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London, England, 1846-03-19 00:00:00

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UNIFORMITY OF GAUGE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU4V.

Silk—As a resident in the West.of England, which
Owes its escape from the isolated and inactive state in
which it has hitherto'existed to the establishment of the
railway system, Ido hope that as soon as the public in-
terest has been exhausted in reference to Indian con-
quests, American ambition, Polish revolutions; and pro-
tectionist strugg:es; you will find a little time and space
to devote to the Gauge Commissioners' report,.which
involves a question of no 'small importance to those who
employ railways as a *means of subsistence, and not
Merely for pleasure. •
-The Gauge Commission have reported that for the
general purposes of the kingdom the narrow gauge
is decidedly sonerior., to Mr. -Brunel's . broad. gauge.
This recommendation has made the 'Great Western
people very angry, and they.. have vented their anger
in some personal attacks, on the Commissioners in
the columns of a Morning cotemporary. With these at-
tacks I have nothing to do ; but, as one of the travelling
public, I wish. to show, from my own experience, 'as well
as by a few extracts rom the evidence given before the
Gauge Commissioners, that great practical benefit in
saving of time and money, in: low fares, and punctual
delivery of goods at low charges, would arise from the
enforcement of a uniform narrow gauge throughont-t ng-
land and Scotland. Unnecessary expenses incurred either
in the construction or the Maintenance of railways, unne-
cessarily wide bridges, tunnels unnecessarily lofty,
carriages Unnecessarily heavy and empty, clerks and
porters in extraordinary numbers, in consequence of un-
necessary labour, must be paid for by the parties using
these railroads. Such expenses, like taxes, adjust them
how you will, must always fall on the consumer.
• The broad-gauge railway,which at present only includes
the Great Western and its branches, does cost a great
deal more money to make and maintain in working order,
and does require,a larger army of porters than a narrow
gauge line, even when it does not come in contact with
one.

The question then very naturally arises, what return
is there for all this expense? On 1,900 miles of rail-
way, running through all kinds of country, steep de-
clivities, sharp curves, and other engineering difficulties,
the locomotive business of the country is done with
constantly increasing economy, swiftness, and punc-
tuality.
_ .

0n270 miles of broad gauge we have a gauge which
will britr.; to a dead stop any narrow gauge that may
run into it, indifferent accommodation to third-class
passengers (until public indignation was aroused),
wretched accommodation for second-class passengers,
the highest charges in
,the kingdom for both passengers
and merchandise, and, as a compensation, two express
trains a day, at an unlimited speed.
By turning back to the journals of the years 1835.36,
when Mr. Brunel's project for a seven-feet gauge came
before the public, I- find teat he then believed
that the country would be divided into railway districts,
each of which would adopt a gauge suitable to its lo-
cality. Where, as is mineral districts, many sharp
curves were inevitable, there a narrow gauge would be
adopted; where, as on the road between London and
Bristol, the curves were unusually flat, a broad gauge.
He anticipated no difficulty or injury to commerce from
the diversity of gauge. On the Great Western Rail-
way he expected, by the size of his locomotives, to ob-
tain extraordinary size and power, and to supply the
wants of the public by one or two monster trains daily.
With the exception of extraordinary speed, all these
anticipations have been falsified. Up to fifty miles an
hour, the 4 feet 8i inches, and the 7 feet gauge, are
undisputedly equal ; exceeding that rate of speed, the
Great Western, on account of its favourable gradients
one party contends, and another contends on account of
its gauge, has an advantage. But so far from the
public being content with one or two monster trains
a day, the Great Western Company are compelled to
send heavy passenger-trains half empty; and, as each
broad gauge first-class carriage weighs about nine tons,
while a narrow-gauge only weighs about four tons, every
carriage, not half filled, involves an unprofitable weight
of at least four tons. The average number of
passengers carried by-the Great Western Railway is 47
and a fraction, and the average weight of the train is 67
tons, comprising seven carriages. Seven narrow-gauge
carriages, of the best construction, would convey 126
passengers with their luggage, and only•weigh about 46
tons.

