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Mg SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1847.

A,477,:, LITE RA T U RE.
"AL EDUCATION; WHAT IT IS,
bas4IVD WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
titr., able and judicious pamphlet, bearing the above
John I) just proceeded from the pen of the Reverend
meifteendtujocaatoiootn.n,itßseelcttor of Warehorne, gent. The subject
the falls peculiarly within the province of
minister of religion; and at the present moment the
earnestlall,
"Our rapidly•who are really interested in the welfare
increasing industrial classes, seems to be
, Y fixed upon this great question. Nor can we
rider that it should be so.- Ina country, and in an
tig° like ours, of high civilization and progressive
kis
ne.et Where the value
year being depreciated, the favourable
the in-
omnlerelebvreurteb botr is every
tine triial classes can be raised to% more favourable posi-
rotr7toinno
those
is the lever of education. Without edu-
°se classes, constituting as they do a vast, pro-
te,iverz.l...nf our whole population, must gradually sink
nY
_'ol lower, until they become little better than so.
oeaats of burden, " hewers of wood and drawers of
on.„1/..tetirt" as hopelessly di;orned, from youth to old age, to
Plll:telnYarYing round of toilsome drudgery, and as com-
the_ Y excluded from all possibility of amelioration in
3.nacial condition, as the manacled felon of Norfolk
rtil'u•The stupid booby, staring in amazement as the
etZog train is hurried past by the irresistible power of
am,
is only a fair illustration of the way in which the
ehatic of the ignorant labourer are outstripped by me-
al force scientifically applied. And, unless his
by log hands and sinewy limbs be aided and directed
the tibe improved intelligence of an educated mind,
abourer's exertions to earn his daily bread will
ever
Y Year be less availing. We cannot wonder, there-
that the philanthropist should have his attention
:°Pecially attracted by education. It is folly to talk
abort feeding and clothing the people, and then educat-
ing
increasing
them, it is madness to attempt to stem the torrent
t)nereaaing crime by building prisons and multiplying
final statutes. Educate the people, and they will be
all the better able to clothe and feed themselves; whilst
statistical returns abundantly prove the close connexion
existing; betwixt ignorance and vice. We hail Mr.
_ often a pamphlet as a most well-timed production,
vaieulated to render invaluable service to this important
ca bse• It is the successful endeavour of a man of clear
„
comprehensive intellect to grapple with a really
,:wettlt subject. In supporting his own views he ex-
hibits a rare degree of talent combined with moderation;
lad the measures which he suggests are alike indicative
of Sound judgment and of much practical experience.
lir will attempt a brief outline of this clever pamphlet.
• Dufton begins with showing that the question at
8110 is not betwixt education and non-education, but
betwixt a good education and depraved knowledge. We
hare not to inquire, Shall we, or shall we not educate
the people? but, Shall we educate the rising generation
to be useful members of society? or allow them to
be trained and instructed by the zealous agents of
vice ? " Vice," says Mr. Dufton, " opens schools as
Well as virtue ; crime has rewards for the zealous, and
punishments for the refractory, quite as efficacious as
those at the disposal of rectitude. Let this great truth
be once thoroughly apprehended ; let it once be under-
stood that we have not to choose between education and
non-education, for the simple reason that non-education
is an utter impossibility ; let it be not only known, but
felt, that our choice is confined to education or mis-
education—that we have to decide between possible
good and positive evil—and nine-tenths of the con-
troversies which have been raised on the sub-
ject will be dismissed as sheer impertitn noes."
Our author next describes some of the lamentable con-
sequences flowing from that depraved knowledge, com-
monly called ignorance, and by indisputable facts esta-
blishes the necessity of national education. This may
In
considered the first part of Mr. Dawn's pamphlet.
1-0, the second part he enters upon delicate ground,
namely, the insufficiency and inadequacy of all exiting
educational systems to meet the exigencies of the case.
This, undoubtedly, is delicate ground. But Mr. Dufton
Writes in a kindly and conciliatory spirit. He is in ear-
nest, and expresses his opinions strongly and with can-
dour ; yet the tone and temper of his pages are tar
from being offensive. He may convince ; he cannot
annoy and our prejudices are net roused even whets
our prepossessions are opposed. With the utmost im-
artiality he lays bare the imperfections of the National
ociety on the one hand ; and on the o.her he adduces
the testimony of Dr. Vaughan to demonstrate the
inability of Dissent, to supply the universally :admitted
deficiency. In short, veluntaryism—whether it be the
l'oluntaryises of the National Society, or of the British
and Foreign Schools ; whether it be the voluntat yism of
the Established Church or of Dissent—lie holds to be
utterly inadequate to provide an enlarged system of
national education, co-extensive with the national wants.
Ile therefore invokes the assistance and interference
of the State. "For the same reasons," says he, "that
State intervention is necessary in the dispensing of na-
tional charity, in establishing national security, and in
enforcing general rights, we hold that State interven-
tion is necessary in national education, not to supersede,
but to aid individual and voluntary exertion. The
strongest advocate of poor-laws never recommended the
destruction_ of asylums, hospitals, and infirmaries; the
firmest supporter of a police force would not advise us
to dispense with bolts, bars, watchdogs, and watchmen;
the greatest admirer of law will not withhold his praise
f
rot° private arbitration; and in the same way the ai-
v
°cates of State intervention would not recommend a
single individual to withhold his subscription or contribu-
tion from the erection and maintenance of schools."
4, nd again, " We invoke the assistance of the State be-
f'r it can alone interfere efficiently and beneficially,—
alone can escape the imputation of mixed and un-
wrtbY motives. We trust the cause of national
education to the State, because the State is the nation."
In the remaining part of his pamphlet Mr. Dufton
brings forward the details of the measure which he
submits for the adoption of the State. For these details
We must refer our readers to the pamphlet itself, merely
observing that the proposed plan is at once simple and
comprehensive, practicable and efficient. Many other
subjects, to which we have not space for alluding, are
admirably discussed in these pages; such as the fallacy
of the cuckoo cry, " Will you separate religion from
education?" and the paramount importance of giving
such an education as shall have a direct hearing on the
future career of the pupils. In conclusion, we beg to
recommend this pamphlet most cordially to all who tees
an interest in this important question, whatever their
peculiar views may be, and to tender our warmest thanks
to Mr.Dufton for his labours in this great cause.

SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF CAPT. G. B. DOWNES, R.E
melancholy occurrence took place on board the General
Steam Navigation Company's ship Ramona, plying on the
armouth station, during the last trip made by that vessel.
he Ramona left Yarmouth at five r.m. on Wednesday even-
ing, under the charge of Captain Dawson, with a general
cargo of merchandise and several passengers, among whom
Was Captain Downes, of the corps of Royal Engineers. The
~night turned out rough and squally, a heavy sea rolling
'Luring the early part of the passage; but nothing particular
occurred calculated t• direct the attention of those on board
Ah to
ftther leaving Yarmouth
Officer whose death this paragraph announces.
Yarmouth he took tea in the chief cabin, at
e same table with several other passengers. Mr. Wood,
the steward of the vessel, believes that he partook of no
other refreshment during the evening ; but about half-past
one o'clock on Thursday morning he observed the Gallant
Captain parading the deck and smoking a cigar. Shortly
afterwards he addressed the steward's boy, requesting .
to make up his bed for the night on the sofa.
This WAS the last that was seen or heard of the unfor-
tunate gentleman. Some two hours subsequently one of
the sailors discovered a hat lying in the starboard fore
aponson, and on conveying it into the cabin it was shortly
ascertained to have belonged to Captain Downes. A close
Search was immediately made for the Gallant Officer, but it
!gas soon found that he was not on board the vessel. The
first impression was that he must have thrown himself over-
board shortly after having been seen by the steward ; and
this presumption was afterwards strengthened by the fact of
his manner having been remarked to have been particularly
reserved during the voyage by several of his fellow-pas.
sengers. His carpet-bag was opened by the captain, to dis-
cover his identity, and in it were discovered three letters,
which gave the desired information. The only other things
contained in the bag were a night-shirt, and a brush and
comb. On the arrival of the Ramona off the 'Custom House
on Thursday morning information of the melancholy occur-
rence was given at the office of the company by Captain
Dawson, and we understand, from inquiries which have been
made, little doubt appears to exist, that the Gallant Captain
must have thrown himself overboard while labouring under
mental alienation. The weather, it should be- stated, had
moderated before the Gallant Captain was missed, and there
was scarcely any swell on. The spot is supposed to have
been near the Meuse Light, twenty miles below Gravesend.
THE LATE Loss OF LIFE UT FIRE IN MARTLE-
scam—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at
the St. Marylebone Workhouse, on the body of Anne Wilson,
aged 74, the unfortunate female burnt to death In her ben un
the morning of Wednesday last. It appeared from the state-
ment of Henry Wilson, a little boy nine years of age, that he
resided with the deceased, who was his grandmother, at No.
10, Marylebone-court, and slept in the same bed with her.
On the night of Tuesday last, when they went to bed, the
deceased, as was her custom, placed her lighted candle on a
chair near the bed-side. About twenty minutes after twelve
on the Wednesday morning he was awoke by a sense of suffo-
cation, and on getting up and finding the room full of smoke
and the bed on fire, he ran to the door and called for the
assistance of the lodgers, but before they arrived the bed and
bedding was in flames, and his grandmother still lying upon
it. The candlestick was found under the bed, and it had, no
doubt, fallen from the chair, and having ignited some articles
under the bed, (mused the conflagration. Other evidence
showed that before the unfortunate deceased could be rescued
from the bed she was burnt in a frightful manner in various
parts of the body. She was conveyed to the infirmary of
Marylebone Workhouse, where she expired from the injuries
received about three o'clock the same morning. Verdict,
"Accidental death."
Bonne uizo.--Yesterday's Government Police Ga-
zette contained inf mation of the following robberies :
Stolen from the shop of Mr. Myers, silversmith, &c., No. 27,
Edgware-road, between the hours of eleven at night and ix
in the morning, 58 valuable gold watches, about 20 second-
hand watches, of which no description can be given several
silver milk-pots and sugar-basins, a variety of gold guards
and other chains, &c. A reward of 1001. has been offered.
On the 14th, from the house of Mr. Dippie, No. 4, Little Col-
lege-street, Westminster, a cash-box, containing 22.1. in gold
and 2/. in silver, an I 0 U for 91., and a variety of bills and
memorandums. Absconded from the service of Mr. Skinner,
Great Warren-street, Clerkenwell, the potnian, taking with
him 20 sovereigns, and some silver moneys; and
.from the
Person of Mrs. Gray, of No. 6, Watt's-buildings, Ki.ngsland-
road, a silk purse, containing a 51. note and some silver.
THE UNCERTAINTY or HUMAN Lim—Yesterday
an inquest was held by Mr. Carter, at the Fentimore Arms,
Fentimore-road, Clapham-road, as to the death of John Hen-
sler, Esq., aged seventy six, which occurred in a most sudden
manner. It appeared that the deceased was a gentleman of
independent property, and resided at 4, Fentimore-road. He
bad not enjoyed good health for some time, and on Monday.
Morning, having staid a considerable time in the water-
closet,,ei young man of the name of Cartwright went after
him, and found him apparently dead. A surgeon was sentfor, but it was discovered by him that life was quite extinct.
Verdict, " Natural death."
THB CORN RIOTS AT BUZANCAIS—EXECUTION OF
TAE ritzeoxEse.—The three raen condemned to death for
having, during the corn riots at Buzangais, fallen upon and
Milled a wson who attempted to defend his property, were
eZOCUt.d os Monday.

MANSLAUGHTER—DREADFUL
CRUELTY TO A PAUPER LUNATIC. •
Two powerful men, named Samuel Garrctt and James
Downes, late keepers at the Grove-hall Lunatic Asylum,
Bow, Middlesex, were brought before Mr. Yardley ou
remand, at the Thames Police Court a few days ago,
charged with having caused the death of a lunatic
pauper, named William Rank, under circumstances of
an extraordinary nature as detailed in the evidence given

