The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-21 00:00:00

TIRE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1842.

me that his little boy was at school and Was 1t the
care c.f hi. (pthetter's) sister. Ile did not say What part of
1.(-velen tit •iv 6 at, there than that it Was at the Westlend, I
Late seen the female he called his :sister At the stable three
tiarosl fait time Wei 441 kAter Monday last, about
ten o'clock M the 4noriii4r. I do not recollect when
the other Visitk 4;t:rt paid, but they were about
three .6r feet. tebnths since. He introduced her to me as
ia'slitth I have seen the little boy with her en one ettasien.
have seen Susan Butcher at the stable', tllo, in Company with
the prisoner. 1 have ecett hrir there four or file times: The
last time was about a. tritifith since, and the first time I should
thi, k *,a, about ten or twelve months ago. I never knee, either
of the females to stay there at night: The prisoner has
always told me in conversathtns that I have had with
him that he could neithbr read nor write. Good had the
key of the stahl*, bilt I could get to my room without going
threefrh it; he always kept the stable door locked. The Woman
he tailed his si ter, when she called, nsed always to wear a
light blue bonnet. I slept fti 11117 rootn every night. Iu as
there on Sundays Monday, anti 1 iiidsday night: 1 heard no
noise Bering any of those nights, Those tirefe the ally two
females that I e'er saw in the stable.

