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The LORD CHANCELLOR believed that the amend-
ment of his Noble and Learned Friend embraced in seb-
stanee that contemplated by the Noble Lord.
THE VICTORIES IN THE EAST—THANKS TO

SECOND READINGS.

The Miming Bills were read second time, and
ordered to be committed, viz.:—

Colchester, Stour Valley, Sudbury, and Halstead Rail-

THE ARMY.
The Earl of RIPON then rose to move the thanks of
the House to the officers and men employed in the army
of India. Their Lordships were more niggardly in
offering their thanks to those whose services were
given to their common Sovereign and their common
country, who had exercised all the powers of
their minds and the strength of their bodies with the
view of promoting the honour, and the interest, and the
safety of the country ; and their Lordships might be
well assured that they never tendered their thanks to
those gallant men without inspiring them with
feelings of gratitude which must tell and did
tell in their future exertions and contri-
buted to produce those resolute actions for which
they were that day called on to return their thanks. It
had always,been the desire, in order that the expression
of their Lordships sense of gratitude might be tendered
in the most gratifying and graceful manner ; it had
always, he repeated, been their Lordship's desire that no-
thing in the words in which the thanks were expressed, or
in the manner of recommending them, that should prevent
their Lordships from coming to a unanimous vote upon
the subject. That was the course which he intended to
follow on the present occasion ; and in the mode in
which these resolutions of thanks had been worded, he
thought that he would give occasion to no expression of
dissent from any of their Lordships. It would be his en-
deavour, of course, in the observations he should have to
make to them, to avoid saying anything that would be
inconsistent with this principle. Their Lordships
would bear with him in proposing :;his vote, if he
stated as briefly as possible, the circumstances which,
connected with these affairs, for which they were
about to give the thanks of their Lordships' House.
The papers which had been laid upon the table, were not
placed there for the purpose of calling on their Lordships
to express an opinion with regard to the political ques-
tion involved. Those papers were laid upon the table for
the purpose of exhibiting to their Lordships our singular
feature in the state of affairs in the city of Lahore. In-
trigues of every kind, violence of every kind, murder after
murder from time to time practised against those who
had obtained power in that state. All those circum-
stances occurred time after time for a long
period extending disorder and confusion to a
degree that bad no parallel even in India itself.
It was obvious that this state of things could not fail to
excite the constant anxiety of the Government, still the
policy which was pursued by the Governor, on
which he (the Earl of Ripon) did not call
upon their Lordships to express any opinion—was that
it was not desirable for this country to embark in
hostilities for the purpose of attempting to put an end to
the horrors which were taking place. It appeared however
in the course of these transactions, that an idea was en-

way.
Burnley Improvement and Waterworks.
Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway and Tyne
Dock.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Branch Railway.
Kennington-lane, &c., Lighting, &c.
Mitcham and South-Western Railway.
Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grimsby Railway.
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railway
(Crickheath and Wem Lines).
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction Railways
(Extensions and Deviations).
North Wales Mineral Railway (Deviation and Branches).
Monkland Canal.

Great North of Scotland Railway.
Bromsgrove Improvement and Small Tenements.
Rochester Bridge.
Electric Telegraph Company.
Salford Hundred Court.

City of London Coal Market and Improvement.
Billingsgate Market.
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Rail-
way (Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canal Purchases).
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Old-
ham Branch).
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal (Hud-
dersfield Diversion and Cooper Bridge Branch).
Wishaw and Coltness Railway (Greenhill Branch).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Harbour
Branch).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Polloc and
Govan Branch).
Scottish Midland Junction Railway (South Inch of
Perth Branch).
Scottish Midland Junction Railway Branches.

Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrosian Railway.

Aston Rates.

Eastern Union and Harwich Railway and Pier.
London, Newbury, and Bath Direct Railway.
Great Western and Uxbridge Railway.
East Lancashire Railway (Deviations and Branches).

Great Western and Wicoinbe Railway.
THE CASE OF LIEUTENANT WYBERG.