You will see, therefore, that, as a commercial resident
in the west of England, I have good reason to be dissa-
tisfied, when travelling upon the only communication
with London and the manufacturing counties, at finding
that I am paying not only the cost of my conveyance,
and the profit on that conveyance, fairly due to the rail-
way proprietors, but also a 47th part of the cost of con-
veying thirty to forty tons of dead weight in empty car-
riages.
Then, with respect to the trucks of the goods' trains
the case is even worse. They weigh about nine tons
each, and are so large that it is impossible to fill them
without waiting too:long for the patience of customers,
so that they are sent on half ,and even a quarter filled ;
of course the carriage of the heavy truck must be added
to the charge for the goods. And all this is a sacrifice
we western folks are constantly called upon to make
to the magnificent genius of Brunel.
Really there was a good deal of truth in the obser-
vation of the traveller, " That the farther he went to
the west, the more convineed• he became that the Wise
Men came, out' a ithe east."'
Then, again, although- the great gaugeites assure us
that a contact' lietween the wide gauge and the narrow
gauge is no sort of inconvenience, they seem anxious to
obtain uniformity wherever they can ; for, abandoning
the icier of fitting gauges to districts, the road
to Gloucester, with sharp curves, is fitted with
the broad gauge ; and they propo,e to adept the same
gauge in all the Great Western projects' so that the
thinly peopled districts of South Wales, North Wilts,
Somerset, North Devon, and Cornwall, are to be sup-
plied with the monster carriages and goods-trucks, which
are found twice too large even for the large traffic be-
tween London and Bristol. The question of curves is
avoided as much as possible in the Cornwall and South
Wales lines by close-ly hugging the coast
It could he cheaper to vote the Queen a million for a
new palace, and present Prince Alb rt with an ad
ditional regiment to practice army tailoring upon, than
to permit the Great Westernites to pursue their costly
schemes for drawing empty carriages at the expense of
the travelling public.
flowover, in spite of this forced extension of the
broad gauge, in order to produce uniformity, if half the
conterop:ated railway Bills are carried out, the two
gauges will meet in more than twenty places.
I need not theorise upon the result of such a playing
at cross purposes. Unfortunately for ill-fated, indolent,
spat hetic Bristol, which when not asleep seems always to
awake to execute some gigantic folly, a broad gauge
railway, or a Great Britain steamer—unfortunately 1
say for Bristol, a break of gauge occurs at Gloucester,
creating a dead halt in the transit between the Northern
and Midland manufactories, and what ought to be their
port. It is in vain that a large army of porters is kept
up, and all sot is of ingenious and costly cranes and con-
trivances established, (all maintained at the cost of the
goods' carrier), delay is inevitable. ' Let any one, us I
have done, take his stand at the Gloucester sta-
tion, and sue the process of unloading and re-
loading a goads' train, consisting of horses, fat cattle,
pigs and shttep, tin-plates, iron and timber, baskets
of fish and poultry, and miscellaneous small parcels„
He will see tho smalliparcels moved by hand, the heavy
goods by mechanical means, and the live stock by a
union of every sort of means that can be imagined.
The change in a train of ordinary size cannot be effect-
ed under from four to twelve hours. It will sometimes
take two hours , to move one restive ox.
Under such circumstances, is it extraordinary that so
little communication exists between Bristol and Leeds,
Manchester,. Fi tirmingham, the Potteries, and all those
districts to wb ich it might, and advantageously, trade ?
Neither 60 .nor 70 miles an hour can compensate for
such a tax, alai such an interruption to trade as the
break of gauge .
I think I hove said enough to show that this gauge
question is wet 1 worth the serious attention of the mer-
cantile comma city.
Free trade s now all the fashion. If the home trade of
England is to (enjoy the same advantages, as the foreign
trade, we must have no more crochetty breaks of broad
gauge, which i s as severe a tax on our internal com
mrrce as any : French or American tariff on our foreign
exports. I ref nain, Sir, your obedient servant,
A WESTERN MAN.