John Bustin examined—l am an Inspector of the V division
of Polite. On Wednesday, 6th April, I was stationed at
Wandsworth. On the night of that day, I went to the stable
of Mr. Shiell. I found Mr. Bicknell, the Superitttendetit, Sera
jcant Pelt-nail, and police constable iryt there. I tent into
the stable on the right heed 1 and, ifs the stable, under the win-
dow, I saw the trunk of a female lying. I afterwards went into
the harness-Doom, and broke open abox which was locked. I
thund nothing:in it save some man's clean linen. I then reached
the table-drawer, and found the knife I produce—(it is 'a kelfe
with a long Spanish blade. The knife appattred to me to be
smeared with something, *MA I believed at the time to be
blood. It also had the appearance of having been lately
sharpened cud rutted since, though it still kept the edge. I
tftervrkrds searched the fire-place, and on the right side of
it I found this axe, which I now produce. It appears to me
to be a common chopping axe. Upon each side of the edge and
the pole I perceived marks which appeared to me to
be those of blood. There were two lines hanging across the
room, and on one of them I found a piece of a coloured silk
handkerchief, tinged with blood. The fire was laid ready for
kindling. I assisted Sergeant Palmer in searching the fire-
place, and under the coal and wood I found some fragments of
charred human bones, which I now produce. I also found over
a saddle-rost in the harness-room two pieces of a female gar-
ment, made of flannel ; they are evidently of the same piece,
and appear to have been torn in two. I should think
they are parts of a flannel petticoat. I also found
in the same room two pieces of linen ; there are spots of blood
on both sides, and there are two holes cut out of them, not
apparently with scissors, but with some sharp instrument.
The material is twilled calico. All the things I have produced,
except the flannel and the calico, I found on the 6th. The
flannel and calico I found on the 7th. When I ceased search-
ing, I locked the door, and kept the key in my pocket. Oa
the Bth I made another search in the harness-room, and,
assisted by Dr. Ridge, in sifting the cinders, I found
another quantity of bones, which I now produce. In
a. box I found a small quantity of tea, and a bottle contain-
ing a little something, which I believe to have been the re-
mains of milk. On the Bth I went to 18, South-street, Man-
chester-square, by direction of the Superintendent, for the pur-
pose of searching the room. I took possession of the front
kitchen, locked it up, and kept the key. On the 9th I went
to the same place again, to make a snore complete search. I
saw Sergeant Golding find a piece of silk, and two pieces of
cotton print. I went the day before yesterday again, and found
the book I hold in my hand ; it appears to be a rent book, and
contains a number of receipts in the name of Good. I also
received a book from the landlord, which I produce (a mang-
ling book). I examined the trunk of the woman on the Bth,
after it was washed. I particularly examined the skin about •
the neck, and about half an inch below where the head was cut
off, on the right side of the windpipe, I observed a small mole.
Alfred Benjamin Allen examined—l am a medical man re-
siding at Putney, and am an assistant of Mr. Shillite. I was
at Mr. Shiell's stable on Wednesday last; the trunk of a ferra'e
was shown to me by Mr. Bicknell. I examined it profession-
ally. I found the head had been severed from the body by a
clean cut through the integuments, and between the second
and third cervical vertebrae; the cut was very clean and appeared
to have been done by a sharp instrument, and I should think after
death ; it appeared to have been done by incision and not by a
blow. The arms were both taken off at the shoulder joints;
the processes of the scapula were rather fractured,
but the flesh was cut clean through ; there was a
longitudinal incision extending from the sternum to the
ptabes, a clean cut round the body just below the false ribs.
The abdominal and pelvic viscera were entirely removed, except
a small portion of the bladder. Her legs were taken off at the
hip-joint; a clean cut through the flesh just below the great
trochanter. The whole of these incisions appeared to have
been done after death. An axe was shown to ere. I will ven-
ture to say that the stains are those of blood. I see them still upon
both sides of the edge. They are not so plain now as they were.
The left thigh-bone appears to have been divided by an instru-
ment like an axe.—( Some bones found were produced). This
piece of bone appears to me to be part of the thigh-bone, or
femur, which has been subject to the operation of fire. This
aprears to be part of the knee-joint ; it is in a calcined state,
such as would have been produced by being burnt in a very hot
fire. These are decidedly portions of the human skull, the
sutures are quite plain. The mutilation of the body appeared to
have taken place four or five days previous.
Benjamin Ridge examined— I am also a medical man, re-
siding at Putney. I examined the bo3y on the 7th and Bth of
April by an order from the Coroner. It was in the stable
then. I have heard part of Mr. Allen's evidence, and I agree
in all of it that I have heard. lam clearly of opinion that the
incisions must have taken place after death. I shouldaay that
the female was of a healthy state of body, not exhibiting any
appearances of having died from natural causes. I consider she
was between four and five months gone in the family way. I
agree with Mr. Allen in his statement with regard to the bones.
Mr. Allen re-called—ln the total absence of the organs of
generation I can scarcely say whether the woman was pregnant.
From the appearance of the breasts, I am rather inclined to
think that she was.
Mr. itlaule said—Sir, that closes the first class of evidence
on the night of the 6th. I will now take you, Sir, to the second
class of evidence—that is, the day of the 3d.
Jane Brown examined—l am the wife of John Brown,
he is a greengrocer residing at No. Id, South-street,
Manchester-square. I knew a female of the name of
Jane Jones three years last October. She took a
lodging in my house, the front and back kitchens. She lived
with me as lodger up to Sunday, April 3, occupying the front
kitchen. I know the person at the bar. 1 saw him about
three years ago occasionally call to see Jane Jones. Ile
used to come about once a day generally. He was then living
in service; but I thought ho left then for the country, and
in consequence he did not come for some months. Jane Jones
had tat o lotlgers with her when first, she came, but had no re-
lations with her. She had a little boy with her about
two years ago. He came to live with • her. His father
left him there. He went by the name of Daniel Good. lie
appeared to be about 8 years of age then. He continued to
live with Jane Jones till she left the house. She changed her
name about six months after she came to live with me. I have
seen the prisoner with the little boy at the house. He used
to come and visit the boy ; he went to school its Dorset-street ;
his mother I believe placed him there. The boy called Mrs.
Good'- mother;" and the prisoner "father." When the prisoner
came of late to visit her he generally drove in a pony-chaise, and
that would be about two or three times a week. Prisoner told me
the boy was his son. The prisoner paid the rent of the
lodgings to me for the last three years.- I saw Mrs. Good
last alive on Sunday, April 3, between the hours of two and
' three in the afternoon. I heard her lock her room-door, come
up stairs, and go out at the private door. I walked into the
street to see who it. was, and I saw it was she ; she went in the
direction of Manchester-square. She wore a blue bonnet ; I
had seen her in that bonnet many times before ; she also wore
a mingled dark brown or red cotton gown, and a shawl with
coloured flowers, on a black ground, and black bouts.
She had no one with her. I heard the little boy go out about
two ; he was gone, as I thought, to the Sunday-school.
During the time Mrs. Good lived with me, except on Easter
Sunday, she had never been absent before. I have not seen
her since. I did net see the little boy again that duy. He did
not sleep at home. I saw the prisoner the next morning about
eleven o'clock. He came on foot, and came into the shop.
He asked me if he could have the room three weeks longer,
and he told me Mrs. Good was gone, and would not return.
lie had told me about a fortnight before that she was going to
take care of a gentleman's lodge. On Monday morning he
said she would not return, as she was gone to her place. He
said lie wanted the rooms three weeks longer, because there
was a mangle to be disposed of and a bed, which she would want.
He added that he was going to take the little boy away. He came
again in the afternoon with the little boy, and he staid a few mi-
nutes. He only called with the boy; and when I heard the little
boy was going away, I called him back and gave him an orange.
He and the boy then went away together. I aw the prisoner
again the next night about ten o'clock. lie went into the
kitchen by means of the key which he had. The kitchen door
was fastened with a padlock, and 1 heard him unlock the door.
said he had come to town to take his family to a ball. I
asked how Mrs. Good was? He said he did not know ; he
had not seen her that day. I did not see him afterwards till
now. On Wednesday night, about twelve o'clock, I heard his
voice at the street door of my house, but I did rot see hint. My
husband let him in. (A blue silk bonnet was here produced in
Court.) This is the bonnet Mrs. Good wore, on the 3d of
April, when she left my house. This is the dress she left my
house in. She wore boots similar to those produced.
Mr. HALL— What is the reason of your speaking so posi-
tively to the bonnet? Witness—Only from the colour and
, make.