Dr. BOWRING presented a petition from the sisters
of Lieutenant Wyberg, praying the attention of the
House to the circumstances attending his captivity
in Bokhara, and praying the Government to take
some measures, with the view of ascertaining
whether he is alive or dead ; and if the former,
of demanding his liberation from the Ameer of Bokhara.
The facts of the case seemed to be that Lieutenant
Wyberg was, in the year 1835, sent by the East India
Company on a mission to Khiva, but in proceed-
ing through Bokhara, he was detained by the
Ameer, and, it was believed, thrown into prison.
Seine inquiries were instituted by his family, and
dispatches had been received from Lieut. Shiel, giving
reason to believe that he was then in prison. Dr.
Wolff, who had recently left that country had, how-
ever, heard that this unfortunate officer had been inhu-
manly murdered. So many incongruities existed, that
no dependence could be placed upon this information,
and the petitioners therefore intreated the House to
take measures to ascertain the fate of Lieutenant Wyberg.
He should to-morrow put a question, founded on the
petition, to the First Lord of the Treasury.
THE TEN HOURS' BILL.

tertained among the ruling powers of the Punjaub,
who were exposed to constant apprehension for their
own lives, a notion became prevalent among
them that their best chance of securing their own
was against their own powerful and mutinous, as it
must in truth be called mutinous army, was by inducing
that army to pass the frontier and commit itself
to hostilities with us, not for the purpose of
conquests in our territory, but for the purpose of com-
pelling us to commence operations against them, which
should end in the destruction of the army itself. He
believed that this was an unparalleled circumstance in
the history even of uncivilised countries. But it was
not that circumstance alone which justified the Go-
vernor-General in assembling an army for the purpose
of passing the frontier and carrying on the war.
It did, however, render it necessary, in comection with
the other events which had occurred in Lahore, for the
Governor-General to consider how he should meet the
contingencies which might or might not arise, and
with that view he directed a considerable force to
assemble near the frontier. There appeared to have
been great vacillation in the councils of the enemy.
At one time they were for war, and at another they
were terrified at the prospect of it. It appeared that
the person who had exercised the ruling power
—the brother of Ranee, the mother of the
Sovereign on the throne—it appeared that he, a drunken
profligate, was influenced by a sort of ambition, and was
also terrified by the prospact of being put to
death by the rivals of his power ; and in order
to secure himself, it appeared that he caused the
assassination of a certain Singh, who was reputed al-
though he was not supposed to be the son of the late
Runjeet Singh, and that murder was exceedingly dis-
tasteful to the troops, and induced them to threaten his
life. He subsequently met with his fate, which of late
years had been common to those who had ob-
tained power in that country, he was himself assassinated.
At length there did appear some distinct grounds for
supposing that some mad project was in contempla-
tion. About the end of November intelligence was
conveyed to the Governor-General informing him
that the Sikhs were collecting in the neigbour-
hood of the Sutlej. The information received
was to the effect that the plan of campaign

Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented apetition in favour
of a restriction on factory labour to ten hours a day.
THE CHARTIST CONVICTS.

Mr. SHARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition
from a place in Lancashire, praying for the liberation of
Frost, Williams, and Jones.

RECLAIMING OF WASTE LANDS.

Mr. O'CONNELL presented a petition from a
place in the county of Galway respecting the propriety
of reclaiming the waste lands of that county as a means
of employing the people.
TIIE GOVERNMENT MEASURES.

had been issued by the Anti• Corn-law League. He be-
lieved it to be a genuine petition and that there was no
irregularity in it except what had been referred to.
Mr. FERRAND said he had received a letter from
Sheffield in corroboration of the statements which he
had made the other night in that House. He had
also an extract from the Leeds Intelligencer to the
same effect. He _ had also a letter from a

Mr. WALKER presented several petitions in favour
of the commercial measures proposed by the Govern-
ment.

ENROLMENT OF THE MILITIA.

An Holz. MEMBER presented a petition from Saffron
Walden against the enrolment of the militia. C
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petitionfrom
Edinburgh to the same effect; also one in favour of a
total and immediate repeal of the corn-laws; and another
from Hertfordshire in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill.

