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ROUS'S COMMITTEE sit daily at the British Hotel,
Cockspur-street.

AIONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS.
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were 4,500
bales, including 500 on speculation. The market was very
quiet. Shares were rather inactive, and prices without any
material change. . _

PUBLICATIO.SS.

Ju3t published, post BVo.cloth,'ss.,
EXPLANATIONS; by the Author of "Ves-
tiges of the Natural History of Creation."
London : -John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

It seems tote a question of more importance to our West
India Colonies even than to other parts of the world, that
railroad communication should be established in them;
because such a mode of communication would favour the
establishment of extensive works for the manufacture of
sugar, and promote the economical obtainment of the
sacharine matter. Certainly no private individuals could
establish such works, though all could convey the cane by
railway to them.
The following from Jamaica will give a better idea of the
subject :—" When some months ago, referring to the probable
advantages to result from the establishment of railway.com-
inunication in this island, we expressed a firm conviction
that among the earliest fruits of the introduction of such a
system would be the separation -cf• the manufaCturing from
the cultivating process of Sugar production, we scarcely be-
lieved so valuable an improvement was so nigh at hand.
" Already we have heard of more than one suggestion for
the establishment of central factories in densely cultivated
districts, but only one of these schemes has yet appeared
in alangible form, and to this project, as one calculated to
afford a highly advantageous means of investment to the
capitalist, as well as vast benefit, and accommodation to the
agriculturist whose property may lie within the scope of its
operations, we feel most anxious to direct the attention of
moneyed men in England as well as in this island. We
allude to the project of which notice was given on
Monday night by Mr. Franklin, the Honourable
Member for Metcalfe, fur an early day in the next
session, having for its object the iecorporation of a company,
on the petition of Alexander Gordon Fyfe, Esq., and others
for the establishment of a central sugar manufactory at Annot to
Bay, and for the laying down of tram roads of communica-
tioß between the town and the various estates which con-
verge towards that centre. The details of the scheme com-
bine other objects which offer great advantages to those who
May embark their capital in it. It is proposed in addi-
tion to the establishment of a sugar factory upon a principle
embodying all the improvements of modern science to erect
a steam saw-mill, by which the valuable timbers which
abound in the dense forests of the interior of the parish may
be worked up into materials for general purposes, and the
large importations of timber from the United States be thus
superseded by a far better material of island growth. From
this latter department of the Company's operations, also,
staves of domestic manufacture and of unsurpassed excellence
will be obtained, so that the Company will be enabled to
supply the casks for ehipment of the produce which they
manufacture at a cheap rate, whilst they will add another
item to their account of profits."
These are the, plans of colonies, too. which were to be
ruined by the encouragement of competition in the sugar
market of the mother country.
There is no appearance of liveliness in the City to• day. A
moderate business is doing in a few staples not likely to be
affected by the new tariff.
The English Stock Market is' in a dull state this morning,
and the operations present no features of the least general
interest. Consols for present transfer have been 96% to %,
being 14 per cent.- lower again than yesterday. For Time
the quotations have been 96% 34. The premium on Ex-
chequer-bills have been 375. to 40s. The New Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents. are 991 A to 98%. Bank Stock is not higher

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VESTIGES of the NATURAL HISTORY of
CREATION.
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" To be or not to be, that Is the qttestion."—Shakspeare.
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The Foreign Bonds have been livelier, but without any
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Grenada, 1 per Cent .. • • .. 23 224 23% 2318
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Excliangs .. • • .. 25f. 70c. 25f. 70c,
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LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.
" He, who in pleasure's downy arms
Ne'er lost his health or youthful charms,
A hero lives, and Justly can
Exclaim, in me behold a man I"
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Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which
afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical
Observations on Marriage.
By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon,
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate
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Dublin and Belfast Junction 5 6% 6„
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•WESTiViINSTER ELECTION.
MEETING OF THE WESTMINSTER REFORM
SOCIETY.

