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London, England, 1846-05-27 00:00:00

WAY BILL

Mr. LAWSON moved that this Bill, be further considered.
Sir G. CLERK wished to call the attention of the House
to the maximum charges in this Bill, which were higher than
those generally charged.
Mr. LAWSON said be was not aware that such was the fact.
The Bill was then adjourned ; and the same How. MEMBER
moved the second reading of the Knaresborough and Leeds
and Thirsk Railway Bills, and the Harrogate Gas Bills, which
were agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. LAWSON, also, the Dublin and
Kirepton Railway Extension Bill was read a second time.
Mr. EW ART brought up the report of the Manchester and
Birmingham Extension Railway Bill.
Lord DALAIENEY brought up the report of the London
and Birmingham Extension Railway Bill.
Sir C. DOUGLASS brought up that of the Reading, Guild-
ford and Reigate Railway Bill.
Mr. E. Venison, Lord Morpeth, Mr. Hindle'', MoI r:
Ag-
lionbv, and several other Members, brought up reports
rail-
way tills.
Mr. SPOONER moved that the standing order No. 121 be
suspended, in the case of the amendments proposed to lie made
Stamford, and Birming-
on the third reading of the Boston, been
given in the Private
hamilailway Bill, of which notice had
Bill Office.
KENNINGTON LANE LIGHTING BILL.
On the motion of Mr. HA
WES,this Bill was read a second time.
Mr. GREENEsaid
useless to oppose the progress of
this Bill, but a
great ipüblict w
as
inconvenience arose from the
anomaly in the clauses
of private Bills, of which a notable ex-
ample was presented
in that before the House ; and he thought
a great improvement might be made in the practice of our -
pri-
vate legislation, if some uniform rule were to be adooted for
framing the clauses of private Bills, which interfered with Pro-
perty.
After a few words from Mr. HAWES,
Mr. HUME said the House ought to put a stop to this irre-
gular kind of legislation. In one town in the kingdom sixty
private Acts were in force ; and two Acts were passed in one
year which contradicted each other ; and, therefore, the
general law of the land was over-riAlen by enactments passed
without sufficient deliberation. There ware two authorities
in the same town, which awarded different punishment for
the same otrmce. He con,idiled that these facts were suffi-
cient to justifying him in calling upon the House ,top the
further progress of this WI until the Committee were enabled
to make their report, which would take place in about fourteen
days.--( Hear, hear.
After a shell dtscu:sion the further consideration of the B:11
was pe,tponed for a fort night.
The following Bills were read a second time
:
Edinburgh and Northern Railway ( Branches from the Dundee ,
and Arbroath Railway and Tay Ferry Improvement).
Edinburgh and Northern Railw‘y ( Strathearn Deviation ).
Edinburgh and Northern -Raiivvay (Neviport Railway and
Saint Andrew's Branch).
Artnatik awl Forfar Itailwai!

NoriTll KENT RAILWAY.
Sir ROBERT INGLIS wished to knew whether hie Right
Hon Frivnit at the head of the Government would have any
objection to the evidence of scientific men being taken during
the interval of the postponement of the North Kent Railway
Bill?

Sir ROBERT PEEL replied, that in a.communication
he had received from the Admiralty. they had expressed a
wish that evey investigation calculated to throw light on the
subject should be gone into. He ( Sir Robert Peel) concurred
in their wish.

Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN moved for copies of the corres-
pond, nee in which he had been engaged during his late incar-
ceration. and also for a copy of the letter which he bad ad-
dressed to the Speaker.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Sir R. PEEL moved, that the House at its rising do adjourn
till Thur.clay next, and, in reply to an observation of an Hon.
Member. continued to say, that on a former occasion, he had
stated it as his intention to move the adjournment of the
House from Friday to the Thurday following; but some
Hon. Gentlemen having intimated to him that it would suit
their convenience better if the House were adjourned from
Friday until the following Friday, he had thought proper to
comply with their intimation.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL expressed his concurrence with the
motion of the Right Hon. Gentleman.
WEST INDIA COLONIES.
Mr. HUME intimated his intention of bringing forward, on
Friday, next his re,olutinns with respect to the agricultural
resources of the British West India colonies, and to the re-
strictive policy pursued towards those Colonies.
VAN DIE‘IEN'S LAND.
Mr. EWART moved that it was expedient that
the present system of making the colony of Van Die-
men's Land a general receptacle for convicts should cease ;
and that it was expedient, that transportation be no longer
maintained as a punishment, but be continued only as a
supplement to the previous punishment of imprisonment.
The Hon. Member then proceeded to quote a variety of doe.u-
ments to show that up to 1840 the population, the shipping, Ate
imports and exports, the places of worship and education of
Van Diemen's Land, had gradually been increasing, and that
the colony had then arrived at its greatest state of prosperity.
A change, however, then took place, which caused the most
prejudicial effects. The moral consequences that resulted soon
manifested themselves, and the abominable and unutterable
scenes which were at present to be witnesses' in that island
defied description or even conception. The Hon. Member
was about to quote some statements he had before him relative
to this moral degradation, when
An Hors. MEMBER. moved that the House be counted.

