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LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1345.

Lord BROUGHAM then moved for certain returns
connected with railways, and animadverted in strong
terms on the mania at present existing for railway
speculations. If all the railways proposed were car-
ried out, 130 millions of capital would be withdrawn
from circulation in the course of the next three years,
and a dreadful commercial crisis would be the conse-
quences.
After a few words from the Earl of DALHOUSIE
and Lord ASHBURTON the returns were ordered.

The Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice of his in-
tention to bring in a Bill for giving the right of voting
at elections to all persons who paid the income-tax.

The Duke of BUCCLEUCH announced that it was
the intention of the Government to introduce, in a
short time, a measure for improving the sanatory
condition of towns, and that there would be no objec-
tion to extending it to Ireland and Scotland.
The Marquis of NORMANDY then rose for the pur-
pose of bringing before the attention of the House
the manner in which various appointments in the
Irish constabulary had recently been made, and con-
cluded by moving for certain returns on the subject.
Lord STANLEY replied to the speech of the Noble
Marquis. He did not object to grant the returns,
but he wished them to go further back, se as to show
the appointments which had been made by the Noble
Marquis himself.
After a short discussion, in which the Duke of
WELLINC.TON and the Earl of ST. GERMANS took
part, the motion as amended was agreed to.
The Common Law Process Bill was read a third
time and passed, and the Sugar Duties Bill was read
a second time, after which their Lordships adjourned.

The House of Lerd,3 met at Five o'clock.
The Earl of RADNOR entarvi his protest against
the proceedings of Saturday.
In answer to Lord CAMPBELL,
The Duke of WELLINGTON said he could not tell
when the subject of Scotch Banking would be brought
forward, but that he would take care due notice of
he time should be given.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1845.

of a corps not engaged, to cut off the communications of the
insurgents, so that the latter were obliged to cut their way,
step by step, exhausted by fatigue, want of food, and almost
without ammunition. It is said positively that only from
600 to 700 were enabled to regain the Bernese and Argovian
territories, and that in a deplorable state. The losses on
either side cannot be exactly ascertained, but those of the
Lucernese must have exceeded the losses of the insurgents.
I will not notice the contradictory details in the journals. I
expect soon to be able to give you an exact picture of this
bloody contest, which will produce a prodigious effect in all
Switzerland. ' Never,' says a letter which I have received
from Berne, has any event been received with so much
torpor upon one side, and so many expressions of indignation
by the great majority. The whole population are in affright.
It is asked, on all sides, if the Government can remain in-
active with 30,000: men at its disposal, of which a third are
already under arms..'"
Another correspondent who writes from Arau, April 2,

says :
" Yesterday evening the news spread that the second
column had entered Lucerne, and was there closely blockaded.
It was even said that a letter had been received from the
Commander-in-Chief stating he could hold out twenty-four
hours. It was soon known that this was not the fact ;
night passed in the greatest anxiety. In the morning a part
of the first column, which had returned the evening before,
moved off to the relief of its brethren in arms, but arrived
too late to be of service. There can be no doubt that the
second column was cut in pieces. The first column having
been repulsed, the Lucernese bent all their forces against
the second, which was at the gate of Lucerne. It is certain
that the Government of Lucerne had collected an imposing
force. The whole population of Uri, Schwytz, Unterwal-
den, and Zug, with many hundred Catholics from Argovia,
had answered to the call of Lucerne. It is said that the Go-
vernment had not less than 20,000 combatants at its disposition.
The column of refugees was driven back to Malters, at two
leagues and a half from Lucerne. There it wheeled round
and faced the enemy, because it had to pass a defile which
the Lncernese wanted to get possession of. But already
were the refugees and their friends surrounded. Cannon
were directed upon them right and left, while they were
attacked in the rear, and the whole column was cut to
pieces The number of killed was enormous, and many
families are plunged in despair. The towns of Zofinque and
Arau, with the canton of Bale, suffered the most, because it
was the free corps of these places that fought the most vigor-
ously. A great number of prisoners were made."
The Zurich Diet has addressed a circular to the
different cantons, calling upon them to repress the exer-
tions of the free corps, and use every means to put an
end to the civil war. Several cantons had replied to the
circular, and announced their intentions to second the
Diet under the alarming circumstances.
At TORTONI'S on Sunday the Three per Cents. were
quoted at 85f. 75c.

