The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY CO M MITTE ES.
(SATURDAY.)
HOUSE OF LORDS.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceeding* of the House of Commons.)
FRIDAY, JUNE 12.
RAILWAY BILLS (GROUP 64).
Report, that the parties opposing the Midland Great
Western Railway of Ireland (Mullingar to Galway) Bill,
had stated to the Committee that the evidence of Henry
Beausire, secretary to the Midland Great Western Company
was essential to enable them to establish their case before
the Committee; and it having been proved that his attend-
ance could not be procured without the intervention of the
House, the Chairman had been instructed by the Committee
to move the House that the said Henry Beausire do
attend the said Committee forthwith ; and bring with him
the allotment books respecting the Mullingar to Athlone Ex-
tension Bill, the blocks or counterfoils of the scrip issued,
and the bankers' books and receipts respecting the same ;
and the books containing the resolutions and proceedings of
the Midland Great Western Railway Company, and also
of
the Mullingar to Athlone Extension Railway Company.
Also, report, that the parties opposing the Midland
Western Railway of Ireland (Mullingar to Galway) Bill,
Great
had stated to the Committee that the evidence of William J.
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that William J. Egan and John Somerset Butler do attend
the said Committee forthwith.
Also, report, that the parties promoting the Midland Great
Western Railway of Ireland (Mullingar to Galway) Bill,
had stated to the Committee that the evidence of Mr.
Thomas Mulvany was essential to enable them to establish
their case before the Committee; and it having been proved
that his attendance could not be procured without the in-
tervention of the House, the Chairman had been instructed
by the Committee to move the House that the said John
Mulvany do attend the said Committee forthwith.
Ordered—That Henry Beausire, secretary to the Midland
Great Western Railway Company, do attend the Committee
en the Midiznd Great Western Railway of Ireland (Mul-
lingar to Galway) Bill forthwith, and bring with him the
allotment books respecting the Mullingar to Athlone Exten-
sion Bill, the blocks or counterfoils of the scrip issued, and
the bankers' books and receipts respecting the same; and
the books containing the resolutions and proceedings f
the
Midland Great Western Railway Company, and also of the
Mullingar to Athlone Extension Railway Company.
Ordered—That William J. Egan, John Somerset Butler,
and Thomas Mulvany, do attend the Committee on the Mid-
land Great Western Railway of Ireland (Mullingar to
Galway) Bill forthwith.

N 031711 STAPPORDSZIRE.
The Committee cn the three branches of this line met
vain shortly after eleven o'clock in Room B (New Houses
of Parliament). The Duke of Cleveland again took the
chair. Their Lordships were all present.
Mr. TALBOT, in answer to a question from the Chairman,
said that a clause had been drawn up which, he thought,
would meet the views of the petitioner (Sir Henry Every),
and would meet the approbation of the Committee.
Mr. Parke., the Parliamentary agent, was called to give
certain formal evidence.
The evidence of Mr. Bidder was then proceeded with. It
contained no point of interest beyond those contained in Mr.
Talbot's address, of which a full report was given in The
Sun of yesterday (Friday).
Mr. YALBOT then read the clause above referred to, which
was to the effect that " nothing in this Act contained shall
authorise or enable the said Company to purchase or take
of any property belonging to Sir Henry Every, in the parish
Eckington, without the consent in writing previously had
and obtained of the said Sir H. Every, or his heirs," &c.
Mr. Sergeant ALLEN objected to the use of the words " in
the parish of Eckingron," which he said would not restrict
the Company from taking that part of the property which
was situated in the parish of Etwall, adjoining the parish of
Eckington. lie therefore proposed the substitution of the
words "in the county of Derby."
Mr. Bidder said that there were no powers iu the Act to
take property in the parish of Etwall.
Mr. TALBOT very strongly objected to the alteration, and
a long discussion ensued, which ended in the adoption of the
clause with the alteration proposed by Mr. Sergeant Allen.
Mr. TALBOT then proposed a clause to refer the question
as to Mr. Cartwright's property to arbitrators, which
Mr. FLUND expressed himselfprepared to accept with some
alteration.
. alteration and a long discus-
Mr. TALBOT objected to tl2
Sion ensued, which ended in the room being cleared. In about
a quarter of an hour we were re-admitted, a 4
The CHAritstax said, that the Committeee had resolved
upon a clause by which they thought both parties Would be
satisfied.
Mr. FLu.rn, however, was not satisfied, and as the parties
could not agree,
The Committee ordered Mr. Flund to proceed with his
case.

Mr. FLUND said that before opening the case as to the
injury to his clients he had to raise a very grave objection,
which would be fatal to the further progress of the Bill. It
was this: there was no estimate for the littoxeter and Stoke-
npon-Trent Branch, which diverged from the Churnet
Valley line.
Mr...kusnx—A mere standing order objection.
Mr. PAaKEs--It was disposed standing the Standing Orders'
Committee, and they declared the orders complied
With.
31r. FL CND continued—He would call their Lordship?
attention to the 14th section of the 233 d Standing Order
" for the consideration of Committees on Bills," in which
they were directed to report the am Junt of the estimate for
each branch, and wh.thar they wer., of opinion that they
,tre sum,teut. Now, not only wa, there no special estima:e
far this branch, but he could prove that the estimate for th,
Bill was only suffi ient f.,r the main line (the Churroet
Valley
and could nor, therefore, he said to include the branch.
Mr. At7,,ribt was ai.,ut to reply, but
The 01.1MMAN stated, that if Mr, Flund had any wit-
nesses to call, he ouecit to call theta before Mr. Austin
replied.
Mr. Ft.ren then called Mr. Hopkins, civil engineer, who
said that the estimate for the Churriet Valley line was barely
sufficient fir that line, and could nut include the Ut-ox
branch. He believed that it wa., as an estimate for
the main line, and that the branch wa- omitted from the cal-
culations. The branch could not be made within the esti-
mate.

He was cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN, who endeavoured
to show that he (Hr. Hopkia.) was incompetent to make the
calculations.
The Committee, without calling on Mr. Austin to reply,
ordered the room to be cleared. We were re-admitted in a
few minutes, and
The CHAIRMAN said—The Committee are of opinion that
the 14th section of the 233 d Standing Order is complied
with.

RAILWAYS.
Select Committee on Group No. 48.
Dr. Bowring discharged.
Select Committee on Group No. 68.
Mr. Roebuck discharged, Dr. Bowring selected, and ap
pointed Chairman of the Committee.

Mr. Fr.t.rxp then said, that after the decision of the Com•
mittee, it would be absurd for him to attempt to oppose the
passing of the Bill, and to say that this important
district should not have railway accommodation. Neither
would he set up a case that there might be a better line
wade. In short, his case was now one of compensation.
Mr. ACSTIN expressed his willingness to insert the same
Clause which he had previously offered, by which the case
should be referred to arbitration.
The CHAIMIAN-Why there are but two courses left—to
refer it to arbitrators or to a jury. No clause was ne-
ceaary.
An agreement was then made between the parties, to the
effect that the matter should be referred.
Some other clauses were adjusted, and the Bills were passed.
Their Lordships then finally rose.

