The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-24 00:00:00

ItEDDIE V. TODD.

The arguments in this case, which were commenced yesterday,
were resumed to-day. The case came before their Lordships upon an
appeal from the judgment of the Court of Session in Scotland, and
the question raised was whether the trustees for improving the navi-
gation of the river Clyde were empowered by the statutes meter which
they acted, to acquire, by means of a compuls)ry sale, not only the
grounds adjoining the river necessary for the purposes of the trust,
but also the pier duties, and all the other rights and profits belonging
to the superior of the grounds, at prices to be fixed upon by a verdict
of a jury. _ _ _

Tlie Solicitor-General and Mr. Bothell appeared as Counsel for the
gppellants, and Mr. Turner and Mr. Andrews were in support of the
decision pronounced below.

The arguments had not concluded when our Evening Edition went
;‘) press.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND.)
Ills Honour sat this morning in Lincoln's Inn, but In consequence
of the absence of Mr. Bethel!, who was engaged in the House of
Lords, very little progress was made with the causes on the paper.
and his Honour rose at half-past ten o'clock.

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-
TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY.-1A petition was presented in the House

of Commons last evening by Mr. Ord, in favour of this undertaking.
from the town of liewe.stle-upon-Tyne, which the Hon. Member
stated, was signed by upwards of 4,000 of the leading merchants, ma-
nufacturers, and inhabitants of that important town.
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On tne 11 th instant, after repeated acrimonious
quarrels between an innkeeper at Artes (Boucher du Rhone), named
Gonet, and his mistress Marie Brun, arising out of the coquetry of
the latter and the jealousy of the Conner, Gonet, in a fit of exaspera-
tien, stabbed the woman with a knife and*then cut his own throat.
lie died almost instantaneously, and she expired half an hour after-
wards.—Galignatti.

The Very Rev. John Peel, D.D., of Christ Church,
brother of Sir R. Feel, and Dean of Worcester, has taken to the
valuable and extensive living of Bromsgrove ; and being anxious
that this most important parish should have a resident minister, will
confer the presentation upon the' Rev. William Villiers, M.A., for-
merly curate of St. George's Chapel, Kidderminster. It is rumoured
that a division of this extensive parish will be made previously to
Mr. Villiers's presentation. Value of the living, 1,203/. ; population,
15,221.—Cloucester Journal. _ _ _

'Small pills, composed of flour, sugar, and about one-
sixtieth part of phosphorous, arc a very attractive and efficacious
poison for rats.
THE CONVICT' WICKS. —lt is said that no facts
sufficiently favourable to the case of the convict (now under sentence
of death in Newgate, for the murder of Mr. liostock, in Drury lane)
have transpired, which could induce the proper authorities to recom-
mend to the Crown the remission of the capital punishment ; and,
therefore, if nothing intervene during the week, the wretched youth
will imderge the last sentence of the law on Monday, the 30th
instant.

SUICIDE 1110 M VAUXHALL-BRIDGE. Yesterday
morning, a man lamed George Eades, residing at 37, Anderson's-
walk, Vauxhall-walk, Lambeth, left his home before five o'clock, and
wandered about until six, when he went to the King's Arms, Vigil-
street, where he had a small quantity of gilt. From thence he at
once went to the bridge and jumped into the river.

On Tuesday last six English boats, laden with oysters,
were seized and brought to Granvale by the ships on the station.
They contained between 30,000 and 35,000 oysters, which were sold
to the profit of the hospitals.—Paris print of Sunday.
The Orleans and Bordeaux Company intend to inau-
gurate the railway between Orleans and Tours, on the 26th of this
month, and the Pukes de Nemours and Montpensier are to be present.
There are 1,555 newspapers and periodicals in the
Milted States, and but 1,801 in all the world beside.
Half the children born in Great Britain die before
they are five years of age.
In marching soldiers take 75 steps, in quick marehin,r
180, and in charging 150 steps per minute.

