The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-10 00:00:00

TWE SUN, LONDON.;‘_TITURSDAY_EVENT:tNa,_ciirtTLY_IO,

LAW INTELLIGENCE' •
OF EXCHEQUER, Jul, 9

( Nisi Prius Sittings in London, beforo the Lorin CHIEF BARON

and a Sp,•ial, Jury.)
HAYWOOD V. 31'1,0W I.E.

Th:s cs a in volvett a =0,;.--.e inirortanec between
the compositors and ma-ter-t•rinters. n:tmely, wi-o.ther thc
former, when working by " the piece," were entitled to have
that description of printing work, known as " appeal cases,"
" cast up" at Eid. a thousand, or at 7d., the compositors con-
tending for the larger, and the masters for the smaller sum.
The case was commenced yesterday, and resumed this morn—
ing, at the sitting of the Court.
After some witnesses had been examined on behalf of the
plaintiff,
The CHIEF BARON interposed, and observed that since the
case ws opened last evening, he had given some consideration
to the subject-matter the action, and it struck him as quite
clear that the jury could do nothing more than decide whether
the plaintiff we 4 entitled to the sum of 2/. or 3/ , for which
this action was brought. Whether the compositors, as a body,
should receive 7d. or Bd. a thousand, would remain as much an
open gut stion after the verdict as it was before the action was
brought.
One of the jurors observed, that in his opinion no evidence
had yet been adduced by the plaintiff to establish anything like
a custom. _ _

The Lotto CHIEF BaitoN said that no verdict could pre-
vent the matters from refusing to give more than 7d. a thou-
sand to-morrow, or the workmen from refusing to work under
Bd. The good sense of the matter was that the parties
should mutually agree beforehand at what price the work nas
to be done.

Mr. MAaTtx, on behalf of the defendant, was ready to ac-
cede to any suggestion his Lordship might throw out.
The Loan CHIEF BARON said the action, no doubt, was
brought bona fide. It was a pity so much expense shenid have
been incurred ; but, in his opinion, the proper course was to
withdraw a juror.
Mr. Sergeant TA LFOURD said, the gentleman who in-
structed him for the plaintiff was, in fact, acting for the body
of printers, and felt a great difficulty in taking on himself the
responsibility of adopting the Chief Baron's suggestion. In-
debted to, and as Ise might say, personally bound as he
(Sergeant Talfourd) was to this body of workmen, he felt,
after the intimation thrown out by the Learned Judge and
the jury, that he could not refuse to accede to the sugges-
tion, and that lie might take upon himself the responsibility.
With mutual expressions of respect and goodwill, a juror was
then withdrawn, and an arrangement made for entering a stet
processus in similar actions brought by other workmen against
the same defendant.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUhT.
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)

Gorge haler, was indicted for felo-
niously forging and uttering an acquittance or receipt
fir the payment of ii, 145., with intent to defraud
Abraham Wild:ly Roberts.
Mr. CLARKSON said he had just communicated with
his client, and as he could not hope to struggle success-
fully against the facts that were to be deposed to by the
witnesses for the prosecution, he would, with the per-
mission of the Ceurt, retract his plea of not guilty.
The plea having been recorded,
. _

Mr. CLAnKsoN-- said he belieVed he should be in a
position to show the Court by respectable testimony that
the prisoner, up to the time of the transaction, had borne
a most unimpeachable character. He believed he had
been led away by other parties.

111 r. B(.DKIN reminded the Court that there were three
ocher indictments against the prisoner.

