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London, England, 1845-07-09 00:00:00

VICE-CHANCir.:RY.-(THIS DAY-)

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The Vice-Chancellor of England was occupied the whole day
with motions and causes of no interest; the Vice-Chancellor
Knight Bruce took bankrupt petitions and causes; and the Vice-
Chancellor Wigram, after disposing of Morris v. Howe, proceeded
to hear the arguments in Forsyth v. Ellis, which occupied the
greater part of the morning.

ABINGDON ELECTION.
At four o'clock on Tuesday the poll closed, when the num
hers were :
'1 he Attorney-General
General Caulfield ................
Majority

151
.... 126

EXETER. ELECTION.
SPATE OF THE POLL.
NINE _O'CLOCK.
271 I Briggs
TEN O'CLOCK.
553 I Briggs
ELEVEN O'CLOCK.
Duckworth
TWELVE 0'( LOCK.
Duckworth .....
ONE O'CLOCK.
Duckworth ...... 1.0f6 I Briggs
TWO O'CLOCK.
Duckworth
EXETER, TUESDAY. 5 P.M.
FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL.--1 he High Sheriff has just
declared the -tote of the poll as follows :
Duckworth
-Briggs
ity
At the e'ection in April last Major-General Briggs polled
529, so that there is, in less than fifteen months, an accession
of t 9 voters to the free•tradc cause, amongst a constituency
entirely dependent on ttre agricultural interest. 7he tumher
of electors in the city is 2,653, so that a number, namely, 1,395,
exceeding in amount all who recorded their votes in favour of
the successful candidate, reutain unpolled. We wish, for the
credit and consistency of Exeter, we could-justify as easily as
we can account for this self-disfranchisement of the Exonians.
The truth is, that the old Whigs, the friends of Mr. Divett,
the supporters of Lord John Russell's fixed duty, are fixed in
the determination of neglecting their own duty, and are not
}et prepared to follow their great political chief in his lib(ral
and enlightened views on trade and commercial policy. The
aristocracy and squirearchy of a wide range of neighbourhood
have resorted, without disguise and without shame, to the usual
" influences" they so well know how to apply ; but, despite all
their terrorism, the Liberals might have won the election had
they been only true to themselves.

Duckworth

Duckworth

430

497

FIRE IN BARBICAN.—Last night, between eleven
and twelve, a fire was discovered raging in the basement floor of
the house of Mr. Tim, linendraper, &C., No. 57, Barbican; but it
was ingeniously got under by the firemen, who cut a bole through
the floor above, and played water upon the flames from the West of
England engine. The damage was considerable.
FIRE AT BLACIMALL.—EIGIIT HOUSES BURNT.—
Last night a fire broke out, in one of the house in Folly-row, near
the Folly- house, Blackwell, and which destroyed eight houses, the
abode of nearly forty persons, who have lost the whole of their
furniture, and in some inatances the greater portion of their wear.
ing apparel. The first discovery was made between the hours of
sewn and eight, by one of the occupiers named West, a poor water.
man, whose attention, it appears, was directed to the chimney of
his habitation, by noticing flames issuing out of the same. Ile
immediately got upon the roof and endeavoured to subdue the fire,
which was then confined to the chimney In that, however, he
was foiled, for the door of the room having been left open, and the
wind blowing strong from the south-west, the flames and sparks
were driven upon the roof, which, being composed of thatch, was
very speedily in a general blaze. As soon as the fire became visi.
blein the Iliglestreet, mounted police were dispatched for the aid
of the engines. With all possible expedition the parish engines
were drawn out, but from the peculiar situation of the blazing
premises, they were unable to get sufficiently near to render
the least assistance. Meanwhile the fire, unrestrained, con-
tinued to burn with the greatest intensity, completely light-
ing up the river as far as Greenwich and Woolwich. The
engines of the London establishment from Schoolhouse-lane,
Wel:close and Jeffrey.squarrs stations, with Crookland, the fore.
man of the district, were remarkably quick in arriving, but un-
fortunately the distance of the road from the fire prevented them
froth getting to work in anything like time to stop the ravages of
the tire. To get to the spot the engines were obliged to be taken
r.cross the marshes of the Isle of Pegs. When matters were at
length adjusted one engine was effectively worked; but the only
good that could be done was the putting out the bodies of solid
tire lying scattered along the grouril. By nine o'clock the whole
clump of houses, eight in number, were nearly destroyed, very
little more remaining than the bare walls. The whole of the oc-
cupiers, bard-worleing people, have thereby been bereft of every.
thing they once possessed The following are the names of the
sufferers :—James West, Joseph West, and Joseph Taylor, water-
men ; Joseph West, a gardener; JOlll3 bidden, a sawyer; James
Moore, captain of the Emma; William Leonard, police inspector;
and Joseph Lund.

