The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV,E'Y/NG, FEBRUARY 15, 1847.

RELIEF OF DISTRESS (IRELAND).
Two large blue books have just been laid beforeboth.
Houses of Parliament, by command of her Majesty,
containing correspondence (from July, 1846, to January,
1847) relative to the measures adopted for the relief of
the distress in Ireland. One of these volumes includesthe
peculiarly the commissariat series, and the
other
fisheries series. The following are extracts from some
of the more interesting and important of t_hre
Rnumßeoruotuhs
documents contained in these vtohleumes
Dublin, Jan.
14, to Mr. Trevelyan, from
14, gives these particulars. with respect. to Castle,hat has been
done in relation to remedial measures .7 .
In submitting to the Lords Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury a brief statement of the present
duties, it is necessary to snake some reference to those
of the preceding season.
On that occasion it will be recollected that the chief
depot was at Cork, which was supplied direct from the
United States, and the following depots were dependent
for their supplies on that of Cork :—Dundalk, Dublin,
Waterford, Limerick, Galway, Sligo, Longford,
Banagher.
There were, besides, some minor constabulary depOts
established for some immediate exigency, but which
rarely contained more than five to ten tons of meal.
In the present season it was thought fit to leave the
east, the north, and the south coast, comprising the
space between Londonderry and Skibbereen to the exer-
cise of private enterprise, for which the commissariat
arrangements of the preceding year had prepared it, but
the
Government undertook the supply of the west coast,
which is hardly yet accessible to trade in any degree
sufficient for its supply.
With this object the following depots have been
established :
County Donegal—Dunfanaghy, Bunbeg, Gweedore
Bay, Barton-port," Killibeggs, where there is also a
floating depot, and both in connexion with the mills at
Moan tch arl es.
County Sligo—Sligo.'
County Mayo—Ballina, Belmullet, Achill Island, with
two depOts, Westport.
County Galway—Clifden, Galway.
County Clare—Kilrush, Clare Castle.
County Limerick—Tarbert, Madagascar floating
depot.
County Kerry—Dingle, Cahirceveen.
County Cork—Caetletown (Berehaven), Long Island,
Skibbereen.
Dublin—Entrepot for supplying Banagher and Long-
ford, on the Shannon.
It is also intended, before the close of the month, to es-
tablish a depot at Cong, in the hilly country, on the bor-
ders of comities Mayo and Galway ; on Lough-corrib
and Lough-mask.
As the season advances, some temporary constabulary
depots may become necessary, but from the increased
difficulty of account, occasioned by these minor stations,
and for other substantial reasons, it is not contemplated
to increase this number more than can be avoided.
Our sales have commenced this year in December,
which we were enabled to postpone during the last
season until the 20th May.
The labour and responsibility before me is one of much
greater magnitude and importance.
The high prices which provisions of all kinds have
reached have made it incumbent on me to relieve this
unavoidable accompaniment of the present distress by
encouraging, as much as I am able, the establishment of
soup kitchens, which has also the advantage of bringing
to our aid the active assistance and benevolence of the
other sex.
With this view I have caused all the best recipes I
could procure to be embodied in a small pamphlet, which
I enclose.
These soup establishments have been well received
throughout the country, and we are using our best ex-
ertions to extend them.
I lay before you a copy of the instructions to corn•
rnittces for the present year, and I have much pleasure
in acquainting you that an increased readiness to sub-
scribe has already become visible, and their Lordships
will perceive by my estimate the increased activity which
I expect to be given to this source of relief.
And now, Sir, I must not conceal from you the great
natural difficulties which stand in the way of our ultimate
success in this undertaking.
The Baltic, the Black Sea, the American canals are
closed against us, and it will require all our foresight.
and all the co-operation of the public, to secure the pas-
sage of the people through the winter.
I speak of this co-operation with some anxious appre-
hensions, for we must expect the demands will increase;
and I am not without fear that some of the committees
may relax their exertions amidst the labour, the ex-
pense, and, not %infrequently, the disappointments which
surround them; nevertheless, it is not to be denied that
it is only by the continuance of these exertions, by the
liberality of" the proprietors, and by the endurance of the
peasantry, that this great disaster can be overcome.
It would be fortunate if this important truth could be
brought home to every man's conviction, for the reliance
which is placed in the power of Government to effect
everything exercises a most dangerous influence on all
private exertion.
I know not if any step could be taken to encourage
this general co-operation from all classes in this great
question, which is one of food. and human life ; and
there is reason to fear, from their present tendency, that
prices may rise until the spring supplies shall be received.
I hope to derive much assistance from the inspecting
officers, and their communications with the committees,
and I attach the more importance to this measure now,
as these local bodies have hitherto given their chief at-
tention to preparations for the employment of the people,
which must now be shared by the most active exertions
for their subsistence.
The committees last season amounted to 648, of which
484 had funds, on whirl Government grants were given.
This includes the whole season up to the end of August,
and many of these greets were given at a late period.
This season the committees (still in progress) number
930, and will probably reach 1,000, but as yet only 174
have received grants.
The price last year of oatmeal ruled from 15/. to 17,
103. per ton in Juno and July, and it is now, in January
at 25/.