Mr. CLARKSON said he believed that the extent of the
defalcations of the prisoner was not more than 131.
altogether.
Mr. Roberts said the amount was much larger than
that stated by the Learned Counsel, but this was not so
much the consideration, as the feeling that his duty to
the public required him to prosecute in a case which he
considered one of great breach of confidence. The pri-
soner was entrusted with cheques to pay the trades-
people, and his j ractice was to keep the amount and
forge the receipts of the parties. The prisoner received
a most exceW nt character when he came into his service,
and he believed he hasi been induced by parties to bet
upon horses and horse-races, and this had led him into
difficulties.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS said he should consider what
sentence ought to be passed upon the prisoner.
Chades Chalk, 38, was indicted for feloniously killing
and slaying his son, George Chalk.
There was not the least evidence in support of the
charge, and

Mfr. Justice WILLIAMS directed the jury to return a
verdict of Not Guilty.
William Warren, 26, shoemaker, was indicted for
feloniously cutting and wounding Sarah Warren, with
intent to murder her.

The facts of this case have already appeared in our
police reports.
Mr. Justice WILLIAMS baying summed up, the jury
found the prisoner guilty of a cowmen assault.
The Learned Judge, after some appropriate observa-
tions, sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprison-
ment.

Ai,thony Aldred was indicted for forging a receipt for
the rum of 20'3., with intent to defraud Edward Cooper.
It appeared that in June last the father of the prose-
cutor received a letter which purported to be written by
his son, and in which he was requested to send hire a
poit-office. order for 205., to No. 93, Tower-street,
Blackfriars-road. The order was sent, and was proved
to have been received by the prisoner, who signed the
name of the prosecutor to it, and received the money.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and a previous
conviction for felony having been proved against him, he
was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years.
(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.)
Henry Lowden, a news- agent's boy, was convicted of
uttering a forged request for the delivery of four quires
of the Ph torial Times newspaper, with intent to defraud
Andrew Spottiswoode.
Thomas King and John Cow tnay were also convicted
of a similar offence.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON sentenced all the prisoners to
be kept to hard labour for two years, but intimated that
in the cases of Cnurtnay and King, who had received a
good character. that some mitigation of the sentence
might be granted.
diary Calland, 19, was convicted of stealing a 10/.
Bank of England note, the property of Marie Quentin,
her mistress.

She was sentenced to be transported for ten years.

SURREY SESSIONS.
Guidford, July 9.

(Before Mr. Pucx LE and a full Bench of Magistrates.)
Charles Henry Viscount Dillon was indicted for unlawfully
assaulting George White, a toll-collector in London, on Sun-
day, the Bth ult. There was a second count charging the
noble defendant with a wanton assault.
Mr. Wallinger attended as counsel for the prosecution, which
was instituted by the lessees of the turnpike trusts, in whose
employment the prosecutor is engaged ; and Mr. Ballantyne
and Mr. Knapp, on the part of the defence.
Mr. Wallinger briefly stated the facts of the case, and then
called

