The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-30 00:00:00

TRE cHANNEL FISIIERIES BILL.
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411- I itee...e.., , .
June 23,18,13, relative to the Channel tisacreee, committed
,
-;',Y a French subject, or any other individual on board a '
French vessel, shall be tried by the correctional police cf the
arrondissement is which is situated the port to which the
boat of the offending party belongs."--Art. 2 states that " the
Proceedings can only take place on the complaint of the
missary of the French maritime inscription, or of the
E ni
eltZlish consular agent acting for l.is countrymen, without
Prejudice. to the right of the civil party to bring forward the
Matter by direct summons "—Art. 3. " Ail acts and proceed-
Ns shall he on unstamped paper, and the. assignatioes and
acts shall be delivered free of cost."—Art 4. ‘.".l.'he employ- •
Height
of nets or other implements of fishing, the dimeandons,
weight or meshes of which shall be in cam ravention to the re.
Nations estublished for;each kind of fishing, shall warrant the
leizare of such artielee., and render the offending party liable
1,-i a fine of from 10f. to 751. and an imprisonment of from
li,ro to ten days "—Art. 5. " All persons contravening the
measures of precaution and interdiction expreesed in the
eneral regulations, relative to the numbers and names to be
Painted on each boat, the distances to be observed in fishing,
the casting of spiders or nets the lights displayed, &e., `hall
1, liable to a fine of from 101. to 125 f., or to an imprisonment
of from five to fifteen d iys."—Art. 6. " Other infractions
eh all he punished :-1. By the seizure end destruction of the
:la and fishing implements, improperly used; 2. By a fine
'from 10f. to 2501, and an imprisonment of two days to a
iltonth."—Art. 7. " In case of recidive, the punishment shall
doubled. The cae will be considered one of recidive,
w!lart the person so offending shall have been "coinleinned
*chin the preceding two yeare."—Ait. 8. " Whenever
'aherrnen shall have committed at sea acts of violence
ainst other fishermen, or shall have wilfully caused them
,
u4tnege or loss, the tribunal can condemn such olleeders
to
~_ an imprisonment not exceeding twenty days, or a fine
•L'ut going beyoacl•l2sf. Should there be, at the same time,
travention to the regulations respecting fishing, the tine
Zhnprieontnent inflicted for such offence may be emu-
-4 te4 en the punishment of the other offence."—Art. 9.
then the case is brought before the correctional police,
the alumni!: of damagee civilly claimed must also be stated."
~-i:Art. 10. ~ n;? civil actions for damages brought on account
;contravention of the general regulations not proceeded
French
in virtue of Art. 2,0: for acts relative to fishing between
ill
fishermen, or between .7rencli and English fishermen,
befere the juge
rll be carried, whatever the a7ount,
'—Art. 11. " Every
r.:P,alx of the residence of the defendani--'
shall be
r:tma, whether relating to the offences piOvided for by the
'gnlations, or to civil disputes relative to fis::ng,
from the
itescribed after the lapse of three months, dating
i,4,3.„ When the Actiehall have taken plece."—Art. 12 " .E.-11ry
committed
on board aFrench fishing-boat, accused of having
8,12.1.`" niitted, against an Englishman or a Frenchman, in the
rlying between the coast of France and these of the United
lagdom of Great Britain and Ireland, an act. qualified as.
One by the French law, shall be tried in the ordinary forms
Lthe Court of Assizes of the department in which is si-
-4471e(1 the port to which the vessel belongs."—Art. 13.
',hen an English subject shall be arrested and taken to a
Frenchae port in execution of Arts. 64, 65, and 66 of the ge-
jtji" regulations, the infracti; :n shall he ascertained by the
~c) depaix of the canton ; this magistrate shall proceed; in
e,.',lformity with the provisions of -Art. 40 of the Code of
to.nlinal Instruction."—Art. 14. "When an English subject
,;`Vt be arrested and carried into aFrench port, iu conformity
A' n Art. 89 of the general regulation.% for contravention of
tritle.76 and the following of the said regulations, he shall be
!tied by the Tribunal of Correctional Police, Wahl the
been of which is situated the port to which he has
‘ll carkied, and shall be punished, if found guilty, by a
not exceeding 250 f. I,i case of non -paement, or in
Placefor of this fine, the Court can order the vessel to be detained
of apace of time not exceeding three months. The forms
lipProeeeding in this case, shall be the same as in respect to
French subjects, and the dispositions of Arts. 2,3, 9, and 11
,ofle. present Bill shall be applicable."—Art 15. "In case
an all a
eh ppeal to the Court of Cassaion, The fine to be Marked
''n all .be reduced to half thet anioUnt fixed by Art. 419
tr''
the Code of Instruction."
