The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-11 00:00:00

Tl-IL_ SUN, LONDON, Tn.U'RSDA.Y MORNING, jITNI_I' 11, 1

a cotton spinner and coal-owner, at Schawe, the object of wWch was
to show the difference of distance by the tairo lints Of `railway, and
to prove that the line of the promoters Was better than those of their
opponents, whether by the Manchester or Huddot sflela, or the Man-
chester anti Leeds Railways.

In reply to a question, the witness said he was not aware that a
Bill had passed the Commons for a line to Barnsley which would
give a direct communication with Manchester to Oldham.
Mr. Nightingale, a manufacturer of lucifer matches and pill
boxes at Newton Heath, stated that he used 600 tons of
timber, and that he employed 300 persons on an average
throughout the year; that he exported to all parts of Europe
and North America and Australia, besides sending large quantities
to every part of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The timber cost
him 3s. a ton for carriage to Manchester, aed his goods the same for
return carriage to that place. This line would be of great con•
venience to him.
To Mr. WADDINGTON the witness replied that the station of the
Oldham districts line would be close to his works, and that at pre-
sent there was no railway accommodation whatever. The witness
also spoke to the feeling of the inhabitants in favour of this line.
Mr. Philip Lancashire, a land agent, at Newton, Mr. Harnip, of
Saddleworth, Mr. HalliweL, and Mr. Frank Andrews, of Mossley, a
cotton manufacturer, were respectively examined by Mr. Missal. in
favour of the Oldham Districts line, all giving evidence of the same
nature.

To Mr. TINDAL ATKINSON the witness replied that the whole of the
horse-power Is about 600, of which 150 will be accommodated by the
Manchester and Huddersfield Railway.
On re-examination the witness replied that the bulk of the popu-
lation of Mossley resided on the brow to which the Manchester and
Huddersfield line would afford no accommodation whatever.
To Mr. TINDAL ATKINSON, the Witness replied that the principal
publie-house would be taken by the opposing line for a station.
To the CHAIRMAN, tt reply- was made that the road from the
bottom of the Liu it
ruling gradier the top is on a gradient of one In six, and the
t is one in ten.
Mr. -re3seph Kershawe, of the firm of Joseph Kershawe and Sons,
:ified that the carriage of the articles of their business from Man-
chester was I Os. a ton, and that the proposed railway would save the
firm 400 f. a year In that Item. Their concern was 400 feet above the
teVe: of the canal, and the only line that could accommo-
date Mossley was that of the Oldham Districts Company.
Mossley is Increasing rapidly in population—he should say that
the numbers were doubled within the art ten years.
To Mr. ATKINSON' the witness replied that the inhabitants of
Moseley got their goods from Liverpool by railway and canal, the dis-
tance being about 46 miles, but he was arguing on the supposition
that the Huddersfield and Manchester line would never be made.
He conceived that because the Act had been long obtained, and
although they had broken ground, and had purchased ground, they
hid never paid for It. Such, at least, was the case with him.
To the Climate:l, the witness replied that the land had been
purchased from him, but it was not his, and he could say nothing
whatever cf the title of the property.
To Mr. Russtme the answer was, that if the Huddersfield line were
made it would not serve his purpose so well.
By permission of the CHAIRMAN, Mr. ATKINSON here called the
!elicitor of the Huddersfield and Manchester Company, Who
Stated that the works had been let for the whole line,
and all the contracts entered into % that works up to Staley-
bridge were already in progi-ess, that the buildings bought in that
town had been destroyed for the purpose of the railway, that all
the land to the end of the line had been bought, and that the pur-
chests had not been completed, simply because there had not been
time to investigate the titles, of which there are some hundreds,
but the cash was now lodged in the bank, ready for expenditure.
Captain Lewes, manager of the Manchester and Leeds Railway,
stated that between Rochdale and Oldham, before the opening
of their railway, there wits only one coach, which was kept up
rather for accommodation than with a view to profit, while during
last year the company had carried upwards of 50,000 passengers.
Prone Haywood there was no conveyance at all, while last year
they carried upwards of 211,000 passengers. From Middleton,
a place scarcely khown beyond the district, they
had carried more than 17,000 persons. Great convenience
would sten tusue to the poor who were employed in Oldham, and
when families live at a distance, and who obtained a ticket for their
journey here on Saturday and their refill-la on Monday. As an in-
, stance of the benefit of railway tommunieation, he might stale the
fact that tons of Water cresses are carried from London, and for con-
sumption M Lancashire, as much indeed as thirteen tons annually.
A Variety of other instances might be adduced to prove the same fact.
The other line, the Oldham and Manchester, was laid out with
difficulty, and there was one gradient as steep as lin 27. By the
formation,of the Oldham Districts line the company which the witness
represented would reap a small dividend.
To tilt Citafestes, Captain Lawes replied that the Manchester and
Leeds Company now derived 6% per cent. dividend, and he might
put one fact to prove the utility of his own railway—that was, the
circumstance that the saving to the public since the line had been
formed was equal to the whole expense paid by the public for transit
before the line was formed, as shown before Lord Stanley. Last
week they had carried as many as 40,000 passengers; during last
year they had carried 469,000 third-class passengers and 41,000
first-class.