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ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE.
ROME CIRCUIT.--Lewes, March 17.
The commission for the county of Sussex was opened
en Monday at this place. The business is rather
heavier than usual at these assizes, there being fifty-five
perpons for trial, many of whom are charged with the
most serious offences, and fifteen causes are entered on
the civil side, five of which are special jury cases. Lord
Chief Justice Denman commenced the business of
the aSS:Z 3 this morning in the Crown Court, and Mr.
Baron Alderson at-Niei Prius.
CROWN COURT--.(Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.)
William Benstead, 23, a young man of respectable
appearance, and formerly a clerk in the Post-office at
Chichester, was indicted for feloniously stealing a gold
watch, the property of her Majesty's Postmaster.;
General.
Mr. Russell Gurney, with Mr. Clarkson, conducted
the prosecution, and Mr. Johnson defended the prisoner.
It appeared from the testimony adduced that, in the
beginning of last December, a watchmaker, at Yor)r,
'named Bell, sent the watch in question, which was a
flat gold one, enclosed in a letter, to a person named
Apted, in the service of the Duke of Richmond, at Good:
wood. The letter never arrived at its proper destina-
tion, and, on a representation being made upon the sub-
ject to the authorities of the Post-office, inquiries were
set on foot, which resulted in the apprehension of the
prisoner. It was then ascertained that almost immedi-
ately after the period when the letter, with the watch,
would in due course have arrived at Chichester, the
prisoner took the watch in question to a watchmaker,
and emplyed him to remove the hands from it and place
others upon it of a different description, at the same
time telling him not to say'apytliing about it. When
the prisoner was Luken into custody the watch Iran found
in his possession, and was now clearly identified.
Mr. JOHNSON, on behalf of the prisoner, urged that,
as there was no proof of the letter having been seen in
his possession, it was probable that the watch might
have fallen froin it accidentally, and that he was not
proved to be guilty of the most serious part of the
charge.
The jury found the prisoner guilty of larceny, and
sentence was deferred.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON disposed of several of the com-
mon' jury causes, but none of.the details were of any
interest.

NORTHERN CIRCCIT.—Yorh, March 17.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice P.arrr.soN.)
This Court has been engaged the whole of the day in the
trial of a special jury cause, upon an issue out of Chancery
relating to a question of drainage. It is that of

dried over the wound. The deceased never spoke. The
woman went to Chilcott's pliblic-house. She afterwards re+
turned to the deceased, and Brown, the constable, .came, and
then some men carefully removed the deceased, and put him
under a garden wall in the road. The witness saw him
about-two in the morning, and he was then Snoring.. Every
one thought he was drunk. The next morning (Sunday),
about six o'clock, the deceased was found where he was
left the night before. He was quite dead. The prisoner had
told several persons -that he had caught the deceased
with his wife, and had beaten him well about his head and
ears.

Mr. Tucker,.a surgeon, examined the body of the deceased,
and found several superficial bruises. There was a contused
wound on the head, and a ceagulation of blood under the
dura mater as large as an egg. A vessel in the brain had
been ruptured. The injuries might have arisen from blows
or falls. The coagulum pressed upon the brain, and caused
the death, which might not have taken place for many
hours after the blow or fall. The appearances were such as
would be preduced-by apoplexy. lie was in doubt-whether
the exposure to cold throughout the night accelerated the
death.

