The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-26 00:00:00

GROUP XIV.

The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of the BilL9
comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this morning,
Mr. Protheroe in the chair.

KENT ATMOSPHERIC SCHEME.

The Committee decided this morning that the chief plan inel'aded
the Maidstone Branch as a portion of the main line, and the pro-
moters could therefore adopt it for entering Rochester.
The examination of Mr. Sherrard, the engineer, was then resumed►
but he added nothing of importance to his evidence which was not
given yesterday.

GROUP TAX.
This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Mr. Sotheron L the
chair.

LONDON, ROUNSLO V 7, AND WESTERN.

The further consideration of the case on behalf of this Bill I ras re"
sumed.

Captain Moorsom was again re-called and cross-examined at; sortie
length with regard to the destruction to private property, whit* the
construction of the line would involve.

GROUP XLIV.
The Committee met this morning at twelve, Lord PalmetlltOn
the chair.
The Committee were occupied with the formal evidence retioired
by the House in respect to the amalgamated projects now Imol,Vn
the Northern Counties Railway, the Bill for which was read before
the Committee yesterday, and agreed to.

GROUP LVI.
The Select Committee appointed to consider the merits of tile Bills
comprised in this group re-assembled at the usual hour this Inunling
Mr. Ewart in the chair.
LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM STA; TXON
IMPROVEMENTS ;and
CZLOWDOST (rnalmout strATCTION IC.A► larA-16)
EXTENSION.
The clauses In these Bills were agreed to, and the Bills themselves '
formally passed.