Wednesday night, at a numerous meeting
of the members of the Westminster Reform Society, was
held at Stannard's Hotel, Charles-street, Covent-garden, for
the purpose of taking into consideration what measures •
should be adopted in consequence of the resignation of the
Hon. Captain Roos, upon his acceptance of the office of one •
of the Lo ds of the Admiralty.
Mr. Taorr being appointed to the chair, obset'ved that the
first question for the consideration of the meeting was whether
the Society was willing to go to an election, and if they were
determined upon taking that course, to come to a resolution
who should be the candidate they would support. They had
heard from General Sir De Lacy Evans that he was willing
to become their representative, and to contest the election.—
(Hear.) He had served them faithfully on former occasions.
—(Hear.) The meeting inuA, act with promptitude and
determination, as it was most probable that a very few days
would elapse before the day of nomination would be ape
pointed.—(Hear.)
Mr. MUR3AY observed that the electors of Westminster
ought to be represented by a Member. of decided Liberal
opinions. They ought not to let a Conservative come in.
He believed he expressed the opinion of Westminster, that
it would be an injury to the Liberal cause if they returned
again the Honourable Captain Rous.—(Hear.)
Mr. CHILDS said that they should look to the broad
principles on which the Society was founded.—(hear, hear.)
They ought not to be guided by their feelings, but to look
at principles.—(Hear, hear.) He was one of the oldest elec •
tors, and always gave his vote for, and used his utmost ex-
ertions to secure the return of an independent candidate.—
(Hear, hear.) He had no hesitation in giving his opinion in
favour of General Evans—(Applause.)
Several members having addressed the chair,
Mr. STOCKEN moved a resolution that General Sir de
Lacy Evans he proposed as a candidate to oppose the Hon.
Captain Eons at the ensuing election for the representation
of Westminster.
Mr. emu's seconded the resolution.
Mr. LEWIS moved an amendment, which was seconded by
Mr. Jactssox, that it. is not advisable on this occasion to con-
test the election with the flons-Ceptain Rene.-
After a very prolonged discussion,
The CHAHIMAN put the question, when the amendment was
lost by eight. On the resolution being put only three hands
were raised against it (followed by loud applause). The
Chairman then requested that the gallant General should be
informed of the decision of the meeting.
General EVANS, upon entering the room, was received with
cheers. Ile observed that he returned his grateful thanks for
the honour he had received by their having resolved to sup-
port his election as the representative of the liberal con-
stituency of Westminster.—(Hear, hear.) But this was not
the first time that he had had occasion to do so. He did not
expect that :o shortly after he had issued his address an op-
portunity would have occured when he should have been
called upon to present himself to their notice, and he could
only say that he there reiterated the opinions which were
contained in that address. He was sorry that they should
be put to the inconvenience of being obliged to use their ex-
ertions on his behalf. He intended to have offered himself at
the general election, when he would have been able to enter
the contest upon equal terms with his opponent, who, on the
present occasion, had got the start of him in the field. He,
however, with the support of the Liberal electors of West-
minster, had no doubt of his success. He had no desire to go
into the House of Commons, but if it was their wish that he
should be their representative, he would readily stand the
contest.—(Hear, hear.) t- He did not wish to press himself
upon their adoption. lie had had the honour to serve them
consistently, and if returned he would pursue the same un-
deviating course. He was now ready to give an answer to
any questions that might be put to him.
CHAIRMAN—If any one has a question to put to the gal-
lant General, be trusted that it would be proposed; and he
hoped that those who held up their hands for the amendment
would assist to their utmost in proinoting the return of
General Evans.=-(Hear.)
Mr. PouxcitY observed that he held up his band for the
amendment, but did not oppose the resolution.—(Hear.) He
had always voted for General Evans, and should do so at the
ensuing election, feeling that the Liberal interest ought not
to be divided.—(Applause.) He hoped that the electors
would come for Ward, and he had no doubt but that the gal-
lant General would be returned triumphantly.—(Applause.)
Mr. LEWIS asked General Evans whether, in the event of
his becoming the representative of 'Westminster; he would
vote for the total and immediate repeal of the corn-laWs, in
. opposition to the delayed measure of her Majesty's Govern-
ment ?—(Hear.)
General EVANS Said that his opinions were Well known
always to have been in favour of the total and immediate
repeal of the corn-laws. He, however, begged to observe that
in the event of the great body of thb Whig party and the
League deciding that it would be more expedient not to op-
pose the propositions of Sir Robert Peel, he hoped that they
would forgive him if lie supported that object.
A MEMBER.—Suppose the League oppose the measure,
would you support total and immediate repeal?
General EVANS—Go with the League by, all means.—
(Applause.) The gallant General concluded by remarking
that he would give his vote, as he always had done, in favour
of liberal measures.—(Hear, hear.)
The thanks of the meeting having beerf voted to the Chair-
man, he remarked that he was pleased to observe there was
suet :a feeling manifested to support a Liberal candidate.—
(Applause.) Let them all put their shoulders to the wheel,
and do their utmost to carry this election, and he had no
doubt but that they would have a most triumphant victory
for the Liberal cause.
The meeting broke up at eleven o'olock.

ELECTION OFTHEMARQUIS OF

CHANDOS.

BUCKINGHAM WEDNESDAY.—The representation of this
borough, vacated by Sir Thomas Fremantle, was to-day
arranged by the return of the Marquis of Chandos, the only
son of the Duke of Buckingham. The election took place in
the Town-hall.
The MAYon having opened the proceedings,
The Rev. W. T. EYRE came forward to propose the Noble
Marquis, and the nomination was seconded by Mr. W. H.
FRENCH.
'I here being no other candidate to propose,
The MAYon declared the Noble Marquis duly elected.
The Marquis of CIIANDOS then addressed the assembly
amidst much applause. In the course of his remarks the
Noble Lord said—with respect to the important question
which now occupies the general attention—l need scarcely
say I allude to the corn-laws and the present free-trade
movement—I do not hesitate to avow that I am de-
cidedly opposed to it.—(Loud cheers.) I am opposed to an
alteration in the existing corn-laws for two reasons; first,
because I am convinced a repeal of those laws will have an
injurious effect upon every class of the community—upon the
manufacturer, upon the agriculturist, and upon the labourer
.—(Hear, hear, ard cheers. )—and, secondly, I object to any
alteration in those laWs, because I think, even if I agreed in
the principle of the measure, I ought to oppose it on the
ground that it is one of far too great importance to be sub-
mitted to an expiring Parliament—(Cheers)—and because I
think the sense of the country ought to be taken upon a
question in which so many mighty interests are involved.
After a vote of thanks to the Mayor, for his conduct in the
chair, the proceedings of the election terminated.