To Mr. WADDINGTOtt, the witness replied that the Manchester
and Letd3 Station at Oldham was as bad as possible, although the
tliihenity of the rise was great, and had been well surmounted.
After cross-examination on the same point, the Committee rose at
dye o'clock, and adjourned till twelve o'clock on Monday.

IREL AND.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
DUBLIN, Jens B.—The weekly meeting of the association
was held this day, T. V. Meagher, Esq., in the chair.
The SECRETARY read a letter from Mr_ Smith O'Brien,
accepting the invitation to a public dinner and banquet, but
suggesting that it would be better to postpone the affair till
the return of the Irish Members from London.
It was then moved and adopted that the letter of Mr.
O'Brien be referred to the committee appointed to carry out
tl:e arrangements.
Mr. D. O'CoNNELL, jun., moved the expulsion of Mr.
Archdeacon (a repeal warden of Liverpool) from the asso-
ciation, for recommending the adoption of physical force as a
n-.eans of acquiring the repeal of the union.
Mr. STEELE seconded the motion, and briefly explained
the principle of the association, which deprecated anything
bordering on the recommendations of Mr. Archdeacon.
The SECRETARY read letters from several repeal Members
of Parliament (in answer to a circular) announcing their in-
tention to attend in Parliament to assist in opposing the
Coercion Bill.

Mr. J. AL BARRY (barrister) addressed the meeting at
considerable length.
A letter was ah,o read from Mr. Smith O'Brien, in reference
to the payment by the association of the fees to which he
was liable on his discharge from custody. He accepted the
offer of the association to refund the sum, which amounted to
41/. 6s. Bd.

Captain BRODERICK, in addressing the meeting, announced
that the Whigs have resolved on aiding the repeal party in
opposing the Coercion Bill.

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The amount of rent up to post hour (three o'clock) is said
to be 100/.

THE LATE GOVERNMENT INQUIRY.
The result of the inquiry into the conduct of Mr. French,
resident magistrate in Westmeath, which bad been instituted
by the Government at the instance of Sir Francis Hopkins,
transpired to-day. The Lord-Lieutenant, with a view to
mark his disapproval of the part taken by Mr. French
(in regard to the depositions of Sir Francis against Brian
Seery, who was lately executed), has directed that that
gentleman should be removed from Westmeath to another
district.

ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN WEST3IEATIL
The Evening Mail states that Brian Kenny, steward of Sir
John Nugent, Bart., in the county of Westmeath, was filed
at and seriously wounded on Saturday evening.
UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN.

There was an examination to fill a vacat;t, fOlowship last
week. There were nine competitor,. This day Mr. ingrain
was declared the successful camlidAto.

THE HYDROI'ATHIC SYSTEM.
On Tucalay M. W. Payne resumed the inquiry at the
King's Head, Eastcheap, as to the death of Mr. Richard
Dresser, who was alleged to have died from improper treat-
ment at the Hydropathic Establishment of Dr. Ellis, Strad-
brooke Park, Petersham.

