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The following is a complete list of the railway
and other private bills (151 in number) for which
the plans were locked before eight o'clock last
night, at the Board of Trade, in accordance with
the standing orders )f the two Houses of Parlia-
ment
Bradford, Wakefiell, and Leeds—Stanley and
Methley Branch.
Bedford, Potton. and Cambridge.
Breconshire Railway and Canal.
Brecon and Merthyr-Tydvil Junction.
Bagenalstown and Vexford—Deviation, Reviva
of Powers, &c.
Bristol and Kingroad.
Birmingham, Erdington, and Sutton-Coldfield Rail
way (Western Line).
Border Union—North British.
Berks and HantsExtenaion—Hungerford toDevizes.
Burton-upon-Trent.
Birmingham, Erdington, and Sutton-Coldfield.
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction—
Hooton to Helsby.
Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds—Branch to Ossett
Beckenham and Sydenham Junction.
Belfast and Londonderry Junction.
Border Counties Extension-
Charlesville and Patriok's Well.
Cowes and Newport.
Central Wales—Llandrindod Section.
Colne Valley and Halstead Extension.
Caledonian—Branches to Wilsontown Mineral
Fields.
Carlisle, Laugholm, and Hawick.
Castle--Dougloa and. Dumfries—Deviation.
rtoy.twire-Doitgai.,
Charleston Railway: and Harbour—Alteration, &e.
Cleveland—Extension.
Cork and Kinsale.
Chester and Holyhead—Extension at Holyhead.
Dn6llll and Drogheda—Widening of Terminus at
Datbl,:n, &c.
Doncaster and Wakefield.
Dundee and iktlewtyle—lmprovement, &c.
Dartmouth and Torbay—Deviation.
Dublin and Wicklow--Extension to Gorey.
Dublin and Meath Extension to the Great
Southern and Western itailway.
East Suffolk—Extension to Aldborough.
Epping Railways.
Formatine and Buchan--Deviation.
Findhorn. •
Great North of Scotlanet—Closing of Road.
Great Northern and Western of Ireland—Castlebar
Extension.
Garston and Liverpool.
Great Western—Works in Connexion with the
West London.
Great Northern---Junction with North London.
Guildford and Leatherhead.
Holywood and Bangor.
Hampstead Junction—Deviations, &e.
Herne Bay and Faversham—Margate Extension.
Hereford and Brecon.
Hooton and Neston.
Isle of Wight—Eastern Extension.
Inverleithen and Peebles.
Isle of Wight Railways.
Isle of Wight.
Kilrush and, Kilkee Railway, and Poulnasherry
Embankment.
Kin,gsbridge and South Devon..
Kensington Station and North and South London
Junction.
Kingston. •
London and North Western—Extension to Ossett.
London, D'iumow, Clare, and Bury St. Edmunds.
Llyfia Vale Railway and Harbour.
Lancashire and Yorkshire—Oldham to Rochdale
and Royton.
Llanymyneeh.
Leith and Caledonian Junction.
London; Brighton, and South Coast—Shoreham,
Henfield, &c., Deviation, &c.
Llanidloes and Newtown—Extension to Skrop3hius
Union Canal, &c. •
Llynn Valley—Deviations,
Little Bytham and Hacconby.
Leatherhead and Dorking (No. 1).
Dancashire and Yorkshire—Branches from Brad-
ford, Wakefield. and Leeds Railway.
London and South Western—Amendment and Ex-
tensions.
London and North Western—Denton to Staley-
bridge, &c.
London and North.Western—Batley to Adwalton,
Liverpool, Garsto'
,ll' 'and Allerton.
Londonderry and Loughswilly—Extension of
Time, &c.
Liverpool Stations Junction Railway.
Lancaster and Carlisle—New Railways to More-
cambe, &c.
Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction—Branch at
Bradford.
London-bridge and Charing-cross.
Leatherhead and Dorking.
Mid-SUssex and Midhurst Junction.
Mid-Sussex and Arundel and Little Hampton
Junction.
Manchester, Liverpool, Swansea and Milford
Haven Junction—Mid-Wales Sections.