CORN-LAW MEETING AT DOR-
CHESTER.
On Tuesday, at twelve o'clock, a large meeting was held
in the Town-hall of Dorchester, in compliance with a requi-
sition which had been previously placarded about the town.
Charles Pitcher, Esq., the new Sheriff, presided; and forth-
with several gentlemen stood forth upon the platform with
words of loud- opposition to the proposed Ministerial mea-
sures. As upon all similar occasions, the gist of the different
orations were contained in the different "resolutions," the
speakers being mere amplifications of those documents. A
Mr. Farquharson was the proposer. and a Mr. Pope the
seconder, of the first of these resolutions, which was to the
following effect:—' That this meeting views with the utmost
alarm tte measures now under the consideration of Parlia-
ment for 'he great reduction of the duties payable on the ad-
mission of foreign manufactures, and the establishment, at no
distant period, of the free importation of foreign corn."
Another of a similar character having been read
by the Rev. 11. F. Yeatman, the reverend speaker was
interrupted by the struggles for places incident upon the
arrival of fresh spectators every minute. The hall at length
being filled beyond endurance, and the mob outside en-
deavouring by every muscular effort to effect an entrance,
the meeting was adjourned to a neighbouring field. The dis-
cussion (if so it could be designated) was then resumed,
and a proposal carried for petitions to Parliament against any
alteration of the corn-laws; the petitions to be presented in
the two Houses by Lord Digby and Mr. Bankes.
After the usual formalities,
The lima SHERIFF then announced that the election in
the room of Lord Ashley and Mr. Sturt would take place on
Thursday, Feb. 19.
The I..rge assembl,

then quietly dispersed

ENGLISH
---
GERMAN OPINIONS OF .e.NGLISH POLITICS.—The re
recent Ministerial changes in England have afforded a suf-
ficient theme for conversation amongst all classes in Ham-
burgh : but English politics are too little known and too little
understood here to make a Hamburgher's opinion on the sub-
ject interesting. As regards the prospect of some decided
cb.ange in the British corn-laws, the
berthHamburghes are not
altogether so well pleased ; and this appears to e view
taken on the subject in all the corn growing countries along
the Baltic. The abrogation of the corn-laws is considered as
an immense boon to the corn-growers and dealers in the
United States of America and along the shores of the Black
Sea, and the great fear hereabouts is, that the German corn-
.... ... grower will be swamped in Great Britain by the steady
.... importation from distant places, where corn can be produced
..
. .. Europe en lower terms than those
...
with which they can compete. Least of all will a
•• • •
•• • • free trade in corn in Great Britain be regarded with
.... complacency by the German manufacturer. Cheap
• • • • bread has been hitherto almost the only advantage he has
had over the British rival. This advantage appears likely
• • • now to be neutralised, but not that alone; the British menu
• • •
i. , factnrer will henceforth send to foreign parts, in return for
...
the food she imports, a vast variety of articles which have
4 hitherto been supplied from the workshops of Germany. We
•••1
must not, therefore, wonder to see Dr. Liszt, of the Zollverein
•
Rutlani Election is to take place on Saturday next; journal, foaming at the mouth against the contemplated in-
o% ation and adding to the extent of his feeble power the
there is at present no opposition, but it is expected that the -- . '
landlord and protectionist throughout Great Britain.— Letters
farmers will, on the hustings, strongly express their opinions, and
that Mr. T. Healy, the new convert tothe League, will also state his from Ilamburgh.
opinions. Mr. Finch has declined to come forward. CHARIV RailwayG-CROSS CENTRAL RAILWY TERMINUS, —At
IMPORTATION OF CATTLE FROM IRELAND.—By a Par- the meeting of the London and Brighton Company, on
liamentary paper printed yesterday, it appears that in the quarter Tuesday, the Chairman, Mr. R. Hill, stated that this measure had
ended on the sth January last, the importation of cattle from Ire- been postponed, and that therefore he should not ask the proprietors
land was—of oxen, hulls, and cows in number, 32,833 ;of calves, eo sanction the previous vote of that Company of 100,0001. towards
583 ; of sheep and lambs, 32,579; and of swine, 104,141. the project. This announcement produces some regret, because the
NORTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—By the death of Mr. prospect of obtaining a portion of the new embankment of the
Gaily Knight, announced in another place, a vacancy is occasioned Thames, so long desired, seems at an end. The project originated
with the contractor for theegerford-bridge, Air. Chadwick, 'who,
for this division of Nottingham, in addition to that caused for the
just as it was finished, mad u
made a conditional purchase of this bridge,
southern division by the appointment of the Earl of Lincoln to the
intending to convert it into a railroad bridge, and to make a terminus
office of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Knight was a Conservative"
' of the land in front of Adelphi-terrace, to be embanked from the
and has represented North Notts since 1834.
COMMITTAL OF A NOTORIOUS DOG-STEALEII.—Wed-purpose. The
sold of the bridge, however, re-
nesday a man calling himself John Rogers, but whose res.: name is insect to confirm the
other
parties, for e.
larger
it to Mr. Jackson, of Birken-
head, and
varioussomerger sum. Since then there
Barrett, was placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, at Mar)lebeee,attempts made to
have beencross the river by Waterloo-
charged with having stolen a valuable spaniel, the property Pf Dr• river for that purp. The proprietors
but these now seem all to be abondoned.
Outram, No. 1, Hanover-square. The prisoner is supposed to be ontJackson's party m
The object of Mr.
of the most expert dog-stealers in London ; he has long carried oil
his nefarious practices, and has repeatedly been convicted. Tho b‘own. —lt appears
inflicting upon him the full penalty awarded by the law, viz., 201., or
prisoner had nothing to say in defence. The Magistrate, instead of NATIONAL DEBT. from a return issued
i on Wednesday by order of the House of Commons, that in the year
bridge, or by a new bridge ;
six months' imprisonment, for stealing the dog, committed him fez' I ending sth January last,
trial for stealing the brass collar and lock which the animal had , the Commissioners for the Reduction of the
National Debt, received from the Exchequer, at sundry times,
round its neck at the period of the robbery, and as former convictions t 4,134,4841. Os. 11d. ; and further amounts for interest on Reduccd
can be proved against him, he will, no doubt, in the event of his' 1 Annuities, Consolidated, Bsc.. making in the whole their receipts
being found guilty, meet with a much more severe punishment than 4 period this amount was ex-
beingcould have been Inflicted upon him had he been summarily dasht 1 ,nended in payments for Reduced Annuities, Consolidated, Old South
I Witll. - ...4,143,891/. 3s.
,2d. During the same
ihsla Amiutties, 4c. Whey have further received 1,317,690/. a,, 3(1,,
9, .b.a. lipplied in tut qtartirinUag to or Aprill

PRICE SD.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SECOND REPORT FROM THE SE-
LECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY BILLS.

TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The betting on the .Chester Cup was in most instances
governed by Monday's returns, proving, however, from the
nature of the very moderate amount of business transacted,
and the repeated offers to back them, that. the leading fa-
vorites were uncommonly steady; Mermaid was also in
reqiiest, but very few seemed disposed to lay against her;
we believe that 30 to 1 would have been taken. Brocardo
was in better odour for the Derby, an outlay of 351. at 20 to
1 having been followed by offers to back him in several
'quarters-18 to 1 was the extreme laying price at the close.
Latest prices :

The Select Committee appointed to consider the mode in
which the House shall deal with the railway Bills proposed
to be submitted to the House during the present session, and
who are empowered to report their opinion thereupon to the

CHESTER CUP.
00 even on the 4 yrs old
8 to 1 agst Wadlow's lot—taken
18 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Best Bower—take 20 to 1
22 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whinstone
25 to 1 agst Mr. A.-W. Hill's Sweatmeat—taken to 501.
33 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Cataract
40 to 1 agst,Mr. Knox's Colleen Dhas
50 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopian—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Woatherbit—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. G. Ongley's Roderick—taken
,000 to 10 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel—taken
,000 to 10 agst Mr. Hargreavc's Advice—taken
,000 to 10 agst Mr. Drinkald's Correct Card—taken
DERBY.

5 to 1 agst Scott's lot
9 to 2 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting
18 to 1 agst General Shubrick's Brocardo—taken
22 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's lago—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsey's Malcolm—taken
1,000 to 30 agst Mr. W. Scott's TiUthorpe— taken five times
2,000 to 200 agst Brocardo and lago—taken

House, have further considered the matters referred to them,
and agreed to the following report :-
1. That a Committee of five Members be appointed, to be
called the Classification Committee of Railway Bills, and
that three be the quorum of such Committee.
2. That copies of all petitions for railway Bills presented
to the House be laid before the said Committee.

' 3. That the CoMmittee of Classification shall inquire and
report what railway Bills compete with. or ought to be con-
sidered in connexion with any railway Bills, the promoters of
which shall have proved themselves entitled to the privilege
agreed to be granted in certain cases by the resolutions of this
House of the 7th of July last.
4. That the Committee of Classification shall form into
groups all other railway Bills which, in their opinion, it
would be expedient to submit to the same Committee.
5. That as soon as the Committee of Classification shall
have determined what railway Bills are to be grouped toge-
tHer, they shall report the same to the House, and all peti-
tions against any of the said Bills shall be prevented to the
House three clear days before the meeting of the Committee
thereon.
ioit
laid of
on the
theom table,
on
except Pe
bti
6. That no railway Bill be read a first time later than the
Ciet,;
next
case maybe,
aa;cy,
ib)
eu,t
soneshall
a al fit
learir
e the
been report
ions or of the Standing Order Committee on such Bill, as the
special order of the House.
7. That there be not more than seven clear days between
the first reading of any railway Bill and the second reading
thereof, except by special order of the House.
8. That the breviate of every railway Bill shall he laid on
the table of the House' and be printed and delivered one clear
day before the second reading.
9. That such railway Bills as shall have been read a first
time before the House. shall agree to these resolutions, shall
be read a second time within seven clear days thereafter.
10. That such of the standing orders as relate to the com-
position of the Committees on private Bills, and the orders
consequent thereon, be suspended as far as regards railway
Bills pending in the course of the present session.
11. That Committees on railway Bills during the present
session of Parliament shall be composed of a chairman
and four members, to be appointed by the Committee of Se-
lection.

12. That each member of a Committee on a railway Bill
or Bills, shall, before he be entitled to attend and vote on
such Committee, sign a declaration that his constituents have
no local interest, and that he himself has no personal
interest for or • against any Bill referred to him ; and no
such Committee shall proceed to business until the whole
of the members thereof shall have signed such declaration.
13. That the promoters of a railway Bill shall be prepared
to go into the Committee on the Bill on such day as the
Committee of Selection shall, subject to the order that there
be seven clear days between the second reading of every
private Bill and the sitting of the Committee thereupon,
think proper to appoint, provided that the classification
Committee shall have reported on such Bill.
14. That the Committee of Selection shall give each
member not less than fourteen days' notice of the week in
which it will be necessary for him to be in attendance, for the
purpose of serving, if required, on a Railway Bill Committee.
15. That the Committee of Selection shall give each mem-
ber a sufficient notice of his appointment as a member of a
Committee on a railway Bill, and shall transmit to him a
copy of the 12th resolution, and a blank form of the declare
tion therein required, with a request that he will forthwith
return it to them properly filled up and signed.
16. That if the Committee of Selection shall not within
due time receive from each such member the aforesaid decla-