Since then the case appears to have caused much addi-
tional interest, and Mr. Prendergast appeared for Dr. Ellis,
and Mr. Jones, of Size-lane, for the friends of the deceased.
The first witness examined was James Maynard, the bath-
man at the asylum, and from his testimony it appeared that
the deceased was at Dr. Ellis's from Friday week to the 3d
inst., having gone there at his own desire for rheumatism.
He had baths every morning at a temperature of 85, in
which he remained ninety seconds. Tapioca and bread and
butter were supplied to him for breakfast, but he complained
to his wife of being kept very humble, which he bad not
been used to. The witness also took up occasionally a jug
of warm, and another of cold water, with a bandage, but
this was applied by Dr. Ellis, who sat up with him. He died
oc Tuesday morning.
By Mr. Prendergast—lie took all the food he wished.
Never took cold water up without some warm.
Dr. Ellis's diagnosis of the case was read, from which it
seemed the deceased had first been treated for rheumatism,
and subsequently, according to the document, for liver com-
plaint, and inflammation, and suppuration.
Mr. Waterworth, of the New Kent-road, surgeon, the part-
ner of Mr. Hicks, who was examined on the first day, having
jointly made the post mortem examination, said ilbat Dr.
Ellis's paper did not agree with witness's examination in
any one point. He had known the deceased for six or seven
years. lie was generally in good health, but was not a
strong man. He saw him last in April. The cause of death
was congestion of the heart and lungs. There was no ap-
pearance of inflammation or. suppuration of the liver, and
the application of cold or hot baths, even if he had been so
attacked, would have been very improper except for a short
time. He believed the congestion was the result of some
cold application, or exposure to the atmosphere.
The CORONER summed up at great length, and pointed out
what the law was laid down to be in the case of St. John
Long, and left it for them to decide whether Dr. Bilis was a
man of competent skill, and had acted with due caution or
in a spirit of rashness.
The jury retired for some time, and the foreman said,
" We find that the deceased lost his life through improper
treatment at the asylum."
The CORONER—Do you mean great rashness on the part
of Dr. Ellis?

The juryagain retired, and finally delivered this verdict:—
" That the deceased died from the effects of the rash treat-
ment of Dr. Ellis, against whom we return a verdict of man-
slaughter." _ _

Di. Ellis then entered into his own recognizances of 5001.,
and two sureties of 2504 to appear at the next sessions of the
Criminal Court.

