The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-05 00:00:00

No. 16,475, LON DON TI F URS
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_EIL of the SIIREWSRURY, WOLVERII.&MPTON, DUDLEY,
and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY.
GENTLEMEN,

' OLOSSEUM, REGENT'S PARK.
IL/ Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious MAJESTY and his
Royal flightless Prince ALBERT.
SIC E,XLIIIIITIONS IN ONE, pronounced by the Press and
every Visitor, to be the most magnificent and perfect Chef-d'ceuvre
ever preSented to the world. The wonders at th!s gigantic Establish-
ment consist of the Giyptotheca, or Museum of Sculpture, tilled with
works of some of the finest artists ; Mont Blanc, Mer de Glace
(painted by Mr. Denson), and real Mountain Torrent, superb Con-
servatories, and gorgeous Gothic Aviary, External Promenades,
Classic Ruins, and Fountains; the Panorama of London, repainted
by Mr. E. T. Paris.

BitivsTioL‘Tv.,A_,,kNJl
Dth a
Capital, ?,630,000/., in 40,000 Shares of SCI. each.
• Deposit 21. 10s. per Share.
Provisionally Registered.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
William Anning, Esq.. St. David's, Exeter, and 2, North terrace,
Camberwell
George Cave, Esq„ lllistone-horse, magistrate of Monmouthshire
John Cranford, Esq., Blackbrook-housa, magistrate of Monmouth-
shire •
George Cullente, Esq., Do vard.houßa, Herefordshire
William Curre, Esq., Itton•court, t!hopstow, magistrate of Mon-
mouthshire
Thomas Davies, Esq., Langattock-court, Broconshire
William hales, Esq., Mincing-lane, London
Thomas Evans, Esq., Monmouth
Captain Fleming, R.N., Coedithel, Monmouthshire
John Fletcher, Esq., St. Michael's, Liverpool
Alexander Gibbon, Esq., Staunton, magistrate of Gloucestershire
Thomas Gratrex, Esq., banker, Monmouth
Percy Galindo, Esq., mayor of Monmouth
James Howell, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey
William Hollis, Esq., Shirenewton, magistrate of Monmouthshire
William litighes, Esq., Tintern Abbey Iron Works, Monmouthshire
James Jenkins, Esq.' Chepstow .
M. H. Jones, D.D., Ancrehill, magistrate of Monmouthshire and
Herefordshire
William Jlenry Jackson,
Esq., Brunswick MI Wellington Collieries,
Forest of Dean
James Morrell, Esq., Jun., banker, Oxford
David Mushett, Esq., Forest of Dean
William Morley, Esq., Blackheath, Director of the Direct Northern
Railway
Joseph Price, Esq., Monmouth, magistrate of Monmouthshire
C. H. Powell, Esq., Monmouth, magistrate of Monmouthshire
T. G. Phillpotts, Esq. Moinneuth
Henry Peel, Esq., Aylesmore House, near Chepstow
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Lanrothel, Herefordshire
Henry Roberts, Esq., Dryhridge house, Monmouth
Alexander Ross, Esq., St. Mary Axe, Lotion, Director of the North
Wales Railway ',-
Rev. George Roberts, 'Vicar of Monmouth
Colonol Roberts, C.lt., Clifton, Bristol
James Prosser Snoad, Esq., banker, Brecon
Nathaniel Wells, Esq., Piercellohl-park, near Chepstow, magistrate
of Monmouthshire

safe place within the prison, apart from all other pri
shall be allowed such a dietary as the visiting justices may direct,
a..d exercise in the open air for a reasonable time ever)
day. Ile m,y be visited by his relations, friends, and legal
advisers, at his own request, by an order in writing from any
visiting justice. No other person shall have access to such pri.
soner, except the governor or other officer •f the prison, the
chaplain, and surgeon ; or if such convict shall be of a religious
persuasion differing from that of the Established Church, a minister
of that persuasion, attending at his request. If any person, how.
ever, shall make it appear to a visiting justice that he has impur.
tant business to transact with the convict, such visiting justice may
grant permission in writing to such person to have a conference
with the convict in the presence of the governor.
" No person, except the proper authorities, the prison °Mere,
and the police on duty, shall be admitted into the interior of the
prison on the day of as execution, nor on the occasion of a con-
demned sermon, nor during the performance of'Divtne service after
sentence of death has been pronounced. Provided that this rule
shall not be interpreted to exclude a minister of a religious per.
suasion differing front that of the Established Church from attend.
ing, at his own request, a convict of such persuasion."
HAYMARKET THEATRE.

SPORTING -INTELLIGENCE.
INTIMI,PJENCE EX I'UA.
NE W CAST 1., 17:-ON- 'ITN E.
Acceptances for the Northumberland Plate.
Alice Hawthorn, aged, 9st 81b—Robert de Gorham, 6 yrs,
9st—Ps avd, Bst 91b— Aristides, 5 yrs, 8.4 71b—The
Best of 'Three, 4 yrs, 7't 121b—Inlieritess, 5 yrs, 7st 10lb—
, Peter the Hermit, 5 yrs, 7st 9th—Queen of Tyne, 6 yrs,
7st 81b—Semiseria, 5 yrs, 7st Glb—Lightning, 4
syrs, 7st slb
—Pedometer, 4 yrs, 7st—Godfrcy, 4 yrs, Gst In—Cataract,
5 yrs, Est 131b—Merry Andrew, 5 vrs, Gst 131b—Porto
5 yrs, 6st 12Ib—What, 5 yrs., Gst I2lb—Crikey Bah-, 5 yrs,
91b.—Brevity, 5 yrs, Gst 91b—Northumberland, 4 yrs,
Gst 41b Little Hampton, 4 yrs, Gst Little JAin, 4
yrs, ,Gst ; Seaport, 4 yrs, Get ; Agriculture, 5 yrs, sst
131b—Coheiress, 4 yrs, sst 91b—Sir Francis, 3 yrs sst 71b
—Marainat, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Wynyard, 3 3 rs, sst 71C—Young
England, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Marian Ramsay, 3 yrs, sst 21b—b f
by Physician, out of Flagsman's dam, 3 yrs, sst—Badinage,
3 yrs, 4st 51b—Extravaganza, 3 yrs, 4st 41b—Little John,
3 yrs, 4st 41b.

As a member of your body I consider it due to you to state that
I have directed legal proceedings to be commenced against Mr,
William Bland, who has affixed his name to advertisements, which
are unfounded, as regards the Gentlemen with whom I have the ho-
nour of acting, and libellous as regards myself.
I am, Gentlemen,
Yours, faiththlly,
WILLIAM RICKFOED COLLETT.
St. James's-square, Juno 4, 1845.

LANCASTER and CARLISLE RAILWAY.
The Directors of this undertaking having had placed at their
disposal a limited number of SHARES in the ULVERSTONE,
FURNESS, and LANCASTER and CARLISLE RAILWAY (Mr.
Locke's Line), any Lancaster and Carlisle Shareholder desirous of
taking any of such Shares will be so good as to forward his applica-
tion to the undersigned on or before the 10th of June next.
S. EDWARD BOLDEN, Secretary,
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway.

- Open from Ten till Six o'clock. 'Admittance, 3s. Children under
12, Ilalf-price. The Stalactite Caverns at Adelsberg (" tho most
magnificent of all the temples which Nature has built for herself in
the regions of night"), Is. extra. The whole Exhibition designed
and remodelled by Mr. Win. Ilradwell.

