The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-26 00:00:00

GROUP D.

AND LINCOLNSHIRE JIINC•

=ON.

The Committee resumed ibis morning, Lord Somers in the chair,
when

Mr. Dunn, of Sheffield, was called to show that the line would be
available for opening the coal-fields to a very considerable extent,
and that it would be very convenient in consquence of being more
than thirty feet below the level of the line, so that the expense of
raising the coal would be altogether obviated.
Mr. Wrigley stated that the quantity of coal available would be
208,000,000 tons.

Mr. Collier proved the value of the land to be taken in the town-
ship of Sheffield.

Mr. Smith, of Gainsborough, the local solicitor of the line, showed
the general feeling if the public in its favour.
Mr. Jefcock had valued the land from the neighbourhood of Shef-
field to Gainsborough, and stated that the quantity required was 511
acres, 1 rood, and 31 perches, worth 54,2715. 17s. lid.
Mr. Hutton, a considerable owner and occupier of land in the
neighbourhood of Gainsborough, testified to the general accommo-
dation which the line would afford.
Mr. John Fowler, the engineer of the line, as also of the Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction line, which is now in course of con-
struction, testified to the facts, which have been proved, respecting the
peculiar circumstances of the line as to its connexion with the
Sheffield and Manchester, and the Great Grimsby Company. The
line was intended to start from the Sheffield station of the Manchester
and Sheffield line. That line was one of the most difficult that could
be formed, and had some of the most stupendous and expensive
works upon it of any in the kingdom. After leaving Sheffield the
line passed by Darnel, near Handsworth by Orville, and thence by a
branch to the North Midland Railway, about five miles from Shef-
field. They there crossed the North Midland at an elevation of
thirty-tree feet. Proceeding east about a mile, there would be a
spur which would connect the line with the Midland Railway,
and open up a communication w th Rotheram and the places in that
district. About five miles the line attained its summit without a
tunnel, but on a gradient of 1 in 120, and through a cutting of 54
lest. This was near Worksop, from which place to Retford the
works would be light and the gradients easy. Near Worksop a curve
was made to keep clear of Mr. Foljambe's house and grounds. Be-
tween the house of that gentleman and the line there was a rising
ground, which prevented the latter being seen from the former. There
is also the additional screen of woods, and there is a turnpike-road
and a canal between the house and the line. The line runs
nearly straight to Retford, at which place it runs near to
Mr. Simpson's property, but every care had been taken to avoid
Injury to it. At Retford they intersect the main line of the London
and York Railway, and after sufficient consideration, it was decided
that the company would be competent to form a connexion with
that line, without applying for a fresh Act of Parliament. After
leaving Retford, the line diverged a little to the north, to avoid injury
to the house of Mr. Hutchinson.

here Mr. Black, the surveyor, was
.called to prove the maps put
In to show the several properties on the line.
Mr. Fowler's examination was resumed, and he stated that after
leaving this property, they encountered a tolerably severe country,
and passed by a tonne! of 540 yards. After the end of the
tunnel, the Lincoln branch diverged to that city, while another branch
proceeded to meet the Sheffield and Grimsby line ; and a third,
termed the shipping branch, which went directly into the town of
Grainsberough. In leaving Sheffield to. go to Gainsborough, they
passed a very valuable coalfield, which could be very conveniently
got at. After leaving the coal-tiele,they got upon the magnesian
limestone, passing within a mile of the pits whence the stone tor the
Houses of Parliament is drawn. The next formation is red sand-
stone, and then gypsum, which they perforated near to the large
works used by its proprietors. This line would not only
give a through traffic— Oast and. west, but would also im-
prove the communication north and south. As compared with the
Manchester, Midlands, - and-Great Grimsby line, there would be a
savirig of 54, miloshetwcen Sheffield and London. The witness also
testified to the advantages of the united management, under which
the truck line would be placed. Along examination then ensued upon
the respective distances of the competing lines, and the facility with
which they could be made. The portion between Woodhouse and
Sheffield, including its branches, would cost 170,0001., but was not
the most expensive portion of the undertaking. The expense of tun-
nelling would be 501. a yard, and the other 451. The shortest tunnel is
through coal mines, and the other through gypsum marl and gypsum.
Mr. PAGET, cross-examined of ;behalf of Mr. Foljambe, and ascer-
tained that the Company were prepared to erect an ornamental
viaduct over the railway, and to provide an access to the farm-build-
ings and property. There- is a road between the house and the
railway, the loop of the grounds abutting upon that road, and the
line of railway being about half a mile distant from the road. The
junction with the Midland Railway and with the North Midland
lines Would be effected hi the usual way, and the former of these
lines was passed by a Vikcitict over it.
The Committee rose at half-past four o'clock.

