The Express. — London, England, 1846-11-17 00:00:00

day before his death, that he had put his-affairs in the hands of two business men, Mr. Oxenford and Mr. Dobie, and he (Mr. W.) would see that they were business men, and that eveuthing was going on right. The Deputy Coroner: That is evidence to my mind that at that time ho was perfectly rational.—A Juror: I should like to ask Mr. Oxen ford a question. Be has said that some of the deceased's avocations - had ceased. What were those avocations ?—The Deputy Coroner : I think I have gone to the verge of this inquiry. In the case of a man of good pro- perty dying by his own hands, you have a right to inquire why he committed self-murder; but you cannot put ques tions, unleis they tend to throw light on the state of his mind.—After route further discussion, the Deputy Coroner consented to put the question thus :—(To Mr. Oxenford)— Ware the avocations of Mr. Alsager of such a nature that they may have unhinged his mind ?—Witness : The avoca tions themsd!res of such a nature ? do you not mean the cessation from them ?—The Deputy Coroner: Do you believe that the cessation from them had something to do with his despondency ?—Witnees: On finding him is a despond ing state, that was the reason which occurred to me, though the death of his wife might also influence him. It was the case of a person who had for a long time been engage , : in doing certain things, doing them no longer. The Deputy Coroner : That was merely a surmise . Witness: Merely a surmise. (After a pause.) If you wish me to say what was his department on the l imes I will do so ; he ruperintended the money department of the Times, by which I mean the money article.—A juror :He did lose that ?—Witness: Do not say lose it, he ceased to occupy it, he resigned it.—The same juror: I want to make out the man a lunatic. The Deputy Coroner: I am glad I know that you want to do that. f must admonish you, that you must not enter tain a want, because you are sworn to return a verdict ac cording to the evidence. The juror : That I shall do. The Deputy Coroner: You must not endeavour to make evidence or to twist or turn it. The Deputy Coroner, then addressing the jury, said they had before them all the evidence which they could require. It was the 'r business now to say whether the de ceased died in colist qnence of wounds inflicted on himself, and whether he was of sound or of unsound mind. As re garded the latter point, it would, ho thought, be most rational for them to declare that they did not know in what state of mind the deceased was at the time of inflicting the injury. Which of them could say what was the condition of his mind between six o'clock on the Thursday evening, and the time when the servant walked into his room the next morning? Who could say that disease of the brain had not intervened, and that the very losing of a quantity of blood had not restored sanity ? It did occasionally happen that some effect pro.:uced on the circulation caused insanity, and occasionally also the loss of blood had the diet of restoring sanity. Such points they could not determine; but the law afforded a retreat from the difficulty which thus arose. If there were r.o evidence to show what was the state of the deceased's mind, how could they declare it ? If tiler desired that strangers should retire whilst they considered their ver dict the room would be cleared for that purpose ; if not, he should take the verdict at once. A Juror asked if the law required that the jury should declare that they dii. not know the state of the deceased's mind ? The Deputy Cotouer If a man destroyed himself, being of sound mind, his body was buried at midnight with certain indignities and without the p.rformance of the usual ritual. This was a remnant of a barbarous custom, which had been for some years abolished. The legislature had abolished the practice of running stakes through the body at a cross-road. It was a pity that the whole thing was not discontinued. A man who did not care what he did with his body during life, but mangled it as this unfortunate person had done, could care but little what was done with it afterwards, and therefore there could be no punishment to the living individual, and the very idea of punishing the dead was absurd. He must issue au order as regards the body consistently with tho verdict, and if the jury did not know what was the state of mind of the deceased, he could not direct that he should be buried like a man of sound mind guilty of felo de se. The jury, after two or three minutes consultation, without retiring, through their foreman, returned the following ver dict: " That Mr. Alsager was found with his throat cut; that he did it with his own hand ; but as to what was his state of mind at the time lie did it, there is no evidence before us." , The Deputy Coroner: Not sufficient evidence.—The Foreman : Not sufficient evidence.—The verdict was ther. recorded by the Coroner in technical terms on the inquisi , tion, which was signed in due form by all the jurors. wound, and thought it advisable to put ligatures upon some of the smaller superficial needs, which he did, leaving open a wound in the trachea, or wind pipe, as a means tosprevent suffocation from the effusion of blood, as well as afforded an orifice through which the patient could inhale the air and breathe. The deceased recovered hie sensibility about three hours afterwards, but did not make any statement with re gard to the wound. The first allusion which he made to the iujuries was on the next morning, when I said to hms, " I hope you are better," he replied, "Do you think so ?" I answered, " The wound looks healthy, your pulse is good— you have taken wine and brandy and water, and all looks well." The deceased replied, " Thank you." He was then aware of the wound in his throat, but I do not think he was ronsclons of the wound is, his wrist. He never made to me the slightest allusion to the mode in which the injuriesto his wristaud throat were made, but when he asked about the ap pearance of his throat, ho said, " You are vet) , kind; come and see me as often as you can." My sits ndance con tinued every day for five and six tines a day, and at first I thought he would recover Especially when ho partook so heartily of bread and milli, beef tea, veal broth, and other things of the same character. He breathed freely through the opening in the trachea. The Deputy-Conner: Did you at any time ever think that these injuries would terminate fatally ?—Witnets . I never thought Mr. Algae, r would entirely recover, though he might live for along time. The Deputy•Curon• r : Did he himself propose the making of a will.—Witness: I never heard him do so. The Deputy-Coroner : How came the subject of a will to be introduced to him ?—Witness : I said I thought it was right that he should see any of his friends that he wished, and I knew his most important friend and constant adviser to be Mr. Oxenford, a solicitor, in Bedford-row, and by his urgent request Mr. Oxenford was sent for, and was the only person that for some days he wiebed to eft. At that time I think he had an impression that lie should live some time. I think so from his taking his medicine and everything that he ass requested to take, from his wishing to have his woued dressed and putting himself in the right position, and from his saying, "Do you think it is looking hitter:" Ile was constantly asking for food. At the time when the proposi tion was made about the will he appeared to be of pei fixity sound mind. y Deuty . Coroner : Wen did ou otice any change in the con p dition of the wo u nd that rendered the ease hope less?—Witnese : On Friday last a message was sent to me at my house, and as quickly as possible I went to deceased's residence, Ile said, " I breathe very uneasily, I feel a choking sensation." I gave him a little wine and water, saying to him, " That is nervousness, and I hope it will soon pass off." After detailing some unimportant conversation, the isituess proceeded to state that the di ceased got out of bed, p Huet ' on a clean shirt, rallied, and appeared quite cheerf made some allusion to money, and asked witness to reach him his pocket-book. On my doing so, continued the wit ness, he opened it, and took out two or three cheques. The only other person present at this time wasmv apprentice and assistant, Mr. Notts I said to the deecaseil, " Don't mind that, we base got plenty of everything." lie rejoined, " I know that, but give me a pen ;" and knowing hint to be a very determined man, and believing that it would be welt's to say " No" to hint, I told Mr. Nutt to bring d a pen. On Mr. Nett doing as I recneested, the decease wrote a cheque for 1001, and putting it into my hand, said to me " Who is your banker ?" I mentioned the London and Westminster Bank, and he said, "Then pay that in to your sole use." I told him I was afraid he was doin hat there wht there was no occasion for, but he replied , " Oh yes, s.r, I have plenty of money, and my children have plenty." I considered that he placed get at confidence in me, and that the cheque was given by him as a remuneration for my ser vices. At that time I considered him to be of perfectly round mind. A Juror: This was after the signing of the will?