below.
Mr. Clarkson, barrisnee and Mr. Law, solicitor, prose-
cuted on behalf of the commissioners of lunacy. Garrett
was defended by Mr. Pelham, and a gentleman from the
office of Mr. Vann. solicitor, appeared for Downes.
Mr. Clarkson, in stating the case for the prosecution,
said the commissioners of lunacy, for whom he appeared,
charged the prisoners with the manslaughter of a poor
lunatic, who was under their charge. They had no
desire to excite any prejudice against the men it the bar,
but to put them fairly on their trial for the manslaughter
of the deceased. He proposed, in addition to the evi-
dence given on a former occasion, to call a convalescent
patient who saw the violence committed on the deceased,
and who was in a fit state to give evidence. He should
also produce other persons, whom the legal gentlemen
engaged for the prisoners might call if they pleased.
One of those persons had assisted in securing and beat-
ing the deceased, but he did not feel justified in charging
him with the prisoners.
Mr. Pelham said he might see the necessity to ask
some questions of the party mentioned.
Mr. Clarkson said he was in the Court, and that the
commissioners would keep bac' nothing.
Mr. Yardley should like to hear the opinion of the
medical superintendent of the asylum as to whether the
convalescent patient could be examined with safety.
Dr. Palmer, the gentleman appealed to, said the pa-
tient was quite tree from excitement, and that he was to
be discharged from the asylum to-morrow.
Mr. Clarkson said the commissioners were called upon
in performance of a most important public duty, to pro-
tt or the meat helpless and unfortunate of our fellow
creatures, and felt strongly that this was a case in which
they were imperatively called upon to prosecute the men
at the bar for the cruelty they were alleged to have
committed. There was no law to authorise act. of
violence towards a lunatic, but he would say, as a lawyer
and a man, that it would be lawful to resort to violence
to preserve life and limb, and the question in this case
was, whether there had been an excess of violence.
Mr. Yardley—The power of the keepers is preventive,
nothing more. It is very desirable, indeed, that an in-
vestigation should take place whenever any harshness or
cruelty is exercised Lewes-de leeetics.
William Pride was the first witness—He stated that
he was an assistant to Mr. Byers at the Grove-hall
Asylum, and had been so three months. lie was
engaged in No. 3 ward. The prisoners were em-
ployed as assistants in No. 1 ward. On Satur-
day, the 27th of March, the deceased, Rank, was a
patient in No. 1 ward. On that day he heard a noise in
No. 1 ward, which was next to the one where he was.
He heard the prisoner Garrett ordering Rank to put
.his clothes on, and saw Rank standing on the floor
in a tottering manner. Both prisoners were standing
about three yards from him, and one of them had a
straightjacket in his hand. They appeared to he fright-
ened of Rank, and stood aloof' from him. Witness seized
Rank, whose back was towards the door as he entered
the ward. The blood was running down Rank's cheeks
in a stream. Garrett immediately placed a handker-
chief round the deceased's neck, and threw him on a
bed. Garrett then pressed his knees on the lunatic's
chest, and Downes at the same time comnaencee beat-
ing the deceased in a savage mariner, and struck him
ten or twelse blows with his clenched fists on the left
side of his head. While Downes was beating Rank as
hard as he could, Garrett stood up with one foot on the
floor, arid his other knee upon Rank. It appeared to
witness that the whole weight of Garrett's body was
upon Rank, while Downes was inflicting the blows
with merciless severity. Garrett called out, " Give it to
him, serve out the old -- ." Witness repeatedly
begged of them to desist, but. they continued their ill
treatm. nt, and struck him and kicked him again. Wit-
ness said drop it. At that time Rank was getting nearly
exhausted, and could not make any noise. The hand-
kerchief e as held tight round the man's neck by Garrett,
end he could not breathe. The poor man foamed
at the mouth, and the blood was flowing co-
piously trine his mouth. 'f he prisoner then
dragged Rank off the bed on to the floor and
put the straight jacket upon him. Rank never spoke
after the sleeves of the jacket were tied or crossed be-
hind him. Garrett was unable to fasten the tape of the
straight jacket between the arm and the belly, and he
took Rank by the shoulders and struck him four or five
times with his knee in the right groin. Rank sighed
and groaned heavily ; he leaned forward and the blood
gushed from his mouth and nostrils. Garrett then gave
orders for the patient to be taken down stairs and locked
up in the cell.
In answer to questions by the magistrate, the witness
said that when Garrett forced his knee against the
deceased, he said," keep in your belly you old He
never saw Yank alive atter he wes licked up is the cell.
He saw the body sfier the coroner's it,qu. st. There
were marks on the left side of his chest, were he was
struck. They were black marks. He saw no violenee•
on the part of Rank, nor any marks of violence on the
persons of either of the prisoners.
In cross examination by Air. Pelham, Pride said that
Rank was struggling at the time he was lying on his
back, but he did not see him kick or bite either of the
prisoners. Rank was always a violent man, but he was
not in the refractory ward.
Walter Meeklenburgle a convalescent patient of Grove
Hall Asylum, gave his evidence in a very precise arid
collected manner. He stated that he slept in the ward
No 1, and that the prisoner and deceased also slept there.
At daybreak on the 27th of March, Garrett called to him
for assistance, and he got out of bed, and found Rank at-
tempting to strangle the keeper One hand was gr..sping
the keeper's throat, and with the other he was pUttiog
strap over Garrett's head. Witness immediately seized him
by his arms, pinioned him, and pulled him into the middle
of the room. A struggle took place, and they both fell
They soon got up again, and Hank then re cognised wit-
ness, and said. " Oh, it, is you, the last person I should
h .ve expi mid." Garrett thee call, d tor air. ther keeper
trained '..'s'humley, who slept in the next ward. Rank fell
on his right side, with the arm of witness underneath.
Cliumley pulled the deceased back, threw him down, and
struck him with great violence. Chumley got the de-
ceased dean on the flour by kicking his legs from under
him. Garrett Pad previously gone doers stairs for a
strait jacket, and when he returned, he struck the de-
ceased on the mouth and caused the blood to flow.
Downes came into the ward at the same time, and at
tempted to put the jacket on Rank, who resisted.
Garrett asked for a scarf or handkerchief, anti one
was thrown to him, which he made last round deceased's
neck. and held him down with his knees on his body till
the jacket was put over hun. Rank became quite black
in the face, his tongue protruded, and his eyes glared.
It was such an appearance as a titan would present who
was being strangled. Rank struggled for a time, but
the handkerchief round his neck was too much for
him, he was overpowered anti became quiet. The
jacket was then made fast over him, and he was
dragged to his bed. He was sure Rank became
exhausted by the violent means used to subdue him.
Garrett put his knees upon Rank, but not with
any degree of vitilencee. Downes struck the deceased
several times while he Was down, about the body and
side. Rank was striving to get away at the time Gar-
rett said to Downes, " Gently, that will do." Ile did
not see Rank kick either of the prisoners. The deceased
was fastened to hie bed, arid was not released until the
other patients had breaktasted. The streiget jacket
was then take n off, and he became as violent as ever.
He struck at Downes, but the blew did not take effect.
Downes then struck him a violent blow on the side and
knocked him diem Garrett went to the assistance of
Downes and held Rank down, and pressed his head
against the floor to prevent his rising. Ile did not see
Pride offer any violence to the deceased.
The witness underwent a long cross-examination by
Mr. Pelham, from which it appeared Chumley was in
the ward at the first commencement of the affray, and
that Gerrett would certainly have been strangled in his
bed if the witness had not gone to his assistance.
Thomas Lynch, an assistant keeper, was sworn, and
answered a few unimportant questions.
Mr Edward Palmer, the medical superintendent of
Grove House Asylum, stated that he was called to see the
deceased on Saturday, the 27th of March. He was then
in a state of seclusion, and confined. The straight
waistcoat was upon him in a proper manner, and his
arms to fr..nt. The patient was in a very excited state.
Garrott hart reported that Rank was violent, and accom-
panied him to the cell. The deceased began to threaten
Garrett. He observed the man's left eye was contused,
bat saw no other mark of violence at that time. He
gave orders for the patient to be kept in a state of
seclusion, and prescribed medicine and a poorer diet for
him lii the evening he found the patient in bed tran-
quil hut very sullen. lie complained of pain all over.
Witness asked Garrett how the contusion on Rank's
eye was produced, to which he replied that Rank
had attempted to strangle him ; that with the
assistance of other keepers and Meeklenburgh, he
had put a straight jacket upon him and confined him
to the bed, and that when lie went to get him up
at breakfast time he was very violent, and he put him in
seclusion. Garrett also stated that the black eye was
produced in the struggle, but in which way he could not
exactly say. On the same evening he again examined
Rank, and found several contusions upon the left side
just over the ribs, and a contusion on the chest, which
might have been produced by pressure. He passed
his hand carefully over the man's ribs. They might have
be n fractured without his making the discovery then.
The marks were those of recent bruises. He believt d
he did inquire of Garrett how the bruist s were occa-
sioned, and he answered by a general statement, that
the diseased was exceedingly violent. On the fol-
lowing morning the deceased complained of severe
pains ard giddiness in the head. The patient died on
tile Ist of April. On the morning after the occurrence
in the ward, there was considerable reaction, anti
he bled the patient. The symptoms gradually became
worse till the evening of the 31st, when he discovered
that an effusion had taken place into the left pleura.
From this period exhaustion progressed rapidly,
and he died on the follown g day. The deceased
had been under treatment for a disease of the heart
while in the asylum, and he showed great mental
excitement when the action of the heart was increased.
After death, in consequence of the rumours that
were communicated to him by other patients, that the
deceased had been cruelly treated, he wrote to the
Coroner, and an inquest was held on Saturday, April 3,
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portion having perforated the pleura. The sixth and
seventh ribs were transversely fractured about an inch
further backwards than the fracture of the fifth rib.
The eighth and ninth ribs were also transversely free.
tured about an inch still further backwards. The broken
ends of the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth ribs
were in apposition, and the surrounding textures
not torn. The witness, after describing the appearances
at great length, said death was caused irom effusion into
the chest resulting from inflammation of the pleura, in-
duced by the perforation of the fractur, d end of the fifth
rib. He thought the ribs might have been fractured by
pressure or severe blows, or by pressure of the knee. He
afterwards examined the head, and found nothing to
alter his opinion as to the cause of death.
After a long conversation between the Learned Coun-
sel and Mr. Pelham,
Mr. YARDLEY said he should commit the prisoners for
trial for manslaughter.
Mr. Pelham made an energetic appeal to the Bench
in applying to the magistrate to accept bail.
Mr. YARDLEY said he could not think of taking bail
in a case of this serious nature, and committed the pri-
soners to Newgate for trial.
The deceased was fifty-eight years of age.

THE LATE MURDER NEAR SHEF-
FIELD.-APPREHENSION OF THREE MEN.
AND CONFESSION OF THE ROBBERY BY
ONE OF THEM.

The mystery which has for the past three months
shrouded the death of this ill-fated man, is at length un-
ravelled, and the perpetrators of the murder are in the
hands of the law. It will be remembered that on the
evening of Monday, the 11th of January, Mr. Riley
had been at the New Market Inn, in the Cattle Market,
where he remained until nearly midnight, and then pro-
ceeded towards home, on foot, along the Grimestlaorpe
road.

The particulars of this murder have already appeared
in The Sun.

