeitti
ietiliriimubseiiura:s:tiiitct Jona t h ans have ply do
in taking
icu t matter ios
tssoeacsi said,
it would be no very del' • l
make an - •
exhibition of it. We hope and trust that Oa" 0
t
desecration awaits it. Wholly irrespective of ShaksPeili 're"
la'iarteto(ani°lll,:s.aOhrienes:tgicoctlo,(l4
one of the few existing examples of an English yeoraa- °ore'
sidence of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, it merits to be '
served and retained among us. • Well
Asti nußTON.—Election matters appear to 1.,13
the inhabitants of this borough but very little. Alstl.'
we believe, will pass away before such scenes as We'd r,
nessed at the elections of Charles Lushington, at% hotli
Jardine, opposition at that period being very great Owe,' ge
Whigs and Conservatives. This borough has se„tur,f! refire;
formers for many years, and now in the person "7. corn
w
sentative, James Matheson, Esq. Let the
when it may, his return is sure. Ashburton 1110' sere'
proud in having such a man as Mr. Matheson for tbeLiortfelS
sentative. Long may he continue, we believe, is the
a° ceets'
wish of all classes of persons in the town.—Rem
electionweg

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BIRTHS.
Professor liege, of a son.
o.j,
of Materia Modica at Ring's Co ... . _.,, 0 r
On the 11th inst., at Brunsfield House, kinchiey
ej.BtAliiiiiniesrt.,,oaftaßsuolns,tr:diielisbtorrene.t, the wife of Dr. —0
Ss I'
On the 11th inst., Mrs. David Edwardes, of Great IN
lady
Of lb.
street, Covent-garden, of :a son.
On the 12th inst., in Upper Harley-street, the
Rev. Alexander Douglas, of a son. -
MRRIED. RO' tr
On the Bth inst., at St. James's, Paddington• the 4-
M. Bonuor, Vicar of Ruabon, Denbighshire, to Ellen, ~
gull
ter of the late John Wood, Esq., of Worthing'. Phil itt
On the 12th inst., at St. George's, Bloomsbury, poi
Walton Harris, Esq., to Ann, relict of the late Thomas
Ed•
Cocksedge, Esq., of The Hills, Bury St. Edmunds. , 0,
On the 12th inst., at St. James's Church, Paddins.inisr
ward Lawson, Esq., to Mary Ann, only daughter
Miskio, Esq., surgeou, of Broad-street, St. John's, ..°

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DIED.
Lpuaodisill:elytghßecaalclrintahacknisnn.st., at Paisley, Mr. John Gibson, Cs°
On the 6th inst., at Hammersmith, near 1•°1111°' lit.
aged 41. le
An] re life
oOn the Bth inst'., at German-place, Brighton, •-•-tie,lieVOL
of Major-General Sir Patrick Ross, Governor of Sf- i'- fielek
On the 10th inst ,at Hampton-court Palace, All$11.: -0.
dsoitnh,ot the late Lieutenant-General Sir J. Maclean, 5-',lb+rei'e.
Edo::: the 10th inst., at Peckham Rye, Mr. Alfred l'inierr
10th inst., Susannah Mann, the wife cf J. P' ~
ell IP/
Iltzilsi- yeD., formerlyiubin
ageodf
3C81.i 11 b rd, Heretbrdshire.
On the llth inst., at Gerrard's llall, Basing-1313e'
cc°
W t Wri
On the 1 lth inst. at Hyde-park-place eI- I
Smith, the widow of tile Rev:Henry Smith.
~,,. ..,, Gilierti
On the 11th inst., in Bishopsgate-street, w 'gill"'
of the
Hawkins, aged 35. .
On the 11th inst., at Tonbridge-wells, Mary, wl-1°
E,.,•
late Rev. John Thornton.
On the 11th inst., at New-grove, William Berle f3l
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Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant of the count,' ° al
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sexi aged 86. ~ PP
Brt)idngritihaen, El 2s tqh. ,
surgeon.his t., at Ham-common, Surrey'
f saol3.
On the 12th inst., Sir Richard Plal.-ket, N.M.G" o
ton House, near Torquay, Devon. val. J.
On the 12th inst , in Gray's Inn, John Perry. --:ciusre,
Oa the 12th inst., in North age
-crescent, Bedford; 0.
Matravers, only child of James Barstovt, Esq.,

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