ARRIVAL OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE BEL-
GIANS IN PARIS.—The King and Queen of the Belgians arrived on
Saturday by the northern road. Their Majesties left Brussels at ten
hi the morning, and reached the Paris station at nine in the evening.
Baron James de Rothschild, with two members of the Board of Di-
rectionfron-
tiers to Amiens, and from Amiens to Paris, as well as the engines of
and the engineers of the two sections from the Belgian
the company, were in waiting at Valenciennes to receive the royal
travellers, who came the whole way in their own royal railroad car-
riage, which was simply added to the other train, in which were M.
Mazin, director of the Belgian railroads, the Sub-Prefect, and Mayor
of Valenciennes. The directors of the company were assembled at
the Paris station on the arrival of their Majesties, and received from
them expressions of their satisfaction at the whole of their journey
from Valenciennes. Immediately after arriving at the Paris station
their Majesties proceeded to Nenllly.
BATHING IN ME SERPENTINE.—The temperature
in the metropolis during the last eight or ten days Ir;s ',men nearly
equal to that of the West Indies There has been x genera! preva-
lence of easterly winds, which has caused a considtnabie bl;ght, par-
ticularly among the rose trees. The heat of the we alter hat, ren-
dered battling very general, and vast num'aers have in consequence
repaired for that purpose, each morning and evening, to the Serpen-
tine in Hyde-park. The following is the register of the tcrwerature
in the shade, as taken at the Royal Humane Society's receiving-
house, with the number of bathers attending :
Morn. Noon. Night. Morning. Evening.
Deg. Deg. Deg. Bathers. Bathers.
Sunday, May 31 •• 63 •• 73 .. 68 .. 7,000 .. 5,000
Monday, June 1 • • 64 • • 72 . • 63 • • 3,000 4,000
Wednesday, 2 • 3
76
• •
.. 62 .. •62 • • 71 .. 63 ..- 3,000 .. 2,500
72 • • 2,000 .. 3,000
Thursday, 4 •• 68 73 .. 71 .. 4,000 3,000
Friday, 5 • • •• 71 • • 73 73 • • 2,500 .. 4,000
Saturday, 6 02 • • b 0 • • 75 . • 3,000 .. 4,000
Sunday, 7 • • •• 72 • • 81 • 76 • • 8,000 .. 5,000
It will thus be seen that the heat has been increasing during the last
three days, and that Sunday was the hottest day, and that the num-
ber of bathers during the eight days, in the Serpentine alone, has
been no less than 65,000 !
COMMITTAL OF THE LATE TREASURER OF THE
BIRMINGHAM WORKHOUSE.—The examination of Mr. J. V. Welch,
late treasurer of the Birmingham Workhouse, was resumed at the
public-office of that borough on 31onday, and adjourned to Tuesday,
when the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the next War-
wick assizes on a charge of embezzling the money of the parish. Bail
was offered, but the magistrates, in consideration of the serious
character of the offence, did not feel themselves justified in ac-
cepting it.
PRICE OF WHEAT.—A return has been issued by order
of the House of Lords, showing the lowest and highest prices of
wheat as sold in the markets of Uxbridge, Guildford, Wisbeach, and
Ely, in each week, from the Ist of May, 1845, to the end of April,
1846. The highest price during the whole of that period, in Uxbridge
market was 80s., in the week ending 29th of November last, and the
lowest 40s , which was the price several times during the same
period. In Guildford market the highest price was 755., in October,
and at two or three other times, and the lowest 40s. in February.
At Wisbeach, the highest price reached was 775., in the week ending
4th of October, and the lowest 225. [Query, 325. ? it is, however,
printed 225. in the return], in the week ending 17th of May, 1845.
At Ely market the highest price attained was 705., in the weeks
ending Ist of November and 13th orDeeember, and the lowest was
235., in the week ending 15th of November.
Monday last, being Trinity Monday, the Masters
of the Trinity House, in accordance to ancient custom,
assembled at ten o'clock. at their official residence, Tower-hill, for
the purpose of visiting Deptford. Fro is their residence they pro-
ceeded to the Tower, where they were joined by his Grace the Duke
of Wellington, who, in his capacity as one of the brothers and that
Ports,CinqueGre:ariverl at the Tower at eleven
accompanied the Masters on
the
acHiso'clock, and was received by a guard of honour formed from the
Coldstream Guards. The procession then formed, and proceeded in
of Lord
a‘ nnl'araidevnisoitf.
due order to the water over the moat-bridge, when the party erts•
barked. After visiting the places required by the charter, the
masters and brothers attended Divine Service at the Old Church,
Deptford. The corporation, with the exception of the master, re-
turned to London in their state shallops. The banquet in the even-
lug, at the Trinity House, was prepared with great magnificence.
Covers were laid for 82. The master presided. Besides his Grace,
there were present the Marquis Camden, Marquis of Douro.
Earl of Haddington, Earl of Dalhousie, Earl of Shaftes-
bury, Earl of Ellenborough, Lbrd G. Somerset, Viscount
Melbourne, Viscount Melville, Viscount Canning, the Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie, Captain the