COLOSSEUM.-LONDON BY NIGHT,
pronounced by the press, and every vistor, as the most mar-
vellous and extraordinary TRIUMPH OF ART that has ever been
achieved in this or any other country. "Itis a new era in Art ! "
" 'Tis not a Picture ; it is Nature I "—This most novel Exhibition
has been projected and carried out by Mr. William Bradwell, and
painted by Mr. Hanson and Mr. Telbin.
Admittance, ss. ; Children, under Twelve, Half-price; which will
include the Stalactite Caverns at Adelsberg ; the Chalet, with the
sublime effect of Mont Blanc, and real Mountain Torrent, by Night;
the Glyptotheca and Refreshment Saloon most brilliantly Illumi-
nated, forming a Promenade perfectly unique. Open from Eight till
Eleven every Evening.
Family Tickets for Four persona, 16a., may be had at the North
Lodge, from Ten till Six.
Carriages after Nine must set down and take up at the Albany-
street Entrance.

Lancaster, May 30, 1845.

rrliE WESTERN JAMAICA CONNECTING
RAILWAY, from OLD HARBOUR to SAVANNAH-LA-
MAR and MONTEGO BAY.

Capital 1,000,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 11. 7s. Gd. per Share.
(A portion to be reserved for Jamaica.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir IV. B. Johnstone, 'tart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire.
S. B. Bruce, Esq., Ripon, Yorkshire.
S. Graham, Esq., Ballagan, Stirlingshire (late Stipendiary
Magistrate of Jamaica).
J. H. Cook, Esq., Shrewsbury.
C. M`Donnell, Esq., Edinburgh.
R. Clements, Esq., Tunbridge Wells.
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Lonsdale-•square (a Director in the
Leicester and Bedford Railway).
Adam Murray, Esq., Craven-street, Strand.
G. Lawton, Esq., George-street, Hanover-square.
L. Stephens Lyne, Esq., Old Broad-street.
J. W. Gudge, Esq., Burton-street, Belgrave-square.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS—N. F. Dudot, Esq.; M. D. Stokes, Esq.
BANKEss—London and Westminster Bank.
STANDING COUNSEL—W. Burge, Esq., Queen's Counsel.
soracrrons.

- Acceptances for the Corinthian Stakes.
Queen Mab, 6 yrs, 12st--Zoroaster, aged, 11st 41b—Pous-
sin, 5 yrs, I Ist 41b—The Bat, 6 yrs, lOst I lib—Golden Pippin,
6 yrs, lOst 71b—Flagon, aged, lOst 41b—Netherton Maid, 4
yrs, 10st—Perivrinkle 4 yrs, lOst—Agriculture, 5 yrs, lOst—
Helen, 4 yrs, 9st I 211;.

Morton, the indefatigable, who fits Ruckstone with parts
quite as well as ever Buekstone has fitted himself, produced
a most laughable farce here last evening, entitled The King
and /—Buckstone, rejoicing in the name of Perkin Pyefinch,
being, of course, the I. The scene is laid in London, in
1691, and Mr. Pyefinch, who is, as he informs us, a native
of York, in Yorkshire, fancies himself calculated to cut a
figure in the world, and is exceedingly desirous of getting a
place under Government. He cares not what it is—any
thing, from a commander-in-chief to a beefeater, would suit
him. He is, moreover, a suitor for the hand of a certain
Jessie llmald (Miss J. Bennett), a pretty Scotch girl, whose
lover, Sir W. Melrose (Mr. Holl) is obliged to reside abroad,
as a suspected Jacobite. There is a certain Mistress May-
love (Miss Telbin), a favourite of William the Third, a pa-
troness of Pyefinch, and a friend of Melrose, who has returned
to London secretly, in order to endeavour to save his property
from the grasp of an old usurer. Pyefinch over-hears Mrs.
Maylove call him William, jumps at the conclusion that he
must be the King, treats him as such with most laughable
entre marks of respect, feasts him, lends him money, even

GOODWOOD, 1815.
Nominations for the Maidstone Stakes.
Switcher, 4 yrs—Discord, aged—Joe Lovell, 4 yrs—Sub-
duer, 5 yrs—Venus, 5 yrs—Millepede, aged—Corranns, 6 yrs
—Aristides, 5 yrs—Poussin, 5 :yrs—Milden, 3 yrs—Parth ian,
5 yrs—John o' Gaunt, aged—Nereus, 3 yrs—Pythia, 3 yrs
-Lothatjo, 5 yrs—Pugilist, 4 yrs—Soiella, 4 yrs--lonian,
4 yrs—Queen Mab, 6 yrs—Crosby, 4 yrs—lied Deer, 4 yrs—
General Pollock, 5 yrs—Miss Elis, 3 yrs.

ROYAL POLYTECIINIC IfrISTITUTION.
The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, Cliiiibited by a work-
ing Model, having a power to carry visitors. A Curious
MECHANICAL HAND en a person who has lost his
natural hand. Dr. Ryan's LECTURES on the Chemis-
try of Domestli Life daily at a Quarter past Three, and en
Wednesday and Friday Evenings, at a Quarter to Nine. Professor
Bachhoffnees varied Lectures with brilliant experiments. Lectures
on Character, with Musical Illustration., by Mr. J. Russell, ac-
companied by Dr. 'Wallis on the Piano-forte, on the Evenings of
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, at Eight o'clock. New and beau-
tiful Objects In the CHROMATROPE, PHYSIOSCOPE, PROTEOS-
COPE, &c. New DISSOLVING VIEWS. Submarine Experiments
by the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Working Models de-
scribed daily. _ _

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NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1846.
THURSDAY.
The Claret Stakes of 200 sows. each. D.I.
Cowl, Ould Ireland, Cabin Boy, Lancashire Witch, and
Alarm.

Messrs. Reed and Robinson, 9, Adam-street, Adelphi, London.
Messrs. Barnet, M'Neii, and Co. Jamaica.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—C. Robinson, Esq.
Application; for Shares may be made to the Secretary, at the
Company's Otilce, 10, Old Jewry Chambers, City ; to the Solicitors ;
and to the following Stockbrokers :—Messrs. Martin and Heseltina,
Finch-lane, London ; , Green and Oldham, Manchester ; J. Ashlin,
Liverpool ; Heycock and Powell, and Walker and Williamson, Leeds;
Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Joseph Clarke, Southampton ;
Francis Stamp, Hull ; Thomas F. Dickinson, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne ; Samuel Clarke and Andrew Moffatt, Edinburgh ; Black and
Lorimer, Glasgow ; Boyle, Low, Pim, and Co., Dublin ; Luke Ar-
nold, Bristol ; C. Forster, Cork ; James Ross, Perth ; F. C. Spencer,
Halifax ; and Jackson S. Stephenson, Belfast.

SOLICITOR,.
Messrs. Johnson, Farquhar, and Leech, London
Messrs. W. Tanner, and Son, Bristol
Messrs. Bowles, Tyler, and Bowies, Monmouth
The Union Bank, Lradon
Messrs. Curries and Co., 29, Cornhill
ENGINEER—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
SECRETARY, PRO TEM.—Thomas Dyke, Esq.
. _