MARRIAGE OF MR. GORE LANGTON AND LADaV ANNA
ELIZA GllE:evil-tn.-We believe that the marriage of Air. Gel!
Langton and Lady Anna Eliza Grenville, only daughter of ;the Dal
of Buckingham, is to take place this week. We are infoirn red that
immediately hfter the solemnization the happy couple will ]le ave Ellf:
land for a short time. The Duke of Buckingham, the Dt tc best,' taf
Marquis of Chandos, and Lady Anna, left Stowe House for I ,ondon a;
the end of last week. The villagers si.eak of the young !a (I:3' as he°
a very kind and good one.
Sir Hesketh Fleetwood paired off on Friday mg
• ht ill
favour of the Short Time Bill with Mr. Mackinnon. r this
JEWS' HOSPITAL.—The anniversary festiva 1 431 ~01
charitable institution, founded for the purpose of supporth ig the 'l,4h
poor, and for the education and employment of the you ith of v•-•
greyssexes of the Jewish persuasion, took place last evening i n -the
remit of the London Tavern. In the absence of his Royal: Iligilae,
the Duke of Cambridge, the patron of the charity, the -treasurer,
Hananel De Castro, Esq , took the chair, supported by J.. B, fle'.'„.
Esq., Governor of the Rank of England ; Baron A. De B.otbehdu ,
David Salomons, Esq. ; Edward Goldsmid, Esq. ; the Rest.. Dr.
chief rabbi ; Benjamin Cohen, Esq. ; Emanuel Loirsadsi, Egle' 2;
Martin Fuller, Esq.; Dr. Southwcod Smith; D. W. IVlre, .6,4„",'
and upwards of 120 influential friends and patrons of th-e hospital.
During the eyeing it was stated the total number of personas receive";
into the house was four hundred and nineteen. A number of boYS
wed girls paraded the room, carrying specimens of the TS dons trades
to which they are brought up, and the announcement of a Fuhscer
tion to nearly 1,000/. was received with applause. The dinner Wee
peculiar in its kind, consisting principally of the dishes which, are,
and have been for ages, favourites with the Jews.
THE SURREY DISPENSARY.—The friends 'and sup'
porters of this very useful institution dined together :Fester day at
the Bridge House Hotel, London-bridge. The Lord Mayor presided,
and was supported by the High Sheriff cf the county, the High
Bailiff of e'outhwark, Mr. Kemble, M.P., Mr. R. Baggalay, tre Woe',
of St. Thomas's Hospital, Mr. C. A. Young, and a numerous p arty °_,`
Adler,
governors of the charity. The chairman, in proposing the usual loyal
toasts, announced the auspicious birth of a princess, and of con Ile the.
company, in responding, gave suitable manifestations of tl'.o';`,
attachment to the Throne. " Prosperity to the Surrey Dispense 11,
and various other appropriate toasts, were then given and dull ' ac-
knowledged. In the course of the evening two reports were res .d h.',
the secretary, the result of which showed an an Ile
of 3541. 12s. collected by subscription on behalf of ~.,,dg
funds of the institution. It appears that the: to '"" ‘,..
are at present in rather a sinking state, there bob ig
,-;
deficiency on the past year of 506/. 16s. 9d.. and it was to m; ake 114.
this arrear that the committee of management directed tie sir ,elfot`of
From the medical report of the year a fair idea may be fort nest le
the character and usefulness of the Institution. By that repaft ~,
stated, that 5,646 patients have been admitted to the ben ,efits of 4
t;
charity during the year, and of these 4,504 have been cure L 1 r
have been relieved, 216 have gone tutu hospitals or the. emelt' trY';)
been discharged for irregularity, 122 have died, and there, a re „t.
remaining under cure. In 1,975 cases the patients have bf;en 1,a
tended at their own houses, and 504 were midwifery car r".. T'ii,
average daily attendance at the Dispensary for medicin, ~.!,/e•,„,
200. The dinner, which celebrated the 56th anniversary of t'e
charity, was a very good one for the price charged, and the arrange
ments altogether were excellent.
OPERATIVE PAPER-STAINERS.—Last evening r a nu
merous meeting was held in the School-room, Harp-alley :7arria
.:
don-street, to take into consideration the depressed state of tase trade
through the measures introduced by some of their late e SalolaYer
Mr. Maguire took the chair. He felt sorry in being oblige dto eta.-
the affairs of the Union, for, during these last eight weeks, allimitterd:
of 200 hands have been *supported by the funds of this Uni, tut- -Zei
Ballard moved the first resolution, and ill doing so remarl, :et/, tll,
from the time of Sir Robert Peel bringing in his new tub f, wale
would reduce the present duty of one shilling to twopence, 1 shin ale :
order to
tens had evinced a great desire to trample the risen uncle' :•f oat,.
make the journeymen pay for the loss which th e .master
must
solutions having been moved and carried unanimously, co mie
iemn.
in order to compete with French goods. Th, s-v ario
1
tory of the present system now existing in the tr-..-e, the ><a eating
broke up shortly after ten o'clock.
e a rsf
togethert hahti
some dine
hila. PLyaaosw::
AT BI 04 MG.
ATTEMPT TO POISON FOUR
PERSONSy.E.na Lawless v ray corn-
to take her tri: it at they
nAm..-Yesterday a woman named
man of t ee
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cf
and her husband L tad b sea
and that in one of tDa
nal3plrmte.inwiguigloltf:niorison her husband a Ad thr
On Tuesday evening te 3 Or'
quarrels she threatened to poisonm ham' Y
passing the door with intle
served an acquaintance (Mrs- in her hand. He invited 'a - fl,
as godfather,
loitvhienrgpueniranpspilyitoSPePther forrso . rm.°
eomewin act the time. After the her •to te
LawlesshSgoCM after p. lir tag
of
' which she accept-,
Lawless went "ahtnadinhbult
gplyrlo,l7wesh•ohocmhdachnuecpewd.dntoondecr
he pretence of getti he i oar ae .
unsostnhdofietwnhbeetudictiearatae: ;I::e.10::
prompt assistant es, of ''''e-
woho apprehended the woman found efnorintfhuesedt timely and her returnes.hteorninafuchsedoftAhler.tea.
also proved to ess drank hers el f, ti!„01,
powder, which
stomach pump, in all
of the
they must have all died. 'ess iOr
which was foulest a 'o ilk
glio:unfnidmit si hi
immediately
rtiseyaei :he" I:ef
In:
wc
hnm contents
i tae
regret the woman professes to feel is,that be arsenic.. Tim
~' ill,
" she said it was a pity he was not de when' her husband was a;:ee-
mination was of the most unfeeling ad." Her conduct under '-
' wwehricelitathkeentiella'
character.
ROBBERY AT THE LIBRARY glig
OF THE A./M=l -
CLUB. -Yesterday inform t' em ce-
a ion was forwarded to the cef • Y-I
station, Scetland-yard, of an extensive du; ave
plates from the library of robbery of valuables 411, e bele
Ihe Athenaeum. So mysteriou 111 J for
they been abstracted, that thlex
thieves, notwithstanding no clue can be gained to the _ their
a reward of 1001. has been offered ~for
discovery.
THE NELSON ,-fied
COLUMN.—The public will be i gr. a-',,`,
Ar
by Learning that hopes miy be entertained of the speedy , iengk'" d
oda
ante of the unsightly timber •
barricade which has so long st :ma **are.
the base of the Nelson confine, and deformed Trafalga -r-ssq ." 11
bee
During
the last week a considerable number of workmen h eve . the
employed in dressing the bricks and making preparations fa:
...ea.
foundations of the pedestals of the recumbent lions which are to :,,'l",ts
twill tile angles of the basement, and for the reception of tb A' n '
of granite steps which will complete the original plan.
.„,, jeg
CONVICTS FOR NORTH Alf6TRALIA.—Fifty ~.10. veld,.
were brought down the river on Saturday in the Naiad 4V0:! .ern-
Company's packet, and 50 more on Monday in the ai".tch I-! tor
packet, and put on board the Maitland, and on the arrival of a ala iese
hundred convicts they will be conveyed to North Australia. "1.1 ten
convicts are mostly from the Model Prison, where they haw! 0,..
taught useful trades, and will have an opportunity of making 11,1
Lieutwestet-
selves useful men in the new convict colony, of which ix eil
Colonel Barney, late Commandant of the Royal Engineers, 'la'
appoiute 1 Governor. %
sge4

DIED.
On the 21st inst., at Shrub-hill, Dorking, Surrey, Charlotte J
Dowager Countess of Rothes. 01)
On the 21st inst., In Myddelton-square, Pentonville, Thotrias
Liam Rose, Esq., aged 45.
of 'Jevons' air•
On the 22d first., Samuel Sketchley Robinson, Esq.,
road, Wandsworth-road.
On the 2lst inst., Elizabeth Jane, wife of Mr. J. M. Penh XI
Oxford.
On the 22d inst., at Leamington, the Rev. William ifewcome.

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