The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

Group V.
NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN LINE.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of Sutarday.)
John Gough, a clerk in the office of the Nottingham Canal Com.
pany, proved that he had called upon the projectors of the railway,
with the view of arranging clauses which should protect the inte-
rests of the Canal Company.
This witness was ordered to retire, and to be called in when the
clauses should be under discussion.
Mr. Hardy, Town-councillor of Nottingham, was called to show
that the corporation only objected to the crossing of the Queen's.
road on a level. They had no other objection.
Mr. Bidder put in a number of tables to show the present traffic
of the town and county of Nottingham. The annual charge of
the railway would be 19,000/. per annum, which deducted from the
expected traffic would allow 9 per cent, interest to the promoters of
the line. He thought that even in the event of a railway being
made directly from Lincoln to London, which would obstruct the
passenger traffic that at present went through Nottingham, that
loss would be replaced by the better communication opened up by
the railway with Doncaster, Gainsborough, and ether places. Mr.
Bidder then went into minute calculations to show that no water
carriage could possibly exist in competition with the railway system,
when fairly developed. _ _

Mr. Sergeant CLARICE then addressed the Committee. He
would remind them that they had to report to the House
whether a sufficient traffic had been shown to maintain
the railway and to permit a profit to the promoters.
And with respect to the evidence of 111 r. Bidder.—
for upon his evidence the whole merits of the case rested—he
would ask the Committee if they could attach any weight
to his statements ? The conclusions to which he had arrived
had not been warranted by the evidence of the other witnesses.
The Learned Sergeant then went over the traffic evidence already
given, and contended that the heavy goods which at present went
by the canal would Hot be transferred by the railway. A
traffic sufficient to warrant the Committee in passing the preamble
of the Bill had not been proved, and he, therefore, hoped and
trusted that the Bill would be thrown out. . . _

Mr. MACAULAY shortly replied, and on the conclusion of the
Learned Counsel's address the room was cleared. On the public
being again admitted it was announced that the preamble was
passed, and
The CIIAIRMAN added, that it was hoped that plans and sections
of the bridges across the canals and navigable rivers on the line
would be produced before the Committee.
The Committee then adjourned till Wednesday.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, May 10.
THE RONFORD BANK.

IN TEE MATTER OF JOISNSON, JOHNSON, AND MANN.
This was a sitting before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn,
for the bankrupt, the late Alderman Thomas Johnson,
the elder, to pass his last examination.
After a number of proofs of debts, the bankrupt
passed his last examination.
A dividend of ss. has been paid, and a further one of
2s. is expected.
Mr. Mann has obtained his certificate, and his few cre-
ditors on the separate estate were paid in full.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(SATURDAY.)
BOW-STREET.

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A FoncinLa ENTRY.—John Quincey Harris, late
M.P. for Newcastle-under-Lyne, was placed at the bar
before Mr. Twyford, charged with unlawfully making a
forcible entry into the house of Mr. George Roberts,
solic tor, of Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, his brother-in-
law, and assaulting his servants.
The complainant stated that he was the husband of
the defendant's sister, and resided in Montague-street,
Russell square. On Friday evening, about five o'clock,
hearing a noise in the house, he went to ascertain the
cause, when he found the defendant struggling with his
servants, and to prevent a further breach of the peace
being committed, he sent for a constable, and had the
defendant conveyed to the station-house.
The defendant said he had received a letter from his
mother, in which she expressed a wish to have a conver-
sation with him on business, and on presenting himself
at the complainant's house, where she at present resided,
he was resisted, and taken to a place of confinement,
where he remained the whole of the night, and for which
he was determined to institute legal proceedings against
the whole party.
The complainant assured the Court that several at-
tacks had been made upon him by the defendant, in con-
sequence of which he went in bodily fear, and from his
general conduct he had every reason to conclude ho was
not accountable for his actions, being of unsound mind.
The defendant, in a very excited manner, declared
that every word uttered by the complainant was false,
and having taken a prayer-book from his pocket, he read
in a very solemn manner the entire of a psalm, while
the complainant was endeavouring to impress on the
magistrate that he had been for a considerable time la-
bouring under very strong delusions.
Mr. Twyford said he was induced, from what had
justmen before he could allow the defendant to be dis-
taken place, to have the opinion of medical gentle-
charged. He then ordered the defendant to find bail,
himself in 1501., and twu sureties in 100/. each, to keep
the peace till the sessions.
The defendant was then removed from the bar ; and
the persons who offered themselves as bail in the course
of the day were informed that the complainant must be
furnished with twenty-four hours' notice.
WORSHIP-STREET.