—Wit ness: Yes. The will was signed on Thursday, and the circumstance I have mentioned occurr ed about 'four o'clock on Friday afternoon. The Deputy Coroner : Did you notice that he became delirious before his death ?—Witness : He was labouring undr a muttering delirium for about two or three hours be foree he died. I never heard him cry out ' h ' Murder." I heard him say, " Oh, dear, let me sleep." He did not express any regret at what be bad done. When I first observed him to be getting worse, I did not suppose his mind to be in the least unsound, nor did I think so at all up to the period of the delirium. I am confident that before that he was perfectly rational. I had knewn him about twelve years. I had attended hi , wife for y ats. He himself did not require medical attenduce. Ile Wl3 a very sober man. I once prescribed for a headach of which he complained; it was the only complaint I ever heard him make. Previous to the wound, I always believed him to be a man of vigorous mind. I thought he had a mind of superior strength. The Deputy Coroner: Do you know what was his pro fessinn ?—Witneas : I always und, :stood that he was the writer of the hailing article in the Times. The Deputy-Coroner: 'rho money article you mean? — Witness : Well, the leading article or money article ; I am no judge of the matter. The Deputy-Coroner: Did he hold any office ?—Wittiess : I understand he was as official assignee of the Court of Bankruptcy. The Deputy Coroner : Is there any relative of the deceased present who can satisfy us on this point ?—A gentleman in the room here came forward and stated that he was a rela tive of the deceased, who had been one of the offic:al assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy, and also wrote the City article for the Times newspaper. —Mr. Widborne's examination resumed : The immediate cause of death was exhaustion from loss of Mood, No erysipelas came on. The wound appeared quite healthy up to the last day. The first moment that I saw him, I was afraid he would never recover. The wound looked as if it had been inflicted almost immediately before. It appeared to me that the w ound had been inflicted by the deceased in his dressing-roam, and that he had then thrown himself on the bed. The Deputy Coroner: Another witness stated that the razor was near the bed.—Witness: I don't think the me- Yenta knew what they were about; they were like met per sons. I think that, when I first saw the razor, it was in the dressing-room; I could not say positively, fur I was as. tounded myself, knowing Mr. Alsager so well. There were marks of blood in the dressing-room, and my impres sion w ,e, that the act must have been committed there. It was a few minutes before I could find the room : the servants did not go upstairs, and I had to run from room to room. A Juror: I did not observe any breakfast things. If ".y other person had inflicted the wound, he was quite capa'ule of stating the fact. He never made the slightest allusion to anything of the kind. The Deputy Coroner: What medical attendants had he besides Mr. Morton of University College and yourself?— was so Roots th and Mr. Arnott. Dr. Roots thought lie doing well at he did not come again. I believe de ceased was fully aware of the contents of the will at the time when he signed it. My apprentice and the greengrocer were present, as well as myself and Mr. Decalitre!, who laid the will before the deceased. The Deputy Coroner remarked to the jury that up to that moment they had had very little evidence with regard to the condition of the deceamera mind at the time when he in. iliac(' the wound. All they had heard was, that on the pre vious evening the servante noticed that he was in a despond ing state. If there were any relation or other person pre ' tent who had been in the habit of scei lit him frequently before, this would be the proper time for the examination. The same gentleman who had before addressed the coro ner, again came forward and said he had seen the deceased in the City on the day preceding the act. The Deputy Coroner said he would rather examine some person who had nothing to do with the making of the will. It was intimated by the gentleman before referred to, that Miss Alsager, the deceased's eldest daughter, was in an adjoining room. Severel jurymen expressed a desire to save Miss Alseger the pain of examination ; but one of them con tended that it was necessary that one or two questions should be put, and she therefore entered the room for the purpose of giving evidence. Margaret Alsager examined by the Deputy Coroner : I last saw my father alive at Kingstown on Thursday morn- ' ing, the sth of November; he left by the ten o'clock train. I did not at that time suppose him to be ill, nor hail he been ill within a month. He did not complain of any pain in his head, nor was be taking medicine on account of any supposed malady. There was no peculiarity in his manner except that arising from a depression of spirits, which I first noticed about a fortnight previously. His depression of spirits was not made the subject of conversation..A.lt did not amount to insanity. The Deputy Coroner : Did you think it necessary to keep sharp instruments out of his way ?—Witness: No. The Deputy Coroner : Did you ever hear him talk of com mitting suicide?—Witness: No, he had a great objection to suicide; he expressed that at the time of Mr. Ha don's death. I never heard him wish himself dead, or say that ho was tired of living. We ascribed his depression at this period to the recollection of my mother's death, which took place about the same time of the year. He was very much attached to her. When he left Kingstown he said he should came down again by the last train the next night, or the day after, at the latest. He had not talked within the last two or three months of making a will, nor was that subject pressed on his attention. The witness then withdrew. John Oxenford examined by the Deputy Coroner I stand is the relation of nephew to the deceased, and I reside at 18, Gower-street, Bedford - sq uare. I saw him in the City, at his office, on the day previous to the injury which be inflicted on himself. I thought he was in rather ow spirits, but this I did not strike me es being very wonderful. I knew that several of his previous avocations had ceased. I had had a good deal to do with him in his business. Although I am Irf profession a s olicitor, my pursuits are chiefly literary, and I was a good deal connected with the deceased. About a week before, our usual occupations had ceased ; he bad quitted the place, and he seemed rather afraid of seeing me again. He was an excesrively active man. A young woman , a seal vent, I believe, of Mr.Widbome's, came and informed me of what had happened towardsnoon on Friday. Up te that time I had always considered him a man of remarkably sound mind. All his acts after I went to him were rational, and I should say necessary acts. He only alluded to what had occ urred by asking me whether many people knew it. Occa eionally he asked how his children were. He was never asked in m y presence why he had inflicte d the wound. My testimony is that he was of perfectly sound mind after com mitting the act. Giving me his keys, he told me I should find some papers which, not being a lawyer, he called his will, saying, " I dare say it will do under the circumstances." On looking at the papers I found only the subject for a will, and I told him I thought it should be reduced I. a proper form • I a ft erwards got a conveyancer to embod y . his wishes as ex pressed on paper, in a proper form; otherwise what he had done would have been useless. The Deputy Coroner (addressing the jury) said, it would be in their power to have the evidence of Mr. Moreton and Dr. Roots, in addition to the medical testirrony which they had already heard. Mr. Widborne, however, had stated that the deceased died in consequence of exhaustion produced by the loss of blood. Mr. Widborne here s t a ted that deceased told him, the CIIF.Ar BREAD MEETlNG.—Yesterday evening a public meeting was held at Hall's Riding Silool, Albany. street, Regent's-park, for the purpose of pre-enting a memorial to the government to procure the total abolition of all taxes on the importation of food into this country. 'there were about 700 persons present, who were addressed by Dr. Birt and Mr. Cochrane. A memorial, calling upon the government to consider the present dearth in this coun try of a proper supply of food, mid to open the ports imme diately, having been read and agreed to with acclamation, and a deputation having been appointed to present it to the Lords of the Treasury, the meeting separated. ACCIDENT.—FIERCE ATTACK BY A HOKSE.