The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-17 00:00:00

GROUP XXX.

OT.:MAT NORTEEEN (ISLE Or .B.X.HOLIVIE
EXTENSION).
The Committee met at the usual hour.
Mr. B. Denison, M.P., was examined on behalf of the
promoters of the scheme.
Several other witnesses were called for the purpose of
giving evidence on the same subject.

GROUP MIX.

TOMX AND NEWCASTLE (AMENDMENT

OF MAIN LINE).

The Committee met shortly after twelve o'clock, Lord
C. Wellesley in the chair, when
Mr. Sergeant KNOWLES opened for the promoters at
normidera;le length, after which Mr. Woods, an iron-
=aster at Newcastle, was examined, with other wit-
nesses, on the general merits of the Bill, and in order to
thow the respective positions of the petitioners for and
against the Leeds and Thirsk project.

TANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY.)
The following Bills were passed before Lord Shaftes-
bury's Committee :
Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Alteration (near
Reedh am).
London and North-Western Railway (Coventry and
Nuneaton Branches).
Northampton and Banbury Rail way.
Nanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and
Manchester and Lincoln 'Union Railway, and Chester-
field and Gainsborough Canal Amalgamation.
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway and
Ayreshire and Bridge of Weir Railway.
Dundee and Perth Railway (Alteration and Extension).
Great Southern and Western Railway Extension (Por-
tarlington to Tullamore).
Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Branch from Navan to
Kelly).
Dublin, Dandrum, and Rsthftrnham Railway.

EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
(Sittings at Nisi Prius before the LORD CHIEF BARON
and a Common Jury.)
CROWN CASES.—ATTORNEY•GENERAL V. POWELL.
This was an information flied by the Attorney-General
and the Board of Customs, charging the defendant with
having fraudulently concealed and brought into con-
sumption twenty-four chests of tea without the payment
of duty. The manner in which the fraud was committed
was as follows :—A sailor of the name of Partridge,
formerly resident in Jersy in 1845, became acquainted
with the ilefendant Powell in the month of November.
Powell ws.s at that time in charge of the steam-boat called
Lord Collingwocd. At Christmas in the above year
they left Jersey and came to London. In the mean-
time Powell told Partridge that he could put
him in the way of making his fortune, by run-
*ling tea through the Custom-house, coastwise.
Partridge immediately concocted the plan, and
they arranged it that a bond should be given to the
Custom house, and purloined, and that the profits arising
from it were to be distributed between Powell, Walsh
and Partridge. This having been settled, Partridge
obtained drafts upon the London and Westminster
Bank, to purchase tea in bond, and he carried this busi-
ness on for twelve months, under the name of Clark.
Be obtained a parcel of tea from the Custom-house, the
destination of which purported to be Liverpool, but the
goods were removed to a warehouse, and never for-
-.varded to their destination, but were brought into con-
sumption. Ultimately Partridge was taken into cus-
tod v, and put into Whitecross-st.-eet Prison, and
infonmation that he gave led to prosecutions
against his conf,deratt s, Powell and Walsh.
It was proved by the Comptroller of Customs at
Liverpool that he only received a packet in respect
of the bonds, and he searched in vain for the con-
signees. For the defence it was agreed at length that
the known character of Partridge rendered him un-
worthy of credrnce, and that the jury could not give a
verdict against Powell on his evidence.
The jury returned a verdict against the defendant in
the single value of 3201.
The Attorney-General appeared for the Crown, and
lir. M. Chambers, Q.C., for the defendant.

TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING
O'CLOCK.

NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
5 to 1 agst Conspiracy
7 to 1 agst Grimston
10 to 1 agst Best of Three
12 to 1 agst Eryx.

GOODWOOD CUP.
5 to 2 agst The Hero
12 to 1 agst Fitz Emilius

GOODWOO D STA K
10 to 1 agst The Questionable
12 to 1 agst Vampyre
25 to 1 agst Stultz
40 to 1 agst Bantam

ST. LEGER.

5 to 2 agst Cossack
6 to 1 agst Van Tromp
12 to 1 agst Foreclosure
20 to 1 agst Black Dwarf
35 to 1 agst Coningsby

DERBY.
25 to 1 agst Flatcatcher •
25 to 1 agst Nil Desperandum

J M VEINAL PA RLIAMENT.
(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordship met at Five o'clock, when the Earl of
SHAFTESBURY presided, in the absence of the Lord
Chancellor, for some time, during which several Bills
were brought up from the Commons and laid on the
table.
The LORD CHANCELLOR having taken his seat on the
Woolsack, other Bills were brought up and forwarded a
stage.