Strangers were ordered to a ithdraw, and there being only 27
Members present, the House adjourned till Thursday.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, May 26.
(Sittings in Banco.)
. . - LOWE V. PENN.

The Court gave judgment in this tree to-day. It was argued
fully on Friday, and was one in which was involved the question of
an alleged infringement of a patent invontion for propelling steam-
vessels by insane of an improvement upon the original Archimedian
screw. The public are already familiar with the fa-ts of the case,
as they have already been published several times. The Court granted
a rule for a new trial, and then proceeded to try cases at Nisi Prins.
They were all either undefended cases, or actions upon bills of ex-
champ of no interest to any bet the parties concerned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
The following ea s excited a great deal of public interest.
Thomas Richards, (Policeman 486,) and Henry Kirby,
money-taker to the London and Westminster Steam-boat
Company (wooden boats), were summoned before Alderman
Gibbs, for having used insulting and obscene words to Mr.
Charles Funge, an otlicer of the Vice-Chancellor of England.
Mr. Shadwell, the son of the Vice-Chancellor, and several
other gentlemen were present during the investigation.
Kirby, upon being asked whether he was guiity or not
guilty, said "Partly guilty and partly not guilty."
Mr. hinge stated that on Friday last he took the boat (the
Primrose) from Westminster to Landon •bridge, and waited
4,11 the dumb lighter on which he had landed for half an hour
or more, and upon leaving it he was accosted by Policeman
456, who said to him " You had better be oft; the other one is
gone. We have many such as you about here, and you had
better go." Witness asked what the policeman meant by
addressing him in that mariner, and said If I have done any
thing wrong by remaining about the lighter, you should have
came and spoken to me in a proper manner, and told me that
I was doing wrong." Witness left the place, but not feeling
eatistiel returned with a penny in his hand, went to Kirby,
the money-taker, and offered him the penny, determined to
return to Westminster, and to find out the meaning of such
conduct. Kirby, however, refused to take the money, and
b erred that he had warned the witness off before.
Alderman Gums—Had Kirby told you to leave the place
before? Mr. Funge—lle, as well as the policeman, had
warned me off. Kirby said, "The other one is gone, you are
a pickpocket." lof course indignantly denied the truth of
the accusation, told him that I was known to many people
in the City, and mentioned Mr. Geldham's name, as a gentle-
man who was probably known to him. He said he did not
care. I offered hint my ca. d, but he said he did not want my
card, and he refused to take it. I then requested the police-
man to go with me to several gentlemen, to whom I referred,
in the City, but he refused to gs, stating that it was out of his
beat. I was refused permission to go on hoard. On Saturday
Mr. Peters, Mr. Goldham, jun., and myself, went down to the
pier to see whether Kirby inteded to make any acknowledg-
ment or apology for his conduct, but that person said he did
not at all care about it, refused to give his name, or the name
of the secretary to the company. to whom application might
he made for redress, and behaved in an extremely gross and
unbecoming manner.
Aldermats Gines—What have you to say in answer to
the charge, Kirby ? Kirby—l was, my Lord, busily en-
gaged in taking money for the London and Westminster
Steam-boat Company, when this policeman (Richards) came
and said that one of the swell mob was on the lighter, and
he then pointed out the gentleman who made the complaint
as another of the swell mob. I heard an altercation between
the gentleman and the policeman, and when the gentleman
offered the money to pay his passage to Westminster, refused
to take it, as the officer had told me he was a pickpocket.
Alderman GlBBs—Policeman, what have you to say ?
Richards—l was called down by the pier master to make
two persons leave the pier, and he pointed out one whom
knew well, Bill Dunn one of the gang at the Elephant and
Castle. He also pointed to the gentleman who has made the
complaint. I asked Bill Dunn it he knew the complainant;
and he said that he knew no party whether he knew them
or not. I told the gentleman, thinking that he was a com-
panion of the person I knew to be one of the swell m b, that
lie had no business to wait there, and I then went to Kirby,
mad told him to mention to the captain that one of the swell
mob, meaning the other person, whom I knew to be a bad
character, was about the place; but I never said the gentle.-
man was one of the class.
Kirby—l certainly said the gentleman was a pickpocket;
and I said so upon the information of Richards, who declared
that such certainly was the case.
Alderman GIBBS (to the policeman)—Did you see a pick-
pocket speaking to this gentlemsn? Richards—No; but I
cad produce a witness who did.
Edward Jones, (the policeman's witness) who stated
that he was a wateh-maker in Bermondsey, and he was on
the pier at the time the circumstance occurred. He heard
not a word of abuse, but he saw a person close to the gen-
tleman, and he thought be saw them speak together. The
other person, whom he supposed to be a pickpocket, he saw
moving about the gentleman very much for a long time,
but he was not sure that they spoke together.
Mr. Goldham, jun., said, that on the Saturday of the oc-
currence, Kirby, upon bring called upon by him and other
friends of Mr. Funge, behaved in the most bullying and in-
solent manner, refused to give his name, or the name of the
secretary, to apologise or explain, and said again that Mr.
Fine was a pick-ie cket.
Kirby solemnly declared that he did not know Mr. Gold-
am at the time.
The policeman called Another p rson, who, he said, was
capable of giving evidence for the defence.
Thomas Still, who stated as wall as he could, that he was
pier-macer at the Old Shades pier, when the transaction
took Dine, then stogy d terwar.l.
Alderman GIBBS—W,II, what have you to say ? Witness
—I have to say that it was on Sunday last.
Alderman Glans-011 Sunday !ast ! Witness—Yes ;on
Sunday it was that it happened.—(Great laughter.)
Alderman GIBBS—WeII, I certainly shall not take your
evidence as to a transaction of Sunday for what happened on,
Fm law. (Witness looked stupidly at the Bench.)
Alderman GIBBS—Are you quite sober? Witness—Sober !
oh, dear, yes.—(Laughter.)
Alderman GIBBS—As I have said upon former occasions,
while it is the duty of the magistrates to protect the police
in the just and proper discharge of their duty, it is equally
his duty to inflict punishment for the very injurious offence
of exceeding the bounds prescribed to the force. It is evi-
dent that you, Richards, have acted in this case-in a very
unwarrantable manner. You saw a person, whom you knew
to be a thief, following about this gentleman, of whom you
knew nothing, and in all probability tor the purpose of rob-
ing him, and at the same time that you let the notorious
thief go, you condemn this gentleman as a pickpocket, and
refuse to let him:avail himself of the opportunity, by identi-
fication, to show that there was no foundation for the
suspicion. Kirby has, through your representation, narrowly
escaped a serious difficulty, but as he acted upon information
which, if correct, would have completely sanctioned his con-
duct, I discharge him.
Richards—My Lord, I never told Kirby the gentleman
was a pickpocket, for I never knew any thing of the kind.
I never knew the gentleman.
Alderman GIBBS—I fine you, Richards, twenty
for this very gross act, and I hope the decision will shillings
arefii have its
effect upon those individuals of the force whotoo
for-
ward.
Kirby—l humbly beg the gentleman
accept my apology I offer it to himesit%re
th justice- room.
Mr. Funge and his friends then
BO TV- TREE 7:
gentleman's If he will
at the bar for final examination,
charged Farr was
of iNeird.eajlo-sbeopxh containingd,aovfakioenty:
Ann Newland, with receiving the
charged with stealing a
of articles, the
them to have been stolen.
same, well knowing
conducted the
prosecution, and Mr. Mr. 13allantine .
tague-square ;and Maril
property
Robin-
son attended for the prisoners.
Some further evidence in corroboration of that given on the
previous examination having been heard,
Mr. Mathew Blackiston, an engineer, residing in Trafal-
gar-square, stated that he also was travelling on Good Fri-
day by the mail train, and left the Euston• square station at
about a quarter before nine o'clock, having the case of en-
gineering implements which be left on the platform ; and on
arriving at Birmingham he missed it nor did he again see
it until it was in possession of the (file' ers.
proved The property having been by the officers to have
been found in Sloane-street,
the prisoners were fully com-
mitted, bail having been refused for their appearance.