nation, cr an excuse which they shall deem sufficient, they
shall report to the House the name of such defaulting Member.
17. That the Committee of Selection shall have the power
of substituting at any time before the first meeting of a Coin•
mittee, another member for a Member whom they shall
deem it proper to excuse from serving on that Committee.
18. That power be given to the Committee of Selection to
send for persons, papers, and records, in the execution of the
duties imposed on them by the foregoing resolutions.
19. That no member of a Committee shall absent himself
from his duties on such Committee, unless in the case of sick-
ness, or by leave of the House.
20. That all questions before Committees on , railway
groups or Bills shall be decided by a majority of voices in-
cluding the voice of the chairman; and that whenever the
voices shall be equal, the chairman shall have a second or
casting vote.
21. That if the chairman shall be absent from the Com-
mittee, the member next in rotation on the list (who shall be
present) shall act as chairman.
22. That Committees shall be allowed to proceed so long
as three members shall be present, but not with a less num-
ber. unless by special leave of the House.
23. That if on any day within one hour after the time ap-
pointed for the meeting of a Committee, three members shall
not-be present, the Committee shall be adjourned to the same
hour on the next day on which the House shall sit, which
bad been fixed for that day,
24. That in the case of a day.,`
not being present within
one hour after the time appointed for the meeting of the
Committee, or of any member absenting himself from his
duties on such Committee, such member shall be reported to
the House at its next sitting.
25. That each Committee shall be appointed to meet on
each day of its sitting, not later than 12 o'clock, unless by
the regular vote of the Committee.
26. That Committees on railway Bills have leave to sit in
the present session, notwithstanding any adjournment of the
House, if the Committees shall so think fit.
27. That every Committee on a railway Bill shall fix the
tolls, and shall determine the »zaxinzum rates of charge for
the conveyance of passengers (with a due amount of luggage)
and of goods on such railway, and such rates of charge shall
include the tolls, and the costs of locomotive power, and
every other expense connected with the conveyance of pas-
sengers (with a due amount of luggage) and of goads upon
such railway; but if the Committee shall not deem it expe•
dient to determine such maxi»zum rates of charge, a special
report, explanatory of the grounds of their omitting so to do,
shall be made to the House, which special report shall ac-
company the report of the Bill.
Feb. 10, 1846.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
11017 SE OF LORDS, Feb. 12.

The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The Peers
present were Lord Brougham, Lord Cottenham, and Lord
Campbell.

MACPHERSON V. CRAIGIE.'
The further arguments in this part-heard Scotch appeal
were resumed, and occupied their Lordships the whole
morning.

COURT OF CH ANCERY, Feb. 12.
The Lord Chancellor sat in Lincoln'i Inn Hall to-day, and
took appeals, none of which possessed any points of interest.
VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Feb. 12.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
BOHN V. BOGUE.

The arguments on this motion for a rejection to restrain
the defendant from selling any more copies of the first volume
of the " European Library,'; with any passage or articles
copied from a publication called " Illustrations Historical and
Critical, of the Life of Lorenzo de Medici," called the
"Magnificent," with an Appendix of the original and other
documents, by Mr. Roscoe, were resumed and concluded
to-day.
His Hasoun' at the conclusion of the arguments, gave
judgment. Hehad,no doubt whatever as to the course which
the Court ought to pursue. He should certainly grant the
injunction, because he thought the case was plain from the
defendant's own declaration, that he had taken a materially
valuable part of the work of the plaintiff. The plaintiff,
however, should be put upon terms to bring such action as
he might be advised, with liberty to either party to apply to
the Court. As to the rest of the motion, in his Honour's
opinion it should stand over.
The Court then proceeded to hear motions.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Wto RAM.)
FULLER V. STEVENS.
This case came on for further directions, but when the
arguments were concluded,
His HoNoug said, that upon the evidence and'the state of
matters which had been laid before him, he could not enter
into the case.
The bill was dismissed with costs up to he hearing.
Nothing of interest was before the Court
t.
- - -

This was an action to recover the sum of 5/. Os. Id., for
butcher's meat supplied to the defendant. The defendant
pleaded that he was not indebted.
The facts of the case were these. In the coarse of last
year the plaintiff supplied meat at the house of the defend-
ant, who was in the habit of paying ready money for every-
thing sent in, and always furnished the cook with money
beforehand ; the cook, however, in this case misappropriated
the money, but made up her book as thott4h it
was duly paid, and so much dependence was placed in the
servants that no receipts were ever required. It Wa3 now
contended, on the authority of Lord Kenyon; that a master
who gave his servante money to pay was not afterwards
liable. •
The UNDER SHERIFF, however, considered that the prin-
ciple was too broad, as each case depended on the mode of
dealing. In this, a former cook had proved, that she
made a contract with plaintiff to serve meat for
ready money, and for twelve months she had
always paid as the bills went in. except in two or three
instances where a few days had elapsed. 'The cook, who had
contracted the debt, had been called, and admitted the re-
ceipt of the money, and that she had. not paid it. The ques-
tions for the jury were, first, had there been a contract for
ready money; next, whether the delay of a day or two oc-
casionally could be construed into credit ; and, lastly, whether
the plaintiff had used due caution in giving credit without
letting the plaintiff know that the mode of dealing had been
altered.
Verdict for the plaintiff.