•

,SUICIDE OF -TWO LOVERS.:
0 ye Saturday, Mr. Blker held an inquest at the Erlinhurgh
raistle, Regent's Canal, Mile-end Old town, on the body of
1,?„"111Vaereil, jun., aged twenty, a young man of respe,sta-
tr;,,counexiOr4s, resitting in the neighbourhood, oho com•
"ted self-destiTiction by drowning himself in the Regent's
01 The mem:4l°ly catastrophe created mere than or-
th;arY interest and svnii"athy, owing to the circumstance of
th: swettheart of the-deceris,74, a young woman of considera-
i,e Personal attractions, named C_arolineßeale, aged eighteen,
o'f:: only a few days previously eL'mrnitted a similar act.
44elf•destimetion near to the spot where the body of the de.
Itri..,d - •
t 'at ceasedd and the young female, Caroline Bea!a.agrecd
o a..!
roe
tea on Sunday week last, with an acquaintan,:e4 of
to- Young woman, named Amelia Bane, living in Rhodowell-
-01, Limehouse, whei-e the deceased went, according to hie
apointinent. Caroline Beale did not arrive till some time
lt,i'&, when on seeing deceased, she remarked to him, that she
lif.rew. he had taken tea with Amelia, and that if he preferred
)r; , she would have nothing to do with him. She was in a
I:3:excited state and loft the house, but was induced to turn
Nei- a part of the way with deceased. She, however, again
ba,,,,away, and was seen no more alive. The deceased re-
g;.'ed„ to the other female, and said he had no doubt
14ine would come back when she became more collected.
ill body was found in the canal about nine tea:lock
ko same night. The' deceased, on hearing of the
taneholy suicide of his sweetheart, was inconsolable,
ekede., on seeing the body be clasped it in his arms, and
tr,.alriled that he wished he had followed her, so as to have
euttlented her self-destruction. Front that time he fell into a
fort' of despondency, and daily visited the corpse of the un-
ternsat e female. The previous night (Friday) he called at
maroother's to see it, being in company with Amelia Bane
Ilot ta Young man named Frederick C.3ok, who was directed
liou ° leave him. Deceased afterwards called at a public-
beale' where he said lie bad to meet a person. Cook and
s were in the parlour, when the former fell asleep. De-
pa„,ed took the opportunity to leave, and went, it is sup-
,4l,—", to the Regent's Canal, as shortly after his hat and coat
tnre found upon the same sione on which the shawl and
i,„--"_tuaet of Caroline Beale were placed, by the same police-
-3,9; who instantly obtaining the dregs got the body out. Mr.
Zilhitt a urgeon, attended, who tried to restore animation, but
'tilt:art effect. _ Verdict—" Found drowned."

NINTH REPORT Ft(0111 THE
CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE.
Your Committee recommend that the Ashburton, Newton, and
bath Devon Railway be removed trom Group No. 2, and be placed
Group No. 19.
Your Comm ittee having considered the various Railway Bills which
th,l'erlY come unders the head of "Amalgamation" Bills, have divided
,p into threeviz. :-
The amalgamation by purchase or otherwise :-1. Of existing Tall-
liemm.les• 3eynamOfesrailwi wth eac
wih
th other.
canals 2. Of new existing railway coin-
-- c. ays .
te'nur Committee accordingly have placed the following Bills in the.
"Vl Mass.