In the absence of official information on the subject,
we lay before our readers the following facts, which may
be relied upon for their accuracy, although from motives
which the public will discern, we refrain from giving all
the information which has come to our knowledge. The
cause of the apprehension of the prisoners was from the
circumstance of one of them, James Bradley, having
applied to a publican or beerahop keeper, in Water-lane,
to sell a watch for him. The publican accordingly took
him to another man residing on Furnace-hill, and to
whom the aforesaid watch was sold for seventeen shil-
lings. After the sale of the watch the three parties con-
cerned retired to tho «All Nations." another public-
house in Water-lane, and there while under the influence
of liquor, the prisoner, James Bradley, made such
admissions as left no doubt in the minds of' his hearers
that the watch which had been sold belonged to the late
Mr. Riley. He also described the share which he had
taken in the attack upon Mr. Riley, and told his auditors
on what parts of the unfortunate man's body he had
struck the blows, After this disclosure had been made,
it would seem that the man who had purchased the
watch did not feel himself exactly at ease in having ac-
quired the watch of a murdered man, and accordingly in
the course of the Sunday night, after Mr. Riley died,
this man made his way to Grimesthorpe-lane, and depo-
sited the watch upon the grass plot, where it was found
by the undertaker's assistant, wrapped up in some black
cloth or linen. James Bradley, it appears, iu making
the above disclosures, has also given information that he
obtained the watch of his brother, and in consequence of
the information so given, his brother George Bradley,
also residing at Grimesthorpe, was taken into custody on
Monday last. The evidence against the prisoners is said
to be substantially the same as a great portion which
was adduced before the coroner, strengthened in many
particulars by new facts which have since come to light.
The prisoners were altogether drinking at the White
Lion, in the Wicker, and other places, and were subse-
quently seen in company together going in the direction
of the Grimesthorpe-road. From that time nothing
transpired of a tangible shape, either with regard to the
murder or the robbery. Having given James Bradley's
version of the affair, the statements made by the other
prisoners may also be taken for what they are worth.
Challoner, it seems, has intimated that James Bradley
could exonerate him from the charge if he thought
proper, but on this point we have not heard what he
says, or whether he says anything. George Bradley's
version of the part he took in the affair appears to be,
that on the night of the attack on Mr. Riley, he left the
Fleur de Lis, in Angel-street, late at night, and went
home along the Grimesthorpe-road ; that on arriving at
the gates of Mr. S. Bailey's residence he saw a man
lying drunk with his head against the wall, that ho tried
to assist the drunken man up, but that his assistance was
refused, and that the drunken man d—d him, and told him
that he could do without him. However, when the man
was asleep again, prisoner admits having robbed him of
his watch and übout Ils. 6d. in money, and that after he
had given the watch to his brother, James Bradley, he
never spoke to him on the subject afterwards. So far
jeer.goea theih information
said
t o gleanedbe a uponveryri;
thisin melancholy n
ne,and sub
a
s
the evidence on oath will so soon be laid before the
public, we can only hope that it may be of so conclusive
t
a character as to bring the perpetrators of this cold
blooded and diabolical murder to justice and punishment.
SHEFFIELD, FRIDAY MORNING. -- Yesterday after
aeout two o'clock, the three prisoners, 11 illiam
Challoner, and George end James Bradley, were brought
into toe dock, in the Quarter bes,ions Court, and placed
before h r. Overend and the Mayor. The court, together
with the two galleries, was crowded to excess. Mr.
Eyre conducted the case for the prosecution, and
Mr. A C. Branson defended Challoner. The other
prisoners, George and James Bradley, were undefended
Mr. Eyre then went through the details of the case,
and afterwards culled the attention of the Court to tin
centr4dictory statements made by the two Bradley s
The case for the prosecution being closed, James
Bradley's statement was then read, and stated that,
having been charged with killing and robbing Mr.
Utley, he said—" Well, gentlemen, I and Challonet
went home together, and on Spital-hill we saw the
watchman, and bid him good night. We then went
home together. I went home and got my supper,
and soon afterwards tey brother came home too, but 1
don't know at abet time; when he came home he
gave me a watch, and said that he had found it by the
aide of Mr. Riley, who was laying on the road. Ile also
showed me 10s. or 125., and amongst it there ws s four or
five fourpenuy bits ; when he gave me the watch, he
said I was to sell it for not less than 155., and that I was
to have all I got above for myself. I deny telling Ss) lea
that I knocked Mr. Riley down, and have had nothing
more to do with it than that my brother gave me the
watch. Mr. Riley told me he had fallen down three times
that I will take my oath of. W.Challoner's statement was
that he went home with James Bradley about a quarter
before twelve, and met the watchman on Spital- hill, and
they met no other man else. Mr. A. C. Branson was
about to add, ess the Bench for Challoner, when Mr.
Overend said that there was less evidence against Chal-
loner than against the other men, but as the Bench in-
tended to adjourn the case, in order that the depositions,
which were very long, might be copied out, they would
in the meantime, consider Challoner's case, and, if they
saw anything in his favour, would give him the benefit
of it. Under these circumstances, all the prisoners
would be remanded. The Court adjourned about nine
o'clock.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

;ht's Gazette.)
ith and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the 10th day of April, 1847.
'AUTMENT.
'

(From lag nig]
,tri Account, pursuant to the Act 7
the Week ending ou Saturday,

18SUI DIP.

Notes issued...• .... 23,236,340

Government debt • . 11,015,100
Other securities •• • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 7,795,644
Silver bullion ••• • .. 1.410,696

£23,236,340

X 23,236,340
bf. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
47.
,EPIATKEN T.

Dated the 15th day of April, 18,

BANKING D;
Proprietors' Capital • • 14,553,000
Hest •• .. • • 3,391,768
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sati•-
ings-banks, and Di-

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) • • 13,574,444
Other securities • • •• 15,136,377
Notes • • •• • 2,532,015
Gold and silver coin 630,711

vidend accounts) .. 4,98075
3ther deposits • • •• • • 11,257,744
Severe day and other

bills•• •-• ..... • ..• 987,5G2

Z 35.174,449

£35,174,449
r. MARSIIALL, Chief Caahler.

Dated the 15th day of April, 184'

RAILWAY IN AUSTRALIA.—The wooden railway
at Port Arthur is thus described in the Geelong Adver-
tiser :—" This railway, or rather tramway, is formed
from the hard wood of the country, and passes over a
space if five miles, thereby affording a rapid and easy
means of transit between the heads of Norfolk and Long
Bays, the latter of which leads directly to I'ort Arthur.
This tramway, the projection of Capt. Booth, has proved
to be a work of the utmost utility; shortening the distance
betwixt Hobart Town and Port Arthur, and ensuring
a rapid and certain communication at times when the
long sea-passage might be impracticable. Like many.
men of superior intellect, it was the fortune of
Captain Booth to encounter the tnecr of the common
herd, who, in their narrowmindedness, predicted nought
but failure to his enterprise. Nothing daunted, and
possessing the confidence of the Governor, Captain
Booth toiled on till they that came to jeer went back to
admire. No horse, no ox, no fixed or locomotive engine
traverses its course, or assists in the work of conveyance;
the waggons are propelled by felons—three men being
generally allotted to do the work of each waggon, which
is capable of conveying halt a ton of goods at each tran-
sit. Upon emergency, the same gang have made their
three journeys and back, thirty miles a day, conveying
thus half a ton per man either way.
RIFLE BRIGADE.—The Colonelcy of the 2d bat-
talion of the Rifle Brigade, vacant by the recent demise of
Lieutenant-General Sir David Gilmour, will, it-is reported,
be conferred either on Major-General Brown, Deputy -
Adjutant-General, or upon an officer formerly of the regi-
ment. The 2d battalion is at present in Canada. We have
idr
ari
Tbennlhe,edwpi
to record the demise of Major Henry R. Capel, also of the
corps, who expired on the 13th, at the Vicarage, Watford,
in his forty-second year. He was second son of the Hon.
and Rev. W. Capel (uncle to the Earl of Essex), Vicar of
Watford, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. He was
connected with the service for twenty-one years, and ob-
tained his majority by purchase in October, 1820.
ALARMING FIRE AT ETON.-Yesterday
morning,
between twelve and one o'clock, a fire broke out in the lower
part of the house of Mr. Body, in Eton-square, a short dis-
tance from the College, which, in consequence of the timely
arrival of the Windsor and other engines, and a plentiful
I
supp y of water from a branch of the river Thames, was for-
tunatelyonthlueelptytf,uoa
fnrot.teicthrouenarfi nefiproswe
portion
at
:tfloono
oetoohrtiei
the
rwloleywreec
Staircase
rescuedsaur tmoefwd tw.a
ahietTiilhwsc premises,ib which
diffi-
culty, 00.
petty is loured.