Indian corn was not generally in the market, but one
holder, for a short period in April and May, sold at 11/.
and 121.; the Government price, however, was 10/. per
ton ; the price now is 171. ios. for whole corn, and 191.
for the meal, and, in some situations, as high as 221, and
241.; whole wheaten meal 20/.
The potato failure last year was not so remarkable
for unusual deficiency as for the disease which so exten-
sively affected the plant, and rendered it generally unfit
for food ; still the people continued to cat potatoes in
sume localities until April.
This season the early crop was very much diseased,
and the late or people's crop never came to maturity.
There were few places where any continued to serve
as food beyond November, and in many they were con-
sumed in October.
Thus the character of the present calamity is in-
finitely more alarming than the last ; it extends with
little or no mitigation over the whole country, and
comprises a loss of food equal at least to ten millions
sterling.
There are parts in Donegal which escaped the dis-
ease of last year, where there are no resident gentry,
and where their means of purchase must be soon ex-
hausted, and being, for the most part composed of rural
districts, not collected into towns or villages, the soup
establishments are not adapted or applicable to their
relief.
In the south-western parts of Kerry and Cork the
distress is not less imminent, and has indeed com-
menced first, but the proprietors are more wealthy, and,
notwithstanding the sufferings of all kinds by which
they have been surrounded, much may be accomplished
for their relief by order, economy, and exertion, and
I have reason to hope that this improvement is com-
mencing.
I lay before you the last returns of the Commissariat
depots, and the present state of the subscriptions, and
of the Government donations given in their aid.
If is unnecessary for me to enlarge on the advantage
of granting these donations in aid only of a local fund,
as it obtains for us an interest in the economy of its
management, which no other system could be expected
to secure.
The liberality of her Majesty's Government in offer-
ing a donation equal to the amount subscribed, that is,
pound for pound where the workhouse is full, with a dis-
cretion even to exceed this sum in cases of great and ac-
knowledged distress, is making a deep impression on the
public as it becomes known, and I receive expressions
from all quarters of their sense of this generous consi-
deration.
The annexed general recapitulation of supplies will be
regarded with interest:—
General recapitulation of supplies provided by Go-
vernment in aid of the relief operations in Ireland and
Scotland, since the 15th of August, 1846:
Remains in the several depots in Ireland TONS.
on the above date
Purchases since made through the agency
of Mr. Ericksen
Meal ground at Malta and other supplies
i provded by the Commissariat at that
station
_

Supplies furnished from the Naval Victual-
ling Stores at Deptford and Portsmouth 83 2-3
Biscuit delivered from the Ordnance
Stores in Ireland

.558 2-3

Total 43,6541
Which, calculating five quarters to the ton, are equal
to 218,274 quarters.

iLLBANK PRISON.
The report of
the Commissioners appointed to inquire
into the manage
nt of Millbank Prison, and instruc-
tions and order:al
the prison authoriiseusel by
the Secretary of State to
been printed and issued, having "'sequence thereof, have just
having been laid before the
House of Commons, by 'conarnand, in pursuance of their
address of January 20.
The Commissioners appoint
fwMteir:r.°B.thEescoEtt.ariThoef
Chichester, Lord Seymour,
an
latter disagreed with portions
cd,
and, therefore, the Noble Lords alon© general
no report,
d
signed the document from which the followrien; up and
are ex-
tracts :
We, your Majesty's Commissioners, appointed to in-
quire into the conduct and management of your M-
ajesty's prison and gaol at Millbank, and of the prisoners
therein confined, and into certain allegations of Edward
Baker, late a warder in that prison, and also into tho
conduct of the governor, deputy-governor, and other
officers of the said prison, humbly beg leave to report,
that we directed our attention in the first instance to
various allegations contained in two petitions presented
to the House of Commons, on the 15th of June and the
sth of August, 1846.
These petitions seriously impugned the character and
conduct of the Governor of Millbank Prison ; and con.
sequently imputed to the inspectors, under whose super-
intendence the government of this prison is placed, a

culpable neglect of their duty in having permitted such
mal-administration to continue.
For the purpose of thoroughly investigating charges
of so grave a nature, we called before us the petitioner,
and after examining him upon matters in reference to
which he was himself competent to furnish information,
we summoned the witnesses whom he named, and ques-
tioned them upon oath in his presence, affording to the
petitioner himself an opportunity of putting to them such
interrogatories as he might think would tend to substan-
tiate his charges. He also had the advantage of the
assistance of Mr. Duncombe, the gentleman by whom his
petition was presented to the House of Commons, whom
we allowed to be present during the whole period of our
investigation, and who examined and cross-examined
all the witnesses at his discretion. In order to check
inadvertent errors, and to detect mis -statements, we
ordered the books and other documents of the prison to
be furnished to us, and tested the evidence of the wit-
nesses by a reference to these records, in every case in
which such concurrent testimony could be obtained.
We also had before us, during the progress of this
investigation, the three Inspectors and the Governor
of the prison, that they might hear the evidence adduced
against themselves, question the witnesses, and afford
to us immediate information upon any subject inciden-
tally arising, connected either with their own duties or
with the accusations into which we were inquiring.
The several complaints preferred against the Gover-
nor and authorities of the prison are then entered into
very minutely seriatim; and the Commissioners then
thus proceed.—
Having thoroughly sifted the complaints against the
Governor, and made some allowance for exaggeration
on the part of witnesses, whose accusations were seldom
warranted by the facts which they attempted to prove,
we have no hesitation in pronouncing our opinion that
ho has endeavoured to perform his duties with zeal and
intelligence, and has done nothing to discredit the very
high testimonials which he possesses from the officers in
the army under whom he formerly served. His treat-
ment of the prisoners, with the exception of the two
instances above mentioned, appears to have been judi-
cious and considerate ; cases were indeed brought un-
der our notice in which the prisoners complained of
excessive severity, but the responsibility for these cases
rests upon the subordinate officers, as it does not appear
that the Governor was made acquinted with these com-
plaints. The substitution of the punishment of a re-
duced diet in lieu of a dark cell, appears to have been
made by the Governor from motives of leniency, and
with a view to preserving the health of the prisoners.
The only faults with which he appears justly charge-
able, are—
First—A too hasty method of dealing with his officers
when reported to him by others, or detected by himself
in some neglect of duty; not always giving them a suffi-
cient opportunity for explanation or defence.
Secondly—The occasional use of improper or offen-
sive expressions, of which we should express our con-
demnation more strongly, were it not that the instances
adduced by all the witnesses together amounted only to
three. _ _