Hon. J. H. Botts, It. N. ; Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Sir J. Graham,
Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Right lion.
H. T. Corry, Right Hon. S. R. Lushington, Right Hon. Dr. Lushing-
ton, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Right Hon. Sir T. Frelnantle,Hon.
T. L. Melville, Hon. Henry Fitzroy, Sir Thomas Neave, Bart , Sir
Jos. Barrow, Bart., Admiral Sir Byam Martin, Admiral Sir J. A.
Gordon' Admiral Bowles, Sir Charles Adam, Lieutenant-General
Sir H. Douglas, Lieutenant- Colonel Asteli, Lieut.-Colonel Mickle-
thwalt, Major Eirlngton, Captain Beaufort, R.N., Rev. Henry Mel.
Ville, Mr. Anson, Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Mr. Chap-
man, Mr. Cripps, M.P., Mr. W. W. Cotton, Mr. Dean, Mr. Fara-
day, Mr. Hogg, M.P., Mr. King, Mr. Lefevre, Mr. M'Gregor, Mr.
Neville, M.P., Mr. Pelly, Mr. R. Pelly, Mr. C. Pelly, Mr. Powell,
Mr. W. R. Robinson, Mr. G. B. Robinson, Mr. Sampson, Mr. Symes,
Mr. Tooke, Mr. Turner, Mr. Walker, Mr. Wigram, and Mr. J.
Young, M.P. The following noblemen and gentlemen, who were
also invited to the banquet, were prevented by other engagements
from attending:—Marquis of Bute, Earl of Minto, Major-General Sir
11. Wheatley, Colonel Allan, C. 8., and Mr. Heath.
A young English vocalist, Miss Katherine Noble
(daughte' of ow well-known ballet master), has made a 'very suc-
cessful debut at Turin, in an opera called ..17 Sogno Punitore, com-
posed by:Gerli. Miss Noble has been studying in Italy for rive
years, and possesses requisites likely to secure her future eminence.
siMORE FINE WHEAT.—We have elsewhere twticed
that some fine heads of Australian wheat, grown by Mr. H. Little-
dale, at Liscard, were last week exhibited in the Excl.ange Newe.
room. To-day several heads of English wheat, equal, if not superior,
in bulk and promise, may be seen at ties same place. They are
from one of the fields of Mr. Robert Neil,on, of teas town and link-
wood, a gentleman whose skill and enterprise in practinsl and ecien-
Mc agriculture are unsurpaseed.—Liverpooi
ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT ToNBRIDGE WELLS
At the Tonbridge Petty Sessions on Monday last, Thomas Cheesrnan,
a waiter at the Camden Hotel, was charged with cutting the throat
of a fellow servant named Frances Sam'crs, with intent to destroy
life. It appeared that the prisoner was desirous of paying his ad-
dresses to the young woman, but as she rejected them, he frequently
vowed that if she would not have him, he would cut her throat, or
employ other means to kill her. On Sunday afternoon lie saw her
walking with her favoured lover through some fields near the town,
and he immediately followed her, and pulling out of his pocket a
clasp knife, began to sharpen it upon a stone, saying, that if she did
not leave the arm of the young man, and walk with him, he would
cut her throat. She, however, as well as the young man she
was walking with thought that the prisoner was merely holding
out some idle threats which he never meant to put in execution, and
therefore they walked on and took little or no notice of him. He,
however, continued to follow them, and at length he made a rush at
the female and cut her throat. Dr. R. 11. Powell, surgeon, who was
immediately sent for to attend the female, stated that the wound
was five inches in length, on the left side of the throat. It was a
ragged heis?on, and extended from below upwards, and from behind
forwards. It had nearly severed the
jugular vein, but the carotid
artery had very narrowly es,speel, in consequence of the edgeof the
would be extremely
knife not being straight. He added, that it
dangerous for the young woman to be removed at present for the
purpose of giving evidence. The prisoner was remanded fn• ft week.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—The third un-
l.actl meeting of this society was held on Tucs lay, at their rooms in
t•eorge.street, Hanover-square. The Right Hon. the Earl of Devon,
the
President, in the chair, supported by Lord James Stuart, Mr.
Benjamin Bond Cabbell, and other vice-presidents and members.
The resolutions were all adopted with unanity, and the financial
statement presented by the auditors showed that the assets of the
society amounted to 7,8001., and its liabilities to 1,8001., with a cast,
balance In hand of about 1000/. for the services of the present year.
It was resolved proprietary body, dividing
to make the Institute a ProlL its property among the members, in shares, and of these more than
taken up by the early associates o
half were of the institute, includiag
the Earl of Devon, Lord Metcalfe, Sir George
I arpent, Mr. Benjamin
Bond Cabbell,
Lord . Sandon, Admiral Ilawtayne, the Rev. Dr.
Spranger, Mr. Matheson M.P., the Bishop of St. David's, the Hon.
and Rev. 'Vernon Harcourt, and others. Votes of thanks were
passed to the Earl of Devon and the Committee, for their valuable
services ; to the musical members, for their agreeable contributions I
to the pleasure of the soirees; and to the resident director and secre-
tary, for the ability and efficieney with which they had enlarged
Moir recoctin aatiffortio s, na9ol IlePultvat