RAILWAY COMMMEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE Or;. COMMONS.
GROUP I.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of
the schemes comprised in this group re-assembled at the
usual hour this morning in Room 30. Mr. W. O. Stanley, in
the absence of Lord Granville -omerset, in the chair.
THE BRIGHTON MID RENT SCHEME.
Mr. Ward, a landholder near Bromley, Sir John Lubbock,
who is the proprietor of an extensive estate near Farnbo-
rough; Lord Stanhope, whose country residence is in the
neighbourhood; and Colonel Austen, M.P. for the Southern
Division of Kent, gave general evidence in favour of this
scheme, and proved that the majority of the inhabitants in
their respective neighbourhoods preferred the Brighton to the
South-Eastern scheme.
Mr. John Thorp, .silk -merchant of Bromley ; the Rev.
Thomas Curtis, incumbent of Sevenoaks ; Mr. Atkins, High
Sheriff of Kent ; Mr. Glendenning, of Ash-grove, Seven-
oaks; Capt. Horthey, of Sevenoaks ; ' Mr. Burton, builder, of
Sevenoaks; Mr. John Sewell, manufacturer, of Sevenoaks;
Mr. Benjamin Pawley,
innkeeper of Sevenoaks; Mr. John
Howard, miller and corn dealer, of Westerhain, and others,
gave corroborative testimony.
The Committee then adjourned till Monday.

GROUP VI.
SOUTH-WESTERN AND GREAT WESTERN

SS.
The Committee, consisCH LIVIZ
ting of Mr. Deedes (Chairman), Mr.
Wrightson, Mr. C. G. Round, Sir S. Glynne, and Colonel Fer-
guson, met, for the first time this morning, in Room 21, at
twelve o'clock.
The Bills contained in this group are the following:—
Bristol and Exeter (Branch from Bleadon to Wells audGlas-
tonbury).
Bristol and Exeter (Taunton and Castle Cary Branch).
Great Western (Extension of the Berks and Hants Railway,
&c.)
Yeovil, Bridport, and Exeter, with Branches.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (N 0.1.)
Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Amendment (No. 2.)
Chard Canal and Railway Company.
Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch).
Salisbury and Yeovil.
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway and Branches.
Exeter and Exmouth Railway Act Amendment.
Blandtbrd and Bruton.
Great Western (Amendment and Extension).
c uld'
gr
bweassi
dae
smtohsuts
those
whorni i d awbelree arrertaayi
retained
cbovu nt
hs eel
promoterspresent, i in-
cluding,
the Bills in this group last session, a considerable number of
fresh juniors. The outer room was also crowded to excess by
strangers.
The usual formal requirements having been complied with,
The CHAIRMAN said that the
I_4 Co7amittee had received the
report of the Commissioners Upon' ealta'
com-
prised in the gieup. Those RBIs were, W 0131113 lk
Chard Canal and Railway.
Salisbury anti Yeovil Railway.
Southampton and Dorchester (Blandford Branch).
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway.
Exeter and Exmouth Railway; and the
Blandfbrd and Bruton Railway.
The Committee could not enter into the consideration of the
other Bills until the report upon them was received from the
Railway Commissioners, and the Committee would have to
decide which of those six Bills should be proceeded with.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE said, that he appeared for the
Bristol and Exeter Railway, and hoped that the Committee
would allow him to have precedence of the other schemes
when the report of the Commissioners should have been re-
ceived by the Committee.
Mr. TALBOT, Q.C., on the part of the Great Western Com-
pany, opposed the application. He thought that the Com-
mittee should not give any pledge upon a subject which
might come before the Committee under circumstances that
would prevent the Committee from fulfilling that pledge.
Mr. COCKBURN, Q C , said that on the part of the South-
Western Company, whose Bills bad been reported on by the
Railway Commissioners, he was quite prepared to proceed
with his case, should the Committee so decide.
The room was then ordered to be cleared. Upon our
re-admission,
The CHAIRMAN said that with respect to the subject pro-
posed by Mr. Sergeant Kinglake the Committee had come
to the conclusion to decline giving any pledges as to the
precedence of any Bills until such time as those Bills came
before them in their regular coarse. The Committee had
also agreed to act upon the principle adopted in other
Committees, viz., that of not allowing any counsel to cross-
examine a witness who was not present at the examination
in chief. The Chairman also said that the Committee had
resolved to hear Mr. Cockburn on behalf of those Bills
which had been reported upon, and for which he appeared,
and called upon that gentleman to select any of those Bills
which he thought best.
Mr. COCKBURN proposed that the same course should be
adopted with respect to the schemes of the South-Western
Railway as was adopted last session, and allow the two
Bills—the Salisbury and Yeovil and the Yeovil and Exeter
Railways—to be treated as one integral scheme.
After a few words from Mr. Slade, the Committee de-
cided on the adoption of that course.