GAUGE OF RAILWAYS.
Sir George Clerk has given notice of motion,
Tueyday, the 16th of June, he will move the adopC
recommendations contained in the minute of the
Trade of the 6th day of June. 1846, on report of
sioners for inquiring into the Gauge of Railways:—
1. That no line shall her-tatter be formed on any other
than the four feet eight and a half inch gauge, excepting
lines to the south of the existing line from London to Bristol,
and excepting small brstiches of a few miles in length, in
imm, diate connexion with the Great Weatern R railway ; but
that no such line as above excepted shall be sanctioned by
Paniatnont, unless a special report shall have been made by
the Committee on the Bill, setting f.rth the reasons which
have lzd time Cm mminee to advise that such line shon1:1 be
funned on any other than the four feet eight and a half inch
gauge.

2. That, unless by the consent of the Legislature, it shall
not be permitted to the directors of any railway company to
alter the gauge of such railway.
3. That, hi order to c,mple'e the general chain of narrow
gauge communication from the north of England to the
southern coasts, and to the port of Bristol, any suitable
measures should be promoted to form a narrow gauge link
from Gloucester to Bristol, and also from Oxford to Ba-ing-
stoke, or by any shorter route connecting the proposed Rugby
and Oxford line with the South-Western Railway.
4. That the South Wales line, and its branches to Mon-
mouth and Hereford, should be permitted to be formed on
the broad gauge, as sanctioned by their Act.
5. That the Rugby and Oxford line, and the Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton line, should be permitted to be
formed on the broad gauge, as sanctioned by their Acts :
that the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade
shall exercise the powers conferred upon them by the several
Acts, and shall require that additional narrow gauge rails
shall forthwith be laid down from Rugby to Oxford, and
from Wolverhampton to the junction with the Birmingham
and Gloucester line; and that if it should hereafter appear
that there is a traffic requiring accommodation on the narrow
gauge from the Staffordshire districts to the southern coast,
any suitable measure shall be promoted by Parliament to
form a narrow gauge link from Oxford to the line of the
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway.

1.101.:SE OF COMMONS.
GROUP XVII.
TIANC WESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON AND
RAMSEY AND REDBRXDGE BRANCH
amnia WHSTERN).
The Committee met this morning at the usual hour.
Mr. HOPE continued his cross-examination of Mr. Cope, iv
the gentleman employed to take the traffic of the line, with en,
respect to the mode in which he obtained the returns which
he handed in, and was examined at some length upon yester-
day. He detailed the various items and the sources from
whence he derived them, and explained that he had in his Jun,
estimate doubled the traffic, a course which he was perfectly
justified in adopting with respect to this line, as the
fact had been so frequently realised on established
lines—on the Manchester and Birmingham, for instance.
Those whom he employed for the purpose of collecting the
traffic were persons used to the employment. They were
placed at v.arious stations in the course of the line, each
station being under the superintendence of a clerk well
versed in his vocation.
The witness was also examined by Sir T. PHILLIPS on
the same points, and the Committee rose at three o'clock.

STAI.VRIXG ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Lord Shaftesbury was the only member present at one
o'clock, the hour appointed for the meeting ut the Committee
on their adjourning last evening.
There were but five Bills on the list, and the decisions
were as follows :
NORFOLK (DEREILUI, WELLS, AND BLAKENEY

EXTENSION).

Standing orders complied with.
LONDON AND SOUTH-IVES I'ERN (HAMPTON
COURT LONDON AND SOU rti WESBRTERNANCH). (CHERTSEY AND
EGHANI BR NNCH).
These two Bills, which stood ov..r trom a former day, in
consequence of the absence of a witness, were again called
on to-day, and, the proofs heing completed, they were passed.
EAST OF FIFE.
This case stood over on account o the formal evidence. deficiency of some

that on
ion of the
Board of
Commis-

CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD.
This Bill was pasted.
It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to observe, that in each of
these five decisions the Committee was unanimous. His
Lordship having resolved hims.lt into a Select Committee
on merits, proceeded with the case of the East Lincolnshire
Railway, the only Bill on the list. It was unopposed, and
after some formal evidence had been given it was passed.
The Committee adjourned at half•past two.

NAME OF RAILWAY.

Last
week.

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SHROPSHIRE MINER AL RAIL-
Y. bPECAL ME TING.
A meeting of WA
hoI
the sharelders of the Shropshire Mineral
Railway was held on Saturday at the London
Tavern, in order
to receive a report of the committee appointed by the share-
holders at the general meeting of the Company; held on the
20th of February, 1846.
The chair was taken at one o'clock precisely by Alderman
Copeland.
The CHAIRMAN then called upon Mr. Wilkinson to read
the report.
The report charges matter of such a grave and serious nature
against certain gentlemen. that we will abstain from mentioning
names, and confine ourselves to stating a few of the facts as
they are set forth in the rep irt. A sum of 21,000/. was spent
in the purchase of eb sres, drawn by cheques on the share-
holders' money, and that by parties members of the finance
committee. It appeared that there were no less than eleven
members of the committee of management who never paid
upon a single share. The committee also discovered that in
two instances blank cheques were torn from the cheque-
book, and no memorandum was entered on the counterfoil.
It was found out that one of them, for 7,0001.,
was afterwards filled up, and that the name of Mr. Alder-
man Johnson, of Derby, was forged to it as the party in
whose favour it was drawn. As far as the Committee were
able to discover, it appeared that the purchase of shares
commenced in the month of October. The shares
were bought at Pi; premium, and in two days, the 15th
and 16th of October, 1,083/. 15s. was spent, making, up to
to the 28th of last month, with the purchases made by other
'nonenithbeeracits ofutohfeoeCommittee of Managment, a sum of ,3904
in the purchase
oftober a further sum of 7,8311. was invested
cheater brokers. There
through the medium of two Man-
for travelling ex. Was also a sum of 651. 15s. charged
rred during the above operations.
Another of the ehZuere
_oplo.unted to 897/. ; and although
there was no doubt th ty:tu:s2. had been returned by the
Wer7 had not been
bankers to the Company':
hinperaoduced to
the committee, and they
herneeelurtlz
to render any further account of t pacitated
stated that an abstraction of 3,0341.15x. was e„„TePliirt also
three of the directors, but for what purpose —,:oulduie4 by
e precisely known. The report went on to say, that aft Tog/ be
difficulty they succeeded in getting back the 4,800 shares,in-
volved in the outlay cif the 18,0001., whiche the committee
considered would be a great advantage to thCoami(jany.
A resolution, adopting the report, was passed, and
The CHAIRMAN stated that the persons connectedlow with
the abstraction of the money were bound in A and equity
to refund it, and if they did not do so voluntarily, they
would be forced to do so. They had taken eminent legal ad-
vice upon the question, and they were assured that the
whole of it should be paid back ; and that if A or B were
not able io do so, C or D should.
The meeting then resolved itself into a general meeting ol
the subscribers; Sergeant Adams in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, who was wholly disennuected with the
previous transactions, then addrei4ed the meeting, and
after having adverted to the painful position in which
he was placed, by being Chairman of a Company where
such improper conduct had been pursued, read a number
of resolutions to the meeting, the effect of which were to
wind up the concern and to take legal and criminal pro.
ceedings against the guilty parties.
Votes of thanks were then passed to Sergeant Adams and
Alderman Copeland, and the meeting adjaurned.

