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FIFTH REPORT FROM THE
CLASSIFICATION COMMITTEE OF RAIL-
WAY BILLS.
The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of
Railway Bills, according to the resolutions adopted by the
House, and who are empowered to report from time to
time, have further considered the several matters referred
to them, and agreed to report as follows :
Your Committee further recommend that the following Bill
or project be referred to the same Committee to which
the recommendation under letter N in their former Report
applied
9. The Great Western Cornwall Junction Railway.
Your Committee further recommend that the following Bill
or project be referred to the same Committee to which the
recommendation under letters RR in their former Report
applied :-
7. Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway.
Your Conneittee further recommend that the following Bill
or project be referred to a distinct Committee :
TT.
Greenwich Colliery Railway.
Your Committee further recommend that the following Bill
or project be referred to a distinct Committee :
UU.
Kingstown and Bray Railway.
Your Committee further recommend that the following Bill
or project be referred to a distinct Committee :
VV.
St. Helen's Railway and Sankey Canal.

The stoppage of Messrs. Allsop and Co., the ale.
brewers, of Burton was mentioned in City circles on Tuesday,-
but was not confirmed till yesterday, when it transpired that
the debts and liabilities of the firm are for an amount of be-
tween 200,000/. and 300,000/. The general circumstances of
the failure have not come out, but it is stated that recent ex-
periments have involved the house in difficulties. The hop-
factors in the Borough are said to be heavy sufferers; and
should the suspension prove permanent, instead of tempo-
rary—the latter a state of things hoped by many creditors—
there will be much mischief occasioned in other quarters.
GOVERNESSES BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The
second anniversary festival of this benevolent establishment
was celebrated yesterday evening at the London Tavern by
a large party, who dined together under the presidency of
Lord Sandon, supported by Lord Ingestre, M.P., Sir J. D.
Paul, Mr. Mackinnon, M.P., the Hon. G. R. Trevor, M.P.,
Mohun Lal, &c. The dinner provided did great credit to the
establishment. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman
proposed the toast of the day, " Success to the Governesses'
Benevolent Institution." He recapitulated the peculiar
claims of a Blass of persons hitherto much neglected, whose
condition was most deserving of benevolent attention, whose
means were too frequently inadequate for the insurance of
a sufficient provision against the casualties of sickness and
age. On the conclusion of this earnest appeal, Mr. Hobbs
sang " The Friend in Distress." After the health of the
Chairman, which was proposed by Lord Ingestre, and duly .
responded to, the Rev. Mr. Laing, hon. sec., read a long list
of subscriptions, including the Chairman, IW. los., and 101.
for the Home (a projected establishment for governesses
while awaiting an engagement); Mr. Mackinnon, M.P.,
10/. 10s. ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, 101. 10s ; Hon. G. R.
Tr evor, M.P., 5/. 55., and 5/. ss. annually ; Mohun Lal, 5/. ; Sir
J. D. Paul, 10/. 10s.; Sir J. Scott, 25/. ; Lord Ellenborough,
10/.10s; Lord Stanley, 21/. ; Mr. Vaughan Richards, 101. 10s.,
in addition to 20/. annually, and 50 guineas towards furnih-
in the Hone; Lord Willoughby, 20/., &c. The total amount,
of the subscription list amounted to 1,551/. After the health
of the Rev. David Laing, to whose exertions the public are
mainly indebted for the success of this institution, the chair-
man proposed the health of Mohuu Lal, who had rendered
eminent services to several of our countrymen in India. He
returned thanks in a few brief words. The musical corps
was under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, assisted by Mr. Chap-
man, Mr. Lloyd, &c. The festivities, which were graced by
the presence of a party of ladies, were prolonged until a late
hour.

FATAL ACCIDENT. Denny, WEDNESDAY. -
Scarcely six months have elapsed since a portion of the arch.
then in the course of erection to cover the Mill-fleam in the
Morledge, in this town, gave way, and caused the death of six
persons, who were at the time under it; and now a second
fall has taken place, by which two persons have lost their
lives, and two others have been seriously injured. On Tuesday
afternoon, .about three o'clock, the contractor for the erection
of the Mill-fleam arch, Mr. James Sims, his son, Edward Sims,
an apprentice of the name of Harlow, and a workman of the
same name, were under the arch, about the middle part, for
the purpose of striking the centres, and it appears they had
been occupied in this situation nearly an hour, when in one
instant, without any warning being given, a portion of the
arch gave way, and the whole four were buried underneath.
Au alarm was quickly spread in all directions, and a dense
crowd repaired to the spot, who, under the direction of the
borough magistrates, and a number of the police, rendered
immediate assistance. An hour elapsed ere the mass of rub-
bish could be removed so as to extricate the bodies. Sims
and his apprentice Harlow were taken out dead, and the
other two alive, but extensively injured on their heads and
faces. Three other persons under the arch at the time of
the fall miraculously escaped injury. This event has excited
the strongest feeling amongst the inhabitants, as on the last
occasion the accident was attributed to a want of skill, and
this is said to have originated in consequence of the un-
scientific manner in which the arch had been constructed.
To-morrow (Thursday) Mr. B. Balguy, Coroner for the bo-
rough will hold an inquest upon the bodies, when a most
searching inquiry will be made to ascertain the cause of the
disastrous calamity.
Lieutenant-Col. Sir Michael Creagh, K.H.,
and the officers of the 11th regiment, stationed at Rochester,
gave their second entertainment last week, which was
attended by upwards of four hundred of the local and neigh-
bouring nobility and gentry. Six rooms of the men's
quarters in Brompton Barracks were thrown open for the
reception of the company, two of which were used for danc-
ing, and all were tastefully decorated with flags, swords, and
emblematical devices Among the company were—Lord A.
Fitzclarence, Colonel Sir T. Willshire, Sir T. Smith, Captain
Sir J. Marshall, Colonel Glennie, Major Lushington, Colonel
C. Menzies, Lieut.-Colonel Stevens, Lieut.-Colonel Kelly,
Lieut -Colonel W. Burns, and Major Burns (sons of the
Scottish poet), &c.
We understand that a clerk, of some length of ser-
vice at the Custom-house, who was suspended a short time
since, in consequence of his absenting himself from duty,
under pecuniary embarrassment, having since availed him-
self of the Insolvent Act, has been discharged from the ser-
vice. A very strict order was some time ago issued on this
subject, and it is understood that the fact of it having been
proved that the party in question made a false declaration
as to the state of his affairs and circumstances in regard to
pecuniary matters, on his entry into the service, and that
lie has also contracted extensive and unnecessary debts since
that period, has been the cause of his removal from the de-
partment.

