The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-23 00:00:00

WEAR. DOCK -RAILWAY.

The object of this Bill is to confect the Northumberland and
Lancashire Junction Railway with the port of Sunderland, and to
give the collieries in Wear Valley a good railway communicationwith
a shipping port. The length of the proposed line is twenty-six miles,
and the estimated cost 530,0001. The engineer is Mr. Thomas Storey,
and the Parliamentary agektS are Messrs. Dyson and Co.

The Bill was opposed in a petition from the Newcastle and Darling-
ton Railway.
The first allegation on the part of the petitioners was, that in the
book of reference deposited in the Private Bill-office, the lion.
Charles Grey and the Right
,Hon. Lord Duncan were, as trustees
under the late Countess of Durham, described as the occupiers
and owners of certain property marked Nos. 2 and 3 in the plans,
whereas the said property belonged to the Newcastle and Darlington
Junction Railway Company.
On the part of the petitioners proof was given that they had pur-
chased, and were in possession of the property in question, but it was
not shown that any conveyance had taken place.
The Committee decided that the allegation was not sustained.
The next allegation was, that no application had been made on or
before the 31st of December last, to the petitioners, who were, and
still are, the owners and occupiers of certain waste lands stated to be
within the limits of deviation, and marked No. 5 in the plans.
The Committee ultimately decided that the notices were instal-
dent, and that this allegation was sustained.

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There was another allegation to the effect that the application
which was given in writing to the petitioners as owners and occupiers
of a certain branch railway, marked No. 4, in the above-mentioned
book of reference deposited in the Private Bill-office, was imperfect,
and did not sufficiently_ describe the manner in which the said branch
railway would be affected by the proposed line—also that there was
no notice given of the proposed Company's intention to alter the level
of the said branch line, as appeared by the plans and sections de-
posited, whereas it was proposed by the promoters of the Bill to raise
the level of the branch three feet six inches, and to alter the in-
clination from one in 45(1 to one in 115.

This allegation was abandoned by the petitioners, but the Commit-
tee wishing to satisfy themselves that the objection was not valid,
called and examined the engineer of the line, and, after some discus-
sion, decided that the standing orders were in this respect complied
with.

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Sub-Committee No. 7.

This Committee met at ten o'clock this morning ; Mr. Greene in
the chair.

The Committee, after hearing the customary formal proofs, de-
clared that the standing orders had been complied with in respect
of the following lines :
IRISH GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (CORK
EXTENSION).
.31(lIINT,MF.T;LIC JUNCTION.
ELY AND HUNTINGDON (BEDFORD EXTENSION).
COCKERMOUTII AND WORKINGTON EXTENSION.
The Committee the❑ adjourned.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
The House sat to-day, at eleven o'clock, to hear appeals. The
Peers present were, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, Lord
Cottenham, and Lord Campbell.
THE CORPORATION OF GLOUCESTER V. SURMAN AND OTRERS.
Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with the further
arguments in this part-heard appeal.

VICE-CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice-Chancellor Wioaara.)
WALFORD ADIE.
Walford and. others, for the proprietors of the Birmingham
Coal Company, ,hold the defendant liable for the debts of the Com-
pany, as well those contracted posterior as those existing prior
to the sale of defendant's shares to the Committee of Management.
The attention of the Court was engaged with the arguments and evi-
dence on the supplemental bill..
Sir J. L. KNIGHT BRECE.—We are sorry to observe that his Honour
is painfully interested in this day's news from India by the loss of his
son, G. W. K. Bruce, Cornet, of her Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons,
reported on the list of killed at Moedkee. His Honour came down
this morning to Lincoln's Inn, as usual, ignorant of the calamity
which had befallen him. On learning the sad intelligence from the
morning papers, he immediately gave notice that he would not sit for
a week, and left.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(T HIS DAY

The fifth session of the present Mayoralty-was opened this mord-
ing by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and Aldermen
Hunter, Challis, and Hughes.
The grand jury having been sworn, the Recorder charged them
as follows :

Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,—The present calendar contains a
list of no less than 120 prisoners, but that number will no doubt be
augmented before the termination of your labours. The number is
not so great as in some of the previous sessions, but the crimes
charged are of no common magnitude. There are three charges of
arson; several of • making and- uttering counterfeit coin ;
three of rape ; several cases of misdemeanour of
the worst character; three charges of murder, two being
committed in one county and the third in another. The
I earned Recorder then read the statute which related to arson, and
after explainirb, the degrees of that crime, he went on to direct their
attention to the murder which had been committed in Drury-lane.
If (continued -the Learned Judge) the evidence which shall
come before you is the same that I hive read in the depositions, I
would advise you to put the case in course of further investigation.
The second case of murder is a charge against parents, of causing the
death of an infant by administering poison ; and they are charged also
with concealment of birth. With respect to the first of these charges,
1 de not think, aftet a careful perusal of the evidence, that the crime is
borne home as against the mother, but of course that point will be
for you to determine. - With respect to the second charge, I do not
think that it can at all be substantiated, for as a surgeon was called
in the concealment is at an end. You may be all more or less ac-
quainted with the circumstances of this case from the statements
which have from day to day appeared in the public prints. Whether
those statements have answered a good end or an evil one,
I am not here to say; whether- the publication of the facts
connected with it have assisted the truth or thrown diffi-
culties in the way of justice, I shall not pronounce an opinion
on ; but whatever, Gentlemen, may have been your previous
impressions, you must now throw them behind yeu, and look only
to the evidence which shall be brought before you. If you find
that the child died a natural death, then, however morally guilty the
prisoners may be--however abhorrent the intercourse that took place
between them—into that connexion you have no right to inquire.
They are freed from the charges preferred against them, and your
duties, as regards them, are at an end. The Learned Recorder then
referred to the charges of rape, and concluded by expressing his
deep regret that a calendar so limited, in point of numbers, should be
so fruitful in offences of the highest order. lie was sure that they
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Tho grand jury thenretiredcand the petit jury was sworn in.

DRURY- LANE THEATRE.—The exertions of the ma•
nageinent here are beyond all precedent, for notwithstanding
the nightly increasing attraction of Don Quixote and The
Island Nymph, we perceive the crack work of the whole sea •
son announced for representation on Thursday next. We
allude to Mr. Benedict's opera, in the preparation of which a
vast sum of money has been expended; and in one scene of
which we hear that more than five hundred persons are in
possession of the stage. The public anxiety to see it
something quite unusual.

HER MAJESTY'S-SHIP QUEEN.—We find in the Naval
Intelligence, an-peering: in .the Times of Thursday, from its Ports-
mouth Correspondent, an article in reference to the desertion of
seamen from H. M. S: Rodney, which is imputed to the tyran-
nical conduct of the -officers on board. We know nothing of
the correctness or - incorrectness of this statement, but
we do know - from -inquiries we " have instituted, that ano-
ther statement' which has been linked to if is monstrously
false. It is this, " The Rodney is not the only ship which has suf-
fered seriously:by desertion. - We are infoitmed, the flag-ship at
Devonport has lost uiwards -a 100 men lately." This, we have
been assured, is quite untrue. The Queen has not lost men by de-
sertion ; and to make the assertion just after the hint about
tyrannical conduct of officeis, is grossly unjust to the highly
humane and tiniverscaly esteemed captain, Sir Henry Leeke,
and the offlceis who co-operate with him in the efficient and
seamanlike management of - the ship. No man can possibly be
more indulgent than ,sir Henry, no _man can possibly merit the
strongest gratitude of his crew more than he, and Jack is not the
sort of being to forsake the ship in which he is well treated, for
a mere crotchet. Seainen who have had the opportunity of bet-
tering themselves have certainly obtained the kind consent of the
captain to do so, but we repeat, there has been no desertion Here,
the state of the Queen, and the amiable disposition of the captain and
officers are so well known, that the absurdity of the paragraph con-
veys its own contradiction. Rut in justice to them, and as regards
the wrong impressions which might be induced elsewhere, It 4,
that we offer these observations. Devonport Independent,
FROM A CORRESPONDENT. ,We beiri" 4
counts of the loss of potatoes in ,--____ ~. co hear ac-
and I fear that - is
not quite free-from th. -" '
I taught us k hiethod -01". "SPas e. Our foreign cook here has
dressing common horse (or Heligo-
gelid) beans, which-Mere . them _an excellent substitute for
pind iteeotatoes; rd4.4s theyare a most -nourishing food, and carry
PP Tire4-in a dried state, if they can be procured in sutUclAnt quantities, -they would be very useful in a time of
scarcity.
,They aro dressed' in the same way in which the
French and Italians; dress - the small white bean so 'com-
monly used in-. the south of Europe. We have used them
often at our table aa a vegetable, Perhaps this should be
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