I4IT OF PRINCE ALBERT To LIVERPO -,L.—Prepa-
rations on a most extensive iti_d magnificent scale are proceeding
With 1R Liverpool for the reception of Prince Albert, on the ccca-
Bien of his Royal Highness's visit to that important port, to lay
the foundation stone of tke benevolent inaLitution to be called "The
Sailor's Home." The beautiful marine scenery on the banks of the 31er-
Bey will no doubt elicit the admiration of his Royal Highness, and it is
anticipated that he will avail himself of the opportunity afforded him
of viewing the new town and part of Birkenhead and the fine
scenery from Waterloo Crosby. We perceive by an advertisement
that that elegant and commodious hotel, " the Royal Waterloo," at
merly
Waterlooof the Adelphi , has beenned Manchesterf
season by Mr. H. S. Hewitt, for-
FOOLHARDINEB3.—Mr. Rea, soon after starting with
Ins of the trains on the Soifili Devon, OR the day of its opening, dis-
covered a man riding on the engine-buffer, about the most smash-
plant himself; for supposing he
able place on which a man could
could have held his post till he arrived at the station, unobserved by
in pulling up he might
041,114141,74 quite possible that
A CAM,
ck annu4
, -ff..eTagainst the next carriage, and killed on the spot.
ici .. . 1.:4;d ' the guard's whistle, the breaks were ap-
, mit •- , tilt • but it required vigorous efforts to dia.
i
..likiGf 1
gentl
Ettelrf wiwatu like a director to premiUln, Rild could
ict Effl7 briblptiViKbi igCe ••44rNf7Ifin/ligi,
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CRIMINAL LAW,

* Upon the subject of martial coercial, sea the note
to
article of section 1, of chap 1 of the schedule.
f The necesity for tbis provision as an exception to
section 3, is occasioned by the limited nature of the
digest now submitted to your Majesty, should it be pro.
posed to pass it into a law before the completion of the
whole digest of crimes and punishments. No such
clause would be necessary if the whole digest were com.
pleted. The following are examples of the offences to
which the above, provision is intended to apply, viz.,
tnason in shooting at the Queen, the offence of siriking
a judge whilst in the execution of his OIECe: &C.

The following is the second report ro the Queen's
Most Excellent Majesty, in her High Court of Chan-
cery," of the Criminal Law Commissioners:—
We, your Majesty's Commissioners, appointed by
your Majesty's commission, bearing date the 22d day
of February, in the Bth year of your Majesty's, reign,
in presenting our second report to your Majesty,
humbly beg to observe that by the orginal com-
mission issued by his late Majesty, certain Commis-
sioners therein named wt re required " to digest into one
statute all the statutes and enactments touching crimes,
and the trial and punishment thereof ; and also to
digest into one other statute all the provisions of the
common or unwritten law touching the same, and to in •
quire and report how far it may be expedient to combine
both those statutes into one body of the criminal law,
repealing all other statutory provisions ; how far it
may be expedient to pass into a law the first mentioned
only of the said statutes, and generally to inquire and
report how far it may be expedient to consolidate the
other branches of the existing statute law, or any of
them." The former commission having expired upon
the demise of the Crown, your Majesty was graciously
pleased to issue a new commission in the same terms as
that issued by his late Majesty.
Under these two commissions the Commissioners,
having considered the matters referred to them, gave
their opinion in favour of the utility of framing a digest
of the criminal law, and stated various arguments in
support of their views on the subject. They also pre
sented a complete digest of the criminal law. In frem-
ing this digest the Commissioners, in several instances,
judged it expedient not to present the existing provisions
of the law, but certain modifications thereof, of which
they deemed the advantage to be manifest. And they,
moreover, suggested various other modifications of the
existing law, which they thought were proper to be
made, but which they did not think fit to introduce into
their digest, on account of the limited nature of their
authority.
Your present Commissioners have proceeded to exe-
cute the enlarged powers of the present commission, by
which they are directed not simply to digest the law in
its present state, but, also, in consolidating its provisions,
to put into a form suitable for being passed by the Le-
gislature such modifications of the actual law as they
judge expedient to submit for the adoption of Par-
liament.
They entirely agree with the Commissioners acting
under the preceding commissions in their opinion re-
garding the importance of framing a digest of the crimi-
nal law. The propriety of rendering that law more ac-
cessible to the community, they think, cannot admit of
doubt. An ascertained text will also afford more easy
means of future alteration, whereby the inconveniences
of the law may be rectified, and it may be adapted
to meet new circumstances and exieencies, with-
out impairing the utzifortnity of the sj vein. As
to which point it is observable, that a great num-
ber of the definitions and punishm its of offences
has te. en enacted in statutes, passed at cliff-rent ds,
without due regard to •he geoen4l principles o, the lee,
or the consisteney of perticular oro%isione. It ie eon
ceived, ale., that juliciel inagistrae e will be greedy
as-isted by havin.: an authentic d -ys emetic x
the liw to which they can refer, th in the app: .c
tien of it to particul zr cues, c nsiderstile so .pe zoo-;
alw.zys rem tin fer t e exercise ~e,jud:2.11014 ptiil Caplet a
tory exites.rioe ( is new the case), by those entro,i,
with its adiiiiiistratien. With re sheet to the mo,ie
ire
which future additions to and alterat, ne of the lzw mite
be male, your Coinieissieeers concur in op i.. 0 is
ith
the preceding Commissioners, that it would be desirabie
that eueh alterati .ns and additions should be notified to
the public by in, aria of the Gazate. or some other
official .l current, and that at the cud of some fix d
period. e. y., three years they should, by the authority
Parliament, be embodied in the digest. On this sub-
ject, however, and that, generally, of the utility of a
digest of the criminal law, your Commissioners beg to
refer more particularly to the reports of the preceding
Cemmissioners.
Your Commissioners concur in general with the mo-
difications of the existing law adopted or suggested by
I the preceding Commissioners ; they think, also, that
some further modifications are essential, in order to
render the criminal law of the country suitable to the