An elderly German, named F,ederickWilliam Zahell,
a master sugar-baker. was placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton, charged with the manslaughter of a French-
man, named Jean Frederick Cobet, a sack manufacturer.
Both prisoner and deceased were known as men of pro-
perty, and had been friends. They were drinking to-
gether in a public house, and a quarrel ensued about a
sovereign. This led to a pugilistic contest, in the course
of which the prisoner gave deceased an unlucky blow,
from the effect of which he died.
The magistrate consented to admit the prisoner to
bail, two good sureties in 2501. each, in addition to the
prisoner's own recognizance in 5001., fur his appearance
at the Central Criminal Court to take his trial.--The
required bail was immediately given, and the prisoner
was liberated until the sessions.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Sir James Sutherland Mackenzie was summoned before
Mr. Hardwick, for having committed an assault upon
Captain Hubert Campbell.
Mr. Heaton attended for the defendant, and a gentle-
man from the firm of Barnes and Co appeared for the
complainant.
Captain Campbell said, on Saturday evening last he
was dressing in his bed-room, at No. 4, King-street, St.
James's, when be heard a knock, and he called out
" Come in." The defendant opened the door, and, seeing
him, hastily entered the room with a person having the
appearance of a foreigner, and, having locked the room
dour, he placed his back against it. Complainant
asked him how he dared to enter his room in that
way ? To which the defendant replied, " I have come
to ask payment of the money you owe me." Complainant
said if defendant had any clain on him, the law was
open, and then proceeded to the door to endea-
vour to get out, but the defendant would not allow this,
and, fearing the defendant meant to do him some bodily
injury, he rang the bell violently for his servant. When
his sevant came to the door, he called out to him to
go for a policeman. The defendant still kept on say-
ing, " Why don't you pay me the money," and bluster-
ing about the room. Complainant went to the washing-
stand, and while his back was turned towards the defend-
ant, the defendant said "Do you mean to say you don't
owe me this money !" to which he replied he certainly
did not. The defendant then called him a d—d liar,
and struck him a violent blow with a stick on the back
part of the head. The blow was given with sufficient
force to knock him slightly over the wash-hand basin.
The foreigner immediately opened the door and went
out of the room. As soon as he recovered from the
effects of hie surprise, he ran after the defendant, seized
him, and held him as well as he could. In a few mi-
nutes a police-constable arrived, and he gave him in
charge. Complainant went for his solicitor but when
he get to Vine-street station-house be found defendant
had been discharged.
Cross-examined—Had formerly been in the habit of
playing with Sir James Mackenzie. Knew a Mr.
Baugham in 1837 ; introduced him to Sir James Mac-
kenzie at Devonport. Believe Sir James won some
money of Mr. Baugham. Could not recollect whether
the amount was 3001., and whether Sir James had told
him that Mr. Baugham had given his acceptance for
that sum. Could not recollect whether he had agreed
to pay Sir James 1601. on behalf of his friend Mr.
Ylaugham. on condition of a certain statement being
suppressed. Could not recollect whether lie (com-
plainant) had made a statement in writing relative to
Sir James at the Horse Guards.
During the course of cross-examination, which was
continued at great length, frequent personal altercations
took place between the professional advisers of both
parties, and the Court was more than once obliged to
interfere.
Mr. Heaton proceeded to say that he was astonished
at finding that any one holding her Majesty's commis-
sion could have acted in the way Capt. Campbell had
acted. The facts were these :—Mr. Baugham, Capt.
Campbell's friend, was in the habit of taking his chance
of winning money
from Sir James Mackenzie ; but upon
one occasion in his life he lost, and he refusing to pay
Capt. Campbell undertook to pay but did not, and ulti-
mately, certain false and injurious communications
against Sir James were made at the Horse Guards. Sir
James had not an opportunity of communicating with
Capt. Campbell on the subject until Saturday morning
last. He went to Capt. Campbell's lodgings, not to give
him a blow, but to ask him for the money owing, and to
demand satisfaction for th wrong and the insults he had
sustained. Capt. Campbell's manner towards be-
came so offensive that he lifted his walking-atilt Tula