THE OLD ENGLAND AFFAIR.
The following is the official report of the proceedings be-
fore the Stewards of the Jockey Club .
" The Stewards of the Jockey Club having attended at
Messrs. Weatherby's office in Burlington-street, on Saturday,
the 31st of May, and, by adjournment, on Monday, the 2d of
June, to hear a charge brought by Mr. Gully, against J. F.
Bloodsworth and William Stebbins, of having conspired to bet
against Old England for the Derby, in connexion with Wil-
liam Day, and through information clandestinely derived from
him, and subsequently to lame, or by other means to prevent
the said horse running for that race, having heard the confession
of W. Day, and the evidence of W. Barrett, jun., and of J. Day,
sen. are satisfied that Messrs. Bloodsworth and Stebhings did
conspire to bet against Old England ; that communication nas
kept up by Stebbings Writing letters through Bloodsworth to
William Day, which letters were sent under cover to William
Barrett, jun., of Stockbridge, for several months. It appeared
that William Day and William:l3arrett, jun., did, on different
occasions, meet ntebbings at Bloodsworth's house in London,
and at other places, to carry out their plans. It was also po-
sitively stated by William Day and NVilliam Barrett, jun.,
that Stebbings did at 13loodsworth's house recommend
that the horse's foot should be bruised by striking
it with a hard stone, or by tying a handkerchief
round the leg, and striking the sinew with a stick,
and if that was not sufficient, that he, Stebbings, could
easily get a powder, which, being mixed with the corn, would
stop him. They added that Bloodsworth was averse to the
last part of this proposal, saying it was a lagging affair. Messrs.
Bloodsworth and Stebbings denied the whole story of having
desired William Day to maim the horse, but admitted that they
had betted largely against Old England, in consequence of the
information they had obtained from William Day, and
Stebbings acknowledged that he had received full
information from William Day for several years
past as to the qualities and condition of horses in John
Day's stables, and had betted largely for himself and for Wil-
liam Day in consequence of such information,
" The Stewards therefore order—
" That J. F. Bloodsworth, William Stebbings, and William
Day, be warned off the course at Newmarket, and out of the
Coffee-room-yard there ; and that William Day be not per-
mitted to ride in any race at Newmarket.
" They also recommend the proprietors and stewards of all
race-courses where the rules of the Jockey Club are in force to
prevent them appearing on such courses.
STRADI3ROKE
Signed ROSSLYN (for the Marquis of Exeter)
GEORGE ANSON."

rives up Jessie Donald at his command, and then corig,rattl

A principal: feature in this: undertaking is th; erection at tke Old,
or Aust, Passage, of a fixed bridge across the estuary of the Severn,
adapted as well for railway traffic as for ordinary carriage and pe-
destrian intercourse. By the construction of this bridge, and the in-
tended Ihie of railway its connexion with it. two most important
objects will be attained; first, there will be established, by means of
a junction at Hereford with the proposed lines north of that city, a
direct, unbroken line of railway communication between Bristol and
Liverpool, with a saving in distance of about forty-two miles over
the present route; and, secondly, there will be opened a free com-
munication between the southern and western portions of England,
on the ono hand, and Monmouthshire and South Wales ea the other.
These important districts have hlthertO been practically severed,
and only rendered accessible to each other by a most inconvenient
ferry, dependent on tides and weather. The want of a fixed bridge
over the Severn, at the point !Mended by this company, has long been
severely felt, and it would be impossible, whether in reference to na-
tional or local interests, to over estimate the importance of a scheme
designed to supply this want. It has not, however, been from a
consideration of its impracticability that such a work has not loag
since been accomplished. In the year 1825 Mr. Telford, the late ce-
lebrated engineer, was consulted upon the subject, and gave a most
decided opinion in favour of it, particularly adverting (amongst other
causes affording facility) to the great height of the banks at the Old
Passage, to the fact of the bed of the river consisting wholly of solid
rock. and to the circumstance that suitable materials for the work
could be procured within a reasonable distance.
The engineers of the present proposed work, as well as other en-
gineers of eminence, are equally confident of the thorough practica-
bility of the undertaking.
Until recent (lines, and before the period had arrived when railway
traffic and profits had reached their present astonishing extent, the
expense of this bridge compared with the probable traffic returns,
naturally retarded ha projection; but now, when works equally
difficult and expensive, such as tunnels and viaducts, are readily con-
structed by railway companies for the mere traffic of their line, and
sometimes only to avoid a comparatively trifling deviation, it will be
at once admitted, that with a view merely to the formation of a
direct lino between Bristol and Liverpool (without looking to col-
lateral or ultra-terminal advantages), the magnitude of the under-
taking is no longer to be regarded as an hnpediment to its com-
pletion.

sates himself that the King and I have cat, and drank, and
hobnobbed together, so that the place will most as-
suredly follow as a matter of course. The acting of Buck-
stone in the feasting scene was grand. Never has
etiquette run mad been more superbly represented,
and the self-satisfaction with which he talks about
the King and I, is rich in the extreme. Superb, too,
was the contempt with which he treated Burchell (Jas.
Bland), the Minister's Secretary, who comes to pump him
concerning Mistress Maylove, and his stare of astonishment
when he discovers, which he does, by being arrested as a
traitor, that his King is Sir William Melrose, and that he
has actually lent money to redeem the very estate which he
and the old usurer were to share between them, was magni-
ficent. Of course, Melrose's innocence is proved, and he is
married to Jessie, according to the prescribed practice in all
such cases, and Master Pyefinch gets a promise of payment.
The house, which was a bumper, was in a roar the whole
time Buckstone was on the stage, and amidst the loudest ap-
plause he announced The hen! and I will appear every
night.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.
RESOLUTIONS, founded on the REPORT and BALANCE-
SHEET real at the General Meeting of the Members of the
BRITISH and FOREIGN INSTITUTE, on Saturday, the 31st of
May, and carried unanimously.
Right Hon. the EARL of DEVON, in the Chair.
Proposed by JAMES SIMPSoN, Esq. ; Seconded by Captain
MACONOCHIE, R.N.
" 1. That the Report and Balance-sheet now read be adopted, and
printed for general circulitton among the Members ; and that the
suggestions and recommendations of the Committee, contained in the
Report, be approved and carried into execution."

Proposed by Lord JAMES STUART, M.P. ; seconded by Z. A.
JESSELL, Esq.
" 2. That the pesltlon attained by the Institute, at the dose of this,
the second year of its existence only, is highly satisfactory, as show-
ing, that notwithstanding all the difficulties, opposition, and pre-
judices with which it has had to contend, its present income has been
made to cover its actual expenditure: and that the value'of its as-
sets greatly exceeds its liabilities."

POLICE IN TELLIGENCE.
AIANSION-HOUSE.
Yesterday a man, named William Laonard, was put to the
bar charged with having caused an explosion of gas in a
public-house in Petticoat-lane, on Saturday last, and injured
Mrs. Reeing, the proprietor of it.
At about twenty minutes past eight o'clock on Saturday night
the prisoner and another man walked into the parlour of the
house, accompanied by a female, and the landlady stated to
them that she did not allow women to go beyond the bar. She
knew the men, and entertained a very indifferent opinion of
them. Soon after the party went away the landlady went into
the parlour, and saw that the gas apparatus had been dragged
away, and .he procured a cork to stop up the hole fi om which
the gas was escaping. The moment she applied the cork the
expicsion took place. The windows were blown out of the
lower part of the house, the landlady was blown off the table
On which she had been standing, and a man who was in the
room with her was knocked down by the fall of the door, which
was forced from its hinges by the violence of the shack. The
landlady ran out in a dreadful condition, and with her cap on
fire, and was conveyed to the ho3pital.
The prisoner said that he certainly had been in the house on
the night in question, but he had no idea whatever of anything
but what was right.
The prisoner was remanded till Monday next.
QUEEN-SQUARE:
A SHAMELESS WlFE.—Yesterday, Edward Quinten, a
big powerful fellow, described as a sailing master of a small
coasting vessel, and Mary Ann Ventris, a smartly-dressed
and pretty looking female, about 28 years of age, were placed
at the bar charged with felony.
George Ventris, the husband of the female, a respectable-
looking little man, apparently sixty years of age, stepped into
the witness-box and said —"I charge the prisonet with running
away with my wife and property. I want to know whether he
has a right to come down tfl
state -
mr. 150 ND aesirea nun to state tne circumstances of the ease.

PropOsed.6y E. W. PENDARVES, Esq., M.P.; seconded by tho Rev.

J AMES ST. AUBYN.

" 3. That though the Annual SUbscriptions to the Institute were
originally fixed at too low a scale for the varied advantages and plea-
sures which it ofiers to the Members, it is thought best to continue
them for the present, without any change, the Council relying on the
efforts of the Members generally (now that all doubt of success
and stability is removed) to exert themselves in their respective
circles, by correcting misapprehensions, and making the real merits
and attractions of the Establishment more generally and more accu-
rately known, so that by constantly increasing numbers, the Income
may be proportionately improved, without any addition to the"existr
ing rates, and the funds be thus made adequate to accomplish all the
improvements contemplated and desired."

