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London, England, 1846-06-23 00:00:00

SWANSEA VALE

Railway Bill.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock until twelve to-morrow

GROUP XLVIII.
THE LLYNVI VALLEY. -"'
The Committee met again this day at twelve o'clock. Mr. Ald-
ham (chairman).
The evidence for the promoters was proceed with. A long cross-
examination, on behalf of several landowners on the line, took place,
but nothing of importance was elicited to endanger the case t9r the
line.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met to-day at one o'clock, in Room I, House of
Lords ; present, Lord Shaftesbury (chairman), sincliLords Itawarden,
Redesdale, Richmond, and Winchester.
There were on the list thirty-two Bills, which, with one exception,
were all railway Bills. Decisions were made In the following cases:
MORAYSHIRE.
This Bill, which in the brevity of its title, is only surpassed by
the " Deeside," which was disposed of on Thursday, was one of
those in which the standing orders of the House had been complied
with by the parties.
ASHBURTON, NEWTON, AND SOUTH DEVON.
Standing orders complied with.
MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION.
The Committee decided that the promoters of this Bill, which
had been adjourned from Friday, in the absence of one witness, had
complied with the standing orders.
The following Bills were called on, and having been part heard,
Stood over for further proofs:—
YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
NORFOLK (YARMOUTH EXTENSION AND LOWESTOFT
RAILWAY LEASE),
also adjourned till to-morrow.
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND GREENOCK (POLLOC AND
GOVAN).
GLASGOW SOUTHERN TERMINAL.
Both adjourned till Wednesday.
CALEDONIAN (GLASGOW TERMINI AND BRANCHES).
This case stood over till to-morrow.
The Committee then resolved themselves into aM
The decision,
MIDLAND.
This
Bill
was
SELECT COMITTEE ON MERITS.
The list contained sixteen Bills, of which sev en Only were railway
SvTirtlßuauLL;TGPSagsHleßd. E
Bills. Of these the following were disposed of
however, stood
over, on the absence of one witness.
GLASGOW, STRATHAVEN, AND LE
The preamble was declared proved. SILARAGOW DIRECT.:
A clause was inserted, in conformity
Committee, as to placing lod with the resolution of the
LONDON ges at all level crossings on public roads.
AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY ACTS
AMENDMENT.
This was a third-class Bill. The proofs as to the standing orders
and as to the merits of the Bill were proceeded with at
the same
time, and the Committee declared the standing orders complied
and the preamble proved.
The Hamilton Ncw Gas Bill was passed.
THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAIL
beiWAYng absent, its
This Bill was virtually passed, but one witness
further consideration was postponed till tomorrow.
,
BALLOCIINEI .
tinged to the third class, and was
Laconic again This Bill
belLondon and South Western Amend-
ment,treated in the same way as the
It was passed.
above mention/14.TANDING
ORDERS.
Their Lord hi-resumed the form of a Standing Orders' Com -
mittee, and proceeded - n thenwith the remaining Bills on the list.
CROYDON (THAMES
LONDON AND CR THAMES JUNCTION BRANCH).
The the standing orders Committee declared
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE (NORTH EASTERN).
Their Lords
SCOhiTTpsISH C made
ENTRAL a similar decision(DENNy 111 this case.
Standing orders complied with.
MONKLAND AND KIIiKINTILLOCH.
The same applies to this Bill. The Morecorabe Bay Bill was also
passed.
GLOUCESTER AND DEAN FOREST RAILWAY.
This case, as well as that of the
WISHAW AND COLTNESS (GREENHILL BRANCH),
was postponed till to-morrow. So also was the
FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION,
and some others.-
NEWMARKET AND CHESTERFIELD.
The standing orders were duly declared complied with.
CALEDONIAN (MID-LOTHIAN BRANCH).
HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY AND
CANAL (HUDDERSFIELD DIVERSION AND COOPER.
BRIDGE BRANCH). MANCHESTER
SHEFFIELD ASIITON-UNDER.LYNE, AND
, BRANCHES).
(DUKINFIELD, WORSBOROUGH AND OTHERN
SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND C AL (NEWTOW
ti
TO CREWE).
The above Bills were postponed till to-morrow. d
at Quarter to Pe, au adjourned
The Committee then rose
tal to-morrow at OW.