HORRIBLE MURDER and SUICIDE.
Between six and seven o'clock yesterday morning the inha-
bitants of Arbour-square. Commercial-road, were alarmed by
loud calls for the police, and screams of murder issuing from
the house, No. 16, in the square, occupied by a respectable
man named Baxter, employed as a clerk in Templeman's
coal wharf. Police •constable Sutherland, who was passing
the house, which is within about eighty or one hundred
yards of the Thames Police court and station-house, imme-
diately entered, and, on descending to the back kitchen, re-
ceivedi in his anus the body of a young woman in the last
gasp of death, from a frightful wound on the right side of
the throat, which gaped to the extent of several
inches. She died almost immediately, without ut-
tering a word. llaving laid the body on the
floor, he proceeded to the next arm tment, which
was furnished in the way of a parlour, and there,
on the floor close to the rive-place, hey the body of a
man about twenty-six. years of age, with his bead nattily
severed tram his liody, his throat being cut quite acewa.: -aSa-
pool of blood had isteed from the wound, and whore the
woman lay in the other apartment the place was also deluged
with blood. There was a pond of blood at the shot of the
staircase, and the door, the tablee, and the chairs were spat- •
tered and smeared with gore.' The fender, fire irons, and fur-
niture were scattered about in every direction, and all things
betokened a silent but terrible struggle. From all that
could be collectel in the confusion which ensued, this appears
to be one of these motiveless murders which, had the suicide •
survived would, by some sapient jury, have been attributed'
ntootinys,eatnaittytai.
attained
iE
seems
B 3 x ter, the proprieter of the house. Against the father's consent
she married her murderer, Jeremiah Spence Stark, about
ssixthteeendtel ceeaset year,t was the daughter of Mr.
yoaug woman, who had
nine months since. Though averse to the match, her poor
father took them into the house, in the hope that he might
further their future prospects; but the son-in-law was of a
gloomy and morose temper, and apparently idly disposed.
the only discoverable grounds for the terrible tragedy,
which has fearfully alarmed the neighbourhood, are these :
A little brother of the young woman Ellen Baxter, alias
Stark, slept in the same apartment with her and her hus-
band, and on the previous night heard the latter abusing her,
and calling her odious names. This he told to his father,
who mildly remonstrated with Stark on the impropriety of
his conduct. It would seem this galled the fellow, and must
have rankled all night in his mind. From the appearance
of the front kitchen, which seemed to be the breakfast room
of the family, the young woman must have been at work
in the place when Stark made the attack upon her,
and the silent struggle between them must have been terri-
ble. Her hands were cut in several places through the
gloves which she had on doing her work. The poor young
woman, who is supposed to have been in the family
way, is said to have been a sweet, good-tempered girl, of
very prepossessing appearance, and her life might have
been saved had not her too great love for the mur-
derer and suicide prevented her giving a timely
alarm, as there were several persons in the house
at the time. Information of the awful occurrence was in-
stantly conveyed to the Arbour-square station-house, when
Sergeant Shaw, who was acting as inspector at the time,
made all the necessary arrangements, by writing to the co-
roner, and placing officers in the house to preserve every-
thing in the state in which the scene first presented itself.
In a deep pool of blood close to the head of the murderer
there was a comb belonging to the young woman, which
must have dropped from her hair in the commencement of
the struggle. The only object which has been removed is
the weapon with which the horrid deed has been committed,
and that is wrapped up in a newspaper at the Arbour-square
station-house. It is a black-handled carving-knife, covered
from the point to the hilt with thick clotted gore.

THE, MYSTERIOUS CASE OF
POISONING AT BROMLEY.

Tke inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of a
young woman named Harriet Monckton, who was found dead from
the effects of prussic acid in the month of November, 1843, and ever
since which period the inquest has upon various occasions been ad-
journed, was resumed on Wednesday at the Swan Inn, Bromley
before Mr. C. J. Carttar, the Coroner.
The occurrence itself excited a very great sensation, and the pe-
culiar circumstances that afterwards transpired connected with it
tended to increase the interest that was felt in the matter by the
neighbourhood. It may be necessary, in order that the case should
he properly understood, to state a few of the leading facts connected
with this mysterious affair, before entering into a detail of the pro-
ceedings upon the renewed inquiry. The deceased Harriet Monck-
ton was a member of a Dissenting congregation at Bromley,
and she officiated as teacher in the s,unday-school at-
tached to it. At the time in question she was about to
proceed to a situation of a similar kind at Arundel, and
had taken leave of an her friends, and was apparently very
much pleased at the prospect of her new appointment, wizen sud-
denly, on the Gth of November she was missed, and in the evening
of the following day she was discovered dead in the water-closet
attached to the chapel, and the result of a post mortem examination
showed that the unhappy deceased was far advanced in pregnawcy,
and that prussic acid was the immediate cause of death. There
were several circumstances which showed the extreme improbabilit,,
if not the actual impossibility, that the deceased destroyed herseft,
and the inquiry before the Coroner was adjourned upon several occa-
sions, in order to afford an opportunity to obtain the necessary evi-
dence, and at length the Coroner seemed inclined to let the matter
altogether drop, but the jury felt so strongly the necessity of further
inquiry, that they memorialised the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, and the result was that on Wednesday last the jury
were assembled, and the Coroner then, it was understood,
entered -into some explanation relative to the matter, widen
had the effect of satisfying the jury that there was no
probability of the cads of justice being frustrated, and
eventually the inquiry was again adjourned until yesterday. It
should be stated that of the jury impanelled, three could not be
brought forward, one having died, another being abroad, and the
third having gone to reside in a distant part of the country • twelve
gentlemen, however, still remained, and that number on Wednesday
assembled. The proceedings appeared to excite very great interest,
and the room in which the inquest was held was crowded the mo-
ment the door was opened.
Before the commencement of the proceedings the Coroner had a
private communication with the jury, the result or nature of which
was not allowed to transpire. The inquiry and examination of wit-
nesses afterwards occupied more than nine hours'; but, as a good deal
of the evidence was merely a repetition of the statements of the
witnesses on former occasions it will be unnecessary to go into it in
detail.
The mother of the deceased deposed that herdaughter was twenty-
three years old when she died. She said that her daughter had ob-
tained a situation at Arundel, and appeared pleased that she had
done so, and she never entertained the slightest suspicion that sh
would destroy herself. The witness also stated that she had n
knowledge of her daughter being in the family way.
Several other witnesses stated various fasts which have already
come before the public.
Mr. Flott, the surgeon, who was examined on the former occasion,
repeated his testimony that the death of the deceased was clearly
attributable to prussic acid, and to no other cause.
The inquiry was again adjourned.