George White, who stated that he is a toll-collector, and
that on the night of the Bth ultimo he was engaged in col-
le,cting the Sunday tolls, at the Kent-street-gate, in the Old
Kent-road. That about eleven o'clock on the night in ques-
tion he heard the blowing of a horn, and that shortly after-
wards a carriage and four, with lamps, came along, and on ar-
riving at the gate he called out for the toll. The gentleman,
however, who was driving, paid no regard to the intimation,
and as he seemed determined on passing through without pay-
ing, he k prosecutor) then seized the reins of the near-wheel
horse. The moment, however, he did so, he was struck
several times over the hat and on bis shoulders by
the driver, who was Lord Dillon himself. The blows
were very sharp, and he saved being struck in the face by
holding down his head, and having two coats on at the
time, he suffered no injury from those inflicted over his
back. After having been assaulted in the manner described,
the servant then got down from behind the carriage, and his
Lordship said, " Pay him the toll, for he has got a good eight-
pennyworth." Prosecutor then let go the reins, and the ser-
vant, instead of paying the toll produced,a ticket, which he
was told did not clear that gate. Lord Dillon then called out
to his servant to give his name and address, after which the car.
riage was driven through the gate, the toll not having been
tendered at all.
In answer to the CHAIRMAN, the prosecutor said, that when
his Lordship found that he had hold of the reins he pulled up
the horses, hut he (prosecutor) was dragged about twenty or
thirty yards before the animals stopped.
Mr. Walton, one of the lessees of the turnpike trusts, was
called for the purpose of proving that the prosecutor was ap-
pointed by the Commissioners of Pavements, and that he had
been for some years in the situation.
An objection, however, was then taken by Mr. Ballatityne
on the ground that it was not proved the prosecutor was a
collector of tolls, as averred in the first count of the indictment,
his appointment in writing specifying that fact not being laid
before the Court.
A long discussion ensued on this point, which was eventually
decided in favour of the Learned Counsel's argument by the
CHAIRMAN, who observed, that as the objection was held good,
the defendant was therefore only liable on the second count in
the indictment, namely, that for the common assault, and that
the case was to be treated in the same way as that of any other
person not a toll collector seizing the reins of the horses under
the circumstances above described.
Mr. BALLANTYNE said that his objection being ruled a
valid one, he trusted therefore that the case would stop where
it was, for he could assure the Court and jury, on the part of
Lord Dillon, that his Lordship regretted the circumstances
that led to the transaction, and that they never would hay. '
occurred had it not been for the danger to which he and his
friends were exposed by the manner in which the prosecutor
acted on the occasion.
Mr. WA LLIN GE R expressed a desire on the part of the lessees
that the case should proceed, their object being to protect the
men in their employ irom treatment such as that experienced
by the prosecutor.
Mr. BALLANTYNE then proceeded to address the jury on
the part of Lord Dillon. He said the facts were that on the
night in question Lord Dillon, who was driving his own car-
riage from Greenwich, on approaching the turnpike at a slow
pace, and having no reason to suppose that a toll was to be de-
manded, on not pulling up immediately the reins of a spirited
horse were seized by the defendant, and his Lordship merely
did what any other man so circumstanced might have done,
that was, to whip at the aggressor in order to make him let go
and not cause a serious accident by his over zeal in the discharge
of his duty. He (the Learned Counsel) had asked for the
production of the prosecutor's written appointment, but it was
withheld ; and if it had been brought forward, he had reason to
believe that it would be then discovered that the lessees had no
legal right to take tolls at the gate in question, which were
only demanded on Sunday, when the tradesmen and other per-
sons who wanted a jaunt with their family were called upon to
pay this illegal demand.
The CHAIRMAN having summed up the evidence, the jury,
after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Not Guilty,
and Lord Dillon retired from the Court with a number of his
friends, who were anxiously waiting the result of the trial.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET.
ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—Yesterday Charles Robins,
a groom, was brought up in the custody of Inspector Shackle
and other fficers of the detective force, charged with stealing
from the dwelling-house of Lord James Stuart, No. 6, White-
hall•place, a steel sword, a pair of epaulettes, a coat and cape,
a dozen of soda water bottles, and other articles, the property
of his Lordship,

Lord James Stuart said - The prisoner has been in my ser-
vice as groom, and since he left. I have missed a gold snuff-box,
having a miniature in enamel upon it, a very handsome steel
sword, a French cane, several small silver articles from my
dressing-case, such as those produced, and au old great coat,

