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IMPERIAL PAR LIAMENT

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Day.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS,
The following bills were severally read a third time
and pasied—Orley and Skipton It )ad ; Haslingdeu and
Todtuorden Roads ; Kinross-shire Railway ; Leslie Rail-
way ; Selby and Market Weighton Road.
Tee following bill; were considered and ordered to be
read a third time—Elie Harbour ; Lancaster and Car-

lisle and Ingleton Railway; Metropolitan Railway;
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland ; Newport,
Abergavertny, and Hereford Railway ; Newry and
Enniskillen Railway; Thames and Medway Conser-
vancy ; West London and Crystal Palace Railway.
F►erning's Estate Bill was read a second time.
TIMES ASSITRA.NCE AMALGAMATION BILL,
Mr. C. FORSTER moved that, in the ease of the
Times, A then:sum, and Beacon Assurance Companies
Amalgamation Bill, the standing orders Nos. 70 and
199 be suspended, and the examiner of petitions for pri-
vate bills have leave to sit and proceed forthwith upon
the petition for additional Provision.

The motion was avreed to.
NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
Sir B. HALL moved for a copy of a letter, dated
the 3')th day of June, 1857, addressed by the First
Commissioner of Works, &c. to the Lords of her Ma-
jesty's Treasury, containing the award of the Judges
appointed to report upon the designs for the proposed
new government offiePs.—Ordered.
HONG KONG.
Mr. FORTESCUE moved for copies of, or extracts
from, any papers connected with the confinement of
Chinese prisoners at Hong Kong, and with the trial
of a baker and others on the charge of poisoning.—
Ordered.

MEDICAL PROFESSION (No. 1.) BILL.
Mr. HEA.DLAM, after presenting a great number
of petitions in favour of his bill, moved its second

reading.
Mr. CRA.WFORD rose to move that the bill be read
a second time that day six months. The hon. gentle-
man proceeded to .describe the difference of opinion
that existed when the subject of medical reform
was formerly under their consideration, and re-
gretted that the hon. gentleman bad not thought it
necessary to consult the committee that had sat upon
the subject, and that by adopting the present course he
had totally disregarded the resolutions that had been agreed
to. He strongly objected to this bill, as if passed it would
not carry out its object. Now the bill of his noble friend
was one of a totally different nature, its provisions were
so admirable that he felt it a great honour to have bad
his name placed at the back of the bill. The hon. gen-
tleman concluded by comparing the present bill with
that of Lord Elcho's, and said the latter was by far the
best, as it would greatly improve the medical profession,
and benefit the public. •
"Viscount BURY supported the bill. The object of
the amendment was to throw out the bill of the hon.
member for Newcastle, and to substitute for it the bill
of the noble lord.
Col. SYKES said be approved of the principles of both
bills, the object of both being to improve the system of
education of medical men, and to extend the
liberty of practising to the whole of the United
Kingdom. (H. ar, hear.) He approved of some of
the points in both of the bills; but in consequence of the
bill of the noble lord providing for nominations by the
Crown, he should oppose it, and vote for the bill brought
forward by the hon. member for Newcastle.
THE CAMBRIDGE ELECTION COMMITTEE.

At this point in the debate,
Mr. DEASY appeared at the bar, and reported that
the Cambridge Committee assembled this morning, and
after sitting an hour—the Marquis of Blandford being
absent—a telegraphic message was received from the
noble lord, stating he was attending the deathbed of his
father, the Duke of Marlborough. Since then he bad
received another communication from the noble lord, to
the effect that the noble duke was dead. He therefore
moved that the Marquis of Blandford be discharged from
further attendance on the committee.