Maybole and Girvan—Deviation.
Midland—Erewash Valley, Extension, &c.
Mount Sorrel.
Midland Great Western—Cavan to Clones.
Midland Great Western—Deviation of Sligo
Extension.
Midland Great Western—Branch to River Liffey.
Mid-Kent—Junction Railways at Beckenham and
Nonfood.
Merthyr, Tredegar, and Abergavenny.
Metropolitan—Deviations.
North Western Railway of Ireland—Elphin to
Castlebar.
North Western—Junction with Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway.
Newry and Armagh—Deviation and Branches.
Nuneaton and Hinckley.
New Ross.
North Eastern—Nidd Valley Branch.
North, West, and South London Junction.
Norwich and Spalding—Holbeach to Sutton
Bridge.
Newcastle-under-Lyn e, Silverdale, and Madeley
Junotion.
North Eastern—Harrogate Branches.
Norwood and Streatham.
North and South London Junction Railways.
North London, Paddington, Richmond, Hampton
Court, and Kingston.
North Staffordshire—Branches.
North and South Metropolitan Jthiction.
Oldham, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Guidebridge
Junction—Extension to Rochdale.
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton—Exten-
sion of Kingswinford Branch.
Omnibus Subway—Westminster to Royal Ex-
change,
Portsmouth New Docks and Railway.
Pimlico, Hammersmith, and Kew Junction.
Ringwood, Christchurch, and Bournemouth.
Rowsley, Bakewell, and Buxton. •
Ruabon Harbour and Denbigh—Llangollen Sec-
tions.
Ruabon and Denbigh—Ruthin Section,
South Durham and- Lancashire Union—Deviation.
Sirhowy Tramroad.
Swanage Railway and Pier.
South Yorkshire and River Dun—Crossing of
Roads, &e.
Scottish Central—New Access to Station at Perth.
South Staffordshire—Cannock Branch—Additional
Land.
Sevenoaks.
Silverdale and Newcastle-under-Lyne.
South Wales, Pembroke, and.Tenby Junction.
South London.
Stockton and Darlington—Branches.
St. George's Harbour (Harbour-plan).
South Eastern and West London and Dulwich
Railways.
South Metropolitan Railway and Westminster
Station.
Tendring Hundred—Colchester to Wivenhoe.
Thame and Aylesbury.
•
Tunbridge Wells, Uckfield, and South Coast Junc-
tion.
Tenbury,
Thames Embankment and Railway:
Ulster—Monaghan to Clones.
Vale of Llangollen.
Victoria Station and Pimlico—Enlargement.
Victoria Station and North Western and Great
Western Junction.
Watford and Wendover.
Weedon and Leamington.
Witney.
Wenlock and Severn Junction.
Worcester and Hereford--Branch to the Severn, &c.
Wandsbeck.
Waveney Valley—Revival of Powers, &a.
Wandsworth and Putney,
Wimbledon and Dorking and Epsom and Leather-
head—Joint station at Epsom.
West London=-Extensions and Dock.
Wells and Fakenham—Tramways.
West London and Pimlico Railway and Dock,

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, Nov. 30.
Mr. Baron Bramwell arrived in this town yester-
day, and opened the commission with the usual
formalities. His Lordship afterwards attended
Divine service at St. Mary's.
The calendar is heavy, and contains the names
of 49 prisoners, charged with offences of a serious
description.
In the course of the day-the grand jury came
into court and ignored the six indictments which
had been preferred against Frederick Cook, the
railway guard, for manslaughter, in respect of the
accident which took place on the Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton Railway, on the 23d of
August last, near Dudley.
As soon as this finding of the grand jury was
announced, some person in court began to applaud,
upon which
Mr. Baron Bramwell said that nothing was more
indecent•than that those who did their duty in
court should be applauded. If that were allowed,
those who did not gratify the public Opinion would
be hissed, and thus in every case there would be
applause or hissing in court, according to the
opinion of the public, and it would become quite
impossible for those engaged in the administration
of justice to discharge their duty properly. His
Lordship said he would commit to prison the first
person whom he caught acting in that way. His
Lordship added that it must not be supposed, be-
cause he disapproved of the applause, that he disap.
proved the finding of the grand jury, for, he must
say, it was in accordance with his own opinion.