—On Saturday evening, as a fly-driver, named Bu: eh, in the em ploy of Mr. Barber, omnibus proprietor, Hackney, was in the act of stooping near his horse, the animal became sud denly violent, and, turuing round quickly, kicked the man with his I.ind legs for some minutes. Burch's cries for aid increased the fury of the horse, who, with almost incredible sagacity, so placed him-elf as to prevent any one .rom enter ing the stall, and, although severely flogged, the animal would not advance an inch ; but; in a state of savageness, kicked his unfortunate victim with great violence. After some difficulty the horse was secured, and Burch was taken out of the stall in a state of total insensibility. Medical aid was obtained, and the unfortunate man conveyed home, where it was discovered that his left arm was broken, and his head and neck frightfully contused. Various injuries were inflicted about his body,. and he now remains M a very dangerous state. INQUESTS YESTERDAY.—§VICIDE OF .t STAR; Mr. Carter resumed and concluded the inquiry at the Ma sons' Arms, Horsennonger-lane, as to the death of Mr. Wil liam Ewen Farley, aged 22, as-istant to Mr. Adams, cf Seeenoaks, Kent, who destroyed himself with prussic acid. The first day's proceedings have appeared in this paper. The eleccaseu had been on a visit to Mr. Lockwood, a medical student, living at 3, Winter-terrace, Iloniemonger-lane. On Saturday evening he left him reading on the sofa, and onhis return home he was on the bed dead and cold. By order of the Coroner the body was opened by Mr. Roddy, of the Walworth-road, who found a strong odour in the stomach of prussic acid, which lie had no doubt was the cause of death. ---Mr. Roadie, a surgeon in the Borough, said the deceased had formerly been his pupil. Since idle adjournment he had ascertained that the deceased on the day of his death had purchased an ounce of pro-sic acid at a chemist's in the Borough. On the same morning he had been to the Ship, in the Borough, where he had a glass of sherry, and after wards asked for a bottle of lemonade and some brandy. This he took to the door, drank a part, and threw the remainder away. He eat down for a minute, and then went out for a short time, and on his return said to the barman, " I have made a mull of it—you may hear something about it by-and by." lie had been in a depressed state of mind, apparently caused by the excitement of gay living.—Verdict, " Temporary Insanity."—DEATH DURINO A HEARTY LAVGII. —By Mr. Baker, at the Bricklayers' Arm', Gloucester-street, Mile-end New town, on the body of Elizabeth Walker, aged 40, a married woman, who resided at No. 28, Nottingham-place. The deceased, on Saturday a fternoon, was in the company of a few friends, when, on a remark being made by one of the company, she gave way to a hearty laugh. In a minute after a quantity of blood flowed from her mouth, which, in a moment after, gushed out. Mr. Shaw, a surgeon of the neiehbourhood, was sent for, but on his arrival life was extinct. Verdict: " Died by the visitation of God."— MANSLAUGHTEIL—The adjournment, relative to the death of Joseph Gale, aged 28, a labourer, who is alleged to have died from an injure inflicted by J. Duggan, pot-boy at the Crown and Seven Stars, Rosemary-lane, was resumed at the Louden Hospital, the inquiry having been commenced en Friday last. Anne Cook stated that the deceased, on the night of the .sth of Nov., was in the tap-room of the above public-house, when he was pushed out by J. Duggan, the barman, who subsequently kicked him in the abdomett. Thu; was contradicted by Mrs. Osborne, the wife, and Miss Hodson, the sister-in-law, of the landlord, and two women, who stated that Miss Hodson pushed the deceased out, and that they never saw Duggan kick him. Mr. Wordsworth, house surgeon of the Landon Hospital, where the deceased was taken to, said that he found • rupture of one of the in testinca,the contents of which had escaped into the cavity of the abdomen, and caused inflammation of the lining mem brane. This injury, which was the effect of violence, led to his death. Verdict, " Manslaughter against J. Duggan," who was committed on the coroner's warrant, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. THE FATAL Occulting:lca ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN IiAILWAY.—CHNSDRE ON THE COMPANY. — By Mr. G. I. Mills, to investigate the death of Enos Lea, aged 29, a porter in the employ of Messrs. Thomas Stinlsuul and Co., railway carriers, who was killed by being jammed be tween the buffer of some luggage trucks, at Camden station of the above railway, on the morning of Friday last, at University College Hospital. The inquiry was adjourned on account of neglect being imputed either to the police on duty or to the engine driver of the train. From the ad ditional evidence adduced, it was shown that the luggage train, which ought to have left Birmingham at nine o'clock on Thursday evening, did not do so until an hour after. Its time of arrival at the Camden station is three in the morn ing, but, on Friday , last, it did not arrive until forty minutes after seven, upards of four hours and three quarters alter ws proper time. Shortly after its arrival, whilst the deceased as engaged in moving a truck from the turn table to the weigh bndge, the signal was given to the engine driver to close the buffers for the purpose of slackening the coupling chains, and, in doing so, deceased was crushed between the buffer of the truck he was moving and the one next to it, killing him almost instantly. After a rigid investigation, in the course of which Mr. Barker, the superintendent, was asked if the company had a charge to I prefer against any one, to which he replied in the negative, , the room was cleared of strangers. Ultimately the jury re turned the following verdict, " That Enos Lea was crushed to death between the buffers of two trucks on the London and North Western Railway, impelled by a certain locomo tive engine which had brought the train of fifty-four carri ageson the previous night from Birmingham. That such train, being four hours and three-quarters behind its time, coupled with the fact that there was a disregard of signals, was the main cause or the occurrence, and the jury cannot but express their sense of the danger which mast always result from such neglect of time signals." The deputy co roner havin g expressed a hope that so powerful and wealthy a company would for the future pay attention to these two asentials in railway management , the proceedings tetminated after resting neatly three hours. -..• •:'•T:ref — *:"T THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1846. IRELAND. - ------- - DUBLIN, Nov. 15. DINNER TO THE LORD CRANCELLOR.—The members of the Stephen's Green Club, with which his lordship has long been associated, entertained the Lord Chancellor at dinner last night. The attendance of members was rry great, much greater than on any former occasion of a smiler com plimentary character. The Lord Chief Baron and Messrs. Labouchere and Redington were invited as guests to meet the Chancellor. There were some doubts as to the selection of a chairman, the candidates being Mr. O'Connell and Lord Cloncurry, but the former, as the oldest member of the bar connected with the club, was preferred. The meeting sepa rated before twelve o'clock. Tue MAGIWIRACY.—GALWAY. —J. Smyth, Esq., of Masoubrook, Lougbrea, has been sworn in one of her Majesty's justices of the peace. Col. It. C. Manse), K.H., District A djutant. Genera), was sworn in a magistrate of the city Limerick, county Limerick, county Tipperary, and county Clare. W. Mouse)), Esq., of Tervoe ' u appointed a magistrate of the county Clare. W. V. Stuart, Esq., M.P., is appointed a magistrate of the county Tipperary, Mr. . Tracy, stipendiary magistrate, is moved to O'Brien's-bridge and Mr. C. Smyth to Newcastle. The Lord Lieutenant has appointed T. Bailey, Esq., resident magistrate, to the district of Buttevant, in the room of J. O'Brien, Esq., resident magistrate, transferred to the district of Tullis, county Clare. T. Brereton, Esq., stipendiary magistrate, Portumna offers 801. reward for discovery of the party that fired at Andrew Pewee Martin, Esq., of Drimaine. county Galway. Six ad ditional stipendiary magistrates are (says the Limerick Chronicle) to be appointed, on the return of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant to Dublin. Poon-tswa.—There are 748 paupers in the workhouse at 1 Galway who require for their support 4,400 lbs. bread, 70 lbs. meat, 1 ton oatmeal, 540 gallons buttermilk, 330 1 quarts sweet milk, 1 lb. tea, 1 stone sugar, 2 stone rice, 4 lbs. tobacco, 1 cwt. soap, 6 tons coals, 200 tin pints, 100 tin plates. Sci:NE IN &BURIAL GROUN D.