Mr. SLADE addressed the jury for the prisoner. ,
Mr. Justice ERLE in summing, up, observed,, that they
must be satisfied, before they found the prisoner guilty -either
..ofmanslaughter ar mnrder, that the death had arisen from
the injuries inflicted by the prisoner ; if they were of opinion
that they were inflicted without provocation, it would be
their duty to say. he was guilty, of murder ; but if they
were of opinion that the deceased died of the injuries occa-
sioned by the violen'ce of -the prisoner, inflicted under
provocation, it would be their duty to find him .guilty of
manslaughter only. There were many species of provoca7
tion, which would reduce an offence from murder to man-
slaughter. -If a husband found his wife in the act of adultery,
and in the heat of the moment inflicted a, wound Which was
fatal, it was recognised by the law thatthe husband had
acted upon a provocation, which would reduced the fatal act
from murder to manslaughter. He thought, in this cite, the
parties had lived together so long, and been reported as man
and wife, that there was evidence from which the jury might
infer that they were married persons.
The jury returned a verdict of Guiltyof Manslaughter.
Mr. Justice ERLE then proceeded to pass sentence, and
addressing the prisoner said, " You stand convicted of the
crime of manslaughter ; the jury have acquitted you of the
very heavy crime which this indictment imputed, namely,
the crime of murder, and that which they have considered
as established, is a crime that varies in every degree—it may
be one of the greatest magnitude, just short of murder, or it
may have been committed under circumstances of very great
palliation ; and I consider upon the whole of the evidence
that the fact is established by which the jury have reduced
the crime, and 1 consider that you did act under circumstances
of extreme, provocation, and that great allowance ought to be
made for your temper and your violence ; and I take notice,
thatalthough you -were excited to use such violence, you made
use of no dangerous weapon. You used a stick you had with
you, apparently without premeditation ; and I take notice also
that from the glows that were inflicted, in all human proba-
bility, if ordinary care had been taken of the man, no fatal
consequences would have ensued, and I mention these facts
to explain the sentence I am about to pronounce, because it
is of importance that where death takes place, there should
be a solemn inquiry into the cause, and if the death has
arisen from the illegal act of any other person, he should be
made responsible, but I consider you have strong matters of
palliation. I take notice that you have been in prison from
the early part of December, and I think that the public jus-
tice of this country will be satisfied, if I pass upon you the
sentence that you be fined la., and be imprisoned till the fine
be paid.
Many hands were instantly put out with a shilling, by
which the Treasury will be enriched, and the prisoner was
discharged.
The result has given the utmost satisfaction.
We may mention here that many robberies have been
committed during the present assizes • the Judge's marshal
has suffered; a javelin man when holding his staff of office
was relieved of upwards of 31.; and last night the person
who manages the circuit baggage-van had his pocket picked
of 39/. It is said there are police in this town.

PRICE SD.

. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
• MANSION-HOUSE.
A person named Henry Miller, was charged by Mr.
Win. .Hitchcock, of No. 2,, Friday-street, factor and
warehouseman, under the following circumstances :
Mr. Hitchcock stated,that the defendant, who was not
known to him even by name, walked into the warehouse,
took a seat, and refused to leave the place. In his in-
tention to remain, he was encouraged by some persons,
who told him they would supply him with meat and beer,
and whatever else he might be in need of, during the
time it might be his pleasure to stay there. Witness told
him that he must not be in the way of the business of
the house, but finding that expostulation was useless,
caused him ' to be apprehended, after having referred
him to MeSsrs. Wire and Child, 'as their soliCitOrs, who
acted for the house, and were qualified to transact any
bnsiness with customers.

I The defendant declared that he and his partner sent
some goods frcm Manchester, where they carried on
I business, to-Mr. Hitchcock, for sale in the London marl.
ket that the sale was accordingly effected, but they
could not prevail upon the gentleman to whom they had'
remitted the goods
.to come to a settlement, on which
account .it was considered advisable to persevere
.in
ru llcing the deMand on the premises. Mr. Hitchcock said he had no notion., of disguiging the
fact that the house had received the goods, Lie had re-
ceived and sold them according to the instructions which
had been sent, and he was desirous to come to an imme-
diate settlement ; but from what occurred subsequently,
he apprehended that there was' some doubt as to the
manner, in. Well they had been obtained. It appeared
to him to be rather a crooked affair, and he had referred
the parties idle applied to him for the value of the pro-
perty, to Messrs. Wire and Child, whom it would be ne-
cessary to satisfy that it had beat honestly got poss Cs.
sion of.

The LORD Mixon asked the defendant whether he
and his partners had a warehouse at Manchester? De-
fendant—Wn have a cellar there in which we keep our
goods, consisting of fustians, velvets, &c.
Mr. Hitchcock—l am willing to leave the money in
the hands of your Lordship, or any other respectable
man,. until a satisfactory account of the transaction shall
be rendered to me. _ _ _

-The defendant said his partner stated that there was
no ground for the detention of his property. 'The goods
bad been regularly sent' up through Pickford's house to
Mr. Hitclieock, whose clerk or warehouseman had been
previously spoken with upon the subject of making the
sale, to which a prompt assent had been given.
The LORD Mevoa—lf the defendant and his partner
have any claim upon Mr. Hitchcock, they must adopt a
different: course. It is quite impossible to permit a per-
son to make a claim in such a manner as that adopted.
All that Mr. Hitchcock wants is to know whether be
would be justified in paying the amount of the sale to
the parties applying.
The defendant was then bound over, to the amount of
201., to give no further annoyance to Mr. Hitchcock.
Mr. Tabor, of No. 21, Great Trinity-lane, was sum-
moned for having refused to pay tithes for the main-
tenance of the rector of the parish of Holy Trinity the
Less.