upon vltich was attschod a stuff opt). 'The (Tsui:3oes do -lid
bolo sg to me, but are the property r f the Earl of Bute, who is
col. reel of the Glamorgau.shire
I`, Ir. JARDINE—Are you certain that these articles were
miseed the }tt isor. r was in your service? Presecutor—
Tito, y intight inis,oel for any hi-•h that. I kno,t , but I
s'' at. oilIG:41 Of the priswler, that I not ot)ly
him a. gs:od chata-er to another place, but also gave him
raore money than the wages due to him.
John Ashton, sergeant of the Ist battalion of the Grenadier
Guards, said he knew the prisoner, and about the 9th of Ja-
nuary last saw him sell the epaulettes produced. He had
offered them to him in the first instance for sate, and as be had
no use for them, he said he would take them to a person who
was in the habit of purchasing such articles, which he subse•
quently did, and he was present when they were sold. Wit-
ness knew that the prisoner was in the service of a member of
his Colonel's farnil:.
Abraham Harris, 30, James-street, Westminster, said he
purchased the epaulettes from the prisoner, and gave him
1/. 12s. He then said that he had got more things if witness
would call home, at the same ,ime writing down No. 6, White-
hall-place, and witnese having called, he purchased the sword
produced for a guinea, and two dt,zen of soda water bottles for
about. Is 6d. _The prisoner was remanded.
THREATENING THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER-
-John Dillon, a naval officer on half- pay, was brought up on
a warrant, charged with having, some )ears back, sent several
letters to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, containing threaten-
ing language.
Mr. Hayward, from the office of the Solicitor to the Trea-
sury, said that s,) long back as the month of March, in 1843,
a warrant was granted by Mr. Hall for the apprehension of
the defendant, for having used threatening language, and
sent letters of a threatening character to the t hancellor of the
Exchequer. The warrant was then lodged in the hands of a
constable, by whom it was ascertained that the defendant was
conk reed in the Qieen's Bench prison, but as it appeared that
he had since thought over the matter careful;y, and had writ-
ten that nothing could justify his adopting such an intemperate
course, the Chancellor of the Exchequer hoped that the ex-
pressions of regret were genuine, and had no objection to with-
draw the charge, upon the undemanding that, the defendant
should enter into his own recogiiizances for his future good
behaviour. •

The defendant said he felt most grateful for the clemency
shown to him by the Chancellor, and could not find words to
express such feelings; Lut he hoped the Court would allow
him to offer a few words in explanation, to show that he was
not altogether to blame for the intemperate course he had
adopted.

1171 r. Hayward i nterposed, and said there was no necessity
to enter into details of past transactions, his instructions being
that the ends of justice would be answered by the course pro-
posed.
The defer dant assured the Court that he felt the most un-
bounded gratitude sh,,vtn to him. not only by the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, hut by Sir Robert Peel, and he trusted
that Air. Hayward would give his best regards to them to that
effect.

The defendant was then ordered to enter into his own recog-
nizances in the sum of 100/. to keep the peace and be of good
behaviour to the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn and all her Ma-
jesty's subjects for the next twelve months, which being com-
plied with, he was discharged.
QUEEN-SQVARE.

RECKLESS DAlViNG.—Yesteraay Joseph Clark, the driver
of the cab 1,560, was finally examined, charged with having
rtck.essly driven against one of Mr. Mivart's carriages, as it
was returning with a foreign Prince from a recent entertain-
ment given by the Marquis of Londonderry, at Pose Bank,
Fulham. Mr. filivart's coachman received some very severe
injuries, independently of which, the carriage was much
damaged.
The facts of the case are briefly these : at about eleven
o'clock on the night of the 30th ult., Henry Jeffries, coach-
man to Mr. Mivart, was driving from Rose Bank cottage,
through Brompton, when he heard a vehicle coming in a con-
trary direction at a furious rate. The coachman apprehend-
ing, from the drrk and consequently dangerous state of the
road, that some accident might occur, although strictly
on his own side of the road, drew still closer to the footpath,
when, on a sudden, defendant's cab came with great
violence against the carriage, and at the moment after the
collision defendant whipped his horse until he extricated his
wheel from the carriage, and then drove off at a furious rate ;
and, in all probability,. wou'd have escaped with impunity, but
for the circumstance of one of his wheels coming off before he had
driven many yards. The force of the collision was such as to
throw Jeffries on to the ground, head foremost, and render him
insensible. Independently of being much injured about the
head, he had sustained severe bodily contusions. Lord Ruth-
ven's carriage was close behind at the time of the accident, and
the gentleman was politely invited to take a seat therein. The
damage to the carriage was considerable. The whole of the
evidence distinctly went to show that the defendant was on
the wrong side of the road, and that Mr. Mtvart's coachman
was in no way to blame.
The defendant, in answer to the charge, pretended that the
carriage had run tip against him.
Mr. BURRELL said it was a gross case of careless and reck-
less driving, and convicted him in the fullest penalty of 31.
Defendant was committed to hard labour for two months, in
default.