—The Western Star gives the following account of a disagreeable occurrence which took place on Saturday morning at the Roman Catholic burial ground near Ballinaslue. The remains of Mrs. Staunton, wife of George Staunton, Esq., of Lark Vale, Ardrahan, and sister of Burton Bindon, Esek, of Burren, county of Clare, were removed from the residence of her husband for the purpose of hying interred in the grave-yard of the Roman Catholic Chapel of Creagh, the family burial ground of Mr. Staunton. The grave had been opened at an early hour, but as the body was about being lowered into it, a man of the name of Ward mterfered, and would not allow the in terment to take place ; saying that where the grave had been opened was the place where for ages his people had been buried. The Rev. Mr. Coen then came up, and addressing the Protestant clergyman who attended to officiate, the Rev. Mr. Lynch, said that no Protestant had ever been interred in that graveyard, and warned him that if the burial was proceeded with, the consequences would be extremely dis agreeable. Mr. Coen said he would not prevent the body from being buried, but th..t it would certainly be disinterred. The communication we have received states that Mr. Coen addressed some very unpliasant remarks to the Rev. Mr. Lynch, in consequence of which the latter gentleman had the body of the deceased lady at once removed to the Pro• teatant burying-ground, where the service was concluded. SCOTLAND. A CANDIDATE FOR THE ELGIN BCROHR.—Geo. Duff, Esq., of Milton Duff, near Elgin, second son of General Sir Alexander Duff, and nephew of the Earl of Fife, has an nounced his intention of standing for the Elgin Burghs at the next election. Mr. Duff is a decided Liberal. Dr. CHALMERS is as vigorous as ever, and intends deliver ing a short course of lectures to the students of the New College, on " Morell's History of Philosophy," recently published. The psychological historian has spoken dis paragingly of the Scotch school of natural theology, and this has caused the " old man eloquent" to don his armour. ••••••= 1 ...... -- a left for the E u ston-square terminus, fur C a shiobury Par. resist arrangements, the Court will tom the Castle for Osborne House to- 'wild held yesterday afternoon at The Minietra present were Lord John of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir at Palmerston, E,: Grey, the Chan er, the Earl of Auckizetd, Lord Camp. 1.11, the Earl of Clarendoz, the Right a nd the Marquis of Cla.nricm:le. The e equeutly joined his colleagues. The a interview with Earl Grey yeeter ffice. I a deputation, headed by the Bishop terview with Sir George they yesterday received yesterday at the Colonial mom of the - North American Provinces. sent a yesterday evening from for ths Governors of the West India rendon arrived in town yesterday. hunilton Chichester have arrived at 01 Malts. E HON. SATILLE LIIIILLEY.—We ale demise of the Hen. Seville Henry don the I 1 1th, tit his scat, Cooleylodge, the advanced age of seventy-eight years. present Earl of Scarborough, and, con kthe late peer. In 1506 he was married Trbourdon, Esq. E OF MR. ALSAGER. THE INQUEST. ue o'clock, Mr. Mills, the deputy en division of the county of Middlesex, view of the body of the late Thomas whose death we announced in our Tho inquiry was proceeded with f the unfortunate gentleman, No. 26, ,msbury, sad a highly respectable jury neighbourhood were empanelled, who Sampson Low to be their foreman were proceeded to view the corpse, roner informed them that they would ,ed gentleman bad made three blows or in his neck; one of these wuti at the ex do; another to the extol:66ot two or three if the jaw, and another large and appa between the ear and the chin. They on the left wrist, an incision about two art, which must have been, from its cha ul wound.—Mr. Widborne, the medical c deceased : Yes, it was so ; in fa ct, he sore from it than from the wound M the tire fe nce inspect the body, and on their re ev was taken. The first witness orth, a greengrocer ; I was present when er died on Sunday morning last at ab int lied in hit bed. I had been in attendance Ott since the morning of last Friday week, t,when I was called into e house by one n ts. The servant ran i th nto my shop and aster, Mr. Alsager, had cut his throat. I ack with her to this house. On entering found him in the room in which his body ceased was lying in the bed with his shirt nen to be sensible. The surgeon, Mr. the room when I got there. A sponge was inds in the throat, but I consider that two ised before he could speak ; he then asked iich I gave him. Before this the wounds by Mr. Widborne, while I held the light. nd the deceased and upon his shirt, and a fallen from the bed on to the carpet. I ood upon it b ing on a dumb waiter which Msitlo ; near enough, I think, for the de while lying in bed. From the position in ipeared to me that he had not moved after .en inflicted. On the Wednesday after the M me how his neck looked. I replied, it and was going on very well. From the im up to the day of his dcoth, I held very with him. He, however, complained of to the shoulder from the wound in his oroner : At what time did you ace any warance of the deceased, which induced he could not live ?-IVitness On Friday was bitting up. with him. Re then changed 1, appeared to be uncomfortable, groaned, :order." On Saturday he got worse, and morning about two o'clock. On the after he was very bad, and I thought he was could make no sensible communication, o himself and feeling the sheets of the bed. late .Ir. Alsager for the last 16 years, no he has dealt with me in my business. cation I had with him was about three lways considered him a man of sound mind. iror, the witness further said, there is one sh to mention, when he was signing his ock on Thursday evening Droner : Who produced the will, or at whose itness : I do not know. I was present whose name I do not remember, but f 1 heird it, came in with some papers. I _ ! deceased's nephew. Coroner: Du you think at that time the .te conscious of what he was doing ?—Wit- I think so. The will was read over to him he drawing room. At the time the will was Thorne, the gentleman who brought the dborne's assistant, and in) soli were pre- ased said to me, " Wentworth, if you can rne. your cross will do." Mr. Alsager knew o which I usually put my cross instead of e, that I was not much of a scholar. I have say. ry : I am the cook in this family, and have oat three years and two months.—When I ed-room about ten o'clock on Friday week, stened. I knocked, and my master replied in." When I went into the room and 2, I observed that he looked very pale, and Sir, arc you ill ?" I went round to the saw some marks of blood. I then exclaimed, at have you done ?" lie made no answer, n stairs as quickly as possible, and fetched a idborne. I :hen sent for the last witne-s, L. I did not see much of my late master from his death. During the time 1 lived in his um almost every day, and he always appearel sle. On the night before I bad seen him to bed, at about a quarter before eleven eemed then to be very low and depressed, wer seen in him before. The last time he ss the same evening, about half-an-hour before , and when I brought in to him a letter. Ile a that never held any conversation with his en I went into the parlour, he sat in the arm head resting on his hand, and appeared to be became a widower on the 29th of October, nd this affair happened on the annivereary of us wife ?—Witness : Yes, sir, exactly go. I master so low before. He usually never sat or being engaged in writing. I cannot take say whether or not on the day in question he 1 mind. *or: Do von believe he did the set by which aries Witness : Yes, sir. Was it possible that anybody could have got se to have done ao ? Witness : No, cer- y Coroner observed that as the deceased lived ifter the injuries, and was, according to the ible, he could have stated whether or not the the result of an attack upon him. itten : I am housemaid in this house, and have e last three years. I last saw Mr. Alsager 'riday morning that the injuries were inflicted. rf tea up to his bed-room, as usual, about 7 did not speak to me ; though I have attended uently, be never held any conversation at all. k as to the state of my master's mind at the ned to be very low. The razor that was used at, he must have got out of a small travelling which was in his dressing-room. ty Coroner : Did you see him the night before veiled ?—Wituess .. Yes; he came here about . the evening; he bad arrived from Kingston, untry house is, that morning. I had no con h him. He had a mutton -chop when he came supped at about half-past ten o'clock, when of one glass of wine, which I poured in. He was perfectly sober, but was d depressed. This I had noticed for u week igh I bad no conversation with him, only when I went in and out of the room, laying aft breakfast. I cannot ascribe his lowness of ky cause. During the week that I had noticed of spirits, he used to sit with his head rested on i walk about the room, and did not settle to any- A not told any person that it was unsafe to leave him, ,r.