Proposed by Sir GEORGE STAUNTON, 'Bart.; seconded by GEORGE

WILBRA UAW', Esq.
" 4. That one of the most effective modes of making extensively
known the nature and character of the Literary Proceedings of the
institute, will be to give the widest possible circulation to the First
Volume of its transactions, in which these proceedings will be fully
and faithfully recorded :—and that as this will be well calculated to
convey accurate information into circles where much misapprehension
may prevail, it is strongly recommended to the Members generally to
promote its circulation accordingly." •

The recent decision of the Admiralty against the proposed bridge
at the Hock Crib, twelve miles hither up the estuary, leaves the Attst
Passage the only practleable point ror a fixed bridge.

ArrtMgements have been 'concluded with his _„
Grace the Duke of
Beaufort, and the other proprietors of the Aust Ferry, whereby the
purchase of that important interest hat been secured to this Com-
pany.

The line, which be about forty-eight miles in length, will com-
mence at Bristol, and proceed to the Aunt Passage, there crossing the
proposed bridge to I3eachley, it will run northward along tho valleys
of the Wye and Monnow by Chepstow, Tintern Abbey, and Mon-
mouth to Hereford, which city will form the other terminus of tho
. . _

Proposed by WYNN ELLIS, Esq., if.P. ; seconded by Brig.-Gen. Sir

HENRY PTIYN.

" 5. That the four classes of members, as at present arrrarged, be
in all future entries limited to two only ; namely, town members and
country members ; the former to include all who reside or who have
establislunents in London, or within seven miles of the General Post-
office, or who remain in town for more than two months at any one
time, and make use of the Institute during any part of that period ;
and the latter, to embrace all who live beyond that distance, who
have no establishments in tiro metropolis, and who do not remain in
town beyond the specified period."

line. At Hereford the direct Chain of communication to Liverpool
will be completed by the lines now projected between those places.
It is obvious that this route will furnish to tho west and south-west
of England the best and most direct means of communication not
only with Liverpool and the north of England, but with Dublin and
the north of Ireland.

ETON COELEGE REGATTA.
This annual festival attracted, as upon all former occasions, a
g• eat number of distinguished families to Windsor and Eton yes-
terday. As soon as " absence" had been cilia' at the college, the
whole of the school, now amounting to between 700 and SOO,
dashed off to the Biocas, where the most admirable arrangements
had been made, under the superintendence of Luttrell (ma.) the
captain of the boats, for the accommodation of the numerous corn.
patsy there assembled, and the prevention of accidents.
Shortly after seven o'clock, all the necessary preparations having
"iiroifircli; I (ina.),captain.—Ethelstone, Richards,
Boughton, Luttrell (mi.), Hanbury (ma.), Dickson, Back, Greene,
Greenwood, Shaw Stuart (ateerer.)
Victory—Winter, second captain —Sutherland, Buller, Tal.
for
pi ridi,nPecorotfm‘avna,
ILesti
Clarke, Tremayne (mi.), Bosanquet, Cook, Close, Morgan (ma.),
Te'r ens' al lyenr, (ma.),
—e flo°rr,dl, (Sl:eel:27r),
steerer.

To Bristol itself the value of the project eannot be over-estimated.
It will secure to that ancient city the continuance of its long-enjoyed
position, as the emporium of commerce in the west.
It is proposed to connect the line with the forest of Dean, by which
means the vast mineral resources of that district will be developed to
an extent hitherto unattained.

Proposed by CHARLES COCHRANE, Esq.; seconded by HENRY
TUDOR, Esq.

" G. That the anttual subscription for ladles, when elected members
of the Institute, and entitled to all its privileges, shall be only the
bwlf of Llmt. knsitl bj bt.A• llvaz.r.A, of 1621 U" ,111a0/ thisk of
four individuals shall be admitted to alt Ilia mottlhaw
Ship at the rate of two single members only."
Proposed by ALEXANDER. PRINCE, ESQ. ; seconded by JOlll.l ANDER-
SON, Esq.

Many other advantages will at once suggest themselves to t,hose,
• r..nosed railway Amongsta:4Rffyliq i if

it by the old moans of transit, annually attracts a great number of
visitors. The engineering capabilities of the line have been ascer-
tained to be excellent. Investigations of the traffic have boon made,
which fullyjuatify the conclusion that the undertaking will prove a
profitable investment of capital, as well as an advantage and conve-
nience to the public.

" 7. That, in accordance with the recommendation of the annual
report, single and season tickets for visitors to the Soirees and Lec-
tures be made available to members for the 'accommodation of their
families and friends ; such tickets to be had., through members only,
and the names of those for whom they are required, to be furnished
to the Secretary, previous to their being issued ; the scale of terms
to be regulated by the Committee, and the arrangement to commence
with the next session."

The husband then entered into a detail, by which it appeared
that on the 17th of May, during his temporary absence from
home, the female prisoner decamped, taking with her a large
quantity of wearing apparel. As the male prisoner had been
seen in the neighbourhood at the time he suspected that she
had gone off with him, and having come to London and given
information to the police, his wife was found on board the pri-
soner's vessel, at Chelsea, on Tuesday evening, and the wear-
ing apparel in the cabin with her.
Mr. BOND—The wearing apparel, I suppose, was such as she
required for her own use ? The husband—Yes, sir, and a great
deal of it too. -• Has he a right to take my wife away ? That's
the charge I make against him.
Mr. BOND discharged the wife, and called upon the man to
enter into his own recognizances to appear again on Monday,
to give the husband an opportunity of producing further evi-
dence if be could procure any against him.
The husband—Can't you hold him to bail, to prevent his
eloping with my wife again?
Mr. BOND said he could not.

Tho promoters have not been unmindful of the projected lino of the
Bristol and South Wales Junction Company, from Bristol to the
passage; and if satisfactory terms of arrangement can be made,
whereby the formation of that portion of the line can, consistently
with the interests of this undertaking, be left to that Company, a
corresponding diminution of the capital will take place.
Application to be made for Shares to the Provisional Committee,
at-the Company's offices, 23, Afoorgate-street, London, or to the
undermentioned brokers:—Messrs. Aston and Scott, 32, Throgmor-
ton-street, London ; Mr. Sandford, Exeter; Mr. Fleury Vacher,
Exeter; Mr. Anthosy Laurie, Liverpool; Mr. Isaac Miller, Liver-
pool ; Mr. Parsons, Liverpool ; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, 11,
Manor-street, Ifni!; Mr. S. Grindrod, Manchester; Messrs. Card-
well and Co, Manchester ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs.
E. King and Co.; Leeds ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Brad-
ford ; J. K. Thomas, Bristol ; Luke Arnold, Bristol; George Ed-
wards, Bristol ; Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; and William Gordon,
Aberdeen; of whom plans and prospectuses may be had.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Bristol and Liverpool Junction

Toposed by Sir Jonsi YAUDE llnum', Bart., M.P. ; seconded by ED-

Britannia— Addington, captain.—Parker, Watkins, Caret,
Wrangham, Thoyts, Gosden (ma.), Thompson, Markham (steerer).
Dreadnought—Bunny, captain.—Evelyn, Marshall, Watson.
Gordon, Arnaud, Lygon, Bailie, Milla (steerer).
Thetis— Feliowes (ma.), captain.—Powys, Stratton, Aitken
(ma.), Miller (mi.), Sutherland (mi.), Milos (ma.), Pott, Mites
(max:), steerer.