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A. petition, duty recogninneed, was presented on
Monday night in the House of Commons against' the return of Mr.
Cochrane for the borough of Bridport. The petitioners allege gross
bribery, and pray for a scrutiny. It appears the majority of one will
little avail the Hon. Member, as numerous cases of barefaced cor-
ruption of votes hal4 come to light. The most confident expectation
prevails in Bridpert that Mr. John Romilly will be, within a month,
what he ought to have been originally, the " sitting member." The
acts of bribery are reported to compromise seriously some of the
chief partisans of Mr. Cochrane.—Chronicle.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BOARD THE TERRIBLE.-011
Sunday afternoon, a youth, named .T. P. Turner, a first-class boy on
board the Terrible, steam frigate, lying in the river at Woolwich, fell
from the mast-head of that vessel to the deck, and was killed on the
spot.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.—On Monday
' afternoon, about three o'clock, a very serious accident happened in
the Strand to George William Hemp, Esq., an elderly gentleman,
residing in Manchester-square, who sva.s crossing over to Essex-street,
when a cab-horse ran against him. He was thrown down, and severely
trampled on. Ile was taken to it neighbouring surgeon, and sub-
sequently to his residence ; but his injuries arc not dangerous.
THE EFFECT OF RAILWAYS.—On Monday the King's
Arms Tavern and inn, Leaderiltall-street, facing the East India
House, which is stated to have been built about the period of Henry
VIII., was sold by auction by Mr. Pullen, to be pulled down for the
purpose of having warehouses erected on the site, on account of the
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, the business
formerly connected with the inn havitz.g been destroyed by the com-
petition of the Eastern Counties Railway. In a few days, the White
Hart Inn, Whitechapel, the property of the Mercers' Company, will
share the same fate, from a similar. cause.

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The annual exhibition at the Louvre has recently
been opened. The catalogue contains 2,412 numbers, viz., 2,107
paintings, miniatures, and water-colour drawings ; 135 pieces of sculp-
ture, 39 architectural designs, and 131 engravings and lithographic
prints. This exhibition was instituted by Louis XIV. in 1699. At
the first exhibition the catalogue contained only 219 numbers, and.
the second, which was in 1704, had not increased to more than 384,
During the reign of Louis XV. the catalogue never exceeded 321. In
1791, under Louis XVI., it reached 794 ; iu 1793, under the Republic,
it amounted to 1,050; in 1814, under the Empire, it attained 1,321 ;
under Louis XVIII., its maximum was 2,220; and in 1827, the only
exhibition during the time of Charles X., the number fell again to
1,536. The whole number of works sent in this year for the selection
of the jury was 4,753. The exhibition is arranged as in former years,
and will remain open until May 15.

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—The ordinary meeting
was held on Saturday; the Right Hon. the Earl of Auckland
rneiss
(President) in the chair. A. communication was read front
detailing Profess or R
someoy le ,
furte
her hberota results of
otfhethEe Company,asetxplenrdiniaiental
trials
for the culture of cotton in India. Since the last report of
Dr. White, 30,000 acres had been put into cultivation, whilst
from
one acre alone the produce was 7601b5., whilst more
was to be expected. All that was now required to make
East India cotton a most valuable export commodity, was
the
employment of European agents in India markets who
would select the best quality. I'he next paper read was one
communicated by the Noble President on the geographical
conditions of the Puujaub territory, which was described in
its territorial limitss The most interesting information con-
nected with the present crisis was that the climate was
very healthy to Europeans, and much more so than that of
liindostan. From November to January, snow generally
fell to a depth of five feet, but the rainy season was not uni-
form, these being chiefly showers, which were very genial in
this warm climate. No region in the earth was better wa-
tered, and most of the plants and fruits common to Europe
are developed in high perfection, wanting only the superior
cultivation of this ceantry.. The horses of the Seikhs are
more celebrated for form and feature. in the neighbourhood
of Lahore, than in any of this wide district.
SEPARATE CONFINEDIENT.—A correspondent of the
Chronicle calls attention to the evils of separate confinement,
as detailed in the papers on Van Diemen's Land lately laid
before Parliament. The results are far from satisfac-
tory, for on embarking three hundred or four hundred
convicts from Pentonville, the superintending surgeon
describes these men as falling into strong convul-
sions on their first coining on board, and in which
they continued for four days. Infinite care and kindness
did, after that period, restore them, but nevertheless their
seclusion, though not of more than eighteen months at the._
maximum, had so impaired their faculties, that, docile and
obedient to the highest degree, they could nor understand
the plainest directions for settling them in their berths !
Every means was resorted to on the voyage to awaken their
dormant intellects ; they behaved themselves remarkably
well, and on their arrival at the colony, their fair characters
secured them situations, but they remained greatly depressed,
probably from their peculiar treatment at home, and are
without energy. These facts show the evil of solitary con..
• fir.ement—for the prisoners were evidently imbecile.