Thirdly—An insufficient attention to the rules of the
prison; it appearing from his own evidence that he was
entirely ignorant of the legal force of the old Peniten-
tiary rules, and that, in two important instances, the
rules actually stuck up in the prison were not attended
to by him. We refer to the rule requiring him to re-
port prisoners under punishment to the surgeon and
chaplain, and that prohibiting him from sentencing a
prisoner to bread and water for more than three days
coatinuously.
The want of a complete code of rules suited to the pre-
sent government of the prison has apparently given rise
to many of the charges, and to much of the ill-feeling,
which have come under our observation during this in•
quiry. The rules of the Penitentiary still possess a legal
force, but are, nevertheless, often inapplicable to the pre-
sent system of the prison.
On this branch of the subject, however, the responsi-
lylity attaches to the inspectors, and not to the Go-
vernor.
In commenting upon the conduct of these gentlemen,
we are not unmindful of the other arduous duties which
devolve upon all of them as prison inspectors, and upon
two of them as Commissioners of Pentonville Prison.
Upon them, subject to the Secretary of State,devolved
the organization and arrangement of the new system at
Milbank. The statute 6th and 7th Vie., c. 26, s. 8, con-
stituted them Commissioners for the government of the
prison, with all powers given to visiting justices by other
statutes. In the discharge of these functions it became
one of their first duties to prepare a code of rules to be
approved by the Secretary of State, for the regulation of
the prison under its new circumstances, and accordingly
a code was prepared, and signed by Secretary Sir James
Graham.

It is, however, much to be regretted that this code,
which is, in fact, only an abstract of rules applicable to
prisoners, does not include many old rules still in force,
and is, in other respects, totally inadequate to the pur-
poses for which it is required ; amongst other omissions,
the dietary approved by the Secretary of State is not
appended to it. This is, indeed, separately printed, but
it is defective in not containing the punishment diet,
which has been increased from half to one pound of
bread. The only ether rules now in force are to be
gathered from the old " llillbank Book of Rules," still
retaining its obsohte title-page, and containing many
regulations wholly inapplicable to the system in opera-
tion. Under this defective state of the rules, it is not
surprising that some irregularities should have occurred
amongst the officers of the prison.
The regulations respecting fines are not sufficiently
explicit, and the fines themselves have not been regis-
tered. We, therefore, recommend that a revisal of the
rules should immediately be made and regularly com-
municated to the officers. We are also of opinion that
any new rules made during the year should be inserted
in the annual report required by the statute.
The Commissioners (after strongly condemning the
existing unlimited power of flogging) state that the
' general condition of the prison is most creditable ; and
they conclude the report in the following terms :
We must now advert to wl:at appears to us a defective
element in the government of the prison, as constituted
by the statute.
The three inspectors, who constitute both the govern-
ing and supervising authority, are named by the Secre-
tary of State, and are officers serving under him in their
general functions as prison inspectors. Subject to his
approval, they may make any rules that they please for
the government and discipline of the prison.
The prison, therefore, is not only free from the control
of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and of visiting
justices, but is virtually unchecked by the supervision of
any persons distinct from those to whom its ordinary
government is entrusted.

We consider it desirable that the government of
he prison should be intrusted, as at present, to paid
officers of the Crown, under the immediate control of
the Secretary of State, and that it should furthermore
be subjected to a regular system of inspection ' • but we
believe it to be essential to a vigilant supervision that
the governing body of this as of every other prison
should be kept entirely distinct and separate from the
inspectors who may be appointed to report periodically
onits condition. ✓We therefore suggest that such a
change should be made in the government of Milbank
Prison as may secure to it an independent system of in-
spection. The present inspectors of Milbank Prison
possess powers similar to those vested in the visiting
justices of county prisons, but the peculiar purpose to
which this prison has been appropriated necessarily im-
poses on them still heavier duties.
Millbank Prison is now the depot for all the con-
victs of Great Britain sentenced to transportation, a
punishment which varies very materially according to
the class of the district to which the convict may be
assigned, inasmuch as the prisons of Parkhurst and Pen-
tonville, the establishments of Gibraltar, Bermuda,
and Norfolk Island, are all available for prisoners sen-
tenced to transportation. The final disposal of every
convict being determined upon by the Secretary of State,
he is enabled to this extent to mitigate or increase the
punishment awarded by the court where the prisoner
was sentenced. In deciding upon the destination of a
convict, the Secretary of State is guided first by such
general regulations as he or his predecessors may have
issued upon the subject, and next by the recommend"
tion of the inspectors, who personally inspect every pri-
soner, examine the document transmitted with him, and
inquire into all the particulars of his previous life and
character. The great 'number of convicts who in the
course of the year pass through this prison, amounting
in the last year to 3,928, renders this investigation a task
of onerous performance, as well as of heavy responsi-
bility.
We believe that the three gentlemen to whom these
duties are entrusted devote their earnest attention to the
proper discharge of this important service; but we would
nevertheless suggest, that while so great an inequality of
possible punishment for prisoners similarly sentenced
continues to exist, the regulations which may from
time to time be made by the Secretary of State should
be communicated to all judges and courts exercising a
criminal jurisdiction, and that an annual return should
likewise be laid before Parliament, showing the distri-
bution of convicts, detailing the offence and sentence
of each, the court in which he was tried, and the final
destination awarded by the Secretary of State.
All which is humbly submitted to your Majesty by
your Majesty's faithful subjects and servants.
(Signed) CHICHESTER.
SEYMOUR.
Gwydyr House, January, 1847.

FRENCH COMMENCE.—The Constitutionnel observes
that the manufacture of guillotines wee beginning to acquire
some importance, in consequence of the adoption of that in-
strument of death in different countries of Europe. "Paris,"
it says, "supplies most of these implements, which require
to be made with considerable precision, to answer the
mournful purpose for which they are intended. Within a
short period five guillotines have been exported, namely, two
to Greece, one to Denmark, and two to Germany.
FEVER IN GLASGOW.—We are sorry to learn that,
in addition to the epidemic which has lately prevailed so ex-
tensively among the poor, the typhus fever, which was so de-
structive in the year 1837, is now rapidly spreading among
the inhabitants of the more densely populated parts of the
city and suburbs. This may in part be attributed to the
great influx of Irish, and the crowding together of the desti-
tute. The managers of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary have
very properly taken advantage of a new house, intended for
another charity, as an auxiliary hospital • but more accom-
modation must be instantly provided, if the citizens are to be
not
in
protected from this contagious epidemic.— Glasgow Argus.
HOSIERY.—The wrought cetton stocking trade is
but the cut up branches are depressed, especially
the villages,eonstrugh there have been some large orders.
week, arising from
of cotton hosier
There was able stir in the parish of Basford, last
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to leave
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, as
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Utica and other places in the
rapidly increased
State of New York.
pressed state. The plain silk glove trade continues in a de-
expectation, is improved.—Nottizatnv,,contrary to every
LINSEED CAKE.--A vessel of large .e"
in the river from Marseilles, has rotuoTtage arrived
an entire
cargo, consisting of the very large quantity j 360,000 kille-
granunes of !indeed cake for cattle feeding purpao,l,

MARYLEBONE VESTRY.