•
PRAWlntall ARA DIANIVidt*MAti,
ansseet.e, Tt-sE I Or...Vitt Chatebcr confirmed to•ees -the
egeneral•deleete.on. the ate 'gfie.eilesiiii.Quee.,:act-e_eral petitions Were
;presented, brought by the 1:44,%:- •frM owe .Ghent by vray of
- •
. •• ja , • - •
; The I:7;:p,iziirgl: ofelysees affirms that 'the' accounts which - •
• •
'sprne have thought fit to publisb;reepectihg the reer.ppear-
ctsoohneirmtradrise: as,
Lei;
roelrePog!rattells'enariecondition,_entirely f a
al ;hive -that
e
oa"t
not the e
tt
abundant crop, and the rye an average crop. •- The - The wheat-promises. an
which has attacked the rye will do but little miechj.efe ).41!! •
ears are fine-and butt Is drought that the yerediice
be one-third less titan last•year,
il Ontheeotherelcondeaelttter .
frUm Dixmude says, Ht-
the drenght thrdaterie sereausineury '
'to the potatees;andoette.es serious apprehensiorie for the d.s---
- trict. -Th-t-Wheat and ryee-aereueun•emin_they eleeedy .
cutting, and the celzeeetbe produce Of Which is greater than
"was ever known. _
•
Bnuse-enes, JucE 19.—The Chamber continged:the ne.r.eral
debate on the sugar queetion, which was closed with a great
majority •in -its faveure ,The Chamber then. proceeded to
the discussion of Art. land the amendments:that breve. been
proposed ; but, before the debate on Art 1 was concluded,
the Chamber was. coented, and there not being a sufficient
number eufellerabere
_present, the debate was -adjourned.
Our readers may have observed bow. much the project of Lew- -
on' secondary instruction. ,leas )0et.‘1133- t'interest since the
amendments of the Government haw been known. At first,
the. Opposition journals proved something to blame, but they
expressed themselves with hesitation; and:enow, they are
silent. The controversy isideed--41esdlutely dead: A French
jodrnale the liberaNne .of Which is not to be sus-
pelteil, speaks as 'follows '.cf the • project_ of the Go-
vernment :—" We' ehaire-e before. us - the article of the
project of law on secontiareeinstruction, which M. De Thieux,
Minister of the•lnfdriOr; 'presented, to the central section of
the Chamber cf Representatives of- Belgium. This project
is called hypocritical: by an opposition that seems to us to
have in view persOns rather than - principles. If we may
believe the.Coneriee d' An veri: the Government has decided
that:
bet. in geceral passports Shalinetbe required at the frontiers
Gerihany, and Holland, and that the police should
confine
the territory vagabonds who
`o Prance,
itself
exp.oiogfioin
might endanger tile publie safety. Thus an honourable
Itav'eller,ooming to Belgium, may henceforth spare himself
the tinuble Of providing hioselt with a 'passport, which a
dishonest -traveller always obtains without difficulty. Ap-
plications have been'mide to Messrs. Guizot and Dueliatel
to obtain reciproCity.Mi their entrance'inbe France.
' . ruussi,kx FUNDS.—Bnualt, JUNE IS.
Bills. Money.
•
13t:Bcbuld Sell.. 314 per Cent -••••• • " • • • ' 96% 95W,
• I'russ. English Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent..• •• • •
Foreign Exchanges,. ...... ..... ••
Exchange on London, Ll Sterling, 3 Months. 6 24% 6 24%
Ilarnburgh, 300 Atark3, 2 months.l49% 149%
Paris, 300 fr., 2 Months .. . 79% 79 2.3
2.
•tiniversal Prussian Gazette, June • • • • • •
~ • _ lIAMBLTRGEI pOIZSEN/TALLE. JrN't 19.
Austrian 5 Pcr cents .. ..... Money- -
Liao,. shares •. • ... ... • .• • • • . • •• • • • 1580
AnelOeMuesien tan . .....
Russian 5 per Cant., 'Leine. 1014
Ditto let series Inscription
Ditto, Hope and C0.,3d and 4th series • • 95
Ditto, iu Certificate • • • .
New 4 per Cent., Hope and CO. • • 119%'
Ditto Stieglltz •• •.
- .Spauish•New 5 per Cent •••• • • • ... •• • • 17 IA 17
Ditto 3 per Cent .... ..... ........ 29 28
Anglo,Portughese Loan, 2% per Cent • •
Dutch Actual Debt, 23¢ per Cent. ••• .. 59
Ditto 3 per Cent. • . • . • • • . . • • • • • • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent .•
National Bank Shares... • .• • • .. • •
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussELs, June 20.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •• . • •• • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ..... •• •
• Loan of Thirty Millions, Four percent....
Ditto Tbree per Cent... .. - • -
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto • •
Ditto, ditto, 1840 .. lOl%
Ditto, ditto, 1842 ••.• • • • • • ••••• • • • • . 102
Ditto, 1844. •••••• • • • • . .•••• • • • • • •• • 99%
. Ditto, 1836... • • •
Ditto, 1838
Ditto of the City, 1832 .. • . • 100%
10014
.Bruseels Papers, June 21.
Bank ofßelgium...... ...... 891
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Jun 13.
5 per Cent. Metalliqnes •• • • .......... . 111 11.16
4 per Cent. ditto .
3 per Cent. ditt0.:.:......
•
Ditto, 1839 • ... . ...... ..• 122%
Bank Shares • • ... ...
Esterhazy'a Loan ........ . ........... 63
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ..... issx
Gloggnita • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • 137%
Vienna—Milan • • • •••••••••• • • • • • • •• • • 118%
Pesth • ..... ••••••• • • • • • • •
Oldenburg •• • • •••• • • .• •• •
restoja • • •••••••• • • .. • • • • •
Apenninen• • • • • • • • • ••• •
Pesth Bridge .. • • • • .
•Allgemeine Zeittmg. June 16