An error occurred in the report of the proceedings of this Com-
mittee, which appeared in our Contemporary, the Times, where it is
represented that Lord Worsley, M.l'., Mr. John Parker, M.P., and
other witnesses, testified in favour of the Manchester, Midlands,
and Great Grimsby line ; while, as our readers well know, their
evidence was given en. behalf of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junc-
tion lbe ; bat it ia•necessary to correct the error to prevent any
wilePPrebension.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
. GROUP 11.
1r41377 va *ZTEN'SION.
(Continued from 0,„? Afternoon
The whole of the mernnom Edition of yesterday.)
dance in favour of the line.ws :as eectitaed With general traffic evi
Mr. William Richard Neale, the
under the direction of Mr. Locke, preve,i—tZt‘sho laid Oct the line
tgraitean:4ns was free from
engineering difficulties. The steepest
sharpest curve was 30 chains radius. There were three
no and the
no heavy embankments or viaducts. The details otZ2hteis.,
mate
were as follows ;—Land, 34,400/. ; road, 161,593/. ; um= aid
masonry, 68,4491. ; permanent road, 93,000/. ; electri'e 44'62111-1-
8,2801.; stations, 15,0001. ; and sidings, 50,0001. ; making a torsi of
497,2121. The length of the line crossing the existing Taw Vale and
the Exeter and Crediton, from Barnstaple to Exeter, would be 38
miles. It would afford great accommodation to the districts through
which it passed, and prove amply remunerative to the shareholders.
After hearing several witnesses who were called on behalf of the
opposition to this line, the Committee adjourned.

GROUP XIII.
This Committee did not meet till one o'clock to-day. Sir William
Clay was in the chair.
CALEDONIAN EXTENSION.
' The whole of the afternoon was occupied with evidence impugning
the accuracy (Klaus traffic return., adduced by the promoters of the
Bill.
The Committee adjourned at the usual hour.

GROUP XVII.
MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON.

The Committee met tliis morning, at twelve o'clock, the Hon.
E. Yorke in the chair. _ _

The first witness called was Mr. N. Brown, a gentleman possessing
property and residing at Chisledon, between Swindon and Marl-
borough, who stated that the line would run through a great portion
of his. property, partially by a tunnel ; that the country was not
thlekly populated. In addition to this, the line would Interfere, and
possibly dry up, on account of the nature of the soil, several wells
supplying the inhabitants of the town with water. He generally
disapproved of the line, as not required by the wants of the district,
or for through traffic. Eastern and western communication was all
that was required.