Mary Ann Clark examined—l am a married woman. My
husband is a tailor. We went to lodge in the same house as
Mrs. 3ood. We occupied the second floor back room. Jane
Good lived in the front kitchen. She had a little buy named
Daniel Good with her for about two years. He used to call her
mother. She kept a mangle and took in washing occasionally.
I was ac ivainted with the prisoner. He used to come once a
week. She told me that he was her husband, and the little boy
called him "father." The bonnet produced is Mra. Good's. I made
it myself about two years and a half ago.
( The examination was proceeding when we went to press. )

Several statements have already been put before the public
relative to the apprehension of Daniel Good, and of the causes
which led to the result, all of which abound in inaccuracies.
The following correct version of the facts has been taken from
Mr. Humphrey, the Superintendent of the South Eastern
Railway police for Tonbridge district, by whom he was appre-
hended :

Mr. Humphrey's statement is as follows :—" On the morn-
ing of Saturday last, about 10 o'clock, I was on the line of the
South Eastern Railway, near to the town of Tonbridge, when
one of my men came to me and said that he had seen a man
named Rose, who worked on the line, and who had told him
that he had observed a person at work at some cottages ad-
joining the station who answered the description of the man
Good, the supposed murderer of a female at Putney, which
he had seen in the Government Hue and Cry. I told
my man to keep watch, and to follow me, but not to let
the object of my search imagine that he was suspected. I
then proceeded to the buildings in question, and just before
I got to them I saw the man who had been described to
me ascending a ladder with a hod of bricks on his shoulder.
I was not dressed in private clothes, but in my uniform.
The man saw me, and looked at me very attentively,
and when he got to the top of the ladder went into
the building, and I lost sight of him for nearly a quarter of an
hour. He was gone much longer than there was any necessity
for, and I believe he was then considering how he could best
make his escape. I went round to the back of the building,
but could see nothing of him. I then turned and went away
towards the line, leaving the constable to watch him. When
J had got on the line, I turned and saw him descend the ladder
and go to a heap of bricks. I got up to him as he was filling
his hod, which he did much more quickly than the generality
of labourers are in the habit of doing. I observed to him,
" You are working hard." He said, " Sure enough 1 am, the
bricks are very heavy, and my shoulder is very sore." I
asked him how long he had been working there, and he
said a fortnight. I then asked him to take a glass of ale,
and he said, " 'fhankee, Sir, I will," and came away imme-
diately. I asked him, as we went along, how long he had
been used to that sort of work, and he replied, about eighteen
years. I asked him where he had last worked, and he said,
at Deptford. I saw my censtable following me, and I held
up my hand for him to watch us. I took the man to the
parlour of the Angel Inn, and gave him a pint of beer, which
he said he preferred to ale, and said, " You had better take
your cap off or you will not feel the benefit of it when you go
out again." He took it off immediately, and to me apparently
without suspicion. I saw then that his head was partially bald,