present state of society, and conformable to enlightened
principles of jurisprudence. A simple digest of the
actual law without may modification, would, they appre-
hend, exhibit many imperfections, which, it cannot be
doubted, it must be thought highly expedient to remove.
Without adverting to all the defects in various branches
of the existing law, or anticipating at length what Hill
be more particularly considered in the course of this re-
port, it must surely be deemed expedient to modify
several of the present provisions of the law concerning
accessories after the fact—the justifications and extenua-
tions of homicide—the protection of officers of law whilst
engaged in the execution of warrants or other legal pro-
cess,—maritime coercion,—the punishment of accidental
injuries without reference to the intention of the proba-
ble consequences of actions,--that relic of barbarism, the
law of mayhem,—besides several other existing pro-
visions, of whieh modifications are submitted to the pre-
sent report.
On some matters, though we do not feel entire confi-
dence in our recommendations, we conceive that advan-
tage may arise from submitting enactments founded on
our opinions, the rejection of which, if unapproved of.
will not be attended with any material delay or incon-
venience; and the task of reducing into a statutory
form the will of the Legislature, when it is ascertained,
as regards any alterations, cannot occupy considerable
time. Of matters of this latter description, the new pro-
visions submitted by your Commissioners on the law re-
garding duels are offered with great hesitation. not se
much on account of doubts entertained by the Commis-
sionPrs, as because it is a subject deeply affecting the in
terests of society, and upon which public opinion is much
divided.
As the modifications of the existing law proposed by
the firmer and your present Commission( rs occasionally
affect principles of the deepest importance and most ex-
tensive influence, their consideration has necessarily
occasioned much research and consultation, and has con-
sumed much longer time than if the labours of your
Commissioners had been confined simply to forming a
digest of statutes, the principles laid down in text
writers of authority, and the decisions applicab.e to 11. e
subjects treated of in the present report.
In their pre,erit report, t our Coinuds,ieners humid.)
submit to your Majesty the daft of a Bid, framed w s
shape to be passed by the Legis:ature, ter the purp
of consolidutieg all the provisions of law as moditi.-d 5'
your i!omna.ssion, rs regarding the general in 'Vete
tr,a,fd of in the preliminary chape r of the schedule re
that Bill, amid the definitiens and punishments of the
offence of homicide arid other offences against the
Iperson. To particular articles of the schedule notes are
appended, indicating where the existing law has been
medified. and the nature of the particular modification ;
and the Bill and the schedule, without notes, are again
given its the appendix. Where the subjects to
; velich the articles relate, have been discussed by the
previous Commissioners, references have been given to
the reports in which those discussions are contained ;
and %here it has been thought necessary, the sentiments
of the present Commissioners, in reference to the pro-
/ posed teodificationse have been expressed.
I Although your Commiisiuners have lost no time
in submitting this portion of their labours to your
Majesty, and have, in pursuance of the authority under
which they act, framed the draft of the Bill now sub-
mitted to your Majesty, they submit that it will
not be expedient to pass such Bill into a law before
the whole digest is completed. For it is obsious that,
in order to secure entire uniformity of principle and ar•
rangement, it is very exp dient that the Commissioners
should have examined the whole subject as well
the part relating to procedure as that regarding the
substantive law. Much of useful generalisation may
thus also be effected, tending materially to render the
digest more accessible and intelligible. It can scarcely
fail to happen that any one chapter of the digest may
be rendered more precise and unobjectionable in ever respect after the Commissioners shall have diligently
scrutinised and reduced into proper articles all the other
chapters ; and until the view of the Commissioners,
with reference to the mutual dependency of the several
chapters and their general arrangement, shall be fully
developed by the completion of the work, it is very
probable that erroneous judgments may be formed of
the practical operation and sufficiency of detached parts.
DRAFT OF A BILL INTITULED "AN ACT FOR CONSOLI-
DATING AND AMENDING SO MUCH OF THE CRIMINAL
LAW AS RELATES TO INCAPACITY TO COMMIT CRIMES,
DURESS, THE ESSENTIALS OF A CRIMINAL INJURY.
CRIMINAL AGENCY AND PARTICIPATION, AND HOMI-
CIDE AND OTHER OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON."
Be it enacted, &c.
1. That the schedule to this Act annexed shall be
deemed and taken to be parcel of this Act, and that the
four chapters of the same, and the ten sections of the
said chapters, and the 146 articles of the said sections,
and the headings thereof, and the numbers thereof,
respectively, shall be deemed to be taken and enacted
by this present Act, as if each and every of the
said chapters, sections, articles headings, and
numbers had been expressly and in terms
herein recited, with the usual words and in the usual
forms of enactment, or declaration, or proviso, as the
else may be ; and that from the passing; of this Act
every one guilty of any offence descritnd in, or defined
by, the said schedule, shall be liable to such punishment
as is therein appointed in respect of such offence.
2. That atter the passing of this Act, the rule of law
whereby a married woman charged with the commission
of any crime is, in case her husband be present at the
time, presumed to have acted under his coercion, unless
it appear that she did not so act ; and all rules of law
and ate_
contrary
,toutuhde provisions v issai Ines
aorfechhaeprelb.yo tehpeeaslaeidd schedule
;at no person shall, after the passing of this Act,
be liable to presecution by an indictment or information
pect of any offence against the person not included
iinnatr.he:Psravidseedhetluatothing heceitibee re contained shall
prosecution %Lott indictment or
exempt any person from c
information in respect of any offence a
net included in the said schedule in any case wheePierat3n
any Act or Acts of Parliament, persons committing such
offence are made specially punishable on account of the
party against whom or the place wherein such offence Is
commitledef
5. Provided also that nothing herein contained shall