Mr. Locke, the engineer to the South-Western and other lines, was
then called, and examined by Mr. Ilitx—The Manchester and
Southampton was 88 2 miles in length from Southampton to its
Points of junction with the Bristol and Birmingham, at Swindon, in
Gloucestershire. The entire distance to Manchester was 2121 A miles
in length. The distance by Birmingham would be 216% miles. The
instance to Manchester by the South-Western, rid Basingstoke, Read-
. ng. the Oxford and Rugby, the Trent Valley, and the Grand Junction.
was 231 miles and a quarter ; by the South-Western, the Basingstoke
and Reading, and the proposed Oxford and Birmingham, 222 miles
antra half; by the Didcot branch proposed by the Board of Trade, 212
miles and a half, which would he as short as the proposed line. Mr.
Locke was then examined with respect to a line from Southampton
caned Lacey's line, which was thrown out by the Standing Orders'
Committee, and which he stated was as direct and would be more
fly important than the proposed line.
Mr. Jags objected to this course of examination as the line had
11° tangible existence, and was not before Parliament.
The CHAIRMAN was of the same opinion, but as the Committee did
not agree with him, the examination was continued.
Zxamlnation continued—Knew the gradients en the Manchester
.1!,_!4 Southampton and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton
"as+ anal conceived those on the latter line preferable, and that goods
cut" be onrrled by it at a cheaper rate than the other, and that it
wag 61111C441Q__ tfor the general purposes of the district. The 31slicheStei

and SOlthampton would cross 14 turnpike roads, and 87 other roads.
A better line might have been adopted between Salisbury and
Marlborough, both with regard to:shortness: and local convenience.
By Romsey and Luggershall a route four miles shorter could have
been obtained. By the Salisbury route 261,0001., and 46,000/. by the
Luggershall and Romsey would be saved.
Cross-examined by Mr. damns—The first break of gauge was at
Basingstoke, and the second at Rugby. Mr. Bethel's line was not in
existence ; he was consulting engineer to it. Re never surveyed the
line, but yet he put it in contrast with the Manchester and South-
ampton. He was not engineer to Lacey's, although kis name
appeared in the prospectus as filling that office. His name was not
put there with his consent. Mr. Rubberty, his assistant, surveyed
the line, and he (Mr. Locke) saw the plans, which were not, hew-
ever, prepared In his office.
The Cmatamem stated that it would be advisable to have Mr. Lacey
summoned before the Committee.
Mr. Dams considered that it would be advantageous to do so.
Examination continued—Was not aware that the capital of Lacey's
line was proposed to be 1,600,0001.
The Committee then adjourned until twelve to-morrow.

Mr. Rosursox said he had no desire to weary the Committee, but
perhaps they would consent to hear Mr. Spooner, the Member for
Birmingham.
The Committee having consented,
Mr. Spooner, M.P., stepped forward, and said there could be no
doubt that the Snow-hill station was the better, although both the
stations were good ones, the New-street, in fact, being a better station
than the other for passengers arriving from London. He considered
that both stations were necessary for the interests of the town, and
the majority of the inhabitants were of that opinion.
Cross. examined by Mr. RICKARDS—He was a director of this line.
He considered the New-street station indispensable, and that it was
desirable to have a passenger station unensumbered with goods.
Even if the Shrewsbury and Birmingham were parted, he considered
that the Snow-hill station would be required for the interests of the
tow, There had been no public meeting, as far as he knew, on the
subject of the rival stations. ,
. .