2,(1', aas 1.-Blackburn, Preston, and East Lancashire-Caldoeian,
Irt,''',. and Govan aud Clydesdale Junction-Chichester, Ports-
Cz7th, ..Edinburghd and Glasgow, and Wishaw and
eutil,,,,eas and Glasgow, and Scottish Central-Edinburgh
lie; Glasgow, and leirkintilloch-Edinburgh and Glasgow, Balloch-
. Ce an Slamannan-Huddersfield and Sheffield, and Manchester
t;,Leeds-Liverpool and Bury, and Manchester and Leeds-
'leZni and Birmingham, Grand Junction, and Manchester and
1,,,-`"inglartm-London and Brighton, and London and Croydon-
te7. and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and De:Them-Man-
!
eee,'ar and Leeds, and Leeds and Uradford-Pollec anti Govaet, and
pi."esditlo J unct;o a-Sheffield, Ashton, and Mimehest er-Shrewsbury,
ki""un', and Chester Junction, and North Wales Miueral-Glasgow,
te i.,aleire, and Coltbridge Purchase by the Caledonbui-Great North
itip.,t 'island Purchase-Hull and Selby Purchase-London and
tie.-" inabam Aylesbury Purehase-N ewcastle and Darlington June-
4,- ,i'ek untop 'and Soatli Shields Purchase-Bristol and Bikurlingbaru
t4tYldiande-Brittol and Gloucester, and Birmingham and Glen-
'r•
L: ,e
likLees IL-In this class are placed all those Bills, the object of
ty,,,=11 Le to enable new companies to unite themselves with existing
;;Aeilies by sale, pun:hese, lease, or otherwise.
etii; Year Committee have reason to believe that many ef the railway
*ii? before Parliarn4nt, in the present sessioa, contain clauses
/e 4 'eh would bring them within this class ; but inasnmeh as tie'
:r".,,ra sought for by such clauses are not specified in the titles oi
C-'41113, your Committee are unable to enumerate them. Yeir
retemsittee are net prepared to recommene any immediate inter-
te'nne eith the progress ot these Bills through the House, but they
e„:4altne that the principle involved in the clauses referred to eie
erale under the consideration of the Railways and Canal Amalgania-
oti Committee.
cad
111. -London and Birmingham Canal Arrangements-Mid-
eiati Purchase of Oakbam Canal -Graveseed and Rocleister Railway
' Cenal Purchase by South Easteni-She i eld and Manchester,
te'teri Canal Purchase-Sheffield, Ashton, aed Manchesier. Mac
mid Peak Forest Canals-Rochdale Canal, and Ma.!chester
ie, Leeda-Leeds and Macclesfield, and Manchester and Leeds-
ieancliester and Lincoln Union, and Taunt nd Gainsborough
e44al-The Chard Canal- Bridge safer andon Canal, Rail-
"`Y., and Harbour-Edinburgh 'arid' Glasgow, and Forth and Clyde
tvlon -Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and Union Canal-
4seCavrati, Paisley, and Johnstone Canal Sale.
* °in' Committee have reason to believe that there are other Bills
11,11fti: might properly be included in this class, but as they areelfh-
le, to
inspecify them, for the same reasons as they have already
~e'ed elase 11., they cannot recommend their suspension.
salad
Conee,:ettee, in conclusion, recommend that all Bills specially
I,',*.e4lad in Class 1, and 111. be not suffered for the present to advance
ejnlld their second reading, and instruct their Chairman to move
e°rdingly.
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„,,tioncierioN IN WALES.—A meeting of gentlemen
t- cted with Wales, and interested in its social advancement, was
i,is‘
a on Thursday evening, at the City of London Literary and Scien-
tete Institution, Alderseate-street, for the purpose of maturing
k—us s, which have been for some time under consideration, for ex-
t,:ling popular education throughout that country. It was resolved
tee')rni a society, to be called ” The Cambrian Educational Society,
i;.; Arometine the Establishment of Dee -schools in Wales, on the
ii-teieles of the British and Foreign School Society." It wee stated
.1. et the society, although wholly distinct from the British and
e°,l-,eiga School Society, was not intended to oppose that !mete insti-
its",9o, but to relieveit from all care about Wales, and to take eut of
,t, 'lands all that pertains t the establishment of schools in that
es4n,,trY. It
nave of the wLords of also stated
mbria's that thesoll, "Cambrandia possiblylthat cf her
d seek the
.I,sT Ca
ea- That it would be her ete!eavour to raise a laree iund (,e'
e° outary means), for the purpose of employing ageete throughout
the-l'
Principality, to guide the people in the establishment of schools;
Of
providing school plane suitable to all localities ; of essisting in pro-
krill
g grants from r weere such grants may be de-
or to
'e'l ; of em lo ang persons of experience to organise schools,
4tt them.' P 5 .