/ exempt any off nr'er from any proceeding in respect of
any offenee against the person in whik h any magistrate
or commissiener is or shall be empowered to exercise
any summary jurisdiction without trial by jury.
6. Provided also that as regards any offence against
the person perpetated before the - day of -- 1846,
and also as regards any offence against the person in
part perpetrated by any act done before that day, and
i;liich
that offence shall
day, the h' c.smpleted Ar consumma•ed on or
after
~ffender shall be punishable as if this
eac
Act had not been passed.
7. That after the passing of this Aet every off.nce in
respect of which it is declared by the said schedule that
the offender shall incur the penalties of the 6th, or of
any higher class, shall be tried in the same manner, and
be subject to all the same rules of procedure as if such
offence were by the said schedule declared to be a felony ;
and every offence in respect of which it is declared by
the said schedule that the offender shall incur rho;
penalties of any lower class, shall be tried is the same
manner, and be subject to all the same rules of procedure
as if such last-mentioned offence were by the said
schedule declared to he a misclemeanourl

The object of the above clause is to make the system
of proc-dure at present applicable to Mold ,a and inis-
dem-Anotars. applicable to the ,ffenees contaio d in the
schedule, accordirg to the provisions of the above
clause, until your Commissioners shall have considered
the whole subject of the degrees of crimes and trial of
offenders.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
ADMIRALTY COURI, June 12.
( Before Dr. Lusimrrox.)
THE SIRIUS.—COLLISION.
The Court was aided in this case by Captain Nelson and
Cantain Ferrer, from the Trinity House, nautical skill
being required to settle the points of navigation in dispute.
The owners of the schooner Deft were the parties proceeding
against the Sirius steamer, the former vessel having been
run into on the 14th November last, being struck on the
larboard quarter, cut down to the water's edge, and
soon afterwards sunk in deep water. The collision took place
off the Gull Light, and the Deft sark in ten fathoms
water, off Walmer Castle. The lost vessel was proceeding
to Caen, in France, with coals, and the Sirius, of 412 tons,
with two engines of 140-horse power, was bound from Cork
to Plymouth, with a general cargo. The case was con-
ducted by plea and proof. It was pleaded that the
Deft was sailing, at the time of the collision, with the
wind at N. W. by W. The Sirius had the wind N.E. to
N.Y.E., and as soon as possi%le, after the vessels neared
each other,_ the steamer's eiigines were stopped, and her helm
ported. The c•ew of the lost vessel were e.rved by a ship
called the Mary ; the steamer having pursued her course, as
there was no appearance of any serious damage having
been done to the Deft. The night was bright and the wea-
ther moderate. The material averment against the Sirius
was, that counter orders were given—firsr, that the helm
was ordered a s,arbo Ord ; next, to port ; then to starb
again ; then hard ; atierwauls " hant a-s ;a-
board," tx,:. The value of the Deft was stated at 6741.
Drs. Adilarns and !3a, turd tr,pe.ired tor the owners of the
Deft; Drs. ii,t!gard and Tales sopoorted the caso of the
own, re of the Si•t,is, atH enotembal that the seio le tault of
the accident wis attributable to the want of eo the part
of tho,e lint hoard the Deft.
Toe Lear.ed Jon tin swed he facts, aed held if the
steamer di lir.l p int In-r b list aiid s.oppe.i li• t e•igi •e , sire
(HI ha, wiii,ll was rig ilia evid.uce tit e
or the crew or the Sirius sew the D.it ,iit• W toll
males t}. 5!,,, III:* S.W. S of the e 011-r
ri! tine nwlat to lio7l, Isar. •.o' tun' il the eo•I••i(i a •5
tab e. her a ,t,-,tiner or aey vese:•l ca nu be+Or••
the Court. a, in a rgorinee t it had ,e.ar prestimeif that soch
powerful ves,ele ILIA rut frill j..stice r', then", h" (Dr.
Lu,hingto•,) wo-all or Iv ion that all trartjes coinin_
hefere the Court ha,t, as tar as racticable, jastive dom. to
them. It w,.uld he fur tee gentlemen by w earn !he C eat
was assi-ted to consider it :he orders—first, to port tie helm
—then to startx,ard—then to port—did not led zo the colli-
sloe in this case.
The Trinity Masters retired with the Learned Judge, and
after a short interval they 'plumed, and
Dr. LusiflNGrox said the gent ionen whore as i.,..ance this
Court had h,d the benefit of were of opinion t'at both yes-
tees were to blame. In that opinion he (Dr. Lushington)
entirely concurred. The next, question was where blame
we on both sides both parties must bear the share of the
loss and damage.. The Cour, very much regretted it had
to speak strongly upon the conduct of the steamer. The
persons on board the Sirius, it was proved, heard the hailing
after the collision took place, and they ought not to have
taken it for gnitted, as a matter on trust, that the ship
had not suffered injury. It was her bounden duty, and in
accordance with the pi inciplea of humanity, to stop to
render assistance. Much was it to be hmoded that such
en obvious duty bad been negketed. Under all the circum-
stances, and in conformity with a cicision givutt by Sir John
Nichol, the Court :elt itself bound to condemn the Sirius
in the costs.

. ,
cotir,gewent :0 spiti:ers to (10 to •p,,,,,
has 1:0 ta.letation in •be p eye ostt,Ke, ior the !a
tw,

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, June 13.
(Sittings in Banco.)
EADON v. BRANSON.
This was a demurrer by the defendant in an action for the
recovery of a sum of money, paid by the plaintiff for the de-
fendant, for a number of railway shares, the defencant con-
tending by his pleas that the plaintiff was not entitled to re-
cover the amount, inasmuch as the shares the plaintiff bad
paid fur for him were in railway compiles that had not ob-
tained certificates of complete registration, which was neces-
sary to make the transaction legal.
Mr. PASHLEY, whe appeared to support the demurrer,
argued that the decision of the Court of Exchequer in Young
V. Smith, was not correct, and asked this Court to come to
a different decision.
Mr. MARTIN, Q.C., whe appeared for the plaintiff, cm-
tended that it did not appear from the defendant's pleas that
the companies in which the defendant had been trafficking
had not obtained certificates of complete registration, and
when it was sought to get rid of a responsibility upon such
grounds as those urged by the defendant, it was necessary
to state it particularly upon the record. But he would apply
himself to what he conceived to be the lettitimate question
the defeadaiit sought by this demurrer to bring before t:ie
Court. The Learned Counsel then went on to argue the ;
various sections in the Joint-stock Companies Act, and
contended that it was quite immaterial whether the c:anp4-
nies had obtained certificates of registration to entitle the
plaintiff to recover in this action, that the Court of Exche-
quer, in Young v. Smith, had properly construed the meaning
of the Legislature, and the law as it tLen stood was correct,
and that if it was otherwise, ail the saes of scrip and every
scrip transaction would be decided to be illegal.
As there are several other eases berme the Court in which
the same points are rai.,t ¶ll :_3(part took time to co:si,ier.

COURT OF EX :;d yin-.R. June 1:3
After Term Swirl4s at Nisi Priu,, hi-fire the Lo.lp CHIEF
.13A1los and a Common Jury.)

S.VIINDEfiS v. CI:E.AGIi.
Mr. Crowder, With whom wes M. M. So) th, x!-ipeared I r
t.l, plaint iir. and Mr. Worth•wort.ll for the net'et..d,:fif.
nxtion brought by tlie irk w: .o are
'tankers in Exwter, to rec.. er ti e sat of 108/ from deteri-
d,.itt, uho is a hat .pay oftieer, and tint !mister to the out-
pensio,,ers of the ...outli-west of Eogland. The debt we,
alir
account bal.
After a letigi betted exatubtation of witnese, the case was
referred to arbitration.

EXCHEQI/Lit" CH,131.111,R, June 13.
SIB W. GossErr, KNIGHT, V. HOWA RD.— PII.VILE;;ES OF
THE HOUSE OF COAMONS.
This was a writ of error issued at the instance of the
S...rgeant-at-Army 4.f the House of Gann-inns, to
re;:over a judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench pronounced
in au action brought against the plaintiff by the defendant,
who is an att-,rney in Norfolk.str„,,
for trespass and false
and ill, g 'I detention of the defendant's person.
The ATTOi.:SEY-GENERA L opened the c4se for the plaintiff,
but had not concluded v+ ben the Court rose.
The further bearing is postponed till Monday.

SHERIFFS' COCII?7; June 13.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
SMITH V. JUNG.
The plaintiff in this action is a builder in T.,nle:F-court,
Carey-street, and the de;e..daitt is a baker in Nlar.borough-
road, Chelsea. The plaintiff's demand was for 131. 16.5. for
wet k and labour.
On the part of the plaintiff it was shown that an agreement
had been entered into between the parties that the plaintiff
should do certain work for the sum of 504 but that the de-
fendant wished alterations to be made from the original
plan, for which the plaintiff charged 91. 18s. It
was admitted that 461. 28. had been paid on ac-
count, and that a small portion of the work was left
unfinished, the defendant having met other perso,:s
on the job ; this portion of the work, however,
was es;imated at eighteenpence only. On the contrary, it
was contended that the defendant was bound to lay- out 501.
on the house, and plaintiff knew it, and agreed to do the
whole of the work for that sum ; and, in fact, it was not
worth more. and that, having been paid a part, plaintiff
agreed to take the rest out in goods. Nineteen shillings was
paid for the work left unfinished, and money was advanced
to plaintiff to pay the surveyor, and bread supplied to his
men beyond the amount of 501.
The Learned JUDGE said the case depended almost en-
tirely on the memory of the witnesses on each side. It was
a great pity that tradesmen entering into such agreements
did not reduce them into writing.
The jury gave a verdict for the defendant.

