The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-13 00:00:00

gentleman, and that in consequence of her having been
so repeatedly locked up hcr money had been stopped,
and it had very much discomposed her mind. She was
very sorry that so lamentable an occurrence as the one
she was brought there for had taken place.

Mr. IlAmium, directed the defendant to he taken care
of until the inquest should be holden upon the body of
her infant.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.)
r Mr. Robert Wilson, a gentle man of independent pro-
' perty, residing at the Colonnade Hotel, Haymarket,
was bronght before Mr. Bingham, charged on suspicion
of attempting to commit suicide, by having two loaded
pistols in his possession.
William Webb, waiter at the Colonnade Hotel, said
the defendant had been staying at the hotel for about a
week. On Saturday night the, defendant who was very
much excited, came to him :Lrd said, " Waiter, lam
going out, and you will never s se me again." He noticed
at the time that the defendaia, had a. pair of pistols in
his hand, and thought that he premeditated suicide. He
therefore followed him, and gave him in charge, lbr his
(defendant's) own safety.
Mr. BINGHAM said he could not defendant go
without he provided bail for his future behaviour. He
sikuld therefore order him to find two respectable house-
keepers to be sureties for his keeping the peace.
Bail was subsequently offered and accepted, and de-
fendant left the office with his friends.

NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.
The following report of Mr. Barry, the architect, o❑
the New Houses of Parliament at Christmas last, ap-
pears in the report of the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, printed on Saturday :—" The whole of the car-
case works of the north, the east, and the south fronts of
the buildings are completed. A suite of nineteen rooms
on the second floor of tale River front has been tempo-
rarily, and in part perms.ncntly fitted up for use as com-
mittee-rooms. The Victoria Tower is above 80 feet in
height, and the ground floor over the state entrance
within it is completed. with the exception of the carvings.
The Clock Tower is 84 feet in height. The central hall,
together with the whole of the buildings adjacent to it,
are carried up to their full height. The groining of
the ground hall, of the central ball, and adjoining cor-
ridors, is in a forward state of preparation. The walls
of St. Stephen's porch, with the adjoining entrances
from Westminster-hall and St. Margaret's-street, are
20 feet above the ground. St. Stephens'-hall is upon an
average two-thirds of its full height. The internal fronts
of all the inner courts of the building, as far as it is now
in hand, and the whole of the carcase works of the

new buildings around them, are completed. The front
towards Now Palace-yard is completed, with the excep-
tion of a few of the stone pinnacles and the terminals
on the parapet, and the iron roof above it over the
Common,' residences is fixed. The second floor of this
portion of building has been temporarily fitted up as
offices for the use of the House of Commons. The iron
roofing of the House of Commons is completed, and the
public library adjoining is ready to receive its ceiling
beams. The works of this portion of the building are
at present suspended, and will so remain until the warm-
ing and ventilating arrangements to be applided to it are
finally decided upon. The House of Lords, together
with the Victoria Hall and public lobby, are nearly
completed in all their details, and will be ready for oc-
cupation during the ensuing (the present) session. The
ventilating and warming arrangements for this portion
of the building are nearly' completed. Separate tempo.
rary approaches to the new House of Lords have been
provided both for the use of Peers and of the public.
'Temporary communications have also been formed from
the Victoria Hall to the Peers' temporary committee-
rooms in the river front. The joiners' works and the
finishings for the completion of the committee-rooms,
libraries, and refreshment-rooms belonging to each of
the Houses are in a state of great forwardness • a con-
siderable portion of them are already fixed, and the fit-
ting of the remainder is in hand. There are at present
1,470 men employed upon the works of the new Palace,
of which number 859 men are employed at the building,
100 at the quarries, 260 at the Government workshops
at Thames-bank, upon the joiners' finishings and wood
carvings, and 251 upon miscellaneous work both at the
building and elsewhere."