WARD BAYLIS, Esq.
" 8. That the cordial thanks of the meeting ho presented to the
Right Hon. the Earl of Devon, the President of the Institute, for his
continued and zealous interest in its welfare : and to the trustees,
Vice-Presidents, and Committee, forming the Council of the Institute,
for their valuable co operation in the promotion of its success."

Proposed by the Rev. SEPTIMUS RAMSAY. 31. A.; seconded by
D&. CAMPS.

St. George—Board, captain.—Barnes, Battiscombe, M`Naugh-
ten, Fellows (mi.), Walker, Oldfield, Ellison, Horne (steerer).
The seven boats were preceded by the band of the Royal Horse
Guards (Blue) in their progress to " Old Surley."
Among the distinguished personages whom we observed in the
Brocas were the following;—The Earl of Rosalyn, Lord Brownlow
Cecil, Colonel Baillie, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, Lord Gucrn.
sey, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Cust, Lord Braybrooke. Lord Bate.
man, Lord Clive, Rev. Mr. Coleridge, Rev. Mr. Durnford, Lord
Burleigh, Rev. Mr. Skinner, Rev. J. Wilder, the Hon. Mr. Her-
bert, Lord Duffed'', Mr. S. Wyndham, Sir J. Walsh, Dr. Dods.
worth, Major Bent, Rev. Mr. Bentley, Mr. S. Hankey, Mr. R.
Arkwright, Mr. R. Harvey,Colonel Richardson, &c.

9. That the thanks of this meeting are also especially duo to Mr.
Buckingham, for the zeal, perseverance, and courtesy, with which
he has devoted himself, during the past year, to the superintendence
and direction of the affairs of the Institute, and to tho efficiency and
economy with which its funds have been administered, as well as for
the liberality with which lie has expended his own private means
to increase its attractions. And they entertain a firm hope that the
present absence of &J remuneration to him for these services of .the
past year, will be amply compensated in future ones, by the in-
creased number of Friends which each Member will feel it his duty
as far as practicable, to add to the Institute ; so as by this, the best
and most unexceptionable of all means, to increase the stability and
popularity of the Establishment, and thus promote and consolidate
the interests of all who are concerned in its permanent welfare."
Proposed by Lord BROUGHAM; seconded by Sir JOHN YARDS
BULLER, Bart., M.P. _ .

The police having intimated that the lady had contented to
go back with her husband, the property was given up to tkc
latter, and the parties then left the Court, but had scarcely
been out five minutes, when' the wife returned, and asked the
magistrate if she was compelled to go back with her husband ?
Mr. BOND said she ought to be ashamed of herself. He was
much surprised at her making such an inquiry. There were
very few husbands who would have taken her back.
The wife, who had played with her parasol during the pre-
vious examination, and had exhibited no symptoms of shame,
admitted that her husband had always been a very kind man
to her.
The wife then retired, and whilst the husband was waiting
for her outside at a public-house opposite, the woman threw
her arms round her paramour's neck, and kissed him in the
presence of several persons who were standing at the bar at the
time, and then joined her much-injured husband.
SOUTH WARK.

Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l roqueet you will allot me Shares, of NI.
each, In this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to pay
lesser number thot may be allotted
to me, such payment to be made within the time limited and pre-
the deposit thereon, or upon any
scribed by you, and I undertake to execute the agreement and Par-
liamentary contract when required.
Name in hill .............. ..... ...........
Trade or Profession .. •• • • •• •• • • ••••"'• • • '•
Residence.. ...... ................ ..........
Place of busmcss (if any).. • • • • • • • • • • " • • -
Date... .. . ..... ... . .
Reference .... ............ ..................
Witness .......
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Usual signature of applicant —— • ... •• •

" 10. That it would be unjust, unreasonable, and injurious to the
best interests of the Institute, to permit the Resident Director's ser-
vices for the past year to go wholly unrequited ; and as no surplus
exists out of the Annual Subscription Fund, to stand in lieu of salary,
it is resolved that the Members be invited to contribute a Guinea
each for the purpose of providing such compensation, as a just testi-
monial of their satisfaction with his management, and that the fol-
lo*lng gentlemen do form a Committee, with power to add to their
numbers, for the purpose of carrying this resolution into effect ; and
that the Committee be at the same time instructed to inquire whe-
ther any reductions can be made in the expenditure, wl'hout impair-
ing the efficiency of the Establishment."
Lord Brougham &Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P.

ESCAPE OF A CONVICT.—On Monday morning
four convicts were removed from the Lewes House of Correction
in custody of two turnkeys, by way of the London and Brighton
Railway. On arriving at the London.bridge terminus. three of
them asked permission to retire for a few minutes, in order to
which, one of them was unhandculTed from his companion and left
in charge of one turnkey, while the other three were absent with
the other turnkey. The convict thus left behind was named
Biddle. He had, when a youth, enlisted in the 12th Lancers,
from which he deserted, and on being afterwards captured and em.

SOUTH LONDON SUBURBAN RAILWAY.
Oftices. 46, Ifllorgate-etrect. London.

N0T1(.12.
The Directors beg to announce that the ALLOTMENT LETTERS
were. ISSUED on 'Wednesday, the 4th instant, directed to those par-
ties who, upon the strictest Inquiry, the Directors have selected as
responsible and capable of completing their undertaking.
June 4, 1845.

Yesterday, Charles Sweet, described as a carver and
gilder, in the Waterloo-road, was charged before Mr. Cutting
ham with exposing for sale in his shop books and prints of
an obscene description.
Mr. COTTING lIAM said the offence with which the defendant
had been charged came clearly within the meaning of the 2d and
3d of Victoria, which gave magistrates the power of summarily
dealing with such cases and inflicting penalties. He only re-
gretted that he could not punish the vendor of pictures and books
of such an immoral and d;sgusting tendency under the Vagrant
Act, by imprisonment. The magistrate then inflicted a flue of
0 youngE T.
MURDEROUS Omen,
40.1. and 7s. costs "On the defendant, or one month's imprison-
ment in default, and added, that he koped he would appeal
against the conviction.
F RA R SIR I.
—True
1 P -S7l RE
named John
and Isaac llenster, were placed at the bar before Mr. Brough-
ton, charged with having wantonly assaulted an elderly man
named Richard Howell, and thrown him into the Regent's
Canal, whereby his life was placed in imminent danger.
Sergeant Hammond, K 20, stated that while on duty at the
Bromley station, near Bow, at two o'clock on the preceding
afternoon, he received information that a man had been thrown
into the Regent's Canal, and was then lying upon the bank in
a dying state. He immediately proceeded in that direction,
accompanied by the assistant of Mr. Baker, the divisional sur-
geon, and several officers, and on reaching Wick-lane, leading
to Old Ford, he met four men carrying the body of another who
was perfectly insensible, and appeared to be dead. By direction
of the surgeon he was taken to the nearest public-house, and
restoratives having been administered, after a long interval
ho partially recovered, and stated that while seated on the
coping-stone of a bridge over a branch of the canal running
to Twig Folly, he observed five or six men conducting them-
selves in a very disorderly manner, two of whom, on approach-
ing him, exclaimed, " Now we'll have a lark," and
immediately seized him by the legs and pitched him over into
the water. Being unable to swim he instantly sank, and could
not tell by what means he was rescued from his perilous situa-
tion. The injured man was then conveyed to the station-
house upon a stretcher, and the prisoners having arrived soon
arta. in custody, he immediately identified them as the most
active of his assailants. The witness added-that the poor man
had since suffered a relspse, and was now lying in the work-
house of the Stepney Union in such a precarious state that
there was scarcely any hope of his recovery.
A medical certificate was handed to the magistrate, which
stated, in substance, that the man was suffering from extreme
exhaustion, and that his life was in great danger.
Police-constable K 222 stated that, from information he had
received, he proceeded with other officers to the Three Colts et
Old Ford, and found the prisoners, with five other men, play-
ing at quoits, six of whom were captured, but the seventh
leaped a wall and escaped. On being identified by Howell as
two of his assailants, the prisoners made no observation, and the
other four not being recognised were at once liberated.
In answer to the charge the prisoners admitted havirg been
all the morning in the neighbourhood, but positively denied
having taken any part in the outrage, and requested the magis-
trate to hear the evidence of the persons who were with them in
confirmation cf their statement.
Mr. Beetle lITON said that such evidence was wholly inad-
missible, as it would be his duty, if the unfortunate man died,
to enrnmu the prisoners up--)n the charge of wilful murder, and
it was impossible at present to say to what extent the proposed
witnesses might be implicated in the transaction. He should
order the prisoners to be brought up again on Monday next,
and the sergeant must ascertain whether
Howell was in such
a state as to require the immediate attendance of a magistrate
to take his dying deposition, and communicate the result
without loss of time.