and "exactly itilSweted the detcription in the Police Gazette.
My honstable thbn eame in, and I called hind oa one side, and
told him to place the man under no restraint, but if he at-
tempted to leave the room, to make api ironer of him. The
man sat by the fire, and from his attentively gazing at me and
the constable while we were talking, I think he imagined we
had found out who he wks, and that the game was up. I then
asked him *litre lie lodged, and he said at the basketmaker's,
near the Flull. I left him and the constable together, saying
that I would he back directly, and that he was to wait until I
returned. 1 went irtittiediately to his lodgings, and asked the
keeper of the house, Mr. Audrey, if they took in lodgers. lie
said they did. I asked him if hey had an Irishman lodging
there—a bricklayer's labourer. He said they had. I asked
him where he worked, and he said at Mr. Izard's cottages, close
to the line: That was the place whence I took him. I then
ascertained he had been lodging at Mr. Audrey's from the
Monday night previous. I asked him what he had got with
him—if he had a parcel ? Mrs. Audrey said. he gave her a
parcel, and desired ter to take most particular care of it until
he asked her for it again. Mrs. Audrey also said she took is
from him, and locked it up in a box in her bedroom, and she
had not seen it since. I asked her to allow me to look at it,
and she went and brought it to me. It was a bundle
tied up in two handkerchiefs which had been sewn toge-
ther. There was a piece of string also round it. After
examining the parcel I went to the lodgings of another of
my constables, and took him with ms to the Angel. I
told both of the constables not to allow any person to come
into the parlour ; and I told the prisoner he must consider
himself in my custody for a time. The constables (Stephen
Ludlow and William Peckham) then proceeded to search
him, when they found a small engine-turned silver watch, a
blue and black purse tied to the garter which was round his
left leg, containing three sovereigns, a half-sovereign, and
three half-crowns. He did not account for the possession of
this money, and I did not ask him a single question re-pecting
it. On the top of his shoulder, and under his shirt, we found
part of an apron and two halves of very old and dirty stock-
ings. The prisoner, without being asked, said he had put
those things there to ease the pressure of the hod, for it hurt
his shoulder very much. I then went out and asked Mr.
Barratt, the builder, who had employed the man ? and he
said Mr. Steer, his foreman. I saw Steer, and asked him
if the man told him where he came from, and he said from
London the day before. I then asked Steer if he had observed
anything particular in his appearance while at work. Steer
said, as did also some of the men, that he appeared a strange
man, and that his manner was different to ordinary men. He
appeared, they said, restless and fidgety. I then returned to
his lodgings, and asked the landlord and landlady what they
had observed in the man's behaviour. They also said he was
very restless, and that if any person knocked at the door when
he was at home, he was the first to go to the window
and see who it was. He would walk about the house a great
deal, and was much disturbed at night. I then took the pri-
soner formally into custody, and sent to Mr. Hare, the ma-
gistrate, who resides about two miles from Tonbridge. That
gentleman came into town as soon as possible, and at half-
past eleven o'clock he was taken before him at the office of Mr.
Scsone, the Magistrate's clerk. The man Rose, at the exami-
nation, positively identified the pri oner. The examination
was over at half- past four o'clock, when I procured a light
chaise-cart, and having previously handcuffed him, sent him
in charge of Ludlow and Peckham to Maidstone gaol. I pro-
ceeded immediately to London,calling on my way on Mr. Mal-
lalieu, the Superintendent of the R division, who accompanied
me to Scotland-yard, where I acquainted the Commissioners of
Pollee with the capture of the prisoner. From Scotland- yard I
proceeded to Wandsworth, and brought back with me Wheeler,
a Constable of the V division, to:whom,Good's person was well
known. We then came back to town, whence we proceeded to
Maidstone, where we arrived at four o'clock on Sunday morn-
ing I called up Mr. Joseph Bone, the Governor of the prison, and
said I had brought a man with me to identify James Connor,
who was committed to that prison on the previous day from
Tonbridge. By direction of Mr. Hare, the Magistrate, two
men, as much resembling the person as could be obtained, hail
been placed in the cell with him. On proceeding to the cell
we found the prisoner and the two men asleep. The Gover-
nor called all three by their names, and told thew. to sit up in
their beds, and required them to take off their night-caps.
The moment that was done the constable Wheeler pointed to
the prisoner, and speaking in a low tone of voice to the Go-
vernor, so that he might not be overheard, said, " That is Da-
niel Good." The Governor then said, " That will do, my
men—lie down again." We went again to the gaol, at a later
hour of the morning, and Mr. Aiallalieu wished to take
the prisoner to town, but the Governor said he could not d s-
charge him from his custody unless he had a warant from Mr.
Hare authorising him to do so. We then went to Tonbridge,
and obtained a warrant from Mr. Hare for the removal of the
prisoner to town, with which we returned to Maidstone. We
quitted that town with oar prisoner about three o'clock on
Sunday afternoon, and stopped at Grec..wich on the road to
town. On the road the prisoner spoke of different things,
and it was su-prising how he held the connecting links of his
conversation together, so that we could scarcely get in a word.
He betrayed not the slightest symptom of excitement. At
Greenwich we stayed until the horses had been put into the
police van, and in that van he was conveyed to Bow-street.
where he arrived a few minutes before eight o'clock ; and I
gave him over into the custody of Superintendent Shandrock,
of the F division."
CONDUCT OF GOOD IN PRISON.

Since his confinement in the House of Correction he has
behaved in the moat exemplary manner, avoiding all conversa-
tion in regard to the murder, stating only that Butcher has
been the cause of all his present misfortunes. He says that
he first became acquainted with Jane Jones (the murdered
woman) in France, and by his own account he has travelled
for a long time on the Continent, and was for several years
serving in the Peninsula, as servant to Colonel Mainwaring,
of the Portuguese army. His manners are mild and obliging,
but he seems to consider that there is no proof that he is the
murderer. He made an inquiry of a party connected with
the pr,son whether he would be dissected, and his body be kept
above ground, in the event of his execution, and he seemed to
grieve very much at the idea of his boy being sent to a union
workhouse, as he says he would be pointed at as the son of a
murderer.