—When I went into the room on the morn ter occurred, I took a tray wit} cup of tea, and th .of bread and butter, as al, and having lt the bed beside my muter, le the room. No dat all. He saw me, because be rose and Id in the bed. My master's bed-room was never Jere was nobody in the house that night but the master, and myself, and I secured the doors as body had been visiting either the cook or myself. F. Widberne : I am a surgeon. I have statements made to-day by the previous and I believe those statements to be per ✓et. On the morning in question, I got to , on being sent for, at about 10 o'clock, and ethased in bed. He had large injuries in the throat. long, and deep, which divided a branch of the iii and the thyroid artery. He was bleeding nd in a state which threatened death. Besides , s on the throat, which exhibited three cuts, there ci the wrist which had nearly divided the ulna ich also bled profusely. He was not sensible ; in " apparently dead from loss of blood. He did not J senses until two or three hours after I had been When I arrived I immediately, with the assistance .renti ce, Mr. Nott, tied up the larger vessel of the .1 sent a messenger for the attendance of some of 'ate hmpital surgeons. The first who came was Jon, of University College, who examined the PROVINCIAL. CHARGE. OP BIGAMY AGAINST A RESPECTABLE. FEMALE. —On Friday a very respectably-dressed female, named Lydia Tyson, the wife of Mr. John Tyson, the proprietor of an extensive shoe shop in Tithebaru-street, Liverpool, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge of bigamy. The prisoner wore her black veil so much over her face, that it was with difficulty a glimpse of her leutures could be gained. She seemed to he about 40 years of age, and remarkably well-looking. Mr. James Tyson deposed that he was a bookbinder, and that the prisoner was his sister•in-law. He was present when she was married to his brother, John, on the 30th of October, 1827, at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, by the Rev. Mr. Swainson. Witness signed the register of the marriage, so also did his sister, Mary, who was pre sent at the etremony. The prisoner continued to live with his brother until within the last bur or five years, when they separated. His brother had a house in Bootle, and he still had a shop in Liverpool. In cross-examination, the witness stated that the prisoner had not had a family to keep. J. Simpson, clerk at St. Martin's church, stated that he had not known the prisoner prior to the morni.lg of thelOth inst., when she called nt the church and was married to a person of the name of Thomas Holmes, by the Rev. Mr. Harper, the curate. She stated herself to be a widow, and gave her maiden name, Lydia Martin. Witness produced a copy of the second marriage certifirate.—Constable Vo . yd proved the apprehension of the prisoner, at her residence, to Richmond row. Holmes, the second husband, took to his heels, when the officer entered. The prisoner, who declined to say a word in her defence, was committed for trial.—Liverpool Chremick. YORKSIIIRF.. PARDON TO rnr. Cotevier DONOVAN.—On the occasion of an Orange-Catholic affray in the streets of Bradford, at 'Whitsuntide, 1844, a person was killed ; and a man named Daniel Donovan was tried for the homicide, con victed of manslaughter, and sentenced for transportation for life. It was always strongly protested by his friends that Donovan was innocent, and that an alibi could be clearly proved in his favour. When Lord Morpeth was last iu Brad ford, evidence on the subject NT2s laid before his lordship, who engaged to bring the case under the consideration of the Heme Secretary. This having been done, Sir George Grey has communicated his decision to Lord Morpeth, in the fol lowing letter, bearing date Whitehall, 2nd Nov., 1816: My Lord. —Having had under consideration the application which I hail the honour to receive from yuur lordship in behalf of Daniel Ikmovan, Mho was convicted at York As.iZa. in July, 1514, of man 'daughter, and sear:need to be trans po rted for life, 1 beg to acquaint your luril=hip, that, under all the eireunistancas of the care, I bit warr..ated iu taking measurer' for the grant of a pardon to this con vict on condition of his not returning to the United Kingdom, should his conduct have been good blue his arrival In Von Diemen's Land. The intelligence has been received with great pleasure by Donovan's friends, and has of course been communicated to his wife and family, who are living at Cork. MR. OASTLER is still agitating the short-time question. One meeting has been reported iu this paper ; a second took place at Halifax, and a third was held on Friday at Brad ford. At the last meeting J. Psalm d, Esq., a local magistrate, occupied the chair, and was supported by the Rev. Dr. Scoresby, the vicar of Bradford; Rev. 1%. Randall, and others. The first resolution was That this meeting deeply sympathises with the factory workers of this district, who are compelled to labour in factories for twelve hours per day, which is incompatible with the development of their phrical strength, and the cultivation of their minds." Mr. (tastier, in the co urse of his address to t he meeting, said : We were now told that the factories are better than they wire. So they are, but who have been trying to hinder their improvement all the way . through? '1 here is still much to be done in the way of improvement. Read the evidence given before Stuller's committee, end if the most eminent physicians and surgeons are worthy of being believed, you will find that to work a child more than ten hours a day is to murder that child. The factory system is, therefore, a system of death yet. And, therefore, we can never submit t o that s y stem. That the ten hours' system was just did not admit of a doubt ; no one now disputed its justice, and his principle was, whatever the political economist might say, that that which was just would and ought to succeed. He hoped the opponents of the cause would now see that all future opposition was in vain ; that the friends of the Go vernment, who have hitherto thought that the principles of political economy were more stringent than those of Holy Writ, would perceive their mistake ; and that the honest people, with the clergy at their head, must prevail. It was said that the diminution of labour sought would reduce wages one-sixth, but as the mills of England never worked ten hours a day on the average, he could not see how that result could follow. He had stated at Hud dersfield, that a certain person who had frequently gone with him to advocate a Ten Hours Bill was now going about the manufacturing districts endeavouring to persuade the workpeople to go for an Eleven Hours Bill. He (Mr. Out let.) had been told that the person he alluded to was the Rev. Mr. Stevenson. In justice to that man, he begged to say that he was not the person allude d to. A petition was agreed to before the meeting closed. CRESIRRE. Tna lIIRRENREAD DOCILE are now progressing very rapidly, and it is expected that one of them will be ready to be opened for business New Year's Day. NOR on THUMBERLAND. TRADE OP NEWCASTLE.—At the late dinner of the Chamber of Commerce, Sir Cuthbert Sharp gave the fol lowing cheering testimony to the increasing trade of the port:—He would, he said, commence with the beginning of the year 1945, to the 10th of October in that year ; and then take the beginning of 1846, to the 10th of October last,that being the most recent period at which the accounts had been made up. On cheese, brandy, and sugar, the amount of duties had, during these periods,shown a decrease of 4,8621. A worthy friend of his ha told him to remind the meeting that the quantity of sugar had not fallen off, but only the amount of duty. The quantity had, in fact, increased from 30,966 cwts. during the former period named, to 35,227 cwts during the latter period. In brandy there had been a reduction in the amount of duty, but the quantity bad increased from 25,434 gallons m 1845 to 32,337 gallons in 1346 ; therefore, on these two articles, a decrease of duty was accompanied by an increase of quan tity. There had been an increase in the amount of duties on coffee of 3,1471.; on corn, 8,5621.; on currants, 4,0941. • on rum, 5,6171. ; on tea, 7,591/. • on wine, rather a singulai. increase of only 251. ; and on timber the amazing increase of 22,7971. Dunng the same period in 1815 the number of foreign ships delivered was 750 ; during the same period in 1816, the number of foreign ships was exactly 1,000. The amount of duty received from the sth of January to the 31st of October, 1845, was 337,630/. ; the amount from the sth of January to the 31st of October, 1846, was 393,7971., thus showing an increase under all the circumstance, of a most gratifying nature. Had that increase been of a rapid nature, they might have conjectured it had arisen from some false fluctuations ,• but instead of that it was steady and progres sive, and fully justified them in believing that the trade and prosperity of the port were graduall_y advancing. DERRYSIIIR& AN EAGLE CArour.—On Monday last, Ms. Hallott, keeper to the Duke of Devonshire, caught a very large ege in his Grace's preserves, at a place c alled Bunker's-hill. gellott had observed him flying about several dap., and he I seta steel trap at the place above-mentioned, which caught him b; one of his hind claws, and held him until he was taken out. From wing-end to wing-end he measured seven feet eight i l .