SALISBURY AND YEOVIL.
YEOVIL, EXETER, AND DORCHESTER.
Mr. COCKBUBN then proceeded to state that the two Bills
now before the Committee were brought forward for the pur-
pose of completing the line of connexion between Salisbury
and Exeter. They had arisen out of a very strongly ex-
pressed feeling in their favour by persons in the West of
England. The railway connexion between the city of
Exeter and the metropolis was at present a very circuitous
one, being as much as 21 miles in length more than the old
coach road between those two termini. The consequence of
the construction of this railway was, that some of the most
populous towns and the most fertile districts of Devon and
upwards
oa
Dorset were now left without any means of communication,
the coaches having been taken off the roads some time since.
file Learned Gentleman then went at considerable length
into the details of the rise and progress of these schemes,
commencing with the year 1844, down to the present time.
The Bill had passed successfully through the House of Com-
mons, but was thrown out in the Committee of the Lords, in
e.)nsequence of several defects in the plan ; bnt Lord Beau-
mont, who was the Chairman of that Committee, stated in
the House of Lords, in answer to a qustion put to him by
the Marquis o( Westminster, that the Committee had refused
their sanction to the scheme on those grounds alone; and he
stated that, in the next session of Parliament, when the com-
pany should come forward with improved plans in these re-
spects, that their Lordships would feel disposed to give their
sanction to the measure. The proposed line would leave
Salisbury, and proceed by Wilton and Gillingham, and con-
(wet Shaftesbury by a branch. The rival scheme of the Great
Western proposed to go to Sind e,bury from Salisbury. but he
t tGile i 1
population
lcaot
inotii contained a ii
siia
ttes bury
contended that the, South-Western had adopted the better
course, by taking in the town of Gillingham, which was a
rising, town, and
didfertile district, the vale of
a more
Blackmoor, and hag
of 3,600 inhabitants,
o,
whereas 3,100. 13y
ltheess companyresidential
also
in j
u savedr3than a distance
the riv f
l
two miles, accommodated
scheme, which was strongly opposed by the Marquis of
Westminster. The two lines then united at or near to Sher-
borne, and diverged near Yeovil, by which divergence the
Great Western schemes lost at least three miles of distance.
the Groat Western, however, contended that they would, by
adopting this course, give better accommodation to the town
of Yeovil by placing it upon the main line. This, however,
he denied, for by the present schemes accommodation
would be afforded to Yeovil of a much better cha-
racter than that afforded by the Great Western scheme. The
branch which would connect Yeovil with the main line was
about one mile arid a half in length, and the competition
which would exist between the two companies would effec-
tually prevent the occurrences of any of the evils which arose
from
Placing large towns upon branch lines. From Yeovil
the line proceeded to the towns of Crewkerne and of Chard,
near which two branches were thrown off to the, east and
to the west, running down to the sea coast, giving
Bridport and Leigh communication with the main line.
The western branch was about fourteen miles in
length, and the eastern one about six miles. From
Crewkerne there was also a branch
going northward to
Ihninster, and along the whole of these branches the Great
Western Company ran side by side. From Chard the line
proceeded to Axminster, near which, by a bend to the south,
they avoided a tunnel of 1,000 yards in length, through
which their rivals proposed to run, at an expense of not less
then 75,0001. From Axminster the line proceeded to Iloniton,
near which a branch was thrown off accommodating the port
of Sidmouth. From lloniton the line would proceed to Exeter
by means of a line for which a Bill had been obtained in the
last session, but was at present in abeyance in conse-
quence of one of the provisions of the Act, that the
line should not be made until a through line from Exeter to
the metropolis was obtained. From the eastern part of
Exeter a branch connected the main line with the important
ports of Topsham and Exmouth. Then, with respect to
Exeter, the South-Western scheme provided a most
excellent station in Queen-street in that city in
the most eligible situation. Then with respect
to the station in the metropolis, the South-Western scheme
provided much better accommodation than could be given by
the Great Western Company, at their station at Paddington,
for an Act had been obtained last session for extending the
South-Western Railway from Nine Elms to Hunger ford,
Waterloo, and London Bridges, the works of which wrre in a
considerable degree of forwardness. The South-Western
scheme was looked upon with the greatest favour by the in-
habitants of Exeter and of all the towns which the
railway proposed to accommodate. The South-Western
Company also proposed extensions of the line from
_Exeter
through the county of Cornwall, and accommodating the
towns of Plymouth, Falmouth, and Penzance. The n9rth
of Devon would also be accommodated by means of the con-
nexion of the 'raw Vale Railway with the proposed Corn-
wall and Devon Central Railway. The construction of these
railwaysstoke,
te)),whole wouldmea
nao
sfl s oo
theug i
the v i
st
lath r
proposed
oc
ptmo es
bae
dent swßeading,
ofe ildi
Exeterr ect c
Go mua i mnl
dduf
unri
(ct a,
Basing- t
a i oi i na.
Reigate Railway with the county of Bent, and the various ports
on the South-Eastern coasts of thatcounty. The continuation
of these lines would also afford au unbroken line of cointnu-
nication by means of the proposed Manchester and South-
ampton Railway, which would leave the South-Western
line at Andover, between the western districts and the whole
manufacturing districts of the north of England. It wag
alsohighlyimportant, in a national point of view, that
these schemes should be constructed, affording, as they did,
by a continuity of the same gauge, an un-
broken communication between the ports and ar-
senals of the country. t Thenalt it was desirable that a com-
petition should exist,
11l that the Great Western
thereat ouldt. t ei
.the slightest chance or poseis
Company should not a owed to monopolise the whole
gainalono interests. With respect to the
traffic of the west; and that competition could only be
speed of the South-Western
average
nthat of the Great Western ; and,
brought about by means of a narrow gauge line, such as the
South- Western, between
bwhich and the Great Western
Cobalilleintleadonfsyuain)erairnority of the broad ever the narrow gauge, it was
what was of still greater importance, the fares w erelconsiderably
lower. In the west the broad gauge railway had been de-
titil
iagtber thet
tia
nominated the " rich man's railway," and the narrow gauge
awansoctoonris7auesrtlity
the " poor man's railway."
In consequence of an application of Mr. ue C KnuaN, the
Committee then adjourned till Monday next.

GROUP XXI.
The Committee to whom the following Bills have been re-
wolver Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 1).
ferred met thid day, shortly after half-past twelve o'clock;—
Shropshire Union Railway and Canal (Lease to the London
and North . Western).
3132orrIVOTiaf IC' orth-Western (13escot and Wolverhampton).
London and North-Western (Portobello and Wolverhamp-
ton, Branch, &e.).
Wolverhampton, and Dudley Act (Stour-
bridge an
d West Bromwich, &c.).
Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Act Amendment and
Birmingham, 'Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley (No. 2).

Branchei.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton (No. 2).
The following is a list of the Committee :—Sir J. Graham,
Chairman; Earl of Arundel, Lord C. Hamilton, Mr.
*linkman mood the zoom to be •ands
:Canby, and Mr. Plumptre.
Immediately after the assembling of the members, the

On the admission of strangers,
The CHAIRMAN intimated that the Committee had come to
the following resolution : —That no counsel who shall not
have been present at the examination in chief of a witness
shall be allowed to cross-examine him, except under special
circumstances, and by the express permission of the Com-
mittee. The Right Hon. Baronet also intimated that the
SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL.
WAY ACT AMENDMENT AND BRANCHES
would be first taken by the Committee, that being the only
bill on which the Standing Orders' Committee had reported
with respect to the capital of the company. The others
must, therefore, stand over until the reports with respect to
their capital had been received.
The Appearances with respect to the other lines were then
entered.

Mr. RICHARDS said there had been two petitions against
the preamble, and one against the clauses, and he believed
the opposition to the preamble had been withdrawn, and that
the Bill was unopposed.
The CISAIRMAN said, under these circumstances, they
would not trouble him to enter into a statement of the ob-
jects of the Bill. It would be sufficient, perhaps, if he were
to call one or two material witnesses.
_ _ _

Mr. Baker, the engineer, was then called and examined by
Mr. RICHARDS—He stated that he was an assistant engineer
to the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, under Mr.
Robert Stephenson, and that he had laid out the proposed
branches from the main line,—one to Madeley, four
miles and a half in length, to cost 90,0001., and
the other to Colebrook Dale and Iroubridge, a mile
and a half in length, and to cost 65,0001. Both
branches traversed important manufacturing and mineral
districts, and would be of the greatest advantage to them, as
they would give communication in an easterly direction
with Wolverhampton and Birmingham, besides their other
advantages. The Shropshire iron was mixed with that of
South Staffordshire, and, by the aid of these branches, the
iron of Shropshire would be transmitted to Scuth Stafford-
shire by a short route. In fact, they would furnish
the only cheap short route for the transmission of the pro-
duce of these districts to South Staffordshire and other parts
where there was a demand for them. One of the branches
would cross the Severn, on the south side of which a station,
at a convenient spot, would be erected.
No other witnesses were examined.

The CHAIRMAN then declared the preamble proved.
A clause was proposed on behalf of the Shropshire Canal
Company, but, after a short discussion, the whole of the
clauses were postponed until the next meeting of the Com-
mittee.
The Committee then adjourned till Tuesday, when it is
expected one of the North-Western Bills will be proceeded
with.

The Committee sat in No. 22 Committee-room.