Alessrs. Williams and Hillingworth, the clergymen attached
to the prison, are constantly in attendance upon the prisoner,
in their religious capacity, and Good pays every respectful at-
tention to them.

Yesterday, Mr. Mayne, one of the Commissioners of the
Metropolitan Police, attended at the prison, and directions
were given that the clothes which he then had on should be
taken off, and a blue prison dress, such as is ge-
nerally worn by the prisoners committed for offences by
the Magistrates, be put on: Good was instantly taken to
an apartment, and the storekeeper was ordered to supp'y
a blue prison dress, which Good put on, anii his clothes
were placed in the hands of the proper officer. This
change, it is supposed, was caused in consequence of Gamble,
the bricklayer, who is in custody on suspicion of being an
accessory after the fact, boing suspected of having supplied
Good with the dre s, for the purpose of facilitating his escape.
The description given of Good in the handbills circulated
for his apprehension is said not at all to correspond with his real
person, but this report, it is probable, originated from his
having ultimately disguised himself, for the purpose of escape.
He says that he bought the hod which was found upon him at
Tonbridge, at Deptford, and he carred it all the way to Ton.
brithe, in the character of a bricklayer's hodman. When
unobserved, he paces backwards and forwards, with a steady
undisturbed look,• and when spoken to maintains a confidence
and placidness which could scarcely be expected in a person
placed under so heavy charge.

NATIONAL CONVENTION.
(THIS DAY.)
The Convention met this morning at nine o'clock, pursuant
to adjournment.
The names of the Delegates having been called over,
Mr. Al‘Dowar.r. read a letter from Mr. Thomas Duncombe,
M. P.,relative to Mr. Sharman Crawford's motion in the House
of Commons this evening, and requesting a deputation from the
Convention to wait on him (Mr. Duncombe).
Mr. Doyle moved, and Mr. F. O'Connor seconded the
motion, that a deputation be at once sent to Mr. Duncombe ;
and Mr. M'Pherson, Mr. M'Dowall, and Mr. Moir, were a -
eordingly appointed to wait on the Hon. Member for Finsbury.
The Standing Orders were suspended to hear a statement
from the Finance Committee respecting the funds in hand.
Air. O'Coetioa moved that the Report of t-. 0 Committee
be taken into consideration.
After a long conversation the original motion was withdrawn,
and,
Mr. O'Connor moved, and Mr. Pitkeatbley seconded the
motion, that the Finance Committee be instructed to prepare
an address to the people, • and that the several Delegates be re-
quested to correspond with their constituents for the purpose of
increasing the subscription. This resolution was carried.
Mr. BEEZLEY then moved a resolution to the following
effect—That it was the opinion of the Convention that some
measures should be adopted for the purpose of bringing out
more lecturers, and in order to do this it was necessary that the
plan of organisation should be allowed in that part
of it, which required that one-fourth of the subscrip-
tions of the members of the Association should be appropriated
to the support of the agitation, and that in its stead it should
be ordered that 6d. should be paid for every fifty members, and
fur every twenty-five members above that slumber.
Me. Powett s?conded the motion.
After a short conversation, Mr. BEEZLEY withdrew the re-
solution, and it was resolved that a Committee should be ap-
pointed to inquire into the subject.
A Committee was then appointed, consisting of Mr. O'Con-
nor, Mr. M'Dowall, and Mr. Lowery.
The SECRETARY then read a communication from the At-
torney-General, respecting an application which had been made
to him concerning the convicts, Frost, Williams, and Jones.
The application had been made to the Attorney-General
to allow a deputation to wait upon him. The an-
swer of the Attorney-General wag, that he had no time to
receive such a deputation, but requesting them to communicate
by letter. A similar am licatioa had been made to Sir James
Graham, and the same reply received.
Mr. MORGAN Winnzaats trusted that they would not
allow the matter to rest, but that they would appoint a depu-
tation to wait on the Attorney-General and Sir James Graham,
and that the Committee would demand an audience.
The Deputation was then appointed.
The Deputation appointed to wait on Mr. Duncombe having
returned,
Mr. O'Cort NOR, moved—" That they do now report."
Mr. Al'Dowann replied that they had waited on Mr. Dun-
combe, who stated that he had seen the letter of Mr. Sharman
Crawford in the Nonconformist, but he should refrain from
any observation on the subject until the presentation of the
National Petition. He further stated that be considered that
the party of Mr. Sharman Crawford was acting in a very fac-
tious manner. Mr. Duncombe wished to have the correspondence
of the Convention laid before him. He still hoped that the
Ministers would be compelled to hear a deputation at the bar
of the House of Commons in support of the Charter. He
wished the Convention to correspond with him when it was
necessary, and he assured the deputation that he would advo-
cate the principles of the Charter.—(Cheers.)
A deputation was then received from the City of London
Chartists • and the deputation stated that they had engaged the
Crown and Anchor Tavern for a public meeting, to take place
on Tuesday next; and they.:therelore, wished the co-operation
of the Convention.
The services of the Convention were ordered to be placed at
the disposal of the deputation.
A vote of thanks was then passed to the deputation.
Several notices of motions were then given ; and, on the
motion of Mr. Fer.rgus O'Connor, the Convention adjourned
at Quarter past One, to Nine o'Clock to-morrow morning.

GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY.
Traffic returns for the week ending April 16, 1842:

Passengers
Merchandise 495 17 2

£1,295 4 8
Darlington, April 20. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary.

A most important and beneficial regulation, relat-
ing to Chaplains in her Majesty's Navy, is about to take place.
When those gentlemen qualify and perform the duty of naval
instructor and schoolmaster, in ships, they we to have, in addi-
timi to the pay of chaplain, three-fourths of that granted to
naval instructors, and, after a certain period, a similar portion
of half-pay. Thus a clergyman of a man-of-war, combining
the duties of chaplain and naval instructor, will have sea pay
amounting to near 260/. a-year, in addition to bl. a-ye•r from
each of the young gentlemen he educates ; the latter will, how-
ever, most probably be discontinued.— United Service Gazette.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY•)
BATH AND BRISTOL RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Ladies Cup of 50/., added to a ISweepstakes of 10 sous.
each, h ft. For 3 yrs old, 9.t 71b ; 4 yrs. list 21h; 5 vrs,
llst 91b; 6 yrs and aged, 12st. Mares, Sc., allowed 31b>;
winners extra. Once round and a dis. (14 Subs. )
Mr. Goodmar.'s The Tiger, aged (General Gilbert) 1
Mr. S. Scott nd Greenfinch, 5 yrs
Mr. W. Sadler's The Conqueror, 3 yrs
Mr. Balehin's Gog, 4 yrs ..... ............ 4
Mr. Watson's Virtue, 3 yrs.
Won by a neck.
The Western Stakes, of 30 sous., h ft, with 20 added. For
2 yrs old colts, Bst 91b ; and fillies, Bst 61b. The straight
half mile. (15 Subs.)
Mr. J. Dixon's Vitella, out of Kittinus, 3 yrs ....(Owner) 1
Mr. Treen's Young LochinYar
Mr. Sadler's Decisive
Won by two lengths.
Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each, 5 ft. Last half mile. Gent'emen
riders. (3 Subs. )
Mr. Collett's Gammon Box, 4 yrs, list 91b (Gen. Gilbert) .1
Mr. Foster's Combat, aged, 12st
6t04 on Combat. Won by a neck.
The Original 5 soy. Stakes, with 50 added, one mile and a di-s.
Mr. Isaac DAy's m by Nimrod, out of Bush, 5 yrs, walked over
The Dyrham Park Handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft., with
20 added ; Gentlemen riders ; mile and half and a distance ;
(4 Subs.)
Capt. Jones named bli Fitzw illiarri, 6 yrs, lOst, Capt. Pettat 1
Hon. J. Dutton named Bro. to Prizeflower, 6 yrs, 1 tst 71b 2
Capt. Freestone's Rough Robin, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b
Won by a neck.
The Hack Stakes of 3 soys. each, with 10 added ; winner
to be sold for 501. ; straight half-mile, were won in three heat,
by Captain Pettat's Victor, 4 yrs (owner), beating Mr. Job-
son's Frank, 6 yrs, Mr. J. 1. ixon's Lady Georgina, 5 yrs, Mr.
Drew's The Mite, 4 yrs, and two others.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.
(From the
,rotes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

WEPNESDAY, Amu 20,

COPYRIGHT BILL—( In the Committee)
Fifteenth Clause (Remedy for the Piracy of Books, or parts_
n —,,uest: of Books, by Action on tha Case)
-.on put, . That
the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill :"—The Com-
mittee divided :
MAJOR] TY— AYES, 36.
Dickinson, F. H. Morris, David
Farnham, E. B. O'Brien, A S.
Fielden, J. O'Brien, W. S.
Forbes, William Pakington, J. S.
Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, George
Hardy, John lions, Captain
Howard P. H. Scott, Hon. F.
Inglis, Sir R. H. Sutton, Hon. h. M.
Jackson, Serie:tilt Whitmore, T.
Lockhart, 'William NVinnington, Sir T.
M'Geachy, F. A 7 TELLERS.
Nlarsham, Viscount Mahon, Lord
Miles, W. Godson. It.