We kern from unquesionable authority that the
Noe. Louis M'Lane, of Baltimore, formerly Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the Ccurt of St. James's, has received from Mr. Presi-
dent Polk the appointment to the same post, and that he will
shortly succeed his Excellency Edward Everett, the present Mi-
nister. Mr. N'Lane Was fi.,r firm. Secretary for the United
St a,ee, but Yt,ighed 1,6 tare in Corm-querxe of an L.ne,
Tyiniz out the views of the ti:eu Brcbiikut,

tis hi putt assiit in
General Jackson.—Pat:

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RA IL WAY - 011 I

(THIS D,IY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

TITLE CORNWALL Maxxoar r • of
The Committee met this morning at ex +,--
ven o'clock, the
EllMeriborough in the chair. f the
essrs. Nethewy and Veale were called by the promoters 0.
Bili. Both gentlemen are traders resident in Cornwall. Thve
gave evidence in favour of the line, which they thought wettenidoe
very beneficial to the people of that county, more especially
inhabitants of Truro and St. Austel. The present cost of Orr;
was very treat, arid much time was consumed in 44. Th.„,00
would also benefit the pilchard fishery on the coast, in whiel"
business was done.
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Mr. Drew, mayor of Lcistwithiel, said the line would•
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benefit the agricultural district bordering on that town, by the me
cilities it would create for the carriage of I:me, &c. All the
bitants of Lost.withiel were in lave., i,f the Bill. lig? line w
greatly benefit the mining trade of Cornwall.

Cross-examined—Wr. Fas-a ehareholdtr in the line. , the Oil
Mr. Elliot and Mox gave evidence in favour 0. byi
The latter witness stated that the population of Plymouth
doubled since the war.

(LEFT SITTING.)

WIErOItD, WORCISTZZI, .11,141) 17,70Z.VZ*.

RA7II.:TON.
THE BATTLE 01? THE GAUGES.
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The Committee met to-day at eleven o'clock. Members °(,..,j-ph
mittee present, Lord Auckland, Chairman, Lords &shout],

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Zetland, and WU chester.
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The cross-examination of Mr. Mathews was then resu"'", of
favour of the London and Bamingham scheme, but notholo

importance was further elicited. s
Mr. Barker, Iron and coal toaster, of South Staffordshire, WS-Aro
ptit
examined. He said he was connected with one of the largeld ",
in the district, being an establishment that made one.fourtil of
the the malleable iron in the district. The make of iron in third' 00
of South Staffordshire he represented to be 9,000 tons of P 4.0.
weekly, being nearly one-third of all the make of Great 1311 000
The whole make of pig iron for the United Kingdom was 3210,
tons weekly. Of this 10,000 tons were made in South
Bpd
9,000 tons in South Staffordshire, 7,000 toss in Scotland, too
the remaining 3,000 tons in Derbyshire and 5100:111
At present they had great difficulty in competing as
the Scotch ironmasters in shipments to the Continent, aTion,
from the high rate of carriage and the imperfect accorougxl„,4oll
He had heard the evidence of Mr. Mathews, and agreed wtt lips
respecting the superiority of the present line over the riwoit
proposed. He could speak, however, definitely respeetil.ope
portion from Dudley to Wolverhampton, in which space ts'iron•
under consideration accommodated the greater number of
works. He had seen the machine at Paddington for transbt .
of goods, and was perfectly satisfied with its efficacy for thelnirreie
Cross.examined by Mr. HOPE—He was not able to exPlainoot
process exactly for the transhipment of goods proposed', sees
would be better done by the engineer. From what he 114" the
of it, however, he was satisfied it would be found efficient f!,f,if,
purposes required. The principal markets of his firm were
tot
pool, Manchester, and Hull. He did not send so much to „
P.' j
or London. He understood that the tonnage on the broad 'llO
c narrow gauges were to be the same, and in that case, 50 ''fseti,
Bristol was concerned, it did not matter much which line they "le
He was satisfied that competition was beneficial in reclocti];i3it.
rates of carriage. Before the opening of the Liverpool an"„ool,
mitighain line, the carriage of lime was 20s. per too to Li",;')10,
It was now taken for 10s., and he thought it might be still
Mr. Thorneycroft, ironmaster, of Wolverhampton, was elap.
generally with respect to the merits of the two cowpetiog en C 1
His evidence was principally confirmatory of the evidence
Mr. Mathews yesterday. He admitted that the new line 10 ''bos
don was necessary, in order to force the London and Billed /400
Company to accommodate the public better than they bad big'

done
010'
The cross-examination of the witness did not elicit an y 'h.; °. -
cular

(LEFT SITTING.)