The motion was agreed to.
The debate upon the Medical Reform Bill was then
resumed.
Colonel FRENCH said in order that the house might
know the exact course tle noble lord intended to pursue
he ought distinctly to state his intentions.
Mr. W. EWARr greatly preferred the bill of the
noble lord (Eleho), although the system proposed by the
hon. member for Newcastle was very alluring. The
former bill he considered more workable. He did not
see that there was any objection to the Crown nomina-
tion as the board was a national one and responsible to
Parliament.
Mr. BLACK said he should have preferred a more
liberal measure than either of the bills, but he thought
that) No. 3 bill was the best, and such being the case he
should support the amendment.
Mr. NE .LE said he stioul f vote for the second read-
ing of the present bill, as he considered it the best of the
two.
Mr. VANCE supported the motion for the second
reading of the present bill. The bill of the noble lord
violated existing rights, which had been granted by
Royal charter, while that of the hon. member for New-
castle protected them.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he should oppose both
bills, as he looked on them as anything but reform bills.
(Hear, hear.) The examination of practitioners he
thought should not rest either with nominees of the
Crown or self-consituted bodies. What the public wanted
was liberty to select their own medical attendant. We
had a State church, a State law, and the present was an
attempt to force upon the public' State physic.
(Laughter.) It was stated to be the object of both the
bills on the paper to put down medical quackery, but
he thought that there was a quackery which required
putting down just as much as that, and that was legisla-
tive quackery. The bodies which this bill sought to pro-
tect he had no confidence in, as they had committed some
of the most egregious blunders possible. This assertion
was borne out by the fact that theinventor of the tourni-
quet and the prsecriber of cantharides had both been
sent to Newgate at the instance of the head of the Col-
lege of Physicians. The Medical Reform Bill the public
required was one with a schedule A in it. (Laughter.)
Lord ELCHO defended his bill, and said he only sub-
mitted his measure from a sense of duty —not to obstruct
the medical profession. The existing anomalies required
amending. If the principal medical adviser of her Majesty
in Scotland—Professor Simpson—was called to consult
upon the state of her Majesty's health in this country,
he would be liable to prosecution. Another of the ano-
malies wasthat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who
had the privilege of granting medical degrees
without passing an examination. The bill in
which he was interested had been approved of by a
committee of this house in preference to that of the hon.
member for Newcastle, and therefore he consended it
was the best, and ought to meet with the approval and
support of the house. The noblelord then compared the
principle and provisions of the bill of the committee and
that of the hon. member for Newcastle, which he con-
trasted, and said that the bill of the hon. member for
Newcastle would establish a monopoly which he (Lord

Elcho) very much objected to. (Hear, hear.) Alter
some further remarks in favour of his own
bill, the noble lord said that he had received a memo-
randum from the medical professor of Jersey, asking to
be placed under the provisions of this bill, and be also
referred to the unanimity of the profession in its favour.
He called upon the house to reject the bill No. 1, and
adopt bill No. 3.
Mr. NAPIER supported the bill No. 1. He entered
into the principles of both the bills, contrasting it and
their details with the report of the select committee
appointed last session to enquire into the principle and
details of Mr. Headlam's medical bill of that session. He
called upon the house to support the second reading of
the bill, which, which would have the effect of improving
the profession generally throughout the country.
Mr. COWPER, in reply to the hon. and learned
member for the University of Dublin, expressed
his surprise that the representative - of an uni-
versity could be found to support a bill that proposed
to deprive it of granting medical degrees. He, (Mr.
Cowper) approved of the bill No. 3 over that of bill No.
2, and expressed an opinion that the principle in
discussion did not rest on tho formation of the coun-
cil under either of the bills, but that how they
should provide hereafter legally qualified practi
tioners. After 801113 further remarks on the general
question of medical education, there were loud cries
of divide, on which the hon. gentleman turned round and
said, " We shan't divide just yet, and if I leave off some-
body else must speak. (Loud laughter.) The right hon.
gentleman, however, continued to address the house
amidst continued cries of " Divide."
Mr. HEADLAM having replied,
The house divided, when the numbers were—
For the second reading 225
Against it
Majority —147
The bill was then read a second time.
MEDICAL PROFESSION (No. 3) BILL,
Lord ELCIIO withdrew this bill.
ROCHDALE ELECTION.

Sir J. J. BULLER brought up tbe report of this com-
mittee, which declared the sitting member duly elected.
The other orders were disposed of, and the house ad-
journed at six o'clock.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

• SOUTHWARK.

BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—Richard Cotter
and William Jones, two smart looking young fellows,
well known housebreakers, were charged with breaking
into the dwelling-house of Mrs. Margaret Richardson,
at 59, Bland-street, Great Dover Road, and stealing
therefrom a writing desk and cellaret. Jones was also
charged with committing an outrageous assault upon
Mrs. Richardson, and threatening to murder her and her
servant.
The prosecutrix, a widow lady, who exhibited two
black eyes and a severe bruise on her forehead, stated
thatsbe resided at 59, Bland-street, and on Sunday night,
the only persons in the house were herself and a female
servant, and o❑ their retiring to rest everything was safe
in the house. About half-past one on Sunday morning
she heard a noise in her room and saw a flash of light.
Believing there was a storm coming on she called to
her servant, " Mary, how it lightens." Suddenly
the light went out, and then she felt certain that
some thieves were in her room. She instantly
jumped up and seized hold of Jones as he was trying
to hide himself under the bed. He turned round upon
her and making use of a fearful oath, said he would
murder her if she did not let him go. Jones then
struck her two violent blows between the eyes which
nearly stunned her, and she was compelled to let him
go. She then heard him and another man leave the
house, and immediately afterwards she went to the
street-door and admitted a constable. She then found
that her house had been entered by forcing a back win-
dow, and that the parlour bad been ransacked. She
missed from the latter two writinc, desks and a cellaret,
produeed by the police. She did not see anything of
the prisoner Cotter until he was brought to her house
with Jones a few minutes after she admitted the police.
In the struggle with Jones she pulled out a large quan-
tity of hair from his head, and she must have over-
powered him ha I the servant come to her assistance.
Eliza Santon, a young girl about sixteen, said she
heard her mistress call out to her about the lightning.
She instantly got nut of bed, and in descending to her
room she saw Jones struggling with Mrs. Richardson.
who was calling out for assistance. As she was going
towards her, the prisoner Jones met her in the passage
and seized her by the throat, telling her that if she
resisted or called out, he would do for her. She was so
struck with terror that she dropped down on the fluor,
and then he went away and left by the bank door.
Witness afterwards found a screw driver under Mrs.
Richardson's bed, which she handed to the constable.
John Day, an old and steady officer. No, 187 M,
stated that he was on duty in Bland-street about two
o'clock on Monday morning when he heard a female
calling out " Police" and " Murder." He immediately
went to No. 59, when Mrs. Richardson admitted him
into her house, and said that it had been broken into,
and that the thieves had attempted to murder her and
her servant. Witness entered the place, and being told
that the thieves had escaped by the back door, he
climbed over the walls of the adjacent houses, and found
the prisoner concealed in the water closet at the rear of
a house nine doors off. As soon as he saw them there
bath of them called out, " don't hurt us ; we
will go quietly with you." Witness, with the assistance
of a cabman, took them both into custody, and
on searelsing them he found a key and a candle on Jones,
and:some lucifer matches on Cotter. I❑ the water-closet
he discovered the writing desk and cellaret, which Mrs.
Richardson identified as her property. Both prisoners
said that they knew they had done wrong, and they
hoped be would not strike them with his staff.
The Magistrate asked what was known of the pri-
soners /
Dennis Clark, 108 M, said that Cotter was tried at
the Westminster Sessions, in April, 1854, for house-
breaking, and sentenced to 12 months' hard labour.
Jones was tried and acquitted for burglary in May last,
and they were both connected with a desperate gang of
burglars.
The prisoners, who did not deny the charge or the
officer's statement, were fully committed for trial, and
all the witnesses bound over to prosecute.

The Magistrate complimented the courageous conduct
of Mrs. Richardson, the proseentrix.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

CHARGE oP ABDUCTlON.—Yesterday, at Marlborough-
street Police-court, an application was made to Mr.
Beadon for his advice, by a person of the name of
Taylor, a master baker, living in Golden-square, in con-
sequence of the abduction of his daughter, who is 16
years of age.
It appears that about a fortnight ago his daughter
left her home, when, it not being known where she was
gone to, information was given to the Police-statio❑ of
the C division, Vine-street, Piccadilly. Sergeant
Stephen, C 32, was employed to trace her out. He
succeeded in doing so a few days ago, when be
discovered her in the name of Hall, residing at a
house i❑ Oakley-crescent, Chelsea. He told her that be
had come from her father, and that he must take her
home. She stated to him that she had made au ac-
quaintance with a naval officer, whose name she had
assumed, and that he had induced her to leave her home
on a promise of marriage.

The brother of the young woman said that the man
who took her away hal succeeded in his purposes, and
that having done so he had left her. He wished to know
what conre he should pursue.