COURT OF BA KRUP IVY, June 13.
Before Mr. Commissioner Fuxin ANQUE).
E
IN RE HARLOW.
This bankrupt, who had carried on an extensive business
as a tobacconist and cigar dealer, came up to pass his last
examination. He was supported by Mr. Lawrence. It ap-
peared from his evidence that he had formerly been in
business, and was insolvent at that time, owing a Mr. Fryer
a sum of about 1,5001. Mr. Fryer afterwards opened the
shop and put in the bankrupt as his agent, and he continued
so from 1841 to September last, when Mr. Fryer said
that he had lost so much that the b enkrupt must
take the business on his own hands, and he required
him to sign a warrant of attorney to pay 81. a week
to pay off the 1,5001., a new debt, aid said unle,s ha did so
he must go ur. Bankrupt had ordered goods belore he
took to the business to the amount of 1001, but finding he
could not go on, he countermanded that and other orders.
The Learned CummtssioNEß said Mr. Fryer must kn.)w
that he could net fp ore tor the former debt.
Mr. Nicitott.s said he Rhould submit that Mr. Fryer was
not a creditor at all. He had allowed goods to be ordered
and sent in in his name and to his shop, although t he bank-
rupt's name was afterwards put up on the license board.
The CommissroNsit said that nothing appeared to prevent
bankrupt passing his last examination ; his accounts were
reported palectly satisfactory.

The manufacture of rihbed gloves is stteeeediog .0 rht
Utaloi4 writies ,if the ingeniou workman wh,, has intro-
duced them. This promises to be an extensive aid
valuable trade ; as the article is sound, elegant, end
goo.-I, and, we und,•rt-tand, is extremi ly difficult vi make.
The fancy bobbin-nee trade has rot improved ; and
is, however, so brisk in France, that we hate bad several
of the machine-owners in Nottingham for the purpose of
extending their arrangements. Prices have not lowered
since our last.
The warp lace trade is still worse, and the journ.y-
men have been reduced with sotne houses another 21.
per rack yard, or frm is. in March laNt to Bd, in June.
A good hand, working a 96 inch frame, making 24
yards, is said to receive 16s. ; but after paying all
charges for frame rent, &c.. he has ss. 3d. to trik., home
to his family, and that fur eighty hours hard labour.-
11ottingham Journal.

P OL I CZI
1NIOT:
THE: N AVIGATION BYE - LAWS.-Henni GeOr'ye Mason,
the commander of the Bride steam-boat, was summoned ue-
NHLOLUISG NUE
EE.'
fore Alderman Gibbs, on Friclay, by Mr. Fellows, of King's
Bench-court, Temple, for the vi•dation of one of the bye-
laws framed for the River Thames navigation by the Court
of Aldermen.
Mr. Prendergast, the barrister, and Mr. Cattarns, solicitor
to the steam-buat company, appeared for the deftnuant.
Alderman Gins said he considered the case proved, and
fined the defendant in the penalty of 31. Mr. Cattarns gave notice of appeal against the decision.
Mr. Henry Sharpe (of the house of Murray and Sharpe,
of Paternoster- a
long up6n pici,,n or having
committed a felony in the houseexaininaiion, of Messrs.sus Lewis and James,
his former employers, appeared to undergo a final exami-
nation.
Mr. Clarkson appeared fur the prosecution, and Mr. Bal-
lantine for the deleoce.
The first witness called was
Mr. Thomas Lamb Atkinson, who said—l am a ware-
LIQU/4" to alealug• Lew wad jun& Oa 00 Mill Q 1146 t

EXTRAORDINARY HOMICIDE .—A lamentable homicide
was committed through misadventure on Sunday evening on the
Pont au Change. Two young men, probably rendered ungovernable
by liquor, followed, with insulting treatment a lady and gentleman
alone the Pout St. Michel awl the Hue de la Barillerie, until they
arrived at the middle of the Pout au Change. Bete the gentleman
be, ante so irritated by the incessant annoyance that he snatched out
of the hand of the lady a 'Huse!, and, turning suddenly round, drove
the point Into the forehead of one of two men who were immediately
behind him. The roan sell senseless to the ground immediately, as
the stick had penetrated to the brain. while the wounded man was
left In the care of the friend who was with h m, the lad, and gentle-
man were taken to the guarchonse, in the Place du Chateler, but on
the explanation ;liven by them and in the absence of all knowled e
of the death or the man mole ~ they were :altered to depart, )he
man killed was a cook of the Municipal [itords, named Tonsselard,
and his triend, finding he was dead went on to the guaniliouse to in-
sist upon the detention of the murderer. lie bail, however, been too
lung gone to be overisecen, and as he did not give his name he bee
not since been discovered. Tousselard has left a widow and two
children.— llalignanis Messenger.
BIGAMY AT EVESEIAM —A Ct 18.4 of bigamy, w!-•ii•h i.s
likely to create some interest, has just translireit at Evesham.
Twelve months since ~ person of ~leas.ng manners took a' ho se in
Port -street, and commenced practice as a suigeon under the name
of Henry Lee Paget, and was getting into a I uciness of some extent,
hut was on Monday mooting given into the custed of he pi lice on
a charge of bitatiny, and was fully committed to Worcester tier trial
at the forthcoming assizes. It appears by the Londoil papers of
itt,out August, 1841, that a person calling himself lir. Inime 1, oho
had been practising in Alber arle-streei as a physician, suddenly da
camped, victimlzhig tradesmen to a cons:derable but previi.us
to which be got introduced to the family of a medical gentleman of
respectability, and mare propo'als of marriage to his daugiter,
and a day for the nuptials was actually fixed, when he w s to lid
to be a married man, and his real character expose i ; and it
now proves to ne this identical Henry Lee Paget. It now a pe),:a
that on the 7th of July, 1835, he married a daughter et remtieec
with
dentist in London, named Mackarsie, and after living some
her they separated. In September in the Sallie year he h itdin
self into the
nimsed at Abergavenny. and had again Ingiati
1 ult to be married,
located
affections of a yout.g telltale, with whom he was stout
he
a day being fixed for the purpose, when foriiitiii
the father, mid upon
was again
filed. by some rumour of his eharac'et reacit
Fon. Ht. next testy
inquiry the young woman escaped the ceoti,n
mli,eirrwitads a.psplries! was at Bath, where, on the 7th of
.31ar
the time
itniee
Alice Love], with whom he was living at
m-r casualty that lie dis-
headed. For three years and upwarda, Mr Mackarsie has been igno-
war, es,er Journal.
rant of his movements, and
tit
,f the
try a -
covered hini.—Coriesponden

OF T Pr. NIA KFRS STaiii Ft UE TOBACC PI ,i-
.--The
recent
om-te)leng
tobacco-pipe ot Lon Jon and its vicinity determined at a
: to cease from %yolk, tr...ni and alter the 13th inst., un-
less their rate ot pay be tocrea.;...d.
MARKET, JUNE
12--WaWs
WAKEFIELD CORN
rt,al;Rilivrnlal
rather lar;ter arrival this week. Our market to-0:1y
att,mded, and as the quantity of fresh Wheat to
0 as extp,„ ,:-:
Saud 11 “ --'
--.
eatali, it sold easily at previt tl4 pr.eeS. Bari,.3.
limited request, without alteration in value. OatS beillg"Velr'sye"chiie
made rather more Altitle7 i alag Ignigne Wet int 4
ilgaS 0 OOP/ . il potty dolma.
- --- . - -

THE SUN,_LONDON, MONDAY
_MORNING, JUNE 15, 1846.