Re-examined by Mr. RoaiNsON—He had purchased shares in this
Company principally because it was a continuance of the line from
Oxford to Birmingham, and would be an independent line.
Re-cross-examined—Looking at the promoters and the prospectus,
he believed that the Shrewsbury and Birmingham would be under
the control of the London and Birmingham. He was not aware that
Mr. Ormsby Gore, M.P., and Mr. Clive, M.P., the chairman and
deputy-chairman of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, were
interested in the London and Birmingham, but he had no doubt,
seeing that the latter company had a fourth in the capital of the
former, they would have the control of the Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham. The line at present under the consideration of the Committee
would no doubt be under the management of the Great Western
Company.
Mr. Hill, banker, Wolverhampton, having been called to show the
superiority of this company's station there over that of its rival, Mr.
RICKARDS objected to his evidence being received, on the ground
that that question was not then under the consideration of the Com-
mittee; but it being eventually settled that the evidence might be
tendered, Mr. Hill proceeded to state that he was a magistrate cf
Staffordshire, and deputy-chairman of the quarter sessions of that
county. He agreed with Mr. Spooner, that a line such as this should
be in independent hands. At a county meeting it was resolved that
the level of this company's line, at Wolverhampton, would best ac-
commodate the people of this district, and a petition to Parliament
to that effect was adopted and signed at the meeting.
Cross-examined by Mr. RICKARDS —The Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham line would not afford as much accommodation to the
people of Wolverhampton as the Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
and Dudley. The greater portion of the manufactures which
were exported from Wolverham?ton were sent to Liverpool,
not to London. The meeting to which he had alluded had
been called by requisition ; he did not know whether it had been
advertised. It was a public meeting, not to take into consideration
the Shrewsbury and Birmingham. but solely the Birmingham, Wol-
verhampton, and Dudley line, and it was naturally attended princi-
pally by those pecuniarily interested in it. The ascent to this com-
pany's station at Wolverhampton would sot, he hoped, be quite so
bad as that to the room in which he was sitting.—(Laughter.)

GROUP XVIII.
LONDON, NEV7NITSLY, AND BATH DrIZECT.
I (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Further witnesses were examined on behalf of the Loudon, New.
bury, and Bath Direct Railway.
The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow.

GROUP XXXIII.
BIRMINGHAM aria 0X2'017.111 JUNCTION.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
took
direction.
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gauge in addition to the
narrow, and to continue the line from the station of the Grand June-
Great Western to lay down the broad
tion to Oxford, so that there should be a continuous line on the broad
gauge from London to Liverpool.
Cross-examined by Mr. LANE—He was still a large owner in the
Grand Junction, and he admitted that there had been improvements
since the amalgamation. But he thought that competition was de-
sirable for the public advantage, although it might affect his interests
as a shareholder. Mr. Locke, the engineer, had not been consulted
as to the project of the broad and narrow gauge lines, to which he
(Mr. Gladstone) had referred, aitheugh one of his assistants had been
consulted, and from his opinion the Committee were induced to be-
lieve that It was practicable.
Mr. Sanders, secretary to the Great Western Railway Company,
examined also by Mr. Cocanunx, expressed a very strong opinion in
favour of competing lines. He was convinced that the public ad-
vantage would be promoted, and he did not think either of the com-
panies would suffer from the competition if the two series of lines
now before the Committee were constructed. The inconvenience of
the break of gauge need not be so great as it was rendered by those
whose interest it was to exaggerate it.
Mr. James Watts, agent for Messrs. Pickford, gave evidence re-
specting the traffic between Oxford and Birmingham as requiring a
direct communication.
Dr. Thompson, of Stratford-upon-Avon, Mr. Muntz, M.P., and
Mr. Spooner, M.P., were examined by Mr. Wentorr, Q.C., and gave
evidence strongly in favour of the Oxford and Birmingham Junc-
tion, on the ground that they would be competing lines with the
London and Birmingham Companies proposed lines (tbe Warwick-
shire and London), and that competition would be beneficial to the
public, producing better accommodation and lower fares, which in
their opinion the traffic would warrant.
Mr. Brunel will be examined to-morrow on the engineering merits.
The Committee adjourned at half-past three o'clock till half-past
twelve to-morrow.

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Cross-examined by iMr. SELFE—I do not understand why one of
these companies should have a six mile clause in their Bill, whilst
the other is content with a two-mile clause. .

Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—To those who pre-
ferred it there would be a walk on the level at the Wolverhampton
station.

Mr. Edward Perry, japanner and tin-worker, of Wolverhampton,
said that he sent the principal part of his goods south of Birming-
ham. He paid 1,0001. for the carriage of his goods at present. He
sent them by the canal to Birmingham, and from that town to Lon-
don they were carried by railway. The present rates of carriage on
that railway were far too high, considering his profits. It was the
prevailing opinion at Wolverhampton that the low level station of
this line would best accommodate the interests of the town.