barked for Ireland to join the regiment, when the vessel was nearly
two miles from shore, he jumped overboard and swam back. 13
months ago he was tried at Lewes, and sentenced to 12 months'
hard labour, for obtaining goods under false pretences. The im-
prisonment had just expired, when he called on his mother, who
was acting as monthly nurse to the lady of the Rev. Mr. Morgan,
Of Piccomb, and carried off four of the Rev. Gentleman's spoons ;
for this offence he was tried at the East Sussex quarter sessions a
fortnight ago, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. During
his stay in Lewes gaol, we understand that he has feigned illness,
and in consequence of this, it appears, the turnkey might have
been rather less careful of him than he would °anywise hare been.
The turnkey himself states that he had turned his head but for
a second, and that on again looking round the prisoner was gone.
He had seized the opportunity of mixing with the crowd, and
effected his eseape. The handcuffs were still on one of his wrists
when he slipped off.

Sir JohnYardeßuller, Bart., 111.P.Ittev. Septimus Ramsay

Charles Cochrane, Esq. Charles Salarnan, Esq.
E. W. Pendarves, Esq , M.P. Lord JamessStuart, M.P.
John Minter Morgan, Esq. George Jones, Esq.
Charles Stuart, Esq. ames Simpson, Esq.
_ .

RAILWAY SHARES, &o. &c., BY AUCTION.
• TO SHATIF.HOLDP.RS AND CAPITALISTS.
MESSRS. LAMOND and Co. beg to express to
srt oewxep
ed
cotuft t i theiro;
their Friends and the Public their grateful sense of the
FIRST
th they begr'E
exceededpa patronage of Tuesday last, which
to announce that the
SALES will be continued in their owl ROOMS, over the under-
mentioned Hall, on TuEsnAvs and FRIDAYS until further notice—
the NEXT SALE DAY being To-mongow, at Ono o'Clock, on
TwjAisc)hinocvcaarsloollitstßheiliwwallyl letanld•ootthheer
chooilli,optairuicoof, submitting Shares (in
be seen at the Hall this evening.
Messrs. Lamond and Co. beg to add, that on subscription of Ono
Guinea per annum, Catalogues will be forwarded the evening before
the Sales, as may be desired.
Han or Commerce, Jane 5, 1845.

. _
Sir George Staunton, Bart., M.P. Alexander Prince, Esq.
William Camps, Esq., M.D. Z. A. Jessell, Esq.
Proposed by JOSEPH SEBAO, Esq. ; seconded by GEO. JoNEs, Esq.
" 11. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to Mr.
Leicester Stanhope Buckingham, for the urbane and courteous
manner in which he has discharged his duties as Secretary of the
Institute." (Signed) DEVON, Chairman.

J litON-MASTERS :AND LNGINEERSI
SPECIFICATIONS and 'ESTIMATES' for LAYING DOWN
a SHORT LlN.liof RAILWAY upon PIIA:ItOW'S ATMOSPHERIC
PRINCIPLE,bd for Providing Tvvo..C9RNISII ENGINES, are
requested to be forwariled inunedintelfto Thomas Edwards, Esq.,
Baltic Coffee-house, Threadneedle. street.

ConoNEa's INQUEST.—An adjourned inquest was
on Tuesday held before C. J. Carttar, Esq., at the Unicorn, Horse-
ferry-road, Greenwich, on the body of Antonio Dermcneck, who
died on board the Seamen's Hospital ship Dreadnought. After an
extended Inquiry, the Coroner said that all they had to inquire into
was the cause of the death of the deceased, which was satisfactorily
accounted far by the evidence of Mr. Brisk. The jury returned a
verdict " That the deceased died from natural causes."

TIIE NATIONAL ,ANTI - CORN - LAW
LEAGUE.—The NEXT AOOREGATE MEETING of the
LEAGUE, in the Theatre Il4,ioeiment•garden, will bo held .on
WEDNESDAY stinnight, thUlgit inst.
GEORGE WlLsorr,-Esq., in the Chair.
The Meeting will be addressed by Richard Cotxlen, Esq., M.P. ;
John Bright, Esq., M.P. ; and W. J. Fox,.Esq.

UN I VERSIT Y COLLEGE 'JOH-ITAL.—The annual
festival of the foundation of this hospital was celebrated on Tuesday
in the great room of the London Tavern, Bishonsgate-street. Lord
Morpeth took the chair shortly after six o'clock, and grace having
been said by the Rev. Dr. Stebbing, the company commenced
operations on the good things placed on the tables by Messrs. Bathe
and Breach. The Noble Chairman was supported' on the right
and left hands by Lord Robert Grosvenor anti Dr. Lushington. In
addition to the tables occupied by the Christian visitors there was
a table exclusively for gentlemen of the Hebrew station, at which
were Sir Moses Montefiqn, Sir Isaac Goldsmith, and about forty
more of the same belietl.'he dinner at this table was furnished by
Mr. Liefman, the celebrated Hebrew cook of Goodman's- fields.
Upon the removal of the cloth the " Non noble" was sung by
Messrs. T. Cook, Chapman, Hobbs, and Hawkins, after which the
usual loyal and appropriate toasts, the health of th; chairman, &c.,
were drunk with the accustomed honours. The subscriptions an-
nounced by the treasurer were unusually liberal, amounting in the
aggregate to nearly 7001- It appears that the number of recipients
of the benefits of the charity is every year between 15,000 and
16,000, of whom 1,100 arc in.paticnts and 350 women in child-
birth, who are attended at their own habitations. The funds of the
hosrital are in a wholesome state; but, as they depend on the active
benevolence of the public, and, as the public are generally benefited
by the hospital, it is both charitable and politic for the public to be
liberal in their contributions to the funds. N
ALLEGED INPATICIDE.On Tuesday Mr. Bedford
, held an inquest at the Red Lion, Princes-street, Westminster, on
the body of a newly-born female child, which was found by a young
man tamed Blackburn, on Salad:ly afternoon last, tied up in
paper, and lying on the coping-stone on the western side of West-
minstcr-britlee. Dr. Wright, who had examined it, said it was a
full-grown child, and he was of opinion that it was born alive, and
had died from want of proper attention at the birth. Verdict,
" Found dead."

INCOME WITHOUT RISK.
THE. LONDON GENUINE TEA COM-
PANY, established Nov. 5, 1815, at 23, Ludgate hill, are
now tilling up their Lists of AGENTS; said Persons desirous of such
an appointment, by which many have derived considerable incomes
apply withoutt o
triilsek
cdoitiorlii:agn)t,h,'3at
laasietirtwwearnteyh-Bolusee 2, Laurence Pountney-
bill, London.
x years, are requested to

BURGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general a
r
pur-
poses, having gained such great pp °batten, and the demand
for it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most
respectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public
for their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great conveni-
ence in all climates have recommended I. to the most distinguished
oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its reeommenda-
lion. It Is prepared by them only; and for preventing disappoint-
ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each
bottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well
as each label having- their signature, without which it cannot be
genuine.
JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and much-esteemed
ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by tkem after
the same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many

years.
Warohonse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Stops, London.