Lord J. RUSSELL presented a petition, signed by
the shipowners of the city of London, the petitioners
stating that they did not concur in the views expressed
in a petition of the shipowners of the north of England
against any alteratiOn of the timber duties. They there-
fore prayed the House to reduce the present duties on
timber. The Noble Lord moved that the petition should
be printed with the votes.—Oraered to lie on the table.
THE ANDOVER UNION.

gentleman who resided in London, and referred
him to the engraving which had lately appeared
in the Illustrated London News, as a perfect]) true re-
presentation of the manner in which the Anti-Corn-law
Leaguers procured signatures to their petitions. And
yet the petition, which had been referred to by the
last named paper, had been presented by the Noble
Lord, the Member for London (Lord J. Russell) : it
was in fact signed by mere children, who had signed their
names two or three times over. He had also a
letter which was only a dozen lines, and he

An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition from the
medical officer of the Andover union, Mr. Westlake,
complaining that the guardians are about to dismiss him
for having exposed abuses existing in the union, and
praying the House to institute an inquiry into the matter.
THE CORN-LAWS.

would therefore trespass upon the time of the House
while be read it. That letter was as follows :—" If any
further information will be of any use to you in your
opposition to the Anti-Corn-law League—(Opposition
cheers and laughter)—l should feel great pleasure in
forwarding to you the name of a man who is engaged by
the League, and has affixed about 14,000 signatures to one
petition from that body. There are twenty persons
similarly employed.— (Loud laughter.) I also know
ano. her case, in which 500 names were affixed to a peti-
tion by one party before he left the room in which they
were written.—(Laughter.) I have no doubt that many
other instances of the same kind might be brought for-
ward." He (Mr. Ferrand) concluded his observations by
stating that he would move, as an amendment, that
a Committee be appointed to inquire generally into the
method adopted by the Anti-Corn-law League, in ob-
taining signatures to petitions to that House ?—(A laugh.)
Lord J. MANNERS wished to say a few words with
respect to the remarks of the Hon. Member for Durham
(Mr. Bright). He happened to be walking down Gros-
venor-place the other day, when he heard a comfortable-
looking baker's;boy say to one of his companions, " I say,
old boy, have you signed the anti-corn-law peti-
tion ? I have signed it three times."—(Roars of
laughter.) This was an isolated case, as he believed
that parties were in the constant habit of signing these
petitions as often as they happened to pass along
the streets in which they were exhibited.—(Protec-
tionist cheers.) Parties were allowed to put down their
names as often as they thought proper.
The SPEAKER inquired if Mr. Ferrand intended
to include the case he bad referred to in the motion he
had submitted to the House, in order that it might be
investigated by the same Committee to which the peti-
tion from Cheltenham had bean referred.

Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from Ipswich in
'avour of the Government measure.

Mr. COBDEN presented a petition from Goatacre,
signed by 2,500 persons, praying for an immediate re-
peal of the corn-laws.

NOTICE OF MOTION.

Mr. FERRAND replied in the affirmative.
Mr. C. BERKLEY was anxious to say a few words
on the subject before the House. He was bound to say
that he viewed with very great suspicion any petition
from Cheltenham which came from Manchester. He had
represented Cheltenham for 14 years ; and he was of
opinion that if his constituents had any great grievance
to complain of, they might place it in the form of a peti-
tion, and transmit it to him to his residence in Wigniore-
street. There was no necessity to send it first to Man-
chester. He had received a communication from Mr. Hen.
nessey, a person residing at Cheltenham,'. who, he believed,
was an Irishman, and like the generality of his country-
men was liable to commit great blunders.—(Great
laughter.) This person stated that his name was at-
tached to the petition, and that it followed that of a per-
son named Pering, or that Pering's name followed his.
Now he (Mr. Berkeley) had searched the petition with
great care yet he could not discover Mr. Hennessey's
name.—(Protectionist cheers.)
After a few words from Mr. ENTWISLE.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK deprecated the practice of copy-
ing the names of parties to a petition, even although
they had voluntarily signed it, because the practice was
liable to be abused. The Anti-Corn-law League might
consider the practice perfectly legitimate, but
he considered that it interferred with the
rights of the people and was liable to destroy
the efficacy of the petitions to that House—(Hear, hear)
In his, opinion the Committee would do much to effect
an alteration.
Mr. BRIGHT then rose and stated, that in looking
over a petition which he held in his hand he discovered
the names of five petitioners, which were pasted over.
These names were transposed and placed in another part
of the petition; he contended that, although this might
be irregular, it was clearly no fraud.
Mr. FERRAND rose amid loud cries of " Spoke,
Order." . .