GROUP XLVII.
This Committee ma to-day for the first time, in Room 28,
New houses of Parliament. Members present—The Hon.
E. T. Yorke, Chairman; Mr. Packe, Mr. Gill, Mr. G. C.
Legh, and Mr. Trelawnv.
The following are the Bills referred to this Committee :
Wishaw and Coltness (Branches to Auchinheath and Can-

derside).
Airdrie and Bathgate Junction (Amendment and Deviation).
Caledonian (Branches from the Clydesdale Junction to the
Douglass and Lesinagow Mineral Fields and to Strath-
even).
Caledonian (Extension of Motherwell Branch of Clydesdale
Junction Railway, &c., to the Wishaw and Coltness Rail-
way, &c.).
Wilsontown, Morningside, and Coltness (Branches to Benhar
Coalworks, &c.).
Edinburgh and Bathgate (Deviation and Amendment).
Caledonian (Branches to IVilsontown, to Fauldhuuse, and to
Biggar and Broughton).
The usual preliminaries having been disposed of, the Com-
mittee proceeded with the
IariLSONTOWN,DIORNINGSIDE, and COLT-
NESS (BRANCHES TO BENHAM.) RAIL-

WAY.
After some preliminary conversation, the list of Bills was
read, with appearances, from which it appeared that the
Wishaw and Coltness Branches Bill and the three Caledonian
Bills were unopposed; the other three were opposed by
several road trustees and landed proprietors.
The CHAIRMAN said that the only Bill they could proceed
with was the first in the list, as being the only one on which
the Railway Commissioners had as yet reported. The report
on the others would not be received till Wednesday.
It was then agreed to adjourn till Monday, on which day
the Wishaw and Coltness (Branches to Auchinbeath and
Canderside) will be taken.
The Committee immediately afterwards adjourned.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.)
TIIE GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE EX-
TENSIONS INTO LANARKSHIRE.
It may be in the recollection of our readers that this Bill
was thrown out upon the standing orders. The promoters,
however, to-day petitioned to be allowed to re-introduce
their Bill, in order to be heard against the Caledonian (Les-
inahagow Extension ), in Group 47, but the Committee refused
to entertain the petition.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
FRIDAY, APRIL 16.

Loss OF THE TWEED STEAMER.—The inhabitants of
Cowes, in order to testify their high sense of the brave
and disinterested conduct of the noble Spaniard in
saving the lives of so many of the unfortunates who were
shipwrecked iu the Royal Mail steamer Tweed, have at
a meeting resolved that a public subscription should be
entered into for the purpose of presenting a suitable
testimonial to Captain Bernardino Camp, of the Spanish
brig Emilio, expressive of their high admiration of his
intrepidity and humanity. subscription lists have been
opened at the different banks. Southampton and other
towns we hoar propose doing the same.
The Isle of Wight Steeplechase came off on Wednes-
day, and proved a most disastrous affair. sine horses
entered, seven started, six threw their riders, two of
them into brooks, me almost smothered in Blackwater
mud ; one horse was Eventually Birmingham
came in first, attended by Lars ; the rest reached the
starting post alter many mishaps in the course of the
afternoon.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Royal dii:ner party at Buckingham Palace on
Thursday included Madame Marques Lisboa, wife of
the Brazilian Minister ; Mrs. Bancroft, wife of the
American Minister ; the Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Exeter, the Earl and Countess of
Dalhousie, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady
Byron, Lord Charles Wellesley, Sir George Couper, and

Mr. Hallam.
The band of the Coldstream Guards attended during
dinner, and performed the following pieces:—
Overture "Le Barcarole " Auber.
Waltz, The Garland Koenig.
Scoria e Cavatina, "Mia letezio" (1 Lom-
bardi) Verdi.
Polka, The Canaella Jullien.
Doublar March Schultz.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided, yesterday
afternoon, at a meeting of the Commission for promoting
and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding the
Palace of Westminster.
The meeting was held in the new Palace. Prince
Albert arrived shortly before three o'clock, attended by
his Equerry in Waiting, the lion. Captain Gordon.
The Commissioners present were the Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord Ashburton, Lord Colborne, Viscount Mor.
peth, Viscount Mahon, the Right Hon. the Speaker, Sir
Rob rt H. Inglis, Mr. Hallam, Mr. S. Rogers, and Mr.
Wyse. 'l he Secretary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance.
The meeting broke up at a quarter past fire o'clock,
when Prince Albert took his departure, attended by the
Hon. Captain Gordon.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended
by Major Stephens, honoured with his presence last
evening the Sacred Harmonic Society's performance of
Dr. Mendelssohn's Oratorio Elijah, at Exeter Hall.
The Rev. Dr. Alder, general secretary of the Wes-
leyan Missionary Smety, had an interview with Earl
Grey on Thursday, at the Colonial-office.
A deputation, consisting of Mr. Alderman Kershaw,
J. P. (Manchester), Mr. Edward Dawson, J. P. (Lan-
caster), Mr. John Cheethatn, J. P. (Stale) bridge), Mr,
Abel Buckley, J. I'. (Ashton under Lytle), Mr. Alder
man Burd (Manchester), Rev. Dr. Vaughan (Manche&
ter), Rev. Dr. Massie (Salford), Rev. S. T. Porter (Dar-
wen), Rev. D. Hewitt (Rochdale), Mr. Thomas Barnes
(Farnworth), Mr. William Morris (Salford), Mr. John
Hamer (Preston), and the Rev. J. Poore (Salford), had
an interview with the Lord President of the Council and
Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Privy Council-office,
respecting the minutes of the Committee of Council for
AugustTh,ir and Da e
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e Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Prince,' Royal. and the Princess Alice, took
airings yesterday in the Royal gardens.
The Queen honoured the performance of the French
plays with her presence yesterday evening. Her Majesty
was attended by the Countess of Mount Edgcumbe,
Hon. Miss Kerr, Lord Byron, and Major-General
Wemyss.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the
performance in the Music Ball, Store-street, with his
presence last evening. His Royal Highnes was attended
by Lard George Lennox, Captain Francis Seymour, and
Captain the lion. A. 11. Gordon. The Prince after-
wards joined her Majesty at the performance of the
French plays.
Mr. Charles Russell, M.P., Chairman of the Great
Western Railway Company, and Mr. Saunders, the
Secretary, had an interview with the Right lion. Edward
Strutt yesterday, at the office of Commissioners of Rail-
ways in Great George-street.
Sir John Pelly had an interview with the Earl of Cla-
rendon en Thursday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
General Pasley had an interview with the Noble Ear]
yesterday.
Bishop Griffiths had an interview with Earl Grey yes.
terday. Mr. Dillon Browne, M.P., had also an interview
with his Lordship.
Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Cole, of the Glasgow and Ayr
Company, had an interview yesterday with the Right
lion. E. Strum
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial
Office from the Governors of the North American
Provinces.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Calonial Office fir the Governors of the West India Cu-
,ouies, and also fur the Governor of Gibraltar.

Monsieur Soyer, on his way from Dublin to Lon-
don, visited Liverpool and Manchester, and inspected the
soup-kitchens of these commercial towns as well as the dif-
ferent kitchens belonging to the several unions.

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HEALTH OF TILE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.—A St.
Petersburgh letter of the 4th announces that the Emperor
Nicholas has recovered from his late indisposition.
The Emperor of Austria has conferred upon the
King of Hanover the command of the 2d Regiment of Hus-
sars, which became vacant on the death of his late Imperial
Highness the Archduke Palatine.
THE GAS AND WATER COMPANIES IN A FRET.—