DUBLIN AND nslia'AST TT.TNCTXO
72, A I .14" W
rof
The Select Committee on this Bill re assembled this ra°„cur
soon atter eleven o'clock, and proceeded with the evidence in 00
of the case for the promoters of the Dublin and Belfast Junes
Rai
Sir lway,
Pr"e
Wm. Somerville, M. P. for Drogheda, was called t 0 f tl)e
that the majt.rity of the people of that town were in favour °'

Proposed railway
Sir Johr ^'

[aid 01 tlia

.. John M`Neil, the eminent engineer, who had 1-- ire•
proposed line, proved that it was one of the most important inginla
land, inasmuch as it took in the great stream of traffic 0 000
to the north and to the south. The length of the lirie, to
Drogheda to Portadewn was 56 miles, and fromDrogbe idj
to
Navas 17IA. Calculating from Dublin the trunk line W 0 Ole'
7i miles lung, but the inland line would be eight or ten ,pd
longer. 'the severest curve was twenty-seven chains radidhoef
the steepest gradient 1 in 100. There would be a viaductof
the Boyne of about 400 yards in length. He estimated the cv" jet
the main line at 630,5451., and the branch at 117,0271. lie, or
contingencies down at 74,7571. He estimated the workipb
penses at 30 per cent. upon the, expected annual revenue. or
The witness was cross-examined by Mr. M. Cusatreslts '4O( die
siderable length, with a view of showing that the necessities tpe
country called for an inland instead of a coast line, and 015
works of the line were of a very elifficult character. 1;00g
This closed the case for the promoters of the Dublin and
Junction line.
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Mr. CHAMBERS then applied for an adjournment, sr
they had been taken so much by surprise by the very slid": 00
pointment of the Committee that they had not had time to get

witnesses over from Ireland. colt
Mr. MURPHY resisted the application, and eventually the
mittee decl.ned to grant it.
OAF! SITTING.)

BOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP A.

theyONTOMDEX AND R,YE W ATS' 10
ss-03
Or. :C
Chairman taking his seat this morning, the cro
nation of liPt
e
Mr. Smith (who was examined on the part of the above
.d
yesterday) was resumed by Mr. JouNsoN, when it apPear—
the population of Rye was about 4,000.
• OPted

The witness was then re-examined by Mr. BELL &BIS, but
no point of importance.
Mr. BELLASIS then put in a letter from Major Curtis, a *A wet
near Rye, to the Poor-law Commissioners, pointing out the "—goy
of building a workhouse at a certain spot known to be ver/oe
healthy, so much so that he himself intended to pull down all
!musts which were near the place, and which he was about to
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down, as persons living in them were in danger of ague.dill
letter was produced to prove that the houses which this lin op
destroy, and on account of which he petitioned against this e
were of no value. • Os

Mr. BELLASIS then called Mr. Salmes, a farmer and grasieo,;elf
spoke to the advantages to be derived from this line. He Poloa
had now a large quantity of corn, which he would send to 1.,461
if there was a railway to send it by. Has no shares in the PrsPro tf
line, but has a very good opinion of it, and intends to gets s,Ol,
tbe Bill passes. Thinks Rye would support two lines of reied.
and that if this Bill were to pass, the line would certainly OCCke
Mr. Thonias Smith, a sheep salesman at Smithfield market,'lr A
to the injury done to sheep by being driven long distanel,
sheep had been known to lose six or eight icunes in Wig WO
being driven from Rye to London. Sheep often had their sbott for,
dislocated from excessive driving. He was no relation to the don,
mer witness, Mr. J. Smith, but he sold sheep for him in 134
and had frequent dealings with him.
Mr. ltees, miller, at Bennington, spoke to the expense of cu' the
ing flour from that glace to Staplehurst, where the station of
South-Eastern line is, and where it is necessary to send i, to
order to have it conveyed to London. To convey 800 alw7A 10
Staplehurst cost 321. The same number would be convey the
Tenterden for 61. 4s. The witness spoke at some length ea -
quantity of flour which would be sent to London if there was
way.

(LEFT 8 rrr i No.)

GROUP X.