Mr. Motterain, Mr. Kettle)) appeared,
-far qheiffier} Y; at he- might bc,itt
charged from custo y. He had been in prison since
August last.
Mr. Baron Bramwell said, he regretted that a
coroner had no power to admit to bail. If the
parties had gone before a magistrate the prisoner
might have been bailed. It was clear he ought to
have been bailed.
Mr. Kenealy, who (with Mr. A. S. Hill) ap-
peared for the prosecutor, said he and his learned
friend had considered the case with the care which
its great importance demanded, and they had come
to a different conclusion. There was a good deal of
scientific evidence, and Captain Tyler, the Govern-
ment inspector, had been examined.
Mr. Baran Bramwell said that if that was the
learned counsel's opinion, it would be better that
there should not be a preliminary trial. The pro-
secution had better go on.
Mr. Kenealy asked to be allowed time further to
consult with his learned friend on the subject.
The. learned Judge said the case could stand over
for the present. In the meantime the prisoner was
liberated on his own recognisances to appear and
take his trial during these assizes.
It was understood that the bills were thrown out
by the grand jury in consequence of the absence of
Captain Tyler, the Government inspector, who had
been bound over to prosecute.
At a later period of the day,
Mr. Kenealy said he had further consulted with
his friend Mr. Hill, and they were both of opinion
that, after what his lordship had said, it was not
expedient to present the case to the jury on the
coroner's inquisition, and, as there were 46 wit-
nesses, he thought it better to state at once that he
did not intend to go on with the prosecution.
Mr. Baron Bramwell said he hoped the learned
counsel would not be swayed by what he (Mr.
Baron Bromwell) had said. The observation
which he had made was relevant in reference to the
interruption which had taken Place in court—viz.,
that he did not disapprove the finding of the
grand jury; but, of course, he had not so much
knowledge of the ease as he would have had if it
had been gone into. His lordship did not think that,
on the materials before him, the prisoner ought to
be convicted.
Mr. Kenealy said he could not make the case
stronger.
Mr. Baron Bramwell said he did not disapprove
the learned counsel's retiring from the prosecution,
for he thought the prisoner ought not to be con-
victed. The only evidence against him was scientific
evidence, that he ought to have.stopped the train in
a shorter time. The question for the jury would
have been to weigh that evidence against the posi-
tive evidence of the persons who were with him,
that he applied the break as soon as possible. It
would, therefore, have been speculation against fact.
to try -an -
elli.iisilriitnifpw_urrbs
extvhed'ereit.'wwaass noon;etrhili,nagnd another
thing to act when in the midst of peril. There was
a great difference between the two cases. It was
not a safe case for a conviction, and his lordship
quite approved of the prosecution not going on.
The prisoner was then formally acquitted, and
discharged.
Richard Shaw, 19, clerk, pleaded guilty to a
charge of forging a check for £534 19s. 4d., and
uttering the same to Wm. Kenwright Harvey, trea-
surer to the Guardians of the Poor of the parish of
Stoke-upon-Trent, with intent to defraud the said
guardians.
He also pleaded guilty to another charge of
forging a check for £3O.
Mr. Alfred Young, who appeared as counsel for
the prosecution, stated he was instructed to recom-
mend the prisoner to mercy on the ground of his
youth and his good character up to the presen•
time.

Mr. Baron Bramwell said, the lowest sentence
usually passed on offences of this description was
four years' penal servitude, and he felt bound to
pass that sentence on the prisoner ; but, at the
same time, there were circumstances in the case
which might justify an application to the Crown
for a mitigation of the sentence, and, if such appli-
cation were made, he should be willing to second
it. His lordship then sentenced the prisoner to
four years' penal servitude.

THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

The mode in which the business of this Court has
been disposed of at the recent session or two has
been the subject of much conversation, and the
source of great dissatisfaction to the counsel and
solicitors, and indeed to every one connected with
the cases for trial. At the session which has just
concluded the confusion and disorder that prevailed
were greater than on any previous occasion from the
absence of any proper arrangement to dispose of
the business in a regular. andorderly manner. From
the moment of the opening of the session the only
thing that appears to be thought of is to finish it,
and in order effect this itis to be feared that not
only is great injustice-committed on the unhappy
prisoners, but it is utterly impossible for the coun-
sel or attorneys to defend their clients in a satis-
factory manner. At the recent session, for the first
time, a third court was formed on the Tuesday,
and many of the prisoners who had actually only
been committed a few hours back were tried, con-
victed, and some of them sentenced to severe pun-
ishment without having had an opportunity of
communicattng with their friends or preparing
their defence. On Wednesday and Thursday the
confusion and disorder were almost beyond descrip-
tion, which was heightened by a sudden arrange-
ment that a fourth court should be formed in the
dining room at the top of the building. It need
hardly be stated that this room does not possess
any one single requisite for such a purpose, and it
creates this additional inconvenience, that when
prisoners are tried there it is necessary to escort
them through the crowded lobbies, and thus a
grave risk of their escaping is incurred, as well
as other difficulties. On Thursday a woman who
had been tried in this room became dreadfully
excited after she was sentenced, and as she was
going down stairs, she endeavoured to throw
herself over the banisters, and would probably
have succeeded but for the prompt interference
of the warden of the prison. She was then
brought into the New Court, where Mr. Justice
Hill was engaged in trying an important case,
shrieking and yelling like a maniac, and it was
found necessary to suspend the business until she
had been removed through the dock into the
prison. On Wednesday *afternoon, in pursuance of
the same system of hurrying through the business,
Mr. Justice Hill was induced to separate from his
brother judge in the Old Court, in order to try a
ease in the New Court. It was found, however,
that the Common Sergeant had not finished a case
before him, and the learned judge was then actually
taken down the kitchen stairs to the temporary
court that has been formed there, which is gene-
rally occupied by the grand jury, and which is
known by the name of " the cellar." Here he was
placed upon a temporary. bench, without any jury
or official of the court being present, and not the
slightest preparation being made for his reception.
After sitting patiently fora few minutes Ald. Mechi
interposed, and his lordship was marched back to
the Old Court. The only ground for all this con-
fusion and hurry appears to be saving of expense
by shortening the session by a day ; but the incon-
venience and injustice that are created Eve much
more than commensurate with any paltry ,saving
that may be effected by these means.

BRIDGEMERE, CHESHIRE, Nov. 30.—Mr. Char-
ton, the coroner for the southern division of Che-
shire, this morning opened an inquest upon the
bodies of James Beech, 30, and Thos. Maddock, 26
years old, two watchers who were shot dead by
poachers on the preserves of Mr. Akroyd, Dodding-
ton-park, Cheshire, on the morning of Sunday last.
Between 8 and 9 o'clock on Saturday evening six
keepers and watchers went on their rounds and had
been out until between 2 and 3 o'clock on Sunday
morning when a dog was heard to bark and a shot
was fired. The keepers at once followed up the
sounds and soon found four or five poachers, two of
whom were seized with bags and nets. Two othors
ran into the wood, and as the keepers followed the
poachers stopped, and the men deliberately fired.
A heavy charge entered the left breast of Beech,
and he fell dead ; another charge entered the right
side of Maddock's abdomen, from the effects of
which he died early on Monday morning.
On Monday a man named Jas. Oakes, who some
time ago was tried for the murder of a police officer
in Staffordshire, was apprehended, and, with Wm.