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.

The House sat to• day to hear appeals. The Feers present
were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord
Campbell.

VISCOUNT DUNGANNON v. SMITH.

•
This appeal from the Master of the Rolls in Ireland was
called on, and partly opened by Mr. Hodgson on behalf of the
appellant, but upon its being -discovered that the parties had
appealed direct from the Master of the Rolls, without going
to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, their Lordships ordered
the case to be heard before the Judges when they should be
in town.

JACK v. 31‘INTYI:E.

This was also an appeal from Ireland, and their Lordships,
without calling on the counsel for the respondents, gave judg-
ment, dismissing the appeal with costs.
Their Lordships, shortly after one o'clock, adjourned during
pleasure.

ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
The Master of the Rolla took motions and petitions of no
interest to-day.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
Unopposed petitions and motions occupied the Vice
Chancellor of England the whole morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT BRUCE.)

His Honour, having disposed of all the cases on hi; paper,
rose shortly after eleven o'clock.
Nothing particular occurred in Vice-Chancellor Wigram's
Court.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner SHEPHERD.)
IN RE CHARLES MATHEWS, COMEDIAN.
An adjourned hearing in this case of bankruptcy, the lead-
ing features of which are well known to the public, took
place this morning, to settle the claims of the various credi-
tors, previous to paying a dividend. Messrs. Lewis appeared
for the bankrupt.
Mr. RICHARDS, on behalf of a Mr. Greville, claimed a sum
of 560/, which it was alleged the applicant had paid
for the bankrupt, on a security bond the former
had executed on behalf of the latter. This debt
had been already admitted by the bankrupt, but the
right of the claimant to share in the present dividend
was disputed on the ground that the applicant had not pre-
viously made his claim nor was present to-day to undergo any
examination that might be required of him. The Court sus-
tained the objection, but decided, in order to afford the
claimant an opportunity of being present, to extend the time
of declaring the dividend. The claimant is at pre-
sent residing abroad ; and in order that an opportunity
should be tgiven him to be present, it was, in the
flrst instance, agreed, on his behalf by Mr. Richards,
that he should be at the expense of another meeting, to be
held in three weeks, providing he gave seven days' notice of
his intention to be present. If the claimant did not give tho
required notice, no meeting was to take place. In a subse-
quent stage of the proceedings this arrangment was altered,
at the instance of his Honour, who thought it would inter-
fere with the declaration of the dividend, if the calling of
the future meeting was left to the discretion of the claimant;
and the adjourned hearing was fixed for that day fortnight,
the 22d inst., at twelve o'clock at noon ; Mr. Greville to
bear the cost of the meeting.
The claim of Mr. Laurence Levi, the well-known sheriff's
officer, which occupied the attention of the Court nearly the
whole of the day on the last hearing, was mutually arranged
by the parties themselves, without the interference of the
Court. The arrangement entered into makes a difference in
Mr. Mathews's favour of 1,200/.
A claim of Mr. Sloman, who was engaged in Covent-garden
Theatre, during the management of the bankrupt, for the
alleged supply of canvas amounting to 40/., but which was
disputed, on the ground of its having been included in a pre-
vious schedule under the head of carpenters' work, was post-
poned till the next hearing. The applicant, in reply, said
the 401. alluded to was a debt owing to his brother, the car-
penter of the theatre.
His HoNotTu ordered both brothers to be present at the
next hearing, in order to decide the claim.

CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY
OLD COURT.