MONEY MARKET and CIT Y NEWS.
CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—It is understood that several of the railway com-
panies which have deposits in the Bank in the name of the
Accountant-General have determined not to invest them, in
consequence of the effect on the prices of the funds by the
few orders of the Court yet obtained. Of these, which
amount to about 2,500,000/., nor one-half has
yet been laid
out, and a continued effort pevai ls on te part of the
brokers and jobbers to make them pay as high terms as pos-
sible. Their ruling bodies are naturally induced by this
to pause; for they assume that when it becomes necessary
for them to sell, in order to commence their works, the same
game will be played against them, Should this forbear-
ance be generally exercised, and it seems, under all the cir-
cumstances, to be the most prudent course the railway
companies can adopt, it will place at the disposal of the
Bank for commercial accommodation the very large funds
represented by these deposits—a species of assistance which
is highly necessary at the present moment. The late ad-
vances by the Bank, which were at twenty-one days, and lat-
terly for as short a period as fourteen days, are most of them
at maturity, and the same discretion must be exercised by
the directors as that which would govern any private banker
in the employment of deposits, the call for Which may take
place at any moment. T
in his uncertainty places the money-
market also a difficult position. So that the deposits are
brought; out again into circulation, -whether by the Bank
venturing to employ them, or by purchases of Government
securities foi• investment, it would come nearly to the same
thing. That they should remain where they are would un-
doubtedly cause great inconvenience, for those parties who
have lodged their securities with the Bank, and obtained ad-
vances upon them to be employed in the payment of railway
deposits, must in a few days find other notes, and offer other
securities in order to set free the first. The Bank by agreeing
to go on with the loans, and accept the same securities, can
at once relieve this pressure; and when it is seen how small
an amount of railway deposits has yet been invested, com-
pared with the total sum paid in, and that there is a grow-
mg disposition among the managers of the companies to
abstain from investment altogether, there can be no doubt
of the safety of using these funds for the benefit of the
trading and banking interest.
That the Bank Directors are coming to this conclusion
may be inferred from the fact that in some loan transactions
which have taken place this morning, the period of accom•
modation has been again extended to one month, and thi6
may be taken, until ordered otherwise, as the establisher,:
rule. There is great want of money accommodation all oyez
the country, and the Bank can alone at present 'supply_D47c
The total amount of railway. deposits for the U it •
Kingdom is now ascertained, and is as follows
.England £121:549003937001
009 1000
Ireland
Scotland ...

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COURT OF EXCHEQUEIi., Fell. 12.
(Sittings after Term at Nisi Prius, before the Loan CHIEF
BARON and a Special Jury.)
DANIELS V. FIELDING.
This was an action to recover compensation in damages
for alleged false imprisonment.
Mr. Jervis, Mr. Humfrey, and Mr. Pollock, appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin and Mr. Jones for defendants.
The plaintiff, it appeared, was a wholesale perfumer in
Brompton some time since, and was engaged last autumn in
railway speculations, when several transactions took place
between him and the defendants, Mr. George Fielding and
Mr. John Fielding, stockbrokers, at Manchester, by which it
was alleged that a balance became due fo defendants.
The defendants, in consequence of an affidavit made
before one of the judges, that the plaintiff was
about to leave the country, obtained a capias
for his arrest, and he was accordingly arrested on the
12th of November last. The circumstance which led to
the statement made by defendant in obtaining the capias—
that plaintiff was about to leave the country—was that he
had stated to defendant a short time previously, that he in-
tended to go to France for a few days along with his wife, on
a pleasure excursion ; and the defendant stated the
fact of his leaving the country, without stating the circum-
stances under which he was leaving, or the time he intended
to be away. On application made to Judge Patteson,
the order was set aside, and the bail discharged, when the
Learned Judge was made acquainted with the circumstances
under which it was procured. The object, therefore, of the
present action was to obtain damages for what was alleged to
be a malicious arrest.
The affidavits sworn before the Judge were put in, and se-
veral witnesses were examined to prove the above facts, and
that plaintiff had no intention of leaving the country or re-
mainin Cr abroad.
Mr. MARTIN addressed the jury at considerable length for
the defence, and contended that there was no malice whatever
in the arrest. All that the defendant wished was security for
the debt.
The LORD CHIEF BARON then addressed the jury, and
after explaining the law of arrest, adverted to the circum-
stances which had been adduced in evidence, and left the case
entirely in the hands of the jury, wbo he trusted would
not suppose that in the remarks he made he gave an opinion
one way or other.
The jury, after s short. consultation, returned a verdict for
the plaintiff—Damages 5!.
, The Court then rose.