Mr. ENVART gave notice of his intention, on a future
day, to move for a reduction of the duty on the importa-
tion of foreign books.
SIGNATURES TO PETITIONS.

Mr. BERKELEY said that he wished to call the at-
tention of the House to some circumstances connected
with a petition which was presented on Friday last.
He understood that the petition came from Cheltenham,
but he had ascertained that it did not emanate
from Cheltenham, but from Manchester. He considered
that to be a breach of the privileges of the House. He
was quite ready to adopt any suggestion that could be
made by the House. He had letters in his
pocket to prove that a great number of
the signatures to that petition were forgeries, and
many of the names would never have been subscribed
to the prayer contained in that petition. Under these
circumstances he left it to the House, whether it would
think proper to carry the business any further. It
was a subject worthy of the attention of the
House, as it was a very general complaint that the
petitions of the people did not command any con-
sideration in Parliament, and, indeed, he did not
wonder considering the means used in getting
signatures. He therefore moved that this petition be
referred to a Select Committee, before whom the sig-
natures should be examined.

Mr. NEWDEGATE said that he was glad to have
tbit opportunity of making a few remarks with respect
to the practice of forging signatures to petitions. He
would call the attention of the House to the proceedings
of the agents of the Anti-Corn-law League, with regard
to the petitions that had been presented—(No, and hear)
—as forgeries to a great extent had been proved therein.
—(Hear, hear.) The privileges of that House were in-
fringed when petitions falsely representing the opinions
of the people were presented, and when wholesale fraud
was adopted to misrepresent the feelings of those who
had a right to vote. He was anxious that a Committee
should be appointed to inquire into the subject then be-
fore the House, and that the inquiry should not
be confined to that alone, but should inquire
into the far more serious question of undue in-
terference with the registration laws of the country.
The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to detail a case
where 30,000 notices of objection were posted in one
night in Manchester.

Mr. HUME rose to order. He would be most
happy to hear any statement connected with the regis-
tration of voters, but he submitted that the state-
ments of the Honourable Member had nothing
whatever to do with the question before the House. If
the Honourable Gentleman would make any motion for
an inquiry, he would support him, but at the present time
it was surely the more proper course to abide by the forms
of the House. He had no wish to prevent the question
from being brought forward at the proper time.
Mr. NEWDEGATE replied that he would abide by
the decision of the Speaker. He only brought forward
his statement in corroboration of the facts stated by his
Hon. Friend.

The SPEAKER decided that, unless Mr. Newdegate
wished to move an amendment upon themotion, he had
better confine himself to the exact question before the
House.