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY OF ENGLAND
The half-yearly general meeting of this society was
held on Saturday, at the society's house, Hanover-
square.
The Earl of Yarborough, president, in the chair.
Mr. J. Hudson, secretary, read the report of the
council.
The Rev. J. LINTON, in moving that the report be
received and adopted, took occasion to congratulate
the members on the flourishing condition of the society.
He could not deny himself the gratification of ex-
pressing an opinion in which he was sure all present
would concur—namely, that the members of the
council had entitled themselves in an eminent degree
to the thanks of the society.—(Cheers.)
Mr. ASTBURY seconded the motion, which was car-
ried unanimously.
Mr. R. BARKER submitted a statement of accounts
drawn up by the finance committee, and certified as
correct by the auditors, from which it appeared that
the gross income up to June 30 was 7,4371. ss. Bd.,
of which sum there had been expended 5,5321.55. Sd.,
leaving a balance in hand at that date of 1,905/.
Mr. EMERY moved that the thanks of the society be
presented to the members of the finance committee,
and the auditors, and in so doing took occasion to ex-
press the satisfaction with which he observed the rapid
progress not only of that society, but another similar
in its object—the Farmers' Club. That club had
been instituted a few years since ; but recent though
its origin was, it had already conferred very great
benefit on the agricultural interests of the country.
It only needed to be more generally known to have
its claims on the support and sympathy of all who had
those interests at heart universally appreciated and
acknowledged. No less than 100 new members had
been admitted during the past year, and amongst them
he was happy to say, there were to be found not only
tenant-f inners, but some of the best landlords in
England and Scotland. It was to be hoped that ere
long the club would also number amongst its mem-
bers some of the Irish landlords, for though hard
things had been said of them, he was convinced there
were many excellent men amongst them.
Mr. R. W. BAKER seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.
Colonel CHALLONER bore testimony to the zeal and
intelligence of the present auditors, and proposed
their re-appointment.
Mr. KINDER seconded the motion.—Carried.
The Duke of RICHMOND moved that the thanks of
the society be presented to the two Learned Gentle-
men who lectured before the members on Tuesday
and Wednesday last. The members, as practical
farmers, could not but feel obliged to such scientific
gentlemen as came forward to inform them of the
result of their experiences. A more interesting
lecture he had never attended than that which was
delivered a few days since by Professor Simmons, on
the diseases of cattle. No more instructive discourse
had been delivered since the institution of the
society. One of the primary objects of that asso-
ciation should be to elevate the position of the
veterinary surgeons throughout the country. There
were, no doubt, many gentlemen of ability and
education exercising that profession in various parts
of the country ; but the members must also be aware
that many of their most valuable cattle and
sheep were not unfrequently committed to
the care of men who had had no professional educa
tion whatever, or whose education had not been such
As to qualify them to associate with the respectable
tenantry of the country.—(Hear, hear.) If men of
education and talent were more frequently to establish
themselves as professors of the veterinary art through-
out the provincial districts of England, they would
associate with the owners of the land as well as with
the occupiers, their profession would be made more
remunerative, and many of the diseases which now
carried off so much of the farmer's stock would be
treatei with a degree of skill which would prevent
their terminating fatally.—(Hear, hear.) He was
decidedly of opinion that the society should devote
their best attention to the object of elevating the state
and position of the professors of the veterinary art
throughout the country.—(Cheers.)
Mr. C. lIILLYARD seconded the motion, which wa.s
carried unanimously.
Professor SEWELL, on the part of the governors of
the Veterinary College, acknowledged the compli-
ment, and expressed his concurrence in the observa-
tions of the Noble Duke. Those observations were
applicable to England, but they were still more so
to Ireland. The members of the veterinary profes-
sion in that country settled usually in towns where
there were horses to practise on, but there were not
more than half-a-dozen veterinary surgeons scattered
throughout the country parts.
Mr. SHAW, lest it should be supposed that the
society was indifferent on a matter of such impor-
tance, wished that it should be generally known that
during the last six or seven years they had contri-
buted no less a sum than 2001. a year to a veterinary
college for promoting the veterinary art, as applied to
cattle, sheep, and pigs, as contradistinguished from
horses.—(Hear.)
After some routine businese the proceedings ter-
minated.

Mr. Edward Page is appointed Assistant-Surveyor
in the colony of Sierra Leone. Mr. Robert Armstrong
is to be police magistrate in the same place. Mr. IV.
M`Cartney is to be chief superintend( nt of police at Co-
lombo, in the island of Ceylon. I\lr. henry Crewe is to
be a stipendiary magistrate in Jamaica.—Observer.
A Cabinet Council was held at the Hotel des
Affaires Etrnngeres at Paris, on Friday, where, in
addition to the discussion of the affairs of Switzerland,
the question of the royal speech was brought forward.
The Minister of Finance is said to have declared on this
occasion that the budget was quite ready, and rendered
a satisfactory account of the state of the finances, which
will permit him to satisfy the wishes of the Chamber on
the trio questions of postal reform and a diminution of
the salt duties. M. Demon is reported to have assured
the Council that, far from having experienced a de-
crease, as had been hinted at by the ex-Minister of
Finance, M. Lacave Laplagne, on the contrary, the
receipts bad been constantly on the increase.—Chronicle.
Mr. Fearon is to be the new solicitor to the
charity commission.