• 81

•• •• •• 95%

ACCESSION OF HER MAJESTY.—Saturday was the
anniversary of the accession of her Majesty, and the morning
was ushered in by the ringing of merry peals- from the
steeples of the various metropolitan churches. The .royal
standard was hoisted at Somerset House, St. Margaret's
Church, St. Martin-in-the-fields, St Mary Abbott's Ken-
sington, the Tower, Deptford and Woolwich Dockyards,
the Royal Arsenal, and Tilbury Fort, the various vessels
lying in the river being decorated with flags of all national
presenting a very gay and animated appearance, and at the,
usual hour the Park and Tower guns fired a royal salute.
At the various law and equity offices, and also the Judge's
Chambers, the .day was observed as a general holiday. The
judges at Westminster sitting in Banco wore their crimson
state robes. ~
The thirty-first tri-colour banner, by the presentation
of which at Windsor Castle, on the anniversary of the battle
of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington enjoys the splendid
estate of Strathfieldsaye, was deposited in the guard chamber
at Windsor Castle on Thursday last, and placed over the
bust of this distinguished military commander. The
old banners are carefully preserved in the royal stores at
the Castle.
'DEATHB nr GLANDIMS.-About three weeks ago
Messrs. Wing, 'grocers and druggists, of Melton Mowbray,
had a horse die, which they sold to a knacker named
Whitaker, of Melton Mowbray, for 10s. Whitaker skinned
the horse, and a few days afterwards was taken ill, and kept
gradialrfeitting worse until Tuesday last, when he died.
It appears the horse died of the glanders, and when Whitaker
was skinning it he accidentally rubbed his head with his
hand, having at the same time a small pimple on his head.
which caused inoculation and its fearful consequences. A
man named Pick, an old servant of Messrs. Wing, has also
died from the same frightful disease, he having had the care
and management of the horse until it died ' • but how the
disease was conveyed to hini is not known. Another man,
named Hawley, who assisted Whitaker to skin the horse, has
been taken ill ; and it is much feared that his is the same
disease. 'lt is also reported that some pigs, which had lain
upon some of the straw that had been used by the horse, had
manifested signs of the disease. The whole of the furniture
in the room where poor Whitaker died, consisting of two
beds, bedstead, &c., were burnt the same evening tha e
died, to prevent, if possible, the contagion, by order of e
surgeons who attended him.— Leicester Journal. We are
debted to a correspondent for the following additional p
titulars:—The first symptoms of Whitaker having caught
the disease exhibited themselves when be was in bed the
following night. He complained that his head was .. as
heav7 as if a hundred weight was upon it, and that he could
not lift it." His wife paid every attention, and medical aid
was called in, but without avail. The second symptoms
were discharges of foetid matter from the eyes, nose, month.
and ears, after which the body broke out all over like small-
pox, from which discharges were constantly taking place.
A short time before dissolution the body turned quite black.
thus exhibiting in every stage of the disease the virulent
nature of the infection. Hawley is, we understand, better.
but it has been found necessary to destroy one of the pigs.-ei
Notts Mercury.;
VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS PALMERSTON'S ENTER-
TAINMENT TO HZR ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHvOi OF
GLOUCESTER.—On Saturday evening Viscount and Viscoun-
tess Palmerston gave a sumptuous entertainment to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at their mansion
on Carlton-terrace. The Duchess of Gloucester, atetirreshntodenne,dhbbeyyr
Lady
d the saloon where the
guests Viscount Palmerston,
whom the royal guest was contduce
A bou
dinner
uuquarterer w a
sofaannnohuonucredaftienr the
arrival eoofusthdise
most
The Duchess of Gloucester was sup.