‘ches; from the beak to the tail end, three feet four inches, an, weighed 1311 be. He was taken to the Swim cottage, to be kep:' , among the Duke's birds. A CHAPEL FIRM: BY INCENDIARIEB.—NOTTINGHAM, 'MONDAY, 2 p.m.—A fire was discovered last night about 11 o'clock, in Friar-lane Chapel, in this town. Although it was speedily subdued, the reading-desk and several pews were reduced to ashes. The fireoen remained in the chapel inspecting all its parts to discover, ii po-sible, the cause of this disaster supposing all to be safe, when, at a quarter before 3 o'clock, a second fire broke out in a pew belonging to the Mayor of the town, but was soon extinguished. It was discovered on examining the premises that the vestry had been ransacked, a bottle of wine had been drunk, and a cash box broken open. The pulpit was destroyed; and the gallery and organ, together with the reading-desk and the wood 'floor on which the pulpit stood, were very much burnt. ...... REPRESENTATION OF BATH —We (Bath Herald) under stand it is in contemplation by the Conservative electors cf Bath, to invite a nobleman, whose name deservedly ranks amongst the foremost of the philanthrophts of the day, to allow himself to be put in nomination as one of the representatives of this city, at the next election. n.... TIM,YTTOCITTIPIC REPEAL OP THE 4:1:1-TAX.4:18Ei.iIESTER, MONDAY.— A meeting of the Gloucestershire agriculturists was held at Cirencester to-day, for the purpose of forming an association for the abolition of the malt-tax. The Hon. James ',erre Dutton was called to the chair. After the meeting had been addressed by Daniel Bowles, Esq., and Mr. Peter Matthews, Captain Goodwyn said that it was admitted on all hands that the malt-tax was an oppressive tax. Mane influential gentlemen, who were satisfied of the injustice of the tax, bad absented themselves from this meeting because they were afraid the amount could not be spared from the revenue. They should unite and agitate until these ola- Eoxious laws were repealed. The malt-tax was partial in its assessmer.t and in its working, and should not be an excep. tion, for the duty created by increased consumption would snake up for the supposed loss in the revenue. If they asked for a partial repeal (cries of " No. no," "We will have the repeal and nothing hut the repeal ")—such was the elasticity of our finances that the revenue would not decrease. Everything was to be oatniued by degrees and unanimity, and he would advise them to persevere.—The Rev. It. W. Huntley, alter a few intro ductory remarks, said that beer was absolutely necessary to the ceistenee of a poor man. If used temperately it was requisite as a matter of sustenance. The present tax denied the poor man any beer in his own house. The state said you are not in a position to drink beer, therefore you shall not have any. (Shame.) Let us look to the morals of the labouring population. The labourer is compelled to go to a beer-house, where he meets with loose companions, with whom perhaps he wastes his week's pay, and thereby im poverishes his family, besides exhibiting a vicious example. The mast-tax was unjust to both the farmer and the labourer. The abolition of the malt-duty would be a loss of five millions to the revenue. Ile was satisfied, however, that the lairled interest would not object to contribute to the loss thereby sustained. Who, he would ask, borrowed the na tional debt? Not the poor man. We (the capitalists) bor rowed the money to protect our lands, houses, and capital, from the foreigner. lie would call this a pickpocket-tax. The Marquis of Worcester nest proceeded briefly to address the incetiug. The question had been asked, how were we to make up the deficiency in the revenue, if the malt-tax were repealed ? Re replied that the foreigners pay for us. The acts of the last session would lead to the supposition that the corn-laws would be repealed in 1849, not without a struggle, however. The greatest possible benefit that could be con ferred on the agriculturist would be to allow him to use his own barley. (Cheers.) After a fev, remarks from several other gentlemen, subscriptions were entered into, and the meeting separated. The DEAN and C:;;;,,N;s of Uaaeronu have appointed We 11. Cooke, Esq , of the Oxford Circuit, to succeed the late Sir Charles Wetherell, as counsel to that cathedral- THE BURGLAR' Es AT AluNoLON.—Somo time since there appeared in our columns the particulars of a charge of bur glary brought against a man named Blagrove, and several others hi, confederates, involving the suspicion of their being guilty of an extensive and long-continued series of robberies practised upon several brewers and maltsters carrying ou business in the town of Abincilon. The case has continued under investigation before the magistrates, and from the facts elicited it appears teat the frauds were carried en upon a regular system, several of the accused melt being in the employ of different brewers, from whom they abstracted at intervals very considerable quantities of malt and hops, which were barns ed to Blagrove for disposal ; and in some instances were actually resold by hint to the very parties from whom they had been stolen. The charges have finally involved two hitherto iespectai•le brewers of the town, named Miller and Evans, who u • re stated by witnesses to have had dealings with the man Blagrove of such a nature as to cause orders to be issued fit their ap prehension ; and on Saturday last the whole of the pri soners, twenty iu number, were committed for trial. The robberies appear to have been carried on for the last six years without detection, until the present charges were brought. Ton FALL or A RAILWAY REIDGE recently erected over the ll,•rks and Ilants branch line of the Great 'Western Railway, now in the course of construction, buts nestroyed the iives of three of the workmen employed on the line, named Bailey, Dibler, and Kimber. It was reported that the re maiui of other workmen would be found buried in the ruins, but this has turned out to be incorrect. Several workmen, however, are now lying in • precarious condition owing to the accident. An inquest was held on Friday at the Berk shire hospital. From the evidence it appeared that for some weeks past the arch had been pronounced to be in a dange rous state, and, in consequence, on the day previous to the inquests, the deceased, in company with several others, were aent to remove the bricks from the arch erected over the railway, and while engaged in taking off the parapet wall on the top of the archway, the arch Duadenly gave way, and the deceased, with others, fell in with the ruins. Verdict "Accidental Death," but not without same strong remarks from the jury on " the culpable neglect, with regard to th• erection ef bridges on this line, as no 1, - than tour lives have been lost, and other accidents occasioned." A Merrteo was held at Burford, on Saturday, to coneider the Repeal 'of the Malt-tax. The attendance, which con sisted entirely of farmers, was numerous; and the resolu tions, which embodied a determination to agitate the ques tion until the impost was repealed. were carried unani mously. A society, called the Burford And-Malt-tax Society, was formed, and subscriptions opened to assist iu carrying on the movement. Mr. C. Lane., of Broadwell, an influential tenant farmer, was in the chair. esbr Drama. DIRTILY LANE.—A new ballet was produced at this theatre last night, called " The Wags of Wapping." It is the piece now performing at the Academie Royale de Musique, under the title of •• Bitty ; " founded on the little comedy called " La Jeunesse de Heari V.," which was pro duced the other evening at the St. James's Theatre. In this new production of the ballet, us in the English version of the comedy, Charles the Second is made th ^ hero of the story ; and the incidents of the play are exhitited as well as they can be exhibited in a ballet—that is to say, as lamely and unintelligibly as possi , ile. Subjects of common life, especially comic ones, arc wholly unsuited to this kind of entertainment; the regions of the imagination are its domain, and the " creatures of the elements," the fantastic creations of the poet's fancy , are its proper personages. Th ballet, accordingly, bating a few scenes of inexplicable pantomime, was merely a dieertissement-monstre —a series of dances of enormous length, which had no relation to any story or subject wh atever. The dancing, however, was admirable. The new elanseuse, Mdlle. Sophie Fuoco, is an artiste of the highest order. She is remarkably hand move- some and attractive in lace and figure, graceful in every . ment, sod surpassed by no dancer that we have seen in bril liancy. of execution. Her's may truly he called "man y twinkling feet." She was rapturously applaud.. d in all her perlormances. The two clever sisters St. Louis distinguished themselves in an old English hornpipe, which they danced with infinite spirit. Many other mormaux deserved and obtained applause, but the whole was preposterously long, and exhausted the patience of the audience, so that the the atre was half empty before it was over The house, which was thin in the early part of tke evenin g , gradually became very full before the commencement of the ballet. HATMARKET.