Adderley, C. B.
A rkwright, George
Bailey, Joseph
Baskerville, T. B. M,
Bodkin, W. H.
Hatfield, Beriah
Broadley, H.
Campbell, A.
Christie, W. D.
Christopher, R. A.
Colville, C. lt.
Cripps, W.
Darby, George

Blake, Sir V.
Bowring, Dr.
Brotherton, J.
Vobdea, Bieiiard
zvans, W.

:NORITY-- NOES,
Ewan, W.
Muntz, (i. F.
Plumridge, Captain
'Dioritely, Thomw.
Villiers, Charles P.

11.
NVilliams, W.

TELLER?
Wittley, Thomas
Aglionby, H. A.

PROTEST AGAINST T

FIE SECOND

READING OF THE NEW CORN BILL.

Dissentient—

1. Because no alteration of the existing duties upon foreign
corn ought to have been proposed without having previously
endeavour"d to ascertain by a Parliamentary inquiry at what
prices, and in what quantities, it could be imported; and also
hether the remunerating prices of corn which is grown at
home continue to be the same as they were when the present
Corn-law was enacted.

2. Because the protection which agriculture now enjoys is
not greater than is requisite, is advantageous to all classes of
the community, and could not be diminished without extreme
injustice to those who, under the faith of Parliament, have in-
vested their capital in the cultivation of land.
3. Because the proposed alteration of the Corn-law would
" cause a very considerable decrease of the protection which
the present duty affords to the home grower." as was allowed
to be the ease by the Minister who recommended that alteration.
4. Because a " very considerable decrease" of the present
protection would discourage 13riti>h agriculture, might render
this country dependent upon foreimiers for a supply of the first
necessary of life, and might, in the event of unfavourable sea-
sors, expose it to the horrors of famine.
5. Because a " very considerable decrease " of the present
protection might produce a permanent depression in the prices
of British corn, a corresponding diminution of consumption
and expenditure, and a corresponding increase of the distress
and discontent which now unhappily prevail.
6. Bemuse the discouragement of British agriculture would
be very injurious to the labourers who are now employed in
tillage, and might reduce their wages, which, in many districts,
are already much too low to provide for their eomfortable sub-
sistence. _ _

7. Because it is the bounden duty of Parliament to afford
due protection to those mho are employed in agriculture, as
well as in any other branch of British indust►y, all of whom have
a common interest to prevent the competition cif foreigners in
the home market.; STANHOPE.
MALMESBURY.
BE A UMONT.

THE DRAWINGS OF THE LATE
SIR DAVID WILKIE.

A crowded assemblage of artists, amateurs, and fashionable
visitors, was gathered yesterday at the rooms of Messrs. Christie
and Manson, to inspect the mass of sketches by Wilkie, which
are, in a few days, to be exposed for sale by public auction.
These sketches consist of a great variety of subjects, and include
all those made during Wilkie's last tour in the East. To judge
from the number of persons present, the interest displayed, and
the encomiums so freely lavished, the sale appears likely to
prove attractive; but. it required an almost idolatrous admira-
tion of the great painter whose drawings were here exhibited,
willingly to endure the excessively-heated atmosphere of the
room in which they were placed. As to offering a critical
opinion of the collection, the intense crowd in which we were
involved renders that almost impossible, hut it is scarcely ne-
cessary, as the admirers of Wilkie are " legion," and neither
to be stimulated nor deterred by print. For our own parts,
highly as we esteem the powers of the painter, who deservedly
stood at the head of his profession. we confess that it is not to
his sketches (as to those of ltaffaelle' Michael Angelo, and
other great masters) that we should look for a sure indication
of the greatness which was in him. The qualities which we
chiefly recognise in Wilkie are the originality of his c•inceptions,
the boldness of treatment of his subject, and the truth with
which he tells his story; the diversity of his characters, the
harmony of his grouping, and the great effect of his light and
shade. These are amongst the merits which belong to his
pictures, but his sketches do not bring before our eves the
same fidelity or expression which should belong to parts even
of a great whole: they are merely the'ebauches which satisfied
the painter, who seldom gave his genius full scope until he was
fairly embarked in his picture. Of course there are exceptions
to be met with, and the present collection affords numerous in-
stances. but the nvjority of the sketches which we saw yester-
day fully bear us out in our opinion. Of this v e are certain,
that there are hundre,is of artists whose drawings would give
quite as much satisfaction as those of Sir David Wilkie. To
justify the general tenour of our observations, we need only in-
stanceof the " Village Schoo`," and
" john xlfa-dfimi,isith,iestd tu
erpiniegthree
sgeranwnt," which contain ail
the excellence that we • find hi the best of his pictures. Ills
portraiture, we consider, of very
theKn hoa
doubtful merit, and his id,a of
female beauty somewhat obscure ; but the name of Wilkie will
cover a multitude of drawbacks; and we doubt not his sketches
will find their way into many Portfolios, notw:thstanding the
high prices at which they will doubtless be sold. We observe
that the sale commences on Monday next.