osg"glampeinvlspadtatstluedboo,i faunadsi hernn thedgeßrawro dining-room.
. lassembled.e character.
Highness
.l.The
entertainment
Teht
ported on either side by the noble host and the Marquis of
Anglesey, and eis-a-ris were Viscountess Palmerston, the
Duke of Devonshire, and the Marquis of Kildare. The circle
comprised, in addition to the Royal Duchess, the Duke of
Devonshire, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Marquis of Kil-
dare, the Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn, the Earl of
Besborough, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and
Countess Cowper, Viscount and Viscountess Jocelyn, Lord
and Lady Beauvale, the lion. W. Cowper, and Lady Caroline
Murray, m attendance on her Royal Highness. Her Lady.,
ship opened her saloons at ten o'clock for the reception of a
brilliant circle of the corps diplomatique and the Eits of
fashionable society. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Cambridge arrived at eleven o'clock, attended by Lady
AugustainCceadGoegoanrge ad dcalfsmb.riEdg. Me
eiladmmeay at.
a Ilisubssl34equYeanit lipeiriolici
to honour her Lasadpyrsehsiipdebnytihtiosoeok mthpeacohayee.eirud.ffrhisla
SMUGGLING.—A seizure having been recently made
at the port of London of a quantity of cheroots, which the
.rsi,bfthebpranreoizirvoeefelothgnizaihmeisoolideeeceralceofe:
officers of the revenue found concealed within the hammocks
of some ef the crew of a vessel arrived from Calcutta, the
principal Officers of the revenue at this port, and the collector.
and controllers at the several outports and places throughout
tuhnedunder
kingdom,
their
controlhave a
nd received
sup
e,
aTairi directions
soeomfif
tt
members
is
' ?ft:o
• them to use eirbest endearoure
smuggling, and to enjoin
prevent any smuggling which may be at-
temptedto detect and
las means, taking care to ac4uaint the
by
e:nwthenentievonerots
it
7:37llaGbtut deErintCehattuna—y together on Saturday last. The
REPRESENTATION OF WALSALL.—JUNE 20.—Tke
Hon. E. It. Littleton, the son of Lord Hatherton, in a circular
ototietrhinegelheeimtorzfoasf Walsall,
ctsaldild,
ahteasfoanr
theirnoun
dissolutionbEb roaaTartrlendodEf literary
Fowls,with
° of any
xB:arliament shall occur. The on. Gentleman
eonvittensthuepearon lthieset opportunitylitoifcalmquakingse.
lentshoafllmt
Nli,
says,
sytas'tm"
tions now engaging public attention, which I trust will justify
me in soliciting your general support, and secure to .me the
honour I shall most highly prize of becoming your repressae
tative in Parliament." There is understood to be no founds-
tion in the rumour that Mr. C. Forster: the barrister ( son of
the former Member for the borough), will offer himself:
CHINESE UMBRELLAS.—A vessel, called the Larpent,
arrived at the port of Liverpool, from Shanghae, China;
in addition to an extensive cargo of tea, silks, and °thew
manufacture.
TO LORD G.
productions, she has brought 100 umbrellas, of Chine
seDINNER BENTINCL—We understand it
is the intention of the- friends of agricultural protection tie
invite Lord George Bentinck to a public dinner atLy.nn, as •
mark of their esteem for his public integrity, and their Elsa&
ration of the great talent he has displayed in his place in the
House of Commons. We have no doubt' that although this
feeling has emanated from Lynn, and the agriculturists el
that neighbourhood, it will be cordially responded: to, not
only in this but in the adjoining counties. It is confidently
expected that the Duke of Richmond and other noblemen
friendly to agricultural protection will attend.—Lynn Adver •
tiser of Saturday,
ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—WOOLWICH, Jun
20.—A detachment of Royal Sappers and Miners, consisting
of seven non-commissioned officers and men, have been ors
dered to embark at Liverpool for North America, to be ea-
ployed in the survey of the country between Quebec and
Nova Scotia, a distance of six hundred miles, it being the
intention of the Government, it is stated, to form • line eg
railway between the two places.