The SPEAKER haring put the original resolution,
Mr. FERRAND moved, as an amendment, " That it
should be an instruction to the Committee toinquire into
the manner in which the Anti-Corn-law League had
obtained signatures to the petitions." He believed
that the petition purporting to be presented from Chel-
tenham was not signed by any person in that town, but
that it emanated from Manchester.
Mr. HUME said if the amendment of the Hon.
Member for Knaresborough were agreed to as it at
present stood, it might be inferred that the Anti-Corn-
law League had been guilty of mai. practices
in getting up petitions. Now, he had no ob-
jection to the amendment if it were made general
and if the inquiry should extend to the Protection So-
cieties, and all societies in general ?
Sir ROBERT PEEL had not the slightest objec-
tion to any inquiry which the House might think
fit to institute, with respect to the practice of get-
ting up petitions for presentation to that House.
Would it not be better to give notice for another day of
a motion for a Committee to inquire into those abuses?
Several inquiries might arise on the facts that night
stated to the House, and it would be more in conformity
with the usual practice of the House to decide the
subject, so as to give one question to each Committee.
Sir R. H. INGLIS said that he entirely concurred in
the suggestion of his Right Hon. Friend, but he thought
that there ought to be a distinction between the
two cases. The Hon. Member for Montrose bad
proposed to include in the inquiry all petitions presented
from the Protectionists, and he placed himself in the
same position as the Hon. Members who had already
spoken. The Honourable Member had made out no
case for including the three subjects in one
enquiry, and it must, therefore, be some other member
to state similar abuses on the part of the protectionists.
It would be better to refer to one committee the parti-
cular charge which involved a breach of the privilege of
the House. As the remaining questions might be made
matters of inquiry before a court of law, as there was a
penalty provided by the act. The labour of the Com-
mittee might, if this course were adopted, be confined to
two or three days ; but if the suggestion of the Hon.
Member for Knaresborough were adopted, they might
be continued for two or three months.
Mr. NEWDEGATE said, that he had no wish to
extend the labours of the Committee. It was not his
wish to be otherwise than guided by the opinions
of the Right Hon. Baronet; but he must say that
The two cases as put forwardtby the Gallant Member for
Cheltenham and the Hon. Member for Durham (a well-
known supporter of the League), affected one spe-
cific party. Their plan of operation on the registration
laws showed an extensive system of forgery an deceit.
He should move on the next day that, the case of the
Warwickshire election should be inquired into.
Mr. CHRISTIE did not conceive that it was very
conducive to the purposes of justice that each pro-
tectionist Member should rise to in ke statements
to the House, always assumieg that a forgery had
been committed.
Mr. FERRAND—Why, it is admitted—(Cries of
e No, no")—the Hoe. Member for Durham admits that
a forgery had been committed.—(Cries of " No, no.")
Well, there is no difference between transferring a sig-
nature and committing a forgery.—(Cries of " Order.")
Colonel SIBTHORP had been accused of being a
member of a certain society for the protection of home-
grown corn, and he had been pestered for the last three
years with a number of anonymous letters by members
of the Anti-Corn-law League, especially by a prison
of the name of Rawlings, in order to obtain from him
the number of renters on his estates a sort of low fellow,
not worthy of notice perhaps, but he only wished that
these gentlemen would call at his house, for he felt very
much inclined to apply to them the argument, bacu-
linum. One gentleman had very obligingly requested
him to become a member of the Anti-Monopoly
Association, and had particular begged for his assist-
ance in that most sacred cause.—(Laughter, and cries
of " Order, order.") But without any further re-
ference to the Members for North Cheshire, South
Lancashire, South Cheshire, and the West Riding of
Yorkshire. He begged to ask when the Noble Lord, the
late Member for South Nottinghamshire, the present
Chief Secretary for Ireland, was likely to be in his place ?
Perhaps it might be that he was rather hasty in making
the inquiry, but he wished the House and the country to
be put in possession of the information as soon as pos.
Bible.--(Cries of " Question."
After a few words from Mr. COLLETT, in which he
was understood to withdraw a motion, notice of which
he had previously given,
Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition, signed by 650
inhabitants of the town of Reading (as we understood
the Hon. Gentleman), praying that the House would
not record a vote of thanks to the troops engaged in the
late affair in India, which was ordered to lie on the
table.

Mr. NEWDEGATE begged to give notice that he
would move that it be a further instruction to the Com-
mittee to make particular inquiry into the case of each
particular name attached to the petitions.
Mr. BRIGHT said that on a former night he offered
to second a motion for a Committee, if moved for by the
Hon. Member for Cheltenham; but, having received an
explanation, he thought it might be well to
submit it to the House before the motion was
disposed of. He held a letter in his hand
from the secretary of the Anti-Corn•law League at Man-
chester, in which it was stated that several sheets of the
petition were sent to Manchester not pasted together,
and the clerk, or party there, found the first sheet without
signatures, and accordingly transferred five names there-
to. The Member for Cheltenham was reported to have
said that a Mr. Barry, a miller, whose name appeared
attached to a petition, had never signed it, nor had ho
ever authorised any person to attach his signature
thereto, but Mr. Berkeley was reported in the
Morning Herald to have said that he had a
letter from his agent, in which it was
stated that he (the agent) was present when
Mr. Barry did sign the petition in question.
The individual who had transferred the five names to
another sheet of the petition, did it in order that the
petition might be such as it should be when presented to
the House. That individnal had acknowledged the fact,
and although it was not one of the most prudent or
regular things to do—(Protectionist cheers)—yet there
could be no doubt whatever that it might have been done
without the slightest intention of infringing the rules
of the House, or presenting names to that House
which were not genuine, and had not been affixed to the