Lear and Thomas Holmes, now remains in custody
on the present charge of killing the keepers in the
late affiffl,y. The bodies of the deceased having been I
examined by the coroner and jury, the following I
evidence was taken :
Joseph Basford deposed—l am an underkeeper
in the employ of Mr. Akroyd, of Doddington-
park. Between eight and nine o'clock on Saturday
night last I went on my rounds with John Mad-
dock and Thomas Maddock to watch my master's
preserves. I met soon after midnight Thomas and
James Beech and Richard Evans, who were also
out as watchers. James Beech, one of the deceased,
was a watcher; Thomas Maddock, the other dead
man, was also a watchman. I had been out five or
six hours, when, between two and three o'clock on
Sunday morning, as I was sitting by the Acorn
cover, we heard a dog. I soon afterwards heard
the report of a gun in the direction of Berrington's
Oaks,—a coppice close by the Acorn cover. We
ran in that direction, and as we were going along
I heard two more shots in the same cover. We ran
300 yards, and then saw three men, two on the
cover side, and one on the ditch cop, close toge-
ther. I ran up and took one man, and the other
two ran away, one into the cover, and the other by
the cover side. I delivered my prisoner to John
Maddock. I did not know the man. He had a
bag with nets on his back, but no weapon. He
offered no resistance. I then went up the left hand
side of the cover and crossed, when, before I had
gone many yards, I heard the report of two guns.
The reports followed each other quickly, like a
double shot. I ran to that spot, and when I got
up I saw Thomas Maddock on one knee. I asked
him if he was shot,aid he said that he was. He was
then in a small field just outside the cover. I saw
another man, who turned out to be Beech, lying
by his side. I asked Maddock which way
they bad gone, and he breathed out " Oh! dear,
dear, over that field," and pointed with his hand
over a field. I started in the direotion he told me,
and just as I was getting over the gate my
dog's cord broke, and he got on scent of
something, and ran with me after him. He
caught one of the poacher's dogs in the next fence.
I took hold of the poacher's dog, and tried to kill
him. I struck him with a small flail I had in my
hand. The dog recovered and got away. Evans
and I went back then to the two men who were
shot. I found James Beech dead, and Thos. Mad-
dock badly wounded in his belly, and unable to get
up. I sent for a conveyance and a doctor. The
men were then taken to Joseph Berrington's house,
close by. There were two poachers taken that
morning. I have been in Mr. Akroyd's employ for
six or seven years. The preserves are watched
every night, and I usually go out every other night.
I never take any weapon besides a flail and a dog.
None of our party that night had a gun. Some-
times our party have had a gun, but we had none
on Saturday night. We have been much troubled
about here by poachers. I only saw three poachers.
Thomas Beech deposed—l am an under-keeper in
the employ of Mr. Akroyd, and was with the last
witness on last Saturday night. I was with i
all the while, and heard the dog bark and the shots.
I went to Berrington's cover and saw I
Basford take
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a man, when two others ran
of them, but as I ran I looked
.into thep cover and
saw four or five more poachers i the inside of the
cover. I then jumped into it, and as soon as I got
in I saw one of them coming towards me, and I
caught him. He had a bag on his back, a bundle
of pegs. We wrestled and both fell into the brook.
He had no stick to fight with. I succeeded in cap-
turing him. Just as I got him up out of the brook
I heard the report of two gulls. I went in the
direction of the sounds, and I heard Basford shout
" Come on, Tom, for they have shot Jem and Tom
Maddock." John Maddock and I then took the
two poachers to the kennels, where the police came
and took them in charge. Michael Hannan was
the policeman. I heard no quarrelling before the
guns were fired.
Richard Evans deposed—l am a watchman
employed on the lands of Doddington-park. I
was with the last two witnesses on Saturday
night, and heard the first shot fired. I went in
the direction of the sound, and saw two poachers,
one of whom was running in the wood and the other
was in the custody of Basford. Thomas Beech and I
ran up the cover side in chase of a poacher, and
Beech jumped into the wood, telling me to go on. I
ran on, and then saw three or four poachers in the
wood, close to the hedge side. We ran about half-
way up the field. The poacher stopped, and one
said, " He's there, b— him ;:sheot him." I saw
that one of-the poachers had a gun. That was ad-
dressed in reference to me, and the poacher raised
his gun, but as I ran on lie did not fire at me. I
ran to the corner of -the field and stopped by the
hedge, thinking they would come over there, and
the furthest man from me in the wood turned round
and shot Maddock. There were two poachers then