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RAILWAY SHARES EY PUBLIC SA .R.
SSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND
LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their
Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage,
and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c.,
take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the
Nall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place,
favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectffillY
requested to be addressed.
Al( Scrlp and Share Certificates must be depoelted, at least
roe day previously to their being offered ; and adv,ces of results
Will be forwarded by the first post after the We, an 1 the proceeds
Immediately disposed of according to instructions.
Oir.ces, Hall of Commerce, Threadneedie-street,Lonsion.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Signor FORNASARI has the honour to acquaint the Nobility
Patrons to the Opera, his Friend;, and the Public, that his DE-
YEFIT will take place on
THURSDAY NEXT, JUNE 25,
When will be performed Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled,
NI NO,
Mails, Signor Fornasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe. Signor
Botelli ; Pencils. hidile. Corbari ; Abigail, Mdlle. Sanchioli.
To be followed by a New Divertissement, entitled LA BAC-
CHANTE. In which Yadlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Perrot will
appear.
After which (for this occasion only), Gneceo's Opera Buffs,
RAsignoSrELlAbiach.
LA PROVAcDain"UrNanOonPeE,
e ; Pedrico,
Cori la, Madame Grist ;
Signor Gorelli ; Griletto, ,ignor F. Lablaehe.
To conclude with the highly successful new Grand Oriental Ballet,
by M. Perrot ; the Music composed and partly selected frem
Felicien David's Ode Symphonique of " The Desert," by Sig. Pugni,
entitled.
LALLA ROORH ; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE.
_ -

The principal parts sustained by Sidlle. Cerito, Mdlle. L. Taglioni,
M. St. Leon, and M. Perrot. Principal Dances : Tableau.—Pas
liymbolique, by Mdlle. Cerito, supported by Lldlles• Demelisse,
c....assan, James, and Honore, and the corps de ballet. Tableau.—Le
Cbibouck, Pas Seal, by Mdlle. Cerito. Last Tableau.—Feast of
Noses, Pas de Corbells, by Mdlles. L'Amorems and Julien, and the
corps de ballet ; Pas de Neuf, by Mdlles. Cerito, L. Taglioni, and M.
St. Leon, supported by Mdlles. Demellsse, Cassan, James, L'Amorenx,
Julien, end Honore.
Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the box
office, Opera Colonnade. Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com-
mence at half-past Seven o'clock.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed penizettl's favonrite Opera, entitled, -.
LITCIIEZIA BORGIA.
Ltierezia, Mdlle. Grisi ; Arsini, Mdlle. Brambilla ; Gennare, Signor
Mario ; Alphonse, Signer Lablache.
To conclude with the new Grand Oriental Ballet, entitled
LALLA ROOKH; or, THE ROSE OF LAHORE.

MATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Last Night of the Company's Performlns' this Season, being for the
BENEFIT of Madlls. C ARLOTTA GRISI.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Grand Opera, entitled THE CRUSADERS.
The principal characters will be sustained by Messrs. W. Har-
rison, Morrani, liorncastle, S. Jonef., Weiss. tAretton. D. W. King,
Miss Romer, and Miss Rainforth. . . '
In the second Act of the Opera Md!le. Carlotta firisi willintroduce
the celebrated " La Truandaise," and the popular " Pas de....)Lan-
teau ;" and after the Opera, Mdlle. facial and M. Silvain will dance
" The Drawing-Room Polka."
In the course of the Evening, Mr. Harley will deliver an Add4ss
on the Close of the Season.
To conclude with the celebrated Ballet, called THE DEVI,. TO
PAY. 'ln which will appear M a illes. Carlotta Gri'i, Adele, Louise,
Les Sceurs St. Louin, Madame Giubilel ; Messrs. Adr:en,
W. 11. Payne, W eland, Ste.