I~IL

RAILWAY COMM.ITTIIIiti

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
TIEY.E CORNWALL RAIXaW.t..Y.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The remainder of the day was occupied in hearing the evidence
of the Earl of St. Germans, the Earl of Morley, and the Earl of
Fahmuth, who severally brae testimony to the advantages of the
proposed line. They thought it was the best practicable line , and
that it would confer great benefits on Cornwall.
The details entered into were, however, wholly uninteresting,
and the engineering evidence bad yet to be disposed of, when the
Committee adjourned at a quarter past four o'clock.

oxponn, WORCESTER,, AN D WOLVER-

HAMPTON.
THE BATTLE OF THE GAUGES.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. Graysbrook, of Stourbridge, deposed as to the general cor.
rectness of the evidence furnished by Mr. Matthews. He believed
the feeling of South Staff.rdshire was in favour of the Great
Western scheme. No tarther back than last Saturday be sent
round a petition to the House of Lords in favour of this scheme
for signatures, when every master In the district of S:ourbridge
signed it with one exception.
Mr. Pardon, alkali manufacturer, of Stoke Priors, was examined
as to the amount of the salt trade of Worcestershire. He deposed
that, with improved facilities for transmitting the salt, three
adjoining counties might use at least 100,000 tons yearly. At
present the make was 1,500 tons weekly. Twenty years ago it
was but 300 tons weekly,

Mr. South, farmer, of Berkshire, gave evidence respecting the
great advantage which would be conferred on Berkshire in supply-
ing salt for the agricultural districts by theconstruction of this line.
The light lands between Reading and Basingstoke required salt for
top draining, and if it could be had from Worcestershire at any
price under 11. it would confer a great benefit. The present line,
he was persuaded, would accomplish this. It might be supplied at
Chipping Norton at 12s. 4d. per ton, at Farnborough at I7s. 9d.,
and at Basingstoke at 19s.

The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock.

DUBLIN AND BELFAST JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. M. CHAMBERS then proceeded to address the Committee on
behalf of the promoters of the Dublin and Armagh inland line,
contending that the coast line was commencing at the wrong end.
The Commissioners appointed in 1836 to ascertain the best mode of
supplying Ireland with a general system of railway communication
had recommended that all main trunk lines ought to pass through
the interior of the country, as had been done in England, and
leave it for time to produce branches to the main ports and exten-
sions along the coast. The Dublin and Armagh Railway was one
of these main trunk lines, but the Dundalk and Portadown was
only a coast extension, and therefore the Learned Counsel con-
tended that the Committee ought to prefer the former, and reject
the latter.

Two witnesses were then called to prove that theinland line was
the best of the two, and the case for the opponents closed.
The room was therefore cleared, and the Committee having re.
mained in deliberation for five or six minutes, strangers were re.
admitted, when

The Cliaminx announced that the preamble to the Dublin and
Belfast Junction Bill had been proved.

STANDING ORDERS COMMITTEE.
The Committee met at three o'clock. The Earl of Shaftesbury
in the chair.
The following Bills passed through Committee :
The Preston and Wyre Railway.
The Norwich and Bandon Railway.
The Glasgow Junction Railway.
The consideration of the Great Western Railway Bill was post.
poned till to.uierrow.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP A.
TENTERDEN AND RYE LINE.
(Cantinued from our Afternoon Edition of yestraday.)

Mr. Clarke, a farmer, and also a general dealer, at Rolvington,
was then called, and spoke to the feeling in favour of the line at
that place, and also to the advantage to trade, &c., expected from
the line. The population of the parish of Rolvington was about
4 0 O.