ktiti la molten when they are established;. of assisting coin_
rug
in procuring suitable teachers; of aiding promising but poor
rug men to undergo the necessary training at a normal school,
44°I.augh-rold, or Brecon ; of preparing and publishieg school-books
144,LPted. to Wales, hi the two languages, English and Welsk ; of
t::',.,111:5 grants of school-books, &c., &e. The schools, it was re-
,t'uLed, would he schools for all, and not for a sect, and would be not
name only, but truly and emphatically National Schools.
)41 The ii„ctitee papers allude to an att,mpt about to be
1,11)e to introduce an insevency law among he Straits traders. The
t4,•leet was mooted some years ago at Sing.pore, but the public
ebl'ilg was so math against it, that after a few feeble endeavours to
tai
ti0,,,0 the consent of the chief mercantile houses to a petition,
Zit g further was done, and the question died a natural death.
4e uecember last the Chamber of Commerce, by a majority of five,
121 a-ad a eerle,s of resolutlens in favour of the introduction of a law
Go` he relief of insolvent debtors, and these be :t submitted to the
ee m
truer, the non. Celoael J. W. Butterworth, an answer was re-
eijed, stating that he would forward them with his recommele:a-
nDe ia favour of the measure. Thete is a party la Singapore who
thP'•ft the eateaeion of the hisolvent law on the ground that
‘,714
"ally Chinese
send aro
away especially r
gproperty to iveu to douhlChiena•dealing and,
other
and
liler,
ei. -e3, through their own countrymen, and thus elude the demands
h 4 a creditor, who, it is supposed, would lose all hope of payment if
et'vere deprived of the power of incarceration. But it is said that
e
'ny ilindeos ha Calcutta are not less slippery in their transactions
in the Chinese, at tiingapore ; yet there has for a long time been
i•Vilsolvent Court in the City of Palaces, and tile loss eusteined by
foebankruptcy has borne no compar.son to that out:sloped by
raineolveney of Europeans. In Singapore, moreover, it has been
nod That of the whole number of persons unshelled to imprison-
de,„„' t for debt, only one-fourth are Chineae. As the old system of
ettitialg the debtor to die or starve in a gaol is so repugnant to alt
ler° °l's of eivOised life, the Indian papers fe eta to think that the
,??sal, backed as it is by C e reeonineeidation of the Governor,
ttZellilluee thee,egielative Council to give it their hearty concur-
feeti%and weedily to as measures for rendering the process e:-
7' le a -le
let; e. .uopE AND Tng POSEVITE.S.--The f,ast, or Sr.
thePhrY was celebrated at Rome. on the 12th with great pomp in the
had I%'_.' of Monte Cello, in the convent of the Benedictines. A triduo
tienv,:ar.l ordered en the occasion, to demand from the Almighty the
in tlice-st°o of England. A number of English Catholics had joined
tea,, , Vious ceremony, and the remainder uf the month of March
e,_,10 he devoted to prayer fer that intention. _ The Pope has made
• kis) ent Sf a splendid crucifix to Mr. Newman.
tee. '1,11Ilge; AND 6 UCCESSFUL ACT OF POCKET-PICK •
Weave -
eked of , - asa.lY, about two o'clock, a gentleman got his pocket
eta b "of. in the neighbourhood of the Royal ENCllti,ge. He
rout
se
at the Royal Bank, lifting a considerable sum of money, and
kali si.„l:arcel of notes loose into his great-coat pocket. The gentle-
ex „.,'uas-ossv, we understand, that he never stopped between the Bank
`' erd-street, and that he did not obaerve ally person near
neele-ad
30144 of haying tolkeu the lietey.--Gkiegote CAronicle.