_
CAPfrfAli PUNISHMENTS.

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Sir James Graham has directed that a copy of the following
letter and Important rule relative to the treatment of prisoners
sentenced to death should be issued to the Chairman of the Quarter
Sessions for every county in England and Wales :--
" Whitehall, June 2, 1845.
..sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to trans-
mit to you the inclosed rule relative to the treatment of prisoners
condemned to death, and to the proceedings to be observed
assembledrequests that you will lay
it before at the next general see-
on the day of an execution, on the occasion of a con-
demned sermon, or of - the performance of Divine ser-
vice after sentence of death has been pronounced. This
rule has been drawn up after the careful consideration of the
subjet;artrhde
magistrates Sir jaa
sions for the county of , with his recommendation
that they should add it to the rules in force for the government
of the county prisons, and submit it to him for his certificate of
approval in accordance with the provisions of the sth and 6th
Will. IV., cap. 39, sec. 2.
James
a Graham
" Sir James Graham is desirous that the attention of visiting
magistrates should be directed to that part of the rule, which pro.
vides that no persons, except that authorities and officers of the
prison, shall have access to such prisoners.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant,
" S. M. PHILLIPPS.

I
.11EATH ON THE WEDDING DAY.—The following ,
melancholy cc .urrence took place on Monday last, at frossop :
Mr. John Itudey, an independent gentleman of Glossop, ler&ing
on the allotted period of "titres...score years and ten," and wearied
with single bless.cdness,accompanied by a blushing bride, who num-
bered sixty summers, -epairect with a gay wedding party, consisting
of tli e bride's fair daughter, Mrs. Hurst, ,to Manchester, in 'order
to be joined together in ho'y matrimon!. The vows were regis.
tered at the altar, and the nuptial knot tied, and all went "merry
as a marriage bell." The bride anti bridegroom, after ipending a
day of bliss at Manchester, returned home to Glossop, where they
arrived with the shades of evening. On Mr. Rosiey retiring to
rest he complained of a severe pain in his head, and continued to.
grow worse, and, some alarming symptoms appearing, two sur-
geons were immediately sent for, but, alas: medical assistance was
of no avail, Death had summoned the bridegroom to the narrow
be,l appointed for all the living. He expired in a few hours.
AN INCURABLE COMPLAINT.—The Roy al Albert
and Victoria yacht is‘still on the sick list. Sheaves recommended
sea-bathing some time back, but she shook so 'Violently when she
went into the water, that it was thought that the remedy would be
the death of her. She has been laid up at Portsmouth ever since,
and great fears are entertained whether she will ever recover the
shock.—Punch,

" The Chairman of the Quarter Sessions
for the county of --.*,
PRISONERS CONDEMNED TO DEATH.
"Every prisoner condemned to death ;hall be confined in come

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Select Committee on Gri c .postponed from Monday.
Juno 9, till Thursday, Junk ; clali after
Select Committee on Group QQ.'k,
Earl Shelburn discharged from attendant* the Cord.
- mittee.
The Hon. G. Cavendish (North Derby),
selected, and added to the Committee.
Select Committee on Group PP.
The Hon. G. Cavendish discharged from attendance cn
Committee.
Earl Shelburn (Caine),
selected, and added to the Committee.
Select Committee on Group Z.
Mr. Rice Clayton discharged from attendance on the Com,
mitten.
select C.!mmittee on Group PR.
Mr. Cochrane discharged from attendance on the Cots mitten.

Mr. Rice Clayton (Ayleedmry),
selzeted nuil added to tlw Committee.
Select. Committee en Group (2Q,
Manchester and Birmingham Railway (Marcles.field Brunetti
Extension) Bill,—Referrtd to the Committee.
Order, referring Mgnehesterand Lerds(Oldharn Branches),
and Itlanchectcr south Juneti,:n and Altrincham Railway
Bilk, to the Committee, dia!liarged.
Select Committee on Group RR.
Manchester South Junctinn and Altrincham Railway
referred to the Committee.

NOTICES GIVEN AT TIIE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.
Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway,—Report, Friday,
June 6. •
Clydesdal. Jnnetion Railway,—Report, Friday, June 6.
Caledonian Railway,—Rrport, Friday, June 6.
Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coatbridge Railway,—Report,
Friday, June 6.
Great North of England and Richmond Railway,—Third
reading, Friday, June 6.
London and Greenwich Railway,--Report to be considered,
Friday, June 6.
Guildford Junction Railway,—A clause and amendment to,
be proposed, on third reading, Thursday, June 5.
Belfast and Ballymena Railway,—Third reading, Friday,
June 6.
London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire
Committee on petition for additional provision, Friday, June
Select Committee on Group AA, adjourned till Friday,
June 6, at twelve.
Select Committee on Group FF., adjourned till Friday,
June 6, at twelve.

. --
Epping Railway,—Committee on petition, adjourned till
Friday, June 6.
Select Committee on Group PP., Fostponed till Thursday.
Jane 12, at half after twelve.

THE FATAL DUEL AT GOSPORT.
Poarsuot-nr, JUNE 4.—Yesterday a Jury was impanneJled bF
John William Cooper, Esq., Coroner for the borough of Ports..
mouth, at the Guildhall, for the purpose of inquiring into the
death of James Alexander Seton; late of the 11th Hussars, alleged
to have died from wounds received in a duel with Lieut. Hawkey
of the Royal Marines, many erroneous accounts of which base
been industriously circulated; no two et them agreeing In the
causes which led to the unfortunate duel, nor in the parlieulars
with respect to the subsequent conduct and condition of the parties.
The jury was composed of the most respectable inhabitants of
Portsea and Portsmouth, William Grant, Esq., banker, being
forzman.