BIRTHS
On the lith inst., at Athol-crescent, Edinburgh, the lady of Captain
Lyon, of a daughter.
On the 20th inst., at the Nunnery, Isle of Man, the Itdy of Lieute-
nant-o,lmnd (lade Taubman, of a son.
On the 22d inst., the lady of Edward Turst Carver, Eeq., of a
daight,.r.
On the 22d inst., at Forest ll.mse, ll:lnfield, the lady of Captain F
Moor, of a son.

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On HI, 24th , Richmond-park, the Countess Dowager
Dunmore. Reif"
On the 221,f March,at Chukkoke, Ensign James Laing, 15th
meat of hull: try.
On the 21;111 of sarch, at Kassowlee, Lieutenant-Colonel 3lgiregS
Barr. C. 8.. 29th Regiment.
on the 20th Inst., the Rev. Joshua Hird, D.D., Rector of Moncton,
and Vie:ir 01 Eflingliam, Hants, aged 77.

OA the 22..! hist , at Choltenhant, Miss Frances Gillman.
On tin, 2241 lust., at llnrworth, near Darlington, 31k4s Mars
aged 42. a'f
On the 23d at Tunbridge-wells, Catherine Alexandrina,
of Dr. Nelson.
On t!'t '24th inst., at rimlar, Captain William Jones, of her Ma-
jesty', ship : enelope.
r • init., in Van!, r..4-li-tt,we, -10,eatti, A. 1-onng..
",c 250! t., no: , iie ot Mr. Jun Back, of Queens.

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