The collector of tithes for the parish stated that he
had previously sent a summons to Mr. Tabor, who made
it a rule not to take notice of such authority, and the
second summons contained a threat of the issue of a
warrant for the apprehension of the recusant if he
should persevere in rejecting the claim.
The LORD MAYOR—What is your objection to the
payment of the tithe, Mr. Tabor ? Denfendstnt—l re-
fuse upon principle altogether. I am sure we cannot
find any authority for th charge in the doctrine of
Christ. It is contrary to Christianity.
The LORD MAYOR—It is not contrary to law, I know;
and as you are able to pay it you must pay is. Mr.
Tabor—l dare say I shall pay the demand. Ile then
drew out his purse and paid the amount of the tithe.
The LORD MAYOR—Now, why do you give us and
yourself so much trouble for nothing? Mr. Tabor—lf I
happened to be robbed in the street I would take the trou-
ble of prosecuting the thief, although I should gain
nothing by my trouble, and I think it necessary to pro-
test against this demand while I pay it.
The LORD MAYOR—You have to pay the costs, as
well as the demand, for your obstinacy. You may just
as well protest when the collector calls upon you in the
first instance.
Mr. Tabor—l object altogether upon principle.
A man named,Pope was charged by Mr. Pelham, upon
the part of the Board of Trade, for having taken money
from a seaman named Fox, as recompense for procuring
a ship for him.
The Act was made for the protection of seamen, but
the evidence adduced in support of the accusation was
not suffi3iently strong, and the defendant was dis-
missed.

CLERKEIV WELL.