THE INDIAN ARMY.
Sir R. PEEL—I am about, Sir, to propose that one
of the highest rewards that can be bestowed on suc-
cessful gallantry shall be conferred by this House. I
am about to propose that the thanks of the
Commons House of Parliament of this great
empire shall be offered to the officers, and
men under their command, who have recently, on
the banks of the Sutlej, under very trying circumstances,
by their discipline and valour sustained the reputa-
tion of their country, and proved themselves
worthy of the service to which they belonged.

petition. He (Mr. Bright) had just to make an ob-
servation by way of explanation, and he should rather
hope that the House might be satisfied with that
explanation—(Cries of " No, no." from the protec-
tionists)—and not feel itself bound to take any further
steps. If it did, he should be most happy to second the
proposition for a Committee to go into the matter in
the most rigid manner possible, for he was quite sure
that neither petitions or anything else could be done sa-
tisfactorily unless the petitions were the genuine ex-
pressions of those who sent them.
Mr. HINDLEY wished to know whether there was
any other flaw in the petition that had been alluded to?
Mr. BRIGHT said that the letter which he held in
his hand did not refer to any; but he had no doubt,
whatever from the heading of the petition, that it was
the original petition sent from Cheltenham, because the
wording of it was differentfrom that in the circular which

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petition that he had received, purporting to come from Chel-
tenham, though in fact it came from Manchester, and
moved that it be referred to a Select Committee, to inquire
into the manner in which the petition was got up and the
signatures attached to it.
The motion was agreed to after a short discussion, and the
Committee appointed.
Lord E. BRUCE presented a petition from Marlborough,
Bedwin and Pewsey in the County of Wilts in favour of the
London, Newbury and Bath Railway.
Sir R. PEEL then rose pursuant to notice to
move a vote of thanks of the House of Commons
to the Governor-General of India, to General Sir Hugh
Gonorr, to Major-General Sir HARRY SMITH, to Major-
General WALTER RALEIGH GII.BERT, to Major-General Sir
Jonzi Lirrt-Ert, and to the non-commissioned officers and
private soldiers, European and native, for the energy, ability,
firmness, gallantry, perseverance,fortitude, and daring valour
displayed by them at Moodkee, upon the left bank of the
Sutlej on the 18t1,, 21st, and 22d of December last, when
they forced the enemy's entrenchments at Forozeshah,
captured most of his guns, and finally compelled the
Seikh a rmy of greatly superior numbers to retire within
their own frontier, The Right Hon. Baronet, in bringing
forward the motion, went at some length into our relations
with India, assured the House that the policy of the
Governor-General was not to extend the British Go-
vernment in India, thinking its possessions in that part
of the world amply sufficient, but to preserve the native
Governments as far as it could be done consistently with
the maintenance of the present possessions of England
to India.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

ASSIZE IN TELLIGENCE.