THE STATE OF IRELAND AND LORD G. BEN,
TINCK'S RAILWAY MEASURE.

On Saturday a very fully attended meeting of the
Marylebone Vestry took place at the Court-house,
Marylebone.
The Rev. Dr. Spry, the rector, having taken the chair,
Mr. G. DANIELL rose, and said he hoped the vestry
and the Rev. Chairman would not consider him out of
order in taking the opinion of that vestry upon a resolu-
tion he intended to propose, affecting the interests of
millions of human beings in the United Kingdom. They
could not shut their eyes to the dreadful state of starva-
tion which existed throughout the sister kingdoms of
Ireland and in Scotland ; nor were they less alive to
what was at that time proceeding within the walls of the
Legislature upon that most important subject. He
thought the time had arrived when the constituencies of
England should speak out their sentiments against the
nefarious measure attempted to be carried in favour of
the Irish landlords, and for taking sixteen millions
of money out of the pockets of the people of this coun-
try to bo invested in the construction of Irish rail-
ways. There never was a graver subject either before
Parliament or the kingdom at large ; and he could only
designate the attempt of Lord G. Bentinck and his
party as that of a band of interested and selfish men,
who made the starvation of their fellow-creatures a
stepping-stone to their own aggrandisement.—(Hear,
hear.) So far from such a measure as this railway
scheme being anything like justice to Ireland, it was a
further attempt on the part of the landlords to crush the
poor, and further to perpetuate their misery.—(Hear,
hear.) He (Mr. G. Daniell) had, within the last few
days, been furnished by the Hon. Member for the
borough (Sir B. Hall) with a blue book on the state of
Ireland, and it was enough to turn the heart sick to
read of the cold-blooded and heartless tyranny of the
Irish landlords towards the poor.—(Shame.) There
was no rule without an exception, and there were some
instances of kindness and humanity recorded ; but what
could they think of the heartless wretches whose only
aid towards the sufferings of the starving poor on their
estates was to furnish coffins for them when they
had terminated their miserable existence ?—(Shame
shame.) There were such instances on record. The
people of England had a right to demand that the Irish
landlords should be called on to pay their rates, and that
there should be an efficient poor-law established for Ire-
land.—(Cheers.) What was the fact? Why in some
unions the cost of the poor did not amount to more than
701. or 801. a week, whilst in Marylebone it was nearly
I,oool.—(Hear)—therefore, as Englishmen, they had a
right to call upon the Irish landlords to support their
own poor, and not come and take the money out of the
pockets of the English people for such a purpose.—(Hear,
hear.) Mr. Daniell concluded by moving, "That the
proposition of Lord George Bentiack to expend sixteen
millions of money on the construction of railways in
Ireland is unjust in principle, impolitic, and detrimental
to the empire at large, and that this vestry cordially
approve the course the Government have adopted in
giving their determined opposition to this most nefarious
measure."

Mr. DAVID SALOMONS rose with great pleasure to
second this resolution. He believed ke understood some
little about commercial matterF, and he was prepared to
say, that the scheme for taking sixteen millions of money
for the manufacture of Irish railways was a scheme
for the benefit of Irish landlords, and nothing else.—
(Hear, hear.) What would be the effect of such a

scheme on the money-market? Why, it would have
the effect of destroying and depreciating all other se-
curities, and must discourage all the railway enterprises
of this country.—(Hear, hear.) No one with his senses
about him, when he looked to the position of all Europe,
and saw that both in France and Germany there was a
dearth almost equal with our own, and knew that we
had to pay in hard cash for all the food imported, could
but view this scheme with the greatest dread and
alarm.—(Hear, hear.) The only remedy, in his opinion,
was to compel the landlords of Ireland to do their duty
—(Cheers)—and he considered it was the bounden duty
of every constituency in the kingdom to meet and sup-
port the Government in their measure of giving a poor-
law to Ireland.—(Cheers.) He had no desire that they
should do the slightest thing to stop the flow of benevo•
lence which was going on to aid our starving fellow-
subjects in Ireland, who were deserving of the warmest
sympathy; but they ought to meet and support the Go-
vernment in its exigency.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir JAMES HAMILTON said he was desirous of offering 1
a few words of vindication on the part of the landed
proprietors of Ireland, with some of whom he was con-
nected. Although there might be instances of neglect,
he thought, as a class, they had done the best they
could to alleviate the existing poverty.—(Loud cries of
" No, no.") Gentlemen might cry " No, no ;" but in
the case of a relative of his, he (Sir J. Hamilton)
thought, as a 13ndlord, he did not reap much advans
tape, when last year, instead of an income of 2,500/.
a-year, he only received 501. He thought the " No, no"
came from gentlemen who had not travelled on the other
side of the Channel.—(Laughter, and " Oh, oh.")
Mr. H. C. WiLsosr said he could well appreciate the
effect on the money-market by the issue of Exchequer-
bills by the Government to the amount of sixteen mil-
lions. There was, however, another way by which
the money might be attempted to be raised, and
that was by increasing the Income and Property-tax ;
and he thought the reckless party in the House of Com-
mons, headed by Lord George Bentinck, would not be
prepared to stand the shock such a plan would give to
the nation.--(Hear.) He considered at this juncture
that the Government had nobly done its duty, and that
the Noble Lord at the head of it had shown that talent
and courage in the emergency which was characteristic
of his family. They were in this instance deserving of
the warmest support of the people.
Sir BENJAMIN HALL, in reply to the call of the ves-
try, said he understood from the best information in the
City, that sucn a scheme as Lord George Bentinek's was
treated as moonshine—(Laughter)—and he thought he
would find it all moonshine in the House of Commons.
—(Bear, hear.) For his own part ho would give it his
most determined opposition. He had taken the trouble
to make an estimate of how they would divide upon the
motion on Tuesday next, and Lord George Bentinck
would find a large majority for Ministers.—(Loud
cheers.) As to the Poor Relief Bill for Ireirnd, it was
a subject which required the earnest attention of every
constituency in the kingdom —(Hear)—and he (Sir B.
Hall) could assure the vestry that he believed the time
bad arrived when there must be no more quibbling, and
when the landlords of Ireland must be compelled to do
their duty.—(Loud cheers.)
The resolution WR3 then put from the chair, and car-
ried unanimously, amidst loud cheering.
Mr. JOSEPH then moved that a petition founded on the
resolution bo forthwith prepares], and be placed in the
hands of Sir Benjamin Hall, on Monday, for presentation
o the House of Commons on Monday evening.
The resolution was seconded, and also carried nein. con