MOSQUITIA.

The King of Mosquitia (a territory better known ell
the " Mosquito shore") has isstied a proclamation, for
the purpose of regulating and registering grants of land
made in that country to European settlers.
As this brings the subject under our notice, it
may not be uninteresting to give some account of
the present state of this country, which is not
a little singular, in reference to its connexion
with British subjects, Its extent is about the same as
England ; it posses,e3 several fine harbours, is watered
by numerous rivers, enjoys a salubrious climate and a fer-
tile soil, and is in every way admirably adapted for colo7
uisation, the more especially as it is in this immediate
vicinity that the projected communication between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans will probably be made.
The present King is a minor. The late King, his
father, dying a few years ago, left a will, in which he
appointed certain Englishmen to be guardians to his
children and administrators of the affairs of the kingdom
during the minority of his son. These gentle-
men were the Commandant at Belize, a neigh-
bouring British settlement ; the chaplain to the
station, and two or three other gentlemen of that place,
with power to fill up any vacancies, and to add to their
number. It appears that these persons have entered upon
the duties of their office, for the proclamation, although
in the name of the King, is stated to he " with the advice
of his guardians." It also appears from the terms of the
proclamation that a new regulation is to be enforced
with respect to grants of land, which we understand has
become necessary in consequence of certain grants having
been fraudulently obtained, and in some instances con-
flicting clsims made for the same land.
The sovereignty of this valuable country has been re-
peatedly off, red to the British Crown, and the offer has
as often been declined. We will not now stop to inquire
into the ,A i,tiom of such refusal ; but it is evident that
the British Government is not disposed to suffer such a
tertit.,ry to become a dependency of any other Power,
frost► the tact that they have recently accredited an
agent no that kingdom, and from their having deputed
the superintendent of Belize to attend the coronation of
the King as the representative of the British Sovereign.
We must, therefore, consider Mosquitia as an indepen-
dent kingdom, and its Sovereign as an acknowledged ally
of the British Crown.

We have reason to believe that a German company
are in treaty for a gralt of land in the vicinity of Cape
Gracias a Dios, and that a large grant has been ob-
tained by an English company for the purpose of plant
ing a colony on the Black River, a small number of set-
tlers being already established at Bluefields. Coloniza-
tion being once commenced, it is probable the tide of
immigration will flow strongly towards these shores.
Near the sea the climate resembles that of the West
Indies ; near the mountains it resembles that of Europe;
consequently, the soil produces the sugar-cane and
the indigo plant in one district, while it grows wheat and
turnips in another. With these natural advantages
this country can only require proper manage-
ment to make it prosper ; we hope, there-
fore, that the system of colonization to be
adopted for this country may be of such a character
that the aborigines may derive solid advantages from
it, instead of its proving, as elsewhere, the cause of
their destruction. The attempt to civilise the Indian
has too often ended in his extermination. We hope this
may not be the case in the present instance, but that the
persons in whose hands have been placed in so unusual a
manner the destinies of this people, will not lose sight of the
grand object of their trust—the prosperity of the King their
ward, and of the people who are entrusted to their care ;
but, by adopting wise and prudent measures they may
have the proud satisfaction of exhibiting to the world
the unwonted spectacle of a tribe of Indians benefited
and civilized by their contact with Europeans, taking
their place among enlightened nations. The following
is the