(Before the RECORDER and Alderman HUGHES HUGHES.)
FRAUDULENT BANKECTTCY.—Iiobert Bannister was "in-
dicted for, that he, being a trader within the meaning of the
statutes relating to bankrupts, did unlawfully obtain goods
of James Hargreave and others, with intent to cheat them
thereof."
Mr. Clarkson, with Mr. Doane, were for the prosecution.
MAr.ftHerugmhre.s
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Robert Cattell, a messenger from the Court of ,
.
put into Court the proceedings taken before Mr. Commis-
sioner Goulburn in that Court.
Robert Powles proved that the prisoner traded in Portsea
as a draper. The name " Robert Bannister" was above his
door there.
John Smith, traveller to a commercial house in Cheap-
side, sold the prisoner, some time in July, a parcel of goods
amounting to about 1001., and principally mousselaine de
laines and other fancy goods. They were sold at three
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months' credit, from the first of the following month.
Growcock, of Growcock, Copestoke, anil Moore,
',icemen, Bow-churchyard—Their firm had transactions with
the prisoner at Derby, and afterwards when he commenced
business at Portsea. While at Derby he was in partnership
with his brother, and they sold him some parcels of lace goods.
He removed to Portsea in April, 1844, and dealt with him
from time to time up to July. On the Bth July, 1844, the
prisoner became indebted to them for goods sold and delivered
in the sum of 145/. 2.5. 9d. The fiat was issued againSt the
prisoner at the instance of witness and his partners. The
first transaction with the prisoner alone was upon the 3d of
May.
Cross-examined by Mr. MIGHEs.—I do know that the
goods were sent from the warehouse in Bow-churchyard to
the prisoner's place in Portsea. They were sent the usual
v, ay. They were purchased in the usual way in the ware-
house. A portion of these goods were sent to Cockerell's
Hotel, and those looked out by the prisoner in presence of
the traveller.
Mr. DoaxE—To save time, the balance-sheet furnished by
the prisoner may be examined, and it will be found to corro-
borate everything advanced by the witness.
William Quilter, an accountant, was engaged by the
creditors to look over the accounts. The balance-sheet in
his hands was furnished by the bankrupt. (Some
business transactions between the last witness and the pri-
soner were read aloud to the Court.) He went down to the
shop, 77, Queen- street, Portsea, on the 7th day of July, 1844,
but did not find the prisoner there. He could not ascertain
from the shopman were Bannister was. He saw his wife,
and proceeded to investigate his affairs. The book produced
in Court was one of those he examined. One a the ac-
counts in the book is that of Growcock, Copestoke, and
Moore. The balance in July remains at 145/. 2s. 9d. He
examined the bock with his balance-sheet, and came
to the conclusion that his liabilities were upwards
of 16,0004 The amount of goods obtained within
six weeks of that day was upwards of 5,000/.
he believed considerably more within the seven weeks. The
amount of stock upon the premises might be about 9,000/.
cost price. The debts were very trifling—between 200/. and
300/. He had afterwards a great deal of conversation with
the prisoner, after his return from Ptiadeira—perhaps some
time in August—respecting the goods he had sent to auction.
He told witness that he had no record of them in his books,
but lie said they were sold at a loss. Goods, for instance,
bought at 7201. realised only 3911., leaving a loss of 329/. on
the cost price. Goods sent to Bullock cost 3401., and
realised 182/.—loss 158/. That lot was sold on the same
day with the former lot. The prisoner had been in business
beard that 1,1:1;
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in Portsea from the 9th of March to the 10th July. The
stock left on the premises realised about 4,000/. The prisoner
was insolvent at the first hour he commenced business in
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Portsea. When witness was at Portsea he discovered that
abovefive tons of goods were sold to Moses and Son and other
places. He found an entry of a saleto Moses and Son on the
tint of May of goods that cost 540/. for the sum of 2001. When
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which the prisoner had alluded. The risoner had notes in
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.These were discovered two days after his first examination.
He (bd not state that that behind
glass. money had been secreted

Cross-examined by Mr. licortz.—He was aware that.
goods were delivered after the 6th June.
for Madeira about the 11th or 12th of July.
By the RECURDEH—There is
no doubt he left for Madeira.
By Mr. lltionEs—When I went on board the Grace
Darling, I said to the bankrupt, " Mr. Bannister"—
Mr. HUGHES—WeII, go on.
Witness—" Mr. Bannister, you have not got the same
The prisoner lett
trousers on you had before you left for Madei ra."—(Laugh ter.)
Mr. HUGHES--That is not very important. What did he
say ? Witness—He said "Who arc you?"—(Continued
laughter.) The prisoner did not ,ay Quit he had given Mr.
Jay 3,0001. He did not know what money he had taken to
Madeira with him. The uitness then detailed at great
length the conversation he had had with the prisoner, rela-
tive to the latter's proceedings at Madeira.