THE REGENT'S CANAL RAILWAY.
The CHAIRMAN reported that the deputation from the
vestry had accompanied the borough Members to the
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in opposition to
the Regent's Canal Railway, and that the Commissioners
informed then that they had taken the opinion of the
law officers of the Crown as to their liability to the
Crown tenants, and that they would consider the whole
matter as soon as they obtained that opinion.
The report on the motion of Mr. Daniell haring been
entered on the minutes, the vestry separated.

MYSTERIOUS ALLEGED OUT-
RAGE AT COTTENHAM. __
A married woman, named Savage, residing at the
village of Cottenham, in this neighbourhood, was (ac-
cording to her own statement) suddenly accosted in the
public road at eight o'clock on the evening of the 31st
ult., by some ruffian unknown. Before she had time to
reply a plaster was applied to her mouth, she was
grasped by the wrists and legs, and transported on the
shoulders of the mysterious stranger over hedges and
ditches, to a lonely field. There she was set down, and
coolly told that her head would be cut off if she made
the slightest uproar, or attempted any resistance. At
the same time no indecency, approaching to felonious
violence to her person, was committed, or even offered.
The woman was plundered ofher marriage ring and some
money. Her clothes were then cut from her person, a
portion of her hair was deliberately cut off, and she was
set at liberty. Thus far the woman's own story ; and
whatever suspicions may hang over it, there appears to
be no doubt of the fact, that she did certainly arrive at
the house of a relation, at a late hour in the evening
above•mentioned, in a state of absolute nudity, with
the exception of her shoes and stockings, and a piece of
flannel attached to one of her legs. But the mystery
remains to be told. The woman had no sooner blazoned
her story in the village, than two men (one of them a
police-constable) traced carefully, with a lantern, the
route which she said she had been carried. The impe-
dimenta in the shape of quickset hedges, and ditches 3
and even 3 feet wide, wore such as seemed to render it
morally and physically impossible that any man could
have carried a woman on his shoulders along such a
route without on any one occasion placing down his
burden. The clothes were found lying in a field
which the woman had indicated, actually cut up from
top to bottom, but the marks of the footsteps leading to
and from the field, which were carefully examined and
measured by the light of the lantern, were those of only
one person, and moreover they exactly corresponded to
the woman's own shoes. Such were the facts brought
out in the examination, which ended in a finding that
the inquiry should there cease and determine. But this
it cannot do. It must be taken up by the proper autho-
ries and prosecuted to the utmost. The most inexpli-
cable circumstance is the stripping part of the transac-
tion, and the cutting off the woman's hair, and whether
we suppose that the woman herself performed that office
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A PROFITABLE MISFORTUNE.--The Courrier de
Lyons gives the following account of a robbery :—The curate
of a parish, situate on the Loire, was returning from a neigh-
bouring town, after having received his salary, to the amount
of 200 francs, on a spirited horse. On reaching a lonely spot
he met two thieves leading a meagre horse. They stopped
and robbed him, not only of his money, but of his horse,
which they both mounted, leaving their hack in exchange.
The priest resigned to his misfortune, proceeded on his
journey with his newly-acquired property, but he was
its
speedily revenged by his own horse throwing riders, and
running home. The curate's servant seeing the horse return
without her master raised the alarm, and the villagers pro-
ceeded to seek for their pastor, whom they at last found
slowly riding homeward. On the following Sunday, the
curate in church told the sequel of the story. The thieves
when they stole his horse had placed on its back a couple of
bags, containing 2,000 francs. These were, of course, found
by the priest on his return ; so that he had recovered his
200 francs in the 2,000 francs ; 1,800 francs still remained ;
evidentlywsuhmichin:wgtheerteelbescioaibecome
the produce of some robbery. And in
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committee meeting 91A Saturday.