February I sent to Mr. Ilobertshaw, of Oxford-street, one
of the pieces of 7-8 muslins, No. 1,600. Ott approbation we
enter them in a book, and on the return of the cambric I
directed Mr. Wood to cancel that entry. On the afternoon
of the 14th. in making up my department, I missed this
piece of 7-8 muslin. I mentioned thi4 to Mr. Wood, who
had cancelled the entry, and I directed Payne, another
porter, to make inquiry about it. In consequence of this I
communicated my suspicions to Mr. Lewis. I had befirre
that time mentioned my suspicions to a Mr. Evans. Brtbre
Sharpe left the service he itiquirtd of the if he could ha% e
cambric-box.

Cross examined by Mr. Ballantine for the prisoner—We
also do so, and I considered it to he my duty to leave tl-,e
cambric on the counter till the evening and then to put it
away; and on clearing up, about tour Wel a.k, I mi..std it.
The counter is at the end of the warehouse. There is a door
leading to the street. I made nu- suspicions known to Mr.
Lewis about Sharpe not a week er he left. My reason for
aoiag so was, that I had seen Sharpe take linens .-nt of the
rack, and put them back again. Sitarpe's uu.y waa no.. with
the cambrics. I believe the cambric produced to be the cant
brie I pack ad up, front its quality. I carry it in my eye; but
I will not swear to it.
William Payne, porter to Messrs. Lewis and James, said
he heard abaut the cambrics being missing on the I4th of
February in the w..rehouse. He haU seea Mr. Sharpe about
one o'clock on that tidy about two yards from the pace in
with the cambrics were lying. and Lad Cuset ved him there
before on the same day.
Cross-examined— He remembered that many other per-
sons had been there as well as Mr. Sharpe.
Several witnesses were examined to prove the identity of
the pieces of French cambric

ldernvin Gums stated that it WAS his intention to com-
mit the prisoner for trial to the Central Crirni:nt: Court.
Mr. Ballantine then applied tor leave to put in bail, which
would be forthcoming to any amount, but
The ALDERMAN refused to accept bail, and, the pavies
being bound over to prosecute, the defendant was committed
for trial.

STATE. OF 'MADE.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, JUNE 12 —Most
descriptions of foreign wools have teen in rather better
request this week, and a lair amount of business trans-
acted. We do not perceive any tendency in prices to a
further decline.

ENGLISU WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, JUNE
of English wool have been quiet this week, and prices
are quoted as stationary..
WAKEFIELD WOOL Af ARKET, JUNE 12.—The wool
trade, still mks duli, 4111 although quoia!ionsrernab. the
SaglP, suths are wade with dith.ulty, and on hardly so
good :ems.

- YORK WooL MARKET, JUNE 11.—There has been a
very large show at this day', market, but the attendance
..I buyers was only moderate, 'wither purtmasers a
butlers apoearing very anxious to do busint.ss. and
throug),ut the flay the sales continued to be dull, wiAch
Iwas no doubt ow in to the rat quantities ext.,bited,
•ind lower plices in s,v-r,il ea...s ',ere s..thitotted (o.
'lle t.,ll,ovittg, are th n a,est. to ta.i ,re- : - Ewe Ici !.
to lid., i-Attz ;aid ('N-1. I I :1.1., 12.1., ti, ''_;d. per lii.
IhrLi, tVot'l. ATARKFT - -I;,ere voi , n t:iir st:Nly 0
wo,•I, and ,e.ne, a 11. it go • I cr; ;I,i, 'flie ~, ~i .;„..
01 bti.-,..r., it u 5 lane. a di n• ii li A I ',a S •iii lip iii 27s
f.,, 28,...4 6'.. ,er (id. l: Ili f:,• r. 1,-; 1- ~, !-,ic '. - .., •
r• e-.i,, ,1 oi, h.. ;,r.,. t•. -, ~, 1,,a in.. a ItAi It
cipidy is all .14.j11414, , ;pi), 1,, , k
~FCK3I NIMIKI..: BI.A.NKET MA PK i-.T. JUN). 11
l'he :At.- i ea, , 0- La-i 'r, .: pt• In .I-Ii: ~ ..t: M ii -a
ti4,l t,,-,iay, ila iii. :.• 4,1 ;0 ~4 , (I. i•. r. ,s '4.1 •in .L.
4+l=•!roi..i: m priee- t e ~I •• ii ~,eek... do , -..i. pl-
e,,nt,o:u- ..,.4,,,,

MARKF:T. !HUH DAY, JUNE t,
bu,b“ s;4l, s Vl3 1.11,. l'• e spin
In-rs buy ~I,ly fur I res,m re, -
t-vtr, nu !ail in /Tie, In 3 urns tin re 1, a fair so
far derna,•d i•Ut I.tiCt•S ,11,41 zi, t,r ; tit/

MANCHESTER THURSDAY EVENING —A f.ar that tli,
Ministry oognt derea'.rti •11 t e Iri- .oereloo B
before the final setth-nnent of he c-ro qu,stion, ha
u-tf, et on the Inark,t ‘k hie') wns. on
the whole, du eid,-.ly di 1. Prioes, hokievu r rtimato th,-
ult,.ea both iur goods flu