—The revival of the " Little Devil," which was some three or four years ago produced at this theatre, as adapted from the French of M. Scribe, gave an I opportunity to Mr. Lester, of the Th eatre Royal, Manchester, of making his first appearance before a London audience. The piece, the scene of which is laid in Spain, has many striking situations in which an actor can ex hibit his skill. The qualifications requisite for an adequate representation of Vincentio, a student of theology, who, however, has a natu ral. preference for the soldier's calling, are a bold air, a con tempt of difficulties, and a resolve to make the best of every thing, no matter what card fortune may turn up. It was evident, from the easy and familiar terms on which Mr. Lester put himself at the outset with his audience, that he would execute the part with success. His person is good ; his voice, without being musical, isslear ; his manner lively and buoant. There were some portions of the piece which seemed to hangsomewhat butheavily this was owing to hanging three acts on a body which had not substance enough to support them. We doubt not Mr. Lester would appear to more ads antage in a piece where there is no rem nant of the opera left, bemuse, as we have said, his voice is by no means musical. He seemed not to want confidence in' himself or his abilities, and his gaiety, his carriage, and, above all, his nonchalance, will obtain for him a convid , rabic n i gh t. of favour in characters such as he appeared in last night. His reception VMS most cheering, but it is due to the others who performed in the piece to say that he was well supported. OLYMPIC.—A new and original modern comedy, in five acts, by P. Palmer, Esq., entitled " Life," was produced yesterday evening at this theatre. It is, possibly, the wcrst play it was ever our painful duty to sit out. The plot is nought; the "characters" are worn-out reminiscences from all sorts of tragedies, comedies, and farces ; incidents are abso lately wanting ; the language is the merest commonplace, inflated into the blankest of blank verse. If some idea of the story be required, our speculation on the matter amounts to this: An old gentleman, of unmeaningly Roman austerity, has cast off his son, with a ferocity of determination for which no earthly reason is given to the audience ; the son is thrown into the haunts of low London dissipation, and soon becomes desperately remorseful for having done nothing at all. The old gentleman has a dau fighter, W arious hom he persists , without any object, in marrying o a nef 7:Trr !•*-- • and particularly ill-locking person, who has an eye only his money, and whom the daughter detests, she being in love elsewhere. In the end, the son detects a plot on the part of the nefarious sou-in-law that is to be, to murder hie future father-in-law, and he denounces the plot just in time to prevent his father from 'jiving the ne farious individual a will be bad made wholly in his favour. The SOIL is pa/dosed for hissing saved Lis father's life, the daughter is married " where her heart is," and the other deserving personages are punished in the same way ; two husband-seeking spinsters, the only at all amusing dramalis pemonte, bring left in single blessedness. It is fair to add that the audience received the play with en tire approbation; the half-dozen persona who had paid attempted to get up a bias, but they were promptly cileneed 7 and we imagine, from energetic measures we observed C the pit, that one of them, mere obatinate than the real, wt turned out.. ElsritaL Parreerreva.—Rev. W. Dalton to the IWanery Rural of Wolver. bampton ; Ven. J. \V. Emitter to be Commissary of the dio. of Lime. rick; Itev. J. S. Grew to Newry C., Ireland; Rev. A. P. Luseoarbe to the Bilstoo-rood new district; Rev. J. Morton to the v. of Creeve. ShankliiU and Kilmacumsy, Ireland; Ree..l. Sileork. to Killmood v„, Ireland; Rev. W. C. Townsend to Turlough C., union of Castiebor Rev. G. Trueloek to the Archrleaconry of Killala; Rev. J. G. Watts lininfield e. w., Swallow/lett C., Berko-2961. VACANCIES. —Chevrtuo-Mendip v. re Emborough C., Faringtort Gurney C., end s.one Easton C., Somerset, dio. Lath and Wells; 420/., with glebe-ho. fit tor realdence. Patron, W. KinesstilL E.g. vacant by the promotion of the Rev. H. liingsmilL—Druaieliftk, he. land; vacant by thr death of the Rev. J. Yeats.—KUlarney C., Ire land; vinaint by the resignation of tho Rev. R. llewson.—lodbury C., Herefordshire; vacant by the promotion of the Rev. J. G. Wane. —Marston-Stamen P. C., w and dio. of Hereford ; SW. Patron, It Ark wright, Esq. ; vacant by the prenution of the Rev. J. Duiley- Shepton-Mallet Union Chaplaincy ; 401. —Tree:to C. Ulm of Scaly. Cornwall ; bud., with nittlirrusued house. Lamer VIEAIdOEN Ace.—ln order to carry out the plan of the Rev. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds, for which an Act of Parliament was ob. tained wine three or four years ago, of dividing that 0,4 .. 4 " and populouspopulousparish and vimrage, into smaller pa she% and v.caragea, each having the cure of souls, with rcsidenee houses on condition that not fewer than 19.2nthe of the pews on the ground floor should be free to the parishioners of the new pariehee, sermons were preached on Sun da y last in St. Paul's church, Leeds, by the lice. Dr. hank and the Lord Bishop of Ripon, elterwhicb 00110 CE \OUT were made amounting to 101/. Tull COLONIAL BISOOPRICE.-lier Majerty's intention of subdividing the diocese of Australia into three, by the erection of two new bishoprics, one at Melbourne for the district of Pat Philip, and the other at Morpeth for the northern division of New South Widen, will, it In said, be almost immediately carried into effect. It ie expected that a bishop will be nominated to the rte of Melbourne at an early period, and it is intended to issto a emomission to the Ihohop r Australia, empowering him, with other bishops, to proceed to .. consxrauon of the Rev. It. Aihrtiol, 00 Bishop of Morpetb. Mr. Allwood went out on the recommendation of the Society in the year 1839, and is at present rector of St. James's, Sydney. G. Hot Lon, Esq., M.P., the Lord Mayor of York, has appointed r j his chaplain the Rev. It. Sutton, M.A., Canon of Ripon, Rector of . Mary, Spurrier-gate, and Perpetual Curate of Fulford, near 1 ork. The lord Bishop of Lid:dell Nut aimuinted the Rev. W. Gordon. Incumbent of Christchurch, tu the !turd Deanery ot West Bromwich. Pnorortni New Cistern AT BELUT.—'Die Town Council of Don caster have appropriatt d un acre and a half of land at Itallit it, the cite fur the ereition of the propmed new church and other purposes connected therewith. It is a portion of the field eituated, at the corner of the lane leading from Ralby to itcithorpe. A more sultitble Po , could not have been aelectel NAVAL. MOVEMENTS OF lIElt MAJr.wIT'S SHIPS. Hibernia, Trafalgar, Rodney, Albion, Superb, Canopus, Vice-Admiral Sir 'W. Porker, Bart., G.C.8., at Lisbon on the 2nd Nov.. and remained there on the 10th. America, sailed front Lisbon. Terrible, left Lisbon for England Nov. 7th,wit)' supernumeraries, Rattler, Lisbon. Gladiator, left LW , for Oporto, and is now there. Virago, left Oihralt v for e ward Nov. 6th. l'hienix, left Gibraltar 7th for Lisbon, there. Cyclops, arrived in Lisbon 9th Nov. of a trill, C. S. packet, entered Lisbon the 10th to embark Duchess of idiaganza. Achilles, C. S. packet, off Lisbon, steaming southward 10th Nov. Royal Tar, ditto, oil Oporto 11th November. MOVEMENTS OF FOREION SIM'S or WAlL—Labatt Labrador, steam frigate, and Le C ygtst%, brig of war (French' The Labrador left for Toulon, Nov. 2nd. Cadiz.-7 Parks, steam frigate, and Asmodee, ditto (French), f Toulon, left for Brest Nov. sth, with the crew of a lint battle en board. Jason, brig-of-war (Spanish), still in Cs Isabella Seymula, frigate (Spanish), entering Vigo co. Nov. in tow of steamer. Blasco de Gcray, steam (Spanish), left for Lisbon 3rd, and returned to Vigo . Nov. Donna Maria, frigate (l'ortuguese), blockading Oporto on the 11th . Chile do Tojal, steamer, ditto and Peninsula, ditto, Vigo, 12th. Areolwrsissr., Nov. 14.—Surgronii d. It. Winter to the Mc It Grii7on to the Albatrogi ;F. ',light the Itootamond ; W bervion to the Birkenhead. Clerk in C:. age 11. Johniiton Belvidere. Mater: B. Read to the itueline.—Nov. lU. minders ; E. Collier to the Trafalgar ; 11. Jouncey to the Albion , W.ustold to the linauin. Lieutenant : .1. A. IL Boyd, ebb(' (Racer Camel Guard. Master ' s -Assist. J. T. Carr, and Navel Quiet A. E. Cambier to the Ocean ; Masteer...Atiniat. W. Hewlett to the nor:tang. actinu.Avist. Surgeons W. E. O'Brien to the Itirkollowd, ar Crawford n. the 'tette, Aselq.-Surseana C. C. Urquhart to wich division; C. Wilkiniion to timenwich Iloseita.; J. it. II lingo to the Hibernia; W. M. Maunders to the Victory; W. to the Grapoler ; A. Armattuua to the Vicaoria and Albert; S. to the Hibernia. 