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL
ENGINEERS.
Sir JOHN RENNIE, President, in the Chair.
The paper road was a description of the " Helder, or
Great North Holland Canal," by George B. Jackson,
Assoc. Inst. C.E. This canal was constructed by the
late Mr. J. Blanken, engineer, during the six years be-
tween 1819 and 1825, for the passage of frigates and
first-class merchantmen, and extends from Amsterdam
to Nieuwediep, in the Texel. The state of the navi-
gation through the Zuyder Sea in the early part of the
17th century having become so defective, in consequence
of accumulated sand banks and shoals, that camels were
necessarily made use of to lift the vessels over the
shallows at Pampus, thereby incurring both extreme
loss of time and inconvenience, the Dutch Government
deemed it necessary to consult Mr. Blanken on the
possibility of remedying the evil. That engineer ac-
cordingly projected the above canal, which has three di-
visions, the summit level being only 3 feet 8 inches above
the outlets. Its length is 51 miles ; it is 123 feet 7
inches broad at top, 30 feet 10 inches at bottom, and 20
feet 6 inches deep. The pile driving and boring experi-
ments undertaken by him to ascertain the probability of
success show that the original sea shore, being the only
really hard ground in the north of Holland, is to be
met with at 43 feet under the present surface of the
ground, and as the foundations of the locks were laid
nearly at that depth, the result of the experiments were
considered to atibrd sufficient guarantee for the stability
of the works. The character of the soil in that part of
Holland is exceedingly treacherous, and it reflects great
credit on our foreign neighbours that they were able to
overcome the various difficulties with which they had to
contend.
The constructions generally consist of floating and
swing bridges, tide-locks, passage-locks, &s. The float-
ing bridges are peculiar on account of their flexibility,
consisting of two platforms, one fixed to each shore on
piles, the end of each of which is worked by sets of
double levers, and resting on two boats, so that when
the bridge is required to be opened both boats are with-
drawn, one towards each shore. The Willun lock is
297 feet 8 inches long, 51 feet 5 inches wide, the height
of the lock walls being 32 feet 6 inches, and the gates
thereof being each 29 feet 5 inches by 29 feet 4 inches.
The total cost amounted to one million and a half
pounds sterling ; the time required by vessels to make
the passage from Amsterdam to the Helder varies ac-
cording to their size and the means of haulage, fly-boats,
with six relays of four horses each, making it in ten
hours, whilst large East Indiamen require two, three,
and,four days, according to the wind. The details of
construction of the whole of the works were given very
freely, with the illustrative drawings. In the discussion
which ensued, it was stated that the only canal in this
country which could be contrasted with that of the
Helder was the Caledonian Canal, which was projected
upon a report by Watt, commenced by Jessop, and
in a great part constructed by Telford, a few years pre-
viously to the Helder Canal. The principal difference
between the two consisted in the nature of the ground
through which they were cut; the former being ex-
cavated entirely out of alluvial deposit, whilst the
latter had to be cut out of hard gravel and in
some cases rock. An interesting account was given
of the mode of forming the spot for the entrance
lock at the Inverness end of the Caledonian Canal.
The object was to carry the work out into
deep water. A large mass of eorth was deposited
in the sea to the full extent intended ; upon this mound
a heavy load of material was laid to consolidate the
mass. After settling for a considerable time, the upper
mass was removed, the excavation was made for the lock
pit, and the construction was effected with comparative
facility, and had endured much rougher weather since,
without any symptoms of failure. The superincumbent
weight which was removed being greater than any sub-
sequent strain, there was no danger of the lock ever
sinking.
The discussion was adjourned until the next meeting,
Tuesday, February 16, when it was announced that the
second part of the paper would be read, treating of
" The method of forming facino embankments and sea
defences in Holland," by G. B. W. Jackson, Assoc. Inst.
C.E.

GAOL BREAKING.—Mr. Bourns, the deputy-
governor of Newgate, and two of the turnkeys connected with
that prison, fortunately discovered a plan which was laid by
several convicts under sentence of transportation fir life, fif-
teen, ten, and seven years, to break through the prison yes-
terday morning. It appeared that the number involved in
the conspiracy amounted to from 30 to 40 persons, and they
had everything prepared for their flight, having made a hole
through the root; through which any ordinary sized man
could pass, and fastened near it a,rope, made out of their bed-
ticks, of more than 20 feet long, to raise them up and after-
wards lower them into one of the adjoining streets.—Dublin
Mal of Wednesday.
HEAT WITHOUT FUEL.—lmportant as cheap fuel
may be, to be able to do without it altogether is more impor-
tant still. A Hungary chemist has taken some promising
steps towards making, this possible. He places in contact
two iron plates and a copper cylinder, highly polished, turn-
ing on an axis at the end of a lever, with a balance weight
at the other end, to keep the plates in contact, when, by
means of very simple apparatus and trifling exertion, a glow-
ing red heat may be produced in five minutes, and main-
tained with ease.—The Builder.
ELOPEMENT OF AN HEIRESS WITH HER SINGING
MAsTEa..—A good deal of gossip and some consternation pre-
vailed in fashionable circles of the metropolis yestereay, in
consequence of an elopement which took place on Saturday.
On inquiry the following facts were ascertained: It appears
that the young lady is daughter of the principal of one of the
most eminent establishments in the city, and resided at the
private house of her father in B— street. She had a
young man named M—, who resided in G— street, at-
tending her as music and singing master. It is stated that
an attachment was mutually formed, and on Saturday even-
ing the parties left by the Holyhead packet, and on landing
there took the mail for Bangor, at which place all trace of
them was lost. The lady, it is said, possesses a fortune of
5,000/. in her own right. She is twenty years of age and
very handsome. The young gentleman is twenty-four years
of age.--DuNin Freeman's Journal.
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THE FIRE AT CUDDESDEN PALACE.—We men-
tioned yesterday that a fire had broken out in the palace of
the Bishop of Oxford, at Cuddesden, but we are happy to say
that through the means adopted by his Lordship's domestics,
aided by the villagers and workmen on the premises, it was
most providentially got under without doing any very great
damage. The fire was first discovered by his Lordship's
page, who, on opening the door of the library, found the
room in flames. The alarm bell was instantly rung, and the
villagers and others flocked to the palace ; fortunately a car-
penter who resided at Cuddesden was at home, he, together
with his men, hastened to the spot, and commenced knock-
ing down the bookcases which bad caught fire, and thereby
stopped the conflagration from spreading further. The fire
was caused by the overheating of the apparatus con-
structed for warming the rooms. His Lordship was absent,
consecrating a church at Tubney, when the fire was disco-
vered. We understand a few books and shelves only were
destroyed.
ROBBER SHOT. H Tuesday night, the 2d inst.,
between twelve and one o'clock, Mr. J. Sampson, of Brymp-
ton, was disturbed by a noise in the poultry yard, which
caused him immediately to get up and open his window. He
called out to two persons whom he saw in the yard, " What
is your business there?" but they did not reply, and made
for the lower part of the premises, from which there is a way
to the back yard, where they were lost sight of; but another,
corning from the direction of the hen's roost, and who evi-
dently was not well acquainted with the premises, made for
the orchard gate, opposite Mr. Sampson's bedroom. He
called to him and said, "If you don't answer I'll shoot you."
He took no notice whatever of this, but was in the act of
getting over the gate when Mr. Sampson fired. The dis-
tance is about fifty yards. This, however, did not stop him ;
a second barrel was discharged with the like result, as the
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examining the gate, there was blood smeared over the top
bar, and drops of blood from the gate across the orchard.
Mr. Sampson offers 201. reward for information that may lead
ingha‘ ‘v
to the conviction of the offencers.—Sherburne Mercury.
THE ROYAL GENERAL ANNUITY SOCIETY.—The
twentieth anniversary of the foundation of this truly excel-
lent charity was celebrated on Friday evening at the London
Tavern, when Lord Stanley presided. Amidst all the chari-
table institutions with which this metropolis abounds, this
stands alone as recommending itself to no particular class.
Its object is, as its name implies, the relief of all whom age
and distress have rendered utterly unable to assist them-
selves. Her Majesty has recently been pleased to become
the patron of this institution ' • the festival yesterday there-
fore was intended to serve the double purpose of celebrating
the foundation of the institution and commemorating the
patronage of her Majesty. The attendance was unusually
large, and at the cross table we noticed the Lord Mayor of
London, Mr. Hudson, M.P. Mr. Newdegate, M.P.,
and many ether distinguished gentlemen of all poli-
tical creeds. The customary and loyal patriotic toasts were
given and received with the loyalty which always marks the
reception of these toasts by an English audience. The Noble
Chairman then proposed the toast of the evening in an elo-
quent and touching address. He did due credit to the objects
of the Institution, and concluded with a pathetic appeal to
the audience in its behalf. Some years ago there were no
less than ninety recipients of the bounty of the Institution,
the males receiving
21. 10s. per month, and the females
1/. 12s. per month. Adverse circumstances had, of late years,
much curtailed the utility of this most deserving establish-
ment, and at the present time there were only twenty-
four recipients of its bounty, receiving on the average 11. 12s.
each per month. Of those twenty-four, no less than nine
were above the age of eighty; nine more had passed the
three score years and ten, which was more than the average lot
of man, and six only
were between the age of sixty and
seventy ; none under the age of sixty being held eligible for the
bounties of the association. The healths of the Lord Mayor
of London, the Lord Mayor of York, of Mr. Robarts, the
President of the Society, and of the office-bearers, were
given in rapid succession, when the subscription lists were
The dinner
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round, and something like 1,4001. was subscribed in
the room. We trust the impetus thus given to the society
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THE LACE TRADE.--This market shows rather an
improved appearance since our last report, though its state is
not very satisfactory. Some amount of goods has been dis-
posed of, but they have not been sold at any increase in
price. Profits there are none, so far as the machine owner is
concerned. 'We are not surprised therefore to learn that
more machinery is daily ceasing to work. If any demand
like that usual at this time of the year should spring up,
prices of nets must rise considerably, as the stocks in hand
are by no means 4ulcient to meet it.—Nottingliain &view.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.