LONDON AND YOTLIE LINE.
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This Committee resumed this morning at the uual
Viscount Courtenay in the chair. d to
Mr. Pickersgill, under examination by Mr. WEasrea, del'4%or
his being a surveyor and architect, and having lately made tiortl,
vey of the stations as laid out by the London and York And
Midland Railway. 'I he former would be most inconvenient.
ing as it would five lines, and obstructing the traffic in the neared
bourhood. The witness here produced a model of the prof
position and construction of the stations as scheduled. 5n3
Mr. John Oliver, examined by Mr. WEBSTER—Is a fit.—er OO,
auctioneer, having resided at Staintorth more than 1-900
and is, therefore, fully acquainted with the nature of tbevedr
navigation. In 1833 the ach of the old stone bridge was real' la
in order to enable light vessels safely and easily to pass under:B44,
this altered and improved state it remained till Octobert' to
when the archway was again removed, and a platform 1115"Vii'
swing, affixed •to the top of the bridge. Sibee bi
latter change, a vessel with standing masts, went tbfo,4e.
Previously suck a circumstance was unheard of and impracfle'llot
In the capacity of parish officer of Brandwith, he had occasion' 01
year, to complain to the Commissioners of the Don navigab°-
„
the diversion of the roads.
Mr. J. Lee, a waterman, resident at Thorne, examined b/
old
WEBSTER—Proved the existence of three fixed bridges over ti, ' i,
river Don between Goole and Thorne, and six over the new
gallon, some of the latter having been altered during Woes
year. The depth of the river is about 5 feet, and craft of bet 1,-si/
60 and 65 tons are the largest that can be got up, and these have
to leave their masts behind ever since the opening of the bridges
(LEFT BITTING.)

• Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and • the
Prince de Leiningen have arrived at Vienna.
RELIC OF NELSON.—An interesting relic of Nei°
has been discovored ; and some interest also attaches to the uj, „srs;
ner in which it has been secured to the nation. Sir Harris Nteiod
in his laborious researches for editing the hero's dispatches, 06
satisfied himself that the coat and waistcoat which Nelson w
when he fell at Trafalgar were carefully preserved. ID purStlee
of the Admiral's directions, they were given, with several °t
things, by Sir Thomas Hardy, his Captain, to Lady Herat° ;late
her t! ey were transferred, under peculiar circumstances, to So,
alderman of London, and they remained in possession of the el ibe
man's widow. The ::ady is not rich, and she asked 1501• for e,
relic. The sum being beyond his own means, Sir Barrie tt,
mined to raise it by subscription, in order that the coat and jeiseil
coat might be deposited, like tha coat which ost
wore at the battle of the Nile, in Greenwich HespitaL rt"., A
view, he put the proposition in writing, and hail it print ce
circular. Before issuing the circular, he sent a copy to :de
Albert, who immediately desired that the purchase might be wipe;
for himself, as he should feel " pride and pleasure" in preeeLpre
the precious memorials to Greenwich Hospital. Sir Harris ru—or•
took them to the royal purchaser on Wednesday, and we 000.
stand that the Prince manifested a very fine feeling on the 00
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sion. There is kind and generous wisdom in this act ; .o',.
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thing could so help to identify the Queen's husband with the ve
tish people as such little tributes to their maritime pride' will
coat is thus described in Sir Harris Nicolas's circular; and ess
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be seen that it has an historical value :—" The coatthe °P.-10
uniform of a vice admiral, lined with white silk, with lace °ll
cuff's, and epaulettes. Four stars—of the Orders of the Betheto'
Ferdinand and Merit, the Crescent, and St. Joachim—ere
on the left breast, as Nelson habitually wore them; which
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proves the story, that he purposely adorned himself with pis ~001
rations on going into battle. The course of the fatal ball is wore
by a hole over the left shoulder, and part of the epaulette is t`
away; which agrees with Dr. Sir William I! eattie's eeC°--1000
Lord Nelson's death, and with the fact, that pieces of the b° her
and pad of the epaulette adhered to the ball, which is now r 0 10
Majesty's possession. The coat and waistcoat are stailww
several places with the hero's blood."—Spectator. L3st
SUPPOSED SUICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE.'"
C so&
evening Mr. Bedford held an inquest at the Malpas Arnie, h 00.
street, Grosvenor-square, on the body of a female uoknievett
Richard Henry Webb, a grocer, said that between ten and
o'clock he heard cries as Lf a woman in distress, appareotlioll.
ceeding from the Serpentine on the north side. Witness tt:,tp.
ately ran to the spot whence the sound came, and he then set'ere
deceased in the river. The Royal Humane Society's boatluaterr
brought to the spot, and the deceased was taken out of the 'OlO
and conveyed to the Mceiving.house in Hyde.park, and Phi ow
a warm bath. Mr. Williams, Superintendent of the Ili!!! And
mare Society, said that the deceased was very poorly cm., A
that a battle nny was all the mo'ey she had upon her Pere°ll; hilst
pL;.nbreker'e duplicate fell from her pocks. leto the boat .
U:e toe.: were geeing, deceased e.l.hore. r, eou,elt I°Vlol,old
been nude, the deceased was still ueknown. VerOiCt--
drowned.