Mr. Harding, another witness from the same neighbourhood,
corroborated the former evidence.

Mr. HILDYARD was about to call another witness, when

The CHAIRMAN said that he thought no further evidence on the
subject of the feeling in favour of the line, and of the necessity
for such a line, was necessary, and that Mr. Hildyard ought now to
produce the engineering evidence and the traffic .tables.

Mr. HILL/YARD said that he was not prepared to produce the
traffic.tables, but if tha Committee would allow him to examine a
witness from Tenterden, he would be able to produce the traffic-
tables immediately afterwards.
Mr. Goding, a resident at Tenterden, gave evidence in favour of
the proposed line.

Captain Moorsom, civil engineer, was then called and examined.
I** August last he was engaged to lay down a line from Headcorn
to Rye, and accordingly surveyed the country between those places
for the purpose of laying down the best possible line 'in the
direction pointed out. He bad also estimated the expense of
the line, which he calculated at something under 140,0001.
The items included in that sum were as follows :
For fencing, 5,5351.; for earthwork, 35,5301. ; for masonry of all
kinds, including bridges, &c., 25,963/. ; for stations, 4,965/. ; and
for contingencies, 18,7631.—being about 17 per cent. This was
a very liberal estimate for contingencies, the usual amount allowed
being 10 per cent. The object of the line was to make a communi-
cation between the port at Rye and the interior of the country. The

steepest gradient on the line was lin 130. There was no tunnel
on the line. There were no very important curves on the line.
The length of the line was 17 % miles.

Captain Moorsom was then cross-examined by Mr. HILL—
Witness had had an assistant to work the calculations, which were
founded on observations made on the spot by Mr. Thompson, who

was now present.

Captain Moorsom was then cross-examined by Mr. CL►IIKSO\,
on the part of Major Curtiss, a petitioner against the line—He
did not think the line would do any injury to Major Cur.
tiss's house, though it passed within a quarter of a mile of
it. The engines when passing the house could not be heard
there, as there was a hill between the house and the

line, which would be an obstacle to the sound, but they would be
heard at the house both before and after they came directly oppo-
site to it. He did not think it would injure Major Curtiss's pro-
perty, as the value of the land through which it passed was not equal
to the improvement in the value of the land in general.
Mr. MELLon was about to cross examine Captain Moorsorn on
the part of several landowners whose property it passes through,
and who had petitioned against it, when
Mr. HILDYARD said that he wished to call a witness who would
prove that the opposition of these gentlemen was in reality con-
ducted by the Brighton Company.
Mr. MELLOR objected; and after some discussion,
Mr. HILDTARD asked a question of the person he had alluded to,
without calling hint as a witness ; and being satisfied with the an.
swer, withdrew his objection to Mr. Mellor's cross.examination.

The witness, being cross-examined by Mr. MELLOR, said that
this line passed through a field belonging to Mr. Sutton, a petitioner
against the line, and separated a piece, one acre in size, from the
rest of the field.

Mr. HILDYARD asked whether the witness was aware that the
field in question was called " Starvation Glen," from the extreme
barrenness of the soil P— ( A laugh.)

The witness replied that he did not know the name of the field.

Mr. HILDYAMO said that he must call another witness to prove
that fact.

On the conclusion of Captain Moorsom's evidence, the Corn.
mittee adjourned, shortly before five o'clock.

GROUP KK.

SOUTHPORT AND EUXTON JUNCTION
RAILWAY.

The Committee met at twelve o'clock. There were present Sir
Charles Lemon, Chairman ; the Hon. Charles Hope, Sir E.
Flimer. and Mr. Horsman.
The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee had come to the
decision that the preamble of the above Bill had not been proved.
The Committee then broke up.