Mr. Beadon stated that she was above the age at
which he had power, and that he must take proceedings
in a superior court.

EXHIBITION OF DESIGNS IN IIEST-
MINSTP,R HALL.

AWARD OF THE JUDGES.

The following is a list of the artists entitled to
premiums under the award of the judges of the de-
signs lately exhibited in Westminster Hall. The
names are arranged in the order of merit as de-
cided by the judges, with the mottl and amount of
premium which was inscribed on the designs
DESIGN NO. I.—BLOCK PLAN.

1. M. Cressinet, Grand Rue de Vangirard, Paris,
No. 12, motto "A. C." premium 500/.
2. Mr. W. Hastings, Belfast, 181, " Corso," 2001.
3. Messrs. Morgan and Phipson,3, Danes•inn, Strand,
128, " Ccnfido," 1001.
DESIGN No. 2.—FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.

1. Alessi,. Coe and Ho land, 8, Danes-inn, I,Strand,
94, "Utilitas," 8001.
2. Messrs. Banks and Barry, Sackville-street, 53,
" Opera, 81," 8001.
3. Mr. George Gilbert Scott, 30, Spting-gardens, 116,
" Nec Minimum," &c. 3001.
4. Messrs. Deane and Woodward, Merrion-street,
Dublin, 35, " Thou haat covered my head," &c. 2001.
5. Mr. Thos. Bellamy, 8, Charlotte-street, Bedford-
square, 17, "B. Z.'' NO/.
6. Me-era. Buxton, Buxton, and Habershon, 38,
Bloomsbury-square, 54, " Snaviter Fortiter," 1001.
7. Mr. Geo. E. Street, 33, Montague-place, Bedford-
square, 129, "A Vailliants Coeurs," &c., 1001.
DESIGN No. 3.—WAR OFFICE.

1. Mr. 11. B. Garling, 11, King's-road, Gray's-inn,
77, " Fortiter et Fideliter' " 800/.
2. M. B. D'Hazwille, Rue de Nord, Paris, 75, " Lens
atque Jus," 5001.
3. Mr. J. T. Rocheap, Glasgow, 61, "Anglo-Saxon,"
300/.

4. Messrs. Pritchard and Seddon, Llandaff, 140,
" Cymru," 2001.
5. Mr. Cuthbert Broderick, 17, East Parade, Leeds,
20, " Corona," 1001.
6. Messrs. W. G. and E. Habershon, 38, Blooms•
bury-square, 54 (a), "Au bon Droit," 1001.
7. Mr. John Dwyer, 11, Great Marlborough-street,
126, " Westminster," 1001.

DEATH OF LORD FRANCIS GORDON.—We regret to
learn that Lord Francis Arthur Gordon, while on his
return helve from the south of France, died on Friday
last on the Continent. His lordship had been in de-
clining health for nearly two years, and was in conse-
quence obliged to relinquish his command as lieutenant-
colonel of the Ist Life Guards.
We regret to record the decease of Lieut. Charles
Pearson (1832). This gallant and much respected
officer, who was an Admiralty mail agent, died on
board the contract mail packet Parana, on the 23d
of May, during her voyage from St. Thomas's to
Southampton.
Another Admiralty agent, Lieutenant William E.
Shaw (1845), we are sorry to announce, died on board
the contract steam packet Atrato, at St. Thomas's, on
'her passage to Southampton, of fever, which carried
Off A great many of the crew.

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON
THE NORTH KENT RAILWAY.

FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE EN-
GINE-DRIVER AND STOKER.

This afternoon, at one o'clock, after the disposal
of the usual night charges, Thomas Perry, aged 29,
of3,Victoria-terrace, Victoria-place, Old Kent-road,
engine-driver, and Edward Whitten, 24, of 7, Swan-
place, Old Kent-road, fireman, were placed in the
dock at the Greenwich police-court, charged before
Mr. Traill, with " neglect of their duty in driving
an engine and train of passengers past the danger
signal at the Lewisham station on the North Kent
Railway, whereby eleven persons were killed and
several others seriously injured, in the parish of
Lewisham."