£14,920,747 9 10

CHrewrsTEn ELEcTioN.—The Town llall of Chiche
ter, on Tuesday, witnessed a curious ceremony called the selecti.
hirogglf at the hustings as an ad‘
of a representative in Parliarne»tti.w(:loiriirli,J,Tiliunirleet,ilisi)o,xhhismu'lenpghel
ciftotie.da
itileiew7riro,euigniii.(xl:ypareec,eeriiti,ta4
cate for protection. The Noble Lord wag propbsed and seconded
Robert Betio', Esq., aud Dr. Carogher ; the whi,le of which p rt I
of the proceedings was received with derisive
•v
;dont hisses. The Rev. Mr. Fallagher then proposed Mr. Tad
*
jeer, nnd them ,
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Part
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ARCHES' COURT, Feb. 12.
tnent, the annsuncentelit of which `vas received sr
r. Maldou having seconded theisainidoinataittleasti:..
applause of the electors, the two
(Before Sir HERBERT JENNER 17 usT.)
IN THE CASE OF THE REV. —CRESWELL. --JUDGMENT Or
dressed
unrreinisdtsisel ttautothhu see
renewedch eer 1 n
meeting..
Soi%l deep was the effect produced by Mr. F.
THE COURT.
Nt'lei3ecSe speech,aeared that
at loeansat
twenty
of hands being called for by the May
This was a proceeding against the reverend defendant,
who is a clergyman of the Church of England, to suspendto one in his favour. poll was
i‘
him from his living and divest hint of his gown. The manded on lehalf of Lowrdellenry Lennox, and subAsepq
go to tl c
Learned Judge went very minutely through the evidence Falvey declined to poll,promising, ho7ever,ato give i
evincing an nfoiadithesormer
produced in support of the charges, and said the depositions electors of Chichester an eatti
clearly proved that the defendant was addicted to drinking, to their principles, by opposing
yLoriopportunity of
Lenn4ovix
and was in the habit of frequenting public-houses with low general election. Lord Licury Lcnnox_ was then declared duly elect,
and and a vote of thanks being proposed to the Mayor, the meeting brt
_WWII con2-quently iu the habit of sweaxing i
owns, and up.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(YESTERDAY.)

•
Sub-Committee No. 1.
The members of this Committee met this day at 12 o'clock.
Mr. Strutt, the Chairman, was absent for some time in
taking the opinion of the Speaker on several disputed points
connected with cases part-heard.
At a quarter-past one o'clock, Mr. Strutt not having
arrived, Mr. Beckett was called to the chair, and the Com-
mittee proceeded with the case of
THE NORFOLK EXTENSION (STOW..
MARKET, WYIVIONDHAIYI, AND ATTLE-
BOROUGH BRANCH).
Mr. l'Hirr appeared for the promoters, and called the wit-
nesses to prove the deposit of the plans and sections, and*the
books of reference:
Mr. WEBSTER appeared on two petitions against the Bill.
Mr. Suturr having returned from Mr. Speaker, he called
the parties in the adjourned case of

Tug COMM! E STER, STOUR VALLEY, SUD-
BURY, AND HALSTEAD.
•The CHAIRMAN said that having consulted the Speaker on
the point raised against receiving the petition presented by
Mr. Webster against the Bill, the Speaker was of opinion
that a petition signed by the verbal authority of the parties
could not be taken, and in that opinion the Committee en-
tirely concurred.
Mr. WEBSTER said be was most anxious to explain a few
circumstances connected with that petition. The promoters
presented a petition to the House, charging the opponents
with having forged the parties' names to the petition against
he'Bill.
The CHAIRMAN said no such charge had been made before
that Committee.
Mr. C. PARSES said that he was not instructed to make
any such charge, nor had he intended to convey even such
a suspicion.
Mr. PARKS said he would call a witness to prove that
two witnesses summoned by the Committee in this case had
refused to attend.
The witness having been called, said that lie served the
peaker's summons on two witnesses, named Field and
Meadows, • clerks to Mr. Sarjeant, of Norfork -street, Strand,
and they informed him that they could not leave their busi-
ness. They explained this refusal by stating that Mr. Sar-
jeant could not spare both witnesses.
The CHAIRMAN—Did you tell them the hour at which the
Committee would sit, and the number of the room?

Witness said he did.
The CUAIRMAN intimated that the Committee would re-
port aceordinoy.

Z.XZTER, YEOVIL, AND DORCHESTER.

The CHAIRMAN said that in this case objection was taken
to the petition against the Bill for not having the name of
the Bill on the back of such petition. The Committee would
report this case to the House, and then deliver the order of
the House at a future sitting.

NORFOLK EXTENSION (STOWMARXET,
WYMONDIIAM, :AND ATTLEBOROUGII

BRA NCH).
This case was then resumed.
Mr. WEBSTER submitted several allegations of a trivial
nature against the plans and sections and books of reference.
A few of those allegations were sustained, but the larger num-
ber were overruled. The next allegation was that there was
no fixed point shown for the datum level.
The room was ordered to be cleared.
Upon our return the parties were informed by
The CHAIRMAN that the Committee were of opinion that
the standing orders were complied with in this instance.
Mr. WEBSTER then submitted that the names of certain
owners of land were not properly stated in the books of re-
ference.
Mr. Fairy contended that the allegation was not suffi-
ciently specific.
The Committee decided in accordance with the opinion of
the learned agent, and the petition was thereby disposed of.
The Committee said that the case would stand adjourned
till Monday, till the opinion of the House was taken as to
whether the standing order, 111 A., should be enforced.
This standing order makes it imperative on the petitioners,
for and against 'fills, writing the name of the Bill on the back
of the petition, and several Bills are interested in the coming
decision of the House on this point.
LEICESTER AND BEDFORD.

•
Mr. COATES appeared for the promoters.
The deposit of plans and sections was then proved.
Mr. Puirr appeared for several petitioners against the Bill.
Mr. JOSIAH PARKES also appeared on a petition against
the Bill.
The CHAIRMAN said that as the case was likely to occupy
some time, they would not go into the allegations in the peti-
tions till the next day.
The Committee then adjourned at four o'clock till twelve
o'clock to-morrow.