The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-09 00:00:00

CANAL'.

The preamble of this Bill having been agreed to yester-
day, the Committee was occupied the whole of the morning
in going through the clauses.
The clauses were not all gone through at half-past three
o'clock, when the Committee postponed the further considera-
tion till to-morrow, and proceeded with the evidence re-
s thepecting the other Canal-Railway Bill in the group--namely,

GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND JOHNSTONE

CANAL SALE.

The hearing of this evidence occupied the remainder of the
sitting. It pertained merely to the great depreciation of
the canal property by railway competition.

GROUP LXIII.

The Committee met this morning at twelve o'clock, Mr.
Tatton Egerton in the chair, to go through the clauses of the

NEWRY, WAR,RENPOINT, AND
:ROSSTREVOU

Bill. Considerable opposition was offered to the line by Mr.
Hall, across whose pleasure-grounds the line is partially to
pass. Several witnesses were called to chow the injury
that would be done to the property, and the propriety
of putting in a clause compelling the company to deviate so
as to save Mr. Hall's grounds by encroaching on the Newry
river. It was brought out, in evidence, that Mr. Hall had
promoted a line almost similar to the present in 1836.
The room was now ordered to be cleared.

The CRAMMAN informed parties, on their re-admission,
that the Committee had rejected the clause tendered by Mr.
Lowndes, counsel for Mr. Hall. They thought the company
should be bound to construct the Parliamentary line,
and were of opinion, that persons placed as Mr. Hall
was, should be handsomely compensated by the company.
Other clauses were then read, and after some amendments
agreed to.
This closed the labours of the Committee.

STANDING ORDERS' COMMITTEES.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Their Lordships met, at twelve o'clock, in Room 1 (House
of Lords), Lord Shaftesbury in the chair, and present, Lords
Redesdale, Winchester, and Hawarden.
There were but three Bills on the list, each of which had
been adjourned from yesterday.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM (COVENTRY TO
_NUNEATON).
Their Lordships having heard the remaining evidence, de-
cided that the promoters of this Bill had proved compliance
with the standing orders.
NORTH WALES.
The Committee made a similar decision in this case.
COVENTRY, ,NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM, AND
LEICESTER.
Compliance with the standing orders was also proved in
this case.
At ene o'clock their Lordships resolved themselves into a
SELECT COMMMITTEE ON MERITS,
in which capacity they proceeded with the further hearing
of Doctor MacFarlane's (Glasgow College) Estate Bill,
which had repeatedly been adjourned from day to day, each
time engrossing a lion's share of the Committee's time and
attention. It was the only Bill on the list.
Their Lordships, having been occupied ever since one
o'clock with McFarlane's Estate Bill, rose shortly before
six, and adjourned till to-morrow.

MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, PECKHAM.—OR Monday last,
the Grand Jury, at the Surrey Sessions, Newington, returned
a true bill for an assault upon Mary Smith, against Josiah
Evans, one of the relieving officers of the City of London
Union, and George Bennett, a City pauper ; and, it being
generally supposed that the case would have come on for
trial yesterday, a great deal of interest was excited. It will
be recollected that some weeks ago the defendant Bennett
and Brace had been brought to Lambeth police-court on a
warrant charging them with committing a very savage
assault upon two other casual paupers who had slept at
Marlborough-house, named Smith and Jones. On that occa-
sion the complainants did not appear, and there was too much
reason to suppose that they had been kept out of the
way intentionally, but at all events the defendants were
discharged. From the publication of the case, and the
facts set forth, the Poor Man's Guardian Society took up
the matter, offered a reward for the discovery of Smith
and Jones, and the former was at length foam' out. A
second warrant was then granted on the application of the
Chairman of the Society, and Smith's own statement, against
Bennett and Evans, and the case of assault, upon the hearing
of the case, being clearly established against both defendants,
the magistrate sent the case to the sessions. The witness
was in attendance on Monday, and the grand jury, as above
stated, found a true bill against the defendant, but the latter
traversed it until the next session in October, when it will be
heard at those sessions.

THE NATURAL SON OF NAPOLEON.—The suit insti-
tuted by Count Leon against the Countess de Luxbourg was,
on Thursday, partly decided by the Cour Royale, which de.
dared that the defendant was the mother of the plaintiff, and
adjudged her to make him a provision of 4,000 f. pendente
lite, reserving the question of 6,0001. per annum demanded
by the Count.—Galignani.
ACCIDENT FROM MACHINERY.—Some days ago the
following sad accident occurred at a flatting mills establish-
ment in Lyons. Part of the dress of a youth of sixteen was
caught in one of the wheels of the hydraulic engine, and he
was drawn into it. He was not missed at the moment, but
as the wheel stopped, the workmen looked for the cause 'Of 1
the stoppage, and found the mutilated remains of the victim. j
The body was &Alley torn to pieces.