(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SMITH.)
There were no unopposed railway cases in Mr. Smith's
list to-day, and the Learned Gentleman was occupied till the
close of his sitting with the opposed Caledonian cases.
In the case of the Canobie Branch the opposition failed,
and the standing orders were complied with.
In the other two cases the opposition was withdrawn, and
the customary formal proofs were completed.
BLANDFORD AND BANTON RAILWAY.
In this case the customary formal proofs were completed.
The Examiner then adjourned.
(Room 23, before Mr. Examiner MAY.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.

EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.
In the case of three of this company's unopposed Bills the
standing orders were complied with.
OPPOSED LIST.
EAST LANCASHIRE (BURY AND CLITHEROE
EXTENSIONS).
The Examiner was occupied the rest of the day with these
two opposed petitions. The allegations, however, were not
maintained in the first extension Bill ; but in the second the
standing orders were found not to have been complied with.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE• CHANCERY COURT. Feb. 12.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. K. BnucH.)
oxiLz. V. WHITTAKER.

This was a bill filed to set aside a contract, on the ground
of mutual contract. It appeared that the defendant pur-
chased an estate for a term of eight years, and on a suppo-
sition that he was entitled to a renewal of his lease at the
expiration of that period, laid out a large sum of money.
The plaintiff's case was that there no specification to t!,e
effect, and that the purchase was only the value of the pro-
perty for the term stated; while on the part of the defendant
it was alleged that in the proposal for the property he stated
that if there was any mistake afterwards in reference to the
contract, that there should be compensation on an estimate
agreed to by both parties.
The arguments were concluded to-day, and
His Hoisoun delivered judgtnent. This was a matter to
which no case of specific performance of contract could
apply. The only question was as to what the vendor in-
tended to sell, and what the purchaser intended to purchase.
It appeared that the property in question was put up far
public auction, and the advertisement stated that it would
be sold for under a lease of twenty years. The property was
not disposed of by public sale, and the defendant purchased
it for a sum of 3001. The provision he made in reference to
any mistake occurring was not certainly embodied in the
deed of conveyance, but, considering the advertisement, that
the purchaser was now dead, and could afford no assistance,
and that the discovery respecting the contract was not made
for a long time after his demise, he thought it was an in-
evitable consequence that the contract should not be re-
scinded.
The Bill was dismissed with costs.

The other business of the Court was of no general interest.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Feb. 13.

(Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the LoRD CHIEF BARON and
Special Juries.)
FULTON V. DE BURGH.

Mr. Crowder and Mr. Ball conducted the case for the
plaintiff, and Mr. M. Chambers, with Mr. Bovill, appeared
for the defendant.

This was an action to recover the sum of 6461. 155.,
alleged to be due to him in his capacity of engineer to
the Oxford, Thatne, nigh Wycombe, and Uxbridge
Railway Company, in which the defendant was one of
the managing as well as of the provisional committee.
The defendant pleaded that he was not liable.
The facts in the case were unusually few. It appeared
that this, like many other companies, was got up in the
course of the month of September, 1845, and that for
some time the meetings of the promoters and several of
those who ultimately formed themselves into a provi-
sional committee were held at the offices of the solicitor,
Mr. Gell, at Carlton-chambers ; and the evidence of the
surveyor to the company, Mr. Trimens, went to prove
that the plaintiff was engaged at a meeting of the com-
mittee, at which the defendant had presided as the chair-
man, in the earlier part of October, and that lie attended
a meeting in that character on the 23d of that month.
Ot this meeting, too, the defendant was the chairman,
and congratulated the plaintiff on his appointment.
Evidence was also given which went to show that the
work was all completed, and the surveys, maps, books of
reference, &c., all delivered to the solicitor of the com-
pany on the 29th of November, the day prior to that on
which they were to be lodged in the Parliament-office.
It was also shown that the defendant had been present
at a meeting, and spoke as one of the committee, at Ux-
bridge, on the 15th of October, but upon an examination
of the " consent " which was produced from the Regis-
tration-office, it appeared that the consent of the de-
fendant, although it was dated the 15th of October, had
not been registered until the 15th November, and that
that particular paper bearing the consent followed on
the back several other consents of the last-mentioned
date.