I:IFIATRE-PGYAL. HAYYAKIi?.T.
THIS EVENING

Will lye performed (first and Only time), the Tragedy "6191:/g.
Clemanthe, Mb!! Stisan Cushman ; lon, Miss Cushman.
The Rand will pertOrm the )vertures, "Ii Butters di Siviglia,"
and " L'Amhassadrica," " Shaksperlan Airs," "La Fine du Re-
giment Quadrille," and " Old English Airs."
Ater which (by desire), the Comedy of MY WIFE'S MOTHER.
Uncle Foozle, Mr. W. Farren ;. Mr. tie fl, Mr. Hell ; Mrs. Quick-
fidget, Mrs. Glower; Mrs.. Budd, Miss Julia Bennett.
To conclude with the Comic 'Drama, entitled THE IRISH POST.
In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs. Caulfield, kc.,
will appear.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
LW. DER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING
Will be followed A MODEL OF A WIFE. Characters by
Messrs. Wigan, Meadows, Turner ; Miss Farebrother and Mrs.
Woollalge.
After which, a New and Original Comic Drama, is Two
Acts, founded on a recent well-known event, called THE DUST-
MAN'S BELLE. Ned Windfall, Mr. Keeley; Sally Bromley, Mrs.
To be followed by HONOURS AND TRICKS. In which Mr. and
Mrs. Keeley will appear.
To conclude with a new Farce, called SISTER ANT) I. Characters
by Messrs. F. Matthews, Meadows, A. Wigan, Emery, Turner,
Kinloch, and Bellingham ; Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Arden,
and Miss Forster.

sert ice; he forthwith procured a pistol,
and in a crowded thoroughfare, in the
bright face of day, be deliberately deprived
his fellow-creature of life. Shortly afterwards an
apprentice boy, who had, or fancied he had, cause to
complain of undue severity on the part of his master,
deliberately murdered that master standing on the
threshold of his own door, whither he had gone to
give admittance to his assassin. In each of these
cases the cause that led to the fatal results may be
traced to the facility with which the instrument of death
may be procured and retained, the familiarity with its
use that results from a continued possession, and the
has ing at hand the means of giving effect to the most
bloodthirsty feelings in the very moment, or at least
in
the first heat of anger, without time being permitted
to elapse sufficient for the cooling down of the pas-
sion, and the recollection of the fearful
consequences that might result from its
indulgence. Within the last few days
a trial has taken place at the Central Criminal Court
that demands the most earnest attention of parents
and others acting as the guardians of youth, and
loudly warns against the indulgence of the pernicious
wish for the possession of fire-arms. A lad, aged
sixteen years, stood at the bar, charged with
having deprived an innocent man of life—a per-
son wholly unknown to him, who was casually
passing through the street on his lawful business.
There was no evidence that the parties had ever met
before, or to induce the suspicion of any feeling of
hostility existing in the mind of the prisoner towards
the deceased. The prisoner was, therefore, not
charged with wilful murder, but with the lesser
offence of manslaughter. The law in such case is per-
fectly clear and distinct. In the words of the Learned
Judge, if a person having a deadly weapon in his
possession makes use of it in a negligent or careless
manner, and death ensues in consequence, the offence
would be manslaughter. It appeared that a few mi-
nutes before the fatal occurrence the prisoner had
entered into an altercation with a young woman, who
had accidentally pushed against him, and that he pro-
duced the loaded pistol, making use of threats towards
her. Two men saw him pass with the pistol in his
hand, the manner in which he carried it may
be conceived from the evidence of the witness HAYTI.
AWAY, who states that on seeing him the witness
stepped aside, being fearful that he might be shot.
The witness KIBIBEft saw the prisoner with the
pistol in his hand, and shortly afterwards heard the.
report of fire-arms; at the time there was no one
near enough to the prisoner to touch him ; it appeared
to him that the prisoner was in the act of half
cocking the pistol at the time it went
as. The jury, notwithstanding this evidence, which
was not contradicted or impeached in any manner,
acquitted the prisoner, and thus practically found that
the person who had pulled out a loaded pistol, and
with it threatened a female—who walked with it in
his hand, so as to alarm a passer-by—and who cocked
it in the streets—had not acted in a negli-
gent or careless manner. We are at all times
unwilling to impeach the decision of a jury ;
we fully concur in the benign principle of the British
law, that it is better that one hundred guilty persons
should escape than that one single innocent person
should be convicted, and that if a doubt be enter-
tained, the prisoner should receive the benefit of that
doubt ; but we confess that in this case we cannot
agree with the jury in the conclusion at which they
have arrived. A duty of vast importance
devolved upon them—the interest of society
demanded at their hands a verdict which
would protect the public against the repetition of such
recklessness and indiscretion ; and valuable lives here-
after may be lost—may pay the penalty of their
undue leniency. We do not in the slightest degree
question the motives of the jury, but persons filling
such responsible esituation should not permit any
feelings of pity, or idea of the consequences
to the accused, to warp their judgment, or
induce them to find a verdict contrary to the evidence.