THE LONDON DISTRICT PosT-OFFlCE.—Yesterday
six additional sub-sorters were appointed for the increased
service of the London District Post -office. A further in-
crease of sorters, porters, and 11101), it is expected, will take
place from the same cause in a few days.
THE WINE TRADE.—The Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury having had under their consideration an application
from the Chairman on behalf of the Wine and Spirit Association
of Liverpool, requesting an increase of the allowances for wastage
on wines in bond, so far as respects hogsheads and smaller casks,
than that determined on by their Lordships' recent order on the
subject, Mr. Cardwell has communicated to the Board of Customs
that their Lordships are pleased to sanction the following scale of
allowances for waste, in lieu of that approved by the order of the
22d of January last—viz., casks containing less than 30 gallons,
for any time trot exceeding one year, for every 100 gallons, 2 gal.
Ions; exceeding one, and not exceeding two
gallons, 4 gallons. Casks containing 30, and not more than 70
gallons,l forgallons
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proportion for any number of
years the casks may respectively remain in the warehouse, pro.
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force, viz., that no allowance be made for the fractional part of a
gallon, unless it amounts to 50.1
parts, in which
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to be allowed. This order does not a
the dock establishments in London, but principally concerns the
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outports and other places where tir warehouses or vaults ate only
of extra, not special, security.
LIBRARY OF THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSBX.—Four
divisions of this most extensive and valuable royal library
have already been sold by public auction ; and the fifth part
is now about to be submitted to the same mode of disposal.
It contains nearly three thousand lots of books in the various
departments of poetry, the drama, Latin classics, polygraphy,
modern Latin poetry, biography lexicography, translations
of valuable Oriental works, published by the Asiatic So-
ciety, law, constitutional and parliamentary history, public
records, literary history, &c.

EXAMINATION AND ADMISSION OF ATTORNEYS.-
_ _

117 candidates have given notice of admission on the roll of
attorneys for the present term; this number includes 29 wh^
have been already examined, and 88 to be examined. There
are also five who have given examination, but not admission,
notices; so that, in fact, there are 93 to be examined during
term. The examiners have appointed Tuesday, the 29th
inst., to take the examination. The articles of clerkship and
assignments, with answers to the questions as to due service,
according to the regulations appointed by the judges, must
be left before the 22d inst. at the usual place; and where the
articles have not expired, but will expire during the term,
the candidate will be examined conditionally, provided the
articles are left within the first seven days of the term. The
answers required in writing to questions are classed under
the several heads of—Preliminary, common, and statute law,
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and criminal law and proceedings before justices of the
peace.

MURDER NEAR SALISBURY.
SALISBURY, TUESDAY.—An extraordinary inquiry was
held on Monday and Tuesday, at Milford, near Salisbury. It
appears that, on the previous Wednesday, the body of a
woman, in an advanced state of decomposition, was found in
the river which runs through the hamlet of Milford, about
30 yards below a bridge over which the road passes to Laver-
stock. The body was speedily identified by the keeper of a
small inn at Salisbury, as being that of a woman wixo had
been, with a man and three children, staying for some .time
at his house, the man getting his living by exhibiting in On
city and neighbouring villages a" learned pig." The incluse
was commenced on Thursday and adjourned till Mondhy. In
the interim the husband was apprehended at a village near
Blandford, and was present during the remainder of the in-
quiry. He gave his name George Woolford, and aged 67.
It appeared from the evidence that, on Palm Sunday, the
woman left Newman's house abruptly, the man being then
absent. An hour after this time two or three witnesses met
a man and a woman, the latter being a few yards in
advance, going at a quick pace down the road towards
Laverstock bridge. One of them stated that, as she passed
she heard the man say, I'll be - if I don't." They be-
lieved Woolford to be the man. Another witness deposed
that he, twenty minutes afterwards, saw Woolford stinseliag
on the bridge alone, looking into the water. Woolford, it
appeared, returned to the inn at ten o'clock, and then seve-
ral times afterwards he said he believed the old woman had
drowned or hung herself. He and his family remained in
the city for some days afterwards, and it appeared that he
had made several inquiries about his wife, stating always
that he believed she had committed suicide. The medical
evidence went to prove distinctly that there were no exter-
nal marks of violence on the body, and that the death was
occasioned by drowning.
The prisoner stated that he was not near the spot on the
night in question, and that his wife was out of her mind, and
had several times attempted suicide.
This latter assertion his daughter, on being examined,
denied.
The inquiry terminated at midnight on Tuesday, in a
verdict of " Wilful murder " against Woolford, who was
thereupon committed to the county gaol for trial. He is
rather a tine man, and is 67 years of age, but looks much
younger. It is believed that he and his wife ware formerly
members of an equestrian company.