HOME CI RC U IT.—Hertford, Feb. 28.
CROWN COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDEesoie.)
Levi "Farman was charged upon the coroner's inquisition
with the wilful murder of his wife, Elizabeth Warman.
Mr. T. Chambers conducted the prosecution.
The evidence against the prisoner was entirely of a circum-
stantial character. It appeared that he was a labourer, and
resided at Standen, in this county. The deceased was re-
presented to be a very well conducted industrious woman,
but the prisoner had come bad connexions, and frequently
quarrelled with and ill-used his wife. On the evening of the
16th of August the deceased had been to market, and re-
turned with some little articles she had purchased about
seven o'clock, and the prisoner questioned her as to what had
become of some apples off the trees in the garden. The de-
ceased replied that she knew nothing about them, upon
which the prisoner abused her, struck her on the head,
and drove her out of the house. She went to a neighbour's
cottage for protection, and the prisoner went there and told
her to come out, at the same time making use of various
threats towards her; and among other observations, he said,
if she did not come out he would " weed her ie the neck hole,
and she should remember the day and the hour." The neigh-
bour seeing the temper of the prisoner, advised the deceased
not to go indoors until he was gone to bed, and she remained
about the house, and was last seen alive crying in the garden
of the cottage. Shortly after this the prisoner sent his
daughter, who was the only person in the house at the time,
to a beer-shop at some distance to fetch him a pipe, and im-
mediately after she was gone, the prisoner was hoard to come
down stairs and go into the garden, and he then again re-
turned to the house. When the daughter came back, she
found her mother lying in the garden quite dead. An alarm
was given, and the prisoner went down stairs, and on his
seeing the body he exclaimed, " Ali ! she is gone, and God
bless her." Upon the body being examined by Mr. Pack-
man, a surgeon at Puckeridge, he could not discover any
external marks of violence, but upon opening the head he
discovered a violent bruise under the skin upon the scalp,
which had caused an extensive extravasation of blood,
which, pressing upon the brain, bad occasioned the death
of the deceased, and lie said he had no doubt the injury
was occasioned by a heavy blow with some blunt instru-
ment, such as a stick or a piece of wood. A heavy stick
that was found in the cottage of the prisoner was produced
by the constable, and it was likewise stated that there was a
large piece of wood in the prisoner's garden that was used to
keep the gate shut, and which was moved from its place in
the evening, and it was supposed that the fatal injury had
been inflicted by means of one or other of those weapons.
The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, said, "I
never hurt her; she must have bit her head against the door."
The jury found the prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter, and
he was sentenced to be transported for twenty years.
Charles Ifummerstone, 24. a well-known London thief, was
indicted for a robbery with violence, upon Joshua Lettey, on
the Queen's highway, and taking from him fourteen sove-
reigns, and Lce Buckland Wade, 24, was indicted for felo-
niously inciting and counselling the other prisoner to commit
the offence.
Mr. Espinasee and Mr. Lydekker prosecuted.
The circumstances of the case were these :—The prosccuter
was a farmer, and on the evening of the 31st December he
was returning home from market in his cart, when he was
attacked by five men, some of whom jumped into the chaise,
and held him while the others rifled his pockets, and robbed
him of the amount mentioned. The prisoner Hummerstone
pleaded guilty. The only evidence against the other pri-
soner was an extraordinary conversation that took place
between him and Hummerstone, while they were locked up
in separate cells, but within hearing of each other. The con-
versation referred to was proved by Barnes, an inspector of
the Herts constabulary, and was ,to the following effect :
Humerstone began the conversation by calling out for
"Bucky," and asking where they " pinched" (took) him, and
he replied, "At Cambridge." Hummerstone then said he
was quite sure they would pinch him, for they were all seen
on the road together. " Bucky' then asked Hum-
merstone what he meant to " patter" (his defence),
and he replied that he should say that he went to a public-
house where the " sploder" (witness) was, and had two pots
of beer, and that he overtook the other men by accident on
the road. The prisoner Hummerstone then told the other
prisoner that while he was in the cage he heard a respectable
man say " that the bloke' (prosecutor) could not and would
not rap to any of them, and that he bad better have the
fourteen quid than have to pay 50/. er 601., which it would
cost to get them lagged." He added, "If Cheeky is taken,
it will be the worse for me." Bucky replied, " non-
sense, keep to me story; if I had not done so I should have
been ochared' (transported) long ago." Hummerstone then
said, "If I get my liberty again, you will not catch me in a
chuck' (highway robbery) with any of the home ones,'
(country thieves) again." Bucky then said, " I ain't
afraid of my Poll's cracking, for she does not know
anything, only what you told her on the road.
and I told her not to know any of you." Hum-
merstone replied to this, " I should be glad
to take seven shekel' (years) for this, and glad of the
chance." Bucky said, " You begin to duck, but you will be
square enough. I don't think any of you will be stuck to."
He then asked whether they did'nt have a split? Hummer-
stone said, " Yes, Blood and Cheeky collared the prad
(horse), and I jumped up behind the chaise, and got hold of
the bloke's' collar, but the drag shook about so, that I
lost my hold." Becky then asked what • time they got
home, and Hummerstone replied, " About twelve o'clock,
and Blood and Nutty went away with the rowdy,' and I was
a fool for not sticking to the swag" (booty).
Mr. Baron ALDERSON, there being no other material evi-
dence, said there was no doubt that the prisoner Wade was
perfectly well aware of all the circumstances of the robbery,
but the evidence was not sufficient to make out the specific
charge in the indictment.
Wade was consequently acquitted, and the other prisoner
was sentenced to be transported for life.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NE WS
CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—One of the effects of the division in the House of
Commons has been an immediate increase of confidence in
money transactions. More business has been done to day,
and on more liberal terms, than in the early part of the
week. Those who deal in money will always, as in other
commodities, make the best terms they can ; and, there-
fore, though the late difficulties have been formidable
enough of themselves, something is to be set down to
this cause. A few days ago when accommodation was
sought for, the rate not unfrequently demanded was
probably 5 per cent. and 1 per cent. commission on
a bill having three months to run, equivalent to nine per
cent. per annum. But we have heard merchants of high
standing designate these terms as usurioas, as seeking an
unfair advahtage of the borrower, and declare that, looking
to the actual state both of money and credit, they could not
with a safe conscience ask more than half per cent.
commission. This is the hardship to which borrowers
of money in difficult times like the present are ex-
posed, that they yield to hard terms rather than
suffer the fact that they are borrowers at all to be
needlessly bruited about to the possible injury of
their credit. In the end they compensate themselves
perhaps, by making better bargains when these high terms
create competition in the Money Market, but the evil, in the
mean time, is a considerable, and sometimes a fatal one. Toe
much stress is laid, too, perhaps by those who cannot obtain
discount for their bills on the locking up of the railway
deposits in the Bank as the only impediment in their way;
but the capitalists who have had money to lend have always
been led to inquire of late how far the applicants have been
themselves directly concerned in railway engagements, and
have regulated their accommodation thereby as much as by
the general demand for money. On the whole, as before
stated, there are better prospects in the Money Market to-
day, and most people are disposed to hope for their continuance.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