Our readers will not have forgotten the extraor-
dinary number of public demonstrations upon the
commercial policy of Government which were simul-
taneous with the opening of the present Parliament.
Nor will they fail to recollect the gradual liminution
in the number of these demonstrations in proportion
with the development of the diactbsion
in the Lower House. The free-traders
were so assured of victory that any further
persistance in their assemblies and their petitions to
the Legislature appeared to be nothing less than a
superfluous impertinence. They recognised in the
abrupt silence of their mammoth advocate, " the
League," the glorious fact that their industry in
peaceful agitation had not proved altogether fruitless,
that those principles which had been revolving in the
popular mind during so many years of apparent
apathy had now acquired the requisite impetus,
and were rolling with an unerring celerity towards
the goal for the attainment of which they had
struggled so much, spoken so much, longed so much,
been reviled so much. Consequently this sudden
declension of anxiety, far from originating in any
sentiment of indifference about these wonderful in-
novations in our system as a mercantile people,
arose from the feeling of satisfaction with
which the inhabitants of this country per-
ceived all their dearest anticipations on the eve of
being realised. Among the monopolists, on the con-
trary, public meetings become more and more un-
frequent, because of the hopelessness of their posi-
tion, and because of the ridiculous scantiness of their
number& when compared with the average popu-
lation. All interest abandoned the town-halls,
and the corporation banquet-rooms, and even
Covent-garden Theatre itself, to become concen-
trated upon the deliberations and divisions of St.
Stephen's. Hence his arisen that unexampled tran-
quillity " out-of-docns" during the debate cf such
unprecedented changes in some of the most fun-
damental principles of the Constitution—a tran-
quillity which has been foolishly mentioned
as a testimony rather of calamitous apathy than
of inexpressible earnestness. It is this very tran-
quillity which we regard with such peculiar gratifi-
cation both as accordant with the great spirit of this
century and as evidence of the wider spread of do-
mestic civilization. Though of anything but a
phlegmatic or atrabilious temperament, the English
multitude is proverbially loath to embroil itself in
political questions vi et armi.', or by any unne-
cessary show of insubordination, to partake bodily in
the effervescence of party squabbles or legislative
cabals. JOHN BULL, though unquestionably a very
uproarious and outrageous fellowiwhen " roused," is,
nevertheless, extremely scrupulous of " taking up the
cudgels," unless he observes either the ne-
cessity or advisability of such a proceeding.
Precisely for these very cogent reasons did the
population of this country subside from all the bustle
attendant upon acclamations, and orations, and pe-
titions and assemblies, to that almost breathless .
nee for which they have been remarkable during
presenttee....,„
tsse.assion. They saw no utility "in crying
and irrigated,
and they
shad7:l. ti,ruielyitliailTdOPHEß SLY, and beating their own
of
iegi.theztrepose with folded arms
and sowed, and har-
rowed,until the sunlight
fie ;waisdom shall have
take
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interest, not
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solution of this
so called problem. from icy, not sorrow ;
correctand consolatory
de n i io
ndency ; the intensest
darn
has sprung
has been
senxuiseltatlico:s,anbuiet
• . le of the vast majority. Others
the actuating principle .
ce. Such, at leaisnt
this silent course, because of
indifference.
have been impelled to
lull amongst the mer-
chandise extending to a
their uncertainty—the lull in the exchange of mer-
oods under
chants. One branch of trade has delayed
the importation of additional g. 1
has
zhe uncertainty of an immediate reduction and ulte-
rior removal of the Customs' duties. One trade
infected anodic?* with this procrastination, and
a stagnatory effect bas been necessarily
com-
pro-
duced in a considerable hnlk of the
munity. It becomes, therefore, clear, beyond
all disproof, that the exceeding quietude which ha:
pervaded society throughout theF:e very remarkable
discussions, has proceeded from a prevalent sense of
satisfaction, mingled with a deep yearning for the
achievement of freedom to commerce. This
evening the Dill for the realisation of this object will
PrciW) # its final stage previous to that of obtaining
the royal sanction; it has passed triumphantly and
unmutilated through the first, second, and third reading, I
lathe Commons; it has crowed the Beresinci of rarlia-