TWSIERI. AND LACE TRADE.
The con,litiou of the cotton s tock;rig-makers is not in
the least int: roved, the supply in almost ev. ry ,nstanci-
ex,eedit.g the detuaud. A s•trt of fever is a...ain coin-
trii.:nio.ing to t-ruig,•we to the I.Toitmit State,, wh: re the
io,iery trade, it is usser:,l, is very bri k at (il:runt
Priiia:teip!iitt, tin ; Ntto V- sic, not only h,r sio,k-
ing-(unkers, but for fraire--,nakin.z, frAtt,)-soil'ils 0.
in great uvest in the forme, p!:ce. This is entir. ,
attribuied t;) the heavy duly of 33 per cent., which is
vig,rtr,...wily levied on hosiery, the ditty being demanded
the instant the goods are landed, atul that not upon the
d.'clare.l value of th import. r, at, in Holland and Great
btu up,n such value as the American author:-
ties choose to put upon them, which is freq.:it-a. tly so
much aln.ve their real value, that we have heard of
one house trading to Ne,, York that hes been charged
to the amount of 10,0001. in duties over the sale pi le,.
We have heard of a great many frames ing made,
and more recruited, to be sent out to the States. The
trade would be immense wet e it not for the 33 per cent.
duty, which is taken upon the New York or Philadelphia
in value, and not upon. the N-ttingham, Leicester, or
Derby price, making with 3,000 Indus' carriage and
freightage, an additional 160 per cent, Thus a irame
worth in England 201., is valued by the American
customs at 35/., upon which is charged a duty of about
12/., making 47/. The carriage to Liverpool, boxes,
freight, land, and cartage w...uld amount to 5/. more,
making the cost of th' frame at Gerurit.in Town about
fifty guinea, ; hut if the -lane frame is taken out by a
sto,•l(i,ger emigrant the cos,. o•dy be ~:tout 231,
and thus he would gain ncar :30/ by the venture.
The cotton-glove franc sriil k eps in a pre t ho
state, and for extra fine gloves, made in imirali,nt Id
Flemish fica article=, the demand is exee-d rig the supply.
It is not genera ly known, but repeat* d experiments
have pr..ved teat cotton wiil otit.-rar any o'her fibrous
article. A wheelband, or other band made of cotton
will wear dounle the lime of silk, 1, Hex, hemp, 0
silk grass ; but tine fl x has a 4,4,s and a to tllliaiT •'
t ha: cotton c,:ti ne,er tart ivy at
The silk -rat ,w, r g to , k eps retro.,:r
tney host r,, • xcept a 1114 is, st eat. up n the pun
of ,•xtittetio., iu tots e. tar:l,l.lw: tit, tit,
stint of Le4;-51,r, heh Las an • xt.,-ti,ive run n
d ,a• p .1 ...q seas:. ls.
The It aver, ,:'.lets 1),-atteli is lilt tic
an:fonder!. W mu, ret, a, ti, twt are
teat the 1 411, 11.11,!,,rs h l I) IS Pill .:pplt•
the the kit s nki tit.
though t,,ey hav, rt,en appiti ti by •it Fr. och gl C.•
all 1-6•11; to u.-re than fi,e yea.,,,„ Toe unomisettoe
of this web is eery exteiis ginure than
tnree hundred hritid lase! tn. -, the gr, at. r part 1
which are in L.driti ill. It li t,rtied
pal.y by tour tirms—ttamell , Ales-vs. N ek• 1,, It;
C ~utehouc Computi2,,, Lou o. r ; .lie seas 11 (1411
Leic
lav• now of Nlttunt East•strwet, No. to-tots ~ Aqt.r
ster ; and Nlessrs. li, (s and Bed, kie of
sort of war between the Lunt tat hosier- •he Gto,;!-
chouc Company, in wh,el3 Sir P. Law ie acted as the
brittle-holder, the Caoutchoue C0ai1.,,.1 tell wider the
side controi, or wry nearly . L-af, the oi•:
ho, t:fter some ,bg lit -k
with Messrs. Nickels, who retie-ell iic:nces to any pers•srs
but Messrs. I3ed, lls, of Leicester. woo, it is ~ssero-d. haw.
ma le terms with them. The fourth party have continu
ally hoisted the standard of d• fiaoce, and having oht •.itte
a Patent, in October, 1843, ~.eetneil terinined to carry or
t'.;t4 manufacture. Au injunetint; was to rued uo, n ;
but on the Bth tilt Nis s I em,.ved '.•3/ the Vtc,-Citae-
c. Ilor. The 42:11,JUlfit d pattl:, es ar, nrta, proeeedity.; a
contrn,,n law ; a writ and oteet.rratto,, has heft issu,d
the Coantrion Pleas, to which the Nottingham irwron -
own: rs mean to plead, and a jury ma-t now d. cilia the
question. It appears that the method was a c,,nununi-
ca'iout from Prussia.

'FLANDERS and H A MBURGH MAIL.
BRUSSELS JUNE 9.—The average price of wheat for the
week ending on Saturday June 6, was 23f. 42c., and that of
Rye 17f. 98c.
The Chamber of Representative.,, in its sitting to-.1.,y,
agreed to the project of law relative to the larixatubtag
Railway, by a majority of 56 to 3. It then discussed the
iject of law relative to a vote of 28,000.000 f. for the war
department for 1846. After a rather warm discussion, the
question being put, it was found that there was not a sufficient
number of members present. The Senate closed the general
• debate on the budget of the department of the interior, and
that in the canal from Devuze to Scriptionck.
WARSAW, MAT 25.—lhe police in Warsaw, which n
former visits of the Emperor took all imaginable pains to
excite the people to express their joy, by buzzaing, waving
hat-, &c, has in this remained in the background. It is
said that this hat been done by order of the Emperor hirnseif.
A gr at sensation has been caused by a vi: it which the
Emperor has paid to Countess Nzenaska, Mid of
Honour to the Empress As this lady, whose husband is
still in the struggle for the inlependetice of Poland, whose
brother, the celebrated General Duriter Chodkienioz, atoned
for his love of liberty in the dungeon of St. Petersburgh, is
disclaimed by the Polish patriots as an apostate, this imperial
favour, whicn is granted to very few persons, does not serve
to tegain the best re pects of his countrymen. Thi, honour
is roost strikingly contrasted with th • tr,attnent, still believed
by malty persons to be true, experience 4 by Countess Ka-
lisgi, for havin,.: saved the rash Domlnou•ki from death on
the gallows; neither her beauty, nor her sex, nor the inter-
vention of her otherwi,43 so influential uncle, the Mini,ter
Count Nesselrode, could do anything in her favour. She has
been obliged to leave Warsaw with her father, Count Nessel-
rode, nephew of the Minister.—Brussels Gazette. It is to
be observed that the story of the treatment said Io• have
been suffered by the Countess Kalisgi, has been declared in
several journals to be entirely without foul:dation.]
Cit./wow, MAY 27. since Colonel Szweikowski received
the note from Warsaw. the preliminary investigition pro-
ceeds rapidly. It seems as if it were intended to implicate
only a few persons—twelve or sixteen are discharged every
day.

WARSAW, JUNE 3.—Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock,
the Eniperorand Empress, with Princess Olga, accompanied
by his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia. arrived here,
and were received in the Lazionak Palace by the Prince Go-
vernor and the_principal civil and military autheirities.
At the Palace Chapel, where their Majesties alighted, they
were received by Archbishop Neianor and his clergy. The
Archbishop made an address to their M.jesties, which was
followed by a short prayer, after which their Majesties re-
turned to their apartments in the palace. The Empress then
appeared on the balcony and most graciously wiluted the
people as:sembled before the palace. The city was spleadidly
illuminated in the evening.
1.1.1.1111t11tt11l BORSENRALLE, Juzs 9.
kustrian 5 per Cents s. Money
Bill
..
Bank Shares
Anglo-Russian Loan ........•• •• •• torig
Russian 5 per Cent., [lamb. Certificate. 101%
Ditto Ist series Inscription ..... ••• • • • 10214
Ditto, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th series.. 96%
Ditto, in Ceritleate.......... •• •• •• . 96%
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. •••• 8,)%
Ditto Stieglitz . . 88 87%
Spanish New 5 per Cent ....... ..... 17% 174
Ditto 3 per Cent ••• • .
indo-l'orttigliesc Loan, 2 k.. 4 per Cent
fond, Actual Debt, 21,4 oer • ent .
Dtto 3 per Cent.
Polish New I per Cent. ' (am 1844
4tiglo-Danish Liens, 3 per Cent
National Bank Shares

81
86% 861 i

Dl.l rt fi FUN DS. AMSTERDAM. JUNE 5
31(mey Kil
60 ,31,14
72V, 723
t 314
99 100

Actual Debt, 2!t, per 4 'ent
Ingo, 3 per Cent • •
lint., t per ('em
%Ann Syndic. 4t, per tent
• Intro, 354 per Cent • •
Comnierctal Company. 44i per Cent • • 169%
Cast India Loan, .1 per Cent • •
44.xttlennte on London, at sight • •
Two inonths.• • • •
On I lamhurgh, al sight
Two Inolitfis
On Parts ..
Two numbs.

eli I'apr.4. Jude 6

1704