J. Chaloner, currier, Chester—final div. of 2d. and 5-16ths
of a penny in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr.
Cazenove, Liverpool.
W. Hay and J. A. Titterton, oilmen, London-road, Surrey
—a div. of ss. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr.
Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street.
H. P. Price, linendraper, Holywell, Flintsbire—first div.
of ls. 4d. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr.
Hobson, Manchester.
J. Hughes, provision dealer, Manchester—first div. of 3s.
50. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hob-
son, Manchester.

J. A. Dow, draper, Romford—a div. of ss. in the pound,
any Friday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court,
Basinghall-street.
W. F. Mills, gunmaker, High Holborn—third div. of Is.
in the pound, Feb. 28, and three following Saturdays, at the
office of Mr. Groom, Abcurch-lane.
T. Standage, auctioneer, Chancery-lane—first div. of Md.
in the pound, Feb. 28, and three following Saturdays, at the
office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
J. Warner, maltster, Garforth, Yorkshire—first and final
div. of 2s. 6d. in the pound, any day after March 2, at the
office of Mr. Young, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Marriage, miller, Moulsham, Essex, March 20, at two—
J. F. Cork and J. L. De Carle, coach builders, New Bond-
street, March 24, at half-past twelve—T. J. Ashton, tailor,
Pall-mall, March 24, at half-past one—R. Payne, brass-
founder, Hatton-wall, Hatton-garden, March 24, at two—J.
Parr, coal dealer, Southwharf-road, Paddington, March 24,
at eleven.

In the Country.
G. Atkins, brewer, Liverpool, March 24, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court—J. Evans, ironmonger, Liverpool,
March 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court—J.
Cross, provision merchant, March 24, at eleven, at the Bris-
tol District Court—W. Perkins, shipbuilder, St. Wollos, Mon-
mouthshire, March 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court—J. B. Gillett, dyer, Apperley-bridge, Yorkshire, March
24, at eleven, at the Leeds District Ceurt—C. Brogden,
bookseller, Lincoln, March 23, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Pilling and A. Brierlev, cotton spinners, Rochdale, Lan-
cashire—J. Brierley, J. Pilling, and A. Bt ierley, cotton spin-
ners, Rochdale, Lancashire (so far as regards J. Pilling)—
J. Pooley, sen., and J. Pooley, jun., cotton spinners, Man-
chester—J. and S. Baker, bootmakers, Brownlow-street,
Holborn— W. Creed and W. P. Williams, brewers, Newton
Abbott, Devonshire—W. Edwards and R. H. Fisher, ship-
brokers, Trinity-square, Tower-hill--J. Webb and T. Pollard,
lace warehousemen, Watling-street, City—J. end S. Vines,