Mr. Jenkins, of Gosport, and Dr. Allan, of Hasler, were then
sworn as medical witnesses; but tefere proceeding to view the
body,
Mr. W. Minehin, of Portsea, solicitor, requested, on behalf of the
widow and the executors of the deceased, to be allowed te attend
and watch the proceedings, in order that the ends of justice might
be answered.
The CORONER made no objection, but said he must restrict hint
to a certain extent : he could allow of no address to the jury.
Mr. Field, of Gosport, solicitor, said ho had been instructed by
the Wends of two gentlemen at present absent, and whose mimes
were associated both by public reports and the public press with
this transaction, to attend this inquest and watch the proceedings
on their part, and he apprehended that there would be no objection
to his attending with a view to protect the interests of those gen-
tlemen, which had been committed to his care.
The CORONER said he should permit it with the seine restrictiOlk
he had imposed on the other party.
Mr. Joah Bates Wakefield said he was a connexion of the unfor-
tunate deceased, and he felt it to be his duty to attend this inquiry,
in order to watch the proceedings on the part of the relatives and
friends of the deceased. On landing at Portsmouth a summons had
been put into his hands to appear here as a witness, and it had
therefore become necessary for him to obtain the assistance of a
professional friend (Mr. Minehin), to attend here with him ; and he
would Vow that in attending there was no ill feeling whatever on
the part of—
The CORONER here stopped the speaker, and saki he could allow
of no address of that kind.
The jury then proceeded to view the body, accompanied by
the coroner, the medical witnesses, and Mr. Wakefield, and re-
turned in aboet half an hour.
Mr. Joah Bates Wakefield, of 7, Granby-street, Hampstead road,
Middlesex, attorney, was the first witness sworn, and stated that
he was brother-in-law of the deceased, James Alexander Seton.
The body which the jury had viewed was the body of his relative,
who resided at 4, Queen's.terrace, Southsea, and was formerly .f
the 11th Dragoons, but was, previous t. his death, of no profes-
sion. Witness saw him last alive on the 23d of May; be was
then at the Quebec Hotel, in this borough. He was lying in bed
suffering from a wound, which was from the right hip to theoppo_
site groin, passing over the belly. Witness did not know bow that
wound was inflicted. Witness was informed by the medical gentle.
men present he was not out of danger. This was in the hearing
of the deceased, in the same room. Witness was quite positive the
deceased heard the &claret len of the medical men. The reason why
that opinion was given was in conseeticnce of witness's wife
and himself having seen - deceased ; and the reedltal
man stated—" Your life is in my hands, and you must implicitly
obey my directions, not to see any one without my consent." De-
ceased stated to witness," I understand the medical men will not
be able to pronounce me out of danger until a certain day." Wit-
ness then said to deceased—" You have a very long sickness before
we._ v'-.t k,*, Se_
-ere, ••
Erst on Thursday, the 22.10 f May, and again frequently on Friday,
the 23d. I know nothing of the affair of my own knowledge.
Mr. Henry Hollingsworth, one of the proprietors of the King's
Rooms, Southsea-beach, deposed that he resides at the King's
Rooms, Soutbsea, and knew the deceased, James Alexander Seton.
He was a subscriber to the King's Rooms, and a constant atten-
dant. Witness last saw deceased at the King's Rooms on the
night of Monday fortnight (the 19th of May), at the usual seine
which took place every Monday evening. Dancing was going .o
on that evening. Nothing, to his knowledge, occurred ou the
evening in question. Was not aware that any quarrel took place
on that evening; on the contrary, Mr. Seton and Mr. Hawkey ap-
peared on very good 'terms. Mr. Hawkey and Mr. Seton were very
friendly, and almost every day at the room, together. Mr. Hawkey
had not been to the room since the evening of the 19th of Mar.
To the best of his belief Mr. Seton left the rooms on that 'sight
first. Mr. Hawkey left the sense evening about five minutes past
twelve o'clock. Mr. Seton loft the rooms alone. Mr. Hawkey
asked witness if the ball which was intended to take place ou the
Tuesday week following would be a good one, and said it had been
a very agreeable soirée that evening. There was a card.roina ad-
joining the ball-room. On the Monday evening no cards were
being played. On the night in question about twelve gentlemen
went into the card.room; which was also used as a retiring-room
when parties wished to have any conversation. itemcmg the
number who used the room on the night in question were Mr.
Seton and Mr. Hawkey, who were left' by themselves; this was
about eleven o'clock. They were not joined or interrupted by any
one. W:tnees remained close to the room in which Mr. Seton and
Mr. Hawkey were the entire evening, with the exception of short
intervals. A door separated the card-room from the ballroom,
which was closed during the lime Mr. Seton and Mr Hawkey were
in conversation. Witness could not hear any talking or anything
that passed. They remained in the card-room about ten minutes.
Witness was present whets they left. Mr. Hawkey was seated on
a sofa near the exit.door when Mr. Seton left the room, at which
time Mr. Seton addressed some words to him in a low tone, but
which the witness did not catch. Mr. Hawkey did not speak.
Mr. Pym was sitting by the side of Mr. Hawkey at the time,
but did not speak. Mr. Pym is also a subscriber and a
constant attendant at the King's Rooms. Witness had not
seen Mr. Pym since the evening of Monday, the 19th of May.
Mrs. Hawkey was present on the night of the 19th inst. Witness
did not see her dance. The King's Rooms are under the manage-
ment of stewards. On the evening in question, Licutenant-Adju.
tant SaVage, of the Royal Marines Artillery, was steward of the
soiree. Was not in the card room when Mr. Hawkey and Mr.
Seton was there. Mo. Seton (wife of the deceased) was at the
soiree. Could not remember with whom Mr. Seton danced on the
night in question. Had seen deceased frequently dancing with
Mrs. Hawkey. Did not remember Mr. Fyin dancing with Mrs.
Hawkey on the evening in question. Did not hear any quarrel.
with Mr. Seton or Mr. Hawkey on that night.
Examined by Mr. Field—On the2d of June neither Mr. Hawkey
uor Mr. Pym appeared at the ball; they were not the only persona
peculiarity about either Mr. Hawkey or
aAbirsenpt,..Woriittnbeess saw no
night of the 19th of May.
The evidence of this witness was being read over to him whers
the di,patch left, at five o'clock.

MURDER rN GIBRALTAR —An atrocious murder
was committed
at Gibraltar, on the 21st May, 1845. About one
o'clock,while a party of convicts were at work in the house that
isitoak• uil:iing for Sir John Sinclair, at the South, one of them.
named Thomas Anson, was reprimanded by the overseer, Mr.
Samuel Walter, for neglect of duty, and told that ifhe was not more
attentive he should be reported to the chief superintendent, Mr,
Armstrong. On hearing this, the convict followed his victim some
yards with a knife in his hand, and seized a small crow-Isar, wish
which he struck the overseer a severe blow en the back part or
the head, which extensively fractured the skull, and pro,
duced instant death. - The villain then rushed cut in an exzitedi
state, saying to his fellow prisoners, " 1 have killed Mr. Walter, by
God, and would serve any other fellow in the same manner that
would
dare to scold and collar me like Walter did ;" at the same
time he held up a glazier's putty-knife covered with blood. He
was immediately secured, and conveyed to the convict yard, Where
he was placed in safe custody to await the coroner's inquest, which
took place at four P.m., and the jury returned a verdict of
" Wilful Murder " against Thomas Anson, the convict, who was
afterwards conveyed to the provost prison, to await his trial at the
ensuing sessions.
VIDOcQ IN LONDON.—Mons. Vidoeg, for many
years the celebtated " Chef de 13 Police de Suret‘;" in Parts. hags, on his arrival in this country, opened an exhibition of rather seis'
extraordinary character, at the Cosmorama in Regent-street. rase
exhibition consists of several and rather heterogeneous materials_
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serer,]
virlvariousertekirtaielonLiitionatots:t instruments
ti, ii:ned etlenhkxtas::
exhibition
belonged
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considerablee s
twi i he
I:iffewreernet du:sedguiseaby
In the first place Mons. Vidocq offers to the public inspection'
him in the coercion of criminals, or againstahoi
prisoner at the instance of the French Government. In this de.
Vidocq used to wear in order to effect the arrest of prisoners, and
paintings of the Byzantine, Italian, and Flemish
Another portion of the exhibition consists of a collection of draw-
inu' wfor
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ings in water. colours, among which are several of the works of
schools, many of which are extremely curious and interestief.
The third portion of this exhibition will probably be thought by
most visitors to offer the greatest attractions. It is a collection of
imitatud tt oi•icat fruits, executed with such pertection that it would.
puzzle the best judges of horticulture to distirtgei,h them from the
real productions of nature. This collection compris:s GO varieties,
and more than 4,000 specimens. M. Vefevq, who is itow 7t year;
of age, hut scarcely appears mare thap 50, attends personally, asst
politely explains to the visitors the different, objects comprised its
the exhibition. A visit to this singular collection Bill amply repay
the curiosity of all who take interest in subjects of this nature.
GREAT WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Trafticfor week
ending Junel..l,-Parsengers (45,1840, 13,1031, l es. 2d.;; mails„
4041: ti.h4.; parcels, 6171. 4s. 100.; merchandise, 314357/. 95. a
total, 17,462/. • 19s. I Id. Corresponding week of last year
18,9C0/. 9s. lid.

GRAVESEND AND RocIIESTER RAILWAY.—Tha
corowing is the traffic returns for the week ending 31st May,
1845 :—ra,scngers, 8,033 ; amount received, 1991. 45. 10d.
LIE QUEEN DOWAGER.—Her Majesty the Queen
Dowager has recovered from her remit slight indisposition, and
since Monday has daily taken carriage airings is the Parks. We
understand that her Majesty will leave Marlborough House on)
Monday next for Bushy Park, where the members of the royz:l
household intend to remain about three Weeks.