Cross-examined by Mr. RICKARDS—HeId no share in this com-
pany. The proposed line of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham would
give him a direct communication with Liverpool, Chester, Ireland,
and the south of Wales. The lobbs of the London and Birmingham
might be below those of the Great Western, but still :they were too
high. If it could be avoided it would be as well not to have a
break of gauge, but there would be one on the Birmingham and
Oxford line, which he preferred to this companys line, although
there would be no break upon it.
Re-examined by Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKS —The disadvantage of a
break of guage was very slight, when put by the side of the advan-
tages which this line possessed over its rivals.
Mr. Wynne, merchant, Wolverhampton, was next called to prove
the disadvantages under which the people of that district at present
laboured, in consequence of a want of railway accommodation; they
were obliged to avail themselves of the tedious route of the canals
in transmitting their goods to Oxford and other large towns. The
manufacturers of Wolverhampton generally entertained an opinion
In favour of this line. He had no share in this railway. Its station
would be decidedly the best. The town was rapidly extending in
the direction of Horsely Fields.
Cross-examined by Mr.RICKA.RDS—The station of the Shrewsbury
and Birmingham line would be nearer to Horsley Fields than that
of its rival. He decidedly preferred competition in railway matters.
If this company amalgamated with the Great Western, he should
join in petitioning Parliament for a third line, when there would
be " Three Richmonds in the field." No doubt an amalgamation
would take place between this company and the Great Western.
The Committee adjourned at four till twelve o'clock to-morrow.

GROUP xxxvlll.
HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER
(BRADFORD BRANCH).
(Continued from ear Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Evidence of a general nature was given in favour of the Hudders-
field and Manchester (Bradford Branch).
The Committee rose at four o'clock.

IMPORTANT DECISION.

GROUP XXXIX.
OLDILELIVE DISTRICT.

After hearing evidence of a general nature In favour of this be,
the Committee ordered the room to be cleared.
The parties being re-called,
The CmiaamAN stated that the Committee had decided that the
preamble of the Oldham, Manchester, and Birkenhead Railway Bill
was proved, and that the Oldham District Railway Bill was not
proved.
The Committee adjourned -at four o'clock.

GROUP XLII.

LIVERPOOL, PRESTON,

MANCHESTER,

GROUP LLX.

LIVERPOOL AND BURY, AND MANCHES-
TER AND LEEDS AMALGAMATION ; AND MAN-
CHESTER AND BOLTON AND BURY CANAL
NAVIGATION AND RAILWAY, AND MANCHES-
TER AND LEEDS AMALGAMATION.
(43entinued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

All the clauses were gone through, with the exception of two or
three in the first Bill, and the Committee adjourned shortly after
three o'clock till to-morrow at twelve.

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY
_EVENING, JUNE 26, 1846.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, June 25.

BANKS v. GOODE.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 25.

This was an action to recover the sum of 5CO'., for which
the defendant' was alleged to be liable. The defendant
pleaded that he never was indebted, and that he had paid
the debt, whereupon issues were joined.
Mr. Knowles and Mr. Willis appeared for the plaintiff ;
Mr. Crowder and Mr. Rawlinson for the defendant.

Their Lordships met at Five o'clock.
Messengers from the House of Commons brought up severs
Bills, which were ordered to lie on the table.
THE SEES OF ST. ASAPH AND BANGOR.