Great exertions are making by the different companies and
commissioners to oppose the Health of Towns Bill, circulars
are flying about in all directions, and delegates are to be sent
to London to act in combination on the Government mea-
sure. Jobbing is in danger—monopoly is threatened—and
the occupation of the self-elected is at an end—that is, it the
people support the Government. The interested are up, and
the masses should be up and doing alzo• or they will WA do-
om the fl9x4ed btAtf.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, April 16.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
Several Bills were brought up from the Commons and
read a first time.
GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SCHEME. t
The Earl of CLARENDON presented a petition from
Bury St. Edmunds in favour of the plan.
Lord DENMAN presented a petition against it.
EMIGRATION OF IRISH POOR.
Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from the
Corporation of Glasgow, complaining of the burdens
which were inflicted by the irruption of Irish poor.
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
The NOBLE LORD said he had another
_petition
to present from Liverpool, and another from Preston,
and all these petitions were addressed to the same
important subject, and all made the same statement
of facts, and all claimed the same relief. The
petitions stated that the Acts passed for abolishing im-
prisonment for debt gave the power of imprisoning for
debt in one instance, and that was when a
debtor was about to leave the country. The
imprisonment however could only be effected
throu4h the medium of an application to a judge in
Westminster Hall, and the petitioners complained that
the mode of proceeding was inconvenient and expensive,
and prayed their Lordships to vest the power of hearing
such applications in local authorities.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
Mr. Hume, Mr. Wakley, Dr. Bowring, Mr. Pattison,
and other Hon. Members of the House of Commons,
brought up a message from that House, requesting their
Lordships to furnish them with a copy of the minutes of
the evidence taken before a Committee, appointed by
their Lordships, to inquire into the charitable trusts of
England and Wales. The deputation then withdrew.
IRISH MAGISTRATES.
Earl FORTESCUE presented a petition from two
magistrates of the founty of Down, in Ireland, com-
plaining of the great costs to which they had been
subjected in consequence of proceedings taken against
them by a person whom they bad convicted in the
penalty of five pounds • and they prayed their Lordships
so to alter or amend the present laws as to afford tbem
adequate protection in the performance of their euties.
The Earl of ZETLAND presented several petitions
against the Government scheme of education.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE laid on the table
several returns, connected (as we understood) with the
public works in Ireland.
The NoBLE LORD also presented several petitions on
the subject of the Government scheme of education from
Liverpool, Leeds, Westminster, London, and other places,
against—and from a place in Hants, St. Michael's, Leeds,
St. Michael's,Winchester, and other places, in favour of it.
ARMY ENLISTMENT BILL.
Earl GREY moved that this Bill should be read a
first time.
Lord STANLEY regretted that the Noble Earl had
introduced this measure at a time when it was to be dis-
cussed on its principles within three days atter it was
laid upon the table of the House.
Earl GREY said that it was necessary that the Bill
should receive the Royal assent before this day week.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said that this Bill
consisted of two parts, and he thought that it would be
advisable to take the discussions on both the points in-
volved on the same day. There was a necessity for the
Mutiny Bill being passed by Monday week, and if the
second reading were to be taken on Friday next,
there would be sufficient opportunity for passing
it by Monday. This was the more advisable when
the debates of the House of Commons were taken into
consideration. They might then pass the Bills, if ne-
cessary, on Monday week.
Lord STANLEY said that this was the first time that
he bad heard of there being two principles involved in
these Bills, and that furnished the greater reason why
the Bill should be postponed.
The Duke of WELLINGTON conceived that as the
enlistment was to be confined to ten years, while there
was an opening for the soldier to take a further term
of eleven years, no doubt whatever could be entertained
respecting what was properly the Mutiny Bill, and no
impediment therefore would be thrown in the way of
the discussion.
After a few words from Earl GREY, the Bill was read
a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on
Monday week.
Several Bills were then advanced a stage.
Their Lordships then adjourned till Monday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 16.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
KILMARNOCK IMPROVEMENT.
Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the inha-
bitants of Kilmarnock against the measures which are
now being taken for the' improvement of that town, and
complaining that they were proceeding without either
the consent or the knowledge of the inhabitants.
BRISTOL AND CLIFTON GAS BILL.

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
PILE PIER EXTENSIONS.
This Bill was also read a third time and passed.
INVERNESS HARBOUR BILL.
This Bill was read a second time.
TYNE DOCKS.
This Bill was also read a second time.
LEEDS AND PERTH RAILWAY.
Mr. ALDAM presented a petition from Newcastle
against the Bill for this line.
GOVERNMENT EDUCATION PLAN.
Mr. GODSON presented a petition from the Dis-
senters assembling at tht Free Meeting-house at Kidder-
min,ter. against the Government education scheme.
Petitions to the same effect were also presented by
Mr. Thornely, from Tipton,. in Staffordshire ; from
the city of Yot k, by Mr. R. Yorke, and by Sir T. Trow-
bridge, from Ashton.
DUBLIN IMPROVEMENT.
This Bill was read a st cond time.
GOVERNMENT EDUCATION PLAN.
Mr. C. BERKELEY presented petitions from Dis-
senting congregations in Bristol, and places in the
county of Gloucester against the plan..
Mr. MUNTZ also presented several petitions from
Dissenting congregations in Birmingham to the same
effect.

Sir DENIS LE MARCHANT presented several
petitions from Worcester anJ other places to the same
effect.

Mr. WODEHOUSE presented several petitions from
Norfolk in favour of the plan.
Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition from the Wesleyan
Methodists of York against the plan.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented several petitions
from Wesleyan Methodist congregations, in the West
Riding of Yorkshire, against the plan.
Similar petitions were also presented by Lord Duncan,
Sir M. Cholmondeley, and Mr. Brotherton, from Pendle-
ton, Brotherton, and Longford.
Mr. ALDAM presented petitions from Branley, in
the parish of Leeds, and from the Unitarian congrega-
tion, in favour of the plan.
Sir R. INGLIS also presented a petition from Witney,
in Oxfordshire, to the same effect.
Mr. STRUTT presented a petition from the corpora-
tion of Derby in favour of the plan, and another against
it from the Dissenting congregations of that town.
Lord RENDLESIIAM presented nine petitions from
the county of Suffolk in favour of the plan.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition signed at a
public meeting at Manchester against the measure.
NAVIGATION-LAWS.

Sir W. CLAY presented a petition from the artizans
of Poplar engaged in shipbuilding against any altera-
tion of the Navigation-laws, and moved that the same
be referred to the Committee.
Mr. LIDDELL also presented a petition from White-
haven to the same effect.
GOVERNMENT EDUCATION PLAN.

Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition signed by the
congregations, and upwards of a hundred ministers, in
the county of Lancaster, praying that the House would
withhold ita countenance from the plan. He had also a
hundred and forty petitions from various places to the
same effact, with the titles of which he would not trouble
the House.
PETITION OF BERNARD GRAHAM.

Mr:WATSON moved the consideration of the petition
of Bernard John Graham (presented 13th April), for leave
Western present a petition against the Great estern Railway
(Branch to join the West London Railway, Widening
and Enlargement of Weat London Railway, and
Branches to Hammersmith, and to join the London and
South Western Railway near Lambeth) Bill, after the
time allowed by the standing orders.
Mr. GREENE resisted the motion.
Mr. WATSON said the grounds upon which he made
the motion were these: this gentleman being in nego-
tiation with the other aide, he neglected to sign his
petition within the time allowed by the standing orders.
Mr. STRUTT said it would be contrary to the rules
of the House to accede to the motion, and he must
therefore join with the Hon. Member for Lancaster in
resisting the motion.
Mr. WATSON said, under these circumstances he
would withdraw the motion.
The motion was accordingly withdrawn.
FEES OF THE HOUSE.

Mr. HUME wished to move that Mr. Speaker be re-
quested to cause to be prepared a tables of fees, as re-
commended by the Committee on Private Business in
their second report, with a view to abolish the present
complex system of charging a great many small fees on
the various proceedings of a Bill, and to substitute single
fees on the principal stages. There was an impression
abroad that the fees of the House formed a large portion
of the costs of passing a private Bill, but on inquiry it
would be found that such was not the case. The
report of the Committee on Private Business re-
commended that the fees should be simplified
and one of them payable upon every stage of the Bill,
such as on presenting a petition, first reading, second
reading, and so on. Ile bad consulted with many
Parliamentary agents, and they agreed with him that the
best course to be pursued vuts, to ask the Right lion.
the Speaker to bring in a list of fees founded upon the
principle of providing for the actual expense of each
stage of a private Bill.
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F EDUCATION.
Lord R. GROSVENOR presented several petitions
from various places in the county of Middlesex against
the Government scheme of education

LAW OF SETTLEMENT.
The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from Bar.
net, praying for an alteration in the law of settlement.

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.

Mr. P. SCROPE presented several petitions from in.
habitants of Stroud against the proposed scheme of Go-
vernment education.
POOR RELIEF (IRELAND).
Mr. P. SCROPE also presented a petition from a
Parish in the county of cork tigsizbt the Provision