John Morgan Bohl; a German, apparently about twenty-
years of age, was charged with attempting to murder Mr. J.
Hayes, a clerk in a commercial house, who resides at No. 8,
Albion-place, Clerkenwell ; also with attempting to cut and
wound two policemen of the G division.
Mr. Hayes deposed that on the previous night he saw the
prisoner lurking about his house, and, suspecting his intent,
went for police-constables. On bis return, at half-past nine,
he found his parlour door fastened. He demanded admission,
but could, obtain none. He then, with the help of a con-
stable, forced in the door, but had no sooner done so, than
the prisoner rushed upon him witha clasp knife, swearing he
would murder Dim. One of the constables seized his arm,
else the knife would have penetrated his body. The con-
stables, seeing his determination, closed upon him. He made
two er three desperate efforts to re gain the knife, and attack
witness, exclaiming, "It is you 1 want—l'll do for you in
spite of all you can do." The prisoner was sober, and witness
had given him no provocation.
Police-constable Rogers, 242 G, corroborated the above
statement. Witness forced the knife out of his hand. The
prisoner seized witness by the throat, threw him down and
kicked him violently in the stomach. At length police-con-
stable 253 dragged him away. The prisoner thereupon
exclaimed, " I'll do for yon," and so saying drew a razor
from his pocket, opened it, and flung it at witness's head.
Witness raised his arm, and the weapon struck him on the
wrist.
Police-constable 253 corroborated the above. The prisoner
flung another open razor at him, but by turning his head
aside Witness evaded the weapon.
.Mr.,,CosinE—How is it that the prisoner went to Mr.
Hayes's house? Mr. Hayes made no reply.
Sergeant Wilkinson—l believe the truth is, your worship,
the prosecutor's wife encourages him.
Mr. COMM: (to the prisoner)—What have you to say ?
Prisoner—What they say is true enough.
Mr. COMBE—Why did you treat Mr. Hayes so? Prisoner
—Bicause I don't like the man.
Mr. Comen —What made you go to his house? Prisoner
—To do him an injury.
Mr. CosinE—Then do you mean to injure him ? Pri-
soner—That I certainly do.
Mr. Cows—Where are your friends? Prisoner—Most
of them in Germany, one of them lives over in Regent's-
park—my uncle.
Mr. Cows—Where is the wife? The constable said she
was in the body of the court •
Mr. Col:um—Let her come forward.
The wife, a handsome young woman, about nineteen, came
forward, exclaiming, " I'll do for him" (pointing to her hus-
band)po.
The violence of her gestures and language was such
that Mr. Combe thought it necessary to place
be-
tweea her and her husband, a very quiet, genteellic look ng
young man, wearing spectacles.
Mr. COMaE (to Mrs. Hayes)—llave you known the pri-
soner long? Mrs. Hayes—Eighteen months.
Mr. COMBE—Did you know him before you were married ?
Mts. Hayes—Yes; I kept company with him.
Mr. Cosine—Why do you favour the prisoner in prefer-
ence to your own husband ? Mrs. Hayes
I —Beca
he prisoner.use I don't
like my husband—l will do for him ; but like t
Why should my husband meddle with bins ?
Mr. CorcuE—But he threatened to stab your husband be •
fore a word was said to hint. Mrs. Hayes—l dare say.
Mr. Mallett—ls the young man sane ?
The constable said he was perfectly sane.
Mr. COMM said the prisoner would be committed until
the sessions in default of two sureties of 50/. each to keep
the peace.
Mrs. Hayes (turning to her husband) —Then you shall
not see me again.
The prisoner was committed in default of bail.
RscautTrNo.--Recruiting has been looking up," in
this sub-division of the northern district for the last six
weeks. The Artillery- are carrying all before them, and one
party of " the line," stationed in this town—the 57th—have,
we understand, procured twenty " tight-looking fellows" in
the course of a single month. This success, .of late, is at-
tributable to the lowering pf the standard height, and divid-
ing the bonus with civilians, who bring forward persons
eligible to be enlisted by military men. We understandthat
the 57th have got nearly 1,000 excellent recruits in. and about
Belfast, during the last twelve years. The service com-
panies of this corps embarked for. India in• January, 1825.
They are now at Fort SL George, Presidency of Madras, and
the depot of Chatham.—Banner of Ulster.
OPTICAL DELUSION IN ARCHITECTURE.—Mr. 3. J•
&tiles, in a paper read at the institute of British Architects,
on the 23d ultimo, said:—" It is well. known to architect*,
that if the shafts of columns are made perfectly straight, that
the effect to the eye would be an appearance of curving in-
wards; and this impleasing effect is remedieil by giving an
entasis or swelling to the columns. AS Stuart and R 'tt
hafedltnoat sdhesoNirren, any entasis
I wasto tahte
Athens,columns
aatheeertamif
Parthenon,.the
Are
I
Ilitect of the Parthenon had overlookea this point—if these
coinmzs were really executed without any entasis ; I bad the
opportuni:: of measuring each diameter of the blocks of a
wen mum::• which clearly proved that an entasis was
given, but so s:lghtly as not to give any appearance of
swelling out, who,:
.ia so often seen in the buildings of Italy,
but yet sufficient to co:.
rect the defect that would have been
apparent if the shafts had "ad a straight line.-;-The Builder.
Railway King's, Queens, and Princesses figure, " not
wisely, but too well," iirs. Gore's amusing novel of
Peers and Parvenus." What will th: nouveau.? riches of the
"
,ProZsably, thßt they fare
pe,:once, both Eng-
Bhare•holding world say to this?
sive greeted
ne: worse than the fashionable dramatis
lish and Foreirz whoset .mysteriousihisroarkdventTuhrese
such universa. mitres in • Ictliaractilr of
George Joddrell is a chef erceurre, as •a
type of the empty,
hearted and empty-pocketed exquisites of the day—selfish—
overbearing—but not the less the darling of fashionable life.
THE MIDLAND RAILWAY V. LORD HARBOROUGH.--
ord
The indictment for alleged railway riot, yreferred by L
Harborough against John Smith and Henry Elliott, con-
tractors, and Thomas and Samuel Morris, labourers, con-
nected with the Midland Railway, for rioting in his Lord-
ship's park at Stapleford, last autumn, came en for hearing
at the Oakham Assizes yesterday week, before Chief Justice
Mr.,Whitehurst, Q.C., and Mr. Flowers, conducted
the prosecution; Mr. llumfrey and Mr. Macaulay, the de-
fence. The jury acquitted all the defendants. A bill was
also preferred by the Midland Company. against Lord Har-
borough and others, for conspiracy and not; and the grand
fury (the foreman of whip') was Lord Harborough's brother-
'see), found " a traejall," M regarded the conspiracy.-
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