The plaintiff in this case was an advertising agent, and
had inserted general advertisements in the months of Oc-
tober and Novf tuber last, in several town and country
newspapers, and in the railway journals, concerning the
Salisbury and Lytnington Railway. The project was one
out of the large number which found their origin in the
speculative spirit of the last year, and appears to have been
got up by the Messrs. Wheel and Berkeley, solicitors, who
were assisted by a barrister named Mellor. An office was taken
by the solicitors, in the Old Jewry, and a provisional committee,
consisting of several gentlemen, was in a short time fbrmed.
In this part of the formation of the project, a gentleman
named Downs, who resided at Ryde, in the Isle of Wiglit,
appears to have taken a considerable share. At the request
of the solicitors he became a member of the provisional
committee of the company, and was indemnified by them
against any liability he might incur in that capacity. Some
short time after he had become a party to the concern he
saw the defendant at Ryde, and communicated to him the
circumstance of his being on the provisional committee of
the Salisbury and Lyinington Railway. The defendant
thereupon expressed a wish to have his own name inserted
in the list, and it was said that he applied by letter to the
solicitors for that purpose. That letter was lost, but in
compliance with the defendant's wish, he was admitted a
member of the provisional committee, and was offered in
that capacity an allotment of a certain number of shares in
the line, which, however, he appears to have declined. The
intention of holding meetings in London was notified to the
defendant on each occasion, with a request that he would at-
tend them. On one of those occasions the defendant stipu-
lated in writing that his travelling expenses should be de-
frayed, an act which the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff
construed into a consciousness, on the part of the defendant,
of the responsibility of his situation.
Mr. CROWDER, on behalf of the defendant, represented the
case against his client as one which differed from any
hitherto brought before the Court, inasmuch as it was at-
tempted to fix the defendant with liability, simply from his
having been willing to allow his name to appear on the list of
the provisional committee. The question which arose upon
that state of facts, was, whether it was the law, that the mere
circumstance of a man having had his name inserted in the
list of provisional committee, authorised the attorney, the
secretary, or any individual eonnected with the company, to
order goods upon the representation of his being a responsible
party. That was a question which, as he apprehended,
had not as yet been decided, and it was one of such magnie
tude and importance, as under the particular circumstances
of the case, should exonerate his client from liability. The
application of the principle of agency, on which the plea of
partnership rested, would determine the question in favour
of the defendant, and he, therefore, confidently submitted
that he was entitled to the verdict of the jury.
The LORD CHIEF BARON having summed up,
The jury retired, and, after an absence of half an hour,
returned with a verdict for the defendant.

The Bishop of HEREFORD presented a petition from the
Dean and Chapter of Hereford against the union of the sees
of St. Asaph and Bangor, and praying for the immediate ap••
pointment of a bishop to Manchester.
The Bishop of LICHFIELD presented five petitions to the
same effect.

SHERIFFS' COURT, SESSIONS HOUSE,
I'E WINGTON, June 25.
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff ABBOTT.)
DAWSON AND OTHERS V. 2110LONEUX.
This was a writ of inquiry to assess damages. Plaintiffs
are advertising agents in the City, and sought to recover
1,172/. 6s. 6d. of the defendant, who is a banker at Lewes,
and a provisional committeeman of the proposed Brighton,
Lewes, and Tunbridge Wells Direct Railway.
H. Goodman, clerk to plaintiffs, proved to receiving orders
from the secretary and clerks of the company to advertise the
prospectus and proceedings of the railway company.
G. Phipper, clerk to plaintiffs, produced bills for advertise-
ments. They claimed Si. 6s. Bd. per cent. as commission.
Cross-examined—The Times allowed no discount ; the
other papers allowed a discount from 5 per cent. up to 30
per cent.

Mr. Collinson, treasurer to the Morning Chronicle, stated
that they allowed 5 per cent, discount to agents only. Would
not allow a discount to railway companies.
John Franks, clerk in the Morning Herald office, deposed
that this journal allowed a discount of ten per cent. to agents
only.

far. BRAMWELL addressed the jury, and contended that
the claim set up was an extravagant one, and that plaintiffs
had no right to charge their commission upon sums beyond
money actually paid by them. The line was twenty-two
miles. The plaintiff's charges for advertisements only was at
the average of 551. a mile.
The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up, and the jury returned a
verdict for the amount claimed-1,1721. 6s. Gd.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
THAMES.