On behalf of the defendant it was contended that even
supposing the plaintiff had a❑y claim against the de-
fendant, it could not be taken as having commenced
prior to the 18th of November, which was the day on
which one of his clerks had first stated that he had been
occupied on the work.
The case failed in presenting any feature of interest,
except so far as the immediate parties were concerned.
The jury retired at ten minutes before six o'clock,
and at seven returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—
Damages, 2401.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HO USE.
CHARGE OF UTTERING FORGED ACCEPTANCES.—OR
Saturday John Robinson was charged with hating two
forged acceptances.
Mr. Thomas Trott, of No. 7, Primrose•street, Bit.:hops-
gate-street, builder, stated that in the months of May
and June last he had transactions with the firm of
Allen, Robinson, and Co., of Fenchurch-street. The
prisoner was concerned for that firm. He told witness
so. The firm dealt in manure, and had purchased some
from him, for which they paid him with two bills ; the
one fur 461. 155., drawn by Allen, Robinson, and Co.,
upon Thomas Fletcher, Esq., Liverpool, and purporting
to be accepted by Thomas Fletcher, payable at Glyn
and Co.'s bank, London, four months after date, and
dated 20th of April, 1346. The other bill was for
281. Gs.. drawn by Allen, Robinson, and Co., upon, and
purporting to be accepted by, Thomas Fletcher, Der-
vock, payable tour months after date, and dated Ist of
June, 1846. Witness asked the prisener whether the
bills were good, as he had to pay them away, and the
prisoner said they were, and the persons who accepted
them were perfect gentlemen. The bills were dis
honoured, and witness could not find out the acceptors.
Mr. Gilbert Bolding, solicitor, of Paternoster-row,
stated that he was concerned professionally for Mr.
Nicholay, who was in partnership with Mr. Allen, of
Fenchurch-street, trading under the firm of Allen, Ro-
binson, and Co. In consequence of instructions which
he had received, he met the prisoner on the last Sunday
in August, and had some conversation with him upon
the subject of bills given to Mr. Trott. lie knew a man
named Tom M'Alister, as a servant of the prisoner, and
he understood that Tom M.Alister had accepted the
bills in his own name.
Mr. Thorna,.: Trott, jun., stated that his father, with
whom he lived, showed him the two bills, and afterwards
he went, by his father's direction, to the prisoner, and
said to him, "John, is it safe to pay these bills away?
Are they good bills?" To which he replied they were
good bills—he would not deceive us for the world—he
would not give us any but good bills. Witness then
asked him who was Thomas Fletcher, of Liverpool, and
said that Mr. Fletcher was a highly respectable corn
merchant, and one of the best agents of the house; and
that Thomas Fletcher, of Dervock, was another of their
agents, and was a safe man.
The prisoner, upon being called upon to say whether
he had anyViing to urge against a remand, wished the
case to stand over until his solicitor should arrive.
The LORD MAYOR waited for some time, but the pri-
soner's solicitor not having made his appearance, he re-
manded the prisoner.

WORSHIP-STREET.
CHARGE OF PERJURY AGAINST A POLICEMAN.—
Charles Andrews Amos, a police-constable, of the H
division, appeared before Mr. Broughton to answer a
charge preferred against him, at the instance of the
Commissioners of Police, for having grossly assaulted a
young female, and then locked her up on a fictitious
charge, in order to prevent a charge being preferred
against him for the offence.
It appeared that on Thursday last a prostitute, named
Ellen Bolton, was charged by defendant before Mr.
Arnold, the magistrate, with disorderly conduct, when
she stated the prisoner had taken indecent liberties with
her, and on her threatening to prefer a charge against
him for so doing, he had trumped up the charge to screen
himself. Mr. Arnold asked her if she had a witness ?
She said a girl was with her at the time, and could
vouch for the truth of her statement. The defendant
denied the truth of her statement in every particular,
and the girl not being present, Mr. Arnold adjudicated
on the policeman's evidence, and ordered her to be im-
prisoned for seven days. After the case had been con-
cluded, and the girl locked up, the witness alluded to
came into court, and, although she had not seen the
prisoner after the defendant had locked her up, made
exactly the same statement. Mr. Arnold, on hearing
this, ordered the prisoner to be placed at the bar, which
being done, she was discharged. The report of the case
having been forwarded to the Commissioners of Police,
they directed the present proceedings.
The first witness called was the girl Bolton, who,
having deposed to the facts already stated. went on to
say that as soon as she asked the defendant the way
out of Brick• lane he made use of the most filthy expres-
sions to her, which she took no notice of, when he pro-
ceeded to act in the grossest and must indecent manner,
and, forcing her up a court, threw her down, where,
had it not been for her resistance and the arrival of
the other girl, he would have effected his purpose. On
getting away she proceeded towards the station-house
for the purpose of making a charge against him. when
he followed and took her into custody, afterwards
telling her he would let her go if she would promise
not to lodge a charge against him; refusing this, she
was taken to the station and locked up. She did not see
her companion until after her conviction the next mora-
ing. She mentioned the way she had been treated to
the inspector who took the charge.
Jane Reeve, the girl alluded to, in every particular
corroborated her.

It being seven o'clock before the testimony had con
eluded,

Mr. bROUGIITON adjourned the case, observing that if
the witnesses were speaking the truth, the prisoner
should not have been sent before him for it summary
conviction, but indicted for perjury.
Both girls were severely cross-examined by Mr. W.
Heritage for the defendant, but he failed to shake their
evidence in any particular.