EXPERIMENTS IN THE MARSHES
AT WOOLWICH.

Amongst the numerous invention's submitted to the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, and referred by their Lord-
ships to the Committee of master shipwrights recently sitting
at Woolwich Dockyard, was a composition to be used in place
of the substance with which vessels are at present calked to
render them water-tight. The experiments ordered to be
made by the master shipwrights to ascertain its value when
applied to the purpose for which it is intended, and the result,
are interesting and satisfactory. Two pieces of African teak,
a species of wood difficult to be joined together by glue, on
account of its oily nature, had a coating of the composition
applied to them in a boiling state, and in a short time afters
wards bolts and screws were attached to each end, the joined
wood placed in the testing-frame, and the power of Bramah's
hydraulic engine applied to the extent of 19 tons, -when the
chain broke without the slightest strain being susceptible where
the joining took place. A larger chain of one inch and a half
in diameter was then applied, which broke with a strain of
21 tons, the joint in the wood remaining apparently •as firm
as at first. The utmost strain the cement can bear in this
form, therefore, remains to be proved when experiments arc
made with larger chains. Four pieces of hard woe(' were
then joined together, weighing in one piece 44 cwt., and car-
ried to the top of the shears in the dockyard, a height of 76
feet, from which it was precipitated on the hard granite wharf
wall below, without any of the joints yielding in the smallest
degree. The results of these severe tests induced the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty to communicate with Lieu-
tenant • General Sir George i I urray, G. C. B. and G. C. H., for
the purpose of making experiments with it in the marshes, by
bringing the full force of cannon-balls against it. Accordingly
a number of flanks of oak 8 inches thick and fir 16 inches
square were joined together with the cement, to represent
8 feet in height and 8 feet in length of the side of a first-rate
ship of war, without anything else in the shape of bolt or se-
curity to assist the composition ; and it was on Tuesday set up
as a target at the butt in the marshes. At one o'clock in the
afternoon Lieutenant-General Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and
G. C. H., Colonel Cleveland, Colonel It. Jones, Lieutenant-
Colonel Jackson, Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmers, Major Sandi-
lands, Major Vaughan, Brigade-Major Cuppage, and a num-
ber of officers of the Royal Artillery, and a large detachment
of the Ist battalion, were present to assist at and witness the
experiment. Lcrd Adolphus Fiticlarence and a number of
civilians w ere also present, anxious to know the result ; but,
after remaining from one to three o'clock, it was found im-
possible to fire a single shot, two brigs having anchored within
the range, notwithstanding repeated warnings not to do so.
At the request of Lord Bloomfield the firing was deferred till
yesterday, the men being ordered inthe marshes at 9 o'clock a.m.
At that hour a large detachment of the 9th battalion, under
the command of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. W. Arbuthnott
and Major Hope, arrived, and shortly afterwards Lieutenant-
Colonel J. F. Love, C.B. and K.H., of the 73d Regiment,
and Brigade-Major Cuppage; but after remaining until eleven
o'clock could only obtain three shots, owing to the length of
tlme occupied by the brigs in getting out of the range, and the
number of vessels passing at high water. It was originally
intended to fire from the five-gun battery; but three new
32-pounder guns having been placed at 41)0 yards distance on
point blank range, it was considered desirable to use them, as
they will be wanted immediately for the first class steam-vessels,
and consequently the shots did not take effect. At one o'clock
in the afternoon, however, the levels were taken and three
shots fired, every one entering the target, the third in a direct
line with the bull's-eye within three inches of its outer circle.
The effects of these shots were wonderful, tearing the wood to
pieces, and in only one instance, where the joint had not been
good, showing that they had any effect upon the cement, so
as to separate the joined parts from each other. A hole six
inches and a quarter in diameter was then bored in the centre
of the target, and a 32-pounder shell inserted and exploded
by a match, which tore the wood to small splinters without in
many places in the least separating the composition. This
new invention is said to possess the power of expanding like
India rubber in warm climates, and will not become brittle
under the coldest temperature. It appears to be a great fa-
vourite with naval officers, as it is so clean, having only the
appearance of French polish. The name f the inventor is
Mr. Jeffrey.