Benjamin Gibbins, the man who stands charged with the
wilful murder of Anne alias Jane Sloman, at No. 6, Labour-
in-Vain-street, Shadwell, where an illicit still was in opera-
tion for some weeks previous, was brought before Mr. Ballan-
tine for final examination.

Since the last investigation, Inspector Valentine and polies-
sergeant Townson, of the K division, have'been actively em-
ployed in pursuing their inquiries and endeavouring to un-
ravel the mystery which hangs over the affair, but the only
additional facts that came to their knowledge was one of a
very singular nature. It appears that on the morning of the
2d of June, after the body of the deceased was discovered,
a woman named Petty, the wife of a mechanic, pulled down
a window curtain with blood stains upon it, from the window
1 of the front room, but she made no mention of the occur-
rence till Wednesday, when she was directed by the police
to attend as a witness, and readily did so, but she was not
called upon to give evidence. The supposition is, that the
death-blow was inflicted in the front room, and that the
woman was either forced or thrown down the stairs into the
passage, where the body was found. The police have also
ascertained, that the deceased gave information to an excise
officer a week previous to her death, that a private still was
at work in the house, and the supposition is, that her revela-
tion of the secret came to the knowledge of her paramour
Gibbins, or some other persons connected with the still, and
that she was made away with on that account.
William Parramour, a police constable of the K division,
who was riot examined before, was called. It will be recol-
lected that the prisoner, in accounting for the way in which
he spent his time on the night of the Ist of June, said he
visited a coffee-shop, opposite Shadwell Church, twice. On
the first occasion he said he was there from one o'clock till
half-past one, and that he went out and returned again at
three, and remained till nearly four. It was shown by the
witness Parramour that he walked from Mr. Crafford's
coffee-shop to the rear of the house, where the alleged mur-
der was committed, got upon a wall into the yard of the
house, and after entering the dwelling itself returned to the
coffee-shop again in ten minutes only. He further said that
any person could walk from the coffee-shop to the house in
Labour-in-Vain-street in three minutes, and that on Wed-
nesday night, and also on that morning, he got upon the
wall and thence into a piece of " blank ground," behind the
house, without interference. The easiest way of obtaining
access to the house was by the lower window, not the upper
one, which the prisoner did enter on the morning of the 2d
of June, at seven o'clock.
Dr. Letheby, lecturer on chemistry at the London Hos-
pital, who gave medical evidence on the last examination,
again proffered his evidence. He gave his opinion last week
that the blood on the prisoner's jacket was living blood, con-
taining fibrine matter, and that it came from the human
head, whilst that on the matting on which the deceased's
head rested was from a dead person, and contained no fibrine
matter. He now produced samples of each, on glass, and
the difference was very striking. He stated that since the
last examination a piece of wood, part of the beading of the
lower window, had been handed to him. It bore the im-
pression, apparently, of a blood stain. He had applied the
usual tests, and found it to be nothing but colouring matter,
made up of ruddell and albumen, or size. He had painted
a piece of wood with similar colouring matter, and the ap-
pearance was precisely the same. --,11.0 produced the two
pieces of wood, and said he laboured under the impression
that the beading of the lower window had been painted to
resemble blood, for the purpose of testing the evidence he
gave last week, and to ascertain whether it was speculative
or not. The red colour was very similar to stains of blood,
hut on the tests being applied,. the difference was soon evi-
dent.
Police-sergeant Townson stated that he saw what appeared
to be the impression of a blood-stained hand on the beading
of the window, and he thought it was but right to remove it
and give it to Dr. Letheby.
There being no other evidence, Mr. BALLANTINE said he
should commit the prisoner to Newgate to take his trial for
the wilful murder of Anne Sloman.
The prisoner, who exhibited great composure during the
reading over the depositions, here betrayed much anxiety,
and said he was an innocent man, and that justice had not
been done him. He said he was very anxious that the
woman who supplied him with refreshments at the coffee-
shop, on the morning of the alleged murder, should be
called, and she could prove what he had, who was in the
next box, and how long he remained in the place on each
occasion. He also wished the coal-whipper who accompanied
him to the coffee-shop on the second occasion to be brought
forward. _ _