GROUP X.
LONDON AND YORE. LINE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. COCKBURN here stated that the evidence on his case had
closed with the last witness, excepting only some formal evidence,
which was not as yet complete. He therefore wished at this sea-
sonable juncture to mention a circumstance which had of
late come to the knowledge of his clients. He was in-
formed, and be believed he could prove to the satisfaction of
the Committee, that a fatal error had been made in the plans and
sections as deposited by the London and York Company ; an
error precisely similar to that which had been discovered and held
fatal in the case of the Cambridge and Lincoln, and which, there-
fore, must place the former in the same predicament. In the ten
miles from King's-cross an error of no less than ten feet had been
committed. The surface level was ten feet too low, taking the
working sections as a criterion, and thereby both the navigation and
the roads would be materially interfered with. The law allowed
only five feet difference in the limits of deviation, and on a turn-
pike road only two feet. In one place, hov.ever, an error of no
leas than twenty-seven feet had been made in the line as now
before the Committee, and he contended that the Bth Victoria, c.
20, had been violated. There was no difference between them and
the case of the Cambridge and Lincoln, and he called upon the
Committee to inflict on those who had first suggested the import-
ance of the error the same penalty as had been paid by the Com-
pany which the Committee had postponed for the present session.
Mr. Sergeant WRANGIIAM, without entering into the merits of
the case at all, would merely submit that his Learned Friend, hav-
ing neglected to cross-examine any of the engineers who had been
in the witness-box on that point, were now precluded from enter-
ing into any evidence on the subject.
Mr. COCKBURN insisted upon his right to adduce any argument for
the case, and asserted that his Learned Friend could not bring any
precedent for the course which he desired the Committee to take.

The Committee then retired for consideration, and on their return

Lord COURTENAY stated that, as the Committee understood Mr.
Sergeant Wrangham, they were not in a position to give their deci-
sion till to.morrow morning. The points were so important, and
involved so many interests, that they were anxious to consider
them carefully, but to.morrow he thought they might safely decide
as to the course which might be taken.
Mr. AUSTIN intimated that he had evidence to tender on the
part of the York and Noah Midland Company similar to that pro-
posed by Mr. Cockburn, and therefore this decision would affect all
the three parties who were opponents of the London and York
Bill.

It was agreed that Mr. Cockburn's evidence should be taken to
morrow.

Mr. WEBSTER stated that he was prepared to prove that an error
of 18 feet had been made in the datum line of the Sheffield branch,
and proceeded to call evidence of the traffic on the line proposed
by the Direct Northern Company between Lincoln and York.
Mr. Mansell, an assistant of Mr. Bush, traffic taker for the line,
put in a number of tables to show the amount of traffic on the line.

THE CAMBRIDGE AND NORWICH RAILWAY.—In
consequence of an accident on the line below Ely—the Prick-
willow bank—occasioned by a slip in the earth, the opening of the
line from Newport is postponed until the 19th inst., but it is not
certain that it will even then be in a condition to be opened. It
had been arranged for the opening to have taken place yesterday,
on which day the Directors intended to have made a tour of inspec.
tion throughout the line, and would have dined afterwards in a
marquee erected at the Cambridge station. This design is now of
course postponed. The line from London to Cambridge is, we are
able to state from authority, in a state of perfect readiness for
the immediate transit of passengers, &c., but General Pasley,
Government Inspector of Railways, declines to sanction the open-
ing of part of the line until the whole is completed.—Cambridge
Advertiser.

BODY FOUND IN THE RlVER.—Yesterday the
body of a very respectably-dressed, middle-aged man, apparently
the captain of some vessel, was picked up near the Horns, at
Cuckold's.point, Rotherhithe. He is at present unknown ; but the
following description may possibly lead to his identity previous to
the lnquast :—He is about five feet nine inches, rather stout,
dressed in a blue:cloth jacket, new velvet waistcoat, and white
trousers. Round his neck a ribbon was suspended, with a medal of
the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Society, and he had a
letter in his pocket, apparently from his wife, and signed "Jane
Wilson," dated from Sunderland, with no address. He had Ilc
or 12s. in his pocket and some keys. The body now lies at Rather.
hithe church.