111L1TAItY. ROVAL AItTIT.LEILT, Woot.svien, Nov. 16.—His ship the Master-Gentral has been pleased to appoitu following °dicers to the under-mentioned situations, va by the promotions occasioned by the late Broca :—Tt command of the Itoral Artillery, in Ireland, Col. G. Tt C. 1.1., vice A. Munro, K.II , prom. to the rank of M Gen. ; Lieut.-Col. W. Bell to the Royal Horse Artill vice T. Dyueley, C. 8., prom. to the rank of Col., - T Col. M. LOWS to the Itoyal Horse Artillery, vies W. prom. to the rank of Col ; Lieut.-Col. W. Brereton, and K 11., to the Royal Horse Artillery, lien A. Macdt prom. to the rack of Major-Gen.; Lieut.-Col T. 1. St. ways to the Royal Horse Artillery, vice R. Hardinge, K.. appointed director of the Royal Laboratory De Licut.-Col. L. Dowse to the command of ttrtarn Artillery at Ballincolig, vice Col. Crutteudcn, sae is lieve Col. Bastard in command at Portsmouth; Licut Crawford to the command of the Royal Artillery at C moot, in Ireland, vice W. G. Power, C.B. and K.Il motel to the rank of Major-Gen. ; Capt. J. E. Du; the Royal Horse Artillery, vice Major H. Pester, app.. master in the Royal Laboratory Department; &coed Capl Phillpetts (son of the Bishop of Exeter) to the Royal II Artillery, vice D. E. Weal; Licuts. J. S. Willett, \V.' Neill, and D. M•Dowall Frazer, to the Royal Horse lery, vice Goodenough, Gardiner, and Radcliffe, pror Col. J. S. Bastard to be Superintendent of Drills specter of Itecruie, vice Col. Turner, appointed to tin mend in Ireland ; Second Capt. C. J. s Wright to t be b p ter at the It.tyal Military Repository, ire Ca. V. Kennedy promoted; Capt. E. Wodehouse to be Adjut the 2nd battalion, vice lune* ; Capt. F. A. Campbell Adjutant of the 9th battalion, vies W. H. Forbes. SPORTING , . TAITERSALL'S—Mosnse. There woo main a very goad nruder, but with so derided deranee of layer. that In 1101110 instances the backers obtained Lvourable terms than would have hero granted last week. mark applies more partieu.arly to the Meter to Cobweb and' colts, and Old Port ; 1,400 to SO having been laid ag ainst 2,ouu to 60 and 2,000 to 50 against Old Port; and 1,41:4) to 2. edly, followed mill! 45 to I, in l.undred.', against the Son of At Liberal odds were oleo betted against several other'; but we , elate that the ' , rims quoted, :A taken about the three favourites John Day% lot, were not obtain ible at the close. The busintss acted on the Newport Pagnel steeple Chase and Cbevter CUP enough to warruit a quotation. NEWPORT PAONEI, RTEEPLE-CIIASE. 4 to 1 apt Mr. la. uhden'm Discount (taken) 6 I Imed Strathmore's !twitcher (offered) 8 I Mr. C. C. Brooke's Eagle 9 1 Mr. Pemberton's Lstitat (taken) 10 t Capta.n Powell's Salute (taken) Cll PATER CCI'. 1000 to 20 opt Mr. W. Scott's Frin.grsbragb 21100 30 Mr. Ilesseltine's Yitrallen lul.lo —3O Mr. Dawson's Cairn Con. DERBY. II to 2 apt John Day's Lot (t) 2,000 —5O Old Port 15 2 Can Tromp (t ) 45 1 /darpessa 15 1 Entrees (t. free.y) 1,000 10 Red !fart to —I Planet (t. to 2(01.) 1,000 —2O Liberater (t., 211 I Ids. to Cobweb tolt (t.) 1,00 —2O Mathematician 30 1 Glentilt (t.) (token) 30 — 1 Allerionian 1,000 —2O Johnny 35 1 Lunedale (C) strong 1,000 to 25 apt B (t. and ro. to Joinaft. off.) ville 2 2, ,000 Cliristoplar 000 35 — The Reit e' Eat) Entrlligence. LAW NOTICES.—TATS DAY. COVET fit CHAACIAT, Westminvter, at Hr.—Thomas man, for judgment. Appeal. : lkll v. Earl of Me Tgh, heard; Angle) v. Colto n ; Colombum r . Chichester ; Duke ou ot Earl Amherst: VICE-CWANCELLOW Cotnrrs, Westminster. at 10.—Before Shadwell—Maund v. Tamer, petition. Cullom, : Heath wick; Parker v. Day (2); Johnson v. Forrester; Terry v. Simpson v. 'Lott ; Gored v. ?lan ; Smale v. Bickford Kennet; Morrison V. Watkins; Wright V. Bari:terra!), Greenw, Buchanan; Walton v. Merritt Before Sir J. Knight Bruce—Sowerby v. Pontop Railway Company, to be spoke to; Beach v. itowkv. Baylor T. South Leann Railway Company, motion I Causes, &e. Apperley v. Page ; Coward v. Coward ; Francis cis (2) • Edwards v. Browne; Attorney-General T. Gardner; T. Thomas; Hulbert v. Holbert ; Ballard v. Bateman. Befoombe re W i gwam . — Leigh v. Earl Balmer" for judgment ; Dunc • to be spoke to. Causes, Mc.: Blair v. Bromley, part bawl : V. Shaw • Preston v. R'ilson ; Emerson v. Emerson; lisinautn Seelgwicli ; Warner v. Hodgson ) 2, ; Kirby V. Math ; Pennington Buckley. Scus Omar Westminster, at 10.—Cadres, &e.. Perry or doweroft, part ' heard; Attorney-General v. Masrdalen Teistel v. King's College; Attorney-General v. Ludlow; v. Ellis; Ottley v. Gray. The Courts of Queen's Beach, Common l'iras, sail Exchequer pit in Banco at Westminster. COURT or E:cnmv on, Guildhall, at 10.—London common LewLs v. Smith; Southgate v. Bohn ; Ewen v. Thomas; Job Glover ; Smith v. May ; Herman v. Menke= ; Thellussen • Johnston v. Score; Bullivent v. Singk-ton • Woolley v. Christy v. Lambton ; T. Johns ; lack V. Barr; G. Harris ; same v. J. Harris. EQUITY the COCRTS—YEstrEBAY. Before the Master of Rolls. ROBINSON T. WALL.—SPECIFIC PERPORMANI SBUTED BlDDl:oa.—The Muter of the Rolls gave je.., in this case. 7he hill was filed for the specific performant of an agreement entered into by the plaintiffs as the aasigr of Sir Thome; Champneys t an insolvent, for sale defendant, FLgbt, of the interest in certain pros which the insolvent was entitled in right of his - had a life interest in it. The assignees being d selling the it. erest of the insolvent, who was adt life, Lord Mo; t tyn, whose wife was interested in the subject to the interests of Sir Thomas and Lady Ch made a proposal to the assignees for the purchase interest. He was anxious, also, to purchase the Lady Champneys, anti he offered to pay 3.i,0001. interest of the assigtiees, and to pay 4001. a year Champneys fir her interest. An arrungement was e on the , foe ing, which was carried into effect by t dated 13th August, 1b33. It recited that the cuignees OP P '‘ ''''''!."WIIITS .., . .. • I 4 1.' . . , • • ----• e only to being in on the irder hie dot just the ne- lolly in ig saved • s er heart al io the ly at all ssednews. with en- :lad paid silenced; . p , erred in sett, was r J Wolter. I 1 I . of Lints- scombe to li i 1 • if erne.% iinusin v., rastiebar ; . Watts to 11 / Fsringten 1 nil Wells; ~ I I ;lilt, Esq. ; . :lace, Ire- li y e. Ire- -Le:Hairy i • U. Watt.. Patrony.— , R. 1 ? Dmlle of sews. . , A the Rev. , int was ob- orgies and e.caragee, I , condition oor should I , now WWII e ]lee. Dr. were made ' I ,ulxlividing i l two new p, and the ,e,dee, will, I is expected at an early • e Bishop of weed to tho rpeth. Mr. i II 1 in the year I cu as 1 . , i cuter of St II ! iI .. u• Tint. I I, W. Gordon. .1 Bromwich. ail of Iton- Hallo. a. the 1 ( I ter pirplikli .1 the curlier uiteble spot .1 I . • Hibernia, 1 e-Admiral i • 3 2nd Nov.. I ' ailed from 11 r. 7th, with left Lisbon • . t ,r for east- ,:slion, now of Corn- mbark the off Lisbon, . . , oil' Opor to 1 .. Lisbon : 1 it (French). , :adiz.—Des each), front of a line-of- ill in Cadiz. Vigo 0.1 lit elelifil sloop 0 Vigo 11th blockading II , ditto and I 1 . o the Medea; 1 11 , • mild; W. IZO- 11. I hndon to the v. it. COlll- , 1 I a• Albion ; W. '. niief °dicer of . il Calet A. F. he Itommond. head, and W. r hart to Wool- . J. It. 11. rah. i 11 ' . r; W. Webber wet; S. Carter .—llis lord- o appoint the 'Sous, vacant nt :—To tho d. G. T,:rner, ink of Major- roe Artillery, i Col„; Lieut.- se W. Cater, I Irereton, C.B. 1 1 Macdonald, T. Y. Strang- rtlinge, K. 11.. Department ; : the Royal 'Lo is to re- I i I ; Lieut.-Col. ry at Charles t nd K.II, pro- E. Dupuis to er, app. Fire- ecord Capt. T. e Royal Henan Sett, W. F. B. LI Gorse Artil- ffe, promoted ; llnlls and In- ed to the emo- te be lostrue- pt. V. It. 11. lie Adjutant of 'ampbell to be bee. leaded a prepon- re obtained morn week. This re- I rel., and klarpessa against the tint, I 1 i ,ll'O to 25 repeat- i Son of Marc . isaa but we sitould 1 rye favourites and i I v basin= 'rene- ger Cup was jast 1 . SE. ten) 'offered) en) 14 leer ' I I . DD. I (Ad Port (I.) Marpeosa c. (t.) lira Mart (t.) Liberator (t) Mathematic= (taken) Johnny Arm- strong (t.) , Christopher (t.) o The (Icier (t.) I 1 r. . 4. Thomas v. Black. Mesh +rough, part ; Duke of Leeds T. 1 '''. I 10.—Before Sir L. ' • - : Heath v. Chad- Terry e. Wacheel rd (2) ; Pew= v. call; Greenway v. it Bruce—Sowerby i v. Howley, ditto; motion by weer. Franeis v. Fran- , Gardner; Taylor an. Before Sir J. Duncombe v. levy, • it beard; Ballo& rson; Ihunguin v. oh; rilltilltLUlD V. &e a Peery v. Med. 1 i Magdalen College; ,udlow ; liopluueon ul ElthigliCi will lon common jurles. hams.; Johnson v. Thcllumen v. Ogle; coney V. meinits; . Barr; Harding v. I I , 1 .DAY. 'ORMANCE.—Rs- Is gave judgment 1 rifle performance • Is as the assignees for sale to the lain property to of his wife, who being desirous of was advanced in d in the property, Lady Champneys, Birchese of their sae the interest of r 35,0001. for the I sl e .t e ff : ec t :t r , ar i m gii by ees we rd Lad :e e :d re Y . , di.- - , • ~..