Mr. BALLANTINE said the female could prove nothing more
than Mr. Crafford, the proprietor of the coffee-shop, had
done, and he had not thought proper to encumber the cafe
with her evidence. As to the coal-whipper, he had been
sought after in all directions by the police, but could not be
found. The evidence of that man would be the most im-
portant, because he was seen to leave the coffee-shop with
the prisoner on the second occasion.
The prisoner said, the man was to be found any morning
at the coal-whippers' office.
Mr. BALLANTINX—Perhaps you can tell us his name,
The prisoner said, he never saw him before of his know-
ledge, and he made an earnest request that the case should
be adjourned for a week, and that the woman belonging to
the coffee-shop should be produced, and the coal-whipper
apprehended.
Mr. BALLANTINE saw no necessity for another adjourn-
ment, and told the prisoner he could call the woman as a
witness on his trial. If the coal-whipper could be found, he
should certainly be forthcoming at the Central Criminal
Court.
The prisoner was then committed.

THE MOON IN LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPE.—With re-
spect to the moon, every object on its surface of the height of one
hundred feet was now distinctly to be seen ; and, he had no doubt,
that under very favourable circumstances, it would be so with objects
sixty feet in height. On its surface wore craters of extinct volcanoes,
rocks, and masses of stones almost innumerable. He lead no doubt
whatever that if such a building as he was then in were upon the
surface of the moon, it would be rendered distinctly visible by these
instruments. But there were no signs of habitations such as ours—
no vestiges of architectural remains to show that the moon is or ever
was inhabited by a race of mortals similar to ourselves. ;It presented
no appearances which could lead to the supposition that it contained
anything like the green fields and lovely verdure of this beautiful
world of ours. There was no water visible—not a sea, or a river, or
even the measure of a reservoir for supplying town or factory—all
seemed desolate. Hence would arise the reflection in the mind of
the Christian philosopher—Why had this devastation been ? It might
be further inquired—Was it a lost world ? Had it suffered for its
transgression ? Analogy might suggest the question—Had it met the
fate which Scripture told us was reserved for our world ? It was
ohvious that all this was mysterious conjecture.—Dr. Scoresby's Lec-
ture on Astronomy.

ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON.—Between one and two
o'clock on Thursday morning last, a ball, about the size of an
orange, apparently fire, was noticed at Woodbridge, moving through
the air from the west to south-east, with a long train of light after it.
IS greatly illuminated tho atmosphere during its transit, but disap-
peared in a few seconds.—Bury Post.

BURNING OF A VESSEL OFF BRIXIIAM.—ShortIy
after ten o'clock en Tuesday morning much surprise was created at
Brisham, by the approach towards the shore, of a vessel on fire, in
tow of two fishing smacks, which, as she neared, proved to be the
Unity of Padstow, a London trader. A rumour having got abroad
that the vessel had gunpowder on board, and other dangerous com-
bustibles, it was strongly advised not to bring her into harbour.
Such, however, proving not to be the case, she was hauled near the
Queen's quays, that some water from a reservoir might be conducted
on board, which was quickly accomplished, but ere the flames could
be got under, she had burnt to the water's edge. She had left Dart-
mouth on the previous day, and was discovered on fire about four
o'clock in the morning, when about ftftgen miles off the land. She
had ignited owing to the gross carelessness of one of the seaman,
who threw a lighted lucifer down the forecastle, and set Are to some
matting. The vessel is a complete wreck, and we have heard that no
part of her cargo 1* insured.