The intense interest excited in the neighbour-
hood by this lamentable and frighful accident has
not in the least degree abated, but has rather
been increased by a rumour, currently reported
yesterday afternoon by persons likely to be well
informed, that Mr. Chapman, the Blackheath station
master, had been ordered to be in attendance at the
court this morning, and that in the event of his
not complying with the request means would be
taken to compel him. Throughout the morning
numbers of persons collected in front of the police-
court, and the avenues leading thereto, as well as
the interior, were densely crowded during the ex-
amination of the persons charged.
Bofore the time appointed for the hearing of the
charge, Mr. Chapman appeared in court, but up
to the time of our despgtch leaving no charge had
been preferred against him.

About a quarter-past 12 o'clock, Mr. Rees, soli-
citor to the South-Eastern Railway Company, who
worked the North Kent line, attended and ad-
dressed Mr. Traill, relative to the charge against
the engine•driver and stoker, but from his close
proximity to the presiding magistrate, and the low
tone in which he spoke, it was impossible to catch
distinctly what he said.

The replies of Mr. Traill were much more audible,
and from them we gleaned that the learned gentle-
man had fixed to-day for the further examination of
the prisoners, in order to give the company suffi-
cient time to procure the necessary evidence, but
that if the company declined to proceed at once
with the investigation, he should, however much
he objected to a magistrate taking part in prosecu-
tions, place the matter in the hands of
the police, with a view to an immediate in-
vestigation, believing that delays often proved
injurious in such cases as these. Upon the first
blush of the case he was impressed with the idea
that there were other persons besides the prisoners
likely to be implicated, and he must, whilst inci-
dents and facts were fresh in the minds of the wit-
nesses, insist on the investigation proceeding, and
ho complained at nothing having been said relative
to the telegraphic arrangements until 48 hours after
the prisoners were in custody, which, probably, if
explained at the time, would have altered the com-
plexion of the charge against them. He therefore
declined to postpone the further investigation of
this charge, which involved the loss of life to no
less than 12 persons, till after the inquiry had been
concluded before the Coroner.

Mr. Burgom, who appeared for the accused, now
entered the Court, and asked, if Mr. Rees's ap-
plication related to the charge against the two men
in custody, that it might be repeated in their pre-
sence.

The prisoners were then placed at the bar.
Mr. Rees, in addressing the magistrate said,
that he had laboured under a misapprehension as
to what took place on a former occasion as to the
course to ba pursued to-day, and he now asked, in
consequence of certain observations made by the
coroner on Tuesday, that some further delay of
an hour or so should take place before the exami-
nation of the prisoners should be further proceeded
with.

Mr. Traill said that the examination was
adjourned on a former occasion to enable
evidence to be produced before him rela-
tive to the telegraph arrangements on this line
for the prevention of accidents ; whether on this
occasion they were attended to or had been ne-
glected, and by whom ; the rapidity of the train's
motion, and other matters. To enable the com-
pany to supply the requisite information ho ad-
journed the inquiry over two days instead of one,
and did not now feel disposed to permit further
delay.

Mr. Rees said that in consequence of the inti-
mation of the learned magistrate he would send for
witnesses, that the investigation might proceed to-
day, though be very much feared he would not he
able to attend. The examination of the witnesses
by the hon. magistrate might, however, tend to
facilitate the object they all had in view.
Mr. Traill said that he would delay the inquiry
to a later hour, to allow the attendance of the
witnesses referred to by Mr. Rees.
Mr. Burgom called the attention of the magis-
trate to bail being in attendance for the prisoners,
in the event of the learned magistrate thinking after
he bad heard the evidence that he could bail them,
and he (Mr. Burgom) asked that the bail might
then be examined, instead of them having to wait
till the conclusion of the day's proceedings for that
purpose. The names of the bail had been for-
warded to the company, who had no objection to
them.

Mr. Rees said it was true that the railway com-
pany did not object to the prisoners offering them-
selves on bail, but it was right that the magistrate
should know that the persons who offered them-
selves were engine-drivers in the service of the
company.

Mr. Trail' said that he declined then to enter on
the consideration of bail. At first he considered
the charge would not admit of his taking bail, but
if what he had since heard be true, the charge
against the prisoners would assume a less serious
complexion, and in that case he might be induced
to take bail.

The conversation then dropped, and the further
investigation of the charge was adjourned to a
later hour in the day.

THE ENROLLED PENSIONERS.